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BORN IN WINDSOR, CDNN., 20 NOVEMBER, 1726 

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GDVERNQR, 173B, UNTIL HIS DEJITH, IN 17P7 



THE 



HISTORY AND GENEALOGIES 

OP 

ANCIENT AVINDSOR, 

CONNECTICUT: 



ISCI.tlDING 



East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, 
Windsor Locks, and Ellington. 

1635-1891. 



BY HENRY E. STILES, A.M., M.D. 



"I ■wish [this task] had fallen Into some better hands, that might have 
performed it to the life. I shall only draw the curtain & open mj- little 
casement, that so others, of lai'ger hearts & _abilities, may let In a bigger light : 
that so at least some small glimmering may be left to posterity what diffi- 
culties & obstructions their forefathers met with in first settling these desert 
pai'ts of America./^ — Captain John Maaon. {of Windgo?', CV.,) in tht Introduclion to /tin History 
of the Pfquot ^Yar. 



Vol. I. HISTORY. 




Hartford, Conn. : 
press of the case, lockwood & brainard company. 

1891 . 



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Copyright, 1893, 
By HENRY R. STIl-lSS. 



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TO MY WIFE 



SARAH (WOODWARD) STILES 



11 ©cC>icatc tbcec I'olumcs 



IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION 



Loving and Unwearied Devdtion - 



TO MV INTEKESTS, WIIICU HAS MADE MV LIFE A UAIM'V ONE, AND IIENUEKED IT I'OSSIULE FOU 

ME TO ACCOMI'I.ISII WHATEVER OF VAI.l E 1 MAV HAVE CONTKlliLTED, WITHIN THE LAST 

THIHTV VEAllS TO THE EI.UCIDATIUN OF AMEIUCAS LOCAL HI^TOliV AND OENEALOGV. 



CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. 



WINDSOR. 

CHAPTER I. 

From the Discovery of the Connecticut River to the Settlement 
OF AViNDSoR, 1614-1635, ....... 



PAGE. 

17-63 



CHAPTER n. 



1636-1650. 



CHAPTER in. 
The Civil Oikjanization of Windsor, Illustrated from the Town 
Records, ......... 

CHAPTER IV. 
The Religious Oruanization of Windsor, . ... 



CHAPTER V. 



Indian History, . 



103-131 



CHAPTER VI. 
Notes on the Purchases of Windsor's L.\nds from the Indians 

CHAPTER VII. 

DlSTRIBlTION AND PlAN OF AnCIENT WINDSOR, 

CHAPTER VIII. 
IIi.stouv, 1650-1675 — Extracts from Town Acts, . 

CHAPTER IX. 
An Episode of Ecclesiastical History, 1662-1684, 



CHAPTER X. 



King Philip's War, 1675-6, 



CHAPTER XI. 

Ecn.HSIASTRAL AND CiVIL HISTORY — EXTRACTS FRO.M ToWN AcTS, 

1685-1729, ......... 

ciiaptp:r XII. 

Queen Annks War. 1702-1713; and Indian War of 1722-24, . 



(ONTKNTS. 



CHAPTER XIII. 
Wi.ndsok's Share in the Old Fkicnch Wah, 173i)-1762, . 

CIIAPTEU XIV. 

ECOI.ESIASTICAI, — IIlSTOUY OK FlKST OR OlD SoCIETV OK WINDSOR, 

1711-1776, ......... 

CHAPTER XV. 
Ecclesiastical — IIistouy ok Windsor Third (or Poijuonnoc) Society, 
1724-1841 

CHAPTER XVI. 

ECCLKSIASTICAL — WiNTONBURY PARISH, OR FiFTlI SOCIETY OK WlXDSOR, 

(NOW Bloomfield), 1734-1891, ...... 

CHAPTER XVII. 
Windsors Share in the American Revolution, 1775-1783, 



308-375 



CHAPTER XVIII. 
Ecclesiastical — First Society of AVindsor, 1776-1890. . 

CHAPTER XIX. ' ■ 

The Schools of Windsor, 1G36-I709, . . . . 

ciiaptp:r XX. 

Ferries, Inns, Stokes, Trade and Commerce, Houses, Slaves, >1.\n- 
NERs and Conveniences, Witches, Physicians, Lawyers, etc., 

CHAPTER XXI. 

Windsor, 1800-1891 — Windsor's Colonies, . . . . . 



409-460 



ClIAPTKU X.XIl. 



Bloomfield, 1835-1891, 



CHAPTER XXIII. 
History ok Pine Meadow, now Windsor Locks, 1676-1890. 



WINDSOR, EAST OF THE GREAT RIVER. 

CHAPTER I. 
Settlement ok Windsor Farms and History of the Second t^nriuH 

AMI Si.iiKTY MK WiNDMiii, 1662-1768, ..... 535-589 

CHAPTER II. 
The North or Si antic Parish (now the First Society in Town of 

East Windsor), 1754-1890, ...... 59(1-013 



CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER III. 

Thk Division of Ancient Windsou and Incokpouation of East 
WiNDSOK, 1768, ........ 

CHAPTER IV. 
Waiting Pauisii (Third Cuurch of East Windsor), lTlT-1890, 

CHAPTER V. 

East Windsor's Share in the American Revolution, 
(By Ruth T. Sperrij of East Windsor Hill.) 

CHAPTER VI. 

History of the First C'hukcii of East Windsor, 1783-1845 ; and of 
THE First Church of South Windsor, fro.m 1845 to the present 
TIME, .......... 



East Windsor, 1790-1890, 



Soirii WiNDSci,, 



CHAPTER VII. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Ellington Paijish and Town — formerly x part of East Windsor, 
NOW belonging to Toll.and County, . . . . . 

(By Rev. John O. Batrd of Ellington, Conn ) 



627-721 



722-734 



788-806 



APPENDICES. 

A. — Mattilew Grant's Old Church Record, .... 871 
B.— The First Meeteng-House of Windsor — 5// Deti. J. 11. Iluiiden, . 891 
C— The Oldest Orthodox Congreg.\tion.\l Church — By Lea. J. H. Hayden, 895 
D. — The Presbyterianism of the Earlier Churches op New England, 901 
E. — Records op the "7th," or "4th," or North Society of Windsor, 903 
F. — Natives or Residents of Windsor, East and South Windsor, 
Windsor Locks, and Bloomfiei,d, who n.\VE represented Con- 
necticut IN THE United States or in the State Government, 904 
G. — Early Records of the E.\st Windsor Church, . . . 913 
Petition op Inhabitants on the East Side of the Great 
Rn-ER, 1680, ........ 916 



Il.I.rsiMJA^riONS-VOL. I. 



1. POKTRAIT OK (TlIK FlKST GoVKKNOIl) Ol.IVKU Wol-i 

3. Portrait of the Autlior, 

3. Portrait of the Dedicatee. . . 

4. Portrait (if Jabez H. llaydcn, 

5. Map of Indian Purchases, .... 

6. FdrxiiiiiU' (if Anto^raphs of Some of Ancient Windsor's Early Settlers, - 

7. Plan of .Vncicnt Palisado at Windsor, 1G")4, . " . 

8. Eidargcd Plan of Palisado. / 

9. View (if the Old Stone Fort, f • ■ • 

10. Maj) of •' Ilavden's" — with Explanation. ". 

11. Map of Windsor Settlers. 1633-1650, ... 
Vi Fitcsimileii of Pases of a Sermon bv Uev. John Warhani, 166^, 

13. Portrait of Kev^David S. Rowland. . .... 

14. /■'rtrM"»/i7e Autographs of Windsor Pa.stors, for 200 Years, . 

15. First Congregational Church of Windsor, ... 

16. Portrait of Cajit .lanics Hooker. .... 

17. The Old .Moore and Allvn Houses. Windsor, 

18. View of Proad Si icet (iVcen. Windsor. 1S91, 

19. Portrait of Hon. H. Sidney Havden. ... 

20. The Chief .Justice Ellswortli M^msion. Windsor. ( 

21. Portrait of the Chief Justice and Wife. ) ■ 

22. FiiaimileK of Autographs of Sonic of Windsor's " Valiant Men of War,' 

23. Portrait of Gen. William S. Pierson, .... 

24. Map of I'inc Meadow (now Windsor Locks), 1770, . 

25. Portrait of Chailcs H De.xter, ..... 

26. The llcrleliigh Haskell House, Windsor Locks, 

27. Alcinoiial Hall, Windsor Locks, ..... 

28. Portrait of Charles E. Chaffee, ..... 

29. The William Havdeu Memorial Stone, .... 

30. Fncitimtk.1 of Autographs of Some of Ea«t Wiiidsor'x Early Settlers, 

31. Portrait of Hev. Jonathan Edwards and View of his Birthplace, East 

Windsor, 

32. Facsimile of a Page of Kcv. Timo. Edward's Riite Book, East Windsor 

1726 

33. Facid)itilc of Sermon of Rev. Timothy Edwards, 1695, 

34. Map of North Bolton Society, as set otf from East Windsor. 1760, 

35. FiicximileK of Earlv East Wintlsor Pastors, .... 

36. Portrait of Rev. 'fhouias Robbins, D.D., ... 

37. View of the Old South Windsor -Areeting-house, 1761-1845, 

38. The Phelps Monuments in the Old Rurying-Ground of East Windsor Hill 

39. The Grant Mansion, .South Windsor. .... 

40. The Old tiovernor Roger Wolcott House, South Windsor, 

41. The Old Wolcott Homestead, South Windsor, 

42. Portrait of William Wood, M.D., East Windsor Hill, 

FACSIMILE AUTOGRAPHS. 



Frontisjnece. 
Facimj Dedication Page. 
Dedication Page. 
24 
123 
138 
137 



145 
149 
205 
377 
382 
385 
425 
431 
431 
432 



460 
474 
502 
511 
521 
529 
530 
532 
534 



579 
581 
588 
591 



773 
774 
792 



Matthew Grant. 

Jabez H. Hayden, 

Entry in Church liecord by 

Mr." Mather, 1688, 
Rev. Samuel Tudor, 
Elder Ashbel Gillet, 
Thomas Hayden, 
Nathaniel Hayden, 
Jabe/ llaskeli, 
lle/.eUiah Hayden, 
Samuel Wing, 
Samuel Den^low, 
Abraham Dibble, 



Re\ 



Eliakim Gaylord, 5lio 

Ezekiel Thrall, 500 

Relet iah Birge, 501 

Jacob Russell, 503 

Seth Dexter. 509 

Harris Haskell, 520 

Herlehigh Haskell. 520 

Ebene/.er Grant. 650 

Benoni Olcott, 651 

Brig. -Gen. Erastus Wolcott, 6.55 

Capl. Hezekiah Bissell, 067 

Aaron Bissell, Town Clerk, 7S6 
496 25. Frederic Ellsworth, Town Clerk, 786 



171 


13. 


171 


14 




15 


219 


16 


284 


17 


301 


18 


311 


19 


311 


20 


321 


21 


322 


22 


323 


23 


495 


24 



(PORTION OF) PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION, 1859. 



WHILE engaged, some years since, in tracing the genealogy of my 
family, 1 became deeply interested in the history of the ancient 
town where they first settled. This interest gradually deepened into a 
conviction that its history ought to be written ere it was too late. 
There were other heads and hands, as I thought, better fitted than mine 
to undertake this labor ; but, failing to enlist their ser^nces, I reluctantly 
undertook it myself. I was, at that time, in very poor health, and suf- 
fering from a serious affection of the eyes, which totally incapacitated 
me from any continuous effort at reading or writing. Thus prevented 
from the pursuit of my profession, I felt the necessity of something, 
which, by occupying my mind, should relieve me from the constant con- 
templation of my physical sufferings, as well from the still greater dis- 
comfort of idleness. Seeking the country for its genial influences upon 
my weakened frame, I spent my time among the pleasant scenery of 
Ancient Windsor, visiting among friends and relatives, and drinking 
in, from aged lips, rich stores of historic lore. Meanwhile, taking ad- 
vantage of an occasional "favorable spell" of eyesight, "I cautiously 
used it, in examining the old written records, and in mark'mg such 
portions as were necessary to be transcribed. These were afterwards 
copied for me by my brother, William L. Stiles (now deceased), and 
the large stores of material thus gained were collated and read to me ; 
and thus, gradually, reading when I could, thinking when I could not 
read, and trusting my thoughts to the ready pen of an amanuensis, the 
skeleton of the history was constructed. From time to time, as my eye- 
sight improved, I visited the old records, each time bringing away with 
me new material. Many times my health and eyesight failed me, but, 
visiting Windsor for the benefits of its air and sunshine, I never gave up 
the purpose of writing its history if my life should be spared. Gradu- 
ally, and to an extent which, if I had imagined before I undertook it, 
would probably have deterred m(^ from the labor, tlic work [frew on 
my hands; but to the (rreat Physician I humbly record my gratitude, 
that with tlie increased burden has also come an increase of strength, 
and that to-day I enjoy a degree of health which I once scarcely dared 
to hope for. 



6 (portion of) preface to first edition. 

These circumstances, however, I would not mention here, except 
for the hope that they may explain and excuse, what perhaps might 
seem to others incxcusahle, faults of omission and commission. 

I have endeavored to make this history a treamry of all that was 
valuable and interesting to Ancient Windsor, and to impress upon it the 
broad seal of undoubted aiitJienticiti/. 1 have preferred to imitate the 
pious zeal of Old Mortality, who wandered through " bonnie Scotland," not 
raising new monuments, but carefully removing from decaying tomb- 
stones the thicic moss, and reverently chiseling deeper the almost 
effaced inscrijjtions which preserved the blessed memories of the 
" covenanting forefathers." Sucli. I conceive to be the work of the true 
historian; and whenever I have found material garnered by other 
hands, 1 have availed myself of their labors, with the same freedom 
which 1 would myself allow in like circumstances and tvith full ackiwwl- 
edi/mcnt therefor. . . ... 

HENRY R. STILES, M.D. 

Brooklyn, N. Y., Se])t. 1<S59. 

Acknowledijmentis for valuable asHhtance rendered^ arc due to 

Miss Lucretia and Mary Stiles (nowjicceased), of Windsor, Conn. 
Hon. H. S. Hayden, of Windsor, Conn. 
Jabez H. Hayden, of Windsor Locks, Conn. 

Fred. 1!. Perkins (then Libiaii:ni of Conn. Hist. Soc), of Hartford, 
Conn. 

Chas. J. Hoadly, LL.D., State Librarian, \ 

Hon. J. Hammond Trumbull, [ of Hai-tford, Conn. 

Hon. Gideon Welles, ) 

Jolm W. Barber, New Haven, Conn. 

Edward Hall, \ 

Hon. Benjamin Pinney, J of i'lUiiiiiton. 

Sidney Stanley, ) 

Dr. Ashbcl Woodward, of Franklin, I'onn. 

Rev. Edward C. .Marsliall, ; ,. ,. ^r , ,,-, 

Horace Dresser, | "' ^''^'^'-'^ < '^v- 

Samuel H. Parsons, Es(|., / ,,. , ,, ^ ,, 

Edwin Stearns, J M.ddletown, C onn. 

And to the Town Clerks of all the towns formerly com])riseil 
within Ancient Windsor. 



PREFATORY NOTES TO SUPPLEMENT. 1863. 



THREE years ago, when I published the Hiatory and Q-enealor/ies of 
Ancient Windsor, Conn., I was induced, if not compelled, by a 
superabundance of material, to give my subscribers, without additional 
charge, over 300 pages more than was promised them — an act of gener- 
ositA' which, as it is easy to see, was much more advantageous to them 
than to me. And when, at last, relieved from the burdens of authorship 
and financial cares, I felt that I certainly had fully paid (lioth principal 
and interest) my share of the debt of love which I owed to the old town 
of Windsor ; and little dreamed that I should ever again put myself in 
harness for her historical benefit. But, unfortunately for my "sweet 
dream of peace," I found myself inwroiiyht into old Windsor's history 
and interests. I could not henceforth be an uninterested looker-on ; I 
found myself still tracing out the lines of her ancient families, and that 
— shall 1 confess it ? — there was an indefinable charm for me in all that 
pertained to Windsor history. Many errors I detected in the printed 
volume — some of clerical, some of typographical origin — some evident 
faidts of commission, and not infrequently a fault of omission. These 
were to have been expected ; the utmost circumspection could not have 
guarded entii-el}' against them, in a work of such multiplicity of names, 
dates, etc. Correspondents, also, constantly furnished new suggestions, 
ingenious elucidations, " missing links," and " unknown quantities," 
which threw new light and value upon my printed page. New sources of 
authority also came to light, by the discovery of ancient records in un- 
thought-of hiding-places. What wonder is it, then, that the notes which 
gradually enriched the margins of my library copy of the Windsor His- 
tory, soon grew so voluminous as to suggest the idea of a supplement ? 
For what genealogist or historian who, when he has found a new fact, 
or a "nugget," is not willing, like the woman in the parable, to call his 
friends and co-laborers together, saying, •' Rejoice with me, for I have 
found the piece which 1 had lost " ? Therefore, I have com|)iled this 
Supplement; if it convicts me of shortcomings in my former work, it 
will, at least, assure my friends of my desire to make good any deficien- 
cies, and to add to their pleasure and profit. . . . And now, as I 
lay down my ])en from correcting the last ]ir()of of this SuppUunent, I 
feel that my " labor of love" for Ancient Windsor is finished. If the 
citizens of that venerable town have need, in the future, of the services 
of a historian, they need not apply to their true friend, 

HENRY R. STn.ES, M.D. 
WOODBRIDGE, N. J., Nov., 1862. 

Acknoivledgments for help rendered (additional to tiiose named in 
former preface) are due to Mr. D. Willi.\ms P.vttersox of Newark Val- 
ley, N. Y. ; Mr. Hiram B. Case and Rev. Ceo. B. Newcomb of Bloom- 
field, Conn., and Mrs. Eliza Mills Rundall of Seneca Falls, N. Y. 



PREFACE TO THE PRESENT (REVISED) EDITION, 1891. 



How grim Fate must laugh at the puny resolves of men ! Despite 
my firm resolve, as expressed in the last sentence of the Prefa- 
tory Note to the Supplement of 1863 ; despite the weaning influences of 
over twenty years of engrossing and more personally important profes- 
sional duties, I found myself, in 1883, shortly after my return from a 
prolonged residence in Scotland, again fingering the (to me sweet, but 
nevertheless unprofitable) husks of Windsor History. Finding that 
some grains of value yet remained to be shaken out of them, I weakly 
yielded to their fascination ; and here I am again, posing as " the Wind- 
sor historian," in what may (in view of my years, etc.) presumably be 
considered as " ponitiveli/ my last appearance." 



Th(! circumstances under which this history was originally under- 
taken are sufficiently detailed in the Preface to the first edition (1859). 
That edition, consisting of 700 copies, was published at a loss, as was 
also the Supplement, of which only 150 copies were printed, in 1863. Is- 
sued at a time when such works were far less common than they now 
are, its object and value were not then appreciated, as they since have 
been, by many of those who should have been interested therein. But, 
within the thirty yearn which have now elapsed since its appearance, 
American History and Genealogy have assumed a new' interest in the 
])ul)lic mind ; new fic^lds in Windsor history have been explored by other 
sons of Windsor, and for the past fifteen years I have been in constant 
receipt of inquiries from anti(juarics and others interested in tracing 
their family records, seeking to obtain copies of the work, urging me to 
issue a new edition, and offering for my use much new matter, valued 
corrections, etc., etc., and I have finally yielded to the desire so widely 
and sincerely expressed. 

Fortunately, several of those who assisted me in my earlier work 
are still alive ; new and willing hands from a younger generation are ex- 
tended to help ; much new material has been collected in special fields 
of research, and far better work has been accomplished, I trust, than 
would have been possible thirty years ago. 

I esteem it a most fortunate circumstance that the same kindlv 



riiKl'ACE TO THE PRESENT (REVISEd) EDITION. 9 

Providence which has spared my life and health so that, I luifiht, at this 
time, revise and perfect the work of my youthful years, has also spared 
that of my venerable and beloved friend, Mr. Jabez II. IIayden of Wind- 
sor Locks, Conn., to whom was due so much of the value of the first edi- 
tion. Nature certainly designed him as the historian of his native town, 
but the multiplicity of his Inisiness cares, conjoined with his modesty, 
lias prevented him from forestalling me, as by right he should have 
dune, in this historical work. I have only to thank him for the help 
which he has rendered, as earnestly and freely, to this I'evision, as he did 
to the original woi'k. 

While the whole work (genealogies included) has been so thor- 
oughly revised and rewritten as to be, virtually, a new work ; yet that 
portion which relates to the east-side towns (East and South Windsor, 
and Ellington) is peculiarly so. When writing my original history, I 
found that Dr. Horace C. Gillette of South Windsor, since deceased, 
had in preparation a work which covered these towns subsequent to the 
Revolutionary period ; and I therefore relinquished that portion of my 
intended labor, and contented myself with giving their history down to 
1768, at which time their territory ceased to be a part of Windsor. Dr. 
(rillette, however, never carried out his purpose,* and this has imposed 
ujion me the labor of preparing, in full, the history of the three towns 
east of the Connecticut river. Here, also. Providence has supplied me 
with a most efficient helper, in Miss Ruth T. Sperry of East Windsor 
Hill, to whose unwearied enthusiasm and tact in the collection of mate- 
rial, both historical and genealogical, the good people of East and South 
Windsor will owe far more than they can ever repay. The Rev. John 
G. Baird of Ellington has also contributed a new and most excellent 
chapter on the history of that town. 

Acknowledgments are also specially due, from Jliss Sperry and my- 
self, to Judge II. B. Freeman, the obliging custodian of the Hartford 
County Probate Records, and to the Town Clerks of all the towns to 
which we have occasion to apply ; especially to Mr. Samuel H. Pheli's of 
Windsor, and Judge Mahlon 11. I]ancroft of East Windsor. To Mr. 
Elizur Cook, final ]jroof-reader in the establishment of The Case, 
Lockwood & Brainard Co., printers of this work, we arc indebted for 
valuable additions and corrections to our Lists of SoldiiTs in the War of 
the Civil Rebellion. 

For most of the autograph-facsimiles used in this work, we acknowl- 



*A11 that he practically accomplished was the publication of certain " Letters" on 
the History of South Windsor, in the Hartford Times of the following dates : 

1857: March 18, 2:j; April (i, 16; May 1, 20; June 19; August 5, 26, 27; Oct. 27; 
Nov. 4, 24; Dec. 15. 

1858: Jan. 5, 19; Feb. 2; March 3; May 1, 

Vol. I.— 2 



10 PKEFATE TO TIIK I'RESKNT (REVISED) EDITION. 

edge the cDurtcsy of the piihlishcrs of the 3Iemorial History of Hartford 
County. 

THE PUINOIPAL MANUSCRIPT AUTHORITIES CONSULTED. 

Among the i)rincii)al origiinil authorities consulted, are: 

1. Reconh of Town Acta, (f own clerk's office, Windsor,) in 4 vol- 
umes, of which the first (size, 9 by 7J inches, parchment covered, 50 
double pages) contains the records from 6 May, 1650, to 31 Dec, l(i61. 
Several of the first pages of this volume have crumbled away by age. 

Vol. II., similar in size and covering to the above, 81 (double) pages, 
contains records from Feb. 6, 166(3, to 26 Oct., 1700. Ten pages of this 
volume are devoted to lists of town rates, and ])ages 51, 52 to a record 
of town ways. 

A volume of 52 (double) pages, without cover, and altogether in a 
very dilapidated condition, contains records from Dec, 1700, to Dec. 7, 
1714 ; and probably belongs to preceding volume. 

Vol. III., of larger folio size, leather l)inding, 147 (double) l>ages, con- 
tains records from De<-., 1768, to Dec, 1830. 

2. A Record of Actx of Proprietors of Common aiid Undivided 
Lands in Windsor, folio, parcluneut covered — very dry reading. 

3. A little volume of same size as the earlier volumes of Town 
Acts, in parchment binding, entitled " .4. Book of Toum Wayes,'' — -and 
as such often i-eferred to in our chapter on Plan and Distribution of 
Ancient Windsor. It is transcribed by Timothy Loomis, third town 
clerk, from the original, by his ])redecessor, invaluable Matthew Grant. 

4. A volume similar in size to the above, in parchment cover, filled 
mostly with ancient Town Mates, Lists, etc., about 1672-1676. 

5. Land Records, 1640 to the present day. The original first vol- 
ume is still in existence. The copy, now in use in the clerk's office, was 
copied by Timothy Loomis, in 1723, as we learn from the following town 
vote: April 8,1723," Voted to pay Timothy Loomis £20, 12s., to be 
paid out of the town rate for his transcribing the first book of town rec- 
ords of lands." Also, the volume of Land Records in Secretary of 
State's office, Hartford, referred to in note to p. 544. 

6. Matthew Grant's Old Church Record, the original of which is 
in the custody of the Connecticut Historical Society, our copy (Appen- 
dix A.) being from an accurate transcri])t by Jabez H. Hayden, Esq., 
carefully compared with the original, for this Revised Edition. 



PREFACE TO THE PRESENT (REVISED) EDITION. 11 

7. Henry Wolcoti, Jr.'s Shorthand 3IS. Volume, thus described : 
" Among tlie papers deposited in the library of the Conn. Hist. Society, 
some years since, was a stout little vellum-covered volume, of nearly 400 
pages, clearly-written in a puzzling shorthand, with no clue to the subject, 
or the writer's name. It finally attracted the attention of Hon. J. Ham- 
mond Trumbull, who is as ingenious in such matters as he is persever- 
ing in his researches ; he succeeded in deciphering it, and found it to 
consist of notes of sermons and lectures, delivered in Windsor and Hart- 
ford, between April, 1638, and May, 1641, in regular course. The writ- 
er's name is not given, but his birthday is noted on the first leaf of the 
volume, and this and other facts identify him as Henry Wolcott, Jr., and 
it is a curious fact that the only record of his birth is found among these 
hieroglyphics, and the date has been hitherto unknown. These notes 
give the dates, texts, and general outlines of the discourses of the Rev. 
Messrs. Warham and Hnit, in Windsor, and of the Rev. Messrs. 
Hooker and Stone, at Hartford, during the sessions of the General and 
Particular Courts. Among the former is one delivered by Mr. Ware- 
ham, Nov. 17, 1640, ^at the hetrothing of Benedict Alvord and Al)raluun 
Randall,' from the text, E])h. vi. 2, ' Put on the whole armor of God, 
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.' The preacher 
' improved ' the theme ' for teaching the betrothed lovers that marriage 
is a warfaring condition,' and ' for reproof to those who think nothing is 
needed for marriage but the consent of the parents.' In the face of these 
solemn admonitions, it appears from tlie Windsor records that both were 
duly married before the expiration of the year — the happy Benedict to 
Joan Newton and Abraham to Mary Ware. ' Among the latter discourses 
are Mr. Hooker's two Election Sermons, of May 31, 1638, and April 11, 
1639. Of the first, from the text, Deut. i. 13, Mr. Trumbull gives an ab- 
stract of deep interest, as showing the 'politics' which were preached by 
the ablest and best of the Puritan Fathers." 

We may further note that of 75 of the Rev. Mr. Warham's ser- 
mons and lectures pi-eached in the year from April, ItiSy, to April, 1640, 
twenty-four were from Psalms xcii. 5, 6, 7 ; nineteen from I Corinthians, 
vi. 11 ; fourteen from Matthew xxii. 37, 38, and four from the 6th, 7th, 
and 8th verses of the same chapter, together with five occasional seimons 
from other texts. Of 46 sermons and lectures jireached by Rev. Mr. 
Iluit from 18 Aug., 1638, to 14 Ap'l, 1640, twenty-one were from Timothy 
ii. 19,21; five from Jeiemiah viii. 4; five from James ii. 14; four from 
1 Corinthians x. 12. 

8. Three volumes of ancient Colonial (('onn.) Records, dis- 
covered by C. J. Hoadly, LL.D., State Lilirarian, and deposited in the 
State Library, at Hartford — containing transcrii)ts of the Land Records, 



! 



12 PREFACE TO THE PRESENT (REVISED) EDITION. 

and uf the Births, Marriages, and Deaths of Windsor, Wethersfield, 
Fairfield, and some other towns, recorded hy order of Court, and thus 
forming authenticated and reliable records. 

9. Records of First Church of Wiiulsor, commencing with cases 
of confessions and discipline, 1723 ; ending 25 Jan., 1746/7, in hand- 
writing of Rev. Jonathan Marsh; then in writing of Rev. Wm. Russell, 
under date of 24 July, 1751, an account of the proceedings of his ordina- 
tion ; followed, Mcli. 27, 1776, by a similar record, in his ownhandwrit- 
writing, of the ordination of Rev. David Rowland ; then Baptiioun, liy 
Mr. Russell, 4 Aug., 1751, to May 2, 1773 ; continued from Apl., 177(), to 
Mch. 1, 1788, by Rev. D. Rowland ; continued 31 Jan., 1790, to Sept. 20, 
1801, by Rev. H. A. Rowland : Ih-afJix, fi May, 1790, to 29 Mch., 1805; 
31arria!jeH, 1763 and Feb., 1777, to 17 Alay, 1800 ; Baptmm,l\ A])l., 
1736, to 8 June, 1746. 

Also Records of the First Ch. of W., commenced by Rev. D. S. Hovi- 
land — i¥«;v%es, 1771 to 1846 ; Baptixnis, 1790 to 1858 ; BeatJix, 1790- 
1857. 

10. Pastoral Records of the North Socictii of Wiiidxnr, under the 
ministry of the Rev. Theodore Hinsdale, 1761 to 1794. 

11. Pa!<for's Record (private), kejit by Rev. Ilezekiah Cissell, pas- 
tor of Wintonbury (now Bloomfield) Church. 

12. An ancient private Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in 
Wintonbury Parish (now Bloomfield) furnished by Eliza Mills Rnndall, 
Seneca Falls, N. Y. 

13. 0. R. {E. W. C. R. in first edition.) The Cook Record of Burials 
and Baptisms in East Windsor, so called from its having been for numy 
years kept in the Cook family, on E. W. Hill. It is entitled " An exact 
acovnt of the Parfons Bcrued in the Bering Yard In Windsor, on the 
East Side of Connecticut River." 

After this title, the recorder " dropped into poetry," as follows: 

" Death is a Terror vnto Kiiijts 
Tlif King (if Terrors two. 
Botli Old A: Young Both Uicli i\: poor 
When Sunioiif tliay mnft go. 

" When In this Book You Eys tliay Look 
tlieir Names for to Behold 
Kemember then liow Soue 'twill be 
Or Ear Your" Is Inroled " 

"Thefur.st parfon bvrvcd In the Burving I'lace | Was Thomis Morton Who died 
.Ivlv tlie I Twentieth, 1708." 



PREFACE TO THE PRESENT (REVISED) EDITION. 13 

Commencing with this death record, the oldest MS., or what re- 
mains of it (for the last leaf has evidently been lost) ends at 12 Nov., 
1774. It has also been eaten by mice, so that a portion of the second 
leaf is gone, injuring records from Oct. 5, 1709, to March, 1711 ; and 
from Oct. 30, 1723, to June 11, 1724, which has been pieced out in this 
copy from the Cook copy. It seems to be, up to Nov. 12, 1774, in the 
handwriting of Deacon, Doctor, and Reverend Matthew Rockwell, and 
the latter jiart liears evident marks of his advancing age; but the 
earlier part (say, from 1708-17) must have been copied by him from 
some other record, as he was liorn Jan. 30, 1707/8, only a few months 
before its first entry. The poetry with which it opens, however, sounds 
like his. In many places where he seemed not to know the full facts, he 
left a line or lines blank, as if intending to comjilete the record when 
the facts could be learned. 

The Cook copy seems to be a copy of this Rockwell copy, from the 
beginning to the end of the year 1761, up to which time there are varia- 
tions, always such as have been made in copying, but never giving addi- 
tional facts ; while, after that date, the record seems to have been kept 
independently, vaiying in dates and facts, and frequently giving more. 
The deaths are continued to 21 Oct., 1811, at which the " old manu- 
script" ends, and what follows (a few entries between Nov., 1811, and 
Jan. 28, 1801, and between Jan., 1846, and Apl. 9, 1869) is in a differ- 
ent hand on whiter paper, of which three leaves have been, at three 
different times, a])pended to the book. 

Of Baptisms, the record commences with " November 22, 1761, that 
was the first Sabbath day [that we] met in our new meeting-house — 
tlicre was 4 Children Baptized that day," and extends to July 3, 1833, 
and then, on an inserted leaf, is continued a record of baptisms under 
the ministration of Rev. Chauncey G. Lee, 24 June, 1832, to June 8, 
1845. 

It is evident that this curious old record was always a private copy, 
possibly at some time in the hands of a sexton, but tierer a church record. 

We have spoken of the Rockwell and the Cook copies. From these 
co]iies, one was made by Mr. D.Williams Patterson, the genealogist, who, 
in 1870, bought from Mrs. Collins (a descendant, through the Grants, 
from old Matthew Rockwell) the " oldest copy," and fi-om the Cook 
family borrowed another. With the " oldest copy " he found one leaf 
of one still older, * probably the one from which the l)eginning of the 
Rockwell copy, or " oldest," was made. Mr. Patterson's careful and 
critical revision, collation of all authorities, and annotations have 
rendered his version the naost relialde for our use. 



•These have been bound together, ami presented by Jlr. V. U> the Library of tlic 
New Eng. Hist. -Gen. Society, at Boston. 



I 



14 PREFACE TO THE PRESENT (liEriSED) EDITION. 

14. Private MS. of lieu. Timothy Edwards, first pastor of East 
Windsor. While preparing our first edition, we were favored with the 
loan from Mrs. L. Weld of Hartford, Conn., of a small bound volume 
lillcil in the minute but very legible handwriting of the Rev. Time. 
Edwards, with memoranda of church and parish records, a copy of the 
original E. W. Church Covenant; List of Chui-ch members in 1700; 
Baptisms from 1G98 to July, 1703; notes on certain " Remarl<able 
Providences " which liad l)efallen this good man from his boyhood up, 
etc., etc., the most valuable j)ortiuns of which will lie found incor|)orated 
in this work. 

15. ReeordK of Births, Marriagci<, and Deaths kejit by Rev. Shuhael 
Bartlett, of Scant!.' Parish, E. W., 1805 to 1853. 

16. Records of Town of Eaxt Windsor. Town Clerk's office. 

17. " A History of Changes on the Main Street in South Windsor, 
Conn., between the Congregational Church and East Hartford line. Facts 
gathered, mostly in 1874 ; Reed & Barber's Map of the Street, as it was 
about 1800, being the starting point and following the homes and 
families down to 1874. By Mrs. Jane M. Stiles, South Windsor, Conn." 
This MS. of 226 pages is a modest " labor of love " for her native town, 
by a lady whose domestic duties have cci'tainly interfered with the de- 
v(!l()]iment of an excellent genealogist. 

Condensation, both as to form of expression and arrangement of 
matter, has been forced upon me by the extraordinary amount of material 
placed at my disjjosal ; and (csjiecially in the genealogical portion of the 
work) this has taken the form of abbreviations, of which a list follows 
this preface. 



OLD AN33 NEW STYLE. 

At the time of the first settlement of New England the English people began the 
new year on the 25tli of .Alarch, Annunciation (or Lady) Day. Any dates between 
January 1st and JIareh 25th appearing on the original records of those times should 
have one year added. Later a new form of designating the year was adopted; the first 
time it was used by the General Court of Connecticut was "this 20th day of March, 
1649-.50" — 1650, by our present reckoning. This style prevailed about one hundred 
years, and the dale of all the months of tlie year should he carried forward bet wren 
1600 and ITOO, ten days; between 1700 and 1752, when the English Government changed 
their dates from old style to new style, there should be elei-en days added. In 1753 the 
Parliament of Great Britjiiu made September 3d the 14th. 



AHHREVIATIONS. 15 

RULE FOR FINDING THE DAY OF THE WEEK ON WHICH A 
GIVEN DATE FALLS. 

Add to the numbtr of the year its fourth part, omitting fractions. If llie date is 
in Old style, add 1 to the result. If in New style, add 5 for year.s from l.'iSa to 1699 
inclusive, 4 for years from 1700 to 1799 inclusive, 3 for years from 1800 to 1899 inclu- 
sive, and 2 for years from 1900 to 2099 inclusive. Divide the sum thus obtained by 7, 
and note the remainder. If the remainder is 0, March 1 of the given year falls on Sun- 
day; if 1, on Monday; if 3, op Tuesday, and so on. The day of March 1 being known, 
that belonging to any other date in the same year is easily ascertained. (N. B. — Nov. 
1 always falls on the same day as March 1.) E. rj., A. D. 337; 337 + 8-14-1=422, rem.= 
2; March l=Tuesday; Con.stantiue died May 22, 337, Sunday. A. D. 1415; 14ir)-i-353 
-f 1 = 1769, rem. =5; March l=Friday. Battle of Agincourt, Oct. 25, 1415, Friday 
(same week-day as Nov. 1). A. D. 1572; 1572-+-393-f 1^1967, rem. =6; March l=Sat- 
urday. Massacre of St. Bartholomew, Aug. 24, 1572, Sunday. A. D. 1776 — 1776 + 
444+4=2224, rem.=5; March l = Friday; July 4, 1776 = Thursday, A. D. 1887; 1887 + 
471+3=2361, rem. =2; March l = Tuesday. A. D. 1900; 1900+475 + 2=2377, rem.=4; 
Nov. l=Thursday. End of nineteenth century, Dec. 31, 1900, Monday. A more 
elaborate rule, giving at once the week day for any date in the year, may be found in 
the Harvard Register for June, 1881. — /. M. P. in Boston Transcript. 



ABBREVIATIONS USED. 



a, ir. 


aged. 




nht. 


about. 




riec. 


according to. 




a. p. 


acting pastor; i. e., hired, but not setti 


ed by Council. 


B. 


Bloomfield Old Graveyard. 




b. 


born. 




Blfd. 
bp. 


Bloomfield. 
baptized. 




bu. 


buried. 




Vol. Her. 


Colonial Records, see No. 8, list of MS. 


Authorities, p. 11. 


Ct. 


Connecticut. 




C. R. 
d. 


the Cook liecord, see No. 13, list of MS. 
died. 


Authorities, p. 12. 


dan. 


'lay. 
daughter. 




Ell. 


Ellington. 




E. W. 


East Windsor. 




E. W. C. R. 


Bast Windsor Church Records. " 




E. W. 0. 


The Old E. W. Graveyard (E. W. Hill). 


South Windsor. 


E. W. H. 


East Windsor Hill, South Windsor. 




E. W. St. 


the Graveyard on E. W. Street, between 


Warehouse Point and E. W. Hi 


E. W. Rec. 


Town Rec. of East Windsor. 




gd-d. 


grand-daughter. 




gd-s. 


grand -son. 




grad. 


graduated. 




H. 


Hartford. 





16 ABBREVIATIONS. 

liu. liuiue. 

I. Ireland Street (now Melrose), £. W. Gnivcyanl. 

inf. infants. 

.1. (!. B. John G. Baird. 

J. H. 11. Jabcz II. Haydcn. 

J. M. S. see No. 17, MS. Authorities, p. 14. 

K. M. Ketch Mills (now Windsorville), E. W. Graveyard. 

Id. land. 

m. married. 

mo. moiitli. 

memb. member of. 

ment. meuti()U(td. 

N. S. R. Pastoral Rec. of '• North," 4, 7 Soe. of \V. See No. 111. MS. Authorities. 

(). C. R. Old (Uiurch Ree., see p. 10, and Appeiidi.x A. 

ord. ordained. 

p. i. pastor by installation, that is, settled by a " CouMcil," Init already or- 
dained to the miui.stry. 

p. o. ordained pastor. 

Poq. Poq\ionuoc parish (Windsor). 

Poq. N. Poquonnoc (Windsor) New Graveyard. 

Poq. O. Poquonnoc (Windsor) Old Graveyard. 

poss. possibly. 

prob. probably. 

rem. removed. 

res. residence. 

R. MS. the Rundall MS., see No. 13, Authorities, p. 13. 

R. T. S. Ruth T. Sperry. 

8. son. 

Sc. Scantic parish, E. W. Graveyard. 

sett. settled. 

So. W. South Wmdsor. 

s. p. s-i/ie 2>i'"li, without issue. 

S. B. Rev. Shubael Bartlett's records. — Scantic parish, E. W., No. 15, Authori- 
ties, p. 14. 

W. Windsor. 

W. O. Windsor Old Cemetery. 

Why. Wintonbury Parish, Windsor (now Bloomtield). 

Why. C. R. Wintonbury Church Records. 

W. Rec. Windsor Records. 

W. C. R. Windsor Church Records. 

wk. week. 

Wp. Wapping parish, Ea.st (now South) Windsor. 

Wp. O. Wajiping (So. Windsor) Old Graveyard. 

Wii. N. Wapping (So. Windsor) New Graveyard. 

y. year. 

yg. young. 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



CHAPTER I. 

FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE COXXECTICL'T RIVER TO THE SET- 
TLEMENT OF WINDSOR, 1614—1635. 

TO tlic" I»utcli uiidouhtedh- belongs the honor of the first discovery 
anil (iccupation of the Connecticut Vidlev. In 1G14, when Nieuw 
Amsterdam ^vas Imt a feeble settlements if a few months' uncertain 
aidwtli, Adriaen Blociv, Hendrik Corstiaensen. and Cornelius Jacobsen 
y\i'\\ all experienced captains in the Duteli merchant service, commenced 
an exploration of the Great River of the Manhattans. At the very outset 
of the voyage, however, Block's vessel was burned. But, nothing daunted, 
he speedily constructed, on the wild and rocky shores of Manhattan 
Island, a small yacht of 16 tons, which he named the Onrmt, or lii;i<fle^x.' 
In this vessel he explored the East River, whicli he named ffelle Gat, 
established tlie insular nature of Long Island, and. passing along 
the northern shore of the Sound, discovered the Ilousatonic River and 
the Norwalk Islands. Eastward of these, he came to the mouth of a 
large stream flowing from the northwest, which he ascended as high as 
41 (leg. 48 min. (about half way l)etween tlie pi-csent towns of Hartford 
and Windsor), where he found an Indian village or fort, belonging to 
the XdU'dcis. This fortified village, in the opinion of Hon. J. Hammond 
I'riiniliull." was on the east side of the river, in what is now South Wind- 
sdi, between Fodunk and Scantic rivers, on the ground called iVo/m.s7ie 
(which seems to be the equivalent of the Dutch 'Xowaas') by the Indiiins, 
who sold it to the AVindsor plantation in 1(J8B," (see Chapter on Indian 
/'urchasies,') and was probably palisaded as a defense against the Pe- 
ijuots. Block appears to have explored this rivei-, which he named the 
••Vcrsche"or "Fresh River," and which is now called by its Indian 
name, Connecticut," as far as the rapids at the head of navigation, viz., 



' (yCallaghan's Hist, of Xeie. Ketheiland, i. 73; linMauVH ITi.it. „f Slnte of Xiir York, 
2d edit., i. 56. 

'In the Indian tongue (^>ionehtri<rut, or Coiinitteeock, meaninj^, as sonic say. " tlie long 
river" ; according to others, " the River of Pines," from the extensive pine forests which 
once clothed its banks. Block noticed, when he entered the river, that it had a strong 

Vol. I — 3 



18 HISTORY OK ANflENT WINDSOR. 

KuCn'Id Falls, at Warehouse Point. Bcvoiid that point he seems to have 
made no fnrther ex])loratioiis ; hut returninir to the Sound, coasted alontr 
to Cape Cod, where he met his friend, Cajjtain Corstiaensen. Mey, 
meanwhile, had heen exiilorinu; the Atlantic coast south of Manhattan 
Island. 

The <liseo\-erics thus made opened to the adventurous merchants of 
Holland larjic and invitinji- channels of trade in heaver skins and furs, 
especially with the Indians of the north, which they were hy no means slow 
to see and imi)rove. The Dutch West India Company was formed in 1()21, 
and as the settlement of Nieuw Amsterdam, under its fosterinjf care, 
•rradnally increased in size and ])ermanence, so their commercial relations 
cxjianded and l)ri.iilitened. Their traders traversed the trackless forests 
or jjaddled their liirht canoes along' silent rivers, and visited the red man 
in his wiiiwam. The little fort at ilanluittan was never free from stately 
Indian chiefs, whom the desire of liai-tei- and the fame ol' fair dealings 
liad tempted thither: while auiHially. from the goodly harlioi-. wi'ut forth 
a gallant fleet of liroad-liottonied DureJi vessels, richly laden with fui'iy 
treasures, to gladden the hearts of the honest lairghers of Amsterdam 
and Hoorn. 

Yet, during all this time and for many years after, there was little 
or no attempt at colonization. 'I'he rich aud Iteautiful country to which 
they had gained access was occu])ied liy only a few straggling and 
scantily-garrisoned log forts, which served as centers of trade; and their 
government was nierely the agency of a wealthy mercantile cor])oration 
at home, whose ohjects aud i-egidations weic unfa\()rai>le to agi'icultural 
or independent industrial pursuits. As yet no plans of comfortahle 
settlement or visions of future empire had troubled the Dutclunan's l)usy 
brain. iThe meadows of the Connecticut Valley were lovely in his eyes, 
not as the home and inhi>ritanee of his race, but for the 10,000 beaver- 
skins which were annually gathered from thence.' Meanwhile events 
were transpiring on another continent and in another nation, which 
were destined to wrest this territory from the Dutch, and to give it foi- a 
goodly heritage unto men of a different mo\dd and nobler aims. 

England at this time was overcast by the thick-gathering cloud of 
civil and religious persecution. Church and State were becoming more 
and more exacting in tlunr demands; all rights of conscience and faith 
were abnegated, and every heart was filled with forebodings of the 
future. " Every corner of the nation," says Macaulay, " was subjected 

downward current at a short distance above its inoiitli, so tliat liis apptllatioii of 
" Fresh " signified that the tide did not set back as far from I lieniouth of this stream 
as in rivers usually. 

' Winthrop, i. 113. 



THE SKTTLEMKXT OF NEW ENGLAND. 19 

to a ciinstaiit and iiiimitc iiis]iccti(in. Every little ednurefiation <il' Sep- 
aratists was tiarked (iiit ainl lii-cikeii ii|i. Even the devotions of private 
tiunilies could not oseape the viuilanee of spies. And the trihuuals 
afforded no protection to the suhject ajjainst the civil and ecclesiastical 
tyranny of that period." It was then that America, long known to the 
English people for its valuable fur trade and fisheries, began to he re- 
garded as an asylum by those whose principles and j)orsecutions had left 
them no alternative but exile. Hope whispered to their saddened hearts 
that, ]iei-haps, in these savage western wilds, they might be permitted to 
eiijciy tlidse ]irivik'ges which were denied them at home. The experiment 
was made. In 1620, the Rev. John Robinson's congregation, who for 
eleven yeai-s had found a home with the kind-hearted Hollanders, em- 
barked for America, and on the memorable 11th of Deceml)er (Old 
Style) landed upon the bleak and rock-bound coast of Plymouth. It is 
not our purpose to dwell upon the details of that scene which has become 
line of the grandest epochs of the world's history. Suffice it to say, that 
the experiment was a success. Starvation, cold, and all the novel dan- 
gers of a new settlement, failed to extinguish the life or check the growth 
(il the Plymouth colony. On this [)ortion of the Western Continent were 
now planted two races of Europeans with different natures and iiims : 
tiie Dutchman, with his feudal institutions and a soul absorlied in pelf: 
the Englishman, with his deej) religious zeal, his love for popular lilierty, 
and, it must be confessed, as great a love of trade as his Teutonic rival. 
The ])robability that, sooner or later, their claims must conflict, was 
warranted eipially by their national antecedents and their diversities of 
character. Yet it was not until 1627 that there was any actual comnm- 
nii-ation between the two colonies. 

Then the Dutch sent a pacific and conunereial embassage to 
Plymiinth. Their envoy, Captain De Rasiere, was courteously welcomed 
and honorably attended with the noise of tnnnpets. The meeting was 
pleasant to both jiarties. The Dutchman was the countryman of those 
who had befriended them in the day of their affliction. '-Our <'hildren 
after us," said the Pilgrims, "shall never forget the good and courteous 
entreaty which wo found in your cnutitry, and shall desire your pros- 
perity forever." lie in turn, seeing the sterility of their soil, invited 
them, as old friends, to remove to the fertile and pleasant lands on the 
Connecticut — "and wished us to nuike use of it." — Bradford, 311. i!ut 
the Pilgrims, with a frankness which savored almost of discourtesy, 
ipiesticjned the right of the Dutch to the l)anks of the Hudson, and re- 
ipiested them to desist from trading at Narragansett, at the same time 
plainly suggesting the propriety of a treaty with England. Oood feeling, 
however, prevailed in their intercourse. It could hardly be otherwise, 
\\ ith so many pleasant memories to bind them together. Yet, when De 



20 HISTORY OF AXf'TENT WINDSOR. 

Rasicrc returned to New Aiiistenl;mi, it must have lieen with an nncuni- 
fortalile apprehension <il' liituic troulih' with tlicir Knulish neighhors : 
for, soou after liis nturn, tlic authorities sent home to tlie Directoi-s in 
the Fatherhinii for a iciufoiecment of forty sohiiers. The Dutehman's 
heart was kind and his voice was ever for i)caec. But the ])hiin 
words and grasping- attitude of tlie Plymouth eohmists had sown 
seeds of dissension wliieh eould not fail to distiirl) his tranquillity, ^l'or 
were these fears groumllcss. 'I'he success of the Plymouth Colony, as 
well as the continuance of religious ])ersecution and intolerance in the 
mother country, gave a decided impetus to the pi-ogiess of emigration to 
New England. 

The Charter of .Massachusetts 15ay. granted in lti28, was conllrmcd 
in 1G29, and the same year the first settlement nndei' its jjrovisions was 
made at Salem hy (!ov. Endicott and 300 others. Charlestown was next 
settled hy a portion of the Salem i)eople, and the same year the jjatent 
and government of Massachusetts was transferred to New England. This 
was hut the beginning. The next year not less than 17 ships arrived, 
bringing some 1,600 or 1,700 immigrants. Dorchester, AVatertown, 
Roxbury, Mcdford, and Weymouth were rapidly settled by the new 
comers. And the; social necessities of these colonists, as well as their 
restless activity and numbers, forbade the sup))osition that they would 
long remain within these narrow limits when they became acquainted 
with the better lanils aiul resources of the interior. 

Foremost among these colonies of lt)80, both as regards the char- 
acter of its members and tlu^ date of its arrival, was the one which settled 
at Porchesti'i and ubicli aftei'w ai'ds leuKtved to Windsor, Conn. It had 
lieeu formed mostly from the western counties of England,' early in the 
spring of 1G29, liy tlu^ exertions of the iu\. .bihn Wliitc of Dorchestei-, 
whose zeal and labors fairly entitle him to the appellation of tlie "great 
jiatron of New England emigration." 

"Creat pains were taki^n,"' says the historian," •' to construct this 
company of sui-h materials as should coiujiose a well-ordered settlement, 
containing all the elements of an independent conmiunity. Two de- 
voted ministers, Messrs. Maxcriek" and W'arhaui,' were selected, not onlv 
with a view to the s]iiritual well'are of the plantation, but es|ieciallv 

'Trumbull says lliis " lioiioialilc comi>;uiy " \v.i> diriviil fnnii tin- counliis of 
Devonshire, Dorsetshire, and Soiuersetsbiic. 

'' llisloiji of the Town of Diiie/icxtcr, J/(Wv., cilitcil l)_v a ciiiiiiiiiltec of the Dorchester 
Aiitiquariaii and Historical Society. 

' JonN Maverick was the son of a Devon clergy man. a giaduate of E.xeter College, 
and a minister of the lCslal)lished Church, residing about forty miles from K.\eter, 
p^ngland; he is first mentioned at the time of the assemblage in the New Hospital, Ply- 



THE I)OHrHi;STER (MASS.) COLONY. 21 

tliat their efforts miglit bring the Indians to the knowledge of the Gospel. 
Two nicnabers of the government, chosen by the freemen or stockholders 
of the comi)anv in London, assistants or directors, Messrs. Rosscter and 
Ludlow, men of character and education, were joined to the association, 
tliat their counsel and judgment might aid in preserving order and 
founding the social structure upon the surest basis. Several gentlemen, 
]iast middle life, with achdt families and good estates, were added, 
ilcnry Wolcott, Thomas Ford, George Dyer, William Gaylord, William 
Rockwell, and William Phelps were of this class. But a large portion of 
active, well-trained young men, either just juarricd or without families, 
such as Israel Stoughton, Roger Clap, George ilinot, George Hall, Rich- 
ard Collicott, Nathaniel Duncan, and many others of their age, were the 
jicrsons upon whom the more severe trials of a new settlement were ex- 
{lected to devolve. Three persons of some military exjjerience — viz.: 
Captain John Mason, Captain Richard Soiithcoto, and Quartermaster 
John .^mitli — were selected as a suitable appendage, as forcible resistance 
from the Indians might render the skill and discipline which these gen- 
tlemen had acquired- under De Yere, in the campaign of the Palatinate 
on the Continent, an element of safety essential to the enter])rise." 

"These godly people," says Roger Clap, one of the nuralier,' " resolved 



mouth, England, to organize a church. Cotton Matlier includes him in the "First 
Classis " of ministers, viz.: those who "were in the actual exercise of their ministry 
when the}' left England." He was "somewhat advanced of age," at that period. He 
took the freeman's oath May 18, 1631. A curious account of his drying some gun- 
powder in a pan over the lire, in the Dorchester meeting-house, which was used as a 
magazine also, and the wonderful escape of Maverick in the consequent explosion of a 
" small barrel," are described in Winthrop's Journal, i. *T8. Mr. Maverick expected to 
remove to Connecticut, but died Feb. 3, 1636^7, aged "about .sixty." "A godly man, 
a beloved pastor, a safe and truthful guide." Samuel Maverick, an Episcopalian, an 
early settler of Noddle's Island, and afterwards royal commissioner, was a son of Hev. 
John. For a fidl account of each, see Sumner's Hist, of Eiist lioston. A. ii. (;. 

' Rev. John Wauua.m, like Mr. Maverick, was an ordained minister of the Church 
(if England, in Exeter, and eminent as a preacher. Roger Clap, who, when a lad, lived 
about three miles from Exeter and often went to the city on a Lord's Day, where, as he 
says, " were many famous preachers of the Word of God," adds: " I took such a liking 
to the Rev. Mr. AVarham, that I did desire to live near him, so I removed into the city." 
Mr. Warham, .says Rev. Gowcn C. Wilson {Ilnrlfird Co. Mtiu. Ilhl., .")3(i). " was doubt- 
less descended from the same stock with William Warham, D.I), and LL I)., Arch- 
bishop of Canterbury, who died in 1532. The Archbishop had a brother John, who.se 
grandson also bore that name. A branch of this family settled in Dors(!t, where for 
several generations the name John Warham is met with, until 1G47, when one of tliat 
name sold an estate in that shire. There can be but little doubt that he belonged to 
this family; but the names of his parents, the year and place of his birth, where he was 
educated, with all el.se connected with his life previous to coming to this country, are 
now unknown. He was a young man, however, at that time, while Mr. Maverick 
was somewhat advanced in years." Mr. Warham (according to Muss. Hist. Sue. Proceed. _ 
xvii. 348) was a graduate of Oxford. 

'Roger Chips Meiimirs. pub. by the Dorchester Antiq. ami Ilisl. Society. 



22 HISTORY OF ANriKNT WINDSOR. 

to live togotlicr, and theret'oiv, as they had made <-huice oi those two 
Rev. Servants of God, Mr. John Warhani and Mr. John Maverick to be 
thcii' MinistiTs. so thcv kept a solemn day of Fasting in the New Hos- 
pital in Plyinoiiili, ill MiiLiland. sjicnding it in Preaching and praying; 
where that worthy man of (Jml, .Mi\ .lolin Wliite of Dorchester, in Dor- 
setshire, was present and jireachcd luilo us in the forepait of the day, 
and in the latter |iart of the day, as the ]ieople did solemnly make choice 
of and call these godly ministers to he their Officers, so also the Rev. 
Ml-. W;irliaiii and Mr. Maverick did acce|)t thereof and expressed the 
s;iiiif."" i'.otli these gentlemen had forincn-ly been ordained by bishops, 
and though now tlioi-oiigli non-conformists, no ic-ordiiiation was (U'cmed 
necessary. 

On the :20th of March, lf)80, this company of 140 persons embarked 
at Plymouth in the Man/ and John, of 400 tons liurden, commanded by 
Captain .Sipieb and described as " Mr. Ludlow's vessel." " So we came," 
says Clap, "by the hand of God through the Deeps cond'ortaldy : having 
Preaching or Expounding of the Word of God, every day for Ten Weeks 
together, liy our Ministers." On the Lord's Day, May the ;^Oth, 1630, 
their good ship came to anchor on the New England coast. Their 
original destination was the Charles River, bnt an unfortunate misunder- 
standing wliich arose between the captain and his passengers resulted in 
the latter being summarily jmt ashore at Xantasket (now Ilnll), where 
they were obliged to shift for themselves as best they could.' 

Ten of the undo ])assengers setting ont iu a boat in search of the 
promised land reached Charlestown Neck, where they were kindly re- 
ceived by an old ]ilanter, who gave them a dinner of " fish without 
bread." Thus scantily refreshed they i)assed u|) the Charles River to 
what is now Watertowu. Here they passed two oi- three days, when 
they retni-ucd to the main part of tiir coiniiaiiy. who had found a good 
pasture ground for tiirir cattle ;it .Matla|iaii. now known as Dorchester 
Neck or South Uostnn. Tlieir seltleiiieut was named (as we hax'e reason 
to believe at the suggestion of ,Mi-. J^udlou ) Doiebester, in honoi- of the 
Rev. Mr. White of Dorchester, Englan<l: wbieli had also l)een the home 
of several of their own number. 

The long sea voyage had pmbalily enfeelilecl many of tbeiii," and as 



' "The Mai-y a ndJohn was the first ship, of the fleet of 1630, that arrived in the 
bay. At that time there were surely no pilots for ships to be found, and the refusal of 
the eaptain to attempt tlie passage without pilot or chart does not seem unreasonable, 
though Clap has sent the captain's name to posterity as a " merciless man,' who, Trum- 
bull says, was afterwards obliged to pay damages for this conduct." (Hist. Dor- 
ehfxter, Maisii.) This trouble was afterwards amicably settled by the mediation of Gov. 
Wintlirop. See his Journal, i. 28. 

■' See Wintlirop. 



THE DOIICHESTKH (MASS.) COLONY. 23 

tlirv still refaiiii'il their oriu-inal (irojcct of settling- on the Charles River, 
thry hail iiiailc liitir or no provision for future want in the way of ])lunt- 
ing. ('onse(iuently, shortly aftei- their arri\al, they found themselves 
threatened with a scarcity of food. We will let Rog-cr Clap tell the story 
in his own tjuaint and jiatlietic manner. 

" Ob the hunger that niauy suffered, and saw no hope in thoeyoof reason to be svip- 
plied, only by chims, and niuseles, and tish. We did quietly build boats, and some 
went a fishing; but bread was with many a scarce thing, and flesh of all kinds scarce. 
And in those days, in our straits, though I cannot say God sent us a raven to feed us 
as he did the prophet Elijah, yet this I can say to the praise of God's glory, that he 
sent not only poor ravenous Indians, which came with their baskets of corn on their 
backs to trade with us, which was a good supply unto many, but also sent ships from 
Holland and from Ireland with provision, and Indian corn from Virginia to supply the 
wants of his dear servants in this wilderness, both for food and raiment. And wlien 
people's wants were great, not only in one town but in divers towns; such was the 
godly wisdom, care and prudence (not selfishness but self-denial) of our Governor Win- 
throp and his assistants, that when a ship came laden with provisions, they did order 
that the whole cargo should be bought for a genernl utock: and so accordingly it was, 
and distribution was made to every town, and to every person in each town, as every 
man had need. Thus God was pleased to care for his people in times of straits, and to 
fill his servants with food and gladness. Then did all the servants of God ble.ss His 
holy name, and love one another with pure hearts, fervently." 

For a further account of their doinsis at this place, a sulijeet possess- 
inu' pecidiar interest to every inhahitant of Winds<ir who traces his 
lin(>ag'e hack to those settlei's of Dorchester, we refer to the historv 
liefore mentioned. 

In ])lace of the lialance of this chapter, as given in our first edition, 
we herewith suhstitute the following, written at our reipiest li\- one who 
is easily recognized as the iiighest living authmily on Windsor historical 
nuitters. It is the result of some thirty additional ye;irs of rcseaich, 
and presents a very full and clear statement of the three indci)endent 
"occupations" (viz.: that of the Plipnouth Vompany, tliat of the Dor- 
cheater Immigration, and that of the Lordn and Gentlemen,) which com- 
hineil in the settlement of Windsor. 

Such interpolations, e.\])lanatory, or otherwise, as we have seen lit 
to make in Mr. Ilayden's article, are distinguished hy Iteing hracketed 

thus [— ] and liv the letter s. 



The Settlement of Windsor. 



BY JABEZ H. HAYDEN. 



I. THE OCCrPATION I$Y TllK rr.Y.MorTII TRADING COMPANY. 
As we li;i\(' lict'circ sfcii ( |i. I'.M.tlic i)\ nturi-s iikmIc in lUiiT li\ the 
Dlltcli to tllf l*l\ liKilllli |iru|ilc. til jDili tlicill ill a llirirautilc \riitlirc' ll|iiill 
tlic Coiiuceticiit l{i\('i-, liad no iiiuui'iliatc iiractii-al |-csiiit. 'I'lir Plymoiitli 
pc()])Ie "made sc\cral voyages to the ("oniu'cticiit, and roiiiul it a line 
{)lace, hut had no great trade." — Brailfnrd. ••'I'liosr Indians [/.«■. of 
Coiuiccticnt River] seeing us not very forward to hniid there, solirited 
them of Massarluisetts in like sort, for their [the Indians"] end uas to 
be restored to their country again." — Bnt(lf<ii<l. Tiicy had heard that 
the white men with tiieir gnus were iin iiirilih'. and lio|ie(i that, niiik'r 
siieh ]ii'oteetion, tiie l'ei|Uots would no longi.-r o|i|ii-ess them. Neither 
Plymouth nor .Massaeliiisetts were at that time ready to commence the 
undertaking: hut later (July Vi, 1(188 ), Mr. Winslow and -Mr. Bradford 
of Plymouth went to Boston to confer with the Massachusetts men 
ahout joining them in the enteiprisi'. .Massachusetts had no suitahle 
goods for Indian trade, and though Plymouth offereil them some of theirs 
on liberal terms, Bradford says that the negotiations came to nothing. 
Gov. Winthro]! says (i. 10.')) •'There was a motion to set up a trading- 
house there to prevent the Dutch, who were ahout to hiiilil one, . 
there being three or four thousand Indians, A'c., we tlioiight not fit to 
meddle with it." The' Plymouth people now determineil to go on alone, 
but the Dutch at New York, who about a dozen years hel'ore had encour- 
aged them to do so, endeavored t-o foi-estall them, [by |iiirchasing,' in 
1G32, lands from the Indians at Saybiook. on which were duly erccti'il 
the arms of the States-General. .Vnd on the stii of June, lli8o, the 
West India Company bought from .^achem Wapyipiart a tract of meadow 
land, "extending about a (Duteh) mile down along the river to the iie.\t 
little stream, and ujiwards beyond the hill, being a third of a (Dutch)' 
mile broad."* On this purchase, the present site of the city of Hartford, 

'Through Wahguinnacut, a Connecticut River sachem, who visited botli Odlonies. 

'O'Callaghan, Hist. New XetherUtiid, i. 151. Hrodheiul, i. 153. states that this forti- 
fied trading-house was said " to have been projected and begun in 1623," although not 
finished until 1033. 




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TIIK PLYMdlTII niADINi; COMIVWV. 25 

llic r>iitcli iiuic'kly erected a little fort, which was (lereiideii liy two 
caminii Mud called the House of Good Hope. P^veiits were hurr\ iiiu' toi-- 
ward a collision which could not lone be avoided. 

P^aily in Octoliei-. the hark lih'nitinij, from Massachusetts, voyau-iuji' 
to Lonu" Island, visited New Amsterdam, where its captain showed to 
A'an Twiller his commission, signifyinsi- that the King of England had 
gi-arited to his loyal subjects the river and country of ronneeticut. 
^^'llcrl•ll|lon the Dutch Governor wrote b:ick a very '•courteous and re- 
speetfnl" letter to the Eastern Colonies, stating that both by prior 
discovery, occu])ati(m, and the grant of the States, the country belonged 
to the Dutch West India Company; and requesting the Plymouth Peo- 
|ile to lefrain from settling there until the matter coidd be determined by 
the iiroj)er ])ersons, in order that they "as Christians, might dwell 
together in these heathenish parts." 

I>ut these courteous and pacific counsels had no weight with the 
Plymouth Trading Company, who, within a few days after, sent out "a 
large new bark," in charge of one William Holmes, a man of enterpris- 
ing and resolute spirit, with an equally resolute crew. Holmes had on 
board the frame of a house, with all the materials requisite for its imme- 
diate erection. He also carried with him Attawanott, and rfher Indian 
sachems, the original jjrojirietors of the soil, who had been driven thence 
by the '.-arlike Pecpiots, and of whom the Plymouth people afterwards 
])urchased the land. When he reached the Dutch fort at Hartford, the 
drum-beats that resounded from its walls, the cannoniers standing with 
lighted matches beside the "two guns," under the banner of New Neth- 
erlands, all gave note of warlike intent. Nor was he long left in doubt, 
'i'lic Dutch hailed him with an enquiry as to his intentions, and a per- 
emptory order to stop. He curtly replied that he held his commission 
from the Governor of Plymouth Colony, and that his orders were to go 
up the river to trade — and, notwithstanding their threats to fire upon 
liim, he held steadily on his way to the place which the Indians had pre. 
\ii)usly sold to the company, lielow the month of the Tunxis, or Pivulet,' 
arriving there, 26 .Sept., 1633." They quickly |int iqi the fiame of the 
house which they had brought with them — s.], enclosed it with palisades 
(stockade) ami were soon in ])osition to defend themselves against the 
Indian enemies of the fi'iendly luitives, who had invited them here and 

' The Plymouth Trading IInusi- was cncttd (in the bank of tlie Connecticut Uiver, 
80 to 100 rods below tlie present mouth of tlie Tunxis (about midway of the Plymouth 
meadow). 

' "\Viiithrii]i's .liinncil mentions their sjife arrival in Connectieut, under date of 
Oct. id, the date pruhalily on which he received the news. The Dutch authorities state 
that the Plymouth vessel reached its destination on Sept. 26th, si.\ days before the news 
reached Boston. — 0' C'allarilian, i. 151. 

Vol. 1 — 4 



26 HISTOHY OF ANCIFNT WINPSOR. 

solil tlieni lan<ls: mikI, also, as it ])rovp(l, asrainst an attack hv tho Dntcli. 
Tlio Pilgrims had now ont-sreneralcd tho Dntch by goina: aliove them, 
where they oonld secure the trade of th(> Indians, who lived hiiiher up tlio 
river. The Dutch, at Hartford, at once reported the case to the authori- 
ties at New Netherlands, which resulted in an official protest, and warn- 
injr to quit, served upon Capt. Holmes,' and in tho sendinu- of an aimed 
force of seventy men to dislodge tho Plymouth jjeoiile." It seems almost 
incredible that the Dutch should have had so large a force here in the 
autumn of 1638, or that Plymouth should have had enough men on the 
spot to successfully withstand them. Hut the Plymouth men had "come 
to stay " : and. so far as the Dutch and Indians were concerned, proved 
their ability to do so. 'I'lie seventy soldiers who went up in battle array, 
returned to Plartford without firing a gun ; and the next wo hoar from 
the Dutch is of their strategic move to send men higher up the ri\er 
to intereej)t the trade which would naturally fall to the Plymouth men. 
This, however, failed, because of the breaking out of the small-jjox 
among the Indians,' and tho Dutchmen themselves nearly perished before 
they reached the white settlements again. A like fatal epidemic 
occurred among the Windsor Indians during the same winter of 1G38-4. 
Bradford's Journal (p. 314), gives the following account : 



' This protest, served 25 Oct., 1633, by Commissioner Van Carlcr. reads thus: 
" The Director and Council of Nicuw Nctlicrland hereby give notice to William Holmes, 
lieutenant and trader, acting on behalf of the English Governor of Plymouth, at |ires- 
ent in the service of that nation, that he depart forthwith, with all his people and 
houses, from the lands lying im tlie Fresh River, continually traded upon by our nation, 
and at present occuijied by a fort, which lands have been purchased from the Indians 
and paid for. And in ease of refusal, we hereby protest against all loss and interest 
wliicli the Privileged West India Company may sustain. 

"Given at Fort Amsterdam, in Nieuw Netherland. this xxvth Octob., 1633." 

A written answer to this was requested but was refused by Holmes. — O'CnUa- 
gkan's Jlist. X K., i. 154. 

' Dec. 22, 1634, by a letter from Plymouth, it was certified that Holmes' House had 
been attacked. — M'iuthroj), i. 153. 

' liiddfwd, p. 325, sjiys: "There was a company of peo])lc lived in the country \i\i 
above in the river Connecticut [Warannoc, now Westfield, Mass.], a gr(;at way from 
their [the Plymouth] Trading-hou.se, and were enemies of those Indians who lived about 
them, and of whom they [the Windsor Indians] stood in some fear (being ii stout peo- 
ple), about a thou.sand of whom had inclosed them.selves in a fort, which they had 
strongly palLsadoed about. Three or four Dutchmen went up in the beginning of win- 
ter to live with them, and get their trade, and prevent them from bringing it to the 
English, or to fall into amity with them, but at spring to bring all down to their place 
[Hartford]. But, their enterprise failed, for it pleased God to visit those Indians with 
a great sickness and such a mortality that, of a thousand, above nine hundred and fifty 
died, and many of them did rot above ground for want of luirial, and the Dutchmen 
almost starved before they could get away, for ice and snow. BiU. about February 
they got, with much difficulty, to their [the Plymouth] trading-house, wliere they kindly 
received them, being almost spent with hunger and cold. Being thus refreshed divers 
days, they got them down to their own place [Hartford], and the Dutchmen were very 
thankful for this kindness." 



FATAL EPIPEMIC AMONG THE INDIANS. 27 

" This Sjiring, also, the ludians that livud about their trading-house there fell sick 
of y« small-poxe, and dyed most miserably ; for a sorer disease cannot befall them ; they 
fear it more than y" plague ; for usually they that have this disease liavc tlicm in abund- 
ance and for want of bedding and linen, and other helps, they fall into a lamentable 
condition, as they lie on tlieir hard mats, the pox breaking and matterating, and run- 
ning one into another, their skin cleaving (by reason thereof) to the mats they lie on. 
When they turn them [selves] a whole side will flea off at once, as it were, and they will 
be all one gore of blood, and then being very sore, what with cold and other distempers, 
they die like rotten sheep. The condition of this people was lamentable, and they fell 
dowueso generally of this disease, as they were (in y end) not able to help one another; 
no, not to make a Are, nor to fetch a little water to drink, nor any to burie y" dead; but 
would strive as long as they could, and when they could procure no other means to 
make 'fire, they would burne y» wooden trayes, & dishes they ate their meate in, and 
tlieir very bowes and arrowes: & some would crawle out on all fours to gett a little 
water, and sometimes dye by y« way, & not be able to gett in againe. But those of y 
English House [Plymouth Co.'s] (though at first they were afraid of the infection), yet 
seeing tlieir woefull and sadd condition, and hearing their pitifull cries and lamenta 
tions, they had compassion of them, and dayly fetched them wood and water, and made 
them fires, gott them victuals whilst they lived, and buried them when they dyed. For 
very few of them escaped, notwithstanding they did what they could for them, to y" 
hazard of themselves. The chiefe-sachem himselfe ' now died, & almost all his friends 
& kindred. But by y" marvellous goodnes & providens of God, not one of y« English 
was so much as sicke, or in y least measure tainted with this disease, though they dayly 
did these offices for them for many weeks together. And this mercie which they shewed 
them was kindly taken, and thankfully acknowledged of all y" Indians that knew or 
heard of y' same: and their masters [members of the Trading comjiany] here [at 
Plymouth] did much commend and reward them for y same."' 



' Probably Attawanot, or Nattawanut, who was brought home and restored to liis 
possessions by Holmes. See chapter on Indian IIiKi<rry and Purchases. 

2 This terrible disease had prevailed about Plymouth several years before the com- 
ing of the Plymouth Pilgrims, as we learn from an account of a visit made from that 
place forty miles inward, in the summer of 1621. This account, written by Bradford 
(102) several years later, tlirows considerable light upon the art of cultivating Indian 
corn, as practiced by tile Indians before the whites came, as well as upon tlie beiielicial 
results to the Indians of the coming of the English — who occupied the open lands of the 
depleted tribes, supplied the survivors with European agricultural iraiilemcnts, and 
taught tliem better methods of cultivation. 

•■jMr. Winslow and Mr. Hopkins, with Squanto [the interpreter!, went [from Ply- 
moutli] to vi.sit Massasoit . . . butthey found .short commons and came liome weary and 
hungry, for the Indians used then to have nothing so much corn as they have since the Eng- 
lish have stored them with hoes, and [the Indians have] seen our indu.stry in breaking up 
new ground tlierewith. [The Indians had hitherto been without iron, or other metal imple- 
ments.] Tliey [the Plymouth men] found the place 40 miles away, soil good, the people not 
mnuy, hein<i ih ,iil ,iiii! (il,ii luhintly iraMed in the late great mortality which fell on all of thex 
parts atmiit Ihrn f/<<ir.y lufire the mming of the Em/lish, wherein thousands of them died, 
they not being alili' to Imry one another. Their skulls and bones we found in many 
places where tlieir homes and dwellings had been," etc. 

Nearly fifty years ago, I gathered some Indian corn, which was doubtless grown in 
Winds(n- by the Indi.ms before the whites came. This corn was exposed by the break- 
ing of the Connecticut River bank, by a spring fresliet, not far above the moutli of the 
Tunxis or Rivulet. I judged there had been about a bushel of it, in what had been an 
Indian grave; and had been charred to prevent its rotting, and looked like browned cof- 
fee berries. So many of the kernels were of an irregular shape — having been grown 



28 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

II. THE DOKCIIESTEU AND OTiIEK MASSACHL'SETTS IMMIGRATIONS. 

As already seen, tlio Plyindiith ('(iiii|iaiiy"s |i;irty rcaeliril Wimlsur 
Sept. 26, 1683, and tlir news of thrir safe arrival here is euteied in 
Winthrop's Journal under date nf Oct. 2d ; hut, at least one party from 
Massachusetts wliieli went ii\ciiand prnlialily I'eaehed the t'oiineeticut 
River before tliein. 

Winilinip (i. Ill) says, under date of 4 Sept., 1633," John Oldham 
and three others with him went overland to Connecticut to trade." 
Again (1-23), Jan. 20, l(i33-4 (?), " ITall and two others who went to 
Connecticut Nov. 3d, now come liome to the IJay. They found the smail- 
])o.\' raging among the Indians, by reason whei'cof they had no trade ;" 
and (TbifL), July 15, 1634, "Six of Newtown went in the Ble-sgiiiff 
(bound to tlie Dutch ]ilantation) to discover the Connecticut River." 

The reports of these ])arties, (m their return, doiditless informed the 
Massacluis(.'tts [leople of the nature and extent of the ri\cr nu'adows 
open to cidtivation, and, jirobaldy, the obtaining of ai'cuiate information 
was the main purpose of theii' journeys. 

To return to the Plymouth people in Connectirut. we ha\e sei'ii the 
erection of their house and defense of the same. Ilicii- hospitality to the 
starving Diitclunen, who were their rivals in tradr. and their kindness 
to sulfering Indians in the winter of 1633-4. The next that is Inward 
from them is in the summer of 1635, more than a yeai' latei', when Jon- 
athan J>i-ewster. thi' resident agent, sends tiie following repoi't to the 
Plymouth coni])any : 
S' : &c. 
Ye Ma.s.S!U'luist'tts men are cimiing nlmost ilayly, .■iniiu' liy waliT iV smnc liy laiul. 
who are not yit dcterraiued wher to setle,' though some have a gnat miIihI to ye place 
we are upon, and which was last bought. ° Many of them look at Hint which lliis river 
will not afford, except it be at this place which we have, nanily to be a iiieat towne and 
have commodious dwellings for many years togeatlier. So as llo] wliat they will doe I 



alone, or having touched another only on one side — as to indicate a meagre crop. Sucli 
ki^rnels as are found when a chance stalk grows alone, or when a field of corn is too jioor 
to pnuhicc pollen sufiicient to fertilize all the ear. A speeiinen of this c-om can be seen 
at tlie Historical Society's Uooms in Hartford. — ,i. n. n. 

' Q>"'n/- — Jli'tl " tbe Massachusetts men " [that is, the emigrants from Watertown, 
Mass.] settled at Wethersfield the year before and Brewster remained ignorant of the 
fact? And, if he knew that the Watertown people were settled there, would he have 
ignored the fact in this communication, descriptive of the situation on the Connecticut, 
to his superiors at Plymouth y 

" " Which was last bought." linidfotd (314) says : •• We <lid the Dutch no wrcmg, 
for they [of Plymouth | took not a foot of any land they [the I)utch| bought, but went 
to the place above them and bought that tract of land [Plymouth Meadow and the head 
of the Hartford Meadow] which belonged to those Indians which they [we] carried with 
us, anil their friends, with whom the Dutch had nothing to do." "The last bought" 
was the Great Jleadow which lies nortli of the Tunxis. or Rivulet. If the original 
purchase had included tlii' (Jreat Meadow, there would liave been no ■ last " |)urchase. 



DORCHESTER AND OTHER MASSACHUSETTS IMMIORATTONS. 29 

camiiit yi't resolve you : for [in] this place there is none of them say anything to me, 
but w iiat I hear from their servants' (by whom I perceive their minds). I shall doe 
what 1 ran to withstand them.' I hope they will hear reason ; as tliat we were here 
tirst. and entred with much difficulty and danger, both in regard to ye Dutch and In- 
deans, and bought ye land (to your great charge, allready disbiir.sed), and have since 
held here a chargeable possession, and kept ye Dutch from further incroaching, wliicli 
would els long before this day have possessed all, and kept out all others, etc. 1 hope 
tiiese & such like argments will stop them.' It was your will that we .shotild tise their 
persons and messengers kindly, & so we have done, and do dayly, to your great charge; 
for the first company had well nie starved, had it not been for this house, for want of 
victuals : I being forced to supply 12 men for 9 days togeather : and those which came 
last, I entertained the best we could, hel^jing both them [the twelve men],* (and ye 
others) with cauows and guides. They got me to goe with them to ye Dutch, to see if 
I could procure some of them to have quiet setting nere them : but they did peremtor- 
ily withstand them. But this later company did not once speak thereof, &c. Also I 
gave their goods house roome according to their crncst request, and Mr. Pinchon's letter 
in tlicMr behalfe (which I thought good to .senil you, here inclosed). And what troidile 

'" Senants " — hired laborers, brought over to help build their houses, probably 
tliose owing a term of service for their passage from England. 

'He evidently did " withstand them" on Plymouth Meadow, for the Windsor Lniid 
liecorch show that none of that meadow was set out to Windsor men until after tlie 43f 
acres of it reserved by Plymouth, 15 May, 1637, had been surveyed and the bounds set. 
Tliree years later Windsor had set out the lots north and south of the Plymouth reser- 
vation, and the adjoining lots were hounded by the P. lot, though none of the deeds 
were recorded imtil 1640, at which time the P. lot was owned by JIatthew Allyn. 
Neither was the land " on the hill " set out previous to May 15, 1637, for the Plymouth 
Co. were to have an acre there " to build on," opposite the meadow lot, which was 
afkrvvards occupied by Matthew Allyn. The home lots of Henry Wolcott, Sr. and Jr., 
and several others on the Island street, bounded east by Plymouth Meadow, prov- 
ing that they were set out later than May 15, 1637. Most of the Wolcott quota of 
meadow land lay in the Great Jleadow; if not already assigned to them, they shoidd 
have had it near them in P. Meadow. 

' That is, prevent their taking up the Great Meadow, for there is no evidence that 
" tlie JIa.s.sachusetts men " proposed to take Plymouth Meadow and disposses those 
already settled there under an Indian title, and the added right of possession. 

* ^Vho were these twelve men ? The Miissachusetts men, witli whom Brewster 
liad to do, all settled in the "Three Towns." These twelve men, "and the others," 
whom he entertained and furnished with guides and canoes, were evidently pioneers; 
and. if the Watertown people had already formed a settlement at Wethei'stield, as per 
tnidiliiin (Trumbull's Uisit. Conn., 49), they had no occasion to ask Brewster for guides, 
etc., but should have gone directly to their own settlement. In such a case, there 
would have been but two parties — the Newtown and Dorchester — seeking places. 
The Dorcliester pcopU'. as is evident from Brewster's letter, were (tl Windsor at the date 
of his writing — and they, as "he learned from their servants," had "a great mind to 
tlie ])lace we are upcm," "that last bought" («'. e.., the Great Meadow). And, from Sir 
Uii liard Saltonstall's letter written on receipt of Stiles' report of the opposition he met 
from Ludlow, it appears that the Dorchester men had an cxplorin.g expedition "up 
above the Falls " (A.gawam '0, and that, upon tlic return of this parly, with an un- 
satisfact(H-y report, they had entered upon tlie Great .Meadow and ajiportioued it in lots 
to tliemselves, where the pioneers of "the Lords' & Gentlemen's party " had "proposed 
to begin work." It seems pretty evident that the Watertown pioneers were included 
witli these Massachus('tts men — if not, how shall we account for the omission of any 
mention in Brewster's letter, of their having settled Wethersfield the year before, if 
such settlement liad actuallvbeen made'? 



30 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

and clijirgc I sli.ill be fuitluT at I know not, lor they me coming (Uiyky, ami I e.xpeet 
these back again from below, whitliev they are gone to view ye eountrie. All whicli 
trouble anil charge we unilergoe for their occasion, may give tis j>ist cause (in yi- 
judgmcntc of all wise & understanding men) to hold and keep tliat we are settled 
upon. Tlius witli my duty remembered, &c., 
I rest. 

Yours to he commanded, 

JoiiNNATHA Brewster.' 
■'Matifiniti-I,-. .Iidy fi, lOJi."). 

From tliis letter, it is evident that the Plymoutli |iei)]ik' siijijiosed 
they \\;u\ Imiiied a settlement on the Coiincctieut tit ilatianuck (now 
^\'indso^), and Brewster claims in this letter that they have " just occa- 
sion (in the judgment of all wise understanding men), to hold and keep 
that ice have nettled upon," and Bradford says (p. 313), that "they [the 
Plymouth people] were the first Enjilish that both discovered that ])lace 
and linilt in the same, though they [we] were little better than thrust 
nut 111' it ai'tri-waids." And (]). 340) in re]ily to the argument of the 
Dorchester people, that they "founil the place so free that they might, 
with (iod's good leave, take and use it [the (ireat Meadow] without just 
offense to any man, it being the Lord's waste, and for the present alto- 
gether void of inhaiiitants that indeed minded the employment thereof 
to the right ends for uliicli it was created. Gen. i. 28," and, furthermore, 
that it was laud ■• iipnii which (Joil, l)y liis jn'ovidence, cast us, and as 
we conceive in a fair way ni' pro\ iijenre tendered it to us, as a mcete 
jilace to receive our liody [coiupany j now upon removal [«'. e., about to 
remove]," — the Plymoutli people very pertinently I'eplied : "We shall 
not need to answer all the passages of your larg [e] letter, etc. But, 
wher [e] as you say, ' God in his providence cast you &c.,' we tould you i 
l)efore, and (upon this occasion) must now tell you still, that our minde's | 
otherwise, and y' you cast rather a ]mrtial, if not a covetous eye, upon 
that w"*" is your neighlior's, and not yours ; and in so doing, your way 
coidd not be faire iintn it. Ldoke y' you abuse not God's providence in 
sucii allegations." And, again, "'I'liat if was y'' Lord's wast [e], it was 
themselves [ourselves, the Plymouth men] that found it so, and not them 
[of Dorchester] : and [they, the Plymouth people] have since bought it 
[/. e., the "last bought" — -the Great Meadow] of y' right owners, and 
mantaiued a chargeable possession upon it all this while, as themselves 

' Eldest son of Elder Brewster of Plymouth, came in tlic Forluiu. 1621. removed 
to Duxbury in 1622, where he became a prominent man. lli^ afterwards moved to 
Kew London, Conn., where he died. 

' Mattniiucke, Met/a iienf/, or .)fiitltineaii{/, which last spelling probably best represents 
the sound of the Indian name of what is now Windsor. Tlie spelling. Matianuck, is 
considered by Hon. J. Ilaniraond Trumbull to have came from the Dutch, who were 
not able to give that softer sound, "eaug," but made it " ock," or " uck." Jlr. Trum- 
bull's opinion seems to bring the word Mattaneaug more in consonance with our few 
recognized Indian words such as Pyquag, Quahag, etc. 



DOHniRSTKI! AND OTIl Kl! .'\I ASSAI IH'SETTS I >ni ICIt ATIONS. -SI 

[tlio Dor(>hostpr jiooiile] roiild not lint know. And booansc of present 
engao'ements and other hindrances whicli lay at jncscnt ii|miii fhcni [us], 
nnist it th(M-('fore lie lawful foi- them [of 1).] to tide and take it from 
tlii'iii [us]. Tt was well known that they [we] are upon a barren |)laee ' 
[Plymouth], where we were liy necessity cast, and neitlier they or theirs 
[\\i' or ours] could lontr continue upon the same, and why should they 
[of Dorchester] (liecause they were more ready and al>le at present) soi; 
and deprive them [ns] of that which we had with charge and hazard 
jiiovided and intended to remove to as soon as wc could and were able?" 

Wlien this controversy, relative to the occujjation of the Great 
ifeadow, beuan. the Dorchester men had not their families here; and, if 
nut. then surely the Plymouth men had as good a claim to be con- 
sidered as jtioneers for their own on-coming families, as the pioneers 
of the " Three Towns " had, besides the added claim of two years' 
possession. The settlement of the Massachusetts jjcople dates from 
the arrival of the first comers, as does that of the "Landing of the 
Pilgrims " from the arrival of the first boat's company at Plymouth 
Rock. Historians gave the arrival of the Plymouth Company's party at 
Windsor, 1B33, as the date of the first English occupation of Connecti- 
cut, until tlie discovery on the Colonial Records, half a century ago, of 
a record of the General Court, fifteen years after the settlement of the 
Three Towns, wherein, in an order relative to " the most ancient town," 
is interlined ('in parenthesis), "w''' for the river is determined by the 
Coiu't to bee Wethersfield." - This was an order in reference to town- 
bounds, and evidently when the oldest town was "admitted to lie Wetii- 
ersfield," the Court, jrassibly influenced by their former and still remem- 
bered prejudices against the Plymouth Colony, int<'uded altogether to 
ignore that colony's settlement at Windsor in Hi-]:\. 

The Plymouth peo])le never abandoned their claims, nor were th(!y. 



' "Having had formerly converse and familiarity with the Dutch (as before men- 
tioned) they, seeing us seated here in a barren quarter, told us of a river called by tliem 
the Fresh River, but now known by the name of Connecticut, which they commended 
unto us as a fine place both for a plantation and trade. . . . We now began to send 
that way to discover the same and trade witli the natives. We found it to be a fine 
pl.uc, but had no great store of trade." — Bradford's Jourrud, 311. 

' In Col. Her. i. .53, section " Bounds of Townes and Particular Lands," it is ordered 
thai the towns shall attend to the setting of their respective bounds, and that each year 
tlircc persons shall be appointed by the selectmen of each town, who .shall with per- 
sons similarly a])pointed " renew their markcs." . . . " the most Auncient Towne ((r'* 
for the Ririr 1.1 dctrriiiined hi/ the Coiirtc to hee Wether.ifield). to give notice of the time and 
place of meeting for tliis perambulation." The italicized and bracketed sentence above 
is an interlineation in the original record of the General Court, and is said to be in the 
handwriting of Capt. Culick, who ceased to be Secretary in 1659. 



o2 mSTllliV OF ANriKNT WIMiSdli. 

lil<c the Dutch iit IT;irtt'onl. ili'ivcii nut. Tlic [)iiivhrstci- piMipli' admitted 
tlicir clainis, ;iiiil ;iftcr\\ ards hiMidil ami paid tor tlic laud wliirli tlicy 
liad iVoiii tliciii. The land wliicli the I'lyinoutli pc(.plr (icciiiiicd was 
lic\ci' Sdld to ^Vinds(ll■, liiit (•(iiitiiiiicd in tjii'ir iiccn]iali(in tliirc years 
lonpT, and it was only ly an order of eonrt ' (1G40), two years after 
Ml-. •>ratthew Allyn liondit it, tliat the Plymouth House and lot was dc- 
clai-ed to lie witlnu the jurisdiction of the orders of Windsor. 

A few days after the date of Brewster's letter, anotlu'r ]iai-ty 
appealed u|ion the scene, armed with a Patent clainiiim- that lioth Plym- 
outh anil Dorchester must j>ivc way to them: and in suhseiiuent negotia- 
tions, that eitlier of " the Three 'I'owns " must give place to the Lords 
and (ientlemen, who had sent IVIr. Francis Stiles and a com]iany of 
twenty men, to imdose lands and linild dwellings for them; l)ut they 
])romised to pay for any improxcnient which might have been made at 
such place as they chose to locate on. The Dorchester party, however, 
iunoicd the (daims of the T^ords and Gentlemen, as represcnte(l ])y llr. 
Stiles, and coniinenced liuildiiig iheii' houses (cellars) on the lu'ow of the 
-Meadow-liill. north of the Rixulet, and appro))riating the (Jreat ^ft'adow 
adjoining, allowing the Stiles pai-ty only a small pdrlion at its upper 
end, where Mr. Francis Stiles built' on the brow ol' the hill, on the site 
of the Chief Justice Ellsworth place. 

And now, from this ])oint southerly to the Tjittle River, all along 
the brow of the meadow hill — the "Samh l!aid<," ' as it was then 



' Omn. Col. Rec., 1. 53: Wlicrcas, Ijy an erdcr, tlie scveiitli of Dcceiiibcr last [163S], 
the (iifTerencc betwcpn Mr. Allyn and Windsor conceriiinac land purfliascd of I'lymoutli, 
w.is. by consent, referred to Mr. Ilaynes, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Hojikins, and Mr. Phelps, 
to end the .same, and wluit is agreed on by them i.s to be yielded unto on both sides; ac- 
cording to which order and reference, we who are mentioned in the said order, have 
seriously weighed all such arguments as have been tendered unto us on botli sides, and 
we cannot sec but Jlr. Allyn oiiyht to be mihject for the said land and piiirhaxc. to the lairs 
and orders and jiinsdietion of this cowmoiurealth [the italics are ours — J. H. II.], and, 
by a necessary consequence, suhjert to that Plantation of Windsor irherein the' said land 
lies, and to all such reasonable and lawful orders as are agreed there for the public good 
of the same, and in equal projiortion to bear his share in all rates there, so as while lie and 
his successors live elsewhere [Mr. Allyn had not then removed from Hartford] then he, 
or they, are to pay only according to his proportion of land there, and profits and bene- 
fits thence arising, and such stock as is resident or usually employed in iV: thereupon. 
And our judgment for the present is that the said .Vllyn nor his successors should not 
be rated in any other place for that land and estate he hath there as aforrsaid. It is in- 
tended that Mr. Allyn have notice given him, in convenient time, of all such orders as 
do or may concern him, and that the orders be such as lay within his compass and power 
to accomplish and perform in a reasonable way. 

Dated the 4"' of Jan>-, 1639-40, and subscribed by Jo. II.uxks. 

Ko. Lfpi.ow, 
En, lIoi'KiNS. 
Will. I'iif.i.ps. 

' Letchford's Notes. 

° This Sandy Bank must not be cenfuundcd with Sandy llill, which is a rise of 
ground about a mile west of the river. 



nni;('iii:s-|i:i; \n|) utiikk irAssAciicsi-vi-rs immici; \TroNs. 38 

(•;ill('(l — the sound ol' the; axe, tlit' saw, and (he liauuncr was dail}' 
licard, as these ]»i()neors (l)oth of Dorchester and of the Patentees) lie- 
stirred themselves in tlie jirepa ration of dwelling-pUices for the families 
which were soon to follow . ■■ Dwelling-pUices " merely, tliese were — only 
intended for temporary use, until more suhstantial ones could he pro- 
\ided, — "dug-outs," in fact, sui-li as ai'(> to he seen at tli(^ present day, 
in newly-settled parts of the West. Their construction is thus described : 
•■ beginning a few feet helow the hrow of the hill, they excavated a space 
the size of the |iroposed house, throwing up the earth at the sides and 
wi^st end. On the emhankment thus made, they laid a plate, on which 
they rested the foot of the rafters. Where stone was convenient, a wall 
was laid under the jilatr, hut as stone was scarce here, they must have 
dispensed with it. Insteatl of shingle, the roof was thatched with a 
coarse wild-grass. The east end was prohaljly made from plank, hewn 
or sawn by hand; the floors and ceilings were probably made from 
'clove' hoards, i. e., hoards cloven or s])lit from short logs and hewn 
into shajie. Only the (>ast end and roof of these structures appeared 
above ground." ' 

In the spring of 1630 (April 15-25), after the return to Windsor of 
those Dorchester men, who were driven liack to Massachusetts the previous 
winter, for want of adequate provision (as we shall see further on), we 
lind Jonathan Brewster, the agent of the Plymouth Com[)any, still at Wind- 
s(u-, as also his father. Elder William Brewster. The Plymouth people laid 
no claim to the present teri-itory of South Winds(n-, and the two Brew- 
sters and Edward Pattison, one of the Stiles party, signed (as disinter- 
ested witnesses) the Indian deed given, Aju-il 15, lt)36, to the "Dorches- 
ter plantation." 

During that spring (Jovernor Winthrop, .Fr., who had been a|)poiut- 
ed hy the Lords and Gentlemen Gov. of Conn., (though never ackiiowl- 
eilged as such hy the "Three Towns") went up from Saybrook to ar- 
range the dilticulties existing hetween their pioneers under Stiles and 
the Dorchester jn'ople. — SaltntiistaW a Letter. t!ov. Winthi-o|i, Sen., wrote 
his son, June 10, 1686, (iije ^ Letters, 156,) that Lord Say iiad written 

' ./. U. Iltii/den's Address at Quarter Millenial of Windsor Clmrili. lie also says: 
■In 1636 we find settlors on the south side of the Little River, and, so far as we know, 
tlieir houses were situated on the brow of a hill like those on Sandy Bank. Several 
111 >iises were built along tlie brow of the first rise from the meadow, where the road now 
runs at and south of the David Rowland place, which '■houses were drowned very 
ilccp ■■ in the tlood of lOli!). The.y then removed to the hifjlicr ground east of the 
present Broad Street, on the west side of the railroad. When II. S. Ilaydeu built his 
barn a few years ago, he dug up some of the remains of one of these houses. Tlie 
Loomis place, on the Island, still shows the place where that first house was built. 
Houses in several other places in Windsor were built on the brow of the hill." 

Vol. I — 5 



84 iriSTORY OF ANfTENT WINPSOR. 

him " whcirin he cxpicsscth niucli satisfiiction in your proceedings, 1 nit 
saifh withal that those up the river have carved largely for themselves." 
While there he seems to have consulted r)i-e\vster, to <ret his hel]i, and 
the authority of which Plymouth held uiidcr tlieir Tndiiin deed, that 
Stiles might set his " twenty " servants at wori< hay making on the " Oreat 
Meadow." — Window to Winthrop, Jr., Mass. Hint. Sac. Coll., vi. Ifl.^ 

"New PLTMOUTn, 22d 4th :\I.i. f.Tunc 22, 1(!:!G. 1 
•• I prrci'ivi- by a letter fnmi !Mi-. Brewster [was Jonatliaii eiilled Mi-. ?] nf a iiidtion 
of yours to liim to procure hay for an hundred beasts. We liad a purpose to have sent 
some cattle thither, but are so discom-ajied by him [Brewster] throuirh the in,i\irious 
dealing of his intnidinj; neighbors [of Dorchester, wlio had taken up the (ireat Meadow], 
as we fear there will not be long living for man or beast. But if ynu please to make 
ii.sc of our right, my brother shall set your servants to work in our name, and by our 
order, and afford them whatever personal hi'lp shall bi- thought meet to the utmost of 
our power." 

After two years' strife with the Dorchester men, the Plymouth 
Company (consented to sell, and the Dorchester peojilo to Imy, fifteen- 
sixteenths of all the territory which Plymouth had jinrcliased of the 
Indians (exccjit the head of Uartford Meadow). The remaining one-sir- 
teenth, remaining intact in the hands of Plymouth, never liccame a ])art 
of the comnion lauds for Windsor to dispose of. The Windsor Land 
Records, fo!. i. i^-T, ]ireserve the fdllowing deed: 

" An agreement made between Mr. I'rince for and on behalfe of Now Plimouth in 
America and \v inhabitantsof Windsor on the Kiverof Connectieott in ye .say d America, 
ye 15th day of .May, 16:37." 

Imprimis. On consideration of f:i7, lOx. 0. to be payd about '?, months hence, ye 
said Mr. Prince doth sell unto ye inhabitants of ^V^ldsor all th.at land, meadow .and vip- 
land, from a marked tree a quarter of a mile above Mr. Stiles [on the] North', [to] yi^ 
great swamp next ye boinids of Hartford, fon the] South,''' for length. And in breadth 
in tlie country toward Pociuonnack as far as Zequasson and Nattawanute, two Sadicins 
hath or had their proprietys [i)roperties] all which hath been pin-cliascd of ye said 
Zequas,sen and Nattawanut, for a valuable consideration, ye particulars whereof do 
appear in a Note now produced, by ye sayd Jlr. Prince, alhvays excepted & rcscr\-ed 
to ye House of ye sayd New Pliniouth, 43 acres of meado and 3 quart(!rs, and in iqiland 
on ye other side of ye .swamp, next their meado, 40 acres. Fi<lilicit. [viz] 40 rods in 



' Tl)c Indian deed of the land north of this line, "about the time of the Pe(iuot 
War," but recorded later (T'w'/'/i A'ec), is bounded .south by New Brook, an artificial 
channel cut across the iijiper end of " Sctpiestered Meadow," about three-quarters of a 
mile north of Mr. Stilcs's house, and almut one-quarter of a mile North of William 
Hayden's lot, which he boii.ght of Stiles. 

'An artificial chamiel was also cut across the upper end of llarll'onl Meadow, at a 
later date, which drained the-.swamp there ; but the swamp .still exists to some extent 
at the lower end. The south line of the I'lymouth purchase from the Indians, ran due 
west from opposite the mouth of the Podunk River, including say T.i to 100 acres of 
Hartford Meadow, winch, Bradford tells us. was " reserved for them of Newtown." and 
that boundry line between Hartford and Windsor still runs from near Wilson's Station. 
along the west line of the Great Swamp (that was) near the present railroad, to about 
opposite the Podunk River. 



PLYMOUTH COMPANY SKLLS OUT TO DORCHESTER SETTLERS. 35 

breadth, and in li'iigth IGO rods into ye country for the present, and afterwards as other 
lotts are hiyd out. they are to liave their proportion within their bounds aforesayd [the 
area covered by this deed]. There is likewise excepted 70 rods in breadtli towards ye 
sayd bounds of ye sayd Hartford in an Indifferent [average ?] phice, to be agreed upon 
and to goe in length to ye ends of ye bounds aforesayd [i. e. "as far as Scquassen and 
Katta wanute had propriety "] . 

In witness whereof, the parties abovesaid, liavc set tlicir h.-imls and seales ye day 
and year above written." 

Signed, sealed .-ind delivered. In presence of 

JosiAS WrasLOW. Roger Ludlow. 

Thos. Maksiikield William Phelps 

The mark of W.m. Butlek John Whitfield 

The above deed or instrument is a true copy of the original, being compared there- 
with. Apl. 7, 1673 per us. 

John Talcott, ?. a ■ t 

John Allyn, Secy J 

The signature of Prince was not cojiied into the record-book, and 
tlic deed itself was not recorded earlier than 1652, at which time 
JIatthew Grant succeeded ilr. Bray Rossitter, the first recorder (who 
had removed to Guilford). Grant was at Windsor during the first 
summer, and was familiar with the controversy between the Plymouth 
and Dorchester jiarties from its beginning; was a surveyor, and set out 
the first lots in the Great Meadow and adjoining the upland, in Sep- 
tember 1G35,' and the following testimony which he has volimteered is 
a \aliiable contribution to the history of the case : 

"This bargain as abouc exprest and was written and assigned I can (■er[tainly tes-] 
tify does not mention or speak to every particular of y bargain as it was issued with 
>Ir, Prince before it was put in writing ; this should have been y" frame of it. Dor- 
chester men that came from y Mass. Bay up here to Connecticutt to settle in y place 
now called Windsor : Plymouth men challenged propriety here, by a purchase of y 
land from ye Indians, whereupon in the latter end of ye 35 year [Feby 24th, 163-5/6] 
some of our Principal men, meeting some of ye Plymouth men in Dorchester,' labored 
to Drive a bargain with them to buye out their [claim], which they challenged by pur- 
chas, and came to Terms, & then May 87 as is above exprest, then our company being 
generally together [at Windsor] (that intended to settle here) Mr. Prince being come up 

' Primte Controtemes, State Library, p. 138. 

' Early in the winter of 1635-6, a large part of those wlm hail come to Windsor 
were obliged to return, for want of provisions. Winlhmp tells us that a party of 13 
men went back by land, one of whom fell through the ice, in crossing some .stream, and 
was drowned. The main body went down the river, hoping to tind the vessel, or vessels, 
w ill) provisions, but, fortunately, found another, frozen in twenty miles from the river's 
mouth, in which they took shelter. A rain storm inwncdiatcly after .set in, which re- 
leased the vessel, and, ^\'^nt/l|■<>p says, " they came to Massachusetts in five days, which 
was a great mercy of God, for otherwise they had all perished, as some did." Salton- 
stall's letter to Governor Winthrop speaks of Mr. Ludlow being here with the pioneer 
party of 1635, when the Stiles [larty arrived at Windsor ; and .Matthew Grant speaks 
of being here in September of th.at year. They, the men who had returned to Dor- 
chester from Connecticut, were doubtless parties to the interview at Dorchester here 
referred to. 



36 HISTORT OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

here in y belialf of y Plynioutli men that wtTc partners in tlieir purchas. issued 
y' bargain with us." We were to pay them £37. 10s. for whole piirchas wliich Mr. 
Prince presented to u.s in writing, only they Reserved y" 16 part off for themselves.' 
& their 16 part in meadow land came by measuring of y meado to 43 acres 3 quarters,' 
which was bounded out to Mr. Prince, he being i)rcsent, by myself appointed by our 
Company, in Plymouth ^Meadow, so called by that account. Their 16 part in uiiland 
tliey took up near y bounds of Hartford 70 rods in bredth by y Riuer ^ i\: so to con 
tinew to y end of y bounds. They were also to have one acre to build on. >ipon the 
Hill * against [adjoining] their meadow. Also Mr. Prince said lie had ])unliased ye 



' Wiiit/irop'sJminuil. i. 181, refers to this meeting of Plymouth and Dorchester men, 
under date of 24 Feb., 1635 [1686]. "Mr. Win.slow, of the Plymouth Company came 
to treat with those of Dorchester about their land in Connecticut, which they had taken 
from them " |at that time, the Dorchester people had not gone on the Plymouth Meadow 
and upland (the I.sland) adjoining]. Winslow wanted them to give " £100 and one-si.\- 
teeuth of the land, but they break off. But divers of them [who had been to Connecti- 
cut ?] resolved to (piit the place, if they could not agree with those of Plymouth." 
Grant says of the negotiations at Dorchester, that they "came to terms," which could 
only mean such an understanding as enabled those who had jiroposed to " (piit the 
place," to return, for Grant, immediately after, tells us of the bargain being consum- 
mated the next year in Windsor, "our company being generally here;" and Bnidjhrd 
(341) says, " We thought it better to let them luive it, on as good terms as we could get, 
.so we fell to treaty. The Hrst thing (because they had made .so many ami long disputes 
about it) we would have tlicni grant, was. that we had a right to it, else \vc wouhl never 
treat about it, the which, being acknowledged and yielded luito by them, this was the 
conclusion we came unto in the end, afti-r much ado. That we should retain our house 
and have the sixteenth part of all we had bought of the Indians [and the head of the 
Hartfonl Meadow] and the others [Dorchester] should have all the rest of the land, 
leaving such a moiety [an amount about equal to Plymouth .Meadow y| to those of New- 
town [Ilartford] as we reserved for tlutm. This sixteenth jiart was to be taken in two 
places, one towards the House [meadow], the other, [upland] towards Newtown's pro- 
portion: also, they were to pay in proportion [I0/I6I what had been disbursed to the 
Indians for the purchase. Thus was the controvesey ended, but the unkindiiexii not sa mxin 
foryoUi'ii. They of Newtown [Hartford] dealt more fairly, desiring only what they [of 
Dorchester] could conveniently spare from a comiietcncy reserved for a iilantation for 
themselves, which made them [the I'lyuunitli people] the more careful to procure a 
moiety for them [of Newtown] in this agreement and distriliuliou." Truly an honor- 
able testimony. 

^ Thus, not making tlienisclvcs ecpial partners wilh tlic Donhesler people, as they 
had proposed in 1633. but slill partners, and retaining their .selllement. 

'43j-l-j',5, a total of 700 acres of meadow; I'lyuKHilh .Meadow, about 75 ju'res; Great 
Meadow, about 550; Sequestered .Meadow, about 75 acres. 

' Prince's deed says, "in an indifferent [average] place," Below the head of Hart- 
fi>rd Aleadow, Windsor bounded east on that meadow; above on the Connecticut Hiver, 
there was only a narrow strij) of meadow extending along the Connecticut Kiver, from 
the head of Harlford .Meadow to the Plymouth Meadow. 

'Tills building lot is not included in Princes deed, which deed, as .Matthew Grant 
says, "does not mention or speak to etery particular of the bargain — as it was 
issued with Mr. Prince, before it was put in writing" — so, he gives the Windsor men's 
version of it, which is, in no particular, less favorable to Plymouth. This provision 
was made, because it w'as discovered that the meadow was liable to be inundated by 
floods; as tradition says, "the Indians had warned them." But, probably, they had 
had no personal experience of floods up to this time, for .Mr. Ludlow and several others 
of the Dorchester settlers made the same mistake, in settling along the Island road be- 



PLTMOUTH COMPANY SELLS OUT TO DORCHESTER SETTLERS. .^7 

land tliat lios on y" East side of y' [Great] river that lies between Scantuck and Kam- 
erick ' ik tliat we [they] sliould Iiave in lieu of 40 rods in bredth in upland behind the 
swamp " against their meadow and to run in length 160 rod [west] from the swamp, 
to be 40 acres, & afterwards to have their proportion within their bounds [the terri- 
tory covered by the deed], according to a 40 acre man,' in the common. 

This 1 witness, Matthew Gbakt. 

Soon alter tlii' sale ol' tlic lirtoi'ii-sixtfiMitlis of the Plymouth lands 
to the Dorchester peoph', in May, 1037, the Pe(jnot War broke out, and 
"Arrameniet and the Indians eohalnting with him," removed from the 
head of the Hartford ileadow, where he was living the year before (as 
we know from the points given in the boundings of the land now included 
in South Windsor, in deed of 15 Apl., 1636, "on the South with the 
brooke or rivcrett called Potowcke [Podunk] over against the now 
dwelling-house of Arramamet, or thereabout, near the upper end of New- 
tow"n ifeadow " ) and sat down on Plymouth Meadow, where they raised 
their corn in the summer of 1G37, under the protection of the guns of the 



tween Mr. Warham's (the David Rowland place of to-day) and the Island, and opposite 
their meadow lots, which lay at the south end of the Great Jleadow. For, the freshet 
of the spring of 1638-9, which was " greater than an^- the Indians had ever known 
before" (and probably equal to that of 1854), "drowned many houses very deep" (Old 
Ch. Bee), and their occupants, like drowncd-ont rats, made new burrows on the higher 
ground at the west end of their lots, near the east side of present Broad Street. 

' The following is all we have of record evidence concerning this purchase made by 
the Plymouth people: ■' Coggti'yiwuctt [son of Sheat, sachem of Poquonock] testifies 
that the laud on the east side of the Great River between Scantuck and Namerick, 
was Nassacowcn's, and Nassacowen was so taken in love with the coming of the 
English, that be gave it to them for some small matter; but he knows of none but the 
meadow," that is, did not extend far back from the river. The Indian deed between 
Scantic and I^)duI^k extended east "one day's walk." 

-This swamp lay between the " acre on the hill" (on the Island) and the upland 
west of it. and the forty acre lot of upland still further west "against [i. e., in a line 
with] their meadow and the acre on the hill." 

^ " 40-acre man" — a share of the remaining commons, or undivided lands, equal to 
that share of a man who was entitled to forty acres of meadow. We have, possibly, an 
exact data for estimating what constituted a "40-acrc man," in the suit brought before 
the court, more than thirty years later, by the heirs of Mr. Thomas Xewbury. Mr. 
xSewbury bad come on to Windsor and prepared a house for his family, and returning 
to Dorchester in the summer of 1636, he died there. His family, however, removed to 
Windsor, and land was set out directly to each of his children; but, in 1669, they made 
a " (;laim for the ancient grant of land to their father, Thomas Newbury, which would 
have fell to him in meadow by the estate of his which was brought \ip hither [fnrai 
Dorchester], which, by account of £700 and his jierson would have come to 76 acres 
[£700-70 acres? person 6vj and he had but 40 acres in meadow, and it was granted to 
him [while he was yet] in Dorchester, that what was his part above 40 acres, he 
shoulil have it made in a farm, in outlaud. The court granted 300 acres in west 
bounds of Windsor." — Prirate Co/it rove rxuii. State library, i. 141. 

The PlymoiUh people's claim as "a 40-acre man," was purchased by Mr. Matthew 
AUyn of Hartford, and, in 1634, he claimed that his share of the upland was 360 acres, 
which was granted to him — 80 acres at Pipe-Stave Swamp, and 280 towards the west 
bounds of the towns.— L<tiul Hec., W., i. 134. 



38 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Plymoutli men. Jt is also e\ident tliat Sequassen ' and his iteople fled to 
the same jjrotection during- the Pequot War, while the Dorchester people 
remained within their Palisades, a mile away. It should he remembered 
that these were the friendly Indians who invited the whites to come here, 
to save them from their enemies, the Pequots ; and in the next spring 
(lt)88) we have the fust exercise of the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts 
pcojilc over tlie Plymouth settlement, in an order of court, relative 1o 
tiii'se Indians. 

" Vppon the coni])l!iiiite of Aramainott and the Indians cohabiting with him, about 
Lciftcnant Holmes denying tlie planting of the olde ground planted last yeere aliovit 
Plymouth liouse. It was ordered that they should [ilante the olde ground they jilauted 
the last year only, and they are to set their Wigwams in the olde ground'' [head of Hart 
ford Meadow] and not withoute." — fW. AVc., i. 16. 

It is evident that the Plymouth peojile, from the first, were reluctant 
to yield their lands on the Connecticut, or their jurisdiction over it ; and 
the Massachusetts men (for reasons shown hereafter), were equally re- 



' Sequassen testifies in court [164ll], that he " nevci- soM niiy ground to the Dutch. 
neither was at any time conquered by tlie I'eijuots nor |)aid any tril)uit to the'". And 
when he sometymes lined at Mattanag [.Matianuek — Windsor] and hard by their friends 
that build here, that he and his men came and fought with them " [against the Pequots]. 
— Vol. liee., i. 56. 

'•' " The old groinid " was llii' iilaiT wlicre the wigwams of Ihis tribe were set when 
the Plymouth people came in lOXS. I tind no evidence of Indians lu'ing at, or about, 
Plymoutli Meadow, except on this particular occasion for one summer — possibly 
for- two. Iliddfiiid'a account (p. 4), of the kindly assistance rendered them during 
that fatal winter, would lead one to think the Indians were close by rather than two 
miles away; but there is no brook in Plymouth Meadow to which they could "crawl 
out on all fours to get a little water." though there is one at the place where Arame- 
mctt's " now dwelling-house " stood in 16;!6. a place where many Indian relics have been 
and still are found. The Uev. Frederick Chapman of Wiixlsor, born about 1760, once 
told me that, when a boy he lived in the south part of Windsor, and, at the house of 
one of the neighbors to which he was accustomed to go, to play with the boys, he saw 
an old Indian woman, who was supported by the town, and who was the last of the 
trilie which formerly lived along " by the brook over towards the river," near Wilson's 
Station. In the Dutch account of their discovery of the Connecticut River, 1614, up 
which they proceeded to the foot of the falls (Warehouse Point), they say that in lati- 
tude 41° 48' (about the latitude of Wilson's Station) they came to the countrj- of the 
Nawaas, "where the natives plant maize, and in the year 1614 they had a village 
resembling a fort, for protection against their enemies." {Mem. Hint. ILirtfmd Co., i. 
111.) I should have little doubt that this was the tribe of which this old womaft was 
the last representative; but Hon. .1. Hammond Trumbull, a much better authority on 
Connecticut Indian matters, thinks that the Nawaas were on the east side of the Con- 
necticut River, though the Podunks lived at some distance from it. It is safe to claim, 
I think, that the tribe located near Wilson's Station, under sovereignty of Aramamett in 
1636, and at Plymouth Jleadow in 1637 and '38, and which were by the court ordered 
back " to their former habitation", (Col. Bcc, i. 16), were the Indians at whose solicita- 
tion the Plymouth people came here; and that it was this tribe which almost entirely 
perished of the small po.\, in the winter of 1633-4. 



PI.TMnUTH rOMPANT SEIJ.S OTT TO DORCH KSTKI! SETTLERS. 80 

liicfiint to Imvo the Plymouth nion share it with tliein.' Lieut. ITohnes 
liad eliaree of the Plymouth interests at the time this orfler of the court 
rejiarding- the Indians was issued; «nd we find later on, that he was 
clothed with a power of attorney to enter upon and hold all their pos- 
sessions on the Connecticut, " or otherwise sell and dispose of to our ad- 
vantage and profit, as shall seem good to our Attorney." This 
document is dated five months after the sale to the Plymouth people 
and seven months before the sale of the Plymouth house and lands 
to Jlr. Matt. Allyn. The document proves that the Plymouth set- 
tlement here em])loyed cattle and servants, and were as well ecpiipped 
for farming as the Dorchester settlers ; and, whether they were connted 
" as a single family " {Bradford, 338), as the Dorchester people wished, 
or as an independent settlement (as Matthew Allen claimed), they were 
settlers, occupying the same house as tlicy did in 1633. Holmes' power 
of Attorney (Firxt Mss. Vol, Col. Rec, Sec. State's Office, 423-4) reads 
as follows : 

"Power of Att>' to William Ilnlnics to sell Plyinoiitli possessions on Connecticut 
Eiver. Oct. 10, 1637. 

" Be it known to all men by these presents, that we, Wni. Bradford, Thomas Prince, 
William Brewster, Miles Standish, John Alden, and .John Rowland, of New Plymouth, 
in Now England. Gents., have made, ordained, constituted, deputed, and signed and ap- 
pointed for ourselves and partners, and every of us respectively, our heirs, executors 
and administrators, and every of them, our well-belovcd in Christ, Wm. Holmes, of New 
Plymouth, aforesjiid, Gent., our very true and lawful attorney, for us and in our names 
to enter and .seize all those our lands, messaugcs, tenements, and herediterments 
whatsoever situate, lying and being upon the River of Coimecticut, and commonly 
called and known by the name of Windsor and Hartford,- or litlici- of tlji- precincts 



' "The greatest difference fell between them of Dorchester plantation and those [of 
Plymouth] here, for they [of Dorchester] set their minds on that place which they [we] 
had not oidy purchased of the Indians, but where they [we] had built, intending only 
(if they could not remove them [us]) that they [we] should have but a small moiety left 
to the house (ik a .lingh' family, who.se doings were considered very injurious to attempt 
not only to intrude themselves into the rights and possessions of others, but in effect to 
tliiust them [ii.s] out of n\\." — Bnidford, 338. 

The Plymouth people claimed, and evidently believed, tliat they had maile a hi'nu 
yfffe settlement in Windsor before the coming of the Dorchester men. And this claim 
the Dorchester i)eople admitted after their return to Dorchester in the winter of 163.1-6 
(see Note 1. p. 36), when " divers of tlicm resolved to quit the place [Windsor] if I hey 
could not agree with those of Plymouth." — Wint/irop, i. 181. 

'We have seen, that, when Plymouth sold to Windsor, M;iy, 1637, they excepted so 
niu( h of their land as lay at the head of Newtown [Hartford] .Meadow (Brndforit. 34D. 
" leaving such a moiety to those of Newtown as we reserved for them." This they still 
held five months later (at the date of the instrument). The boundary line between 
Windsor and Hartford to-day is at the head of the Hartford Jteadow next the river, 
though Windsor extends considerably farther south on the west side " of the great swamp, 
next the bounds of Hartford " (the swamp made along the west side of the meadow by 
the brook which now runs to the river by an artiticial channel, and drains the Great 
Swamp). The Biter Towns of Connect ioit, 1889, pp. 19, 20, leads us to infer that the 
first settlers of Hartford settled on this reserved land ; but they did not, for the upland 



-|fl IIISTdlJY (IF ANTIKNT WINDSOI!. 

lliiTcof, jiiiil ;iftrr such entry mill sciziiif to take possi'ssioii llicriMif for us mikI to (iiir 
use to kpcp aiul hold, aiul also our servants, goods, and eliattels tlieii to take, keep, and 
hold or otlierwi.se dispose of to our advantage and profit, as shall seem good to our 
attorney, giving and by these presents granting unto our said Attorney, jointly and 
severally for us and every of us, our full power, right, interest, and lawfid author 
ity to grant, bargain, alien, and assign all those the said lands, messuages, tenemcni-. 
and herediternients, and all and singular the said premises, as fully, largely, ainply. 
and absolutely, and to as full effeet and purpose as we or any of us might do. il' 
we were personally present, and also giving and granting unto our said attorney 
by these presents, our full power and autliority likewise to bargain and sell, or other 
wise to dispose of our servants.' goods, or eattle.^ there to our best advantage and 



adjoining was sold to the Windsor peo|ile two years later, and on Porter's Map of Hart- 
ford. 1640, the nearest Hartford settler is loeated two miles away. In Oet.. 1637. Ply- 
mouth gave power of attorney to Holmes to sell this meadow; and if the Hartford 
people had gone on the land before buying Plymouth title to it, they would have eom- 
mit ted the same offense the Windsor peoi)le had in appropriating the Great Meadow, and 
Bradford would hardly have .said that " they of Newtown dealt more fairly" with \is. 

' Servants were employed whose services had been .secured for a given time before 
they left England, frequently for a specified time, to the party who paid their outfit and 
passage to New England. Their services were transferable. These servants of the 
Plymouth House were here now more than four years from the first settlement, and 
must have been employed in cultivatin,g the laud and caring for the cattle, — as we can 
tluidv of no other employment for thcMi. 

John Dumbletim was a scr\init of Mr. W in. Wliiliug of Hartford. He tells us in 
an affidavit, made in 1684. that he worked for his " master " on the Ludlow lot in Wind- 
sor, "as a servant," until his seven years' term of service expired in 1644 ; then lie cul- 
tivated the land "to halves" for four years; "and after I paid t20 a year." He appears 
to have been but nineteen years old when his service began. These servants were 
sometimes sent over as an investment or business venture, by parties in England. 
I^tchford'x JVoU'x (p. 372), gives the "accounting "of Rjirnabas Djivis, an agent sent over 
by Mr. Woodcock, to look after his investments in Windsor, and elsewhere, in which 
appears the following : "Touching the two servants, they cost, between us, £2'2 10.i. 
I had for one of them, from Mr. Long, an house vjilued at t20. The other servant, 
being married, having a wife and three Children, hath lieen a burden to me and no profit, 
so I am to allow Mr. Woodcock half the value of the house aforesaid, .£10." 

Prince'ti C IiroTiohgt/ anys, "The company, who came to Salem with Gov. Endicott. 
1629, brought 180 servants at an ex])cnse of ,£16 10.«. each (£3,000). The fatality was so 
great the first year and jirovisions so scarce, that the servants that survived were given 
their liberty tliat they might shift for themselves."— 7'/'/mi»??'.'. Hint. Conn., i. 9. Of 
the 27 deaths among the Windsor peo|)le before May 10. 1638 H. eight wcrr .servants. — 
Old Oh. liee. 

' Cattle, in this connection, suggests farming and not simply trade with llie Indians; 
and it is probable that these cattle remained on the Plymouth lot after it became the 
farm of Mr. .Matt. Allyn of Hartford, for we find, the next summer (1639j. that certain 
persons in Windsor bring an "action of trespass " against him for nearly an acre and a 
half of corn destroyed "through defect in his fence" (^Col. lice., i. 28), and we find, 
the next February, 1639-40, ' the execution [for £5] was served by the Court olficer, and 
goods or cattle sold for the i>erforinance of the same, and the remainder [£4 6.v.] offered 
by said officer to Mr. Allyn, which he refused" (Cot. Ra:. i. 43). Under date of June 
15, 1640 {Cat. Uec, i. 53) we have a report of the committee appointed by the Court to 
settle " the difference between Mr. Allen and Windsor, concerning land purchased of 
Plymouth" (see note 1 to page 32, ante). As we have seen, the Plymouth sale of the 
head of Hartford Meadow carried its jurisdiction with it, and now Mr. xVllyu was ap- 



LorATioN OF THE PLYMofTii (OMrANY's iiorsi;. 41 

pre. lit as fully and clTcctually as we ourselvus may, or might do if we were i)reseiil in 
our- own persons and had done the same ourselves, and whatever our said attorney shall 
do or eiuise to be done lawfully in and about the premises or any part thereof, we, the 
said William Bradford, Edward Winslovv, Thos. Prince, William Brewster, Miles Stand- 
i^l]. .lolm Alden, and John Ilowland for ourselves and partners, promise to allow, con- 
linii, ratify, and e.stablish by these presents, and thereunto bind ourselves, exeeutors, 
administrators and every of them by the.se presents. 

" In witness whereof , we have hereunto set our hands and seals this twentieth day of 
October in the 13th year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles, by the Grace of 
God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland King, Anno Dom. 1637. 

•• Scaled and delivered Willi.\m Br.\dford 

in presence of Edward ^Vinslow 

John Winslow Tugs. Prince 

Xathan Souther William Brewster 

JoN.\TH.\N Brewster John Alden 

John Howland." 

Tlicn Inllows (J). 424-5, Co!. liec) record of the deed g-iven " hy 
virliio of [the] letter of attorney," to "Matthew Allyn of Hartford, 
ii]Miii till' river Coimocticut.'" 

■' Tlie house belonging to Plymouth aforesaiil. situate within the limits of Windsor 
ujion said river Connecticut, with all the meadow privileges ' belonging to the said 
plantation of Plymouth in the place aforesaid in as ample and full manner as the planta- 
tion at present enjoycth' of the same or of right ought to do. The particulars of this 
land now bargained and sold and expressed in an agreement between the plantation of 
New Plymouth and the inhabitants of Wind.sor, under the bauds of some of the inhabit- 
ants aforesaid, dated the Lj" day of May, 16:37. 

■■ In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this :J'' day of .May, 
1638. 

■William Holmes." 

The Plymouth Comiiauy's house, aliove refei'ied to, and sometimes 
called "the Trading (or Trucking) House," stood on the forty-three and 
tliree-(|uarters acres of meadow "reserved to tlie liouse of the said New 
I'lyuiiiiith." 'i'liis reserved meadow w;is alioiit the middle (north and 
south) of IMymouth Meadow, extending from the river on the east, to 
" the I! ill" on the west. It stood on the highest part of the meadow 
which lies nearest the river. At the time of tlie " (!reat flood" of 1089, 
which was "higher than had ever lieen kimwn I ly the Indians," when 
several houses, inchiding Mr. Ludlow's, on the Island road, "were 
diiiwiKil very deep," the highest part of Plymouth Meadow was uudoulit- 
edly Hooded. Mr. Allyn, probahly, huilt " on the Hiir'hefoie he came 
to Windsor to live, and it is almost certain that, when he did luiild 



parently claiming that the land was still under Plymouth jurisdiction; or, perhaps, that 
his deed from Plymouth carried the jurisdiction to hiiuself, as did the sale of the head 
of Hartford Jleadow to the town of Hartford. 

' See pp. 34. 35, 37, 39. 

' -Mr. Allyn appears to have assumed that as Windsor did not buy this territory of 
Plymouth, it was not under Windsor jurisdiction, biU a little town organization, cast- 
ing a unanimous vote. 
Vol. I.- 6 



42 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

there, he utilized the msiterial of tlie Tradinti- House in the constnietifni 
of his new house. For, in those days, tliere were no saw mills at wliidi 
to sret out luml)er, nor even for thirty years aftei- had they superseclcd 
hand-sawino; in Windsor." 

The tradition that some of the material of the old house which was 
taken down from the " acre on the hill," ahout sixty years a,a:o, was pre- 
pared in Enuland, refers undoubtedly to material lirou<iht hy Captain 
Holmes, in 1633, of which Bnulfonl says (303) : " But they having 
made a small frame of a house, and havin": a great new bark, they 
stowed their frame in their hold, and boards to cover and finish it. 
having nails and all other provisions for their ])roper use." Bradford 
does not say that it was prepared at Plymouth — though that is the 
natural conehision — but, as it was seven years Itefore tliere was a saw- 
mill ill that colony, and the facilities for doing the woi-k were so much 
licttcr in England than in Plymouth, there is some plausibility in the 
tradition. 

There are three individuals living (1890) who remember the old 
house (probably the third Plymouth-Allen House), when occn])icd 
by tenants, and who wandered through its rooms after it became tenant- 
less. These are, Miss Mary Halsey and Mr. Asa Jloffit of Windsor, and 
Gen. F. Ellsworth Mather of New York city. Though their impressions 
are not so well defined as to furnish as full a descri])tion as we should 
like to have, this much seems ])retty clear : In outward appearance it 
much resembled other old houses that have passed away since the 
beginning of this century. Its front ))resented two stories, the icar 
roof ("lean-to") slojiing down to cover at the eaves but one story ; the 
front door was in the middle of the house, the stairway had two "great 
stairs" where it turned at right angles, landing the passenger in thr 
little hall above facing the window directly over the front door. Back 
of the stairway, and of the same width as the front hall, was the Ini'^c 
chimney with three firejdaees on the lower floor, and one each in tlic 

' "The first saw-mill in the fPlyraoutli] Colony was erected in Seituate [half-\v;i> 
to Boston] in 1640." — Ancient iMiidmarkx of Plymouth, 148. "Clove" (elap-boanlM 
were split out and hewn into form. As late as 1669, we find on Windsor Land Reeoiih. 
" The Townsmen a<5reed with Benjamin Griswold to get some good timber fallen ami 
eloven into bolts [short logs] and brouglit liome by the latter end of the week following; 
for the use of the meeting lioiise. and Samuel (Jrant is to cleave [split] them wluii 
brought home; and fit them, and nail tliem about the meeting-house." Sawn boards 
and plank were made at a saw-pit, one man standing on the log above, the other man in 
the pit beneath, their combined strength driving the saw; which, later on. was driviii 
by water-power. In 1665, the Windsor Records tells us of this, among other items of e\ 
pense for work on the meeting-house, " for other work done, as Civrting of timber out ol 
the woods, and from the pit to the meeting-house," showing that, thirty years after tljr 
settlement on Plymouth Meadow, saw-mills liad not supplanted haud-stiwing in 
Windsor. 



THE OCCUPATION BY THE CONNECTICUT PATENTEES. 43 

(uo chambers above. The summer-beam and joists which supported 
tlic floor of the second story were planed and Tvdthout lath and plaster. 
The sides of the room were wainscoted about three feet up from the 
Hoor, and plastered above. There was, in one of the front chamber 
rooms, a table too large to be taken through the doors, which had 
been j)laced there when the house was built. There is, of course, a 
tradition that the table came from England. It is now on the lower 
floor of the Connecticut Historical Societ^^'s rooms at Hartford, a dona- 
tion from the late Henry Halsey, Esq., of Windsor, who also took the 
front door step (with its traditional " came from England "), and placed 
it where it still lies, at the front gate of his late residence. 

HI. THE OCCUPATION BY THE LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, PATENTEES 
OF CONNECTICUT. 

Reference has l)eeu made (pp. 33 and 34) to the patentees of Con- 
necticut. These were Lords Say and Seal, Lord Brook, Sir Richard 
Saltonstall, and others, to whom, in 1631, the Plymouth Council in 
England (chartered in 1620, " for the planting, ruling, and governing of 
New England in America ") had granted a patent of Connecticut, in- 
cluding all the land from the sea, 120 miles into the country, and from 
Narragansett River (in Rhode Island) on the east, to the South Sea 
[Pacific] on the west," and which patent was duly confirmed by the King. 
The indefinite nature of this grant, however, was such that it must in- 
evitably have invited misunderstanding and contest — as it eventually 
did. 

The first assertion of the claims of the Connecticut Patentees, was 
the appearance, in Windsor, a few days after the coming of the Dorches- 
ter pioneers, of the so-called " Stiles party." [This was a company of 
some twenty men, under the superintendence of Mr. Francis Stiles, who 
liad been sent out from England largely at the private expense of Sir 
Richard Saltonstall,one of the (Connecticut Patentees, to prepare grounds 
iiud erect houses for himself and certain others of the j)at(!ntees. Arriv- 
ing in the bay, June 16th,' Stiles remained there ten days and then sailed 
fill- Windsor, the jKjint designated in his instructions. Here he landed 
his Jiarty, and was about commencing his preparations when interru))tcd 
liy tlic return of tlic Dorclicstei- expbii-ing ])arty from up the river (sec 
p. 2'.)). 

There is no doubt that the Stiles party were, after the Plymouth 



' mrithropx Jtmnud, i. IGl. iindi-r il:itc nf .Iiine 16, 1635, records thai, " A bark of 
40 tons arrived [at Boston] set forth with twenty servants, by Sir Kieliard Saltonstall, 
to go phint at Connecticut," And Saltonstall, in his letter to CJovernor Wiuthrop, .Ir, 
(p. 45), says his Pinnaes lay at Boston ten days, which would bring the time of its de- 
parture to the Connecticut to 26th of .luue. — h. u. s. 



44 HTSTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Trading Coini)anv, the ^^rs^ ac^wa? gettliu-s of Windsor. On ])agc 16 of 
a folio manuscript voliune, in the Angnientation office, in Rolls Coiirt, 
Westminster Hall, London, entitled " the Regixter of y namex of all y' 
Passengerl_s'^ u'''' Panned from if Port of London for amvhole year end- 
ing at X??jrt8, 1635." — {Maisis. Hisst. Soc. Coll. , 3d scries, viii. 252 : N. Eng. 
Gen. Reg., xiv. : Drake's Results of Researches among the British Arch- 
ives relative to the Founders of N. Eng., 1860, and Hatton's Original 
Lists of Emigrants to American Plantations, etc., 1877,) — we find a full 
list of this party, as follows : 

"Jlarch 16. 1634-5, tlieis viidcr-writtcn names are to lie trnnsported to New Eiiji 
lan<l, iinbaiqueil in the Chnstian tie IjO [ndon], Jo'' White, M', bound thither, the Jleii 
have taken tlie oath [of] Allegcance and Supremacie." — Mildred Briditcl.' 



JErancis Stiles, 


aged 35 yrs., 


Bobert Bobinson. 


aged 45 yrs.. 


Tho : Bassett, 


" 37 " 


Edward P.\tteson 


" 33 " 


Tno : Styles, 


" 20 " 


ffr. Marshall, 


'• 30 " 


Tho; Barber. 


". 21 " 


Bieh. Ileylei," 


■' 22 •' 


Jo. Dyer, 


" 28 " 


Tho. llalford. 


•• 20 " 


Jo. Harris, 


'■ 28 ■' 


Tho. Ilaukseworth, 


" 23 " 


Jas, Ilorwood. 


■' 30 " 


Jo. Stiles, 


'■ 35 " 


Jo. Beeves. 


" 19 '■ 


Henhie Stiles, 


" 40 " 


Thos. ffoulfoot. 


•' 22 •• 


Jane Worden,* 


" 30 " 


Jas. Busket, 


" 28 •• 


Joan Stiles, 


" 35 " 


Thos. Coop,^ 


.. jy .. 


Henry Stiles. 


•' 3 " 


Ed. Preston, 


.. j3 .. 


Jo: Stiles. 


9 mo. 


Jo. Cribb, 


•• 30 •' 


Baciiell Stiles, 


" 28 yrs. 


Geo. CuAiTEL. 


„ OQ - 







Of these, sixteen, whose names are ])rinted in small capitals, are 
positively known to have settled in Windsor. Three of these were 
females, and (family) tradition, has also preserved the name of Rachel, 
wife of John Stiles, as the first Eniilish woman who stei)ped ashore in 
Windsor. Mr. Francis Stilrs, thr lc:i(lcr nf flic ]iarty, was a master 
carpenter of London, and to him (nr tn his eldest In-other Ileiirv — 
likewise a master carpenter, as well as a freenum of Liimlnu) nearh 
all the males of this list were appientiecd, some hefore, and some after 
their coming to America. — s.] 

Before the arrival of this Patentees' pioneer jiarty, the Dorchester men 
were evidently holding in reserve the actual occupation of the Great 
Meadow, yet out of some lingering respect for Plymouth's claims, were 
searching elsewhere for a suitable place for settlement.' Still they could 

' These italicized words are in the margin of the list, showing from what parish 
they brought ccrtiticates of their conformity to the rides and discipline of the Cliureh 
of England. St. Mildred's Church was destroyed by the great lire of London. KiOfi, and 
rebuilt by Sir C'hrislopher Wren. 

' Probably Cooper, though the MSS. is as above, withoul abhreviation mark. 

' The MSS. appears to me plain. 

' Drake makes this Murden. 

(Above notes by S. G. Drake.) 



DORCHESTER SETTLEHS RESIST THE PATENTEES' CLAIM. 45 

nut Imt resent the claims of these new comers, who ]iro]>ose<l, under 
authority of a patent which recoffnized neither Plymoutli nor Jhissaeliu- 
setts men, nor Dutchmen, as havino- any rijrht to the hind in ''the Three 
Towns," to heg-in forthwith a phmtation "l)etween the Plymouth Truck- 
ing House and the falls," (i. e., on the Great Meadow). Mr. Roger Lud- 
low was there, the controlling spirit of the Dorchester party, and the 
Patentees party was summarily told to keep "hands otT." So, Mr. Stiles 
stayed liis hands, and reported the state of affairs to his superiors in 
England, and the following letter written hy Sir Richard Saltonstall, 
upon receipt of his agent's statement, throws an interesting light u])on 
the matter. 

" ffor my worthy good ffreiud M' John Winthropp. Goucrneur of the Plantations 
at Conetecot Ryiier in New England, these d[elivere]d per Frs. Styles, whom God 
preserve. 

" Good llr. Winthrop: 

"Being credibly mformed (as by the enclosed ' may appearc) that there hath been 
some abuse and injurie done me by Mr. Liidlowe & others, of Dorchester, who would 
not suffer Francis Styles & his men to impall groimdo where I appointed them att Con- 
necHciit, although both by |iatent. which I tooke aboue foure yeares since, & prepo.sses- 
sion, Dorchester men, being then vnsettled, & seeking vp the Riuer ab(me the falls for 
a place to plant vpon butt tindeing none better to their likeing they speedilj- came backe 
againe & discharged my worke men, casteing lotts vpon that place, where he was pur- 
posed to begine his worcke; notwithstanding he often tould them what great charge I 
had beene att In sending him & so many men, to prepare a house against my comming& 
enclose groimde for my cattle. & how the damage would fall heavie upon those that 
thus hindered me, whom Francis Styles conciued to haue best right to make choysc; of 
any place there. Notwithstanding, they resisted him, slighteing me with many vnbc- 
seeming words, such as he was vnwilling to relate to me, but will justifle vpon his oath 
before authoritie, when he is called to itt. Therefore, wee hauing apijointed you to be 
our Gouernour there, the rest of the Companye being sencible of this affront to me, 
would haue signified there minde in a generall letter vnto you but that I tould them 
sitthc itt did coneerne myself in particular and might perhaps breed some jealousies In 
the people, and so distast them with ovr Gouernmcutt; whcrevpon they advised me 
write vnto you to request you with all speed &, diligence to examine this matter. & if 
(for the sub.stancc) you lind itt as to vs itt appeares, by this information heerewith sent 
you. that then In a faire & gentle way you give notice to Dorchester men of this gre.-ite 
wrongc they haue donne me & let being tlie first that to further this designe sent my 
pinnace thither at my owne great charge of almost a thousand pounds, which now is 
cast away by theire detaineing so long before she coulde vnlayd; and for which inius- 
tice I may require satisfaction, as also for my prouision which cost aboue tiue bun- 
dreth pounds, and are now (I hearc) almost al spent by this meanes, and not any palling 
as yet .sett vp att that place where I ajipoinled them; which had 1 but imagined Ibey 
wovld haue this greedily snatched \'p all the best grounds vpon that Riuer, my jtinnace 
should rather haue sought a pylate at New Plymouth, then to haue .stayd ten days as 
she did in the Bay to haue giuen them such warneing thus to preuent me it lett them 
spaire (as I am tould they may very well), forth of that great quantity they haue in- 
grossed to themselues, so much as my proportion comes too, and if they haue built any 



'Referring probably to Mr. Francis Styles " Relaeion," or letter to him to which Ik 
elsewhere refers; and probablj' also to Bartholomew Greene's letter — see Note to p. 47 



46 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

houses thcrcvpon, I will pay tluin their rtasuiiable charges for the same. But I pray 
you, cither goc yoursclfe with some skilful men with you, or send Sergiaent Gardnier 
& some with him to sett out my grounds (1,600 akers) where it may be most conuenient, 
betweene Plymouth Trucking house and the falls, according to my direction giuen both 
to the maister of my pinnace and to Francis Styles, which I thinke they will not now 
denie me, vnderstanding what charge I am att (with others of the Companie) to .secure 
this River numtli for the difence of them all, wherein we hope you will negelect no 
meanes, according to our great trust rei)osed in you. Thus beseeching the lord to ))ros- 
]icr the workc begun, I eimunend you with all ovr affaires vnder yovr charge to tlie gra- 
tious direction and protection of ovr good God in whomc I am 

■■ Yovu' most assured loveing friend 

" KiC. S.\I,TOXSTALL 

" For my wurthyly Uespecled Friend 

Mr. John Winthrop Governeur of the 
Plantations upon Connectacut Ryver in 

New Kngland Wliitefriers, [Eng.], Feb'y 27, 1635 [6] 

•(Labelled) Sir Kich.ird Saltonstall — 1630." 

Saltonstall was authorized to write to Gov. Winthrop, in preference 
to an official connniinication from the Patentees, " lest it might breed 
siiiiic jealmisics in the jieople, and so distaste them with our govern- 
niont." Pi)s.sil)ly, if "the people" had not had "a distaste" for 
the government of Lords and Gentlemen at home, in England, tlicy 
WDidd not have liad the honor of giving to the Colony of Connecticut 
" the first written Constitution the world ever saw." 

The Patentees, thus thwarted by the Dorchester ]iarty,sent to their 
lately-api)ointed Governor, John Winthrop, Jr., to .Sayl)rook, where they 
had (u-ected a fort and commenced a settlement: and he, with Sir Henry 
Yant!, then at Boston, ojiened negotiations with " the river to^vns," claim- 
ing that " either of the three towns gone thither [/. c, to the Connecticut 
River] must give place." ' This claim covered the Plymouth as well ;is 



1 Wintlirnp's Jourmd, i. 170 — " 8mo., 6 [Sept. 6], 1635: There came also .John Win 
throi) the Younger, with commission from Lord Say, Lord Brooke, and divers other 
groat persons in England to begin a plantation in Connecticut and to govern them." 

(Ibid., i. 397): " Sir Henry Vane came to l$oston. This noble Lord having orders 
from the .said Lords and others, treated with the Magistrates here [at the Bay] and thuse 
who were to go to Connectictit abovit the said design of the Lords to this issue, thai 
either of the three towns gone thitlier should give place ou full satisfaction [i.e., on beiuLi 
paid for their improvements], or else sufficient room must be found there for the Lords 
and their com])anies." HV«M(v/y) thus gives the terms proposed: •Whereas there is :i 
patent granted to certain persons of quality, of the river of Connecticut, with the plairs 
adjoining . . . they conceive they have full power and authority to govern and disposi- 
of all persons and affairs witliin the limits of Siiid patent [Narragansett Bay to California | 
. . . we conceive that the luesent face of affairs in Comiectioit, as it now appears, ad 
mit or require a pertinent and plain answer to these neces.sary queries from the town-, 
that are lately removed from Massachusetts Bay to take \ip plantations within tlic 
aforesaid patents. 

"/;npmHi», whether they do acknowledge tlie right and claims of .said persons of 
quality, and, in testimony thereof, will anil do subnnt to their present Governor. Mr. 
John Winthrop, the younger^!' 

"Secondly. Under what right and pretense they have lately taken \ip these planta 



DORCHESTER SETTLERS Ildl.I) THE CHOIINI). 47 

tlic Massachusetts settlements. These negotiations, as Winthrop's Jour- 
iiiil tells US, "were with the mag-istrates here [at Boston], and those 
wild were to go to Connecticut"; this was in tlie winter of l()85-t!, 
pi'dviiig that Mr. Ludlow went hack witli dtlici-s from Windsor that 
« inter, and that it was prior to the death of Rev. Mr. Maverick, which 
iKM'urred at Boston, Feb. 3, 1636, as he and Jlr. Ludlowe are named in 
tlic negotiations. 

Though the document referred to (note 1, ]). 46 ) " requires a jier- 
tiucnt and plain answer" from the Three Towns, yet only Dorclicster 
( Windsor) men are named, prolialdy because fhet/ had taken up the ])ar- 
ticular spot selected by the Lords and ricntlcincn for their settlement — 
and ])ossilily as their future capitol. 

The land which the Dorchester ])arty hesitated to take up witlujut 
tlic consent of Plymouth, these Patentees proposed to take without so 
iiniili as saying to Plymouth "by your leave"; so that, when it had lie- 
come a iiuestion between themselves and the Lords and Gentlemen, as to 
wlio should occupy the Great Meadow, the Dorchester party — as the 
stronger — "sat down on" the Stiles jiarty, and taking possession of 
tlie Great Meadow, began to prepare dwellings along the brow of the 
meadow-hill for their expected families. Stiles and his party were 
crowded to the extreme noi-th end of the meadow, occupying the later 
Chief Justice Ellsworth place, where " he built himself a siutable house." 

Besides the complication of affairs arising from the conflicting 
claims of the Plymouth Company, the Dorchester settlei-s and the Pat- 
entees, whirli thus confronted Mr. Francis Stiles upon liis arrival in 
Windsor, there mat/ have been some doidits in his miml as to the exact 
location designated by his orders. From a letter written to Sir Richard 
Saltonstall, December, 1635, by one Bartholomew (Jrcene, who ajijiears 
to liave been an agent for him, and to have had some personal knowledge 
of alfairs upon the Connecticut River (whicli letter will be fotmd in note 
lielow)' it would seem that "Mr. White" (probably John White, the 



tions within the precincts aforementioned, and what government tliey intend to live 
under, because the said country is out of the claim of the Ma.ssacliusctts patent. 

"To Jlr. L\idlow, j\[r. Maverick, Mr. Newbury, .Mr. Stoughton, and the rest en- 
gaged in the business of Connecticut plantation in the town of Dorclicster. 

'• [Signed] 11. Vane, .7r. 

.J. WiNTunop, .lu. 
Hugh Peters.'" 
'Letter from Bartholomew Greene to Sir Kicliard Sallonstall. — (.l/'W*. IIM O'll.. 
Fifth SericK, i. 216. 217.) 

"To the Right Worshipful and his most lovinge ^I' Sur Richard Saltonstall. Knight, at 
his house in Wliitt Streete. London. 

"Right Worshipful, — my humhill serv[ic]es is remembred. llauingc .soe litt a 
mcsenger I canot but right a word or tow. This is to certifie your worshipp this niesen- 
ger was at Canaticoatt, and can tell you how the case stands. For my parte, it is a 



48 HISTOUY OF ANCIF.Nr WIMISOI!. 

master of Saltonstall's vessel, which hiouiiht over the Stiles \n\rty of 
workmen) had "commission ti> he [i.e., ti> locnte] on owe side nl 
the river. Mr. Stiles on the othfr" : and, on the niaruin of the ori<;inal 
letter we lind tiie follo\vint>- endorsement, said tn he in Sir Riehard's 
handwritinn-, " they were to plant on that i<icle of if ryuer, New Plymuth 
trailiiiy-hoicite was buylt. — Mr. Brewster's ))''cei)t to Frans : Styles." And 
also when Bartholomew (Ireen finally sneceeded (as Stiles and White 
seemed to have failed to do) in secnring the services of a snrveyor, it 
was fonnd that "there was not frronnd, neather for medow nor aribcU or 
pastnr gronds, that wonld give," Sir Richard " C(mtent ; " and " the Plim- 
moetli men " also, making common cause with Dorchester in this matter, 
attcm])ted to "discharge" the Stiles party. Well might Inckless Salton- 
stall say, " had I hnt imagined they wonld have tlins greedily snatched 
nj) all the best gronnd on the river, my pinnace shonld rather have 
sought a jiilot at Plymouth than to have stayed ten days as she did in 
the Bay and given them such warning thus to prevent me." — s.] 

Bradford (3-tO) gives us, later, on, copies of a corrcsjiondence be- 
tween Dorchester and Plymouth relative to the seizure of the land liy the 
former, in which the former say " it [tlie (ireat ileadow] was the Lord's 
waste and for the present altogether void of inhabitants to cultivate it" 
[the Indians were all dead] : and a])ologizing to Plymouth for holding 
on to the disputed territoiy, they m-ge the " uncertain possibilities of 
this or that to be [i. e., which might be accomjjlished] l)y any ; we judg- 
ing them [the Lords and Gentlemen] (in such a case as ours es))ecially) 

grcefe to mc but the truthe is I canot, v.v coulil mil do no mor hi it. 1 did vsf the best 
consell, and vse wat nieayns I could in the busnes for yo' good, l)ut jr \Vlntt[e] coni- 
ision was to be one side of tlie river, M' Stilles one the other, and after I had vse meyns, 
wlien M' Whitt and M' Stills went, and could not get a man to goe by no nieayns; and 
as soonne as I hurd lhe[y] went not forward in the biis[i |ius, I |uit myself vpon it agayne, 
and at last got a man to go to measur it out at a dear ratte. and when lie came ther then 
was not ground, neather for niedow nor aiiball or jiastur gronds. that would giuc yo' 
wo'shipp content, that the men darst not lay it out; the shuld a done yo' worshipp 
[w]ronge in the same, seing that Doreliester men had taken vp the best place befor, and 
Plimmoeth men sente a letter to disearg o' men for medellinge with it, sayinge it was 
ther right; for I couseauc that M' Ltidloe was the cheffe man tliiit liindeid it. He was 
the ouli man of Dorchester that sett downc ther. I hope that this barer, >!' Wood- 
cock[s] man [Jo Bans on Marffi/i] will certifie you how it is. I haue riten mauie letters 
for this purpose. Other things I haue bine larger in letters. I am loath to be tow 
trobellsome to yo' worshijip in the lik expressures. M' Hooker hath e.xpresse some- 
thinge that waye. The Lord direct you and advise you for the best, and further yo' 
ofrings for his gloric and yo' good and all ours. Thus w"" my serues agayne, I com' 
you to the only wise God, and rest yo' jioo' servant to the vtter most of my power to 
command. 

'■ K.viiTM. Greene 

"From Watertown this 30 of Oecemlier, 1085. 

••(Indorsed by Sir R. Saltonstall), nr that this letter be .sent to .M' .luhn Wintliiope, 
our Govern' at Conectacutt, w" Fr* Styles his relation." 



DEFKNiK iir iKii.MllKPTER's PliOMPT ACTION. 49 

lint ini'ct fi) he cciiKillcil witli [i)iir] |iri'sriit actions (siicli as mirs arc) 
iiiiicli less [the claiiii of tlic Paiciitccs] In lie pretViTcd liclorc tliciii 
[us].- 

Siiiuc |iai-tics ai-c |ilcasc(l tn (lciii>niicc l)(ii-clicstcr fur takiii'^- up laud, 
lint that which the l'l\ iimuth iicnpl,. jiad llrst settled, hut that nf whitdi 
tlicy had cxtiuuuishcd the Indian title. Goodwin's I'i/i/rii/i RepvhUc 
(;)',•:>), terms them "pious l)aiiilits." lint the Dorchester people ("in 
siicli a case as ours, especially"' ) could hardly have acted differently. 
\ delenation of thein had come on to Connecticut to ])repare for the 
cniiiinir of their families, and found themselves shut up to the Great 
^Icadnw : the Dutch "did peremjitorily withstand the Massachusetts 
lucu ipiiet scttlinii' near them" — Brewster — (but the Hartford men 
" got there " notwithstanding') ; Plymouth Meadow was already occui)ied, 
and the Connecticut Patentees, hy their agent, Mr. Francis Stiles, "])ro- 
jiosed to hegin work on the only jilace that was available." What wnn- 
der then that " Mr. Ludlow and others" acted as they did.' 

7' lie Pilgrim Repuhllc says (393), that "the Dorchester [Windsor] 
]ieo]ile turned away from hundreds of square miles [of land] at their 
dis]Misal, and told him [Brewster] that, as the Plymouth land pleased 
them, they should take it and build upon it." This is by no means a 
lair statement of the facts, but flic autlmr slmuld have added that, while 
the hundreds of miles of )iiiiiic\al I'nrest land through which the Massa- 
chusetts men pushed their way tn icach the Connecticut River was just 
as good as any on the ri\cr, outside of the open meadows (once the jilant- 
iug ground of Indians, who had been removed by the small-pox ), and 
iin better than the forest land at their own doors in Massachusetts, still 



'But, when have these descendants iiiiulc a less gallant tiglil for the possession of 
any good land they wanted from that day to this V Hartford shared with Windsor the 
Patent given hy the court, in 1686, for the uninhabited land lying west of Sinisbury, 
ami when, half a century later, these lands were wanted for settleiiiciit, Hartford and 
W indsor were reminded that when the lands were given, it was because the court knew 
Dial they would revert to the Crown, if Andres succeeded in getting the cliartcr. 
After considerable controversy the Colony got back half of it, retaining territory 
(■ni>ugh for three and a half towns apiece. A later generation, about the time of tlie 
Itcvdlution, discovered some lieautiful lands at Wyoming in the Valley of the Sus(|Ue- 
haiinah, which was within the ancient bounds (viz., "west by the South Seas" — 
I'acitic), and the Connc^cticut ])eoj)le poured in tliere to the number of about 2,000, and 
fought with the Pennaniites for i)ossession. During tlic Kevolutionary War, British 
soldiers, Tories, and bidians fell upon them, killed about 300, and the rest Hed back to 
Coiuiecticut. After the close of the war, the land west of Pennsylvania was claimed 
by Connecticut, and Congress granted the northeast corner of Ohio, which lies in the 
latitude of Connecticut. (See T. .]. Chapman's article in Miig. of Am. Hist., 1884, p. 238, 
on Early Conn. Claims in Pennnylcanid.) .Many of us remember the struggle to get 
possession of Kansas, and the .sending of Sharps' rifles to our friends. The rush to 
gain a place in Oklahoma within a year past was a perfect cyclone compared with the 
breeze which swept over our Connecticut Valley two hundred and fifty years ago. 
Vol. I.— 7 



50 I1ISTI)I!Y OF ANCIENT WlMlSOIi. 

these meadows were tlit' mily -.wws fit for immedi/itr nilticatlo,,. And it 
is the prime iieceaxiti/ "t ;in\ ///■•-/■ ciuiiiTiitioii, from lliat day to tliis, tliat 
it shall sritic u].oii tliat |ilac<' which will yirld the (|iiickcst rctiii-iis for 
tlic hihiii' spent ii|ioli it. 

A littlr c-ciiisidci-atiiiii of tii|iot:ra|ihical facts will show the urnvucy 
of I)(irchcsti'r"s iircd at that liinc, when iiiradows were searcr. /'///- 
»«o«?/t Meadow (tlii'ii already settled ) ediitaiiied ahoiit 100 acres: the 
Great Meadmr, luirtli .if the Ply iiMiuth .Meadow, and s<'|iariited tlierefrom 
by the Tiin.xis I'iver. holds ahoiit tiOU aeivs: ,SVr/»r,s/c/T,/ Jfe>i,Ju,r. lylwj: 
still further north, and aliout three miles from Plymouth Meadow, has 
some seveidv-live acres; and Pine Meadoir (liehiw Windsor Locks), 
ahoiit live nules ncn'th of Plymouth Meadow, has sixty to seventy acres; 

one hnnili-ed acres at Podunck, and tw • three small meadows on the 

Tunxis. 

'i'hen, extenilinii- our survey to the south, two miles helow riymouth 
Meadow is the head of Hurtford .Meadow, which extends alonuthe liver 
for aliout three miles, and contained ahout 1,000 acres of available laud. 
Below Hartford and the Dutch fort was the Sutith Meadow, and lie- 
yond that the WetJierxJield Meadow. Then comes Rocky Hill, with 
miles of hi,di hanks and no meadows, with iluttabesic (Middletown ) 
Meadows still further down tlie ri\er. 'i'here are meadows on the ,;isf 
side of the river, hut they wei-e then covered with forests. The fact 
that no com|iany or indixidual settled, at first, on the east side, is stronu' 
presumjitive evidence of this; and th<' record of ileeds in Windsor 
shows that the land on the east side of the ri\er was set out in 
lots three miles lonjr,_])ounded west by the ri\cr. with no mention of 
" meadow," or "meadow and npland," except on one huudreil acres of 
"meadow" at Poduuk. On the west side, every man's "meadow" was 
descrilii'd in a separate deed : and so was the meadow at Podnnk, where 
(with a few exceptions, which rea<l •' nieailow A' upland,") the renmant 
of a trilie of Indians were livinu' on a '•meadow" lyim;' on Podunk 
farther hack from the ( 'onuecticut. and once numerous eiioimh to culti- 
vate lioth that meadow and the ••ahout IDO acres lyin.U' on the (Jreat 
River." The epiih'iuic of siuall-po\ which remo\-ed the last Indian from 
the (ireat .Meadow and Se(|uestere(l .Meadow in Windsor, had I'endered 
those meadows ••the Lord's wasft'" of which the Ludlow parly spoke 
as being "void of inhabitants that indeed minded the employment 
thereof to the right ends for which land was created." These meadows 
were the gronnds to which the white nieu had lieen invited in Idol, and 
the only gronnds to which they could liriu- Iheir families and raise hiod 
for them. 

[.'Vnd to this place, therefore, they i nnuediaf el// \n"j;un to iiathcr their 
families. It will he seen that there were ><ever<(l concurrent causes at 



I 



IMPELLING MOTIVES OP THE DORCHESTKH IMMICRATION. T)! 

work to inimifiu'ate and expedite this emigration: (^1) Massachusetts, 
as Cotton Mather says, was "like a hive overstocked with bees, and 
many thought of swarming into new phmtations; (2) there was the in- 
duci'ment of a profitable fur trade; (3) it was known that the Connecti- 
cut Patentees were preparing to take possession of their patent at the 
livci's month ; and the subject agitated the people of the Bay to such a 
degree tliat a piildic fast was appointed, September 18, 1634.' Roger 
liudiow, one of the assistants, and a leading inhabitant of Dorchester, 
sirougly opposed the movement. In this state of affairs, Israel Stough- 
toii, one of the first deputies of Dorchester, had an altercation with 
(iovernor Winthrop, and published a i>amphlet which occasioned his 
expulsi(jn from the House,'' and the Dorchester people petitioned in vain 
for a remission of his sentence. Roger Ludlow of Dorchester aimed 
at being governor of Massachusetts Colony in 1635, and protested openly 
against the choice of Governor Haynes, and was, in consequence, left 
out of the magistracy. It is not improbable that these wealthy and 
influential gentlemen sought a more congenial field for their political 
aniliition tlwm the Bay Colonv presented to them at that moment. It is 
certain that Mr. Ludlow suddenly changed his views on the subject, and 
was actively engaged in the project in 1635, which he had with zeal 
opposed in 1631:. These different considerations will snffice to accomit 
for the movement which was at first opposed by the government, but in 
the spring of 1685 " reluctantly assented to," ' on the condition that the 
iii'w colonies should continue within the jurisdiction, and be considered 
as a ]iart of Massachusetts. Early in the preceding June the General 
Court of Massachusetts had granted "3 pieces [or cannon] to the jdan- 
tations that shall remove to Connecticut, to fortify themselves." In 
Sejiteuilier, Wm. Westwood was appointed " constable for the plantations 
in (%)imecticut, together with a new sujiply of arms and ammunition for 
tlie colonies, and liberty to appoint their own cotistables." — s.] 



' Governor Bradford, with a quiet rcfcri'iicc lo llic jircvious (iuitioii of tlio Massa- 
cluisctts folks, says: "Some of their neighbors in y" Bay, hearing of y" fame of 
Ccinightaciite River, hada liankenng mirul aftcrit (as was before noted), and now nnder- 
staiiiliiig that y' Indians were swepte away witli y'' late great mortalitic. flu' fnir tii 
wliiim was an obstacle unto them before, whieh beingiiow taken away, llicy began now 
til prosecute it with great egernes." P. !5:i8. 

The animus of the people of the Bay, in this matter, is unconsciously revealed by 
Winthrop (i. 140), who, in his account of the session of the general court at Newtown, 
Sipt. 4, 16:U, at which the subject was long and earnestly di.scusscd. states the following 
as among the " ]>rincipal reasons " assigned for removal to Ciinnecticut : " The fruit- 
f\dness and commodiousness of Connecticut, and the danger of having it possessed % 
otften, Dutch or English." 

And "The strong lient of their spirits to remove thither." 

' Winthmp, i. 1,'5.5. 

' IIiitcMnmn, i. 41. 



52 HISTORY OP ANCTKNT WINDSOR. 

Did the Massachusetts men expect when they c;>iw mi, that summer 
of 1(!:)5, ti) make provision for their families, that tlu-ir famih's would 
follow them that season? They were too late to raise a crop for their 
suppoi-t through the coming winter, and we see no reason except to secun 
possession, why they should transport their winter ])i-ovision to Connecti- 
cut for their families and their live stock, rather than have them remain 
in Massachusetts. IJut onccomiiany <lid conic: Wintlirop tells us. under 
date of Oct. 15-25, that " aliout sixty men, woiiicii. and childrcii went 
hv land to Connectii'nt willi tln'ir cows, In^rses, and suine, and at'tei- a 
difficult and tedious journey arrived there safe." ' 

[Their household furniture, bedding, and winter provisions, were 
sent around by water. That which is now a four or live hours' trip, was 
to them, encumbered as they were with women and ebililreii and slow 
moving cattle, a journey of two weeks." J]efiire they reached the Con- 
necticut, the hues of autninn had faded ficini the forests, and their 
leafless branches were swavinu' to and fro in the wintrv storm. Winter. 



' Winthrop says (vol. i. p. 171), iibmit sixty iiu'ii, wemi-n. mv\ chililnii. went tiy 
land to Connectiout, with tluMr cows, heifers, and swim;, and after a tedious and dilti 
cult journey, arrived there safe. We believe that this party of 1635. who drove thcii 
cattle before them, were Dnrdwuter people. For they are jiartieularly mentioned by 
the same author as sutTerinf? much, and losing most of their cattle during the succecil 
ing severe winter. Haines, in his account of Dorchester, .Mass., says that about om- 
hundred people removed to Connecticut in 163o, most iif wliie/i icere Dordiester jieo/i/i . 
joined by a few from Newtown and Watertown. Trumbull Siiys that Mr. Warham liid 
not remove with his charge at this time, but came to Connecticut in September, loao. 
But we lind no mention of him during this time, in Massachusetts, though Mr. Hooker 
(of Hartford) took part in <-ouncils until the next summer. Nor can wc- uiidcrst.-md 
why a new church should have been formed at Dorchester while Mr. Warham remaincil. 
Winthrop says a council was called April 11, 1636, to form a new clnirch. "a gnat 
part of the old one being gone to Connecticut." Its formation, however, from tlico 
logical reasons, was deferred until August. In view of these circumstances, we fed 
warranted in our belief that the emigration of leS.'j consisted mostly of Dorchester pc( 
pie, who settled at Windsor, and thai their pastor came with them. See, also. lUnke's 
Aiiitah f)f Dorclienter, pp. 13, 14. 

' In regard to the courxe of the first settlers, on their way to the Connecticut , Dr. 
McClure's MSS., in possession of Connecticut Historical Society, preserve the following 
narrative : 

" In a conversation with the late aged and respe'ctable Captain Sabiii, of Pomfret, 
Ct., he related to me the following discovery, viz.: About 40 years ago he felled a 
hirge and ancient oak, about the north line of Pomfret, adjoining Woodstock. On 
cutting within some inches of the heart of the tree, it was seen to have been cut and 
chipped with some sharp tool like an a.xe. Rightly judging that at the time when it 
must have been done, the Indians, .so far inland, were destitute and ignorant of the use 
of iron tools, he counted the number of the annular circular rings from the said marks 
to the bark of the tree, and found there were as many rings as the years which had in- 
tervened from the migration of the Dorchester i)arty to that time. Hence the jiroba- 
bility is that they journeyed along the north border of Pomfret. and as they traveled 
by a compass, the conjecture is corroborated by that course being nearly in a direct line 
from Boston to the jilace of their settlement on the Coimecticut river." 



TIIK KMTGRATION PItOM DOIU'HKSTER TO WINDSOR. 53 

iudcfd. srt in miusii;illy early. IJy the 15th-25th (if Noveiiilier, (lie river 
was clo.sed, and as yet the vessel containing tlieir liouseliold goods and 
provisions had not arrived, nor wore there any tidings of it. They 
were able to get only a portion of tlieir cattle across the river [/>;•. B. 
TnimhiiU]. At this time (November 26th) a party of thirteen i-etiirned 
to Massachusetts through the wootls. Oue of tlir uuudier fell fhrdugli 
the ice and was di'owned, and the remaiudei- would lia\r ]ierished "but 
that, by (bid's providence, they lighted upon au Indian wigwam." ' As it 
was they wt're ten days in reaching the IJay." By the first of December, 
the condition of these families was perilous in the extreme. Many 
were nearly destitute of provisions; and the only alternative was to 
reach their vessel, which was supimscd to be fast in the ice below. A 
company of seventy, of all ages and both sexes (see Note 2, p. 35) now 
set out in search of their provisions. Shelterless, and scantily sujiplied 
with food, they toiled on, day after day, through snows and storm, ho]i- 
ing at evci-y tui-n of the rivi'r to discover the wished-for relief, ^\'llo 
can picture the sufferings of that jiainful march. 15ut God was not 
unmindful of his suffering ones. His arm was stretched out to save. A 
snudl vessel, the Rebecca, of sixty tons, which had attempted to ascend 
the river to trade before the winter set in, had become entangled in the 
ice, twenty miles from the river's mouth.' Fortunately, a storm of rain 
came np, which released the vessel which came to their relief : and 
Piovidence sending favorable winds, "they came," says Governor 
Wiuthrop, "to Massachusetts in 5 days, which was a great mercy of God, 
for otherwise they had all jierished with famine, as some did." The 
few who remained in Connecticut through this fearful winter suffered 
much, as did their cattle also, from insullieicuev of both fooil and shel- 



' Wiuthrop, i. 273. 

'^ Winthrop'n Jmiriud. 

' Wintlirop also states tliat while the J,',l«r,;i la.v thi-rc in the ice, the Diilcli sent a 
sloop to take possession of the mouth of the river, bill llic iiieii jiot t«ii jiieees (caiiiioii) 
on shore, and would not suffer them to land. 

Notwithstanding the early closing of the river in 16:i3, there is certain evidence 
tlial the winter of 1635-6. was an open one. It is, with one exception, very many years 
since the (Connecticut was frozen over at Windsor as early as November 13-25th ; but 
abdiit twenty years ago, at a time when the water was extremely low for that season of 
the year, on the morning of Nov('niber 19th, the ice stopped, and tlie river was 
frozen over at Windsor, but only for a few hours. If the closing of tlie river mentioned 
by Winthrop had been such as occurs later in the season, there would have been no 
occasion for wintering their cattle there, or they would have driven them over on the ice. 
.\nd we rarely have so open a winter in later times that cattle could live through it, 
without shelter, or other provision than eoidd be provided for them in the forest ; and 
the.se families who "dieted" on "acorns" during the winter, doubtless, had bare 
ground to gather them on after the 15-2.5th of November. Winthrop says (i. 176. date 
January, 16:{5-G), "this month one man went liy land to C'oiinecliciit .and returned safe " 
— he probably had little snow to contend with. 



54 IIISTOKY OK ANflENT \VINT)SOI!. 

tcr. 'I'licy litri';illy lived iin iicdi'Iis, malt, and ^Taiiis, with what I'ood 
tlicy could ^ain hy hiiiitinu-. and not unlikely assisted hy the Plymouth 
and Stiles parties who were dduiitless both jiroN'ided. Their losses were 
\('ry iiea\y, that of the Dorchester people heing as much {Wiiithmji 
says,' on authoi-ity of Mr. Ludlow) as <£2,500 iu cattle alone. 

Iviily in .Maich, l(>i5-t>, Comiectieut was set ajjait as a separate 
Colony, under a cdnnuissiou grauteil Iiy the (!(>neral (%iurt of .Massaelui- 
sctts, "til several persons to g'ovei-n the peii|ile at Cunnectieiit Inr tlie 
space iif a yeai- [then] next coniing. TIk' cimnuissinn thus named con- 
sisted (,r .Mr. Koger Ludlow ami William I'helps of Windsor, John 

Steele, William Westw 1. and .Vndrew Ward of liarttoid, and AVilliam 

Pyncheiin nt Spiingfield, William Swaine and [leui-y Smith <it Wethers- 
lield. 

With the lirst dawn of spi-ing ( April 10, l<;:!<j) those who had 
been compelled to retni'U to Dorchester again tnrneil their faees tnward 
the Connecticut. 'Hiey compi-ised the largei- pait of the Dorchester 
ciiurcii, with, as some say, theii' surviving jiastor. Rev. John Warham.' 
Theii' settlenu'ut at .Matiannck was nanu'il Dorchestei', after their 
Massachusetts Imnie. 

About the same time, .Mi-. I'ymdienn and othei's, fi'iim Ko.xbury, 
Mass., settled at Agawam, now the city of Springlleld. And, in June 
following, came the veneiable iJDiikei-, with his edinpaninns frnm Cam- 
l)i-i(lge, Mass., who settled at Suekiaug, nnw the city of Hartford. 
Wetherslield, also, liegan its settlement near by : and thus, sinudtane- 
iiiisly, in Die rich snil and the clmicest spots of the beautiful Coiniecticut 
\'alley, were the seeds |ilanted, which were destined to take I'oot and 
gei-minate into a nugliiy conunouwealth. .Vnd the history of that com- 
monwealth, for more than two ceiduries, has liorne witness to the strong 
faitli and courageous ])ersistencc of its lounders. so appropriat(dy and 
signilicantly expressed in the motto of colony and state, 

"QUI TRANSTIIJT Sl'STLXET." [s.] 

We think it clear that the I'ompauy which left the Bay, Oct. 15, 
lt)35 (WiiifJirop, i. 171), with their cattle, were Dorchester families 
coming to Windsor, and that the object of their setting fortii so late in 
the year was to " make assurance doubly sure " liy settling their families 
and stock on the disputed territory, ln-fore tlie Lords and (ientlemeu in 
England had tinu' to lenew theii- efforts to get ])ossession of the Great 
Meadow. It seems, from SaltonstalTs letter {],. 4")) tjiat he and his 



' Wilit/imji'Kjoiirntil. date of April T-17tli, Wi(i.—}fii«s. Hist. S,jr. Coll., vi. 4, scries 
TAT^. Winihnip also (i. 161) notes the arrival of two Dutch ships briuging to Boston 
27 Flanders mares, at £87 each ; 63 heifers, at £12 a beast ; and 88 sheep, at oO». eaeli. 
This wmdd make Windsor's share £2,500 loss, eciual to 130 cows and 25 horses; Dorches- 
ter cows and cattle, 450. — )\'omJer Working Providence, 42. 



THE QUESTION OF rmoUlTY OF SETTLEMENT. 55 

iissdciiitrs. tlic Patentees, still chiiiuril tli;i1 )i;irticn1ar s])()t, and tliat, 
latci-, (!(i\-. Wintliro}), Jr., was autlidi-i/.rd, " if tlicv lia\c Imilt any liouscs 
llicii'dii," to make good their " reasonal)le " expenses on the same. 
I'n)lialjl\ , llie latest advices wliieh the Patentees bad iveeived tVom Wind- 
sor did not iindnde information as to this Oetoliei' moxcment of the 
Doreliestei- people to oeeilpy tlie Inaises whieli wei'e lieing erected in 
Se|itend)er and October. Again, if the Dorchester jieople had originally 
planned to winter their stock in Connecticut, would they not ha\e made 
]iro\ision foi' it in the hay-making season ? Or, would they have put off 
sending pi-(i\ision for their families so late as to risk the disaster that 
linaliy befell them, of having the river close Ixd'ore it could reach them? 

There has been, very mituraliy, some rivalry between the natives of 
" the Tlirec Tov>ns," in these later days, as to the question oi jiritirify of 
xfttJement. Andrews, in his River Tiiirn« of Connecticut, a Study of 
Wi'therxfield, Hartford, and. Windsor ( |i. 17 ), puts it thus : "From the 
point of habitation by white men, Hartford was first occujiied by the 
Ibiteb ; from the ^iew of occupation by Eiii/UxJioh'h, Windsor can claim 
to lie the earliest settled [Iiy the Plymouth Company]: liut from the 

point of \ii'\v of settlement by Massaehnsetis I'.ay | pie, by aiiriridt iir- 

/.v/.s- iiiid jicriiiKilent eoloiiisfs, Wetherslield has nndonlite(l right to 
title."' This is very well for a Wetherslield uuin — very fairly stat<'d 
indeed : Imt when he bases his argument (1) on a microscopically close 

1 ipaiison ol certain dates to prove that Mr. Oldham, prohalili/, in Sept., 

llJo4, le(l_liis party of eight men to Wethersfield, where tliey baiciy 
li\('d (according to tradition) through the succeeding hard wintei-: Cl) 
on the interlineation in the old Court Record, giving to Wetherslield the 
honor of lieing the oldest town (see p. 31, note 2), a decision whieb can 
only be construed as a persistent ignoring by tlu; then Colonial Court of 
any I'lymouth claims as opposed to those of Jrassaeliusetts : and (->) 
the Mi.K M.ss. 1G!I:'-1737,' we are led to impure whether, //' the tradition 
( TrumhuU, i. 49) that, "a small number of im-ii." in hastily erected log- 
buts, " made a shift to winter in Wetherslield, lH:')-!-;")," could l)e verified, 
it woidd be fair to call them settler k, ■dud not aeeoid the same status to 
those men at Windsor, who were well-housed and able to defend them- 
selves against armed foes in 1638? If he considers the Plymouth Com- 
jiany's party as merely traders, we have ali'eady sliown reason why they 
also shiadd be considered as " agriculturists and i>ernuuu'nt colonists."" 

Hut is there not really a higher standard of "settlement " to be con- 
sidered in all this discussion, viz., the ftinily, without whieii all this 
rushing to and fro upon the earlli would lie of little account ? 

' For Windsor's cVAm on this point, sci- .Mr. .J. II. llMyilcii's arliclcin llarlt'oni (Mur- 
ant, Sept. 26, 188:1 

° Trumbull's Jlist. Conn., i. 49, note. 
' See ante, p. 39. 



56 IIISTOIIY (II' ANCIKNT WINDSOI!. 

Amontj tliosc of the 1G35 ('migration, wlio i-cmaiuod liorp throusili 
tlio winter, subsisting on scanty fare, we may ]iresnme tliero wcvofami- 
//cv from Dorclicster ("men, wtmien, and little chiklren"). The Pat- 
entee, or Stiles party, had, when they sailed from London, three women 
and two ehildrcn (Stiles) ; and, though their vessel remained ten days 
in Boston, there is no reason to doubt that both women and children 
cainr nii |(i Windsor with the vessel, arriving here July, 163.5. And. 
altliiiugli the family tradition (mentioned on page 44) gives to the women 
of the Stiles party the honoi- of lieing the first English wcinim on ("nn- 
necticut soil, is there positi\e evidi^nci' that there were no women oi- 
families in the Plymouth Trading House ? Jonathan Urewster luvd a 
wife and children in New England at this date, and it is ]iossibl(^ that 
they were with him at Matianuck, whei-e he resided probalily fiom llie 
first, l(i:5>] — certainly 1(534 and 163;!. - 

In this connection then, will it lie considered imjiertinent if we ■ 
iiKpiire, whether there is sidlicient evidence to show that there were any 
families of "men. women, and little children," (or any wives without 
children,) in either Hartfonl <>r WefJiersfield before li>3() ? ' 

The settlement at Windsoi- liy the Dorchester jiarty being now an 
accomplished fact, we heai' but little more of the claims of the aristo- 
cratic Connecticut Patentees. (lov. Wiiitbiop, it is true, at SaltonstalTs 
request, came up to Windsor from Saybmok in the spring of 1631), to 
endeavor to effect some arrangement with the Dorchester people, 
and reported thereupon to lionls and (ientlemen in England.-' l!olh 



' "A Briefc Disrnpthi, nf Scr KiKiland ,iu,l tli, S,rini// Ti'inics lhnriii.l'i(/,'lli,r irlth 
the Present Oi'rcninieid thermf" somewliat rcii'iitly discovcrt'd by Jlr. Henry T. Wilier^. 
in the IJrili.sh Museum, among tlie Egi rtdii MSS. (Ni.. 2:«)5 rt'.. 397-411, ami iuil)lislic<l 
in Mnia. lUnt. Hoc. ProceedirujK, M Series, i. 1884-5; also. X. Eiig. Hist. Gen. Jief/isI, r. 
1885, p. 33), throws considerable light upon this matter. This MS., written in 1660. liy 
Samuel JIaveriek (son of Hev. .John ^^laverick, the original .senior pastor of tlie Dor 
Chester (Ma.ss.) chureh, which removed to Windsor with Mr. Warham), who was at one 
time a Royal Couunissioner, contains an aecoiint of all the towns cast of the Hudson 
River, and presents a picture of what may In- called the ■•prehistoric state" of NcNi 
England at that time. In this descriiitioii w<' lind; 

"WiNDsou. From Hartford to Windsor, 9 miles, this was the first I'wnie i>ii lliis 
Hirer, settled first by people issuing from Dorchester in the Massachusetts Ray ab<iul l In 
year 1636." 

This proves that, in the knowledge and estinialii f lliesr then IMng, aflera 

\i\\i?.i', oi only tirenty-four !i< lira Uu\\\ the settlements ii]h.m \\\r Conneclirut River (and 
while, certainly, many of the lirst .settlers were still living), Wixusoit was tlie ulilest nl 
the three river towns. 

^Winthrop's Life and Utters. 156, •■ Letter to his son, the Governor, upon the mouth 
of the Connecticut, 10"' of 4'' mo. [July] 1636. I received a very loving letter from Lord 

S , wherein he e.\pressetli a great deal of .satisfaction in your proceedings, bul 

smth withal that those up the river [the Dorchester party] have carved largely fm 
themselves, which he thinks they will after repent when they see what helps they havi 
deprived themselves of" [/. e.. the defense of the mouth of the river and tlie patronage 
of the Lords and Gentlemen.] 



TTIE POT.TTIfO-RKIJCinrs sriTATION IN KNCI.A ND.- 57 

lie and Sir llciirv V-mw had already iicjixitiatrd, JVuitlcssly, as (lie 
S(M|nc'l proved, with the Dorchester party at Boston.' liiit ]M)iitical 
events at home were heii'iuning to forecast new ti'onhh's, and e()ns|)ii'e(| 
to lessen the |irohal)ilities of any adjustment of Ihesi' eoluniai emliai-- 
rassments. 

Vvniw Maeaulay's Ussay on Jului Hampden ' we learn that the strnu'ii'le 
l)etween the prominent Puritans of Entiland and the Government was 
very bitter at this time. John Hampden, one of the original Patentees 
of Connecticut in 1631, had (in 103(3) t)ccn defeated before the courts in 
his resistance to the payment of " shiivmoney," (a tax never before 
levied on the interior counties) and had become so obnoxious to the 
uovernment, that, in 1637, "his person was scarcely safe," and he pro- 
jiosed to escape by sailing for Connecticut. Macaulay gives no authori- 
ties in supi)ort of this statement, and whether Hampden and Cromwell at 
one time actually took ship for America is, to-day, a matter of doul)t. 
From this time on, however, Puritanism was gaining in political influ- 
ence, and on the eve of gaining the ascendency in Parliament, and secur- 
ing an aljatement of grievances under which it suffered. Probably the 
hiipe of relief at home at an early day contriliuted U) moderate the zeal 
I if such Lords and Gentlemen as had contem|)lated emigrating from the 
turmoil of England to the Valley of the Connecticut. Possibly, as 
Maeaulay says, the English authorities did prevent them. Lord Saye, 
-Mr. William Woodcocke, and Sir Richard Saltonstall had already sent 
ii\cr funds, in the expedition of 1635, for investment; and the subso- 
il uent prosecution of their claims through the Colonial Courts,^ throws 
some additional light upon the situation of affairs at Windsor in the 
sunnncr of 1635, and later. 

The Patentees maintained their fort and settlement at the mouth of 
the river (Saybrook) until 1()44, when they sold out to the uji-river 



I Scr 11. Ki. 

- ■■ lliniiiiilcuilctcriiiiiR'iltolenveEngliiiiil. J'.cyoiiil Ihr Allaulic Occnii ;i few iit tlii; 
IHTsccutcd Puritans liad formed in tlic wilderness of Coniieeticut a settlement, wliieli 
lias since become a prosi)erous commonwealth, and which, in spite of the lapse of time 
and of the change of government, still retains something of the character given to it by 
its lirst founders. Lord Saye and Lord Brooke were the original projectors of the 
scheme of emigration. Hampden had been early considted respecting it. lie was now, 
it .ippcars, desirous to withdraw himself beyond the reach of oppressors, who, as ho 
pniliably suspected, and as we know, were bent on puni.shing his ihanful resistance to 
their tyranny. He was accompanied by his kinsman, Oliver t'romwell. . The 

cousins took their passage in a ves.sel wliich lay in the Thames, and which was bound for 
America. They were actually on shipboard, when an Order of Council ajipcared, by 
which the ship was prohibited from sailing. Seven other ships filled witli emigrants 
were stopped at the same time." — Maeaulay's Essayn, i. 704-5. 

'The " aecdunting " of Barnabas 'Divi'i?, (Letch ford's Notes, Tram. Am. A/itir/. Sue, 
vii. ■■iGo) the allidavits of Stile.s and Hayden (Col. Rec., .\v.). Sec also the Kait Wiiulnor 
portion of this work; and items in Col. Ilec, i. 33, 62, etc. 
Vol. I. —8 



58 IIISTI1HV i)F AXCIKNT WINDSOR. 

towns, in consideration of certain tolls on furs, jiraiii, rtc, "tliat shall 
pass out of at the river's mouth," also a tax of twchc ]M'nii' pci- ;iiiiiuiii 
for ten years on certain live-sloek, " within any (if the towns or faiiiis 
u])on the river." 

From ]>ai-nal)as Davis' "Accounting" with the heirs of William 
Woodcocke in Enjiland, wr learn that Mr. Francis Stiles, who had 
charge of the ]iarty sent hy the Lords and (rentlemen to Windsor, aftci- 
havinir huildcd himself " a suffu'ient house at Connecticut,"' returned to 
England (prolialiiy in the winter of 1636-7); and as he had neither 
huilf the house nor enclosed tlu; 400 acres of land which he had engaged 
to do lor Mr. Woodcocke, he sold to Mr. Woodcocke the house he had 
jjuilded for himself, and promised " that the towne would accommodate 
Mr. Woodcocke with 400 acres thereunto." Stiles returned from Eng- 
land (prolialiiy in spring of 1637) and Davis followed hira to look after 
Woo<lco(k(''s interests, and, while here, the Pecpiot War broke out (May, 
1637), anil Da\is was impressed as a soldier (probably the "Sergeant 
Davis" i-ei'erreil to in ('apt. Mason's account of the Pei]not fight). 
Davis seems to have had the assistance of Rev. Messrs. T looker of Hart^ 
ford, Wai-ham of Windsor, and others, in " treating the cause [with 
Stiles], and they determined that Stiles had dealt ill with Mr. Wood- 
cocke in not procuring 400 «c?'es of land' to be laid out to the said house, 
and impaling it as he undertook." Again, Davis went back to England 
to report to my Lord Say and Mr. Woodcocke, the latter of whom died 
soon after, and his brother John, having charge of the estate, sent Davis 
over the third time, June, 1639. In the Septend)er following, Mr. 
Edward Hopkins of Hartford, attorney for Woodcocke, sues Stiles in the 
sum of <£300 for breach of contract and gets a verdict for £300 "for 
not taking up 400 acres of ground according to bargain that ifi-. Stiles 
should take the house [which he sold Woodcockt; while in England] back 
again, and repay back the £230 and £70 lor arrearages." Davis says 
the £300 "lies in the hands of Mr. Hopkins in Connecticut." Then. 
1641, Mr. Saltonstall brings an action against "ivlwanl Hopkins as 
auassignee to Woodcocke" for £200," and hath an attachment granted 
against Mr. Hopkins.' AVhether this suit grew out of their mutual re- 
lations with Stiles, or some other Tmrecorded transaction in Connecticut 
is uncertain. What pecuniary interest Lord Saye had in this business 
which brought Davis over is uidvuown, but both times when the latter 
returned to England to report, hi' goes liy Ihe advice of Rev. Mr. 

' It is pretty certain tliat Stiles liiul tlie 400 acres ready for Woodcoclie in 16;i7, l)ut 
it was located "over the Great River," eonsiderable distance away from "the said 
house," and this "breach of contract" was what led the (-ourl to tiiid a verdict in favor 
of Woodcocke. 

' Conn. Col. lice, i. 66. 

'Ibid., i. 67. 



I 



ADDENDA — "BROWNISM" A FACTOR IN THE CONTROVERST. 59 

Hooker and takes letters from him l)oth to Lord .Saye and Mv. Wood- 
cocke, and a])])arently a))0ut the same business. 

Sir Riehani Saltonstall, Knight, who, as wo learn I'loin liis letter 
(]i. 45), bore a hiiur |iait nl' the expense of that first cxinMlition (]()35) 
" caiiic to New Eimland wilh Cov. Wintlirop, in 1630, and I'cturned the 
next ycai-."" ' Possilily, indciMl. be rame to Connecticut, for he seems to 
liave given Stiles \civ dclinitc instructions whei'e to "prepare a, house 
against my coming, and cuciose grounds foi- ni\- cattle, . . . between 
tb(> Plymouth 'J'lucking House and the falls." Sir Ritdiard afterwards 
sent his sons, Richard and Robert, constituting the latter his attorney to 
manage his business in New England. Richard died in Massachusetts, 
baxing a family from whom descended Gurdon Saltonstall (great-grand- 
siin of Sir Richard), who was Governor of Connecticut (1707-1724) 
and who inherited Saltonstall Park, a tract of ■2,0(10 acres of land at 
^Val•ehouse Point, (it wbicb iiiattri- furtbci' mention is made in tlic c-baptcr 
nn Kast Windsor. 



ADDEXD.V. 

Tlie Massacliusctts men have, of late, been sharply eritiei.sed for declining to inter 
into partnersliip with those of Plymouth in beginning a settlement on the Connecticut 
in 1633, and then, themselves, two years later, settling " the three towns," to the serious 
detriment of Plymouth. But there was an important element in the controversy which 
is gi'uerally overlooked. Both parties were Puritans ; but those of Plymouth were 
liclieved by the authorities in England to be tainted with " Brownism " ■ — a taint which 
I lie IVrassacUusetts men were anxious to escape. The " Brownists," so called by their 
opponents, were a set which had been specially obnoxious to the Crown, and for half a 
iciitury the authorities had pursued them with greater vigor than they had any other 
class of Puritans. The " Browni.sts " were so named from one Robert Browne, who was 
fill- a time pastor of a church of English Puritans who fled to Zealand to escape jhtsc- 
(iiliiin," In 1.571, Browne, then about twenty-one years of age, " became donutstic chap- 
lain to the Duke of Norfolk, and as taking opportunity of that jjlace to disseminate 
ilcictrines which, as they were distasteful to the authorities, were dec-reed seditious as 
well," He was cited to .appear before an ecclesiastical conunis.sion, but the Duke (who 
was a relation) took his part, pleading tliat the ]iosi1i()n was a privileged one.^ -Vbout 
ten years later(1.580or IWl) we tind Browne at Norwich. And there, by his prompting, 
and luuler his guidance was formed the first church in modern days, of which I have 
any knowledge, which was intelligently, and as one might say, philo.sopliically, Congre- 
gational in its platform and processes, he becoming its pastor."' In April, 1.581, we 
lind the Bisho]) of Norfolk sending the Lord Treasurer Burleigh articles of complaint 
" against one Uobert Hrowne and his per.son.al answers thereto," alleging that " the 
said party had been lately a|)prehended on complaint of many godly preachers for 
delivering unto the peoph' corrupt and contentious doctrine." It was further declared. 



■ H. S. Sheldon. 

'Dealer's CongrennHonulint , 72. 

" IMd, 6,5, 60. 

*Ildd., 70. 



(lO HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

that " liis aiTosanf spirit of reproof was somctliing to be marvelled at ; the man being 
also to be feared, lest if lie were at lil)erty he should seduce the vulgar sort of people, 
who greatly depended on him, assembling themselves together to the number of one 
hundred at a time in private houses and conventicles to hear him, not without danger 
of evil intent." ' Through the intervention of the Lord Treasurer he was again released, 
but a few months later the Hishop once more addressed the Lord Treasurer "in regard 
to the troublesome young man," declaring that lie li.id lately been preaching "strange 
and dangerous doctrine in his diocese in a disordenil manner, had greatly troubled the 
whole country, and brought many to great disobedience of all law and magistrates." 
He thought all others could have been managed if Browne had not come back, "con- 
trary to his expectation and greatly prejudiced these their good proceedings, and hav- 
ing private meetings in such close and secret manner that he knew not possibly how to 
suppress the same."^ 

IJurleigh's interposition availed to get his irrepressible relative first into, then out of, 
the hands of the Hishop of Canterbury, and this general experience with that of others 
of the company [Browne's church] brought them all, at last, to "the full persuasion 
that the Lord did call them out of England," and, apparently, in the autumn of 1681, 
the little church and its pastor emigrated in a body to >nddlebury, in Zealand, where 
they received permission from the magistrates to abide in freedom of faith and 
worship." ' 

But Browne still continued to trouble the English government after reaching Zea- 
land. He wrote several treatises, which he sent in sheets into England, on the corrup- 
tions of the (Oiurch. and wherein he also insisted on the present accepted doctrine of the 
relations of the Magistrate to the Church. He says, the magistrates "have no ecclesi- 
astical! authoritie at all, but onely as anie other Christian."'' . . . The Queen issued 
a special proclamation against the circulation of these treatises in her realms. " The 
Queen's most excellent Majesty, being given to understand that there are sent from 
partes beyond the seas sundry seditious, scismaticall and erronious printed Bookes and 
libelles tending to the depraving of the Ecclesiastical! government established within 
the Realme, set foorth by Robert Browne and Richard Harrison [an associate] fled out of 
the Realme as seditious persons fearing due punishment for their sundry offences, and 
remaining presently in Zealand," . ■ . . ordering "all persons who should have any 
of the same books to deliver them up to the Ordinary, to the intent that they should be 
burned," and forbidding any one to "be so hardy as to put in print, or writing, sell, 
set forth, receive, give out any more of the same, or such like seditious books or 
libelles." The result was that "two men were lianged for dispen.sing. and another 
nearly lianged for binding the same."' 

Within two years the little church at Middlebury fell into a divided state, and 
Browne with a few families, removed to Scotland, where he soon (luarreled with Pres- 
byterianism; went back to England, and. in li)91, was instituted rector of the little par- 
ish of Cum Thorpe. Here he abode and wrouglit more than forty years, until between 
June, 1631, and November, 1633, lie died, 80 years old or more, in Northampton jail." 
His course had alienated, by turns, all his friends, and evil reports were raised against 
him personally, and woe betide the Puritan susi)ected of Brownism. 

Nearly forty years after we find the Pilgrims at Leyden, considering the question 
of removal to one of the i)rovinces of their native land. In 1617, Carver and Cushman 
were .sent to England to ask from the King freedom of worship for their colony in the 
new world, lintdford says: " Thus far they prevailed in sounding His Majestic 's mind, 
thsit he would connive at them and not molest them, provided they carried themselves 



^ Dexter' s Congregationali»t,1Q. ^Ibid., 71. 

'Ibid.,li. * Ibid., 101. 

"* /Wrf., 74, 75. 6/«rf., 83. 



ADDENDA — "RROWNISM" A FACTOR IN THE CONTROVERSY. Gl 

peaceably. But, to allow or tolerate them by public authority under liis seal, they 
found it would not be granted." ' 

When, throe years after, pastor Robinson gave his parting address to the Pilgrim 
Fathers, on their setting forth from Holland to New England, he charged them to shal<e 
off the name of Brownists, which he termed a " mere nick-name and brand to make 
religion odious and the professors of it [odious] to the Christian world." 

Enough has been quoted to show why " Brownism " became specially obnoxious to 
the authorities in England, and why it behooved all parties to follow Robinson's advice 
and shake off the name, and the taint pertaining to it. Yet the fact remains that tlic 
Plymouth Church, organized on the pattern of Browne's at Middlebury, was nol i|uitc 
able to shake it off. The adventurers, who remained in England and aided the colo- 
nists in reaching New England, would not hazard their own pecuniary interests (wliich 
depended on the colonists' success) by any act of their own, or of their colonists, which 
would bring upon them the odium of being esteemed " Brownists," and thus placing 
themselves under the ban of the Home Government. And when the Salem people 
came to New England, in 1629, and the Governor and Council of the Company under 
whose auspices it came learned that Ralph Smith, who had engaged passage with them, 
was inclined to Separatism (then esteemed another name for Brownism) they at first 
thought to forbid his coming, but afterwards consented, with an order to the colonists 
that " unless hee will be conformable to o' governm' you suflfer him not to remain w'^in 
the limits of o' grant." ' 

When Winthrop's company (the future settlers of Connecticut among them) were 
leaving England in the spring of 1630, they took the pains to publish in London, " The 
humble recptest of his Ma.iestie's loyall subjects the Governem- and the Company late 
gone for New England : to the rest of their Brethren in and of the Church of England : for 
tlic obtaining of their Prayers and the removal of suspicions and misconstructions of 
tlieir intentions. . . . We esteem it our honour to call the Church of England from 
whence we rise, our deare mother. . . . We leave it not therefore as loathing the 
milk where with we were nourished there." They ask her prayers "for a church 
springing out of your own bowels," reciprocally promising their's for the church at 
home, when they shall be in their " poor cottages in the wilderness." ' 

The Salem people, whose company in England had been so careful to shiekl them 
from the charge of Brownism, had been preceded by an advance guard of settlers, luider 
Gov. Endicott, who having suffered severely from Illness, sent for Dr. Fuller of Ply- 
mouth, who went to his relief, and was of great service to the Governor and colony. 
He was one of the two Leyden deacons of the Plymouth Church, and improved his op- 
portunities to satisfy Endicott in regard to whatever was distinctive in the Plymouth 
views, and led him to acknowledge their general ijrlnciples as a church, as " farr from y" 
commone reporte that hath been spread of you, touching that particular ; " and, when 
the Salem Church was organized, the Plymouth Church gave the right hand of 
fellowship. 

It is known that the Dorchester Church was organized in England on the eve of 
their departure from Plymouth to New England, and it is almost certain that the organ- 
ization took place at the instigation of friends there, lest they should fall under the in- 
tluence of the Plymouth Church, as the Salem people had. They woidd not have Ijeen 
permitted to organize as an independent Congregational Church, and remain in Eng- 
land. (The Southwark (Cong.) Church in London, which had met with closeil doors, was 
<liscovered by the authorities in 1632, and Mr. Lathrop. its pastor, and his congregation 
imprisoned.) The Rev. Mr. White of Dorchester, England, rector of a church there, 
assisted at this organization; after which the church chose Messrs. Warham and Mav- 
erick for their pastor and teacher* (both of whom had been ordained by a Bishop of tlie 



^ Ibid., L(ui(liiiai-h< iif Plyimnith, 5, 6. ' Ihj-hr, 414. 

'IIM., 416. * Roger Clapp. 



62 ItlSTORT OP ANCIENT WINDSOI?. 

Cliurcli of Enicliunl, uiid had contiuned to officmte therein), after wliicli Mr. While re- 
turned to his home and continued his ministrations as before. In recognition of his 
sympathy and helpfulness, tlie colony gave to their new settlement beyond the 
.seas, the name of his residence, Dorchester. Theirs was the tirst shij) of Gov. "VVin- 
throp's fleet, whi<-h brought over nearly 2,000 emigrants in 1630. Other iiarties of Win- 
throp's company .settled at Boston, C'harlestown, Newtown, etc., and soon after organ- 
ized Congregational chiirches. When the report of what they had done readied 
England, their friends there were much alarmed at "some innovacions attempted by 
you," with the intimation that they "utterly disallowe any such passages," and entreat 
them to look back upon their "miscarriage with repentance" ; while they add that they 
take "leave to think that it is possible some undigested councells have too sodainily 
bin ])ut in cxec\ition w"'' may have ill construction w"" the State heerc, and make us ob- 
noxious to any adversary." The plain English of all which was. that the Patentees in 
England were surprised and offended that the colonists should so suddenly and so widely 
have separated from the Church as by law established, and were apprehensive of the 
royal displeasure, and of conse(]iient harm to the secular interests which they were 
seeking to pmninte. ' This solicitude on the part of the adventurers and friends in 
England, lest their "adversaries" should take advantage of their church relations to 
represent them as Brownists, with all the disloyalty to the authorities in England which 
had been associated with that name, soon proved to be well-founded, for. we learn from 
Winthrop's Journal (\. 102, 103), that, 'two years after, in 1633, "Certain parties who 
had been pvuiished here for misdemeanors, had petitioned the King and Council . . . 
accusing us to intend rebellion, to have cast off our allegiance, and to be wholly sepa- 
rate from the ohurch and laws of England; that our ministers and people did continually 
rail against the State, Church and Bishoi)S, . . . such of our company as were there 
in England, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Mr. Humphrey, and >[r. Craddock were called be- 
fore the committee of the Council, to whom they delivered an answer in writing, upon 
reading whereof it pli^sed the Lord so to work with the Lords, and after with the 
King's Majesty when the whole matter was reported to him . . . that the defendants 
were di.smi.ssed with a favorable order for their encouragement, beingassured from some 
of tlie Coiuicil. that his Majesty did not intend to impose the ceremonies of the Church 
of England upon us. ' Prini-e's Clironicle (430), gives us this passage, from a letter sent 
by Winthni]) to (Jov. Bradford; "The conclusion was against man's expectation, an 
order for an encouragement, and much blame and disgrace upon the adversaries, which 
calls for nnich thankfulness from us all, which we propose (the Lord willing) to express 
in a day of thank.sgiving to our merciful God. I doubt not but you will consider if it 
be not lit for you to join in it." Wiuthntp enters in his Journal (i. 103, 104), imder date 
of 26 March, 1633, an extract from a letter from a friend in England, written at this 
time to the yoiuiger Winthrop : " Vour friends here [Saltonstall and others] who are 
members of your plantation have had much to do to disprove the unjust complaints 
made to the King and Council, of your government there. I undersliuid that you are 
an Assistant, and so have a voice in the weighty affairs of that commonwealth. 1 know 
I shall not need to advise yo\i that the prayers for the King be not neglected in any of 
yoiir public meetings, and I advise that you differ no more from vis in church goveru- 
ment. than y<m shall find that we differ from the prescript rule of God's Word, auil 
farther I meddle not." 

It will be remembered, that it was immediately after this that Plymouth propo.seil 
to Massachusetts to join them in accepting the invitation of the Indians to settle on the 
Connecticut River. Bmtlford says (311), that the Plymouth people had already been 
there " divers times, not without protit." "Those Indians seeing them [us] not very 
forward to build there, solicited those of Massachusetts in like sort." This was April 4, 
1631, and "they of the Bay, but lately come, were not fit [not ready] for the .same; but 

' Dexter, 418, 419. 



APDENDA — "BROWNTSM" A FATTOR IN THE CONTROVERSY. fiS 

simic 1)1' their chief ineiiniiKk' u motidu tn join witli the partners here to trade jointly [/. c, 
"put nj) equal stock together"] with them in that river, which they were willing to 
embrace." But when Winslow and Bradford went up to the Bay to confer about the 
matter, July, 16;!o, the Massachusetts men had barely escaped the pains and jienalties 
usually meted out to " Brownists," and were very careful to avoid everything which 
the English government could construe into an offense against " the powers that be." 
It is pretty evident, that this was the principal reason why they declined the liberal 
offer of the Plymouth men. Bradford says (312) "they cast many fears of danger juid 
loss; thcj' had no suitable goods for trade, but those here offered to put in sufficient for 
both provided they would be engaged for the half, and prepare for them the next year. 
They confessed more could not be offered, but thanked them and told tliem they bud no 
mind to it." 

Then follows an important admission on the part of Plymouth, showing tlial 
she claimed no prescriptive title on the Connecticut, superior to that of Massachusetts; 
" They [Plymouth] then answered, they hoped it would be iw offence unto tJtem [of Mass.] 
if tJiemselees went on without tJiein [of ^f.is^.] if thnj mm meete? They [of Mass.] said 
there was no reason why they should (i.-ikr i.llrnsr| and thus the treaty break off." 

Two years later, when the Massacljusitts incn went up to Connecticut to settle, the 
same barrier stood in the way of their fraternizing, which had prevented the proposed 
partnership of 1633. Pending the negotiations which followed (.Vi/**. Hist. Soc. Coll., vi. 
162) appears a letter from Gov. Winslow of Plymouth to Gov. Winthrop, Jr., of 
Connecticut, in which, referring to the controver.sy, he says, " Hut were it not for 
Christ's cause in that our profession may come to suffer by it, we would not be satisfied 
with a tenth of our demand . . . 't is pitty religion should be made a cloak for such 
spirits." From i?/'^^/^/'^ (341) we learn that the Dorchester people brought counter- 
charge that they of Plymouth have more sympathy with the Lords and Gentlemen, 
whose pioneers the Dorchester men had displaced, tlian with " t/ie Dorchester Church." 



CHAPTER II. 
1636-1650. 



TJIH town records of Windsor, or Porclifster, as it was first called, 
jirior to 1(350, not licing in existence, we liave iiiidoulitedly lost 
much which it would lie l)atli pleasant and profitable to know. Yet 
from the (jolonial Documents, and such fragmentary manuscripts as 
ha\-c escajjcd the ravages of time and neglect, we are enal»led to trace, in 
outline at least, the growth and develo])ment of the infant town during 
the first fifteen eventfid years of its existence. 

The first item we have is from a record of the first court held at 
Newtown (Hartford), Api'il 2G, 1636, by the commissioners appointed 
by Massachusetts for the colonics on the Connecticut. At this court 
complaint was made " that Henry Stiles [of Dorchester], or some of the 
ser[vants] had traded a piece with the Indians for corn." Situated as 
they were in a new country, and surrounded bv Indians, with whom 
their intercourse w'as necessarily guarded, this act was justly deemed a 
grave offense, and one that imi)eriled the general safety. It was there- 
fore " ordered that [the] said Henry Stiles shall, between and the next 
court, regain [the] said piece from the said Indians in a fair and legal 
way, or else this court will take it into further consideration." An 
order was also promulgated " that from henceforth none that are within 
the jurisdiction of this court shall trade with the natives or Indians any 
piece, or pistol, or gun, or powder, or shot." At the next court, held at 
Dorchester (Windsor), Henry Stiles, not having com})lied with the 
order of the previous court, was ordered to do so by the next one, and 
to appear personally and answer his neglect. It was also "ordered, that 
there shall be a sufficient watch maintained in every town," under the 
direction of the constable; and that "every soldier in each plantation" 
should have on hand, l)efore the end of August following, 2 lbs. of pow- 
der and 20 liulltts of lead, ready to show it to the constable upon demand. 
Non-compliance was to be met with a fine of 10 shillings for each failure, 
"which is presently to be levied by the said constalilc without resistance." 
It was further ordered at the next court, held at Watertown (Wethers- 
field), that "every plantation shall train once a month;" and if there 



FITtST COFRT IX THE TOLOXY. 05 

wriT any "■very uiiskiUrul" ill such exercises, "tlie plantation may 
a|i|iciiu( the iillicer to train oftciicr the said nnskilirnj." Kvery aliscuce 
IVmn traiiiinu, without lawful excuse teuiiered williin two days, was lo 
lie piniislied liy a liue of two shillings. Any neu'leet to mend or i<ee|) 
tlieii' \\i'a])ons in repair was fined in the same amount, and if arms were 
" wliojly wanting," the delinquent was to l)c l)ound over to answer for it 
at the next court. 

In these regulations we lind evidence of tlic |uudi_'nce and constant 
watchfulness necessarily imposed upon settlers in a new country. They 
liuih their humble cabins amid the wilds of Matianuck, as the prophet 
.feremiah and his friends rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem, with their arms 
in tlieir hands. "In no part of New England were the Indians so 
numerous, in proportion to the territory, as in this valley, and traditions 
of tlie horrors of the Indian wars are linked with almost every village 
tliroughout its whole extent. For ninety years after the first settlement 
there was scarcely an hour in which the inlnihitants, especially of the 
frontier towns, could travel in the forests, work in the fields, worship 
(Jod ill tlieir churches, or lie down in their beds at night, without appre- 
lieiisiou of attack from their stealthy and remorseless foe. The fact 
that tiie attacks of the Indians were preceded liy no note of jireparation 
ua\e a sense of insecurity to the memliers of the family at home, or the 
heads of the family aV)road, which made the real danger, great as it was, 
seem more formida))le. The blow fell where and when it was least 
ex])ected. When the Indian seemed most intent on his avocation of 
Inmting and lisliing, or in planning some distant expedition — then the 
farmer in the field would be surprised by an aml)uscadc, or on his return 
lionie find his house in ashes, his wife and children butchered or hurried 
away into cai)tivity; or the quiet of his slumliers would be liroken by the 
wai'-whoop, and the darkness of midnight illumined by the glare oi the 
\illage on fire. Those were trials (if whieh the pi-esent generation can 
know nothing." ' 

Tliey were trials, however, to which the settlers of Windsor were 
I'nlly e\|iosed, and from which a merciful Providence, in a remarkable 
degree, preserved them. The Indians who resided in their neighborhood 
always exhibited a friendly feeling, and seem to have regarded the pres- 
ence of the whites as a protei-tion against the exactions and attacks of 
the Pequots and jMohawks, both of which tribes assumed the rights of 
conquest over these Valley Indians! Yet the character of the Indian 
was always uncertain, and experience dictateil the necessity of constant 
care and jealous watchfulness in all their dealings with them. 

Added to the constant dread of Indian treachery was no small 

'Introduction to the Foote GenmUxjy, l)v Xatlianifl G"inlwiii. 
Vol. I.— 9 



06 



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amount of loss and trouble among their cattle, who liad siifTci-cil so 
much from exposure during the previous winter. 

Wintliroj), under date of -'9 [Deecmjlicr, l(i:'>ti," says, "Things 
went not well at Connecticut. Tlieir cattle did many of them cast their 
young, as they had done the year before." 

At the c(mrt of February 21, 163(5-7, " It is ordered y' the iilantaPou 
called Dorchester shall bee called WiNUSOu" (uudoul)tedly, although we 
know not with what ]iarticular reasons in honor of AVindsor, the royal 
abode of l<]ugland"s sovereigns), and a comnuttec^ appointed for the 
purpose b\- a picx ions court brought in a report that the bounds thereof 
should "extend (owaids the Falls, on tiie same side the plantation 
stands,' to a l)iiioke called Kittle Brooke and soe over the Greate River," 
u])]ion the same line that Now Towne and Dorchester doth between 
them. And so it is ordered by the court." Also, "the boundes between 
llarteford & Windsor is agreed to ho att the vp)ier end of the gi-eate 
meadowe of the saide Harteford towai-d Windsor att the Pale [fence] 
that is nowc there sett up by tiie saide Harteford, w'^'' is abuttinge vppim 
the Oreat River, v|ipon a due east line. A- into the Countrey from the 
saide I'aie \ ppon a due west line, as paralell to the saide east line as farr 
as they ha\c now ]ialed, ct afterward the lioundes to goe into the Coun- 
trey vppon the same west line. But it is to be soe much shorter towards 
Windsor as the place where the Girte that comes along att th' end of the 
snide meadowe. A' fidls into the saide greate River is shorter then their 
I'ale; A oxer the saide gi'eate Uinei- the saide plantacon of Windsor is 
to come to the Rivei-rets"' iiioutb. that falls into the saide greate River of 
Conectecott, and there the said Hartford is to runn due east into tlu' 
Countrey, which is ordered accordingly.'' 

This spring the contentions and negotiations between the Plymouth 
Company and the Dorchester I'eo|)le concerning the laud at Matianuck, 
u])on the which latter had so unceremoniously squatted at their first com- 
ing, were brought to a close. (See ante, Cha])ter I, where, for the ])ur- 
pose of making a continuous narrative, we h;ive plneed the details outside 
of the usual chronological order of our uai iati\i'. ) 

The.se negotiations with the Plymouth people, bowt^ver, were nc 
the weightiest or most im])ortant matters which oecupied the attentioll 
of the Windsor people. They, together Mith their ueigbbors of Hart 
ford and Wetherslield, were now involved in a contest, upon the e\-en^ 
of which their lives and welfare and all that is most dear to the hunuiB 
heart were staked. We refer to the breaking out of the Pequot AVari 
Since the first approach of the white man to the valley of the ('ounectil 



I 



'The west siiie of I lie livcr. 
' Podunk River. 



'C'ouiifcticul Uivcr. 



THE OUTBREAK OP THE PEQUOT WAR. Ctl 

cut tli:it trilie, whoso sciit was mi the Mystic Rivor, soonicd to liavc 
iiiiliilii'il ;i l)ittor liostility towanl flic Kuglish. As early as 1634 tlury 
bcgnii the work of iiiiiidcr ami |)illaii:c, ami in 1036 they c(iiici;i\ eel a 
desia'ii of oxtirpaliuu' and driviiiL;' the whites from New Eiiiiland. The 
iiiiii-(h'is (if Stone, Norton, and Oldham, and the garrison at Sayhrook 
l''oit, the hoirilile cruelties inllicted on ihitterheld, Tilley, and others, 
arcatiy alarmed and exasperated the (Colonists. 

Winthro2^'>< Journnl (Vol. I, ]>. 200, edition ISif); j,. 2:'.,S, ed. lsr,8,) 
|ii-esei'\es this account of the cruel fate of Tilley, who was a ^Vindsor 
man : 

"About the middle of this month [Octolier, 1636,] John Tilley, master of a li.nk, 
coining down Connecticut River, went on shore in a canoe, three miles above the fort 
[Saj'brook], to liill fowl, and having shot off his piece, many hidians arose out of the 
covert and took him, and killed another who was in the canoe. This Tilley was a very 
.stout man, and of great understanding. They cut off his hands, and sent them before, 
iuiil after cut off his feet. lie lived three days after his hands were cut off ; and tlii'in 
selves confessed that he was a stout man, liecau.se he cried not in his torture." 

The murderous attack on Wetherslield, on the 23d of April, ItioT, 
liiially aroused the English to strike a blow, as sudden as it was success- 
ful and decisive. At the court, con\-ened on the first of May following, 
the delilterations were doubtless weighty and important. The first line 
of tlie record of this court is sententious but energetic: "It is ordered 
that there shall Ije an offensive war against the Pequots." Mark well 
the words, "an offensive war." No longer would they stand on the 
defensive, they had now drawn the swoid, and that sword coidd only "be 
sheathed in victory or death." And then follows in the same terse and 
energetic language, "There shall he '.••! men h'vied out of tlie thi-ee 
|ilaiitations, Hartford, Wetliersfield, and Winilsor, in the following jiro- 
poitiou: Hartford, 42; Windsor, 30; Wethcrsfield, 18." Hartford was 
to fuiuish I'oiirttH'n, and Windsor six suits of armor. Each soldier was 
to carry one pound of powder, four pounds of shot, twenty bullets, and a 
light musket "if they can." They wei'e also directed to take a bai-rel of 
|iowi|er from the Sayhrook Fort, and ('apt..lohn Mason was entrusted 
with the eommand. 

Supplies wei-e also levied on the three towns as hillows: Windsor 
was to furnish sixty bushels of corn, fifty jiieces of pork, thirty jiounds 
of lice, and four cheeses. Hartford was to furnish eighty-four liusliels 
of coin, tlii-ee firkins of suet, two firkins of butter, four busliels of oat- 
meal, tun liiishels of jieas. five hundi'ed pounds of fish, two bushels of 
salt. W'ellieislield, one bushel of Indian beans, and thirty-six busliels 
of coin. Each plantation was to lia\(' its corn ground, and onedialf 
baked in biscuit. It was furthermore ordered that there should be fur- 
nished "one good hogshead of beer, for the captain, minister, and sick 



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inSTOHY OF ANriENT WINDSOR. 



men;" and "if tlirrc lie only three or four gallons of strong water, two 
gallons of sack." .Mr. IVnclieon's shalloj) was eniiiloyod for the occa- 
sion. Thus equiiiped, tlie troops of the several towns rendezvoused at 
Hartford Jfay the 10th, where they found a "jiink, a pinnace, and a 
.shallo])" awiiiting them. Here, also, they were joined hy seventy Mohe- 
gan and River Indians, under Uncas. Tlic staff of conunand was duly 
delivered to Captain ]\fason hy the venerable and revei'end Dr. Hooker 
of iiiirtfurd, whose (tolleague, the llev. ^fr. Stone, accompanied the e.xjjc- 
dition ;is cluiplain. I>r. Tliomas Pell of tlie S;iylirook Fort was the sur- 
geon. 'I'lie soldiers were •'encouraged hy the Ivev'd ministers," a night 
was spent in earnest )ir:iyer, and the next morning, followed hy (he 
tears and lingering gaze of the relatives and friends whom they left 
hehind, that little fleet of "pink, pinnace, and shallo]i," with "many 
Indian canoes," dropped down the streaui. Never before nor since did -^ 
the placid i)osoui of the Connecticut hear a more precious freight. H 

It is not our purpose to accompany them during this short l>ut deci- " 
sive campaign, the details of which are to l)e biiiiid in every history of 
New England. 

Jjet us, howevcM-, return to those who were left at home within the 
Palizado of Windsor. What tlieir feelings ami foreboding.s were in the 
absence of theii- friends we can learn fi'om the following letter, wi'itten 
May 17th, two w(>eks after the depaiture of the exi)edition. It is 
addressed by Mr. Ludlow to .Mr. I'ynclieon, who, with a few other.s, had 
commenced a settlement at Agawam, now Sj)ringlield, Mass." He says: 
"I have received your lettei-, wherein you exjtress that you are well for- 
tified, but few liands. 1 would desire you to be cart'ful and watchful 
that you lie not lietrayed by friendshi]is. For my part, my spirit is 
ready to sink within me, when, upon alarms, which are daily, I think of 
your condition, that if the case he never so dangerous, we can neither 
help you, nor you us. But I must confess l)oth -lu and ourselves (hi 
stand merely on the power of our God; therefore he must and ought to 
have all the praise of it." Further on, in icply to .Mr. Fyncheon's urg- 
ent request to have some assistance sent to him at Agawam, he says: 
"I can assure you it i.s our great grief we can not, foi' our |ihinta- 
tions arc so gleaned by that small fleet we sent out that those that 
remain arc not able to sup])ly our watches, which are day and night, 
that our people are scarce able to stand upon their legs: and bir plant 
ing, we are in a like conditicm with yon : what we plant is befon 
dours — little anywhere else. Our fleet went away tomorrow will hd 
seven-night." 

But the decisive battle of ilay 2dili had been bmght — the IVipiod 
power was broken, the victorious little aimy was on its homeward march, 



I 



' See C'lll. Mitxn. IliM. Sociity. 



Windsor's heroes in the pequot fight. 69 

full of joy and oTatittidc for success such as they had hardly dared to 
lio|ie. .Mason was "nolily iMiteitaiiied with many great guns'" liy ('apt. 
(oinliner at the Sayhrook Fort, and tlie welcome which a\vaite<l his gal- 
lant troops on their arrival home was imlescrilialily waini and enthusi- 
astic. A day of special thanksgiving was proclaimed throughout the 
colonies, and everywhere the song of exultant victory was blended with 
prayer and ])raise to Him who ruleth on high. In all these rejoicings, 
we may well believe that the good people of Windsor had their full share. 
Captain Mason, the " very foremost man of them a' " was their towns- 
man. So was brave Sergeant Alvord. So were Thomas Barber and 
Edward Pattison, whose valiant right arm caused seven Indians to 
"bite the dust." So were lucky Thomas Stiles and John Dyer, who 
were singularly fortunate in escaping with their lives, being each of 
them struck by arrows, which stuck in the knots of their handker- 
chiefs, a twin-like coincidence, which is justly commemorated by Cajit. 
Mason in his account of the battle, as among the "wonderful provi- 
dences" of the day.' Nor was the valiant Captain himself without 
his " special pro^ndences " in that fearful fray, though, with a modesty 
as characteristic as his bravery, he makes no mention of it. Yet we 
have it upon good authority, that, in the thickest of the fight, an 
Indian drew "an arrow to its head" full upon the Captain, whose 
life was only saved by an opportune thrust of a comrade's sword, 
which cut the bowstring." We may well imagine that wondering cluld- 



' See Niles'i Indian Wars; also, A Bnef nUtory of the Pequot War : Especially of the 
memorable taking of the Fort at Mistick in Connecticut, in 1637, written by Major John 
.Mason, a principal actor therein, as their chief Captain and Commander of Connecticut 
forces; " published at Boston in 1736, and republished in the collections of the JIass. Hist. 
Soc'v, vii.,2d series. 

' Trumbull says that tliis was Sergt. Davis, but Capt. Mason himself mentions 
Davis as one^of the party who attacked the otlicr entrance of the fort, and were driven 
li.ick by the flames of the burning wigwams. It seems certain, from accounts of 
till' liattle, as well as from tradition, tliat William Ilayden of Hartford was the lucky 
111:111 wlio saved the Captain's life. At the c(miinencement of the attack, tlie Captain, 
Lieut. Sceley, and si.vteen others, effected an entrance into the fort, and in the hand to 
hand fight which ensued, \Vm. Hayden distingiiished himself by his daring and 
prowess. Mason, in his own narrative, while modestly omitting any reference to him- 
self, especially mentions the gallantry of Ilayden; and Wolcott. in a poetical account of 
llie battle, written in 1721, thus intimates that Hayden came to the general's a.ssislance 
at a very critical juncture. 

" But fate that doth the rule of action know. 

Did tliis une(£ual combat disallow. 

For quite too much to force one man alone. 

To beat an army, take a garrison. 

Sent Hayden in. wlio witli his sun-steeled blade 

.Joining the general, such a slaughter made, 

That soon the Pequots ceased to oppose 

The matchless force of such resistless foes." 
A sword, now in possession of the Conn. Hist. Soc'y at Hartford, is said to have 



70 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

liood crept oloscr to the knee of inanhood, and that woman's fair cheek 
altei'nately |)al(>(l and fliislied as the marvelous deeds and hairbreadth 
escapes of the " Pe(|ui)t fiu-ht " were rehearsed within tlic Palizadn 
homes of Windsor. Nor were thev without more tangihk' jirodfs. 'i'lie 
Peqnots were so fhoroughly subdued, that they were hunted down like 
wild lieasts, l)y small ])ai-ties of tliose very River Indians, to whom, Imt 
a few days Ixdore, their name Inid been a tei'ror ; and for a lonir time 
tlieir iihastly sri'inning lieads were hrousht into AVin<lsor and Hartford, 
and there exliibited as tro])hies. 

It would be interesting to have a coniiilrtc list of the thirty gallant 
soldiers whom Windsor contril)uted to the Pc(iuot expedition. Unfor- 
tunately, however, we can only nnmc fourteen, who are certainly known 
to iiave belonged to the town.' 

Capt. John Mason, Nathan Gillet, 

Sergt. iicnciiict Ahord, Thomas Gridley, 

Thomas liarbcr, Thomas Stiles, 

Thomas Buckland, Hergi. Thomas Staires, 

George Chappel, Richard Osborn, 

John Dyer, Thomas Pai'sons, 

James Eggleston, William Thrall. 

Dr. J. Hammond 'i'rumbull notes "a ^Ir. Hedge, who was certainly 
in tlir battle, and was ])rol)al)ly from Windsor." Capt. Mason, in his 
narrative, says : "A valiant, resolute Gentleman, one Jfr. Hedge, ste])])ing 
towards the gate [of the fort] saying, 'If we may not entei', wherefore 
conic we here,' and iniuiediately endeavored to enter." From Mason's 
account we also infer that Sergt. Nicholas PalmkI! of Windsor was 
engaged in this e.\|)edition. 

In Dr. TrunibuH's enrollment he gives Edwaud Pattison ( who orig- 
inally came to Windsor with tlie Stiles party in Itioo, and is credited to 
Windsor's l'ei|not ipiota. in our lirst edition) to Saybrook. 

Capt. Mason states tliat tliere were Imt 77 white men actually in the 
battle; of the original !•() dial'ted for ser\ice, several were necessarily 
left to guard and man the vessels, while their companions went into the 
fight, and " none of these should he depii\ ed of the honors of the 
expedition." 

They were absent three weeks and two days. Every soldier received 
1«. 6(1. per day (reckoning six day* in the week); Sergeants, -Khf. per 



bfen the one used by Wm. Hayileii in tliis battlu. lis line of (Icsicnt from liiiu is at 
least unimpeachable. 

' This list is the result of nuK-li careful research, and may be (Icpcniled upon as re- 
liable, as far as it goes. By availing ourselves of the Yankee privilege of guesdng, we 
could easily fill up our list, and probably with much correctness, but we prefer to state 
merely what we know, and no more. 



THREATENINGS OF FAMINE, ETC. 71 

day; Lu'iitcniints, 20«. jicr week. The Cai)taiii 40.s. |ii'r wi'ck. A large 
jirant of land was also given to each soldier, and, to this day, the memory 
of an ancestor in the Pequot fiijht is an honorable heirloom in every 
Conileeticnt family. 

The next niontli thirty men were raised from the three ri\ er [ilanta- 
tions, wlio, nnder commaud of Lieut. Secley, were "to set down in the 
Pe(luot Connty and River, in place convenient to maintain onr right, that 
G(id by conquest hath given iis." To this army of occupation, Windsor 
furnished ten men, also twenty bushels of corn, and thirty pounds of 
butter. By an order of the next court, Juno 20th, ten sokliers were 
added to this company, of which five were from Windsor. The town was 
also oliliged to furnish the following additional supj)lies : " 1 Ram-goat ; 
2011) of butter; .^ C of cheese ; 1 gallon of strong water; 3 bushels of 
Malt." In the fall, also, Mr. Ludlow and Mr. Haines were deputeil to 
\isit the Bay, and enter into arrangements with the authorities there, 
for an offensive and defensive alliance against the enemy, and for a per- 
manent settlement in the Pequot country. But though the cloud of war 
had passed, still a new danger threatened the Colonies. The necessary 
expenses and supplies of the late expedition, although pronqitly and 
cheerfully met, had left the coimtry imj)Overished and Ijurdened with 
del it. Every article of clothing and food was purchased only at the 
dearest rates ; and the army had so drained the fields of laborers that 
theii- farms had been but partially tilled, and did not yield enough to 
supply their wants. The court, foreseeing the great scarcity of ])rovi- 
si<ins, contracted (Feliruary, 1638) with Mr. Pyncheon to furnish the 
Colonies with 500 liushels of Indian corn, or more if it could be pro- 
cured. The inhabitants were also forbidden to bargain for it privately, 
ami it was limited to certain jjrices, lest individual speculation should in- 
terfere with the public good. A vessel, belonging to Elias Parkman of 
Windsor, was also ordered to be sent to Narragansett to buy corn of the 
natives there. The winter was very severe, and Winthrop says, that " the 
snow lay on the ground from the 4th of Novemljer to the 23d of March. 
It was sometimes four and five feet deep. Once it snowed for two hours 
together flakes as big as English shillings." It appears from the records 
of the next court, that Mr. Pyncheon, being apprehensive that he should 
not be able to procure enough corn, Caj)tain Mason and Jlr. Ludlow were 
authorized to "trade to supply their own necessities and the necessities 
of some others that are in want." In spite of these precautions, liow- 
ever, corn l)ecameso scarce that it rose to tbr extraordinary price of 12.«. 
per liushel. Thereupon, a committee was sent to the Indian village of 
Pocomtoek (since Deerfield, JIass.), where they purchased so largely 
that "the Indians canje down to Windsor and Hartford with fifty canoes 
at a time full of corn." 



72 HISTORY OF ANTTENT WINDSOR. 

Fcliniarv 9, 1038, tho -court Imifd a war tax uimii tlic towns, of 
wliicli tlic Windsor proportion was £158 2s., to he paid ••citlicr in money, 
ill waiiipuni four a ])cnnv, or in good and mcicliaiitalilf Ix'avcr at ILs. per 
puiind." Sliortly after (March 8) the court order " tliat there shall he 
50 costletts (or coats of armor) jirovidcd in the ]ilaiitati(iii, viz., Hart- 
ford 21, Windsor 12, Wethersfield Itl, Apiwam 7, within six iiiouths." 
Thcfic coraelets Vi'eve made of " heavy cotton ilolh, liasted with cotton- 
wool and made defensive against Indian arrows" — and were wdiii out- 
side of their skin, or fur, coats. Also "it is ordered that Captain ^[ason 
shall he a puhlic military officer of the plantations of ("oniiectieiit, and 
shall train the military men thereof in eacli jilantation, according to the 
days a|)pt)inted ; and shall liave £40 per annum to he paid out of the 
treasury (piarterly." AH persons ahove the age of sixteen were ordered 
to bear arms, except excused l)y the court. Commissioners and church 
officers, ami those who had filled those offices, were exempted " from 
hearing arms, watchings and wardings." Magazines of powder and shot 
were established in every town ; that of Windsor consisting of one bar- 
rel of powder and 300 weight of lead. Every plantation neglecting to 
provide such a magazine, within three months was fined ,£2 (40s.) and 
10.S. every month until it was provided. Every military man was 
rcipnred to " have continually in his house in a readiness .V a lb of good 
]iowder: 2 Ihs of linllets suitalile to his jiieiu-: one jioiind of match if his 
piece he a matchlock," under |ieiialfy of 5.v. i'or (.'very default. 

The following order of the court of April 5, lGo8, marks the first 
highway in Cimnecticut : 

•■ Whcroiis tlien- is a ik'sirc of our rieiirhbors of Ilartfonl, that tlicro may Ik' a pub- 
lii' liij,'li\vay, for cart and horse, upon the iiphaul hutwcLMi the said llarlford and Wind- 
sor, as may t)c convenient, it is therefore thought meet; that lleury Wolcott the 
younger, and Mr. Stephen Terry, and William Westwood. and Nathauicl Ward, shall 
consider of a fitting and convenient highway to be marked and set out, and bri<lges 
made over the swamjis, and then it being confirmed by the court, the inh[d)itants of 
Hartford may with making a comely and decent stile for foote, and fence up the upper 
end of the meadow; this to be done by Monday, sevenishts, upon penaltv of lO.s every 
default." 

On May 3, 1638, Lieut. William Holmes, by authority of a power of 
attorney executed on the 20th of October previous hy tiie coiiipauv of 
New Plymouth, sold to Mr. Matthew Allyu of Hartford, all the lands, 
houses, "servants, goods and chattels," of the said company, in the 
town of Windsor. And thus was extinguished the last vestige of Ply- 
mouth right and title upon the Connecticut River. (See ante, p. 41.) 

June 1st. " There was a great Earthquake, about 3 of the Clock in the afternoon, 
and about a fortniglit before, tliere was a great tliuiider, and a thundcM- bolt at Llartford 
went through a house, and melted a [bar] and hailstones as big as a mans thumb." — 
Slwrt/iund MS. Journal of Henry Wolcott, Jr., of M'iuiUor. ' 



THE rONXECTICnT fOLOXY ADOPTS A roNSTITI'TKtX. 73 

.fanuary 14. 1(>j8-9, will ever be nienioralile in the liistdiv of (Uni- 
iiectieut as the date of the adoption of it>s first constitution. Up to this 
time the necessary h^gislation of the three colonists had heen transacted 
liy the court, which first met at Hartford in IfiJ^t!, and C(5nsisted of five 
ina<;istrates, two from Windsor, two from Hartford, and one fr(jm Weth- 
erslield, holding their authority from. Massachnsetts. The commission 
had, in strictness, no ioTCG, propria vigore, after the settlers left the terri- 
tory of Massachnsetts, but it was nsefnl as the basis of organization until a 
different form of government could l)e established. The commissioners 
were not usurpers ; their authority was originally valid beyond cavil ; 
thry were rulers de facto ; their powers exereiseil benignly and wisely 
and were submitted to with cheerfulness and j)romptness. They met 
from time to time, as occasion required, until May, 1637, when commit- 
tees, afterwards called deputies, were elected ])y each town to assist the 
magistrates. From these two bodies grew our Senate and House of Re{> 
resentatives. In 1639, however, it being admitted that the peojjle on the 
Connec^ticut were out of the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, and the pat- 
entees of Connecticut having abandoned their projjosed midertaking, the 
people of Windsor, Wcthersfield, and Hartford met at the last-named 
place, and adopted a constitution for Connecticut — the first written con- 
stitution, defining it own powers, which the world ever saw. This docu- 
ment, recognizing no authority save God's superior to that delegated by 
the i)eople, was drawn up by a member of the Windsor Church, Mr. 
Roger Ludlow, assisted by the magistrates. It was modeled on the con- 
stitution of the Congregational Church, and from the date of its adoi> 
tion to the ])resent day there has been no radical change in the forms or 
prinei])les of the government of Connecticut. 

■■ The men wlio formed this constitution deserve to be held in everlasting remem- 
brance. They were not ignorant, or rash, or timid men. They were Ludlow, and 
lliiynes, and Wolcott, and Hopkins, and Hooker, and others of kindred spirits ; men of 
clear minds and good hearts — men who, in their views of civil and religious liberty, 
were far in advance of their age, and who, under the guidance of a kind providence, 
introduced a form of government whicli, for two centiiries, has secured to the people of 
this stale a measure of peace, of liberty, of order, and happiness not sui'jiassed by any 
other peojjle on eartli. I say emphatically /or two centuries. For tlio charter, obtained 
from C'harles II, in 16G2, did little more than assume and ratify the constitution of 16:^9. 
It left its great principles unaltered; and Connecticut was still a republic in every thing 
but a name. 

" The constitution adopted in 1818 is altogether conformable, in its principles, to 
the compact enter(>d into by our fathers; differing from it chietly in its adaptedness to a 
more numerous population, and to the interests of a more widely -extended and comi)li- 
catt'd state of societv." — /.*;•. llinre»' Centennial Address at Hartford, 1835. 



■ I find in an old Book that, March 10, 1G3S-[91. it was reckoned from the beginning 
:)f the plantation hitherto that there has (li<'(l of old and yoving 27, but not Iheir names 
[■.\prescd; but 3 that were members [of the church] ami the Captain's [Mason's] wife. 
Vol. I. —10 



74 HISTORY OF ANHENT WTNDSOR. 

Of children 16, of st-rvants 8; and that thfio liad been liorn of children from the 
beginning to this time 40, but have not their nanwa." — Matt /if w Gnini's Old C'liurrh Met-.' 

Ill 1638-9, the annual flood, which succeeds the hreakiiig up of tlie 
ice on th(! Conneeticut River, seems to have l)eeu unusually h(a\y. 
Matthew Grant's Church Record states that he found it in tlie " old iiook," 
that "the great flood h(>.tfan on tlic 5th of March [1H38-0]. On the 
11th of March it beo-an to fall, hut l)y reason of raueli rain on the 12th 
day, it rose very high. On the 14tli, two youths drowned, being in a 
canoe on the flood, gathering up jiales swimming on the flood, against 
Thomas Dewey's house', Matthew Rameiid and Henry Lush." On the 
15th and Kith days it [the flood] had fallen near two feet, iait on tlie 
Itith day was much rain and great wind out of tlie southeast, which 
made it an exceeding great storm. It iudamagi'd houses, and lireak down 
manv trees, so that by the cause of whicli rain, all the 17th and iXtJi 
day the water rose very iiigli, more tliau had ever licfurc Ihtii kimuii liy 
the Indians. It drowned many liouses vi'ry deep, and iudaiiiaged many 
cattle over [/. e. East of] the [(Jreat] river, for all the ground there was 
drowned to one little ridge, where Samuel (Iraiit now lives.' It carried 
awaj' much timliei- and hay, and heat up pales out of the ground, and 
posts and rails, and carried them away, and whole trei's and all. ( »n 
the 18tli day at night there was great feai\ut another stoiiii of wind and 
rain. It liegan, but it pleased the Lord, it ceased quickly, and liy the 
morning one might perceive the water was begun to fall, and so it con- 
tinued ; on the 22d day at night it was well fallen, and yet it was as 
high as the highest flood we had known before." 

"August ITth, 1639. Mr. Iluit and divers others came \ip from the \i:i\ to Windsor 
U>sen]^'.." — ^flltt^l<')r GninfuMS. Church Record. 

He preached to the Church of Windsor, on the day after his arrival, from 1 Cor- 
inthians, 12th Chapter, the last part of the 31st verse. — Henry W'llcott, Jr., MSS. 

The arrival of the Rev. Ephraim Huit was an era in the history of 
the town. Hitherto, the godly Mr. Warham, bereft by the death of 
Mr. Maverick hi 1636, had been without any associate in his arduous 
pastoral labors, amid the harassing cares and trials of a new settlement. 
We can imagine, then, with what feelings of devout joy he welcomed 
one who was to be a teacher to his little flock, and a colaborer in break- 
ing " the bread of life " to them. Mr. Huit was then in the prime of 
life, possessing acknowledged abilities and high attainments. He had 
been pastor of Wroxall in Warwickshire, England, and had been prose- 
cuted the year before for non-conformity, by the Bishop of Worcester, 
with the intent " either to reform or to jiunish him," which was probably 

' This inestimable Windsor Record is reprinted in Appendix A of this volume. — 
H. B. 8. 

' These names are somewhat indistinct in the original manuscript. 

• This was in the present town of South Windsor, just in the rear (or west) of the 
Theological Institute. 



NEW ACCESSIONS TO WINDSOR'S PROSPERITY. 75 

tlic cause of his coming to America. He was accomjianied by the Gris- 
woids and several other excellent families, members of his own church ; 
and WHS joined by many others in Massachusetts, while en route, for Con- 
iiccticMit, so that the arrival of his party formed a very considerable ac- 
cession, both in numbers and wealth, to the Windsor colony. 

In fact, at this time, real estate at Windsor was enjoying what is 
known as, in modern parlance, " a boom." We have, besides the evidence 
supplied by the town land records, the testimony of the brothers Gris- 
wold (Edward and Matthew) who came over with Mr. Huit, "that about 
the ycare 1(339, . . . many passengers came oner, severall of which 
srttled at Windsor, and a generall expectation there was at that time, as 
ap]ieared by discourse [among themselves, on shii>board] of many 
more passengers to come, and some of note . . . by which meaues 
land at Windsor, nere the towne and redy for improument, was at a high 
price. But afterward people that were expected out of England not 
roniing in such numbers as was looked for,' and some returning to Eng- 
land, and others remoueing to the seaside, the lands at Windsor fell very 
niucli in price." 

Mr. WJiiting of Hartford, Mr. Ludlow, John Bissell, and probably 
also the Allyns, Newberrys, Wolcotts, Phelpses, of Windsor, and Gov. 
Haynes of Hartford, seem to have been active dealers in lands; and tiiat 
prices had risen to a " fancy " limit, is pretty evident from Mattliew 
Griswold's statement, in regard to a contemplated jmrchase from Jolin 
Bissell, that " 1 lieing not accomodated to my mind where I then lined 
at Saybi-ook, and haueing kindred of my owne, and my wine's at 
AVindsor. . . . Also, 1 went and aduised witli my fatlicr-in-law 
Ml'. [Henry, Sen.] Wolcot, who told me 1 had hid high enojfe.'^ So, 
accf|iting tlic advirc of so sound a counsellor, Matthew remained where 
hr was: else be liad |)i()babiy added to Windsor's renown, the honor 
of his iiur, uliicb aljomids in governors, judges, and " men of liigli 
dcgi-cc " to an extent unparalleled i)y any otlicr American family. 

Tile lotii (if December, 1639, was proliably "a iiigii day " at Wind- 
sor, Im- tiien anil tlua-e Mr. Huit was solemnly ordaiiuid or " <'aiied lo 
office," Mr. Warliam ])reaching on the occasion from Titus, 1st Cliaii- 
ter, 5-9 verses." — Henry Wolcott, Jr., MSS. We are not told wliat 
terms of settlement were proposed to iiim, Imf we lind on record 
several grants of land, which show that liis |ieii|ile weie not unniindl'nl 
of his material interests." 

Uniler the impulse of this accession to tiieii- settlenienl, tlie |ieiipie 
of Windsor now iiegan the erection of a meeting-liouse. Hitherto their 
time, means, and energies had l)een taxed to tlie idmost with the neeessi- 



' Among these we may note Mr. .lolm St. Nicliciliis, .hums Maisliall. ;iiiil otliiTs. 
■' See Chapter on IHstnbiition and P/an if WiixlMir. 



76 HISTORY OK ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

ties of daily life — the .suhduing- of forest and field, the huilding of 
houses, and defenses for themselves; and, in the doing of this, they 
had lieen obliged to face dangers and obstacles most appalling. Indian 
war, with its constant and depressing sense of insecurity ; thin crops and 
scarcity of food ; winter in its severest aspects, and lastly, l)ut not least, 
tlic Great Flood of the j)revious year, sweeping away all the results of 
their hibors " with one fell swoop." Where they had assembled for wor- 
shij), during all this time, we know not, but ])rol)ably, like their brethren 
at Hartford, they found insufficient accommodation in some rude log 
church, perhaps in some hum1)le ])rivate dwelling, or, it may be, in the 
open air, under the wide shadows of some monarch elm. 

Be that as it may, in February, 1639-40, they had evidently com- 
menced the building of the much-needed house of worship. " Mr. Hull 
moved the Court in lichalf of Thomas Ford of Windsor, that in regard 
the workmen are much taken up and employed in making a bridge and 
a meeting-house with them, and his work hindered of impaling in the 
gi-omid which was granted him by the Court for a hog-park, that there 
may be granted him a year longer time for the fencing it in ; which was, 
upon the reasons aforesaid, condescended to." — Col. Rec. 

This meeting-house was located within the Palisado opposite the 
present Pierson house. It was not finished for many years, since the 
town was feeble and fully occuijicd with the more jiressing necessities of 
daily life, and many individuals, who contributed their proportion in the 
labor of their own hsmds, worked upon it, of course, as they cDuld find 
the leisure. It will h<!lp us, also, to appreciate the great lalmr <>f build- 
ing a framed meeting-house, in those early days, to rememlier that there 
was then no saw-mill in the town, and probably not in the colony (at 
least we find no mention of any for niore than forty years later), and 
every plank and every board had to be sawed by hand if sawed at all; 
and the nails had to l)e nuvde, one by one, upon a lilacksinith's anvil.' 

The bridge menti(med in connection with the meeting-house must 
have been over the Little River, connecting the u])|)erand lower portions 
of the settlement. It was unilobtedly of a frail <lescri])tion, and pi-oba- 
bly soon carried away liy freshets, as the earliest town records (1(150) 
make no mention of it, but fi-e([uently refer to a ferry there. Apropos 
of this \)Y\(\\ri^, tradition has ])i'eserved an anecdote of its reputed master- 
workman, the Rev. Ephraim Unit. While engaged in its construction, 
he was honored with a visit from his elei-ical friends, the Rev. Messrs. 
Stone and Hooker of Hartford. Being veiy much occupied with his 
work, he failed to pay them as nuich prrsoual attention as usual. This 



' See very interesting rexuim' of the liistor.v, ;iriliilcitui;il iicculiarities, etc., of the 
first Windsor meeting-house, by Mr. Jabez H. lUtytUu in Appeniiix B. 



PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST INDIANS. 77 

they noticed, and after watching liis labors for awhile, tliev turned to go, 
Mr. Stone pleasantly remarking to Mr. Hooker, " K|ilii;nni is joined to 
[his] idols. Let him alone." 

.Meanwhile, symptoms of disaffection and troulile anmnu- the Indians 
had begun to threaten the safety of the settlements. '• The manifold 
insolences," says the court record of August 15, 1639, " that have l)een 
offered of late l)y the Indians, put the Court in mind of that which hath 
been too long neglected, viz. : the execution of justice ui)on the former 
murderers of the English." Accordingly, a levy of 100 men was sent 
down to Middletown to apprehend " several guilty persons " who had 
. been harbored by the chief Sohiage. In September following, the con- 
quered Pe(inots at Pawtatuck (Mystic ?) who had been given to Uncas 
and Miantonimoh, having violated their agreement by planting corn at 
that place. Major Mason was dispatched thither with 40 men, to confis- 
cate and gather in the corn thus jilanted. He was accomjianied by Un- 
cas, with 100 warriors and 20 canoes. On his arrival at Pawtatuck he 
found the Indians somewhat disposed to show fight. It however finally 
resulted in nothing worse than a skirmish between his allies vnider Un- 
cas, and the Pequots having burned the wigwams of the latter, the Eng- 
lish returned to their homes in safety, bringing with them their vessel 
and some 50 canoes full of corn and booty. Windsor furnished thirteen 
men, twenty arms, and two shallops to this expedition. They were ab- 
sent about nine days, and received each 2s. per day. 

And, in June, 1640, the court passed an order that, as the Indians 
had grown " bold and insolent to enter into Englishmen's houses, and 
unadvisedly handle swords, and pieces, and other instruments ... to 
thr lia/ard of liml)S or lives of English or Indians," thcrcl'dre, •• wjiatso- 
ever Indians shall hereafter meddle with, or handle any Hnglishmcu's 
wea|)on of any sort, either in their houses or in the fields," they should 
lie fined in }, a fathom of wampum; and be held strictly a(;countal)lc 
( '• life fur lilc, limb for iindi, wound for wound ") foi' any damage to lile 
ami liiiili, " tbongli aceidenlal," (liei'eii])on ensuing. 

Two yeai's later, the eoiiijiict of the Indians gave rise to serious a|i- 
jireliension of trouble, and about the 20th of August, 1(;42, Mr. Ludlow, 
then residing at I'neowa (Fairfield), was visited l)y a neighboi'ing 
sachem, who disclosed to bini a plot of Jliantonimoh, sach(>m of the 
Narragansetts, Sohiage, saebem of Mattabesick, and Seijuasson of llart- 
foid, to rise and murder the Knglish upon the Connecticut River, and 
throughout New Knglaiul generally. The same jjlot was also disclosed 
to Ml-. Kntoii at New Haven, by a friendly Indian, and tlie niattei- was 
pLoiii|itly brought before the General Couit on the 2titli of tlie same 
month. They immediately adopted precautionary measures. The 
Massachusetts General Court was duly warned of the impending danger. 



78 inSTOKY OF ANCIENT WINDSOlt. 

Orders were issued that the tn)0])s, amniunition, and defenses of each 
town should be overhjoked and reported. Eaeli town clerk w-as required 
to hand into the town dejiutv an exact list of all the "Train men from 
16 to 1)0 years ; " and each town was ordered to furnish, within fourteen 
days, two half-pikes, ten feet in length. Several pieces of ordnance, re- 
cently Itrought from Piscataqua, were innnediately mounted on carriages. 
A daily guard was also kept under arms in each jilantation. The 
Windsor guard uumhered thirty. A force of forty men in each town 
was ordered to come " com])lete in their arms to the meeting every Sali- 
bath and lecture days." No Indians were permitted to enter into the 
houses, although magistrates might entertain " a sachem, if he come with- 
out more than two men." The inhabitants were prohiliited from purchas- 
ing venison from them, and smiths were forbidden to work, or make, or 
mend any weapons for them without license from the magistrates. In 
short, every precaution was adopted which could preclude the possibility 
of any sudden atta(!k. About this time, also, we find that cannon, 
(called " nakers and minions ") were in use in the colony, of which 
" Robert Saltonntall, of Windsor (son of Sir Richard) contracted to fur- 
nish two." 

'•October the 4'\ 1642; It,s ordered there sliull lie 90 coats p'vided w'Mii these 
Plaiila"" within teiiii daycs. hasted \v"' cotton wooll and made defen.siue ai;' liidcari 
arrowes: Ihirtford 41); li>//'rf.w :«), Wcthcrstield 20." 

Harly in the year l(i40 (Feb. 8), foi- the sake of prdinotiiig a trade 
ill (•(ittiin, an oi-dci' bad been passed by the ciiurr, tii;it upon the return of 
a \essr!, wiiicli bad brcn scut for a cai-gn of tliat ailiclc (presumably 
to Barliadocs, wlnri'. as caily as lt;!2S, a colony had stipidated that they 
would pay lor tiicir hinds pui'chased of English owners, in cotton, forty 
pounds a year), "the Plantations by p'portion sliall take oft'e tbr said 
Cottcii at such valuai)le consideration as y' may iir afl'onled," etc. " The 
]iay for said I'ofton wool was to br madr in Knglish corne, or pipe-staves 
as the comitry shall afford. ••The p'portion tobedeuided and laid u]ipou 
the severall Townes ai'cordiim- to the diiiision of the hist Coiiiitiv Kate." 
The cargo seems to liavo come duly to hand, as " Scptnii. tiir Stli, 1t;4L': 
Its agreed that Wyndsor shall take ol'lr tiir worlji of ;i(l/ in Cotton 
Wooll, fro Mr. ilo].kiiis: Wetherslield, tiie woitii of 110/ : Iliutloid 
200?; w'" liiierty to the Plantations to p' 
former Rate, if Wyiulsor and Wctbcisliel 

.V'-" 

Tbc colloii wool se<'nis to have arri\i" 
as regards the military necessities of thi 
those engaged in the s|ieculation : and 
advanced in the colonial market. 

1643. This year was not characterized by any ver\ importaiit event. 



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THE DEATH OF REV. EPHRAIM HUIT. I 'J 

Hi44. Iiowcvcr, wassaililciKMl liy tlinlcat li of tlir K'cv. Hiihrnim Unit. 
(If his lifi' ami niiuistrv we know iiotliiii'i\ save thai his piety, character, 
ami talriits had greatly emleartMl him t(i the chnrch ami penpleof Wiml- 
sdi-. ()\cr his grave they erecteil a mnmuiuait heai-im;- the fcilhiwing iii- 
seriptioii, siiflieieiitly in(1ieati\(' n( their respcel (av his eliai-aetei- ami 
siirrow at liis hiss : 

•■ Heere Lyeth Epliraim Ilvit, sciiiirliiMcs Tciiclicr ti> ye I'livn-li of Wiiidsiir, wlio 
(Ivrd September 4th, 1644. 

■■ Who When hee Lived Wee drew ovr vital Breath. 
Who When hee Dyed his dying wasovr dealh. 
Wlio was ye Stay of State, ye Clivrelies StafT, 
.Mas tlic limes Forliiil .an KIMT.\I>1I." 

'I'lic stone wliieh hears this iiiseript imi still exists, in a good state of 
preser\iitioii, ill till' Old Burying (TroiiiMl of Windsor, and is supposed to 
he the oldest original iiioiiiiiiient ill the Statr. if not in the ^'alll•\ of tlie 
Connrrtirnt. It eonsists of a slah of red sandstone, whieli is iiou in- 
serted ill one side of a monunient, the other side of which hears a eor- 
respomling slah, « itli an inscription to the momoi-y of the l{cv. .lonathaii 
Marsh. 

.Mr. Unit's only |aihlishrd work is entitletl, T/i<' irliole \ I'mphrric \ 
of I l>a»i('l I Explahied, | By a Paraphrase, Analyaiif | and brief e Com- 
ment : I Wherein the several! Visions shewed to the Prophet, are \ clearly 
Interpreted, and the application thereof vindi \ cated ayainst dissentiny 
opinions. By Ephraim Huit sometime Preacher at Roxall in War | 
wiekshire, now Pastor to the Church at Windsor | in New England. | 
Impriniatiir, — Jam: Crawford. | Printed for Henry Overton, and are 
to \\i' sold I at his shop, entering into Popes-head Alley | out of Loni- 
har.l Street, MDCXLIV. | 

This now very scarce work, a small ipiarto, o.', ineln's hroad hy 7.] 
long, and containing 358 pages, was |iuhlislied in l<i44;' and it is a 
question of some interest to bibliophiles, whether it was written hy .Mr. 
Hiiit while in England, or after he came to Windsor. In the latter ease, 
it is one of the earliest of our American ('oimnentaries. 

The Hedication is as follows: 

•■To the 
■ Uiirht Honourable 

"TheLadie 
' ' Katlierinc Brooke : 
"Dowager to the Right Ibmourable Kobert Lord Hrook, liarofi of Beiieliamiie court. 

■• ni'ilit lh,„nlir„hl, 

•■ The authour of this book liad long since intended the Dedication thereof to your 
dear husband and our noble I>ord, now in heaven, who, after inrusall of the cojjy. was 

' Title and Dedication kindly furnished from the copy in the library of .Mr. IlowarU 
Edwards of Philadelphia, Pa. 



80 HISTORY OF AXriENT WIN'IISOR. 

so far affctted with it, tliat if miuii^'y c(jh1i1 liavc piixuriMl its fn/filom it had imt lain so 
long under the power of a hard master, who though he had a good round sunime with 
it, yet hath made it serve almost a double Apprenticeship: And indeed such was the 
iniquity and in jiiriousnesse of those times, that few workes of this nature were suffered 
to see the light, especially if they spake anything freely of those opinions which were 
so much disliked, and cried down by the Prelaticall party, as this doth, concerning the 
glorious calling and conversion of the Jews, which was a principall objection made 
against it. But the Lord in mercy having sent us a Parliament, who.se first study, and 
care was to relieve the oppressed, and relea.se the imprisoned; this also hath at length 
obtained its Manumission (principally by the endeavours, and favour of that truly Noble 
and llcroicall Patriot theEarle of Manchester), and is now come abroad into the world, 
and as we hope will prove very serviceable. The prophecie itselfe, is in many places 
very abstru.se. and the authour in his exposition hath shewed iiuich industry, and solid- 
ity of judgment in searching out the nu'aning of the Spirit, and in enucleating such 
difficulties as he met with in the Te.xt, which we hope will give good satisfaction to all 
that read it. Had hiniselfc iK'cn present (who by the Tyranny of the Prelatical parly, 
was diverse years since driven into New Englanil) we presume that he would have 
chosen none other but your Lordship, to dedicate these his labours unto, the rather con- 
sidering what right that most Honourable Lord, now a Saint in Heaven, had unto them. 
And therefore not onley in that respect, but also in regard of our Relations and engage- 
ments to your Jjadiship we haue presumed to make you the Patronesse hereof, which 
if your Ladisliip please to accept of, we haue our desires, and shall account it a favour to 
be esteemed. 

\ ' ' Simeon Ash 
■■Madam we are " Samuel Ci.arke 

'■ ^ our Ladislnps humble servants, \ „ ^^^^ Qverton ■• 

Hi' li-tt a willow iiiiil foiif daiio'litet's, htit no .sons. His ])roi)crty was 
iiivcntoficd at £633 !',•.«. !</. (a vci-y liaiidsoine pt'oiierty for that day), 
of which .£259 Is. 1-7. is tlic vahic of his " Tole " at tlu' mill. The towu 
records show that an annuity of £20 was i)aid to his widow, from the 
time of his decease until 1()56, or thereahonts. 

1648. " This year," says Winthrop (ii. 253), "a new way was found 
out to Connecticut hy Xasluia, which avoided much of the hiliv way." 

I(i49. -'i'his ycai- we find the first mention of any scttlciurnt of that 
portion of the town known as Poquonock. Thomas Uolcomlj, John 
Bartlett, Edward. Francis, and (Jeorge Griswold, all of Windsor, had re- 
moved thither, and were living north of the point where Stony Creek 
crosses the highway, their home-lots homiding west on the brook. Gris- 
wold's lot was the first, bounding south and west ou the brook, 29 acres ; 
Holcomb's lot came next, 20 acres, 20 rods, west on " the l)rook before 
his house," his soutli line probably being about 20 rods from the top of 
the hill at the highwiiy. The court, " taking into consideration the 
many dangers that their families are in and exposed unto l)y reason of 
their remote living from neighbors, and nearness to the Indians, in case 
they should all leave their families together without any guard," freed 
one soldier of the foi-ementioned families from training njion every train- 
ingnlay : '' each family aforesaid to share herein according to the numljer 
of soldiers that are in them, provided that man which tarries at home 
stands about the aforesaid houses ujion his sentinel posture." 



niAP'i'Ki} 111. 

rilE CIVIL iiliGANIZATION OK WINDSOK, I I.MS rKATED FI'.OM rilK 
TOW^N UKCOKDS. 



ri^ II !■: lii-sf :ict (if the scttlri's of Ciiiiiicrl ii'iit , il.iiilil less, was to |iro\ii|i 



T 



tiirrrs, lint iiirii of solid- tlioiiLiht ami sli'oiii;- inloiit, ami iiolliiii;!; 
more clcnL-ly cxliiliits tlu'ir (.-liai-ai-tcr in its licst and trnrst liiilit, 
lliaii the svstcni of laws and I'cuiilations w liicli tlicy laid as the coiner 
stone of tlieir sorial falirie, and wliieli remains, after (he lapse of two 
centiiries, as sulistantial and ideai'ly defined as wlien first ereateil. 
Their ei\il (H'u'anizatiou was jnirely denioeratie as regards those who, in 
the ea|iacity of inliahitauts, framed it. Inhaliitants, in those days, were 
such, and only such, as by virtue of a good ehai-aeler, lilameless life, and 
•• honest eonversatiou," and a vote of the town taken in |inlilie meetinii-, 
had heeli adniittt'd to the ]irivileg-e of residem-e and |iai-tii'i|iafion in town 
affaii's. 

Vieious and al)andoned persons, idlers, xauahonds, and [laniiers wei-e 
oxchided from such privileges, and not e\en permitted to tarry in the 
(own. So carefidly did our forefathers guard tliemselves against the in- 
thix of had nienihers of society, that the (Jenerai Court, in Iti:!!, enaeted 
that 

■• Xo yciuiij; man tliat is not iiiarriL'il. imi- luitli any siTvaal, anil lie iie pulilic ellirrr, 
shall keep house by himself without consent of the town wliere he lives, first had, uiiiler 
pain of 21) shillings per week."' 

" No master of ii family shall give habitation or eiitcrlainmenl 1o any young man to 
sojourn in his family, but by the allowanee of the inhabitants of the said town wlrTe 
he dwells, under the like penalty of 20 shillings per week."" 

We aecordingly find, scattered along through (he town records of 
Windsor, such entries as these : 

"Dee. 1, 1()51. John Mo.ses had allowance to sojoiu'n with Simon .Miller in his 
house." 

Also, " Sept, 13, 16.52, It is a.ssenled that Isaac Shelden and Samuel Koekwcdl shall 
keep house to,get her in the house that is Isaac's, so they earry themselves .soberly .ind 
do not entertain idle persons, to the evil e.\peuse of time by night or day," 



' This law continued in force until the general revision of the statutes in 1821, being 
then the oldest statute provision on oin- records not previously repealed, expres.sly or by 
implieation. (.iy«.«. of Thos, Day, LL.D ) 

• This was embraced in the Code of 1650. survived the revision of 1673, but disap- 
peared in that of \~0'i.—l/jid. 
Vol. 1,-11 



82 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Also, "that Join) Bennett should lie ciiteilained hy William Ilayden in his family." 
John Hennett was an old otTender, and the order seems to refer to some previous one. 
Perhaps the town desij^nated this place heeausi^ of his proneness to {jet into misehief. 
William llaydcn's house was at the e.xtreme north end of the town, althou,i>:h several 
families li^cd i)( ;m- liim. In 1648, three complaints had been entered aj;ainst John Ben- 
nett in tlie same (ieneral Court. One for breach of covenant with John IJissell. One 
for defamini; John (JrilTen, eharirini,'' him with ,irivin;r f.-dse evidiMice in court. The 
other comjilainl wouhl indicate that there was even anuinj;- those humble .selllers of 
Windsor, an (irixtncriieji of wort/i, if not of family, sullieient at least lo forbid an un- 
worthy fellow from defaming the reputation of "an old man's davighter," by rc|iiirling 
that she looked upon him with favor. " John Drake complains of John IJenncIl for saying 
(hat he had enticed and drawn away thealTeetionsof his [D.'s] dau,nhler." At the ne.\t sit- 
ting of the court. John Uemietl appeared and e.xpressin.g his repentance and pronnsing 
better carria,ge in future, the Court is willin.g once more to pass by his corporal puni.sh- 
nient," and he was bound over for his good behavior. Educated as the.se settlers were 
in a land where the grades of society were strongly marked, it is not sti-ange that some 
distinctions should be retained even in the nxn'e unreserved intercourse of this new 
country. John Drake was not a man of suflicient distinction to entitle him to the appel- 
lation of ■' Mr.", yet his son Job, .a shoemaker, won the heart and hand of the daughter 
of Jlr. Henry Woleotl, one of (he first ma.sristratcs of Connecticut, and jirobably. after 
the ]iastor, the most distinguished man in Windsor. 

Also. lOSO: "In town meeting it was con.sented that Nicholas Wilton sboidd sojourn 
with .lolm Owen, so he lived orderly with him." Again, "June 27, 1059 — The towns- 
men took into consideration how lo luevent inconvenience and damage that may come 
to (he town if .some order be not established about eutertaiuiuent and admitting of per- 
sons to be inhabitant in the town. We therefore order that no person or i)ersons 
whatsoever shall be admitted inhabitant in this town of Windsor, without the approba- 
tion of the town, or townsmen, that are, or shall be, from year to year, in being. Nor 
shall any man sett or sell any house or land so as to bring iu any to be inhabitant into 
the town without the approbation of tlu^ townsmen, or giving in such security as may 
l)e accepted lo save the town from damages Also, it is ordered by the townsmen, that 
whereas Edward King [an Irishman, who afterwards lived on the cast side of the Uiver, 
near Podunk], doth reside in a place remote from the Town where there has sometimes 
been recourse of divers persons in a private way which we judge may prove prejudicial 
to divers persons if not timely jircvcnfeil. It is therefore orderc'd that on or before the 
first of October next he shall give in sullieient security for his good carriage in his 
family and also for his careful attendance of the order of this jurisdiction, and of the 
order of this town, or else shall continue there no longer than that time, upon tlu' pen- 
alty of 20 shillings per week ( IF. I}i'c. , I, 40). 

" It is also ordered that Edward Ryle shall continue there no li>ng<'r than the .-ifore- 
said time appointed, upon the same penalty." 

" Noveiuber 29th, IGOT — The town.smen granted liberty to Samuel Pinney that he 
should entertain Judit Crorael a sojourner in his family for a twelve month, and [he] 
engageth to see tliat he carries well, and keeps good order, as an honest man should do, 
to the best of his endeavor, by counselling him." 

" Dec. 10, 1659. The town.smen approved of that Thomas (iunn should entertain 
as a tabler, Capt. Thomas, in his family for this winter." 

As late as "April, 1699, the widow l{ix made application to the townsmen for lib- 
erty to keep at the widow Phelp's house or other place in the Town. She saith that 
she lived with Left. Joshua Wills for wages, but now that they are parted she wants 
another place. The town.smcn do not see reason to grant her request, but have now- 
warned her to remove out of this town to the town froiu whence she came, or to some 
other place, that she may pr<venl the townsmen proceeding against her according to 
law." 



llRsTRAtNTR ON IRRESPONSTP.t.K PERSdXS. 88 

Tlu'sc extracts srrvc tn slinw Ikiw cnrcfully flir law iii1ci-|i()S(Ml its 
uiitliority to }iri'SL'r\r llir |iiiiity nf sdrial lite' 

" I, A B, being by tlic Pi-ovidciico of God au Inhabitiint witbiii the Jurisdiction of 
('i)nccticott. doc acknowledge myself to be subjeetc to the Govcrnniente thereof, and 
doe swcare by the great and dreadfull name of the evcrliving God, to be true' and faith- 
ful unto the same, and doe submit boath my person and estate tliercunio, according to 
all the holsome lawes and orders that either are, or hereafter shall be ilw.re made, and 
established by lawful authority: and that I will neither plolt nor practice any cvell 
against the same, nor consent to any that shall so doe, but will lynilcy discover the same 
to lawful authority established there; and that I will, as in duty bound, mayntayn the 
honor of the same and of the lawfull Magistrats thereof, promoting the public good of 
it, whilst I shall so continue an Inhabitant there; and whensoever I shall give my vote, 
or suITrage or proxy touching any matter which concerns this Commonwealth being 
caulcd thereunto, will give it as in my conscience may conduce to the best good of the 
same, without respect of persons or favor of any man. So help nw (loil in our Lord 
Jesns Christe." 

At the first session of the General Assembly under the charter, Oct. 9, 16G2, it was 
ordered that those who desired to be admitted freemen .should obtain a certiticate from 
a majority of the Townsmen, certifying that they are persons ''of civil, peacable and 
honest con\-ersation, & that they have attained to the age of 21 years, and have £20 es- 
tate (besides their rent Poll), in the list of Estate," and such certificate should be pre- 
sented to the court authorized to admit freemen. Provision was nuide at the same time 
for the disfranchisement of such as were convicted of scandalous offenses. It has been 
asserted by some, that none but church members were admitted freemen in Connecti- 
cut, and that none were permitted to dissent from the faith and form of the established 
church order. A better acquaintance with the early history of the colony woidd do 
away with this erroneous inipres.sion. 

During the administration of Cromwell, the Colonists had been suffered to manage 
their own affairs much in their own way; and when Charles II. ascended the throne, he 
soon after sent out, through his Commissioners, to inquire into the ailniinistralioii of the 
Colonial Governments. At a session of the General Assembly, held al Hartford, .Vpril 
20, 1668, 

" His JIajesties Honorable Conuiiissr. propositions were prcsrnlcd and n':id to the 
court — as follows; 

Prop. 1st. "That all householders inhabiting this colony take the o.ith of allegi- 
ance, and the administration of justice be in his Majesties name." 

To this the Colony answered: 

"This we return, that according to his Majesties pleasure eviiresscd in our cli.nlcr, 
our Governor formerly hath nouiin.itrd and appointed ini'cl persons In administer the 
oalh of allegiance." 

Prop, 2d. "That all iniii of ciniiiclcnl estates and of civill eon\ ersation. though 
of different judgments, may he .Hhiiilleil to be freemen A- have liberty to choose and be 
chosen ollicers. both mililary .iml eivil." 

To this. " our order for admission of freemen is consonant with that |iro|iosilioif." 

' .\lthough the strictness of these first regulations concerning inh.iliilanls. esiieeially 
those relating to " young luunarried men," were after a lime somewhat softened, yet 
the .settlers always maintained a vigilant eye upon the character and doing of each 
member of the conunnnity. Their deep sense of the individual duties devolving upon 
every eiti/en. found expression in the Oath of Fidelity, which was framed by the (ien- 
eral Court in 1640, and which was to be adminislered by any (wo or three magistrates 
to all males, above si.\teen years of age, who could present a certiticate of good beha- 
vior. 



84 



inSTOHY OP ANCIENT WINDSOK. 



Prop. 3cl. " Tliiit nil persons of civil lives may freely enjoy the liberty of their 
consciences and the worship of (Jod in that way wliicli tliey think best, ])rovided that 
tliis liberty tend not to the disturbance of the publiciue, nor the hindrance of the niayn- 
taynance of ministers regularly chosen in each respective jiarish or township." 

To the 3d Prop. " We say we know not of any one that hath been troubled by us for 
not attending his conscience, provided he hath not disturbed tlie |)ubli(iuc." 

Surely this is sutlicient to refute the calunniies which liavr Iiecii liuijc-d at the 
■•illibiTality " of the founders of Connectieul. 

'I'liiis roiistitutcil, the luhaliitiiiif.s tlu'iiischcs iniiuuiiXM.l tlic at'l':iii'S()f 
llic touii imd trausacted its luisiiicss. 'I'licy cstahlislicd tlic touii iiicct-J 
iim- — uliicli lias Ix'cn a]itly stvlcd " a little jn-iiiiitivc mirsei-v dI' i('|iiilili-^ 
can truth," and ni.-idc it tlic duty of r\c'iy man uhowas an injialiilant ti) 
attend it — snliject in a line for eacli failure without excuse. Theso 
town ineetiim's were convened as ol'ten as luisiness oi- con\-eiiieni-e dic- 
tated. Sometimes liy s|ieeial a |i|ioint ment, •■to |iulilish sonu' orders 
made at the (ieneial ('oni-| lieioiv." oi' '■ to read llie ( 'apital Laws : " 
sometimes ■•alter leelnre." or on "a day of training:'." when ij was pre-, 
sumed that most of the inlialiitants would he in attendance. 

The lii-st otlicers created liy the inhahitants, as the executives oi 
their will, were townsmen, coustaliles. and surve\ors. 

The duties of tinm^mcn were sindlai- to those of oiii' jiresent select- 
men, althou^ih moi-e extensive and lahorious. They were e\em|ited froiui 
■' watchiii',^'. wardiui;'. and traininu," and were ■•chosen to ordei- the 
alt'airs of the town," exce|it cases ot taxes, land o|-ants, admission of 
new inhahitants, and niakini!' ami i-e|iairinu- of liiuhwa\s. These mat- 
ters were reserved for the town. It a|i|iears, indeed, that many acts 
which till' townsmen were coniiielenl to iierl'oi-m were rel'ei-red to theJ 
)ieo|ile in town meetino- assemhleil : lor we linil the townsmen at ouei 
time issuini:- oi'deis which are afterwards acted upon in town meeting^ 
'i'lie town also held the power of vi'tohi)/ such actions of the townsnieii| 
as Ihey did not approve, as for exanqile : 

■Manli 1.-.. lt).-)0. Also this day llic order concerning .sheep was published, and 
the town did nol approve of Ihi' penally .set by the townsmen." 

The seleefmeii had authority also iimler the Code of ICoO (see 
chapt.'i- on the Schools of Windsor) to see thai e\er\ cliild and appivn- 
liee in their town was taiiuht to read and write, and w as ediiealed to 
some useful "trade or calling-," and to lake cliaiLic of aii.v whose 
parents or o-iiardians neo'h'cteil (hiis to eihicale ihem. Thi'ii- supei\ ision 
even e.Ktended to the soinewhal minute, and, to us. laiidialile ofliee of 
examiuint;- the town's children in Hie ealechism ! We wonder how our 
present worthy selectmen would look eiiiia-vd as ollieial ealeidmnieusy 

The olhce of (■nnxUthlc dilfered hut little from that of the present 
day, except in its superior dignity. The ver\ oath whiih he was ohiioed 



OFFICERS OF THE TOWX. S;) 

to take lictolu'iis till' iin|iort:nii iliilirs iiiid solciiiii oliIi;';alioiis witli 
wliii-li lie was \ cstcil. 

■■ I, A, or \V,clo swear liy llic ,ni-i"it .'HhI iliviiiirul iiiinici.r llic cvrrliistin;;- (!ik1, I|i;iI 
tMi tlw yc;ir cusuiiij;, aiul uiilil i\ new be clitiscii, I will fail hl'ully cxccutr I lie ollicc ami 
lilaee of ;i cDiistabk' tor and withiu tlio said plaiitalion of W, and the liiiiils tlicn-or, ami 
thai I will oiidoavor to preserve the public peace of the said place, ami CiiininoMwcaltli. 
and will do my best endeavors to see all walehcs and wards executed, and to obey and 
execute all lawful commands or warrants that come from any Magislrale or i\Ia,nisl rates. 
or Court, so help nie God, in the Lord Jesus Christ." 

Aiiiiiiil;' Ills otlu't duties, tlu' eoiistiilile was ea]itaiH nf tlio watcli. or 
eliief 111' |Miliec, in llic town where lie rcsiileil. 

He was iiideeil the <inii of the law, tiiid the eiiiliodiiiielil of its maj- 
esty. FiU' many yetirs iiftcr the formation of tiie colonv, the appnint- 
inent of ;i eonstalile ,l)y the coiift was considered as a \;did incorpora- 
tion of a town, which hecanie thencefoi-tli lialile to taxation ami entitled 
to re|)reseiit;itiou. 

Jlr. Henry Wolcott, the first constable of Windsor, was a|i|iointed 
hy the (Jeiieral (.'ourt in 1636, and John Porter lieeame the next im-nm- 
lieiit in 1(i-'l'.i. The nuniher was afterwarcls incri'asiMl to two. and the 
|iiiwer iif a|i|]oiiitni(>nt invested in tlie town, 'i'he follnwiiiu' ext ract i'mm 
the ri'Cdrds wonld imply that it was an oflice nmch sonuht after: " I"'eli- 
riiary (i. liititi. This day was a town-meetino' warned by the constables, 
wherein some of the Commonwealth Laws were read, and new constables 
chosen auainst the conrt in March next, and they were, after iinic/i con- 
tendiii;/, .lohn Stront;' an<l Ijcnedictus AKoid fm- the year ensiiiuu." 

In lb;')'.!, the office of f<iir)i rcrnr<li'i\ or I'/c/'/-, was first eslablislied iiy 
the conrt. He was to keep a recoi-d "of e\ery man's house and land,'' 
of all baruains. mort'.i-aiics, <'tc., and tn |iresent a transcript of the same, 
''fairly written,"" at c\ery (ieiu'ral Cdiirt, to be au'ain recorded by the sec- 
retary of the coliiny. He was also to keep a recoi'd of births, marria^'es, 
and deaths — notice of whicli was to lie banded in to him within three 
ilays, on penalty of o.v. (inc. I)r. I!ra\ IJossitei', a man of line e(bi<'atioii 
and mnch distinction in Windsor, was the lirst oiM-npaiit ol theollice, 
which be held until bis rcmo\ al to ( 1 iiillord, in jli.V^. He u as succeeded 
by Matllieu (iiant. and he b\ 'l'imotb\ jyoomis. 

fSarri'i/iirx. ( tf these, two were chosen ainiually. whose special duty 
was to siirx'ey the lines of h'ticcs and i-onniioii lands, and to attend to 
tlie construction and preseix ation of hiuhwa\ s. etc. It was an ollicc of 
mnch responsibility, and was bir man\ years most ably lilled by .Matthew 
Grant, who was also the second town clerk. In a de|iosition (now on 
file in the Stale liibiar\ at Hartfonl). coucernim;' some disputed lands 
in lliT'), he says: "I lia\c been eniplo\ed in measurin<>' of laud and 
getting out of lots to men, which has been done by me from our first be- 



8ti iiisTonY or antient win'dsot!. 

uiiiuiiiH' luTc, ooiiK' next Sc]itcuili('|- is 10 ycurs." Few men, iiiilcftl, 
lillcd so laiuc a ])lace in tlif early history of Windsor, oi- (iUed it so 
well, as lionest Mattliew (iiant. His name (iu-iires in almost every 
|ilaee of liMist.and the eai'ly recoi'ds ut the town show (hat his duties 
wi'ic always cunxrientiDUsly jn'itormed. 

'I'he <-liinmeif viewer was a sort of ]ii'iniiti\-e lii-e-marslial, whose duty 
was to carefully examine all the ehiimiex s of the tow n at reuular inter- 
vals, and to exact a heavy fine fur any failure to clean them. Ladders 
were to he provided for ^wwy house, " or trees in place of ladders,"" and 
the fr(M|uent orders of the town upon this suliji-i't show that u'rcat eai-e 
was tak<'n to pi-event any accident liy lires. t)ne of the earliest ordei's 
rcmaininii- upon the Windsor recoi-ds is to this effect: 

" Fcliruarv ~4. KmO. Ii was ordered by llu; townsmen that whereas there is a 
I'cii nicr <iidi'r tliat lliere shall be a frood hi(hler providcfd for each lioiise to jirevent dani- 
ase l)y lire, it is now further ordered Ihat all that shall be found defective the first of 
April next, not having a suffleient ladder to reach to the top of their dwelling house, 
shall pay the penalty of 13rf per week for all the time they shall be defective." 

There; were fence viewers also, who were to examine the fences and 
to see that they were " good and suflicient." Tliey were to ))rott'ct 
fences as well as the lands and crops whiidi they enclosed, against the 
" felonions entrance" of unridy swine and cattle, or the eipially felon- 
ions hnt more snhtle " intent" of dishonest neighliors. 

•'xVt a County Court, holden at I l,-irtl"ord, Seiit. 2. 1G(!S): Present —Mr. Samuel \V\I1\- 
Mr. John AUyu, Mr. James Richards, Jlr. Anthony Hawkins, A.ssistanls. 
" Nicholas Palmer complains of John Fitch for removing of his landmarks and set ■ 
liug them up again upon his the said Palmer's land, which was acknowledged and 
owned in court by .said John Fitcli. The court having heard and considered the com 
plaint, do .judge it to be an offence of an exceeding heinous nature, and that it ought In 
be duly borne witness again.sl; and yet, in regard there is no law doth exactly deter- 
mine what punishment shall be inflicted for such an offence, this court is willinj;- to 
show what mercy they may in bearing witness against such evils, and therefon- do 
adjudge John Fitch to be kept in prison 'till the first Monday in Octolier, and then to 
be conveyed to Windsor, wiiere the offence was committed, by their constable, and 
there to be publickly and severely whiii'd, th.-il others may iiear. and tear to do any 
such wiiUeilness." 

In '• .May, !fi."i4, .Mr. Newbury and Thomas Orton | w<mv clioscn| tn view the fences 
on the south si.le of the rivi'r. Nicholas l>cnsln« .ind Waltir Fyl<r on tli.' north side 
of the river. " 

Twin hrotjier to the fence viewer was the poiivilrr. Wee to the cat- 
tle (if "high i.r hiw de-lee." who fell under (he haici-viewer's coiidemiia- 
liou. (ir were Inuiid inimcently straying away frdiii their propei- s]ilierc. 
.Ml such w<'re caiefully and sumnia rily ,/(/;///,«/. The rec(u-i|s of the tow u 
shiiw (lia( (he i„,iiinl was a veiT importaid piihlic iii.stit utiiui. In 
.\hitlhi'\\ (Jrant's annual exhiliit of town expenses, in iC.tll, is mentioniil 
••for inakiiej 'l new poimds, 1 4 : "' and in lllTr) "tlieiH- must he pa\ 
orilered In luake :.' new p ids. I'li."" 



orrifERs or-' tuv. towx. 87 

'I'hrrc wi'ic /iui//tr<iri/riix tlii'ii ns now, I'lir \\r liiiil iiKiiiy such icninls 

nslliis: ■• .M;iy 10, lli.")4. (i Iin.-iii Momr ami Snniiicl (Javlnnl wci'c 

clidsrii til lie siirxcvdrs of tlic liii;liu :iy s lor tlir yrar ciisiiiui;'."" 

'rill' iifUri' 111' /icnnii/iiiliilor, or ii(iiii/i/-(/iirr, was one in alinosi con- 
slaiit coiniiiission. owiiiLi' lo llir IV('i|iiciil ilis|iiit('s liclwcrii (lin'iTfiit low ns 
ii'lati\i' lo llicii- lioiniilai-y linrs. Ami allliont!li il was no sini'caii'c, \ct 
il serins to lia\c lircii lirlil in liiiili lioiior, if wr may JihIl;!' IVoiii llir \h-v- 
i|iiisiti's altaclicil tlii'rcto. Tlic itrin of " Lii|iii)r for lioinnlsiiori's '" 
occurs year niter year, anioiij;- the town expenses, with almost iintailiiiL;' 
rejiiilarit^y. In l(i(5i> is eliaru'ed, " Jlr. Woleott for lii|iiors lor lionmls- 
liocis,'' the .svj;(r/(' ainoimt of (ix. od.: ami flie next year," .Mi-. Wolcoti 
lor lii|iiors uoinu- the hoiiinls. 2.v M." In 1 (17") " Nathaniel liissell for 
three (lays himself lo run lines ami a i|iiart of rnni ileinanded, iD.v;"" 
also, •■John Bissell himself ami liorse 4 days east side of ri\er lUx, and 
for '1 liiilhins eider he will have 2.s-." 

Fehnia IT 141)1, lt)r)4. "Thomas Ford and John Stronii- clioseii to 
lie eoustablt'S the next year. Also to li'o hounds or ]ierainl)ulation when 
Hartford men call, ilatthew (irant, Jacob Drake, and Simon Wolcolt." 

Fehi'uary 16th, 1G()5. "At a town-meetiiiii' tlie ca])ital laws were 
read. Also, Jonathan Gillet and Ahraham Kandall were chosen coii- 
staliles. Also, Thomas ]]iud<lanil and John Moses way-wardens, and lo 
ii'o lioniids with Hartford men, Tliomas Stonii'hton, Nath. Loonias, Sam- 
uel liraiit."" 

There were also r.JIrrfors, or /-^^////fx; as, lor e\ani|ile ; Dec. :',!, 
\*u± •• Kliene/cr Dililile was liy town vole idioseii lor town IJaNlif lor 
lliis year ensiiiiiL;-. to l;o lorth when rei|niri'il liy the low nsineii lo fetch 
in town rates of llmse that reruse oi' neu'lect to pay their rates when de- 
manded, and the IJaylif is allowed to take tliree |ieiice ii|ion a shilliiiL;' 
lor his pains." 

The hriiiiilcr af Iiorsrx was a diii-iiitary of no small deu'ree. First 
cslahlished hy the (o'lieral Court in Itiii."). in each town, he was not only 
to hraml, hut ■• shall make an entry of all horses so liranded, \\ itii their 
natural and aililicial marks, in a hook kept hy him for that purpose. who 
shall have ti«/ for each horse so In-anded and elite, -ed," and a |ienalty of 
Cl'O I for i'\ery one who neglected so to ilo. The Windsor mark was 
Hie letter 1. 'J'here is Still in Windsor, a hook kept hy Timothy Loomis, 
uhiloin town clerk, eontaininti' all the marks, cVc., of e\ery man's horses, 
pill down with a particiilarily which e\ idences llie importance attaidicd 
to it. 

The ollice of liMei' (assessor), was one of tlie earliest ci-eated, luit 
the mode of makin,<>; assessments has somewhat eliaiiLved since the olden 
time. In those days instead of appraisini;,' the value of the property 
assessed, the lands were classed into several grades, each grade heing 



88 HISTORY OF ANflKNT WINOPOR. 

I'litrri'il ill llir lisl ;it :i '^iM'ii |iric(' : si> also nl' CMttlc, Ikii'scs, swiiii'. Ac 
All ('xcc|>tiiiii III lliis rule (iF listiiiii' ucciirrcil in liiT"), w lien in liiisini; ihr 
tax I'or tlir sii|i|Mii-l III' Ijic riMilct IVri-y, it was tlii>UL;lit ninrr ciiiiitalilc' tn 
lay till' tax on |ici-soiis ami siirii |iro|icrty as was tn lie llic most ln'in'litril. 
'I'lir ta\|iaycrs wrrc (ii\icliM| iiitn i\\v classrs. The iirsi class was 
hcadnl ■• l-'aiiiily, JKirsf and rmn- uncm." OF this class tlicic wciv li'.i. 
( M' •• {''ainily, lnnsi- ami twn nxcn."' Ilicrc were 4:!: ni "Family ami 
Imrsc," ;'.T : i>\' "Only families," 1.'); " Sinulc men." J4, nl' wlmm 17 
((wui'd hoiscs.' 



'Tliosc having " a family, a lioisc |:iiiill I'nur oxen: 

Mr. J. Allyii. .las. Kiijilcsldii, 8l<mglitnii. .Ion. Slilcs. 

.1. liis.sill. All. ll().sl<iiis, Owen 'I'lulor. Stcji. Tavlur, 

.Nat. I'.issell. .loscpli I.Doiiii.x, Mr. WoU-dt. .lohii Tcn-y. 

.1..!. l)ial<c. N. i.ucmiis. II. W.. lent. \V. Tiirall". 

.1. Kllswoilh, .1. .Mdscs. S. Rockwell, T. Thrall, 

J. Oshorn, Ni^wbury, John Strong, H. Watsoii, 

Jacob Drake, Jon. Porter, Sen'.. Nic. Scnsion. N. WinchcU. 

.Villi one other which could not be ilcciiilurcil. 'rolal, 29. 

" Family, a horse [and] two oxen ": 

John Bissell, II. Dcnslow, T. [ahaii] (irant, J. Moore, 

Thos. Bis.sell, Jo.s. Ellsworth, Jon. (iraiil, S. .Marshall, 

Sam, Bissell, Janus Kniio. S, Gibbs, J. Maudsly, ' 

'rimo. Bucklaiiil, Ben. Egglesloii, (!, Gilibs, Jon. Osboin, 

Thos, Bucklaiid, John Fyler, \V. Ilo.skins, .Ton, Osbi.rn, Jr , 

Nich. Biicklaiiil, Will. Filly, J. llosfonl, John Owen, 

Peter Browne, Jas. Griswold, I). Haydeii, \VI. Phelps, 

Sam. Barber, Jos. Griswold, ilieh. Kelsey, Mr. Pmne, 

>Ir. I). Clarke, Walter Gaylord, Jon. Looniis, .los. Phelps, 

lid. Chapman. J. Gaylord, T. Loomis, 

Job Drake, Jr , S. Grant (no horse), I). Moore, Total, 42. 

'■ Family and horse ": 

Hen. Alvord, Jno. Debbie. ^ Almi. I'heliKS. R. Ilayward. 

Danl. Bilge, \. Ilolcomb. ' l.tt. Fyler, T. Hall, 

Sam. Baker. Jos. Lomas, Ziirob Fyler, N. Pinne. 

AV. Bucll, Ed. Messenger, Sam. Filley, Tim. Palmer. 

Jo. Cross, And. Moore. John Gillet, Sen',. Hump. Prior. 

[Rev.] Mr. Chauncy, Peter Mills, Jon. Gillet. Jr,, Abui. Randell. 

N.Cook, Josias Owen, Corn. Gillet, R. Strong, 

T. Debbie, Jr.. Jon. Porter. Jon. Gillet, Hen. Stiles, 

Ebns. Debbie. Tim. Phelps. Jos. Gaylord, [Revl.Mr.Wooilbri.li: 

S. Wilson. Total, ;i7. 

"Single men": 

Josias Alvord, Eph.Frory. (?) horse, T. Eggleston, horse, Ebns. Parsons, horse, 

John Birge,horse and Jon. Filley, [iiudeci.] Moses [or Jos. Sanders, horse, 

2 "xen, Jon [Tailer, h] orse Moore], lior.se, T. Siixton. horse, 

Jos. Birge, horse, and 2 oxen, Thos. Phelps, Jiorse, Wido Fyler, 

T. Burnham, horse, lien. Tailer, horse, Nat. Pond, horse, D. Wilton, 

E. Elmer, D. Treat, hor.se, Thos. Parsons, horse, [One uiidecipheiM 

W. Filley, Jas. Hillier, horse, J. Parsons, horse, bU'.] Total, 24. 



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ROGER WOLCOTT S POKTICAL RATE-LIST. 89 

A|iiil I'Jili, 1(!54. Tlicro wcro lour men chosen to liikc a view of 
tlir cshilc of tlir iowii for (lir year oiisuiiiii', aci/ordiiiii' to (lie order of tlie 
Coill-t. 

Da\iil Wilton: Mr. Allen, Coininissionei's ; Daniel ('lai-k, ilatthew 
(irant. 

Juno 8, l(io7. At a town-nicetinLi' tliere wei-e chosen tliree men to 
take a list of the town estate according to order of court. 

Mv. Wolcott, Commissioner ; Mr. Terry ; Mr. Hayden. 

In this eonnoction we jtresent our readers with a curious piece of 
jioetry coniiiosed hy (iovernor Kou'er Wolcott, who not unfrc(iuently 
annise(l himself in his leisure iionrs in " stringing rhymes."' It is en- 
titled, " The List of Mr. Roger Wolootfs Rateable Estate in former 
daieg.'" 

Sparkish Listers, alias Misters A yearling calf, a pretty creature, 

that do take the List handsom iu carriage and in feature 

tliat you may here attend with feare another calfe I had last yeare 

and be exceeding whist but where he's now I cannot heare. 

Which tills my heart with siths and groans, 
Acres of meadow land I've foiu'e for feare the croos have picked his bones, 

But know withall it is but poor he was so poor before he died 

tliree (juartei's of one acre more they gather gauped for his hide 

have I to add imlo the score but now hee's gone both lie and I 

In sorrow both a Sympathy. 

I have a horse, but he's so thin Pray take this for a perfect list 

Uis bones appear most threu his skin for I think there's nothing mist 

A winter milks, and new milk kine _ that doth belong to my estate 

I like wise have and two poor swine. for which I ought to bear a Rate. 

Besides their town organization, the first settlers of Windsor had, in 
connection with their sister jilantations, Hartford and Wethersfield, a 
State organization, dating from the very first month of tlieir jiermanent 
settlement in 163ti. Simple and almost patriarchal at first, enlarged by 
degrees as necessity or experience dictated, established and defined by 
th(,' wise and admirable Constitution of 1639, and perfected by the Code 
of 16,50, this organization has gradually developed itself into a State 
Covernment, which, l)y its permanency and efficiency at the present day, 
does honor to the wisdom, the Christian integrity, and the ])olitical 
sagacity of those who framed it. Moulded as it was by the exigencies 

"Family only": 

W. Adams, .1. Drake, S'., M. Filley, Thos. Sanders, 

T. linniliani, .Ir.. .To. Denslow, Sam. Forward, K. Vore, 

•'■ <'"lt. E. Elmer, .1. Hodge, X. Will(in. 

W. Morten. J. Elmer. X. Palmer, Total, 1.5. 

' This ijiurCKVi of gubernatorial poesy and humor, was copied by us from a diary or 
commonplace book kept by Timothy Loomis, whilom town clerk of Windsor, and is un- 
doubtedly genuine. 

Vol. L— 12 



00 HISTOHY 01' ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

of :i new scttlcnieiit, and irflcctiiig as it did the peculiar sentiment and 
aims (if its fonndei'S, no (mo can stndy the early judieial system of Con- 
iieeticiit without being convinced that it was far ahead of the cotem- 
poi-ary h'liislation of its time, and that it was in every respect wortliy nl' 
a people who had learned to c/overn them»elvix. 

Plenty of courts they had : the General Court, the Particular Couit. 
the Town Court, Colonial ilagistratos, Arliitratois, and (Committees, and 
among them all justice was amply satisfied. 

The General Court was composed of the governor, the deputy- 
governor, the magistrates and deputies. These two last, answering to 
our senators and representatiNcs of the present day, were annually elected 
from each town in the colony. This court made laws and prohibitions, 
gave counsel and administerecl censures, and occasionally attended, 
though extra-judicially, to (]uestions of morals, manners, and religion, as 
well as matters of geiu-ral interest. 

The Particular Court was constitnti'd liy the sulistitution of twehc 
jurors in |)lace of the deputies of the General Court. It dealt judicially 
in civil actions, deljts, and trespasses of over 40 shillings in value; and 
with grave crimes and wr(mgs. 

The Toicn Court was estahlislicd as early as IGoO, when tlu' General 
Court empowered (>ach town annually to " choose out three, five, or 
seven of the chief inha!)itants, whereof one be chosen moderator, who, 
having taken an oath provided in that case, shall have a casting vote in 
case they be eqiuil; which said persons shall meet once in every two 
months, and, being met together, or the major part oi them, whereof the 
mod(n-ator be one, they shall have power to hear, end, and determine all 
controversies, either trespasses or debts, not exceeding 40 shilings, pro- 
vided, both parties live in the name toicnT The jiowcm- of summoning 
pai-ties before them for trial was grantcil to "any two or the moderator." 
Ajipeal fi-om their decision to a higher court was allowed, although 
guarded to prevent unnecessary litigation : "But if it fall out there be 
no good gi'onnd for the appeal, the court to confirm the judgment, and 
give good costs, and fine or punish the party ajipealing." It appear that 
the higher court were simply to confirm the first decision, unless they 
found cause to reverse it; hence the necessity of ])roviding some means 
to hold in check persons who might be <lisj)oscd wilfully to annoy their 
neighliors with vexatious law-suits. 

The following items in the AVindsor Records ]irobably rcfi'r to these 
town courts: 

"The Court kept this 25lh June, 1669, was by Mr. Wok-ott, assistant, Captain 
Ncubery, Commissioner, and twoof tlie townsmen, Deacon Moore anil Matthew Grant. " 
" Jan 6, 1650. William Bevvell, Plaintiff, against .Joseph Loomis, Sen., defendant. 
"An action for trespass and damage 7 bushell of Indian Corn. 



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THE CDIII-; OF liioO. 91 

" In this actiim we tiiulc for tlii; plaintive, daniaiTL' 0^- biisluOls <if Indian Corn ami 
cost 2.y. 6(/. 

"William Thrall, plainlitT, against Eltwi-d I'onicroy, dt-rendanl. An action to tho 
damage £1 7.<. Orf. In this at-tion we finde for the plaiiitilT, damage t'l 7.f. Orf; Cost 
.£0 3*. 6rf." 

Jldijinf rates were the assistants, or judges, of the Particular Court. 
They had power of enforcing laws and administering justice in the town 
where they resided, as well as elsewhere; and also of arhitrating all 
controversies. Their functions were quite ample, and perhaps somewhat 
nndefined. Tlie oath of office was as follows: 

"I, .V 'W, being chosen a Magistrate within this Jurisdiction for the year ensiuug, 
do swear by the great and dreadful name of the everliying God, to promote the 
public good and peace of the same, according to the best of my skill, and that 1 
will maintain all the lawful privileges thereof according to my understanding, as also 
to assist in the execution of all such wholesome laws as are made or shall be made by- 
lawful authority here established, and will further the execution of Justice for the time 
aforesaid, according to the righteous rule of God's word; so help me God," etc. 

The list of Windsor Magistrates will he found in another part of 
the volume. 

The duties of arbitrators and committees, offices which were very 
fre(iuently in use in the early times, are sufficiently indicated l)y their 
names. 

All these means and instriimeutalities of justice were lirmly liased 
(in the immutaldc princijiles of truth and lihertv ; and the rights of tJie 
jieople, Ijoth individually and collectively, were amply guarded. 

The Code of 1650. 

As early as April, H54t5, the General Court, finding a necessity of a 
more complete system of laws than the one then in use, requested Mr. 
linger Ludlow of Windsoi', tlie pi-iiicipal diauglitsmau of the Constitution 
of Id:!'.!, and " em}ihatically the jurispriuleut of his day," to "take some 
jiains in diawing forth a hody of laws for the government of this Common- 
wealth, and present them to the next General Court, and if ho can proviile 
a man foi' his occasions while he is employed in the said service he shall 
lie paid at the comitry charge." And at the May session, 1650, was for- 
mally presented and adopted the first code of laws in the history of our 
State: of whicli it has lieen well said that, " in view of the age in whicli 
it was formed, in \ iew particularly of tlic circumstances of the Connecti- 
cut Colony, its newness, its family character, and its eaa'ncst and at 
times feverish estimate of the ends and claims of religion, no code was 
cvci', upon tlie wliole, more happily adapted to promote tin- inttvi'cst and 
sustain tiir giiiwth of fresh emigrants gathered in a new country to 
found a State." ♦ 

By it every personal riijlit was amply giiartintced, and every great 



92 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

interest of commerce, trade, ami airricultiire was ])n)tected with a wise 
and l'osterin<r care. Of these things, however, we do not now propose to 
s]ieak. But we may he aHowed, ])erliaps, to dwell awhile on some of its 
more peeuliar ])rovisions, which, as reflecting the hahits and spii-it of our 
forefathers, are not only amusini:-, hut instructive and approjiriate to the 
purpose of our history. 

We find that capital tv/wics were much more numerous then than 
now. It was a capital offense to worship any otlur than the trur (ind : 
to practice adultery, or the crime against nature, or rape ; or to hlas- 
])heme; or to exercise witchcraft; or to steal men or women; or for 
children, ''unless hrought up in unchristian negligence," to curse, oi- 
smite, oi- lie stuV)l)oru and reliellious towards their jtai-ents. Ilorriiile 
and liarharous! some readers may exclaim. And yet, when we consi<ler 
that as late as the close of the last century there were remaining on the 
statute hooks of Christian, enlightened England, 168 crimes, declared 
hy act of j)arliament to he pmiishahle by death, we must confess that the 
Code of 1650 was far ahead of its age, — far more humane. 

Lyhifj was in those days deemed a jiecidiarly hein<;)us offense. As 
early as 1641 the General Court stigmatized it as a " foule and gross 
sin," and " Mr. Wet)ster [of Hartford] and Mr. Phelps [of Windsor] 
are desired to consult with the Elders of both Plantations, to prepare 
instructions against the next court for the jamishment of tlie nhi of Ii/i>i,</, 
which begins to 1)C practiced hy many persons in this Commonwealth." 

This committee lirought into a .subseiiuent court a i-eport that it 
should be lawful for the Particular Coui't to adjudge and censure any 
such party (convicted of lying) either by line or Ijodily correction, as 
they shall judge the nature of the fault to reipiire. In the Code of 16')0 
it is again severely denounced, and all persons above the age of 14 years, 
found guilty, are made punishable with fines, stocks. oi- stiipcs : and all 
cliildren umler that age who '' offend in lying " are to be punislud liy 
their parents in the iircseuce of an officer, " if any magistrate shall so 
ap])oint." In the reeoids nf the I'articular Court, May 18, 1664, we liml 
that — 

"John Bissfll liavini; mack- nmiplaint of S D for rcproathful .speeches 

wliich she hath spoken against the wife of tlie said Bissell, the Court having consiilercd 

the eomphiint do order that H • D or Ids wife shall severely correct their 

davighter with a rod on the naked body in the presence of Mrs. Wolcott and Goode 
Bancroft this day, and in case it be not attended to this day, the constable is to see it 

done, the next opirortunity, and the said S is to give in seeuiity fur her good 

behavior till the court in September next." 

Swearing, drimkcnncss , and contemi)t of the civil authorities were 
severely dealt with, as the following records will siiow : 

" Sept. 5, 1639. Thomas Gridlcy of Windsor was complained of for refusing to 
watch, strong suspicion of drunkness, contemptuous words against the orders of the 



SPECIMENS OF EARLY COLONIAL JUSTICE. 93 

Court, quarrelling, striking Mr. Stilcs's man. lie was censured to Ije whipt at Hart- 
ford, and bound for Iiis good lichavior" for wliicli he entered a reeogni/.anee of i'lO. 
(C(jI. Ueoml.) 

Dec. 2, 1652. Henry Curtis, fiued 5.v. for neglecting his watcli. 

Edward Messenger, for his unmercifulness towards his servant and lying to exten- 
uate his fault, to be severely whipped when he shall be called forth by the Governor. 
(RiC. Pdi-ticiilfir Ci'Ki-t.) 

Kw-i. William King, his Scotchman, for cursing, cimtrary to order, lO.". and set in 
stocks. (Ibifl.) 

I Mch 1654. Walter Fyler, having charged [Rev.] Mr. Stone [of Hartford] with 
the breach of a fundamental law, and upon the Elders in general sin and wickedness, 
opportunity given [to prove his charges] but he could not make it out, but did multi- 
ply offences in open Court, fiued £5, bound with David Wilton and Thos. Ford in £20 
to appear at next court: next year was freed from his recognizance. (Ibid.) 

6 Sept. 1655. On complaint of William Hayden, John Griffin, Jacob Drake, and 
John Bancroft, all of them for their riotous misdemeanor in William Hayden's family 
and thereby frightening his wife, the Court adjudgeth they all find securities, £20 each 
for their good behavior to the next Court and then to make their appearance. John 
(Jriffin adjudged to pay 20.'<. to the common treasury, John Bissell bound each £20. 10. 
0. {Ihid.) 

Mrs. Hayden had died July 17, only a few weeks before — was the " frightening " 
followed by serious consequences? All were neighbors, and whatever the " misde- 
meanor " was, there was probably no evil intent in it. 

II Dec. 1655. 3Ir. John Witchfield complains of Mr. Matthew Allyn for rescuing 
of hogs when they were driving to pound. In the complaint of Mr. Witchfield contra 
ilr. Allen, about the rescuing of hogs, though several things look very suspicious to 
be a rescue j'et this court doth not find the complaint legally proved. (Ibid.) 

"June 2, 1664. Mr. Xicholas Stevens for his cur.siug at Windsor before the Train 
hand last Monday is to pay to the public treasury 10 shillings." 

"May 12, 1668. Nicholas Wilton for wounding the wife of John Brooks, and 
!Mary Wilton, the wife of Nicholas Wilton, for contemptuous and reproachful terms by 
her put upon one of the Assistants, are adjudged, she to be whipt 6 stripes ujjon the 
naked body, next training day at Windsor; and the said Nicholas is hereby disfran- 
chised of his privilegie of freedom in this Corporation, and is to pay for the Horse and 
Man that came with him to the Court this day, and for what damage he hath done to 
the said Brooks his wife, and sit in the stocks the same day his wife is to receive her 
punishment. The Constables of Windsor to see this attended." 

" 1668. John Porter having been accused by this court for defaming of some who 
have been in authority in this court, do order that he make full acknowledgment of the 
same and manifest his repentance the next training day at Windsor, or else that he 
appear at the next county court to answer for his miscarriage therein." 

In 11)70, Owen Tudor "of Windsor was deposed from his ollice of 
Const;di]i' for swearing and drinikness." 

• •pi'ii riinteni|it iif (iod's liiily word or ministers was rigorously 
driilt wiih. 'J'lif lirst offence wilii jiulilie reproof and lionds for good 
liehavior, the second hy a £5 line, and standing in the pillory upon a 
lecture day, hearing on tlie l)rcast a paper duly laheled in capital letters, 
••-Vn open and oustinate contemneu of God's Holy Wohd." 

Absence from church was visited by a fine of a shillings, thus : 
" Thomas Stoughton for his unnecessary withdrawing of himselfe fi-om 
the pul)li(jue pi'caching of the Word, on the Lord's day, is lined 5»." 
(^Rec. of Partimlar Court., ii., April 1.S, lllo-l.) 



94 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WIXDSOH. 

Forgerij was imiiisliiMl liy three diivs in the ]iilliiry, ]];iyini'iit nl' 
(h)ul)le damages to tlie iiijiirrd ])arty, and disiiualilieation as witness or 
juryman. 

Fornication, liy line, \vlii|i|iinL;-, nr jirohibition to mar-rij. 

To nearly all these varimis iiiniislnnents was added that nt disfran- 
chisement of all civil qualifications in town and coinnidnuralth, "until 
the Court manifest their satisfaction." 

The censure of the General Court, the stocks, and the \vlii|iiiing 
])Ost were '■'■ jjeculiar institutions" of " the dlden times." tlir latter two 
of which, thank God, are iniknown to the mndcrns. Windsor, of course, 
jiossessed a jjair of stocks from a very early day. In the annual exhii)it 
of town payments, in 1()63, we find that worthy old carpenter, William 
Buell, charging " for a pair of stocks and mending some seats, 9s. tJr/." 
In May, 1679, " Jacoh Drake demands for making a \>n\v of Stocks ; " 
and as late even as May 15, 1724, we find it recorded that "Friend 
Shivee sat in the pillory and his right ear cut off for making jdates for 
liills." When the stocks were aholished in our town we do not know. 

The whipping post, as tradition says, stood upon the green (Broad 
street) where the i)resent sign-post stands, and was in use certainly as 
late as 1714, when Timothy Loomis records that " John F. was whipt at 
ye sign post, T. G. Whipper. 

From this extract we might infer that it then served the donlilr 
ollioe of sign-post and whipping post. Whij)ping was generally pcifoinird 
upon a "lecture" or "training" day; and very often "at the cart's 
tail," a peculiarly aggravating feature of the |uuiislinient. For example, 
in the first ca.se of bastardy tried in the colony, in liiolt, the court ordered 
as folhjws : 

".Jolin Edinoiuls, Aaron Starke, and Jno. Williams were censured for uncleau prar 
tiees. as folio.: Jno. Williams [Edmonds?] to lie wipt at a Cart's [tail] upon a leeliire 
day at Hartford. John Williams to stand upon the pillory from the rinirinjr of the first 
bell to the end of the lecture, then to be whipt at a CaH'.'< [tail] and to be whipt in a like 
manner at Windsor within 8 days following. 

"Aaron Starke to stand upon the pillory and be whiiJt as Williams, and to have the 
letter R, burnt ujion his cheek, and in re.!,'ard of the wrong done to 3Iary Holt, to pay 
her parents £10; and in defect of such to the Coniinonwealth, and when both are tit for 
that condition, to marry her. 

" It is the mind of the Court that Mr. Ludlow and Mr. Phelps see some pulilic pun- 
ishment inflicted upon the girl for concealini; it so long," 

Women, it will be seen, received less consideration, on accoinit of 
their se.x, than they now do, when convicted of wrong-doing. Even as 
late as 1767, a mulatto girl called Peggy was com icte(l of stealing and 
ordered to be whijiped six stripes on the naked boily in some piiliiic 
place in Windsor. 

In a comimmicatiou to the Xational Issue (a temperance cam|iaigii 



THE SUMPTUARY POLICY OP OUR ANCESTORS. 95 

](;iper jmhlisliod in Windsor) of July 1, 1886, Mr. Oliver Havden, of 
p]:ist (Jranl)y, Conn., says : '• 1 remember, when (iuit(^ yoimg, of seeing- a 
|iost, ahout eight feet high, .standing opi)ositc the road north of tlic 
I'earson house [Palizado Green], near the main road, said to lie tlie 
whipping post; and a very indistinct recollection of seeing the remains 
of the old stocks, which in "ye olden times" used to adorn most of the 
vilhige greens." 

It is quite ])rolialile that llr. Hayden's recollections are not as 
'• indistinct " as he thinks, concerning his having seen the remains of the 
old stocks on Windsor Green " some seventy yeai-s ago." Mr. John War- 
ren Uarber, author of the Connecticut Historical Collections, informed mc; 
once that he saw, when a hoy, in 180fi, what was then left of the old 
stocks on Broad Street Green. 

Branding was a form of punishment not uncommon. Burglary, or 
highway rohJiery, was blazoned with the letter B. A second offense was 
folhjwed liy a second branding, and severe whipping. If the offense was 
committed on the Lord's day, one of the culprit's ears was to l)e cut off. 
If rejieated on the same day the other ear suffered likewise. If a third 
time, death followed. 

Sept. 1644. " .James Hallet, for his theft, is adjudged to restore fourfold for what 
shall bf proved before Captain Mason and Mr. Wolcott, and to be branded in tlie haiid, 
the next training-day at Windsor." {Col. Bee.) 

Ilallet was jirobably incori'igible, for he had iireviously been reman- 
ded by the court from the house of cori-ection, and given in charge to 
his master Barclet, who was "to keep him to hard labor and coarse diet, 
ihiring the pleasure of the court, provided that [the .said] Barclet is 
lirst to remove his daughter from his family before the said James enter 
thrreiii.'' 

t)iir chapter wdulil hardly lie com]ilete without some notice of the 
xinnptiiary jiolicy of our ancestors. And here we are well aware that 
we tread upon disputed ground. Ujion this feature of their legislation 
have lieen heayied obloquy, ridicule, and contemjit; and the so-called 
Connecticut Blue Laws have been the butt and scoff' of scores of writers 
of later generations, whose reverence for their forefathers was as slight 
as their knowledge of history. For, however foreign and repugnant to 
our ideas those laws may lie which restrain or limit the expenses of citi- 
zens in apparel, food, furniture, etc., it must be remembered that they 
were perfectly in accordance with the best and highest views cjf the 
political economy of that day. They existed in every civilized govern- 
ment of Old Europe, as well as in every American colony, then and for 
inoie tiiau a century after. They had their origin in the then prevalent 
lielief that simple habits and frugality were essential to the healthy 
growth of sound civil liberty, and that private and social extravagance 



96 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOl). 

in any form tcinlcd tn chock tliat growth, ami thereby eml)ai-rasscil ami 
(lestroycfl the Htatc. And, even as hite as 1778, hi Connecticut ami 
some other States, the [irices of hibor and its products, tavern charges, 
etc., were reuuhifed liy law, \\liih> in Eimland many sueli hiws remained 
in force until 1«24. 

Following out, therefore, tlie line of jioliey in which they had been 
educated, and which the customs of the age sanctioned, our fathers, 
from time to time, enacted such hiws as in our day would be uni\ersally 
resented as an unwarranta1)le interference with private aii'airs. In 1641, 
noticing an increasing and, as they deemed it, " an unseemly " increase 
of extravagance in dress, which they term an "excess of api)arel," ami 
desiring to nip the nascent evil in the liud, the General Court required 
the constables of each town to take notice of any person so offending 
within their several limits, and present them to the Particular Court. 

Yet, there are sufficient indications that even the much-dreaded 
"censure of the Court" could not entirely check the growing evil, and 
that some little " innocent finery " would, from time to time, crop out, in 
spite of sjiying constables. 

The General Court, in June, 1041, regulated the scale of laborers' 
prices, etc. They ordered that "able carpenters, plowwrights, wheel- 
wrights, mas(ms, joiners, smiths, and coopers, should not take above 
20(7. for a day's work, from the 10th of ilarch to the 9th of Octolier, nor 
above 18(7. a day for the rest of the year." 

The working day was set at nine hours jier day in the summer time, 
"besides that which is spent in eating and sleeping," and nine hours in 
winter. Mowers were only allowed 20(7. for a day's work. Artificers, 
handicraftsmen, and chief laborers were mit to take above 18(7. per day 
from 10th of March to 9th of Octolier, and 14(7. ]>er day the reniaiiuler 
of the year. When work was done by the joli, its price was to be \aliu'd 
in the same i)roportiou. 

Sawyers could "not take above 4x. (1(7. for slit work or three-inch 
plank, nor above 3s. 6(7. for boards i)er hundred." The jirice of boards 
was also regulated at 58. 6(7. per hundred. 

The hire of four of the "better sort" of oxen and horses "with 
tackling," shbuhl not be valued at above 4.s'. 1U(7. ]ier day, for six and 
eight hours' work (_accor(iing to time of year), except they l)e employed 
in breaking u])land ground, for which they were allowed 4s. 15(7. for si\ 
hours. 

In ^fay, 1647, the court passed the following curious ordei-. which 
would in these days seem very harsh to the tohacco-growini) settleis of 
Windsor, and the tobacco-loving Yankee nati(jn in general. 

"Forasmuch as it is observed that many abuses are crept in and committed by fre- 
quent taking of Tobacco, it is ordered by the authority of this Court, that no person under 



THE SHMPTHAIiy POLICY OP OUK ANCESTORS. 97 

tlie asrc of 21 vcars, nor any other lliat hath not already aecustoineil himself to the use 
thereof, shall take any tobacco until he have brought a certificate, under the hand of 
some who are ajiproved for knowledge and skill in physic, that it is useful for him, and 
also tliat lie liath received a license from the Court for the same. And for the regulat- 
ing those who either by their former taking it, have to their own apprehensions made 
it necessary to them, or upon due advice are persuaded to the use thereof, it is ordered, 
that no man within this Colony, after the publication he»eof, shall take any tobacco 
pul)licly in the street, nor shall any take it in the fields or woods, unless when they arc 
on their travel, or journey of at least 10 miles, or at the ordinary time of repast com- 
monly called dinner, or if it be not then taken, yet not then above once in the day at 
most, and then not in company with any one. Nor shall any inhabitant in any of the 
towns within this juri.sdiction, take any tobacco in any house in the same town where he 
liveth, with aiul in the company of any more than one who useth and drinketh the same 
weed, with him at that time; under the penalty of 6 pence for each offence against this 
order, in any of the particulars thereof, to be paid without gainsaying, upon conviction 
by the testimony of one witness that is without just exception before any one Magis- 
trate." 

The constables of each town were to make presentment of such 
offense to each particuhir court. Puritanic and blue as this may seem, 
Connecticut was not alone in pronouncing against the weed. Queen 
P^lizabeth of England enacted edicts against its use; James I. not only 
followed her example, but added the weight of his pen and personal 
influence: and Charles I. made another attempt to jmt it down. Russia 
made its use a capital offense; ])opes have thundered against it and 
threatened excommunication, and in nearly every great j)ower of Europe 
it has been made a matter of penal legislation. But in spite of all, and 
over all — tolmcco, filthy, poisonous, useless — is triumphant, and counts 
its votaries l)y tens of thousands. 

About the same time, "for the preventing of that great abuse which 
is creeping in by excess of wine and strong water," the court "order, 
that no one shall remain in any common victualling house in the same 
town where he liveth above half an hour at a time in drinking wine, 
beer, or waters," nor should they be allowed to drink more than three 
pints at a time. Tenders of the same were forbidden to deliver wine to 
any one " who came for it unless they bring a note under the hand of 
some one master of a family, and an allowed inhabitant of the town." 

This law is in some respects identical with the famous Maine law, 
which, some two centuries later, so widely agitated the jmblic mind of 
America. 

We hav(^ thus endeavored to present our readers with a clear sum- 
mary of the ijiivernment under which Windsor and her sister plantations 
in the colony had their beginning and their growth. It is an interesting 
subject to every student of American history, and esi)ecially so to those 
who reflect that these laws under which their fathers lived were the 
work of Roger Ludlow, Wolcott, and others, — men whose names, 
through long lines of descent, have been honorably associated with the 
town of Windsor. 
Vol. I.— 13 



CHAPTER IV. 

THE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION OF WINDSOR. 



THP] first Clmrc'h of Christ in Windsor, " now tlio oldest Evangolical 
Cluucli in America ; and, except the Soiithwark Church, Lon- 
don, the oldest Orthodox Congregational Church in the world," ' ]ii>s- 
sesses a history which is both interesting and instructive. The first 
twenty-nine years of its existence in Windsor were uneventful. As far 
as we can learn, it fulfilled its mission by an active course, abounding in 
good works. Happy in its minister, strong in its members, powerful and 
salutary in its influence, it could not have been otherwise than as " a 
light set iipon a hill." And the fact that in those early days, the town 
was emphatically the church, and the church was the town, and that 
the records of the latter necessarily embrace the history of the former, 
renders its unnecessary, as well as impracticaljle, to treat the eccU'sias- 
tical history of Windsor as distinct from its civil history. 

But a few words concerning the nature of the organization which 
))revailed among the churches of New England at that day may not be 
inaji'projiriate. That our fathers were Puritans was to them a reproach, 
but to us it is a " crown of honor." Their ecclesiastical polity was re- 
publican in i)rinciple, and congregational in form." Dissenters, not from 
the faith of the established church, but from its liturgy and ceremonials, 
and recognizing no head but Christ, they claimed the right to foi-m and 
govern themselves as a church, according to the rules laid down in his 
New Testament. Each church was supplied with a pastor, teacher, one or 
more ruling elders, and deacons.^ These latter possessed the same func- 
tions as now, but the duties of the jiastor and teacher were held to be 
distinct. The pastor was to exhort, persuade, and sympathize with his 
people, " and therein to administer a word of wisdom." The teacher, or 

' I quote the words of my friend, Mr. .labcz H. Hiivden of Windsor Locks, Conn., 
whose able argument on this point will be found in Appendix C. 

' This is the commonly accepted view of this subject. Our own opinion (strength- 
ened by our researches on the subject, as connected with our present history) is, that 
the early churches of New England were Presbyterian, rather than Congregational, in 
form and organization. See Appendi.x D. 

' Offices clearly indicated, it was thought, by these passages: Romans xii. 7; \ Cor. 
inthians xii. 28; 1 Timothy v. 17, aijd Ephesinns iv. 11, 



PASTOR — TEACHER — RULING ELDER. 99 

doctor in ecdeHia, as he was termed, was to teach, explain, niul delcud the 
doctrines of Christianity, " and therein to administer a word of knowl- 
edge ; and either of them to administer the seals of the covcniant." 
From the former they expected pastoral visitations and friendly conn- 
sels ; from the latter carefully studied sermons in elucidation and de- 
fense of the great truths of religion — a most judicious division, in our 
opinion, of the labors of the pastoral office, evincing a self respect for 
their own interests, and a consideration for the necessities of those who 
Idled it. How much in contrast with the general custom of the present 
ilay, when one weak but willing man is burthened with the work of two, 
and however faithful he may be can hardly escape being impinged upon 
cither one or the other horn of complaint, viz. : that his sermons lack 
study, or that he visits too little. 

The ruling elder, who was regularly and solemnly ordained, was " to 
assist in the government of the church, to watch over all its members, 
to prepare and l)ring forward all cases of discipline, to visit and pray 
with the sick, and in the absence of the pastor and teacher to pray with 
the congregation and expound the scriptures." In short, he was " to 
join with the pastor and teacher in those acts of spiritual rule which are 
distinct from the ministry of the word, and the sacraments committed 
to them." Ruling elders, though not salaried, were commonly men of 
education and superior gifts. Mr. John Witchfleld, Mr. John Branker, 
" the schoolmaster," and Mr. William Hosford, were the first and prolia- 
bly the only ruling elders which the Windsor Church ever had. Henry 
Wolcott, Jr.'s, shorthand MS., deciphered by J. H. Trumbull, Esq., shows 
that these gentlemen frequently delivered the "weekly lecture" before 
the Windsor Church. We have called them the only ruling elders of 
that church, in lack of other evidence, and because the office fell into 
very general disuse at an early date. 

Personal religion, consisting of a degree of conformity of the heart 
and character to the precepts and requirements of the Bible, was the 
<pialification for church membership. The examination of applicants for 
a(hiiission was conducted, at first, by the officers of the church privately. 
It afterwards became the custom to conduct them in the presence of the 
whole church. .Still later, it was the practice to present a relation of 
personal experience, liy the men orally, by the women in writing. This 
Ix'Coming, in few years, a mere form, was dispensed witii, and a ictuni 
was nindc to the original method of examination by the church otlicei-s, 
to wlioiii is now I'onunonly added a committee of the brethren. 

Each church was uniteil in a very solemn covenant, wherein 
" avouching the Lord Jehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, to be their 
Sovereign Lord and Supreme Ood," the members dedicated themselves 
to Him, to one another, and to the life that is in Christ. And it was a 



100 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

frcqvient and licautiful custom with the chiiiclics to renew their covenant, 
on which occasion each and all the members solemnly renewed their oh- 
liirations to the Lord, and to each other, in the same manner as when 
first admitted to the number of his visible people. This they often did 
by recommendation of the court, on days of pulilic humiliation, and 
especially when threatened by wars, trials, and calamities ; for in aU 
things our pious fathers recognized the hand of God. 

Fasting was often observed liy them. Public fasts enjoined by 
authority, particular fasts of individual churches, and private fasts were 
considered very eminent means of grace. The Sabbath was also to them 
" holy time," and kept with a strictness and pions fervor of which we 
know but little in these days. Its sacred hours were carefully imjjroved 
in public worship, family instructions and prayer, in studying the Script- 
ures, and in secret retirement and meditation. Around it the law threw 
its authority, and woe to the unlucky wight who forgot pitlicr in wonl, or 
look, or act, the respect which was due to its sanctity. 

Catechetical instruction was another very prominent feature in the 
religious policy of our ancestors, and was practiced in many ways. 
Sometimes the minister, or ruling elders or deacons, in their frequent 
))arocliial visits, would catechise the assembled family group. Fre- 
quently the church was catechised, either in s]jeeial meeting for tlu' pui- 
pose, or during the intermission of public worship on the Sal)l)ath. And 
it was an indispensable portion of home instruction, most rigidly adhered 
to b)' parents. The catechism most in use previous to 1700 was the one 
composed by the eminent Mr. William Perkins ; after that time, bow- 
ever, the Westminster Assembly of Divines' Catechism took a hdld 
upon the affections of New England, which it has not yet wholly lost. 

Psalm sin</ing, both in pnljlic and private, was a very essential ]iart 
of the divine worshij) of those days, and one which was nnich delighted 
in by those ]>ious people. ■ The version first used liy them was that by 
Sternhold and Hopkins, which was printed at the end ol tbiir iJiliics; 
after which came the New England P.salm Book, made principally by 
Mr. Weide, j\Ir. Eliot, and Mr. Mather. This version was printed at 
Caml)ridge in 1640, and was more distinguished for its e.xact confoi-mity 
to the original Hebrew and Greek than for its poetic merits. It was 
long in use — even, by some congregations, until the close of the Ameri- 
can llevol\ition. Tlie ehurcli of Plyuioutii retained Ainsworth's version 
until the latter |)art of tlie ITth century. It was comninn foi' the minis- 
ter to expound a little upon the Psalm befoic singing. Some congrega- 
ti<ms sang psalms hi course. Tlie practii'c of "lining" tbr byniu was 
introduced subsequently to 16<S0. 

Gospel lUscipline, as tending to preserve the purity and proper 
humility of the church, and frequent meetings for social conference and 



THE TYTHING-MAN OP OLD. lOl 

prayer, as a moans of keeping alive tlie warmth and cUk-icncv of cxiK'ri- 
mental religion, were highly esteemed liy the Cliiistiaiis of New 
England. 

In short, we cannot l>ut admire the high ideal oi religidn wliich they 
])ro]i(ised for themselves. Theirs was not a dead religion, l)nt a "life of 
faith with works." It was a life of principle, sustaining them through 
many trials, guiding them through this world, rendering their death beds 
scenes of holy triumph, and blessing their children and " their children's 
children, even to the third and fourth generation." 

This chapter would hardly be complete without some reference to a 
functionary, whose office, however important in the olden time, has be- 
come almost obsolete in the " fast days " in which we now live. 

The tythhKjman was a parish officer, annually elected to preserve 
good order in the meeting-house during di^dne service, as well as to 
make complaint of any disorderly conduct, travel, or other violation of 
Salibath time and ordinances. In early days, the young folks and child- 
ren were seated in the galleries of the meeting-house ; and being 
removed from the watch of their parents, required the constant attention 
of the tythingman, whose patience and watchfulness were often sorely 
tried by their mischievous antics. In some churches, also, he seems to 
have had the additional charge of keeping the ''old folks" awake; in 
which case a gentle rap with the end of a long pole or staff of office 
was generally sufficient to bi'uig the " lapsing senses " of the offender 
to a " wide-awake " position. His eye and ear were also keen to detect 
the sound m- appearance of any Sabbath traveler on the high road, and 
such a one quickly foimd their onward course arrested "in the name of 
the commonwealth," luiless they could jirove that necessity was their 
excuse. 

Alioiit the beginning of tlie jircsent ci'ntury, a (General Armstrong 
(''.) having been ordered to report himself promptly at IJoston, was j>ass- 
ing through Windsor on the Salibath, when suddenly his carriage came 
to a stand. Surprised and im])atient, he called to his driver to know 
why he stoi)ped ; the rei)ly was, " A man here refuses to let us pass." 
Putting his head out of the carriage window, the general beheld the late 
Mr. Lemuel Welch, holding the horses firmly by the head, and very earn- 
estly insisting that they should i>roceed no farther — that day at least. 
Angry at the supposed impertinence, the general oLileicil liini (o stand 
off, at the same time drawing and presenting his pistol at the inl ruder. 
Hut .Mr. Welch was not so easily frightened, ifaintaining his liold u|ioii 
tlie liorses, he firmly retorted : " I've seen a bigger gun than that, sir ; 
you can't go no farther. I've been in the Revolution and seen a bigger 
jzini than tliat. sir. I'm tythingman in this town, and you cati't yo no 
farllur." Finding the officer inexorable, the irate general concluded 



102 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

that " discretion was the licttor ]iart of valor," and accordingly went 
hack and laid the matter hefore Judge Oliver Ellsworth, who, in his 
capacity of magistrate, and in view of the urgency of the case, gave him 
a pass, which secured him against any similar arrest within the jurisdic- 
tion of Connecticut. 

The occurrence, however, had a marked effect upon the observance 
of the Sabbath in this towni. Mr. Welch called on the judge next morn- 
ing for an explanation of the case. He felt much chagrined at the es- 
cape of his prisoner, and wished to know if it was expected that he was 
to " fish with a net that would catch the little fish, and let the big fish 
run through." He resigned his office in disgust, and his successors for 
several years neglected to perform their duties. Finally the leading men 
of the town became justly alarmed at the increase of Sabbath travel, 
and with the judge at their head made strenuous efforts to restore the 
execution of the Sabliath laws, but with only pai-tial success. Some 
years later, among the conditions which entitled a man to the elective 
franchise was the holding of civil office, and demagogues found this a 
convenient office to give those not otherwise qualified for admission ; and 
twenty-five years ago, the office of tythingman was given to men, who, if 
they executed the laws, would have indicted themselves every Sabljath. 

Tythingmen, we believe, are yet appointed ; but, it may with truth 
be said, that when the gallery pews in the meeting-house ceased to be 
the playground for ill-governed Ijoys on the Sabbath, the office of tyth- 
ingman had fulfilled its mission. 



Il 



CHAPTER V. 
INDIAN HISTORY. 



THE niunl)er of Indians in Connecticut, although undouhtedly over- 
estimated by historians, was larger in j)roportion to the extent of 
territory than in any other part of New England. " The seacoast, har- 
l)ors, bays, numerous ponds and streams, with which the country abounded, 
the almost incredible jileuty of fish and fowl which it afforded, were ex- 
ceedingly adaiited to their mode of living. The exceeding fertility of 
the meadows upon several of its rivers, and, in some other parts of it, the 
excellence of its waters and the salubrity of the air, were all circum- 
stances which naturalU' collected them in great numbers to this tract. 
Neither wars nor sickness had so depojnilated this as they had some 
other parts of New England." Numerous as they were, there is little 
d<)ul)t that all the Connecticut clans were only fragments of one great 
tribe, of which the chief branches were the Nehantics and Narragansetts. 
It was not uncommon for the son of a sachem, when he had ari-ived at 
manhood, to leave his home with a few followers, and establish a new 
family or clan, subordinate to his father's. Or, perhaps, two brothers of 
the " blood royal " agreeing on a division of sovereignty and hunting 
lands, would form in time distinct tribes, closely linked by intermar- 
riages, and maintaining a firm alliance in matters offensive and defen- 
sive. " The Nehantics of Lyme, for instance, were closely related to 
the Nehantics of Rhode Island ; Seqnassen, chief of the Farming-ton and 
Connecticut River countries, was a connection of the Narragansett 
sachems ; and the Indians of Windsor, subjects of Sequasscn, were 
closely united to the Wepawaugs of Milford. Thus various connections 
might be traced between the Narragansetts and the tribes of western 
Connecticut, while both united in holding the Pe(iuots in abhorrence, 
and seldom bore any other relation to them than those of enemies or of 
unwilling subjects." 

The Connecticut tril)es, indeed, at the coming of the white nuin, 
presented the singular and pitiable spectacle of a whole nation, numeri- 
cally large and capable, in a state of abject fear and submission to two 
powerful and savage enemies. Those inhabiting the "eastern part of the 



104 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

coli>iiy (exceptiiii;- the laruf iiinl iMiw<'rl'iil chiii ul' Niiiraiiaiisctls ) wci-r 
subject to the Peiiiiots, a branch ol' the great Mohegan nation, whusc 
principal seat was on the east bank of the Hudson River, and wlm. liv 
superior prowess, had established themselves in that fine country, along 
the coast from Nehantic; on the west to Rhode Island on the east. 
Inasmuch as Pequottdog (as Roger Williams wrote it) means " destroy- 
ers," or " ravagers," it is probaljle that the name Pe(iuot was applied to 
tiii'in by their less ])owerful enemies. 

It was tlieir exactions and cruelties that induced Wahguiuiiacut and 
(itlicrs of the River Sachems, in 1B31, to seek the aid of the Englisli. 
And their bitter hostility toward the white man, because they accepte<l 
that invitation, provoked the terrible retribution which overtook them at 
the Mystic Fort in 1637, and whicli utterly lilotted the Pequot race and 
power from the face of the earth. 

The tribes west of the Connecticut River had been similarly ci>u- 
([uercd and made tributary to the lordly Mohawks or Iroquois. Two old 
Mohawks might be seen, every year or two, issuing their orders and col- 
Iccting their triV)ute, with as much authority and haughtiness as a Roman 
dictator. Their presence inspired the western tril)es of Connecticut with 
dread and fear. If they neglected to pay this tribute, forthwith the Mo- 
hawks would come down upon them, like wolves up(m the fold. As 
soon as the Coiniecticut Indians discovered their approach, the alarm was 
raised from hill to hill, "A Mohawk ! a Mohawk !" and with the terrible 
battle-cry of the enemy "We are come, we are come to suck your blood," 
ringing in their eai-s, they wotdd fly without attempting the least resist- 
ance. If the fugitives could not escape to their forts, they would im- 
mediately flee to the English houses for shelter, and sometimes the ^lo- 
hawks would follow them so closely as to enter with them, and kill 
them in the presence of the family, if however, there was time to shul 
the doors, they never entered by force, or on any occasion offered vio- 
lence to the English. — TnnnhuU, Hint. Conn. 

Gladly then did the unfortunate River Indians receive the white 
man as a neighbor and a protector; gladly did they witness the extinc- 
tiou of their dreaded foe, the Pequots, by his prowess; but, how little 
did they imagine that their own fate was sealed, that thenceforth they 
themselves would gradually disap])ear before the arts and civilization 
which he brought with him. Could they have obtained one glance into 
the dim and dusky glass of the future, their joy woidd have changed to 
mourning, and the sweetness of friendship would have turned to the 
wormwood bitterness of hate. 

The Indians, at the coming of the Euglisii settlers, were a nomadic 
race, subsisting chiefly on lisli and the i)ro(hicts of tlie chase, together 
with such little stores of corn, beans, and scpuishes as they could raise 



THK INIHANS OT VVlNM>SOIi. 1 flo 

ill tlii'ii' niclc \v:i\'.' Mild iiiits and hcrrios whicli tlicv gatluTcd. Tlicir 
wiuwaiiis <ir haliitalions wrrr nidc, and their domestic luaiincrs and 
iiHiiais loiisr. 'I'licy liclii'vrd in two deities. One, the Good Spirit, was 
lii'iirxoii'iit in disiMisitioii and pive them their corn, beans, and S(|uaslies; 
liiit. as th(!_v imagined that he did not troubh; himself about the affairs of 
incii. be received Init litth' veneraticm from them. The other deity was 
tlie author of all evil ; and, as they entertauicd a salutary fear of his 
|Miwer and malignant spirit, they honored him with the greatest respect, 
wliich was evinced in frei|uent dances, feasts, and, it is believed, some- 
times by human sacrifices. The language which they spoke was the Mo- 
liegan. a language 'with some variations of dialect coininon to all the 
al)original tribes of New England. 

Wi' now come to the consideration of tliat [lart of our subject which 
is more intimately connected with the purpose of our history, viz., the 
Indians of Windsor. Witli regard to these, tradition, rather tlian re- 
searcli, has been the basis of our previous knowledge. And, in the in- 
\-estigaticin wliirli we have made, historic truth compels us to differ 
widely fr(Piu tlie commonly accepted opinion as to their numbers and in- 
Hueiice. 'l"be most that has hitherto been known aliout them is con- 
taiuetl in tlie following extract from Dr. Trumbull's ffiKfoi-i/ of Oonnecti- 
eut (i. ■!' ) : 

" Witiiiu the town of Windsor, only, there were ten distinct trilies, 
or sovereignties. About the year 1670 [nearly forty years after the first 
settler], their bowmen were reck(me<l at two thousand [and lint loO (?) 
Vdluiiteered from the three towns to go with Ca))t. Mason to tiglit tiieir 
eld enemies, the Pe(piots]. At that time, it was tlu! general opinion 
tliat there were nineteen Indians in that town to one Knglisliman. There 
was a great body of Ibeiii in the centre of the town. They had a large 
fort a little north of the plat on which the fir.st me(?ting-house was 
erected. On the east side of the river, on the u|ipi'r braiudies of the Po- 
(liiiik, they were very numerous." 

'I'liat the above statement is founded on "old men's tales " and 
•• nld women's fables," and that it is unsulistantiated by any record evi- 
dence whatever — a very little criticism will show. 

The statement, that in 1670 there were 19 Indians to one Knglish- 
inaii in the town, can be traced back pretty conclusively to the Rev. Mr. 
Hinsdale (pastor of the North Society in Windsor, 1766-1795), from 
whom there is evidence to show that Dr. Tninibull ]iroliabIy olitained it. 

'Tlicy attem|)ted to cultivate little of anytiiiiig else than Imliaii com, and that only 
in the rudest manner. Their domestic im])lements were made prineipally of stone, and 
adapted ehiully to culinary purpo.ses. Mr. .Jabez II. Ilaydcu of Windsor Locks has a 
little of the corn raised by the Wind.sor Indians, which bears strong marks of the 
manner of its culture. See Note 2, page 37. 
Vol. I.— 14 



106 HISTORY OF ANriKNT WINDSOR. 

If, however, iMr. II iusdiilo l<c|i( historical I'licts ns hioscly as he ilid his 
church records, his testinuniy is woitli little Ihit we liave weigiitier 
testimony than any traditionai-y lore. We ha\c in the Ohj ('Inin-li E<c- 
onl (tinkiiowii to cither 'ri-niiilnill or ilinsilalc) a list ul' the niinilicr (if 
hirths and deaths in Windsor I'roni its settlement in Itio.'), down to liiTT.' 
In 1650, twenty years earlier than the date of 'rrmnlmirs estimate, there 
were certainly 116 houses in Windsor, and ]irol)al)ly more. If we call 
the average family 5, we havi> a |ioj)nlation of not less than tiOO, in 16r)0. 
In 1677, Matthew Grant (OW Chureh Record) says the l)irths in Wind- 
sor " which have come to my knowledge " (he was Town Clerk ) were 
"1025, of these 12(S had died." The families removing fnmi Windsor 
took with them ahout 120 of these children, leaving in 1677 about 77.") 
])ei'wons in Windsor born here. There could hardly have been a |io|iiil;i 
ti(Ui in 1()77 of less than 1,000; l)ut we will suppose that in 167<) llicre weic 
but 800. Multiply these by lit and it gives an Indian populati(jn of 
15,200, or 1,220 more than the total white ])opulation, as per census of 
1880, in all the territory then comjirised in Ancient Windsor, viz., 
Windst)r, Windsor Locks, Bloomfield, East Granby, East and South 
W^indsor, and Ellington! The absurdity, therefore, of TrumbuH's esti- 
mate is apparent. If it had been correct, there certainly is no reason 
why the Windsor Indians sjiould ]iav(> inviti'd the English to the l)anks 
of llu' t'oniicetieut to aid them in resisting the attacks of the Pecpiots, 
for they alone coidd ha\e over|)Owei-ed and conquered the latter in a 
single campaign. 

That "there was a large liody of Indians in the centre of the town," 
we also find no evidence e.\cept the assertion of Trumbull. As early as 
1640, all the lands where the " large fort " stood was laid out into house 
lots and occu])ied as such. .There is not the slightest allusion in any of 
the town or colony records to such a fort, or to the presence of any con- 
siderable body of Indians at this spot. We know that the English, in 
1637, even doubted the fidelity of the savages who accompanied them in 
the Pequot expedition, until it was tested in the engagement with the 
enemy ; and common sense assures us that the Windsor people were 
never so imprudent as to allow the Indians as neighbors under the very 
walls of the Palisado. In King Philip's war in 1675, it is well known 
that the Windsor Indians remained faithful, and were mostly situated on 
the eastern hanks of the Connecticut. In short, all the evidence, lioth 
real and presumj)tivc, which we have been able to collect, sti-ongly dis- 
proves the existence of any very large number of Indians, either in the 
center or within the limits of Ancient Windsor. 

In our opinion, moulded on a careful examination of the sMbject. 
the facts are these: We believe that the Indians in this vicinitv were 



' See Appendix A. 



THE INDIANS OF WINDSOI?. 107 

once jiuiiieiDus. Arrow heads, stoiu; axos, and jiarts of stone vessels arc 
often met with, particuhirly near the river. Indian skeletons are often 
discovered in making excavations, or In- the breaking away of the river's 
hank. It will also he renicnihered that the "nnmher of warlike Indians" 
was one (»f the chief dangers which deterred the Massachusetts Cohjny, 
in lti33, from joining in the trading enterprise i)roposed by the Plyinonth 
Colony. It is not improbal)le that at that time the Indians may have 
had a fort njjon the spot mentioned hy Trnmlnill.' The position is 
certainly favorable for such a purpose, as our fathers thought, for they 
too built their Palisado there. But after Ilohnes had set nj) his trading 
house in Plymouth meadow, the Indians mostly settled in his innnediate 
neighl)orhoo(l, that they might better avail themselves of his assistance 
against their mutual enemy, the Peqnots." While here, they were at- 
tacked, in the spring of 1634, by the small-pox, and " very few of them 
escaped." Their chief sachem, together with nearly all of his kindred, 
were among the victims of this pestilence, which almost broke up the 
tribe. The survivors returned with their remaining sachem, Aramamet, 
to their old home (near Wilson's Station) in 1689. The Rev. Frederic 
('hapman used to relate that he once saw, when a boy, and living in the 
south [lart of the town, an old Indian woman, the last of Aramamet's 
ti-ilte, and who was supported by the town. 

80 thinned were their numbers, and so eft'ectually was their power 
broken, that the ilassachusetts people gained confidence to attempt the 
colonization of the country, which was commenced liv the Dorchester 
people in the following year. At the time of their arrival, then, it is 
more than proljaljle that the whole number of Indians, men, women, and 
riiildren, within the presetit limits of Windsor, did not exceed thnn' hund- 
red. There could not, at this time, have been any Indian triljes in 
Windsor n'ei<t of the river, exce])t that of which Aramamet was chief, in 
liioG, at the head of the Hartford meadow, and the remnant of a trilx^ 
at Poi|Mcin()i-l<, under Shcat. at'tciward Nassahegan. That they were 
tew in iimiiber is evidenced liy their reserving, in 164:2, "a part of a 
meadow at Pcxjuonock now in occupation of the Indians," a meadow 
hardly ca])able of su])])lying an oi'dinary English family ; and the refer- 
ences whicli we find tf> Windsor Indians during the half century succeed- 
ing 168ti pi'oves them to have lieen very few in niunbcr. 

'SiiiiH' v<'ars siurr K|Ki|iliias .Matlicr, while iiiakiii;;' an excavation near his house 
(opposite ami a litllc north ol' .Mr. James Sill's) Jug up an Indian skeleton, a(^(.-oinpanied 
with various l)its.of wampum ami copper i)ea(ls. evidently of Dutch or European man- 
ufacture. In digging a cellar to the same house, several other skeletons were found. 
This is near the spot where Trumbull locates the " large fort." 

•This is evident from Hnidfoi<r.i Jiiiiriial, and also from tlie deposition of Seipiassen 
(Conn. Hiver Sachem) before the court in 1040, in which he says that he was ■• neither 
at any time com|uered by the Pecjuots, nor paid any tribute to them; and when he 
sometimes lived at Matainuck (Windsor) and hard by his friends (the English) that lived 
liere, that he and his men came out and fought with " the IVquots. 



108 HISTORY OF ANXIENT WINDSOR. 

The Poduiiks of South Windsoi- wore proliaV)!}- more iiiinnToiis tliiUl 
cither ol' the ti-il)cs mentioned ou tlie west side, and there was a little 
remnant of the Nameriek Indians a mile helow Warehouse Point, too 
insijiuificant as a tribe to liave had a sachem. 

That there were more living east of the river than on the west side 
we are quite certain; but we much doubt whether all the Indians dwell- 
ing within the orl(/inal bounds of Ancient. Windsor, viz., between Sims- 
burv Mountains and the hills cast of Ellington, exceeded one thousand. 
The restless Peijuot and the ])estilence had prepared the way for the 
advancing wave of civilization, and i)eforc that wave the red sons of the 
forest disappeared as footprints on the seashore are effaced bv the rising 
tide. 

Adrian Block, the lirst white discoverer of the Connecticut River, 
in 1614, found its valley from the north part of Haddam, northerly \i< 
and probably somewhat above Matianuck (or Mattaneaug) in Windsor, 
in the possession of Indians whom Ik; calls Sequins. Between 1611 and 
1631 we have no information concerning these river tribes. But in 
June 8, 1633, the Dutch l)Ought from the Pcquot sacliem, Wapyqnart. 
the flat land (" Suckiage, Sicaogg") comprising "Dutch Point" and tlic 
" South Meadow," on which the city of Hartford was afterwards erected, 
and, "for greater security, Sequeen and his tribe went to dwell close by 
Fort Hope." This Seipieen (for the name in the Dutch records seems 
to be applied indifferently both to the tribe and its sachem) was proli- 
ably he who was known to the English as "Sowheag;" and though tin: 
sti-ength of his tribe had been nnich broken in its wars with the Pe(piots, 
still he was " a great sachem," selling the sites of Middletown and of 
Wethersfield to their English settlers. The date of his death is not 
known, but jirobably l)efore 16.50, as in a report made by Governoi- 
Stuyvesant of New Amsterdam to the States General, in 164i), he is 
referred to as '■'■the late Se(pieen," (^Holland Boc, i. 543, ri46, notf ; 
Conn. Col. Rec, i. 434; see Judge Adams' Hist. Wethersfield, Hartford 
County Mem. Hist., ii. 432) ; and in lti64 there is mention of land 
reserved at Wonggum (the great liend of Connecticut River lietween 
Middletown and Portland) for his ])osterity. His successor was Tnrra- 
nuiggus ("Cataramuggus") who died before ITOo, and was succeedeii 
liy his son, "Pectoosoh," living at Wongum (now in Chatham) in ITOti. 

The Sicaoij or ,S'i(rkia</e Indians, so named from the '• black earth" 
(sucki-auk(!) of the Hartford meadows, were prolialily a suli-tril)e of the 
Sequins. Their sachem, at tlic anival of tbc Engli.sh 1633-4, was 
^unckqi(asii07i (generally written Sonquasson, ami Seqitaxxmi' ), whose 

' Alias " Sasawio," a son of Soheng, — Souwonclsimawsir. old Sciiuiiis son " (Roger 
Williams, 1637, M<iiu<. Hint. »>c. C>U., 4, vi. 307.) " .Soniiuassi-ii. tin- son of the late 
Sequeen," named, 1649, in Uollaml Doc., i. 543. 



THE TNDTAXS OF WINDSOR. 109 

>c;it was at 111- near Hartford, who lield tlie sovereignty ol' the Windsor, 
Hart lord, Wetliersfield, and Farniiiigton tribes.' He seems to have 
i)cen a brave and talented but mi])rincipled person, whose fame has been 
soniewliat tarnished by his alleged conspiracy against the English in 
1640. His only immediate connection with our Windsor history, which 
we know of, is his interest in the first land in Windsor sold by the 
Indians to the Plymouth Company in 1633. The latter had jjurchasod 
tlie same "for a valuable consideration" from Sequassen and Wattawanuf, 
wiio are described as " the rightful owners." Nattawanut was the actual 
sachem of the Matianuck or Windsor tribe. He fled to the English for 
protection from the Pequots, and was brought Ijack by Captain Holmes 
in 1633, who purchased of him the land on which he settled at Windsor." 
lie is probably the sachem who died from small-pox the next spring, as 
his name does not again appear after that time. He was succeeded as 
early as 1636 by Aramamet, whose residence was on the high ground 
at the ui)])er end of Hartford Meadow, opposite to the mouth of the 
Podunk River. It seems that he afterwards removed to the immediate 
vicinity of the Plymouth House, where he could easier avail himself of 
assistance if attacked by the Pequots. After the transfer of the lauds 
of the Plymouth Company to the Windsor settlers, in 1638, Lieutenant 
Holmes, the agent of the former, refused permission to the Indians to 
plant on the small tract of land which was reserved to the Plynioutli 
House, whereupon "Aramamet and the Indians cohabiting with him" 
i-omplained to the court about it, and the court, after a full hearing of 
the case, decided that the Indians might " jdant the old ground for this 
year only, and they are to set their wigwams in the old ground, and not 
willmut." — Col. Conn. Rec, ii. 16. 

-Vramamet afterwards, 1670, resold or contirnied to the \\'iiidsor 
jicojile all the land which his predecessor Nattawanut had sold to the 
Plymouth Couipany nearly forty years before, and which they had trans- 
ferred to the Windsor people. This extended from Hartford to Poquon- 
ock, and prol)al)ly marks the limit of the Matianuck tribe. Aranuimet, 
altliough the successor, was not the son of Nattawanut. He was either 
a Podunk by birth, or intimately connected with that tribe by marriage, 
as he figures in several of their land sales on the east side of the river, 
lie clainicd. and tlio Colony recognized his title to, tlie greater |iart of 
til'' I'oibink hinds (S.iutli Windsor and East Hartford), wliicli lie wiilrd 
111 I67:i ( being then resident at Podunk) to his (bnightcr, Siingoiiosk, w ifc 
ot Joshua (alias Attawanhood), son of I'ncas.'' 

' Ue Forest, Hut. of Conn. Imlx.; Conn. Col. litcordii, and oilier auUiorities, 
"Bradford's Hiiit. Plymouth Colony, 311, 313: "I brought in Attninini/iit. i there 

left him where ho lived & died upon the grounil, whom Tatobam, the Tyrant, had 

Ijefore expelled by war." (/. Wiux/oii-'^ lA'ltcr to W/nt/imp, 1044. 

' Windsor Lund lieronh. Chapin (llint. of Ulimtenhnry) erroneously calls Ai'amamet 

a son of Uncas. 



110 HISTOKY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Noitli (if till' 'riiiixis or Farmiimtoii River was auotlier di.stiiiit trilie 
called the Puquuiuiocs. Their scat was ujion the beautil'iil meadows of 
that portion of the town which still liears their name. Amid the charm- 
in,<r scenery of that ))leasant valley of the Tunxis dwelt the largest nnni- 
ber of Indians collected at any place in Windsor west of the Connecticnt. 
Their first sachc^m known to the English was Sheat, who died soon alter 
the settlement, and was succeeded l)y his son CoijuerynoHHett, and his 
ne])hew Nasxahegan.' These twain seem to have held joint sovereignty 
until the death of the former, aliout 1680. After this date Nassahegan 
was the chief sachem of the Poquonnoc tribe." IJe was a good friend t(p 
the English, for we learn from a deposition made by Coggerynossti 
before his death, that Nassahegan " was so taken in love with the com- 
ing" of the white man that he gave them certain lands " for some small 
matter." His name, with the prefix of captain, is found among tlmsr 
Indians who went up with the English to the relief of Springfield in 167.'). 
The next year he seems to have somewhat fallen under suspicion, and 
was confined at Hartford.' Most of the lands of his trilie jiasscil away 
from their possession before 1700. Sepanqitat. his son, is only (nici- 
mentioned as deeding a certain tract in Poquonnoc to Samuel Marsli:ill 
in 1670, in consideration of a fine which he had incurred at the count \ 
court, and which the said Marshall had agreed to liijuidate. Rcimiani^ 
of the PnqHonniir tribe lingered for many years around the homes ^i 
their fathers, and some have dwelt there even within the memory ni 
people who are now living. A place in Po(|Uonnoc meadow, bordering 
on the river, is still called The Old Indian l!my ing (Jround. 

The only one of the trilie who is in any way prominently connccinl 
with niir history was Toto, a grandson of Nassacovvan. 'J'his fi'ienill\ 
Indian, during King Philip's war in 160."), having learned the purpose d 
the savages to attack Sjiringfield, disclosed the plot to the Windsoi 
people on the very evening ])receding the attack. Messengers were 
promptly sent to Major Tirat at Westfield, and 'I'oto (so tradition says) 
was himself sent to hear tiic news to S])i-ingfield. 'i'l-adition finthcr 
relates that he acconipiislinl this perilous feat, running the uhole dis- 
tance there and back, in a sinulc niglit. He this as it may, his timely 
warning was all thatsa\ed the town iit Springfield from utter dest ruc- 
tion. The people of l''a rniingtiiTi have erected a monunicnt to tlie mem- 
ory of the '• ancient wai'rinrs"' of the Tunxis \'alley. Sui-ely it wnuld 
not be inappropriate if, either at Windsor or ."^pringlicld. some niarbli' 

'Or Nassacowan — which we eoiisider :is a (lillVrciit spelling of llie same name 
"It is probable that the Poipiounoc Indians were owners of Simsbury, as the died 
of Sirasbury. in 1680, is given by Nassahegan. Toto, and Seai-ett — and tliere are ollnr 
evidences of their being closely allied with the Massaeo and Farmington Indians. 
' Col. Sec, ii. 470. 



THE INOrASS OF WINDSOR. HI 

ciilnniii shnitlil |ii-i'stM-\i' di |Mistcrity tlir iiainr ami the tame of t'aitl'fii! 
Toto. 

'I'radilinii ti'lls us tliat the Imliaus wIki icsided mi tlie liijili tii-diimls 
lMi|-(|ei-iim- (111 the i'iiie .Meaihiw (mi\\ Wiiidsdr L(ieks ). Iiet wceii I'hie 
.Ah'adou linicik and the tnut of the Falls, luimhered one hmidred war- 
riors. We learn I'rom a i\rri\ ot' eonlinnation, signed in lUST hy the 
widow of Cogucrynosset, saeheni of Po(|Uonnoe, tliat all the land in nth 
of that bought of the Plymouth Company (two and a half miles noith 
of the mooting-house ) to "Stony Brook, oiijiosite the great Island at the 
falls" was lionglit hy the Windsor people of her father, Tehano (or Nc- 
/i(ino'), previous to the Pe(|Uot war, in 1637. It is not impi-oljalile that 
'i'eiiano resided at Pine Meadow, luit we feel confident that not an Jinliaii 
family lived in Pine .Meailow at the time of the Knglish settlement at 
Windsor. 

"There was a time when Pine Meadow, as other river meadows above and below, 
was cultivated by the Indians. Corn was their principal crop, and this received onlj' the 
rudest cultivation. About thirty years ago, the encroachment of the river on its west 
liank in the " great meadow " in Windsor, exposed one or two bushels of charred corn. 
It had been buried two or three feet deep, probably by the grave of some one. It was 
jirobably charred to prevent its decay. The kernels were very many ot them like those 
growing on a stalk standing by itself, where there is not enough of pollen that reaches 
the ear to till the cob. Many of the kernels of that charred corn were rounded on one 
or both sides, showing that the kernels grew separately or in patches on the cob. It 
must have been a starved field of corn that did not furnish tassel enough to produce full 
ears. Of course, there was no plowing for corn, for the Indians had neither plows nor 
teams to draw them. They had no steel or iron for spades or hoes. The squaws culti- 
vated the ground, and they probably had nothing better to work with than a sharpened 
stick, and they had no edged tool to sharpen it with. Stone axes and arrowheads are 
turned up occasionally in and around Pine Jleadow, as they are almost everywhere, but 
they maj' have been lost as long before Pine Meadow was settled by the English as the 
time that has elapsed since. 

"Indian graves have been discovered at several points in and around the meadow. 
About fifty years ago the breaking of the river bank a little below Pine Meadow brook, 
exposed an Indian skeleton, and with it a little copper kettle, having a capacity of about 
two gills. Several skeletons were uncovered while digging sand on the brow of the hill 
south of Mr. Francis's. About twenty-five years ago this town graded and "stoned" 
the river bank near the Oslionie house. A little to the north was the highest point in 
the meadow, and had been an Indian burying place. In digging material from the road- 
bed to grade the bank a dozen or more graves were discovered ; some contained only a 
little discolored earth; one or more skeletons or parts of skeletons were found. Three 
years ago, two skeletons were found in the sand bank on the .south side of ,South street, 
nearly opposite Mrs. Prouty's. There was a rare collection of Indian relics found in 
these graves but, unfortunately, most of them fell into the hands of those who failed to 
appreciate them. Among the articles saved was a stone whistle, probably a call 
whistle. It was an inch or more in diameter, and had a tapering hole through its 
length. By placing the widest end on the palm of the hand, and blowing into the other 
end a singularly shrill call was sounded. There was a piece of plumbago (black-lead), 
used for war paint, curious shaped stones for knives and other purposes, beads made 
from pottery and bone and a considerable number of copper beads, etc." — ./. //. 
lluyden. 



112 HISTORY' OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Aiiutlici- tiiidifioii relates fliat the Indians wlio resided in tliis 
vieiiiitv had a custom of liurving the ajied and (leerei)it niemheis of theii- 
trilie hefore life was extinet. When ohl a<rc' had enfeeliled the stern 
warridi-, when he e<inld mi hinu'er ii>llii\\ tlie eliase, draw tlie Imw. nv 
wield the tomahawk in defense of his |ieo|ile, lie riHjuested his fi-iends to 
accomjiany him to the place of liis Imrial. An excavation was made in 
the earth un Sand.v Hill, in which the old man stood erect, while his 
friends replaced the earth about him to the top of his shoulders. Then, 
placing tlic implements he had carried in war and the chase, with a little 
])rovision liefore him, they hade him a final adieu, and returned to their 
wigwams. Nor did they visit the spot again, until the wretched devotee 
hail taken his last look on the dark woods which overshadowed him, and 
his ears had ceased to cati'h the voice of tlie (Jreaf Spirit whisperiii'^ 
among their branches. 

This is all very well for a tiudJitimi — and such it undoulitedly was 
one hundred years ago — Imt we do not lielie\e a word of it^ It is en- 
tirely unsupported by any evidence whatsoever, and, although, as the 
reader is aware, we place no very high estimate upon the Indian charac- 
ter, we believe that by giving credence to this tale of the "• olden time "" 
we should do the Indians of Windsor a very serious injustice. 

As we have previously remarked, the greatest number of Indians, 
within the bounds of Ancient Windsor, resided on the east sidi' 
of the Connecticut River. These were the PoJiniks,' situated at or 
near the mouth of the Podunk, a small stream entering the Conni'cti- 
cut in the southwest corner of the jiresent town of South Windsor. 
Here, just north of the stream where it crosses the road to Hartford, and 
on the west of the road, is still visible an elevation of some twenty-five 
feet, and aliout half an acre in extent, which was the site of their fort. 
On the same side of the road, south of the stream, and beyond the 
swamp, is an elevation, now occu|iie(l by the house of Mr. Kli Hurnluim, 
which was once the ancient hurying-ground of the Podunks.'' This was 



' Speller! (1636) Potmckc ; later (1671), Putiinke, Potunk, Podunk, meaning fire or 
warmth under the trees, or place of fire or warmth if we accept an inference from Hon. 
J. Ilammonil TrumbuH's •' Iiulian Names" (p. 57), that " potii " means ./i;v or Imtt ; 
and ■' unk," standing tree, or " place of." Located on the sonthern slope of a range of 
low hills, beside a stream protected on the north and surrounded by a thick ever- 
green growth, this Indian village may well have derived its name thus. 

' Barber's Hint. Cull, of Conn, says: "A few years since, a number of skeletons were 
discovered by digging from one to four feet. These skeletons were found lying on one 
side, knees drawn up to the breast, arms folded, irilh tluir /wads to the saiitli. A cover- 
ing of bark seems to have been laid over them, with some few remains of blankets; in 
one instance a small bras.s kettle and hatchet were foiuid in good preservation; the re- 
mains of a gun barrel and lock, a number of glass bottles, one of which was foinid 
nearly half tilled with some sort of liquid. . . . There were also found a pair of 
shears, a pistol, lead pipe, wampum, small brass rings, glass beads, a female skeleton 



I'liHrNK in'lMAI, I'LAfKS IN WINDSOI!. 118 

tlicii' suiiinici- i-i'siilciicc. Iiiit tlicir wiiitrr lioiiic was a luili' ami a halt' 
eastward nxcr the liiiih laml.' Tlicir jurisdiction oxt('iul('(l cimt tin' 
present towns of East and South Windsor and East Hartford, where 
they liad another fort. They l>oi-e the rei)utation of being a ferocious and 
warlike |ieo|ile. Tontonimo, their first sachem with whom tlie Englisli 
had any a(i|iiaintaiu;e, commanded two hundred bowmen." The S<-an- 
fifx. a small tribe residing in the ])resent town of East Windsor, near the 
mouth of the Seantie River, were either a part of the Podunks, or so 
closely allied to them that there is scarcely any distinction to be made 
iietween them. 

Hr. II. (". Gillette, in iiis Hixforh-al Sketches, in the Hartford Timea, 
(Xos. 1 anil 2), says : 

" Tlieir ancient places of l)urial are rich in antiquarian relics. Of tliese tliere are 
two: tlie north one is the most ancient, and is situated half a mile north of the C'ongre- 
jrational meeting-house, on the east bank of the Connecticut River, opposite the mouth 
of the Faimington. As the river has cut into the bank, many skeletons have been dis- 
interred. This, with the excavations that have lieen made, has revealed the positiim 
which the bodies occupied at Inn-ial. They were all buried witli their heads to the 

witli a lirass comb : the hair was in a state of preservation wherever it came in contact 
witli the coml). After the Podunks had removed from these jjarts, in one instance they 
were known to liave brought a dead child from towards Xorwich and interred it in this 
burying place." There was also another burying place on the river bank, on either side 
of the mouth of a small brook or drain known a.s Jloore's drain. The pottery and arti- 
cles found in tlie graves on the north side of this drain were of superior workmanship 
to those in iie graves on the south side, which possibly may be considered as indicative 
of some difference of rank in those there buried. 

Iitir/xr also mentions a well on the bank of the Connecticut River, at Bissell's Ferry, 
near the mouth of the Seantie River, " sup]5osed to have been made before any Englisli 
settlements were attempted in Connecticut. Tlie lower part of the well is walled liy 
stones liewn in a circular manner, and tlie manner in whieh they are laid together is be- 
lieved to be entirely different from that in which any Engli.sliman wovdd lay tliem." 
Barber's version is the one generally adopted by the inhabitants of the town — who con- 
sider the well as having a Duteh origin. As the well is now destroyed, having been 
gradual!,,' washed out and broken up by the river, we have not had an ojipoitunity of 
examining it ourselves. We have conversed, however, with several eareful investigators, 
in whose judgment we have entire confidence, and who have at various times examined 
il. These gentlemen concur in stating their conviction that there vv;is nothing unusual 
in its formati(m. The .stones which were represented as " hewn in a circular manner, " 
were .simply liolliiwcd — slightly and roughly, as is often done in these (hiys — for belter 
adaptation to their places, and there was nothing in the appearance of the well which 
;((r/w«(/-i7(/ indicated an origin anterior to the date of the English settlements on the 
river. 

' Jliirlicr, who also says, " tlie path between these two places still retains the name 
of tile " King's Path." This name, I think, is not an Indian name, as is generally sup- 
posed, but is derived from Edward King, an Irishman, one of the first settlers in this 
vicinity, who owned land here. 

■ TnimbiiU'x Hint. ('nun. I)(:l<'<ii(Kt considers Walii|iiiiinacut. who first visited the 
English at Boston in 1G81, witli an invitation to settle in Connecticut, as a chief of the 
East Windsor tribes. 

Vol.. 1 — 15 



114 niSTORY OK ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

north, the body lying on tlie right side, facing tlie river, and the average deptli of tiie 
graves was about two feet. 

" Many of these skeletons are of gigantic size, as indicated by the si)eciinen.s pri' 
served. Tlie teeth are in a line state of preservation, and rarely was one found defec 
tive. From the remains of ashes and coals found in these graves, it may be inferred 
that some combustible substance was placed upon the body after it was covered with 
soil. The .skulls and horns of elk and deer were found in these graves, and most of them 
contained shells of the fresh-water clam, according with the Indian tradition that food 
was placed in the graves of the departed to sustain them in their dark journey to the 
spirit land. Rude stone hoes, axes, skinning hatchets of curious make, arrowheads, and 
figured pottery, are yearly washing from this bank. No wampmn has been discox 
ered. . . . 

"The south burial ground is in the south [lart of the town of South Windsor, on 
the banks of the I'odunk stream, on the farm, at present (18<J0), of Willard G. Burnhani. 
which farm was also cros.sed by the Indian trail used by the Podunk tribe in passing In 
tween their summer and winter villages. It is a mcmnd, evidently formed of surfai . 
earth to the depth of several feet. It is more modern than the other burial place, !in<l 
contains many articles that mu.st have been obtained from the Dutch or English, such 
as guns, knives, bells, buckles, etc. The dead were buried in a semi-erect position, 
facin.g the south, their lowere.xtrcinities fle.xed and supported on one knee; some held 
the remains of a .gun in their hands. Specimens of the bones from these graves may 
be seen at the Athenaniin, Hartford. Pottery, uidirokcii. evidently made of the same 
material as the Dutch tiles, and holding about a nuart. were found in these mound>. 
The writer of this article, twenty-five years ago. in company with the late Dr. William 
Cooley of Manchester, took (nit of these grotmds what was suppo.sed to be a female 
skeleton. A short blanket, interwoven with wampum, enveloped her shoulders, and a 
wampum belt encircled her waist. Attached to the belt on her right side were si.\ or eight 
small round bells fastened with a string composed of raw deer skin. A liand of brass, 
two and a half inches broad, scalloped at th(^ top, and bearing evicience that it had been 
decorated with feathers, encircled her head. Underneath the band the raven locks of 
the (lead female were as perf(^ct as when she was placed in her grave. These articles 
were in Dr. Cooley 's po,sses.sion until his death, when, with other cfTects, they were sold 
at auction at Hartford, and purchased by Erastus Smith and R. (J. Drake, Esq., for the 
Coiuiecticut Historical Society. Placed temporarily in the Stale House, they were iiii 
fortunately lost, and have never been received by the society." 

It will l)e seen by fefereiicc to the deed of the land lietweeu I'n- 
dnnk and Scantic, that Tontoiiinio is ealled a sachem of the Mohegans. 
On our early records, this trihe is never called " the Podiink Indians." 
The first settlers undoubtedly called them Mohegans, which has led some 
writers to infer that the friendly Indians who accomi>anied Capt. Mason 
in the Pequot war, resided near New London. Uncas, their leiider in 
this expedition, was indeed a Pequot or Jlohegan, of the " blood royal." ' 
Previous to the coming of the English, however, having quaiiclcd with 
the Pequot monarch, Sassacus, he had found a htmie with the liver 
tribes, among whom his high lineage, talents, itnd the domintint chaiac- 
teristics of his race, rendered him an import;iiit iieisonage. Hi' identi- 
fied himself at an early day with tlie inteicsts of the white settlers, 
whom his sagacious mind foresaw it would lie salci- to ha\e as ftiends 



' Both in the paternal and maternal line. Trumbull thinks that the Mohe.gans wen 
a part of the Pequot nation, so named from their location. 



r-EUDS BETWEEN PODUNKS AND MOHAWKS. 115 

than as enemies. And when the Peijuot c>rpedition was proposed, the 
wily savage eagerly seized the opportunity which it offered, to testify his 
alleoiance to his new friends, and at the same time to avenge his own 
wrongs npou his kindred. 

Nor from that hour, whatever may have been his faults, is there any 
reason to doubt his fidelity to the whites. He was probably, for a longer 
()!• shorter time, a resident in this neighborhood; and at all events allied 
liy mari-iage to the Matianuck and Podunk Indians.' We are therefore 
incliiied to believe that the seventy Mohegan warriors who followed Un- 
cas into the Pe(iuot fight, were mostly, if not all, from the Podunk and 
Scantic clans. This opinion is strengthened by a sentence in a letter 
written by Mr. Ludlow of Windsor, during the absence of that expedi- 
tion, wherein, sjieaking of the latest advices from the army, he says that 
tiie enemy had killed " one Siaeock Indian that went \rith us." - Tlu' 
word Siaeock we think was a synonym for Scantic. 

Be this as it may, however, Uncas and Tontonimo were not always 
on friendly terms. In 1656, " a Podunk Indian, named Weaseapano, 
uun-dered a saehem, who lived near Mattalieseck, now Middletown. 
Seriuassen, the existing sachem of that tribe, c()m])lained of the outrage 
to the magistracy of Connecticut, and said that the Podunk Iiulians en- 
tertained the murderer and [)rotected him from merited punishuient. 
S(>(|uassen at the same time engaged" Uncas in his cause, who also com- 
plained that Tontonimo enticed away many of his men, and protected 
ail Indian who hail murdered a Mohegan. Upon these complaints the 
magistrates summoned the i)arties liefore them. Scquassen and Uncas, 
after observing that the murderer was a mean fellow, and that the man 
uiurdered was a great saehem, insisted that ten men, friends of Wease- 
aiiauii. sliiiuld l)e delivered u]), to be put to death, as a satisfaction for 
the crime. Tontonimo insisted that the satisfaction demanded was ex- 
cessive, jjarticularly as the murdered sachem had killed Weaseapano's 
uncle. The governor endeavored to convince the complainants that the 
demand was excessive, observing that the English, in cases of nmrder, 
punished only the jjrincipal, and such as were accessory to the crime. 

Tontonimo then pro|)osed to make satisfaction by the payment of 
\vaiii]iiim: but it was refused. They fell, however, in their demands to 
six men, instead of ten. 'I'his projiosition was rejected liy 'I'oiitoiiiino. 
I'lic magistrates then urui'd him to deliver up the nuirdcrcr. Tiiis be 
pioniisi'd to do. Ibit. uiiilc tlic subject was in agitation, lie |irivatcly 
withdrew from the coui-t, with the rest of tlu' Podunk sachems; and rc- 
tiiril t<i the fortress belonging to his nation. IJotli the magistrates and 

' ArHmamct, chief of Matianuck in 1672, (k-etlcd lands on whicli lie rcsidi'il at I'o- 
dunk, to Nautalian, /(ZiVw .Joshua, his son-in-law, the son of Uncas. 
'See i!a«sarhuKett.i Hixtoncal Collections. 



IIG HISTOIU' OF ANCIKNT WINliSOR. 

the couiiiliiiuaiits wi-re offeiiik'd hy this licliaviur of Toiiloniino. ITow- 
cvcr, the magistrates ajjpointed a (•oniniittcc to persuade the Indians to 
eontiniic at peace witli eaeli other. At tlieii- solieitation, Uncas at 
h'li'jth eiiusrnted to accept llic nmrdeiiM-. and pnmiised to he satisfied, if 
he shonhl lie (hdivered up; but the Podunk Indians told the Enu'Iisli 
they could not coui]ily with tlie condition, liecaiisr the fiiends of Wease- 
apano were nuniei'ous and |)c)werfnl, ami uindd not agree to the jiro- 
])osaL The govermir then addressed tlieni in I'dian ; urging them to con- 
tinue in peace, and endeavoring to persuade the coni])lainants to accept 
Ihe wampum. This they again refused and withdrew, after it had been 
agreed on all hands that the English slmuld not take any part in the 
controversy, and after the Indians had primnsed that they would not in- 
jure either the jiei'sons oi' possessions of the ]']nglisli, on either side 
of the rivei-. 

Soon after, Uncas assembled an army for the ])urpose of avenging 
his wrongs; hut being met near Ilockannni River l)y an e(pial number of 
the Podunks, and considering the issue of the battle as doubtful, he ]iru- 
dently retired, after having sent a message to Tontonimo, in which he 
declared, that if the Podunk sachem persisted in withdrawing the mur- 
derer from justice, he would send to the MoViawks to come and destroy 
both him and his people. 

Not long after, the crafty Mohegan ai'eoni]ilished his purjiose in the 
following manner: He sent a trusty warrior, furnished with some Mo- 
hawk weapons, to Po<lunk, directing him to set firi' in the night to a 
house near the fort, and then to leave the wiapons on the ground in the 
vicinity, and immediately return. The wariaoi- executed his eonnnission. 
When the l'o(liud<s came in the morning to examine the ruins, they 
fou)id the weapons; and knowing them to lielong to the Mohawks, wimc 
so alarmed with the apprehension that Uncas was about to execute his 
tlu-eat, that they delivered uj) the murderers and sued for ])eaee.' 

The independent and fearless character of the Podunks kept them 
constantlv embroiled in war, not onlv with their weaker neighbors, but 



'This i,stlie story as teld in Dr. Diniihfs 'fniirl.i, und i.s ;iullu-nlic;Ue(l liy tin- cold 
nial records. 

President Stiles, luiwevcr, in his /liiicniri/. preserves the t'ollowing version of the 
story: " About 1654, he [Uiieas] had a ([uarrel with Arramemet. .sachem of Mussaco or 
Simsbury, whicli brought on a war. Uncas sent one of his warriors to take and burn 
an out-wigwani in the night, kill and burn, and leave the marks of the Mohawks. Ilis 
orders were executed. Arramemet, sujiposing the .Mohawks had done the mi.sehief, 
went in search of them to the northwest. I'ncas gained time to ('(luiii his men, and 
afterwards subjugated Arramemet. Poihink, near Hartford, irax inr (iftirirardx trilni- 
tary to Uncns." 

It is easy to see that this is a garbled account of the .-ilTair. and not so well <>nlitled 
to credence as Dwighl's. Pres. Stiles was somewhat credulous, and not .ilways a .safe 
guide in mattersof tradition. Yet however mistaken in the name, it is ((uite |)ossible 
that there mav he a nerm of truth in Ihe last line, which we have italicized. 



FEtJDS BETWEEN PODUNKS AND MOHAWKS. Il7 

even with the powerful anil dreadcil Moliawks. Tradition says that a 
liartv of the latter once visited tlie trilie wlm lesided at tiii- mouth of the 
Scantie River. "As one of the Mohawi< women was crossing the river 
on a log she was ])nshed off into the stream and drowned ; upon this 
the Mohawks withdrew, determined upon revenge. In the meanwhile 
the Scantie Indians sent a runner to the Podunk Indians for assistance; 
after collecting their forces, a battle took place, in which the Mohawks 
were defeated and tied; they remained in the vicinity, and whenever 
Ihev found a straggler from either tribe, they inflicted summary vcn- 
geauee. As one of the settlers by the name of Bissell was at work at 
iia\ in the meadow, a Scantie Indian came running toward him and im- 
plored his protection. Directing him to lie down, Mr. Bissell rolled a 
cock of hav upon him, and he was in this manner effectually concealed. 
He had hardly done this, before the Mohawks came running furiously in 
pursuit, who wished to know of Mr. Bis.sell if he had seen the fugitive. He 
pointed in a particular direction, in which he gave them to understand 
he had seen him run, which they eagerly followed, and thus the life of 
tile jioor Scantie was saved. 

"The feud which had thus arisen between the Pudunks and the i[o- 
hawks at length resulted in the utter defeat of the former. It seems 
that a young Indian and a sfjuaw of the Podunks having been to gather 
whortleberries, it was so late before they had gathered a sufficient quan- 
tity, that they were afraid to cross the meadows after dark on account 
of the Mohawks, who were prowling in the vicinity. Tliey accordingly 
remained for the night at the house of Rev. Mr. Williams of East Hart- 
ford, and early in the mcmiing the young woman set out upon her re- 
turn. Soon afti'i-, the report of a gun was heard by the inhabitants in 
tlie neighborhood, and they immediately set out to asei'i-tain the cause. 
They found the young S(|uaw weltering in her blood, having l)cen shot by 
two .\[ohawks. The Podimks were aroused, and having mustered some si.x- 
teeu or eighteen warriors, went in j)ursuit. After lieing out several days, 
they came to a corn-field, and began ]>Iueking the ears. A ])arty of JIo- 
iiawks, who were lying in ambuscade, rose upon them, and killed the whole 
pai-ty. with the exception of two who made their esca])e. This severe 
blow had the effect of breaking up the Podunks as a distinct tribe'. 
They separated into two j)artics, one of which joined the Pequots towards 
New Loudon.'" The time of this occurrence cannot be very acciu-ately 
stateil. A remnant of the tribe existed in East Windsm-, in 17-15, but 
iiad (piite disap])eared in 1760. Tradition says that Coggery, the last 
male survivor of the Podunks, lived in a swamp not far from the site of 
tile church in the First Society, and while intoxicated murdered liis 

^ Barber's HUt. Coll. of Conn., 78. 



118 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOft. 

squaw, and thuii stalilicl liimscll' to dt-atli.' Tims ijiiidbly iirrished the 
last of Toiitoninio's trihc, the most fearless and warlike of the clans 
of Anr-ieut Windsor. It was also somewhere in the Podunk wilds nl 
^Villdslu• that -Miantonomah, the g-reat Narragaiisett chief, met his death 
at the hands i>f Uncas, his Mohegan cou(]ueror, probahlj- Sept. 28, 164:!. 
F()i-, as rccordrd in IVinthrop's Journal, the Commissioners from Con- 
lU'cticut on their return to Hartford fnmi the general meeting of the 
Commissioners of the United Colonies at Boston, where the fate of the 
captured chieftain had lieen decided, sent for Uncas and announced 
their decision. Miantonomah was delivered into his hands, and twn 
Englishmen from Hartford were directed to remain with the prisoner as 
witnesses of the deed. Uncas lost no time in ohcying the order. 
'•Taking Miantonomah along with him, in the way hetiveen Hartford and 
Windsor (where Onkus hath some men dwell), Onkus' l)rother, following 
after Miantonomah, clave his head with a hatchet." Miss Caulkins" 
Hint. Nortrich, p. 35-37, says, "this shiughter of the Narragansett chid 
undoubtedly took ])lace on that tract south of the Poduid^ which was 
claimed liy Uncas and inhabited by scattered families under his jurisdic- 
tion. 'I'hc nairativc of Winthrop is explicit in stating that Uncas led 
Ills caiitiM' to this district, and that he was executed suddeidy on the 
way. pnilinbly as soon as Ihry liad |iassfd th<' Knglish boundary and 
futrrcd upon Inilian territory. A\'e cannot doulit tliat the Ccinnuissioii- 
ers li:id this special tract in view wlien tiiey directed Uncas to carry Jiis 
captive •info the next [/. c. the nearest] /)(//■/ "f lilx u/rn i/'irrnimrnt iiihl 
tlirrf jiiil him to deatli.' \Vintlini|i, wiio i-ecoriis tiie e\cnl, undei'stoo(l 
evidently that tlie execution took place in tins Mohegan claim between 
liartl'oi'd and Windsor — that is, in tiie pi'esent l<]a,st Hartford and East 
[now South] W'indsoi-: and lie probably derivcil his infoi-mation from 
the Englishmen that were (b'signati'd to witness Ibe act and see tliat it 
was done without failure. We are tliiis. in a manner, conipeljed to 
achiiittiial Miantononiab was excuteil in some uid<no\\n spot, neai' tlie 
old bouiulary line of Hartl'oid and Windsor." .Miantononiairs. monu- 
ment, it is true, is erected neai- Xoruicli on the site of a monumental 
stone-heap — doubtless originally a Mohegan pile — a trophy erected by 
the trilK^ on the spot wher(> they were victorious, and where .Miantonomah 
was captured. I'.iit llie']ilace of sacrilice' in the woods of Windsor — 
the spot where be received the fatal blow — was left ininiai-kei|, and 
nnist remain forever unknown." 

It cannot be sup]posed that the extinction of the Podunks was any 
great cause of sorrow to the now raiiidly increasing whites, 'i'lieir b'r<i- 
cious temper and unbi'okcn sjjirit firmly resisted all the friendly ovei- 

' Di: AfcUlure's MSS. w Conn. Hist. .Soc'y — tlio cluircli referred Id wiis preli:ilil\ 
Rev. Mr. Edward's church, near the old burial ''round in Soulli Windsor. 



THK INIHAN TIIIBKS ()!•' WINDSOR. 110 

tiiri's 111' the hittiT, wlio ii('\cr IVIt (|ui((' s;itV' I'rinii smiir iiiii'.\i>('cti'il mit- 
liicak III' savaii'c violt'iu'c 

In lt;.")T. the |iiiius Mr. Kliiit, licai-iiiii' (if the I'dilunk Indians, dc- 
sirril tliat the Irilir niiii'lit lie assoinltled, so as to affoi-il liini an ii|i|i()i- 
tunity t(i L!i\(' tlicni sonir rcliii-iniis instriictinii. Tliev were at Icnutli in- 
diirrd t(i cdnii' touvtlicr a1 iraillord, wliciv >Fi'. Kliot |iicarlicd to llicm 
in their iiwn lauji'nage, and i'ud('a\ urcd tn instinct tlicni in tin' knowliMlHc 
lit' a Saviciiif. Having closed liis sin-niiin, lie askcil tlicni it they wmild 
accept Ji'siis Christ as a Saviour, as lie liad liccn nffcrcd tn tlicni. lint 
the intractalilc warrior chiet'tain, tnniiim' from him with iircat scorn, 
utterly I'efnsed, saying- that the Knirlish had taken away their lands, 
and were now atteni|itiH<i' to niak(wtheni servants. — Trinuhidl. 

In Kinii' Phili]i"s War sevei-al of their yonnu' warriors were siis|iecteil 
to lia\e LTonc off and joined the cncniy.' 

Wc lia\c licen inialile to satisfactorily ascertain the existence of any 
considcralile trilic of Indians in the pfesent town of KUiniiton. There is 
a tradition that, at tlie time of Saiiniel Pinney's sc'ttlcineiit tlieie, almnt 
1717. there was a part of a trilie of Indians dwellinu' a few rods noi-th of 
where the grist and saw mills now stand, and that they were sometimes 
triniblesoni(>. (_)nr own opinion is that it must lia\elieeii a portion of 
some Windsor tribe, and that they occupied thegronml i-atliei- as a hnnt- 
ing gronnd during particular seasons of the year, than as a iieinianeiit 
residence. 

Tradition tells ns that tlie Indians on the east side of the Connecti- 
cut River were intimate friends of the Timxis (or Fannington) Indians. 
Whenever the latter made them a visit they returned with them to the 
west side of the river at parting, liringing with them provisions for a 
feast, consisting of poimded corn, and, if in the spring, maple sa)i, and 
such other sim])le luxuries as they possessed. And having arrived at 
the mcjidow hill, they feasted together and smoked the ]ii]ie of ]ieace. 

This is probable, for it is very evident that all the Windsor tribes 
were intimately comiected, not only with each other, but with all the 
<itlier Connecticut elans. Any one who attempts, from deeds and the 
slender data which remain, to define, with any degree of ))ositive accuracy, 
the boundaries and distinctions of these triiies, will find himself in a 
laliyrinthian maze of doubt and confusion, ilisspidling and the ancient 
orthogra|)liy of names; indefiniteness of the boundaries mentioneil, and 
the changes which time lias wrought in them, are some of the dilliculties 
which will assail him. Added to this he will find, as will be seen in 
our next chapter, that our ancestors, when they purchased land from the 
natives, were in the habit of procuring the signatures, not only of the 

'Dr. JlcC'lure in Mii.i,t. Hist. Societi/ VolkrtionK, vol. x., says that tlie tribe cdiitaincd 
between 200 and 300 men, who went oil in that war, and never returned. 



120 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

iiwiicrs, liut of ;ill fill' relatives and iViciids, ami, sciiiu'tiuifs it woulil 
seem, of all the linlians in the iicigliliorliood, wliether they had any 
interest in Ili<' |iii)|icrty oi- not. Tliis was done for the sake of greater 
security, and liowever politic in that day, is sometimes exceedingly 
annoying' to the patient investigator of later days. These remarks may 
serve to exjilain the apparent discrepancies which sometimes ajipear in 
the discussion of these snhjects; and the autlior trusts that they will 
snUicicntl) apuldgizc for any mistakes whieli the eriti<' may hereafter 
diseoxcr in these |iMges. Confident we are tliat those who are most 
acipi;;intiMl with the sidijeet and its inherent diHienlties will lie the most 
lenient in their ci-itii'ism. 

'I'he snliseipient history of tlie Windsoi' Indians is lioth melancholy 
and hrief. They seem to have gradually removed to Farmington, ."^alis- 
liury.aml Sharon, where, in 1780, they l)eeame united with the renniants 
of the Simsliury, Farmington, Wethersfield, and other ronnecticnt IJiver 
trilies, and linally, in ITti:!, were removed to Stoekliridge, >hiss. Ahont 
the year ITSii. liy invitation of the Omidas, they moved to .■^tockhridge, 
X. Y. Here, on a tract three miles long liy two miles in lireadtli, granted 
to them hv the hospitalile Oneidas, they, together with a numlier fmm 
the Moliegan and otlier trilies of ( "onnecticnt, formeil a trilie called the 
Brothertdttx. Their lirst ))astor was Sampson Occum, a native Mohegan. 
who removeil to New York State with them, and died there in 1792. 

In 1S:U they commenced, together with the Sfoekhridge trihe, to 
enugrate to Calumet County, Wisconsin. l>y 1(S40 there were 300 of 
the Brothertons and 230 Stoekhridge Indians in the county, and had 
commenceil to Imild saw and grist mills. In 1839 the Brothertons 
ohtained the riglits of United States citizenship. In 1850 they nnmhered 
400 ont of a jiopnlation of 1746 in Calumet County, where they now 
form a large, civilized, and prosperous conununity.' 

In 1774 there were hut nix Indians residing in Windsoi-, and in 17sii 
there was Imt one old s(|naw, Betty Matnmaitaxh, who was supported liy 
the State, and who died the same year. 

In F.ast Windsor there were liut xix Indians ( proliaMy .'^eanties ) in 
1774, and in ISOO there was one family who were mialile to trace their 
origin or trihe.' Within the whole limits of Ancient Windsor hut oin' 
Indian is know to have lieen converted or liaptizc(l. This was Surnli. 
whose life has heen made the suliject of a tract, puhlished hy the 
American 'I'ract Society, an aliridgment of which was also jiulilisheil in 
London. 'I'his individual resided at the noith end of Shenijiset Pond in 
Ellington. The pulilication referred to is little lietter than entiie false- 
hood. Although she was a fuU-lilooded Mohegan. possessing the luitni-al 

^WUeonsin Hint. Sueiety Coll., i. 103. 
^ Mans. Hist. Hocietj/ (Ml., 1st Scries, x. 



INIMAN NAMKS OV WINDSOR r.Or A I.ITIES. 1 lil 

scll'-rfs]iect c)l' thr ;ilMiii'_;iiii', miuI s|)iikr tlir Kim-lisli laug'iiaji'C as well as 
olil |)i'()|ilc p'liciallv , llic autliiir, a|i|ian'ii( ly to give zest to the iian-ative, 
attriliiitcil to lici- till' alijcct s|iirit ami lirukeu S])eech of tin" AlVicaii i-acc, 
wliicli. ill tJic n|iini(m of tluisc wlm knew luM-, was not only I'ar fi-mii the 
truth, liiif a Lsi) degrading ami uiiiiisl to the individual herself. 

-Vs a matter of interest to inir readers, we siilijoiu the translation of 
some of the Indian names wliieli ueeui' in the previous ehaiiteis, derived 
from the Hiatori/ of G/axtfiiftKfi/, Conn., by tlu^ late Itev. Alon/.o H. ('lia])iii. 
\\v are not \ crseil in Imliaii |iliilo|og\ . and therefore eauuot voueh for their 
entire aeeiiracy. liiit wr liclicxc that they are the result of nuieli labori- 
ous ami e<iiiscientious research into the suhjeet, and, as far as we arc 
coiii|ietent to judge, ai'c sii|i|iorted liy good authorities. 

I'NC'AS, signitic/s Mi; Imhl. rNijrs-wouk, /«W-ncss (Cot. 8); Onkque, cruel tyrant 
iCot. '.>n. 

ARKAMAMET, signifies (l/>g'«-t<mg>te. Scents to be compounded of Arum, tlic 
Indian word for dog (R. W. 96) and Meenat, or Weenat, a tcxM (compare Ell. 10; 
\i. W. 59). The change which tht.s etymology supposes the word to undergo is pre- 
cisely like that in the Indian word Wvttu.wmagen, a pipe, from Wctton, month, and 
Egun or Eagvn. thing, iiixtrumeiit, etc. 

NESSAIIECiON, signifies iiiittmment of (ktith, from Nissih, killiii;/, and Eagun, 
iimtnimeiit (R. \V. 115, 133. Sec also Schoolcraft Miss. App. 200). 

WEQUASH, .siran (R. W. 8(1). 

SEAKOT. irild-oit. 

SEQIWSSON, hiird.itorie : Skijuin, Sowheag. King of the South Cnuntry. 

TIN.XIS SEl^L'S, signified tlie LittU Crane liiver, from Taunck, crane (R. W. 8), 
Sepose. little riccr (R. W. 8!(). 

POQL'ONXOC, signified a liittt/e field. Poquonnoc, Pequonnoc, PuglKiuonniic. 
Pocatonnuc. derived from PAtKjtA, to kill or daughter (R. W. 118, 151). These words 
apparently denote a slaughter place, and probably in battle. 

PtiDl'XK, \\\K place of fire, ov place of burning, from PoT.\w, fire, anil Inck. place 
if ^R W. 48), hence Pot.^uxck, or Podcnk, or Potunk (T. C. R. II. 347). 

SCANTIC, seems to refer to the loir watery country in that neighborhood, from 
SoKEN, to jwnr out (R. W. 341, and SoKENCM, rain (R. W. 81); evidently the same 
words from which some of the New England tribes had Ascjuan, iriiter. Sokentuck, 
ASQUAXTUCK. place of irate r, might very readily change to Scantic. 

SHENIPSET, SNIPSIC, NIPSIC. from Nie. irater, i\nd sic, place of . 

1 1 1 )CC AM UM, fiiihing grou lal. 



Vol. I. 



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CH APT 1:1; VI. 
NOTES ON THK I'lHC'lIASES OF WIXDSOKS LANDS FROM THE INDIANS. 



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Wcx/ III' till- Coi/iii-rtiriif Hirer. 

IRO.M ir;isciiis iillinlcil In in tlir |iiT\iiiMs cliMiitiT. it is iKiw almost 
ini|iiissiliir ill iiiaiiy rasrs In ildiiic tlir exiiii linniiilai'ics of tlic ilil'l'cr- 



I'lit |inrcliasrs. Tin' liiiliaus. when scliiiiu- tiicir laiiils tntlic \\ hiti's. wci'c ! 
|iaiiiiii;' with that wliicli hail im u'l'rat xaliic in I lirii- nuii ('\ rs, and of | 
which th('\ had a sn|iri-ahnn(hinc(' : rnnsiMincnlly tiicy did nnt hau'uir 
alinnt a mih' ni- sn, ninrc n|- h'ss. and aihiplrd tlir cultural h'aliircs nl' the 
(■nniitr\ as the ninst riuimiiiiil landmarks and hniinda lies. 'I'hr ancient | 
names nf llicsi' various localities are now nlisenrc. and nl'ten Inst: and ' 
the a|i|)ca|-anc-e nl' the localil ies themseh es has iindcri;-oiie some chanuc 
diirinu' the lapse of years. Many o! these |)iircliases. also, mrrlii/i \<\r- 
\ inns purchases, and land was nl'ten repni-chased liy our honest ancestors 
— in c'ascs where snllie dniilil seems tn lia\e existed as tn the \alidity ol 
a t'onner title, or of till' lull terms of thecniitract lia\ iiii;- heen prnperl\ 
fnllilh'd. 

We have, therefore, rather than attempt ,-iny \ery einse ami acenr- 
ate adinstmeiit of these \arions piii-ehases, |)referrcd lo set IJii' matter 

ln'fore niir readers ill its simplest liuhl.li) preseiitiiii;- the diffi'rcnl d Is. 

either ill full or ill alistract, just as we lind them on the I, and iveenrds of 
Windsor, simply arraiiuinn- them in the order nf time, and <-niiiieetiii'i' 
them hy a sliuiit framewnrk of sniiiicst inns and iiules. Tlins, we helieve 
that, with the aid nf the .Mapnf Indian J'liivhases. the reader will he 
able, easily and satisfactorily, to trace mit and i-omprelieiid the whole 
subject. In the construction of this map we have hceii i;reatly indehted 
to the researches and labors of our friend, -Mr. Jabez II. Ilaydeii of 
AVindsor Flocks, Conn. Indeed, the outline oi- skeleton, so In speak, of 
the chapter is his work : ours has hceii its arraniiemeiit and the (dahora- 
fion of detail, in every sti'p nf which wi' lia\i' tn a(d<iinw ledn-c his 
aiding and gnidinu: hand. 

We have not thought it worth while to gi\e the nd'ereiices to our 
extracts of deeds, etc. They are derived from the First and Secniid 
Book of Land Records of Windsor. The first volume was carefullv 




FiH-simil, c.f Hit- mark „f An.niaiiHl, \hv Wiiiclsiir S.iclicni. Km. 



L.Wn PrUfHASES FROM THK INDIANS. 123 

(•0|iicil liy (iiilcr of llir town in 1710-12. From tlii' orijiinal, wliicli is 
s(ili ill cxistciici'. :iithiinL;li sdincwluit tlir " worse for wear." \\r lia\c 
made our notes, sn|i|iiyiiit!' all lost woi-ds and [lassati'i's from tliehelter 
eouditioned <■"/'//. 'I'lie Indian signatures. lia\iiiL;' no nniformitx . liave no 
value as aiitojirdjilix. and are. therefore, not re|iroilneed. 

One fac-t is most eouelusively |iro\cd liy this array of documentary 
evidence, that tlie irliali' af Aiicitnit Whiilxm- irox lidiiestly hiiiii/Ji/, nud 
eveti rchdidjlit liy our ancestors, of the native |iro|irietors. A sti'iet sense 
of justice actuated our fathers in all their ih-aliims with the Indians, and. 
so far as we can learn, no taint of dishonesty or ox-er-reachint;' rests ii|)on 
the hroad a. 'res of old Windsor. 



When the Plymouth Company erected tlieii- tradino; house at Matia- 
nuck, in 1633. tliey ]mrchased •• for a valiialile considei-ation," from Se- 
i|iiasscn and Nattawanut, "the liiilitful owners," a tract of land west of 
the Connecticut River. This purchase, extending from the great swamp 
near the liounds of Jlartford on the south, to ahout a quarter of a mile 
aliove Mr. Francis i^tiles's (the Ellsworth Place) on the north: hounded 
east by the (\jnnecticut, and on the west extending " into the country as 
far as Se(|uasscn and Nattawanut's projirieties," was the first land o\\ ned 
liy the English within the })resent town of Windsor, and was transferi-eij 
to the Dorchester settlers in l(i3T. 

This whole tract was afterwai-ds (.July 14, liiTO ) repurchased by tiie 
town of "Windsor from Xattawaniit's successors, Airaniamett and Repe- 
ipiani. In this sale, which was probably a mere matter of confirmation, 
the lands are desci-ilied as extendiiiu- from Hartford to " Nassahegan's 
Jiropriety ali-eady sold to the inhabitants of Windsor" (Poquonnoc), and 
Iroin the Connecticut Ki\er rimninu' seven miles westward "into the 
wilderness." They were sold, •with all the trees, woods, underwood, 
lirooks, rivers, waters, and |ionds lying therein, for a valuable parcel of 
Trucking ( lolli." — Wlmhur Lainl l\(<-in-il. 

The north line of this piir<-hase is indicated on the accompanying 
map liy a dotlcd line. 

II. 

The land ilescribed in the biregoing deed of confirmation as " Xa.s- 
sahegau's propriety alreaily sold to the inhabitants of Windsor," was 
situateil in the l'oi|Uonnoi> Uistrict. It was bought some time in Iti-'i."), 
by William riielps. Sen., who afterward, not b.'iiig able to pro\ e full 



124 HISTORY OF ANTIENT WINDSOR. 

|i;iviiiciil of the saiur, liiiiifstly linuulit it (i\rr ;ii;:iiii. 'i'lii' tr;ilisa<'tiiin is 
thus (lotailod in a deed, dated Mairli 81, liiti.'): 

" Tlicse presents testify. wlicrea.s tliere was a ])ari(l of laiul imrcliastMl fiiniicily li\ 
Mr. William Phelps, Sen., living at Windsor, about 30 years since, of Seliat. an Iiiili;iii. 
a Pa(|iiani(k .sachem, and I [Phelps] not being jible to ])rovc full payment of tlic saiil 
purchase, in consideration whereof I now engage to make up the full jiayment by pay 
ing lo the said Schat's kinsman. Xassahegan. sachem of Paquanick. 4 tr\iekiiig coats, or 
what upon agreement shall satisfy them to the value thereof. The said Xassahegan en 
ga.ging to make said parcel of land free as .shall be expressed from any challenge or dc 
mands for future time of himself, his heirs, or successors, or any nlher Indian or Indiaii-- 
what.soever. And Coggerynosset, Sehafs son and his sister, and the said Nas.sahegan's 
own sister shall subscribe to the said premises. The said parcel of land is thus bounded, 
as it takes in all the tirst meadow binuided by the rivulet, the Indian name being Tan 
chag: and half the 2d meadow according to the running of tin rivir. the Indian nanu- 
being Pabaehimusk; the parcel of land bounds .south by a Utile brook that falls into the 
river, about 40 rods from my now dwelling house, and to extend in length from the river 
westward upon a line three nules, all the breadth the .said land from the .south brook to 
the middle of the 3d meadow; which said agreement is made and assigned to by us 
whose names are underwritten this year of the Lord. 1665. March 31st. Owned already 
paid in two coals aii<l 40.v. in wampum for a thinl coal, and six b\ishels of Indian corn, 
and fifteen shillings in wampum for the fourth i-oat; and lifleen shillings in wampum i^ 
at six a penny, 

■•[Signed by] 
" Witnesses Cochjerykosset. 

S.\M DEL Phelps, Asuthew, Cogyerj/iiDKwt's muter. 

Matthew Grant, Patackhouse, XansahfijuH'K mster. 

John B.\rtlett. Amannawer. 

Tl.MOTHY Bl( KI.A.M). NA,ssAHE(iAN. " 

111 l''riuiiar\ , liiiiii, ■■ uliorcas there are several men that ha\e laml 
within llie limits of if [tlie |iiii-e]uise atnresaiil] Imtli meadow and ii|ilaiiil. 
Iiesides .Mr. l'liel|is ami his sons, it was therefore eoiiehnh'd that each 
man aeeordiiiL;' to liis |iro|ioi-t ion of land ra|ialile of iilouinuor mow iiii;'. 
should pay 111 jieiiee per acre to .Mr. I'li('l|is."' .Vml ea<'li one |iayilit;' to 
.Mr. Pliel|.s shouM afterwards lia\c a clear title to ihcir several shares ol 
laml. We miieli doiilit whether that land eoidd now lie |iiiicliasrd foi' 
hrclr,' jiiiiri' jnr ii'Ti\ 

III. 

The next slii f hind aei|uire(l li\ oiir aiieestors extended from the 

lloi-th line n\ the I'lymiaith |iiireliase of lli:!:'. to ■■^toiiy IJrook. and from 
the Cduneetieiit River to the west side of tlie .^iinsliury .Moiinlains 
This hiro-e tract, as will he seen, covered the whoh'of the |u-eseiit town 
of WukIx,,,- A<)cA-.v, tile north.'in third of ]Vi„.h,n-. and the southern part 
of Siijficlil. It was |im-ehased - ahoilt the time of the I'eiiiiot war"' 
(ItiBT) hy Messrs. Ccoiuv Hall. Iliimphrey I'inney. 'I'liomas i-'ord. and 
Tlionias Lewis, for the inhaliit.aiits of Windsor, from the sachem Teliaiio 
or Xeliaiio. In a ilcnl of eoiitiiiuat ion t:iven .\la\ I'.i. Jii^T, \<\ his 



LAND ITUtHASKS FliOM TIIK INHIANS. 125 

(hniulitiT, Qiiasluiliiick, widow of t'ougcrvnosscf ol' l'oi|uonock, deceased, 
she testifies tliat "hei' father reeeived full satisfaetioii therefor," and as 
she is his only ehild slie makes over her right and title to ('a|>t. IJeiija- 
iiiin Newhiirv, Capt. D auicl C lai-k, Jfr. Simon Woh'ott, ifr. Heuiy 
W'olcott, and ReTurrrStruiig, as representatives of the town of Windsoi-. 
Auslii|iia. her son (Ijy ('ogaoniiosset), also (confirms the same. 'I'his 
land is more fully (leserii)cd in the deed as "between (iunn's IJrook down 
to Connectieut River, which brook falls iutn the rixcr at a place calli'il 
New Brook [present Haydeu's Station], at H]iper end of land formerly 
William Hayden's, deceased, and since to his son Daniel, and from the 
lirook it runs north to the Stony IJrook (which enters Connecticut 
River opposite the great island on the falls), and bounds easterly on the 
Ciinnecticuf River, and thence runs west to the westwaril side of the 
mountains, and continues all alont;' the same fii-eadth as at the east end." 



IV. 

" Know all men by these present.^, tliiit I, Xa,ss!ihegan, of Paqiianick, sachem, have 
freely given and granted and do hereby alienate and assign unto John Mason of Wind- 
sor, all my right and interest in all my land lying between Powquanioek and JIa.ssaqua 
I -MassjKoe, or Simsbiiry] westward and south and eastward as far as he lias any right, 
oidy excepting a part of a meadow at I'aiiiianick now in the occupation of the Indians, 
there to be enjoyed fully and freely without any future disturbance, by the Siiid .John 
Mason, or his assigns. Witness my hand this 13th of March. Anno Domini, 1642. 
" Signed and sealed in the } Vi^isinFc w 

presenee and witness of ) 
WrLLiAM Phelps, 
William Hill. 

■ Tills cnpicd from the original by me, JIattlirw (!r.inl. Hcgistrr, Feliniary, 1GG.5." 

This deed eviilently extinguished Xassaheuan"s title to all the lau<l 
(except the reservation at Indian NCck above uiciil iimeil ) in ^^'indsor 
south and west of the Tunxis, not included in the pre\ ions sale to Phelps, 

IO\cu the small " part of a mcadou at Paipuinick," mentioned in the 
loregiiiuL; deed, was soon absoibi'd b\ the insatiable white mail, IVir we 
learn that in 

V. 

".\prll 21. 16r)9, George Griswold lialli by purcha.se of certain Indians, by name 
A^ attowan. Quockhom. Wannappoush, the wife of Wattowan, otherwise called Towanno 
[Nehano or Tehaiio] a certain neck of land lying at Poquonnock made over in a convey- 
ance under the hand and marks of the Indians, now in the keepin.ir of George Griswold: 
the lanil in (|Uantity liy the Indian'sestimalioii. is nine acres more or less, since by more 
exact measure Is found 10 acres more or less, as it is bcnmded northwest by a small 
swamp in a straight line from river [to rivjer: every way else it bounds by the river. 
Which said parcel of land it shall be lawful for the said George Griswold, his heirs, 
executors, administrators and assigns forever to have and to hold, po.ssess and en,joy, as 
freely as we the said Indians above named, had both liberation and counsel from 



126 HISTORY OF ANTIENT WINDSOR. 

our frk-nd.s of a louj^ tiiiic.' and we now do engage ourselves and heirs to maintain and 
defend [all] right and claim that we have sold and made over unto George Griswold, eon 
firming the said land to he good and right, and that we are the true owners of the said 
land, and stand bound, both we and our heirs, to make good our part of sale and delivery; 
and free the said land fmni .all clanns. demands, debts, dues of every nature or kind 
whatsoever that are or have luin u|iiin the said land, from the beginning <if the world lo 
this i)resent day." <kc. 

"George Griswold hath reserved to himself, in llic Indi.in neck cf l.ind, out i>( the 
general purchase that he made with the Indians, two acres .-ind a halt and leu rods as it 
is now boinided, besides an allowance for a way to go by the river side on the east end 
of it, bounded on the nortli by the lan<I of James Enno, south by Edward Griswold. 
west and e.-ist by the river." Perhaps this is the land referred t<i in the following town 
vote of Dee. 10, IO06. 

" It was voted that if the corner of laud llial is in the Indians' possession be judgeil 
by the town meet to be purchasiil, that then lliiir ni'ighlinr> of I'ociuonocU, jointly, 
shall purchase, and none (]ther shall liuy it froin them, liul tliesr shall lia\e it to them- 
selves." Toini Arts. i. :!2. 

VI. 

"Sept. 11. lOn-J, 1, Nassahegan. of P.Hiuonoek, do own my.self indebteil to Geor.L:v 
Griswold £H: as. which should have been paid him in the year 1659, in March, which I 
delaying to pay do now give for full iiayuunl to the foresaid George Griswold, all ui\ 
land in the Indian Meek, which ])arccl of lanil by estimation is two acres, more or l<ss. 
as it lies bounded east and west by the river, north by the land of Samuel Phelps, 
south [by] the land of .losiah Ellsworth, and also all the islands lying in the river from 
the land that is Aaron Cook's to the lower end of the Indian neck." 

May 26, 1670: " Deed by Sepanquet sou of Nassahcgan, in consideration of a sum 
of money to be paid by Samuel iMarshall in my behalf of me for a fine to the County of 
Hartford, and Ss. more that I am to pay to Jacob Gibbs. of an island upon Windsoi 
Rivulet, at a place called by the Indians Slatinnpscck." 

Tliis isliillil is siiii|i()si'(l to lie the oix' ulioiit <)|i|Misitr llir |ii)iiil 
called liidiiiii Xci-k. 

Api-il Ut, ItJoil, ("dwclii'i-owiiul sold t(i (iodi-o-otJi-iswold, 'lOO fods of 
mai-sh or inowiiio- jniid under tlu' east sidi' ol' .Mussiieo [Siiiisluify] Hills, 
bounded liy a little hrook wliiell di\idelii IJie liilid of .^Ulilllel lMiei|is. 
west ])}■ tlle foot n\' the IllollIltuillS. also tile ll|>hllld In the to|i of tile 
same. 

A|i|-ii -JS, llilM, .NassalK^uaii, saelieiii of l'o(|Uonoek. sohl to .loiialiiaii 

(Jillet, Sen., of Wiiidsof. a ]iieee of land, su aiiif ' marsh, eoiitailiili;;' 

tw<'lve ai'i'es. called liy the Indians Mataeomaei>k. This w,-is situated 
withonl the west lionnds (d' Windsoi-. siuitheily of the swani|i lieloii<;iiiu- 
to John .Moore and Ivlwai'd (iriswold. 

' The term ' libcraliiiu and counsel " may perhaps be thus i-xplained. Indians Uumi. 
as now, were mischievous and would get drunk. Thus they not unfreiiuently got into 
trouble, and were either mulcted in lines, or iuiprisoned in the luehup at Hartford. 
There is sufficient evidence to our mind that the speculative whites sometimes paiiJ thiir 
fine*, or obtained their release, receiving in return for the favor the titli' to some coveted 
piece of land, which doubtless, at the moment, seemed of less iuiporlance to the captive 
red man than his personal freedom. The ileed of Sejiancpu't to Samuel Maisliall (see 
Section VI, this chapter) is another case in point. 



LAND PI'IKIIASKS FROM THK INDiAN'S. 127 

VII. 

Ill A|ilil, Itidli. ,l;imcs Mini ;illil .liiliii .Moses |iiircliMscil I'lolii Xas.sa- 
hrnun, lain! on liotli sides of the Ki\ iilct, from Windsor to .\lassaco. 'Pliis 
laud, wliicli had dcsci'iidi'd to him from his imrh' Shrat, cxlriidcd 
toward Massaco. "as far as his riii'lit CKteuds," iiaiiirl\ . mi liic south 
sidr of the RiMilrl to thr foot of .Massaco Moiiiitaiii: and on the north 
sidi' to thr •• moimlaiii that answrrs llic foresaid mountain:" and east- 
ward to a lieu uav [or road] |iassinu' out of Pi|iesta\e Swaui]i goinii' to 
Westlield:" and southward from the RiMilet to the Millhrook "as it 
runs into the Wilderness and so to the .Mountains." Tliis tract contain- 
iiii;: some iS,*^)!) aeres was eonl'irmed to the [iiirehasers, r)eeemher, 16(;i9, 
hy Hiii|iai|Mam and Seaeet, with tjie i'.\ee|)tion of two islands in tlie Riv- 
ulet, one of which Nassahcgan elaimed was ui\<'n to his sou, and the 
other to his sister liy his niicle Sheat, dei-easeil. Knno and Moses, the 
same year, released this piireliaso to the town of Windsor, whose a^iciils 
they wei'e, ami reeeixed i'lij 14.s-. id. (tlie amount ex|ieniled hy them) 
in lands situate under the .'-iimshiiry Moimtaiiis alio\c Salislmry Plain, 
near the river, and known as Tiltoii's ^larsli. 



Vlll. 

The (ireat Island, in the Conneetieut i{i\er, on Eiiliidd Falls, was 
sold to .lolm Li'wis of \\'iiidsor, .lime 26, 1678, "it now iiidni)- out of our 
w-ay to live u|>on it." hy .'^I'okel, Toto, Toiitojis filing Notalioek, Waronyes, 
and William lioiniek, the "line and |iro]ier heirs and owners," who 
elaim the "I'iaht as deseendeil from one gciierat ion to another." They 
aeknowledgc having reeeive(| " full satisfaction, e.\ee| it £:'>, which was 
to he |paid oil or hefore .lime next, in Indian corn (U' shoes, at the current 
Windsor ]iriee." Xassahegaii and ( 'oggerynosset were afterwards 
present, and signed the agreement. The £3 was divided as follows: 
'I'otaps 30.S., Xassahegan lO.v., Coggerynossct's si|naw, lO.s., Margery, 
her [lapoose, lO.v. It was transferred. Fell. 27, 1683, to Daniel Haydeii. 
It is now called King's Island, is ahoiit a mile long i»y one-nnarter of a 
mile wide, and contains nearly 150 acres, more or less cultivated. 

This island was lirst owned liy the Rev. Ejiihraim Unit, who in his 
will, 1644, left it "to the Country." 

Uciiit of the t'omieeticut River. 

I. 

•■ 'I'liis is also ;i rccnicl nf ilic |.iinliase iiiiidi- of the Indi.-uis of tlic land on llic oast 
side of the Great River, between Seantotk and Podunk. 

"Know all men by these pre.sents, that we whose names arc underwritten, viz.: 
Cassoeum, Sachem of the .Mohegeneake; Towtonnomen, Sachem of the aforesaid Mohe- 



128 



HISKHIV HK AM IKNT \VIMi>c)l;. 



gans; Pozoii (il' Mulu-gaii; Xi'pfascscalckc son nt 'I'DWloiiiimiuii; Nagoruc, 8fattaa|is. 
Pockottercote, cliilflreu of Sassowen; Wanochocke, a Mohegeneake; Arramemet of 
Matiaiiuck; Toquasli of Matianeke; Rewen. Arramemet 's father, and his wife; ^Slieal of 
Paqiiaanofke; Coekeroiioset of Paqiiaaiiocke, which are all the Indians that lavetli 
claim to that ground called Xowashe, bounded with the river Seantok over against tli<' 
now dwelling house of Mr. [Francis] Stiles, situe.te on the east side of the river callid 
Quenticule It'onnecticut ]. hounded on the south with the brook or rivulet callnl 
Potaccke [Podunk] over against the now dwelling house of Arramemet or tlierealioul^. 
near the upper end of Newtown [Hartford] meadow, we before mentioned ilo acknowl- 
edge that we have sold unto Dorchester plantation who are now resident at QuenticutI, 
all our right and interest in the aforesaid ground, for and in consideration of twenlv 
cloth coats, and tifteen fathoms of seawan [wampum] of which their being jiaid in hand 
eight coats and six fathoms of sewan, the other twelve coats and nine fathoms of sewan 
to be paid at the coming up of our next Pinnace, we also the foresiiid Indians doavoui h 
that we have not formerly .sold the .sai<l ground to any other, and we do also promi>r 
and bind ourselves by these presents to make good and maintain this our sale again^i 
any that shall make challenge or lay claim, either to tlie wholi' or any part tluTcof. viz 
the grounii between the two brooks or two rivulets before mentioned in breadth, and sn 
eastward into the country one day's walk. Neither will we ourselves disturb or niok>i 
the said English inhabitants, or their successors forever, by sitting down, planting, nr 
giving away to any other whalsoi'Ver. that shall any way molest the said English iniialii 
tants before namc'd. 

■' In witness whereof, we have hereunto .set our hands and seals even the 15lh day 
of this Instant, second month; commoidy called April, Anno Domini, 1636. being tin 
eleventh year of the Reign of King Charles. Hereunto annexed the names of eleven 
Indians which as.signed hereunto. " 



' In witness, 

Jos.\Tn.4N Bkewstek, 
Edward Pattison, 
William Buewsteu. 



' This coi)ied out of the original by me 



Sassowen [or Cafsiniitii], 

TOWTONNOMEN, 

POZEN,' 

Wanochocke, 

auramemet, 

cuewisc'e, 

Naoonce, 

pockettekcotk, 

SlIEAT, 

TuCKtJUEASK, 

COCKERONOSET. 

•.Mallluw Grant, Uegister, Keby, Kidj. 



Tliis cviili'iitly <-iiin|]iisril the wlioir of the ]ircsciit town <>( >,n\\h 
Windsor — called Xowaax \i\ tiic \U\irh, ny Xviras/ie liy tlu^ Indians -- 
sec ]). IT. 

II. 

The following noto, or allidavit. witlmnt dati-. occni-s on the Land 
Rccofds of Windsor: 

" Coggerynosset [Poquonock] tesliti.'s thai Ihe land on the cast .side of the Oreal 



'"Pozen of Mohegan," or, as the Englisji called liini, ■■Foxen,"was the c nifty 
" councillor" of Uncas. 



LAND pri!rn.\si;;< from the Indians. 12U 

River between Scantick and Namareck [JIajiiick Brook'] was Xassacowen's, anil Xassa- 
cowen was so taken in love with the coming of the English that he gave it to them for 
some small matter, but he knows of none biit the meadow. 

" Witness, Coggerykosset. 

Matthew Gkaxt. 

Jacob Drake. 

Stephen Taylor. 

In September 2t), 1687, Toto (of "Windsor), gTandsou of Nassa- 
cowen, deceased, confirms to Captain Benjamin Newlnirv, Mr. Henry 
Wdleott, John Moore, Sen., Return Strong, Sen.. Daniel Harden, and 
Aliraham Phelj)S, agents of the town of Windsor, a traet of tipland (or 
wiKidhind), between Xamarack Brook and Seantic River on east side 
of the (ireat river, which was sold to Windsor peo])le Ijy his grandfather, 
Nassacowen. 

" It [the said land] bounds north on John Stiles's (deceased) lot, by south side of 
small brook that falls into Namerack, and becomes a part of it; thence runs east by 
south .side of said brook to the head of the brook; and thence easterly, varying a little 
to the south, till it runs over Scantick near where Goodman Bissell [built] a saw mill, 
and runs over the old road or highw'ay that formerly went to Lead Jliues. crossing 
Ketch Brook, and so to the mountains near Frog Hill,'- and then butts or ends on the 
top of the 3rd bare mountain or hill, the northmost of three hills, and so runs along to 
the ridge of the mountain till it comes to the path that leads to Cedar Swamp,' and 
thence south, near a half mile to another bare hill, which is the south-east end or 



' This ancient name, now obsolete, was derived (as tradition affirms) from a party of 
the early emigrants to the Connecticut, who came through the woods in the month of 
Jlay, and following the course of the brook struck the river — hence its name May-luck. 
It is now known as Prior's Brook, and is about a mile below Warehou.sc Point. 

'There is now a place beyond Ellington, somewhere in Tolland County, called Frog 
IIiiU — probably the same as Frog Hill. 

'Mr. Stougliton. in his Windsar Fannex (p. 117), says: " Cedar Swamp is a locality 
to which frequent reference is made in the affairs of the neighborhood [East Windsor], 
anil to it the people resorted for clapboards and shingles. The latter were made ot" 
various widths and two standard lengths, viz., eighteen inches and three feet, and in 
the absence of miichinery were split or rived from the blocks. The slow methods of 
manufacturing lumber made it comparatively expensive; therefore, in the earlier ac- 
coimts, shingles were .sold at so much per shingle. The late Ma.]. F. W. Grant's house 
in East Windsor is covered with rived, narrow, cedar clapboards, fastened by hand- 
made nails; and, although put on before the French and Indian wars, are perfectly 
.sounil. This swamp may have been identical with wliat was known as 'Ye Great 
Swamp.' Tlie latter was in the pari.sh of Ellington, and covered all that now productive 
grass and tillage land wliich lies to the south and east of Ellington Church, and is drained 
by the Hockanum river. It was about one tliird to three-quarters of a mile in width, and 
from its nortliern limit, in the vicinity of the present ' Windermere Hills,' extended south 
toward Vernon, where its waters were increased by the contributions of the Tanga- 
roosen. I'pon the highlands, west of the swamp, the Pinneys settled upon their Indian 
purchases, about tlie time that the eastern border was occupied by the Ellsworths, lender 
the combineil efforts of these families and their descendants large tracts of land were 
made useful. There are remains of a very e.xten.sive swamp northeast of the present 
Win<ls(iiville tlial may be identical with the ancient ' Cedar Swamp.' " 

Vol. I.— n 



130 HISTORY OF AXCIKNT WINDSOR. 

corner; and tlii'n turns west lu'aring ii little In tin' Udrtli, and so south to sonic pnnils 
known as Porson Ponds; and from there near the head of Podunk Brook, and then 
crosses Lead Mine road at a place called Cart Hill, and from thence it comes to Cciiuiee- 
tieut Hiver on the south of .lohn Birire's lot." 

We liMVC lircii mialilr i'lllly In tfiici- out tlic ancient liiciilitirs liicli- 
I'ioikmI ill lliis (Iced. Iiiit the ivadi'f, with tlic aiil of tlir .Ma|i (if Indian 
I'liiTJiasrs. will find no dil'tieiilty in nndcfstaiidiiig the general hunndafies 
111' tlie ]ini-cliase. 

III. 

In Seiitenihei- (20), llltIO, Jolm Bisstdl, Jr., lioiiolit of Watslieiniiio 
till Ills " iilanfinii- land t'roiu Namelake [or Nauioriek] Brook, upward \>y 
flic (ireat Hiver, to flu- land of flic said Jolm Bisscll, Jr., only fhc grass 
land excepted that (iiiodinan llaydeii hath fonnerly to mow, 1<) acio 
more or less, for 50 fath(jm of wam|inni." At a I'articidar Coui't. held 
at Hartford, May 13, 1662, "This court .irders that William Hcyden, nf 
Wyndsor, shall lor future cease to iiii]ir(i\(' the lands at Naiiiele(d< that 
belongs to Spiiuiunk w'l' is hy the Bounds of John Bissel's Lottnient>. 
Atid v' neither the said William nor any other shall any wjiy hinder, or 
diri'ctly or indirectly prevent John liissei's compounding with y^^ Indian 
for that land"(i?''''. J'tirt. Ct.. ii.) 

In Septenilier I'.i, llill. Nearowanocke (alias Will) a Nanu'roake 
[Xanierick] Indian, sold "for a certain sum of money already iecei\ed 
of Thomas and Nathaniel Bissell,'' a parcid of land, "lying without the 
bounds of Windsor, on the East side of the (Jreat River, bounded on the 
south by Potunke River and land that was Tantonimo's ; on the east by 
the hills beyond the pine plains [probably Ellinyton'], on the west li\ tin' 
Scantock as it runs till it conies to bear due east from the mouth of 
Fresh Water River [Connecticut] till yon come to the hills beyond the 
pine plains, which said line marks the north bounds," " reserving only 
the privilege' of bunting beaver in the ri\ er of the .Scantock." 



' We may mention in this connection, that similar reservations in many Indian 
deeds have apparentlv given rise to the very prevalent opinion among the jieople of 
New England, that the Indians of tlie present day have still a claim or rinlit to certain 
privileges within the domains once owned by their ancestors. Even the damage donr 
to young wood-lands, etc., by strolling bands of Indians, are often submitted to in 
silence, from a general undefined impression that they have a sort of hereditary right to 
make free with such jiroperty. An amusing anecdote is told which illustrates this 
point. One of the selectmen of a certain town ouoc included in Ancient Windsor, a 
man who boasts tliat the blood of the Mohegans courses in his veins, in giving directions 
respecting the improvement of the highway, ordered certain trees cut away. Tin 
owner of the land opposite denied the right of the selectmen to cut down the trees. 
Warm words ensued, when the selectman, feeling the dignity of his position, exclaimed. 
" Mr. , I have a right to cut the trees just where I have a mind to." 

The claim so broadly stated reminded the other of the tradition to which we ha\ i- 
referred, and which he supposed legitimate law; and quick as thought he replied, " I 



LAND PUIK-HASKS FROM THE TNIIlANS. 131 

Tliis i'xt('iisi\(' |nii-clias(', covering the greatest part of Enfield., two- 
tliirds of East Winthor, east of Scautic, and all of EUini/ton, was 
obtained by the Bissells for the town of Windsor, to whom it was after- 
wards transferred. The Bissells received two hundred aci-es (in the 
])resent town of Ellington) for their share in the transaction. 

ilarch 23, 1692-3. Towtops, son of Wicherman of Windsoi'. for 
and ill consideration of the sum of £5, by him rccciM'il. sold to 
Natliaiiiel Bissell 100 acres, on the east side of Conneetirut Hiver. at 
the foot (if [Enfield] Falls, viz.: in breadth next to the livei-, which 
lioinids it on the west 50 rods, and runs east one mile with the same 
lirea<lth, and al)utts east and north on Totap's land, and south on Daniel 
llayden's land. 

This jmrchase covered all the south jiait (if tlie |ircsent village (if 
Warehouse Point. 

IV. 

lu li).")ll-tiO, Thomas Ihiniham and partners having liought all the 
Indian lands at Podunk, of Tontonimo, in which deed Jacob Mygatt had 
an interest, the court, then in session at Hartford, upon the report of a 
eoivimittee ap]>ointed to investigate the transaction, set the deed aside hy 
calHng it a lease, and decided that the lands belonged to Fo.\en's (or 
Posen's) successors, by gift of Foxen to his allies, and that Buiiihaiu 
could only hold that which Tontonimo could prove to be his own jiartic- 
iilar property." In 16(31, Burnham alone, purchased all the Podunk 
lands of Arramamet, Taquis, etc., Foxen's successors and allies : ' and 
Uncas, the supreme Mohegan sacdiem, in his will (1684) gave 'rhoiuas 
Burnham, Sen., with others, a very extensive tract covering very many of 
the present townships east of Ifaitfurd bduuds. 



know it. I know it, you've a right to cut tbeni for haskets and hrooms, but for no otlit;r 
purpose; liut the other selectman lias no right at all to cut them for that purpose." 

It is needless to add that the Indian of the present day has no legal right to commit 
any trespass upon the now alienated land of his forefathers, nor can he have any claim 
except by the favor of the present owners. Yet as we have said, there is a very preva- 
lent impression to the contrary, an impression which the Indians themselves are by no 
means slow to improve to their own advantage, and under cover of which they steal 
from the forest with perfect impunity the materials for tin; manufacture of thc'ir baski^t. 
willow, and fancy wares. 

' Subsequently (March 14th) the court ordered " Ihat no persons in this colony shall 
directly or indirectly buy or rent any of the lands at Podunk, that are laid out and pos- 
sessed by the Indians there." But, if the Indians should leave the place, Thomas Burn- 
ham was to be allowed (with their consent) the use of their lands in their absence, and 
whenever they returned he was to relinquish them again. 

' Fdcxiiiiilc of this deed given in liuriihdin <!em'olu(jy, 40, as also copies of the I'ncas 
bequest of 1684, and a number of Indian decd.s. Hurnham deeds. Acts of Assembly, etc., 
relating to the Burnham purchases at Podunk — of much interest to those who wish to 
study the original South Windsor lines. 



182 HTSTORY OK ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

" Tliomas Biirnliam, Sen., Ijofore his death, gave the greater part of 
wliat lie was cnalih'd to retain of these Indian lands to his children liy 
deed, ' as a token and in consideration of y" trne love and good affeetion 

that 1 do now hear nnto my son (naming a child and lands now in 

Sonth Windsor or East Hartford), lait with this i)roviso, that I do herehy 
ohlige y" s'' , his heii-s, »tc., not to make any sale or other aliena- 
tion of y° above s"* land exce])t it lie to some of his own brothers, or their 
children,' therel)y entailing the lands as far as possible, on his descend- 
ants." — Burnham Genealofiy, 811. And some of this land is yet in 
Bui'idiani ownership. 

It is very evident by the old Burnham deeds, etc., that the Biirn- 
liaiii luiichase extended north into South Windsor. 

lu May, IGlit), Jacol) Mygatt, Burnham's partner, sold his share of 
the lands at I'odunk to William Pitkin and Bartholomew Barnard, who 
deniandrd fi-oiii ISui'uiiaui a division of the land and surrender of p(.)s- 
session. 'J'o this he demurred, and the case was lirought into court. 
The final issue, made May, IGHS, was -that Pitkin and Barnard shall 
stand quietly possessed of the said land" against any claim of Thos. 
Burnham, but the latter was to reap the wheat, and lane the jicas upon 
the land, he jiaying rent for the ])eas S*. per acre.' 

May 14, 1679, Thos. Burnham, Sen., of Podunk, received a dci'd 
from Shebosman and Naomes, of two acres, "more or less, at Podindi, 
in Indian Jleadow, on the soulb side of I'odunk IJi-ook, runs by the 
Indian Meadow only on the noi-th side within two lod^ of iJartholomcw 
Barnard's land, and the said I>uridu\m bath already ]iaid the sum of £(> 
and what Obadiah Wood paid b)r us also." 

' State Archives, Private Controversies, i., Doc. 29^7. 



Famiiiil, Aul<i!.'l:ipli> of -.iliii' ..f Am i.iil WiinN.n ■« Early luhabitaill!'. 



CHAPTER VIT. 
DISTRIBUTION AND PLAN OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



TlfK first rcM'ord nf tho (jivisiou of binds in "Windsitr was und(iulitc(l1y 
a siin])le dosignatiou of lots In* figures. Tlie General Court, how- 
r\er, in Septemlicr, 1639, enacted that ever\' town in the colony should 
choose a town clerk or register, "who shall, before the (Jencral Court in 
April next, record every man's house and land already granted and 
measured out to him, with the boimds and quantity of the same," and 
" the like to be done for all land hereafter granted and measured to any, 
and all ])argains or mortgages of land whatsoever shall be accounted of 
no value until they l)e recorded." (^Col. ]iec.,i. 37.) To this order the 
first volume of Windsor Land Records owes its origin, and the earliest 
entry on its pages is under date of October 10, 1640. Under this and 
subsequent dates lare entered and fully described the Jionie-Iots and other 
lands belonging to the various inhabitants. Indeed it is almost certain 
that it comprises the names of all persons having dwelling-houses in the 
town at that time, and therefore forms our fullest and most relial)le 
siiiucc of information as to the first settlers of Windsor. 

In addition to the Land Records there is an ancient little volume in 
the town clerk's office, entitled A Book of Records of Town Ways in 
Windsor, compiled in August, 1654, liy Matthew Grant, who prefaces it 
■with these words: "Forasmuch as it hath been desired that 1 should 
enter upon record several higluraijx that ha\e been fmnierly laid out. to 
express what the several breadths were appointed to be, and so to con- 
tiinic for Public use." This little record, besides preserving several 
inti'ivsting items not contained in the Tiand Records, affords considera- 
ble explanatory and elucidative assistance in tracing out the ]ilan of 
Ancient Windsor. 

Tradition also has been listened to with a cautious ear, and in some 
instances has helj)ed us to a clue which sulisequent investigation has cor- 
roborated. Such arc the sources and aids of the present chapter. Now 
let us consider a few of the hindrances and olistacles with wliicli we 
have had to contend. 

Aside from the great changes wbicli tinii- and the march of improve- 
ment have wrought in the fac'e of flic count ly and the appearance of the 
town, we have to regret the loss of inanv local names and once familiar 



134 IIISTOHV OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

expressions, which hiive ^raduiiliy lust their siiijiificanee, and have there- 
tore lieeomc almost ohsoletr iiml iinnicanini;- in the present day. Saliii- 
hitrij Plain and Tilton^ 31ar-s-h may perhaps })C cited as exam})les ot' 
niiiny local names once familiar as honsehold words, now scarce to he 
discovered or identified by the most painstaking antiijuary. 

A well-known proverb intimates that it is not jiolitc to "look a tiift 
horse in the mouth," and it may ])erhaps l)e rather ungracious in us to 
find any faidt with the (dd Land Records, to which wc are so much (or 
solrly) indebted for all that we know al)ont the locale of Ancient AVind- 
SI11-. Yi-i we liave felt, in many instances durini>: our investigatir)n, that 
there weie some very bad (/a2)s in those records, wdiich we coidd nut but 
wish liad been filled up. Often have we felt as if — could we have 
in\iii<e(l that most excellent and conscientious nf all town clerks and 
survey(irs, Matthew (Irant, from his grave in the old cemetery — that we 
would cheerfully pay him better "day's wages" for "• running " a few 
lines over again than evei- he received for similar services in his lifetime, 
llail we been Ix'lievers in spiritualism, we should lia\(_' pi'omptly put 
oui-sel\cs (•/( riijiporf with his sjiii'if, and (piestinned him earnestly about 
many items of nee(b'il iuforuiation. l>ut as it was, we were obliged to 
trust to our own unaided efi'<irts ; and in truth, if honest Matthew liad as 
miicli ti-duble ill •• ruuuiiig lines " for the first settlei's through the vir- 
ginal forests and taugle(| uiidei'growth of old AViudsoi- as we had in 
"running" (hem o\er again, alter the lapse of two centuries, thniiigli 
his ci-abbcil liaudwritiiig on the ci-umliling pages of the old books — he 
must lia\-e bad a bard life of it. \Ve are imw fully prepai-ed to belic\c 
the (ra(lition that old Matthew was wont to say, as be returned at sun- 
set, wearied and jaded, from bis day"s labor at surveying, that he 
" wouldn't acce|it all the laud be bad Iminideil that day as ])ay for his 
labor," aldiougb be might '■cbauge bis tiiui'" somewhat in these days if 
lie could see those same lands under tobacco. 

But to return to our subject — the deficieneies in the recoi-ds them- 
selves. We find that some lands are liounded by those of persons who 
had previously removed from Windsor, which lands had subse(|uently 
reverted to the town. Oi, we find that others have their lands bounded 
by neighljors whose lands are not recorded. Or, again, lands seem to 
have passed from a first owner to a subseijuent one through two or three 
intermediate owners, whose namen do not appear on record, and ai-e only 
accich-ntally found in some other conned ion. 

Now these are great obstacles, but not insuperable, ami bi'buv 
Jiatient investigation the mist of doubt is gradually ilispelled. and •• the 
crooked jtaths made straight." .Mainly, tlieii, tlirougb the persexciauce 
of our coadjutor, Mr. .labe/. II. ilayden, whose laiinliaiity, tioiii boy- 
hood, with the topography as well as the local history of bis native town 



TIIIO OliKJIN OF PALlSADO-CiHEKN. 133 

;iii(l its iTConls, ;iliini(laiitly (lUMlifics him for tliis " lalior of love," we iwc 
alilc to jircsent oiii' readers with a .\hi]] of Ancient W'indsoi'.' 

Witlioiit uttemj)tiiig to point out the exact stj^ot whereon each house 
stood, we are yet reasonahly confident that we have correctly located 
each man's home-lot ; and it nuiy lie taken as a fair picture, not nf aJ! in- 
irlx/i to know, hut of all we do know — of the "distrihution and plan of 
A\'iudsor," two hundred and forty-one years ago. 

The Dorchester party first settled on the nortli side of tlie Rivulet, 
or Parmington River. iSaltonstali's paity, under ]Mr. Francis Stiles, 
evidently made their heginning at and near the present Ellsworth place. 
And, aside from the prudential motives which would have induced tlu' 
lirst comers to settle, as much as possihle, near together, it is natural to 
suppose that their settlement on the north side of the stream u'oiild 
afford less cause of complaint on the part of the Plymouth Company 
than to have trespassed on Plymouth meadow. 

Matthew (Irant, also, in descrihing the origin of the ancient I'alisado, 
which was erected at the beginning of the Pequot war on the nm-thern 
liaid< of the Rivulet, states that it was built by '•</»;• inhaliitants on 
Sandy liank," who •' gathered themselves nearer together from their 
remote dwellings to provide for their safety." Sandy Bank, as it was 
anciently named, is synonymous with the Meadoiv Bank, which overlooks 
the Connecticut River Meadows; and "their remote dwellings" extended 
noi-thwanl along this hank in the line of the ]u-esent street. There is 
also to our mind a significance in the use of the word our (which we 
lia\c italicised) as applied to the Dorchester settlers in conti-adictiou to 
till' i'lymouth Company. The dispute between the twopaiiies was not 
adjusted until after the beginning of the Pei|not wai-, and we lind no 
evidence whatever of any settlement south of the K'ivulet li\ the Doiches- 
ter party until after the close of that war. When that e\ent iirought 
sab'ty to the English homes they were not slow to improve the rich 
lands to which their Plymouth neighbors had reluctantly yielded their 
right. 

We conimeiice. then, at THE PaLIsaik) (Jiuokn. the veritable xhriiie 
of Windsoi- liistoi-\ and romance. \'ery pleasant it is. as ue see it nou 
in the warm sunset light of a summei' da\', liiieil with noble trees, behind 
whose waving tracery neat and elegant dwellings assert the presence of 
ha|ipy homes. On this spot, more than two centuries ago, our fathers 
<lwelt. Flei-c, jirotected liy the rude log defense which their own hands 
had thiown up, they slept secure from savage foe. H(!re stood the 
meeting-house wherein the gentle Warham and theeaiiiest Unit preached 



' The map here given is not tlie .same as tliat publislicd in the first edition of tills 
work, but is a copy of a hiter and corrected one, prepared by Mr. J. H. Hayden for 
the Memorial Uist. of Hartford County, 1886, 



l:l(l IIISTOIiY (IF ANCIENT WINDSOH. 

and praycil. Ifcrc, too. was tlic little xillaa'c grave\'aril dose iiiiilcT the 
palisado wall, where, one liy Diir, tlicy |]ul oft' life's toils and rai-cs and 
laid them down to an etei'nal rest. 

The history of this interestinu' loeality is as follows: 

Upon the breaking ont of the Pei|iiot war, in 1637, the Windsoi- 
people, as a precantion against sni'|irisal Uy the Indians, surronnde(l 
their dwellings at this spot with a fortification or palisado. This con- 
sisted of strong high stakes or )iosts, set close together, and snitalily 
strengthened on the inside, while on th(> ontside a wide ditch was dng, 
the dirt from which was thrown up against the ]ialisades, and the whole 
formed a tolerably strong defense against any slender resonrccs which 
the uncivilized Indian conld bring to bear against it. It was, of course, 
necessary to keep a constant guard w'ithin the enclosure, to prevent the 
enemy from climbing over or setting fire to the palisades. It w^as the 
fatigue of supplying these watches that so exhausted the men (as Mr. 
Ludlow sorrowfully wi-ote to JIi-. Pynchon during the abscmce of the 
re(|U()t expeilitidii ). "tliat fhey could scarce stand upun their leiis." 

The whole length of this line of palisades was more than three- 
fourths of a mile, enclosing an irregular jiarallelogram of considerable 
extent. From the southwest corner of the bury ing-ground it extended along 
the brow of the hill overlooking the Farming'ton eastward to the Meadow 
Jlill. This south line was GO rods long; and along the south side of the 
passage leading from the meeting-house to the burying-ground are now 
(18i)1) to lie seen the remains of a ditch, believed to have been a pai't of 
the south line of the fortification. Its west line extended northward 611 
rods along the In-ow of the hill west of the burying-gronnd. Its east line 
ran along the brow of the Meadow Hill, 80 rods northward, and its 
north line ran across from hill to hill near the present residence of Mrs. 
Criles Ellsworth, and was 50 rods in length. 

When the first ]ialisado was liuilt, those who had their home lots 
within its' limits resign.ed their title for the benefit of the whole connnu- 
nity. Matthew (Jrant, foi- iustauee, says that he originally had six 
acres, but resigne(l it all up t'xeepi where his buildings stood. This was 
the case with others. Tlu' following Plan of the PuIinarJo was drawn in 
1654 by Matthew Grant, who was at that time recorder. He thus dis- 
courses concerniui;' it : 



PLAN AND DESCKiniON OF THK ANCIENT PALISADO. 

50 =; 



VVt 



Pnliziulo 
Plcitt. 



T.Fcirstini: 



W.^aylord 



&rant 



Diile 



r/iiiups 



Mrclark 



MiiiMihe/ 




Rivulet. 
Plan of the Ani-ient Pii/i>:,nh> Plot in/M'iruhin-. Hm/,. 

"And seeing I am entered into the palisado, I will speak a little of the original of 
it; about 1637 years, when the English had war with the Pequot Indians, our inhabit- 
ants on Sandy Bank gathered themselves nearer together from their remote dwellings, 
to provide for their safety, set up on fortifying, and with palizado, which [land] some 
particular men resigned up out of their properties for that end, and [it] was laid out into 
small parcels, to build upon; some four rods in breadth, some five, six, seven, some 
eight — it was set out after this manner; 

"These building places were at first laid out of one length, that was sixteen rods, 
but ilifTer [in breadth] as afore.s''. Also on all sides within the outmost fence, there 
was left two rods in breadth for a common way, to go round within side the Palizado," 
to the rear of the building lots. This left an open space in the center (marked \V in the 
plan) nearly 20 rods wide and 30 rods long. 

When peace was again restored, "divers men left their places [in the Palizado] and 
returned to their lots [outside] for their conveniences. Some that staid (by consent of 
the town) enlarged their gardens. Some had 3, some 3, souk? 4 plats to their own juo 
priety, with IIk^ use of the two rods in breadth round the outside, every one a(K:ording 
to his breadth, only with this reserve. Concerning the two rods, that if, in future time 
there be need of former fortification, to be repaired, that then each man should resign 
up the afores'' two rods for a way only for common use. Note, that in the west corner 
of the ;ifores'' jdat there is reserved for a common Burying rtroun<l. oik- particular par- 
eel that is six rods in breadth, all the len.!;th on one side, and one end lake il to.gether. 
it is eight rod in breadth, anil eighteen in length." 

'J'liis |il;iii .sliow.s the ilixisioii of Icits ami (iwimts scvcnti'cn i/eiirs nj'ter 
the Pequot War. We iiou jprnposc t" sIkiw its ili.striliiitioii and inlial)it- 
ants ^j?-eivVj(/.s to IG.IO. 



Vol. ].— ly 



13S mSTiiliV Ml- AMIKNT WINIISOI!. 

Aliini;- tlic .s'/»//((-/7_// side of tlic l';ilis;iil(i, liruiniiiiii;- u itli the l)iirv- 
iug-grouiid in its southwest curiK'i-, we liiid the lots uf Francis GiBiis. 
Thomas Bassktt, William Hill, and Lieut. Davih Wiltox. These lots 
cover the ground now oecujiied liy the new piirt of the liurying-ground. 
and by the First Congregational ('hiircli. Also, on land now occuj)ied liy 
llic road to the bridge and the residence of the late Misses .Stiles, etc., were 
the lots of Sergt. Walter Filer and Thomas Thorntox, the latter lot 
lieingthat now known as the Deacon Morgan place, and occupied by Dr. 
Samuel Wilson. Past this place, a road turned down out of the south- 
easterly corner of the Palisado, to the meadow — the old Rivulet Ferry 
road — as it does even now. 

Beginning at this road, along the eiixter/// side of tiie Palisado, as \\r 
go north, were the lots of Capt. John SIason (present Howard place), 
Henry Clarke (Fowler place). Rev. Mr. Huit (Chaffee place), Sergt. 
Staires, Geo. Phillips (about Holcoinb place ), Wm. Hubbard, Matthew 
Grant, and the Town House, located where the present Congregational 
])arsonage now stands. 

The Town House lot was originally Nicholas Denslow's, who resided 
thereon during the Pequot war. He sold it to Capt. Sanmel Marshall, 
who "dabhletl in real estate" considerably in those days, in 1654 
(lliough not recorded until 1G56) ; and he sold it to the " inhabitants of 
Windsor, for a town house" (proi)ably it had been previously rented by 
them for the same purpose). In the deed it is described as his "dwell- 
ing-house, barn, orchard, and land al)Out it one acre more or less." 
together with a wood lot of twenty acres, etc., which the said inhaliitants 
were " forever, fully and freely to enjoy /or the benefit and entertainment 
0/ a »wm«Ver successively." Shortly after, however (Feb. 10, liiotJ-T ). 
at a town meeting, it "was called into ipiestion the legalness of the 
record of the town house, whereupon it was voted that the Townsmen 
should cause the whole town to meet as conveniently as they would, giv- 
ing sufficient warning of the j)articular occasion to each man engaged in 
the jiurchase, that so there might be a joint debate for future settling of it. 
Also, in the meantime, MatthewGrant [whooccu])iedthe adjacent lot] was 
appointed by vote to see to the preserving of the house and orchard, and 
when any fruit came to ripeness the Townsmen should have the dispos- 
ing of it for the benefit of the Town " (Town Arts. i. 8?,). The orchard, 
indeed, seems to have been a more inipfu-tant matter than the house, and 
hence the i)roperty is frequently designated as the "Town Orchard." 

The matter dragged somewhat, for, " September 28, the Town met 
to answer the a])pointinent on the Htli of June before, i)ut in the meeting 
little was done, but only the major [lart nninifested themselves desirous to 
have the house sold, and every one to have his pay returned back to him 
which he had laid out, if the sale of the house would reach to it," and 



I 



THE TOWN norSE AND HARN. 189 

tlie iiri'sHiiii)ti\e cv iilcncc is that the sale did not taivc {)1;k'c'. The same 
town-honso was in existciu-e in 1669-70, when it was refitted and oceu- 
jiied as a nieetiug-hoiise by the party under the Rev. Mr. Woodhridjre. 
Six years later it was in a ruinous and dilapidated state, and the refusal 
of the town to re])airit " upon a town cost," formed a serious "hone of 
contention" in the ecclesiastical dissensions which raged so fiercely at 
tluit ])eriod. It was occupied liy the Woodbridge faction until the settle- 
ment of till' controversy in 1(!81 ; and was then "finished and made 
suitable " for the residence of Rev. Mr. Samuel Mather, who became the 
l)astor of the reconciled and imited churches. At the end of another 
decade, however, the building had outlived its usefulness, for, " at a Town 
fleeting in Windsor, the 28"' of December, 1692, it was voted that the 
Town tvould not repair the t(jwn house. At the same meeting, it Avas 
voted to give to Timothy Thrall, Sen', the town house." But the lot 
has ever since been used as the parsonage lot. 

On the same lot, jjerhaps, was the Town Barn, a very necessary ac- 
commodation as a place of deposit to which the inhabitants could bring 
tlie corn, peas, wheat, etc., in which they paid their taxes. Probably 
it was the old l)arn on the place, mentioned in Marshall's deed of 
sale to the town ; for in .January, 1659, " it was voted that the 
town barn should be put to sale, and that Mr. Allyn and Mr. Clarke 
should do it on liehalf of the Town;" but they evidently did not 
etfect a sale, for in December of the same year, it was " agreed by the 
Town that the town barn shall be repaired and thatched." Finally, De- 
cember, 16.59, the old liarn was sold to Samuel Marshall for £13 10s., he 
is to "give bill for the payment, either in wheat, ))ease, Indian corn, or 
pork at M: 10.«. the barrel." 

The north line of the town-house lot marks the northern boundary 
of the Palisado, and here, says Matthew Grant, "also from the Palisado, 
iinis a way northeasterly, called the common street, and is to be four 
iiids wide " — the present main street! 

Across, on the west side of this " common road " as it emci-ges 
ti'om the Palisado, we come, on the northerly side of the Palisado, to tlu^ 
lots of John Taylor, Thomas Nowell, and Begat Eggleston. Separ- 
iifed from them Ijy a little lane, and in the northwest corner of the Pali- 
sado, wen; the lots of Elias Parkmax and Capt. Aaron Cook, and 
another lot of Mr. Iiuit"s. In the course of time, the shape of tlie interior 
of the Palisado has l)ecome a long triangle instead of a square, and these 
lots on the W(>st and north sides (viz., Taylor's to Huit's) are now repre- 
sented by the Dr. I'icrson place and Dr. Wilson's former place of 
residence. 

South of the Pierson jdace was the road leading westtM'ly, thus 
described liy .Matthew Grant: " There goeth out of the Palisado towards 



140 inSTOIiY OF ANcnONT WINDSOH. 

northwest n highway two rods with' ; wlieii past the house iih)ts it is 
hirger." 'I'his leads out towards Sandy Hill and to Hoyte's Meadow. 

South of tliis i-oad, and on the wvxterly side of the Palisado, were 
the lots of .Michael Thy and Nicholas Sension ; south of Sension's wa.s 
a lane, marked on tiie old Palisado plan, which was evidently the access 
to the bnryino;-gii)und. Ifuit's jilace is the present Gen. Pierson ])lace : 
Sension's and the lane, the present Wid. Anson Loomis' property : 
which brings us to our point of beginning, in the Palisado Green. 

The aiu'ient Meettn(;-Hoi'se stood in about the centei- of the o]ien 
eeufral s]iaee, the s])ot being marked liy a telegra]ih ])ole in front of the 
Piei'son residence. About seven rods in front of Michael Try's lot. as 
originally laid out. and facing the western side of the meeting-house. 
stood tlie Blacksmith's Shop. This was three oi- four rods in the rear 
of the present Pierson house. We learn from the Town Acts (I>k. i. 4 ). 
that, in 1650-1, ]\Iarch 17th, " the Town did order by a vote that there 
shall be a plot of ground laid out within the Palisado by Thomas Par- 
son's housi^ to build a house for the Smith upon it." The smith, thus 
favored, was probably Thomas ^fattoek, who, by a picvious vote of the 
town, had l)een granted an a])])ropriation of £10 to " liel]i him set u]) his 
trade in the town, ])rovided he continued his trade." If not, he was to 
refund it again (^Totvn Acta, Bk. i. 4). From some unexplained cause, 
however, Mattock seems not to have settled in AVindsor. Tahan Gi-ant, 
son of oui- okl friend Matthew, is the first blacksmith on record, and oc- 
cupied tlie place "Ijy Thonuis Parsons," granted by the tmvn. In llUSi. 
he purchased from Parsons' widow, Ijydia, her dwelling-house, with the 
land about it (about three acres, part of the ])resent Pierson estate ), and 
had '• also, iiy gift of the town, a small parcel of land near almut ] of an 
aci-c in the street that lies iietwcen that which he bought [/. > ., in fi-ou1 
of it] and the smith's shop, lie has all the breadth against his owu 
[property] and [it] runs according to the range betwixt him and Waltci- 
Gaylord [Sension lot], up to range with the foreside of the shop, and is 
tj rods, 2 feet in breadth as it faces against tlie ileeting-house ; " by whii»li 
we are to understand that he was permitted to extend his lot east into 
the Palisado common al)0ut seven rods, in a line with the east side of 
his smith's shop, which faced the meeting-house. 

Next south of this lot of (trant's there stood (though at a period 
subsecpient to the date of the Palisado nnip) a Barker's Shoi', kept by 
Jain(!s Eno, who came to Windsor about lf>4(). In the Land Rn-ordx, 
under date of Nov. 28, 1663, is " recorded the grant of a stray of lanil 
of James Eno in the Palisado, to build hiui a shop uj)on to barber /«.and 
he has now built it." This grant was oui' rod iu iu-eadth next to that of 
Tahan Grant's, and ran back a rod till it met Walter Gayhu-d's fence, 
which was its west bound. It will be .seen, thei-efore, that it was ipiitea 



1 




PLAN OF TIIK TALISADO (KNLAKGED BY J. H. HAYDEN). 
(By courtesy of tin- iiubliphiTs of ■•The Memorial nislory of Hartford County.") 



J 




Ol.n STONE FOK 



u sriiri.uToN house. 



'riiK OLD Foirr, (ir sTorcinoN TlousK. 141 

sniiill lilt. iMimidcd northerly liy (ii-aiit, west Ity (liiylord, soiitlicrly imd 
easlci'ly liy tlir l';disado Coniinon. 

Ilaxiiii; riiiii|il('ted (lur siirvry of tlic I'alisado. we pass out at tlic 
mirtlicast cdriici-, alont;' tlic " (•(uniuoii i-oail"" ' or "Alaiu Street,"" trar- 
iii'i- tlie lots ot the followiiiu' early settlers (the houses of most 
lieiuii- on th(< east side of tlie lus^hway, hetween it and the i-iver), 
Thomas ])e\vi;y, Cajrf. Aakox Cookk, William Hospord, Nicholas 
Dknslow, ]\[r. Stki'iikn Terry, Mr. (George Hull, Thomas Buckland, 
l>ca. Wn,LiA:\i Ivockwell, Joseph Clarke, and 1?ohei;t Winchell, 
where we come to \\u^ preinent Bissell's Ferry road. 

Then we come to the home-lots and residences of Joshua Carter, 
William Tilly, Willl\m Hannum, Richard Samways, Philip Randall, 
Thomas Holcomb, Thomas Gunn, ai-jd "Ancient" Thomas Htoughton, 
whose stone house, or "old Stone Fort," as it was called, deserves a special 
mention. 

This ancient edifice, (wliieh, in iS.V.t — while we were engaged in pre- 
paring the first edition of this work — was only remembered by Miss 
Lucretia Stiles, and one or two other very aged persons,) was situated 
about a mile north of the Congregational meeting-honse, on the east 
side of the street, opposite to and a few rods north of Afr. Lemuel 
Welch's residence. It stood back from the road, near the brow of the 
liiU overlooking the meadows, where an old well still marks the spdt, — 
the building itself having been pulled down about 180!t. Fiom the 
description of the before-mentioned old people, living in 185!*, we " recon- 
.structed " a picture of the old building which will afford the present 
geiieratiiin a pretty fair idea of its appearance. 

The Old Fort, or Stou»liton House, was comjiosed of two jiortions, 
one budded of stone and the other of wood. The stone part, which was 
probably somewhat the oldest, stood parallel with the roail, and its 
walls were constructed of heavy, uncut stones, pierced with two small 
diamond-paned windows, set in lead, and with numerous lurking ])ort- 
holes, which peeped suspiciously out from under the eaves of the high- 
peaked roof. At the northern end, oi- gable, of the house, a gigantic 
chinmey was built into the wall. At the east, or back part of the house, 
as we should now consider it, was the door, framed of heavy oaken tim- 

' Roads, which at first were barely passable, were loeated wlieic tliey eiuild be most 
easily built. Streams which needed bridging, or swamps, were to be avoided at the ex- 
pense of distances. The records of Windsor, under date of 1656, detine the street or 
road running north from the Palisado, as "four rods wide as far as any house lots arc 
laid out. viz., to the upper side of William Ilayden's lot." The serpentine course of 
that road is not bet^ause of swamps ; but, as each of the tirst settlers north of th<' Pali- 
sado built his house and barn near the brow of the meadow liill, thcr road was built to 
accommodate the settlers, rather lli.iii llie nener.it ions of travelers who were to come 
after them. 



142 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WIXDSOH. 

bcrs, stroimly studded and (diiirhcd witli iron sjiikcs; and licariui;', if we 
may crcilit tradition, suiidi-y su<rirestivo liacks and cuts of Indian toma- 
hawks. 

Joined to, and at a right angle, witli tliis stone building, with whose 
front its guide end was parallel, stood the lai-ger and more modern frame 
dwelling — in general appearanee similar to thr other part, except that 
its windows and doors were more numerous : and in its huge ehimney was 

a stone on whieh were rudelv seuloturcil the initials t m and the date 

' s 

of its erection, l(jti9. These were the initials of Thomas and Mary 
(Wadsworth) Stoi"(;hton, his wife, whose descendants retain the j)rop- 
erty unto this day. 

Since our first edition was ]iulilished we have received, through the 
kindness of Mrs. Waldo Hutchins.of New York city, a description of "the 
Old Fort," written in 1802, when it was still standing, iiy Oliver Ells- 
worth, Jr., sou of the Chief Justice. He says, " This ancient building is 
still inhabited and in a pretty good state of pres(u-vation, having been 
covered probably several times. The old frame still renuiining is very 
large, strong work, and the old walls of the house, in nuiny jdaces now 
rcuunning, were built only of mud and stones filled in between the joists 
or timbers, and then on the outside covered over with boards. The 
north front of the house is built of stone. On the chimney is marked 
the time when the present stack was Inult, viz., "KifiO," with the figure 3 
upon the same chimney, denoting, it is said by people living in the 
neighljorhood, that this is the third stack of chinmeys built since the 
house was raised, the first stack said to have been \ery rough." 

But if the exterior of the Old Fort was grim and quaint, its interior 
seems to have left upon the minds of those who knew it a still stronger 
impression of mysterious and romantic interest. They love to dwell 
upon the jdeasure which they experienced as children in roaming about 
its rambling apartments; in climbing the ancient winding stairway, 
which even in their day was "tottering to decay," thus endangering lioth 
life and lindj to obtain the happiness of a peep through the loop-holes in 
the wall. They i)articularized especially the many queer nooks and dark 
corners with which the place abounded, as well as divers grim and curi- 
ous prints and articles of furniture which excited their childish wonder 
and admiration. The old house also contained an ancient helmet and 
piece of armor, undoubtedly used by some valiant Windsor soldier in the 
Pe(|uot wars; but these valuable relics, as they would be to us now, 
were sold, ignoldy sold, to a peddler, for — mention it not in autitiuarian 
ears — old iron I Shade of valiant Thomas Stoughton, or possiidy even 
of Wonshipful Major John Mason! this steel caji and bi-east-])late wliieli 
perhaps jjrotected thy stalwart form in tlu> "battle's heat and roar," 
sold, regardless of its inspiring associations, at one cent and a half a 



OUD KI.LSWIIRTn AND STIl.KS HOUSES. 148 

/iDiinil .' A curious how luiil slicat' of arrows, ol' u'iu'aiilii' ]iro]iortious, 
were also contained in the liuildiuu', and afterwards passed into tlie Klls- 
worth family, bnt are now lost. 

Al)ove Stouo-hton's were the places of Anth. Hoskins, William 
Oaylord, George Hull, Humphrey Pinney, Josiah Hull, .John Rock- 
well, John Hawkes, Anthony Hawkins, Peter Tilton, Richard Olu- 
a(;e, John, Francis, and Thomas !^tiles, William (Iaylord, Jr., wliieli 
hrinjis us tc^ the old Bissell's ferry-road. 

The lands of the Stiles lu-others and of Win. (iaylord eomjn'ised what 
afterwards passed into the hands of Lieut. Josiah Ellsworth, and is still 
held in that family. Oliver Ellsworth, Jr., writing in 1802, speaks of a 
fort, or fortified house, which stood " about a mile and a half North of 
the Little River, and about a fjnarter of a mile West from Connecticut 
Rivei- [on, or near the meadow bank] within a few rods of the house of 
Oliver Ellsworth, Esq " (the Chief Justice, his father). This " Ells- 
worth Fort," as he calls it, " appears to have been inhabited by Sojt. 
Josiah Ellsworth, grandfather of Judge Ellsworth, who has been told by 
an old man in Windsor, now about 90 years of aire, that he remembered 
his (/. e. Deacon Hayden's) mother' telling- him that she had been down 
to the old fort to sleep nights ; for it is said that the inhabitants of the 
town were in dread of Indians at times for many years after the settle- 
ment of the place. The remains of the old Ellsworth house or fort are 
still visible in the hollow of a cellar a few rods south of the house of 
Judge Ellsworth." 

Mr. Ellsworth also i-cmrds tiuit -at that time [/. t-. the time referred 
to Ijy the tradition which he is recording in l!S02] there was a house 
which stood a little North of Judge Ellsworth's, inhaliited by one Stiles, 
who lived an old bachelor, within the memory of my uncle David and 
my father; this house, my uiude says, was used as a fort originallv, as 
appears probalile from the following circumstance, viz. : that the sides of 
the house were built nf tiuiliers put dUc l)v the side of the other com- 



' Deacon Hayden's mother was Anna Holcomb, born at Poquonock, 1675 (time of 
"King Philip's War"), was married to Sergt. Samuel Hayden, 1704. They lived at 
Hayden Station, opposite the present residence of Samuel B. Hayden. nearly a mile 
north of the " Fort " here designated. I have a .story of this great-great-grandmother 
of mine which I think may he of interest in this connection. When her first child (born 
1706) was an infant, a man reputed to know too much about witchcraft came for 
her hnsband to go to walcli with a sick neighbor ; she demurred because theirs was the 
last house, and she was afraid of the Indians. The witch-man upbraided her for 
objecting, and the husband went, and the dear old grandmother "raked up the fire," 
pushed the bed back against the wall, and wont to bed with her baby between herself 
and the wall. Waking in the night, the baby was gone. " Raking open the tire " and 
lighting her candle, she found little Anna lying under the bed fast asleep, close to the 
wall where she had fallen; and the bed was so close to the wall that the mother coidd 
not get her band between them, J, II. Hayden. 



144 1IIS-|I)|!V HI' ANCIKNT WINliSDK. 

jiactly, then covered (ivcr Uic timhcrs i|iiit(' tliick. Iliiurvn- my t'atlici- 
[the Chief Jiistiee] tliiiiks this was only thi' mode of Imildiim- at tliat 
time." ' 

The Stiles referred to was uiidoiihtedly Thomas (son of Henry, son 
of Sgt. llcnry, son of John the emi<rrant, horn 1690, and who died aj^ed 
ahont 70), thns spoken of l)y Miss Lueretia Stiles (who d. 1S79, x. 92). 
" Tliere was a man liy the name of Thomas Stiles, that my arandmotlier 
used to call 'riicic' when she spiikc of him. He had a farm and a 
loni'iy house on Rocky Hill. I do not know that he ever liad a family, 
liiit 1 know that in tlic after pai't of his life lie lived almost alone there. 
IJis house was standinii' when 1 was a child, and I used to visit it often. 
It was a I'uin then." .Mi-. Oliver KHswdrth, Jr.'s, iiiniiiiKrn'jif further 
says, "All, or aliout all of these lots in our neit;liliorhood liclonji'cd oriu- 
inally to the Stiles', even our own lot." 

Ahove the ahl BisselTs I'crry-road dwelt John Uisseli., Sr., John 
Drake, Mr. John St. XichoIjAs's lot. Tho.m.vs (Jilbkht, and Willia.m 
Hayden, the then "outpost" of tiie Windsor settlement to the noi'tli. 
Above him and lieyond the crossini;; liy (lunn's Brook, the road divides 
into two, one " runninii' northwesterly to Norwoct," Xorthampton : the 
other throug-h the u|)hind " to Pine Meadow," present Windsor [>ocks. 

West of the main road, and e.\tendin,u- from Hayden's home-lot to 
John Stilcs's jilaee on the south, was an eminence (less than KIO fed at 
its hi^u'liest point) known then and now as Rockij Hill, which was. 
aceordin<;- to tlic old records, a coiumou land of about 54 acres, at the 
upper end of which was "William Ilayck'n's stone-jjit," or (|uai-i-y, troiu 
which Rev. ifr. Unit's and most of the early Windsor jiravestones were 
(|uai-ried: and on the west side of this hill, near where the road ci-ossed 
it, was another stone quarry, callc(| from its first owner, Thrall's 
Qnairy. Feb. Ki, 1601/2, " it was granted i)y the Town tliat William 
Tlirall shall have libi'rty to dig for a Quarry of stone in the Common 
hill, and shall have it to his own property for se\eii vears, and iin 
man shall molest him by digging within a rod of his pit, liis limits 
are within 3 rods S(|uare." {Town Actx, i. 8.) 

' III the inventory of Henry Stiles, who died a baclielor in 16.'>I, his liouse is calle<l a 
" cellar." It was on the lot here designated. Most of the first houses were of this 
order. " It was the mode of building at that time." They were built in the brow of 
the meadow hill, tlie ground at the sides reaching to the eaves, the front end coniposcd 
of hewn timber set in the ground, as here described. It is not im|)robable tliat Henry 
Stiles' cellar may have been occupied about 1704 by the neighbor, to whoso house 
Dea. Hayden's mother went for company and greater safety, some night when it was 
known that hostile Indians were prowling about. Po.ssibly il was a place of general 
resort for the neighborhood. .1. H. H.wden. 

■'The road from Hayden's northwesterly to N. was not the road to Springfield 
before N. was settled (1654). It ran through "Mr. Stoughton lot," proving that it was 
not open in 1640. Probably it was ut first u trespass road to the Coniniou to get pipe 



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WINDSOR Bonn. 1645. 

,bez H.Hayden. Sept. 2".. 



by J< 



1885. 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

EXPLANATORY KEY TO THE MAP OF " HAYDEN'S." 

(This map was prepared for and used in The llayden, Oenealogy; and its author, 
Jabez H. Ilayden, has reluctantly consented to my using it in this History, in defer- 
ence to my earnestly expressed opinion that it possessed interest to a niucli wider circle 
of readers than those of the work named. — H. R. S.) 

The fire black balls muTk the sites of houses in 1645, viz.; St. John Nicholas, "a 
])erson of note," sent over funds, had lands taken up in his name, and this house built, 
but never came to occupy it. It was sold soon after by his attorneys to Jons Drake; 
was evidently a temporary structure, and is not heard of again. Thomas Gilbert also 
sold to Drake, and tlicnceforth (probably before 1650) Bissell, Drake, and Hayden 
owned all of Sequestered Meadow, and (with exception of Bancroft) appear to have 
been tlie only families in the neighborhood during the first two generations. 

The three holUnr squares mark the homes of three of the grandsons of William 
Hayden; and about the date of their erection, the fourth grandson occupied the origi- 
nal homestead; and there were no other families between or beyond them during that 
generation. 

Commencing at the upper left hand corner of the map : 

The first star designates the site of the late Levi G. Hayden's house. Beyond 
this, westward — until recently — there were but three houses; thence the road runs 
across The Plains, 5 miles to Sufficld. 

The second star: House built 1737 by Samuel Hayden; once a famous tavern; 
the white oak which overshadow-s it was doubtless of respc'Ctable age when the forest 
was cut away around the (then) new house. Its present owner, Lucinda H. (daughter 
of Levi) Hayden, celebrated here her 90th birthday, 26th September, 1891. When she 
was 2 years old she saw her great-grandfather. Deacon Nath'l Hayden, ae. 94; and he, 
when 4 years old, saw his grandfather Daniel, born 1640, who saw the beginnings of 
the settlement! 

The third star: Site of the once famous Pickett's Tavern, now teuantless. 

The fourth star; House built about 1770, by John Hayden ; now a tenant-hou.se. 

The fifth star, near the angle of the road : A brick house built by Capt. Nath'l 
Hayden before the Revolution; now occupied by his grandson, Samuel B. Hayden. 

The sixth (double) .star, Haydens' Chapel, owned by the First Congregational 
Church of Windsor, erected bj' the residents of this locality. 

The r>ext two stars, on the hill, west, and two stars on east side of the road, mark 
houses built by parties who located here because of the railroad facilities between Hay- 
dens' and Hartford. 

The ne.rf two stars, on the hill, on west side of road, belong to the family of the 
late Moses Allen, and are of older date. 

Below them a circle marks the Stone-pit, or Hayden (luarry, from whicli was 
taken the gravestone of Rev. Ephraim Iluit, 1644 — probably the first gravestone put 
up in New England, any bearing earlier dates having been more recently erected. 

The thj-ee stars opposite mark the present railroad station. 

Tlie iiert star designates a house on the site (designated liy a square) of house oc- 
cupied, 170S, by one of the grandsons of William Hayden; this was built by Bildad 
Phelps, 1780, and now owned by Henry Osborn. 

The star further east of Osborn's marks a house built about 1830 by James Drake, 
which has had frequent changes of occupants; and 

The stfir at extreme upper right hand corner of the map, on the same road, marks 
a house built about 1.S40 by the late Nath'l L. Hayden, and .still occupied by his 
laudly. 

Just at the junction of the two roads, a small black s/mt shows the site of the 
■ William Hayden Memorial Boulder." (Engraving, p. 532.) 

Thiy large hliirk ball, on east side of road, below the junction of the roads, marks 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

tlie site of the itnuinul William IFayden house; oeeupied after 1G64 by his son Daniel; 
from about 1708 by his grandson Daniel; from about 1T36 by his great-grandson Isaae; 
and from about 1786 by his great-great-grandson Ezra, from whose deseendants it 
passed, about 1840. to its present owners, George P. Ilayden and son. It is now oe- 
oupicd by a tenant. 

Opposite tlie old house, and on the west side of the road, is a house built by Al- 
phens Munsell, about 1783; now oceupied by his grandson, A. A. Munsell. 

Next south of the old liouse, on same side of road, a modern house, owned and oc- 
eupied by James L. Ilayden. 

Ne.xt below, same side of road, owned and occupied by George P. Hayden since 
1841. This was formerly the home of Capt. Ebenezer Fitch Bis.sell who was captured 
at the battle of Long Island, August, 1776, and barely survived his sufferings from 
starvation while a prisoner in the hands of the British. Later on and down to about 
1830, his .son Ebenezer Fitch Bissell kept the well-known Bissell Stage Tavern liere. 

The hou.se oppo.site to G. P. Hayden's, on the St. Nicholas lot, was burned after 
this map was made, and rebuilt further north; also one south of George P. Hayden's; 
both small, and occupied by tenants. 

The house on the Drake lot, west of the road, built about 1773 by Isaac Hayden, 
and occupied now by his grandson, I. L. Ilayden. 

The house on the Drake lot, east of the road, occupied by tlic heirs of the late 
Iliram Bissell. 

The house on the Bissell lot. built by Esq. Josiah Bissell, grandfather of the 
late Col. Geo. P. Bissell of Hartford; has been occupied by the Hills family about 
80- years, the Hills Brothers being its present occupants. 

The house on the Bancroft lot is a tenant house of the Hills Brothers. 

Oppo.site the Ferry Road (with the index tinger pointing to it) is the site of the ■ 
ifiidii Sr/imd/ioii/te, the first one built on this plan, under the supervision of Hon. Henry 
Barnard, then secretary of the State Board of Commissioners for Connecticut Common 
Schools, and has since been widely copied (with variations) throughout this and other 
States, and to some extent in Europe. He delivered here a historical address on the 
fiftieth anniversary of its erection, October 9, 1891. 

Heqii-cMer Meadmr had been under cultivation by the Indians who were now all <lead 
of small pox (or had joined other communities). It contained aI)oiit 7.5 acres and was 
all the " land tit for immediate cultivation " in this vicinity. 

Ilocky Hill containing .54 acres, renuiined in " commons " more than a hundred years 
after the land around it had been divided in severalty. Stone in this hill were free to 
!iny inhabitant for cellar walls, chimneys, wells, etc. When Bocky Hill was divided, a 
lot at the extreme south end was set to the Ellsworth family, who did not put it under 
cultivation, and oidy cut o\it the dead wood and frf)m time to time a stick of timber as 
they had use for it; so that this lot remained much the same primeval forest as that 
which covered all the land (except the meadows) when the whites first settled here. 
In 1887, that branch of the Ellsworth family which last owned it being dead, the lot was 
sold, a steam saw-mill set up on it, and it was .soon shorn of its glory. The aimual 
rings were counted on white oak logs, which showed them to be more than iOO years 
old. 

The Ferry road led to Bissell's Ferry, which was early established for the accommo- 
dation of "the three towns" in their journeys to and fro between Connecticut and the 
Bay, and also Springfield. 

A'cw Rirt-r is an artificial channel leading the brooks directly to the river instead of 
following under the meadow hill nearly a mile before their waters enter the river. 

The ro(u1 to Pine Meadow was opened very early by the owners of that meadow, 
extending from "the upper side of William Haydens' lot," and was very crooked to 
avoid swamps. 

The road to Northampton was opened after the settlement of that place (16.54). It 
leaves the river to avoid the neces.sity of bridges, and in its first five miles crosses a level 
plain, not yet settled. 



ROrKT-HILL, POUND CLOSE, ETC. 145 

" Rocky Hill," says Mr. Jaltc^/. H. llaydpn, in a letter to the author, 
dated March, 1885, " was coiumon land down to 1752, or later. The 
smith end of it (a^'ainst which Wm. Gaylord, Jr., Francis and John Stiles, 
and two or three lots south of them, hutted) and which was owned by 
the Ellsworths, is now (1885) being cut off for the firat time. Trees 
liavc been cut out while it lay in common, and since, and the dead wood 
carried away ; but it has always been original forest. I have counted 
fully 200 annular rings (one man says 230) on several oak logs. How 
is that for jirogress? — an original forest within forty rods of Francis 
Stiles' house, after a lapse of 250 years ? " 

Retracing our steps to just above the Palisado, we find that on the 
same side of the road, also bounded north by a highway going westward 
between Stephen Teny's and Jefi'rey Baker's home-lots (same as now 
])asses between Joel Thrall's and W. A. House's residences), east by the 
common street, south by the north line of the Palisado, and east by a 
back street running parallel with the main street, was a parallelogram 
of land, which seems to have been called Pound Close, and at its north 
end the home-lot of Jeffrey Baker. Mr. Henry Clarke seems, at a 
later date, to have purchased the whole of this " close." 

Along the highway liounding the west side of Pound Close were the 
residences of Elias Parkman, Begat Eggleston, John Taylor, Wil- 
liam Hubbard, Giles Gibbs; and back of their lots was Brirk EiU 
Swamp. 

Continuing south we come to the road which turned westward out 
of the Palisado, by the present Pierson residence, south of which and 
between which and the brow of the rivulet hill were home lots of John 
Williams, Henry Foukes, Owen, and Hoyt. North of this road was 
Jeffrey Baker Hollow. JToxford's Lane, in this vicinity, was a highway 
on the east side of John Owen's home lot, extending from the road liy 
the present Pierson place, south to Wm. Hosford's house which stood on 
the brow of the meadow hill in rear of Owen's lot. 



staves (to be sent to the West Indies for nun and molasses), but may liave been the 
trail used from the first to go to Waranolie (Westtield), Mass. Mr. Pynclieon settled 
Springfield the year after the settlement of Windsor. His sujiplies brought aroimd 
from Boston by water could not ascend the river above Windsor Locks, but landing on 
the cast side he proceeded thence by land carriage. At this point, which continued to be 
his landing-place, be built his warehouse, wliich gave it the name of Warehouse Point. 
Hinxell's Ferry, below Ilayden's, was established chiefly to accommodate those making 
the jom-ney between Connecticut and tlie Bay (Boston and vicinity), and it only required 
a road three miles from the ferry, along the amt side of the river, to connect with 
Pyncheon's road to S]iringlield. Later on, the road to Northampton became the great 
thoroughfare to Springtield and Bostdii. ns well as North and West. J. H. IL 

Vol. I. — 19 



146 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

South of the Rivulet. 

From the Rivulet ferrv tlio old road passed west, through the " Lit- 
tle Meadow '" (Mr. Warhani's ou the north and Messrs. Benj. Newberry 
and Robert Howard's on the south), till it came to a meadow gate, on 
about the site of the Widow Alvah Rowland's residence, from which 
point it turned south to the south corner of Dr. Bray Rossiter's home- 
lot, and then turned abruptly west — Ijcing, in fact, as will be seen, the 
original of the i)resent road running from the causeway in front of the 
Rowland house, and up past the factory to Broad Street. On this roml. 
and nearly in a line, stood the homes of Rev. Mr. "Warham, Mr. ,h is. 
Newberry, John Dorchester, William Phelps, and Dr. Bray Ros- 
siTER, and which undoulitedly were the houses which were " drowned 
very deep " in the Great Flood of 1638-9. Back of them, on the emi- 
nence between the Rowland place and the ])resent i-ailroad track, was a 
Kmall palisado, mentioned in Mr. Joseph Newberry's deed to Re\'. 
Warham, and which was undouljtedly erected as a ready refuge for the 
inhabitants on the south side of the Rivulet in times of Indian alarms. 

('ontinuing on the Island Road from ]Mr. Rossiter's, we come to the 
lots (as they stand on the record, KUO) of Richard Vore, RoCxER Wil- 
liams, Thomas Marshfield, John Hurd, Mr. John Branker, Thomas 
and his scm Dea. John Moore, and Elder John Witchfield. 

These lots extended fi-om the Rivulet to the east side of the 
present Broad Street. After the flood of 1638-9 the houses on some, or 
all, of these lots, which at first were built on tlie Island Road, wei-e 
r(0)uilt on the high ground west of the Railroad, and access to them wns 
from Broad Street after that was opened. 

The next houses below Mr. AVitchfield's were those of Ja:mks 
Marshall, Samuel Allen, and Roger Ludlow. Here the road made a 
bend to the west to avoid the swam])y gromid where the ])resent cause- 
way is, crossing '•the two lirooks," thence easterly to the ]tresent Island 
Road. 

A road runs southerly tluough the length of The .hland (so called 
Ijccause in floods and high waters it is generally more or less cut off 
from the surrounding country by water), on the east side of which dwelt 
some of Windsor's aristocracy, viz.: Dea. LooMis and his sons : Dea. Wm. 
Porter, Mr. Henry Wolcott, Si-., yiv. Henry Wolcott, Jr., Mr. Georce 
Phelps,' (toodman Whitehead, Mr. Matthew Allyn, successor of tlie 
Plymouth ])eople, John Wyatt, Amhrose Fowler. Just nortli of .Mr. 
Whitehead's a road turned westward to the wood lots, and nortli ol liiis 
road, bounded east by the meadow road and west iiy the '• it/>fa)ifl inad" 

' Henry Wolcott's .shortliiind MSS. records that on Oct. II, 1040. while Mr. Unit 
was iireaehing to the people of Windsor from l{onians xii 17. "al this leclinc. (ieo. 
Plielps' lionse was burnt so lli.il il |tlie lifmsi-) wi-nt over." 



UROAD STREET, THE (ILP MILL, ETC. 147 

to Hartford, and extending up to Mr. Samuel Allen's land, was a large 
traet owned by Mr. Roger Ludlow. 

This upland road to Hartford was constructed in April, 1638, by 
order of the General Court. Commencing at Goodman John Witch- 
fiekl's corner it passed westward and southwest (around the corner now 
occuiiied by Mr. Thaddeiis Mather, at the lower end of Broad Street) 
and to Hartford in the line of the present road.' 

Boivfield was the ancient name applied to the country west of the 
present Broad Street, which is of comparatively modern origin and was 
laid out along the back ends of the lots of the first settlers. As to the 
lieginnings of this Broad Street, we find that when Mr. Warliam and his 
wife Abigail (April 1, 1664) made over the dwelling-house and land of 
Mr. John Branker, deceased (Mrs. Warham's first husband), it " bounded 
east by the highway on the bank against the Little Meadow, on westerly 
against t^r liy the highway, as it is appointed to range," proving that, at 
that date, the highway on the east had not been changed to its present 
jilace ; and one would infer that Avhat is now Broad Street was then only 
" appointed," or set out and not in use. Broad Street was at fii-st Init 
six rods wide where the present traveled road is, and was probably 
widened by the owners on the east side, when the highway on the u\>- 
land against Little Meadow (on which they built) was removed to its 
]iresent location, that they might bring the street nearer their houses. 
When they rebuilt, they of course placed their houses behind their barns 
and facing the new Broad Street. 

Coming, then, to the road leading westward " to the Commons," we 
find that at about the northwest corner of the present Broad Street, it 
sent off a branch road to the Old Mill. Northeast of this road, which is 
still in use, and between it and the Mill Brook, laid the land of Jasper 
Rawlins. Southwest of the Mill road, running south to the " road to 
the Commons," were the lots of Mr. Daniel Clarke, Job Drake and 
John Drake, Sgt. Benedictus Alvord, Richard Birge, and Arthur 
Williams. 

Following this Mill Road we coinc upon '-the old mill," sometimes 
called the "old Warham Mill," because of its first owner. Rev. .Mr. War- 
liam, who had it proliably by gift from the town, and calls it, in a deed 
of gift to his wife (1664), his "corn mill." It was in existence as early 
as 1640, as \)cr the following record : "Mr. John Warham has by Gift of 
y° Town one acre of land more or less Lying by his Mill, as it bounds 
north beginning at y'= fall of y« water out of y" Trough \\\nn\ y" Wheel it 
So goes downward by y' Running of y"^ Mill water till it conies to y'^^ 
water in y"' Brook and there then it liounds easterly by y' land of Joli 
Drake along in y'= loo bottom, and risetli y' side of y" bank, going to a 

' Col. Bee., i. 17, 31, 56, 125. Also second chapter of this work. 



148 HISTORY OP ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

tree near y' way where Job goetli down into liis swamp, and there tnrus 
from tliat tree straight six rods to the liighway, and then bounds liy y' 
way to y'' mill afore exprest." Tradition claims that it was the first grist 
mill in Connecticut, and was resorted to by the people of all the neighbor- 
ing towns, even from Middletown. Be this as it may, it is evidently one 
of the oldest of Windsor institutions ; affording us, as Stotu/hfon hapjiily 
remarks, "the phrasing incident of Mr. Warhara's thorough identification, 
not only with the church which prospered so signally during his min- 
istry, ill spite of dissenting elements in its midst, but also with its only 
iiiiitcrial counterpart. From the (me he preached the unquestioned law 
ol' (iod and broke to his little flock the bread of Eternal Life. From 
tlie otlicr he practiced tor their example the 'measure that should be 
mete,' ' pressed down and well shaken together,' and dispensed the 
wholesome elements of that daily bread by which his people were wont 
to symbolize their faith in spiritual things." ' It seems to have had sev- 
eral proprietors at one time, and has always been considered, even to the 
present day, as good stock. 

Fi'om the mill, the road turns northward, following the general 
course of the Rivulet or Farmington River. On its cast side and run- 
ning back to the Rivulet we find the lots of S.vmuel Pond, WiLLi.iM 
BuELL, John Hillier, Nich. P.\lmer, William Thrall, Thomas Bas- 
COMB, Wid. Mart Collins, Richard Weller, John Tilley, Thos. Orton. 

Out of this road turns a way to the east and runs down to Mr. 
William Phelps' who lived on the brow of the hill overlooking " Mr. 
Phelps meadow " (the cellar hole of his house still remains) on this 
road were William Phelps, Jr., and Thomas Orton. 

Directly north of this, and on the easterly side of the Rivulet which 
divided them, was SiMON Hoyte's meadow, and following u]) the Poquon- 
noc road we come, opposite Indian Neck on the Rivulet, to Edward, 
George, and Francis Griswold, Thomas IIolcomb, and John Bartlett, 
the pioneer settlers (as early as 1649) of the Poipionnoc village. 



Ujion an ancient road wliicfi running about soiitli westerly from tlie 
Rivulet (near where the present road from Palisado Green comes in) in- 
tersected the Poquonnoc road above the Old Mill, were the residences, on 
the north, oi Humphrey Hyde, Thomas Barber, and Alex. Alvord; on 
the south side, those of Jonathan and Nathan Gillett. To the west 
of these and the Old Mill district generally, were the lots lielongiug to 
the children of Thomas Newberry and to Mr. Warham. 



' Windsor Farmes, 1694-1750. By John A. Stougliton, p. 16. 




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FIRST SETTLERS AND THEIR HOME-LOTS. 149 



DISTRIBUTION OF HOMI-^-LOTS OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF ANCIENT 
WINDSOR. 

We here present a list of early Windsor settlers and the location of 
their home-lots, by Mr. Jabez H. Hatden, comprising his full notes of 
the article upon this subject, which he prepared for the Hartford County 
Memorial History (1883), and containing a large amount of detail 
necessarily omitted in that work. It contains the matured results of 
his thirty yeai-s' investigation of the subject, since the publication of our 
original history : and forms a reliable list of all those persons who can 
Ije traced to Windsor before 1650. Most of these names appear upon 
the Windsor Land Records, in Matthew Grant's Old Church Record, 
Colonial Records, etci, etc. Removals are taken from land records, 
town histories, and a hundred incidental sources of information. The 
History of Dorchester is voucher for those " who came up hence," and 
who are designated in the following list by the letter D. The dates 
given do not absolutely mark the coming of the families to Wind- 
sor, but give the time of their first appearing upon the records. Doubt- 
less some who were among the very first settlers bear date later than 
1640, through their neglect to " bring in " a description of their lands to 
the recorder at that time. The map shows the ])osition of each person's 
home-lot ; the list gives its breadth, whether set off by original grant or 
by purchase, its transfer to successive owners, etc. All genealogical 
details have been referred to the genealogies in another part of the work, 
which should be carefully studied in connection with this list. 

(The grants made to tliese settlers of lands on the East mk of the Grettt lUur, and 
at Pine Meadoir, will be noted in another portion of this volume.) 

ALEXAJSTPER, George, in 10-14, bo't Jasper Rawlins' place, S. E. fra the Old Mill: res. 
there until 1655; then sold to William Fillcy; and name disappears from records. 

ALFORD (Alvord), Alexander, 1645, bo't lot, W. of Thos. Barber; length 66 r., 18 r. 
wide; sold, 1654, to Josiah Ellsworth, who sold to Cornelius Gillett, 1658 
(known, 1859, as the Oliver S. Gillett pi.). Jonathan G. (formerly Warhani) 
had a lot W. of Alvord on the W. side where A. was 52 r, S. S. W. by tlie Mill 
Brook. "Alexander Alford hath granted by virtue of purchase his home Lott 
si.\ acres, more or Les&, ye bredth is Eighteen rods, bound West and norwest 
by John Warliam & there is in length fifty Two rod, bounds E.S.E. by Thomas 
Barber, and is there in length Sixty-six rods on N.N.E. bdd by John Hclier." 
"Also, six acres of Swamj) on the Mill Brook in length by ye bank (threscorc): 

[ ] rods, in bredth at the S Twelve rods in ye midst twenty rod, bds 

8. by John Drake." 

"Also, by Gift from his Father Richard Voar, in the woods forty -two acres, in 
length six scoore rod, in bredth fifty-seven rod — bd S. by Jonathan Gillet, N. 
by Thomas Bascomb." [No date.] 



150 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

May 27, IG-lo, he sold to lluiuiihrey Hide, of W. 4 acivs, 16 rod wide, bd. E 
by Nathan Gillet, N. by a liiglnvay, S. by the Mill Brook. 

(Sgt.) Bcnedictus, 1637, lot gr. extend. 10 r. in width, from Bloonificld Ave. to a 
road whieh ran fmni the Mill-road (about the site of the GotT house) W. a few 
r. S. of the Mill-pond. His ho. stood on S. side of this last road, 10 or 15 r. 
W. of Mill-road. 

ALJA'N, Mr. Matthew, 1638, from Hartford, had a lot N. of Wyatfs and S. of thai 
of Henry Wolcott, Jr. 

He bo't, 1638, all the lands reserved by the Plymouth Co. ()). 41) inehidiug 
"an acre upon the hill to build upon." There is more than an acre betw. 
Wyatt and Wolcott, but it is about certain that his ho. stood on the site of an 
old one pulled down by Henry Halsey, 1830. It stood near the middle of the 
lot ne.xt S. of the tobacco barn and dwelling attached, now standing (1889). 
Both Wyatt's and Fowler's lots were afterwards added to this. A tradi- 
tion still exists that the frame of the old ho. was bro't from Eng. as also 
the doorstep. The trad. prob. refers to the Plymouth House which 3[r. 
A. bo't, the material of which was bro't from Plymouth, Mass., by Capt. 
Holmes, 1633 ; and it is not improbable that the material of the Plymouth 
House was brought from Eng. as there was no saw-mill in P. at that time, and 
that 3Ir. A. rem. it from the meadow to the hill and used it in the construction 
of his tirst ho. Whether any part of it formed a part of the ho. piUIed down 
by Jlr. Halsey is now too late to determine positively. No trace of the Plym. 
Ho. site can now be found. Mr. Allen had not removed to Windsor, 1640, but 
was "of W." 1644. 

Thomas (son of Mr. Matthew), who m. Abigail (d. Rev. John) Warham, bo't the 
Brancker pi. on Broad St. (betw. H. S. Hayden and Mr. Clark's present pi.) 
where he res. until his father's dth, when he occup. his father's homestead and 
other lands, including the " 43| acres in Plym. Meadow and the 360 acres 
allowed by the Town for the Plym. right in the upland." After his dth. his son 
Hon. Col. Matthew took the homestead. 

ALLEN, Samuel (supposed bro. of Mr. Matthew), 1640, lot gr. 13 r. wide. Doubtless 
his ho. stood on the Island road, next N. of Roger Ludlow's ho. and S. of 
James Marshall's lot wh. bd. N. by road running E. from Grace Church, and 
Allen's and Marshall's lots, breadth 11 r. each, ran to the W. to about the W. 
line of the present Broad St. Prob. all the houses betw. his and Mr. Warhams 
should have been represented on the map as standing where the present highway 
is, with the highway running W. of them. Allen's ho. was "drowned very 
deep"Mch. 18, 1638-9. He d. 1648; his wid. m. Wm. Hurlburt and rem. to 
Northampton, taking the Allen ch. with her. 

BAKER, Jefpry, 1642, had a hit on Main St. S. of Samly Hill road, which lot li;..l 
been ret. to the town by Thos. Ford and gr. to Baker. On this lot of 3 acn > 
(9^ by 53 r.) he built a ho. and .sold to Michael Humphrey: ho. stood near W. 
end, opp. where the road turns N. He. also, bo't of Thos. Ford a lot, without 

a ho., on E. side of the st. on wh. he built. He d. 1655; wid. m. Ingra- 

ham, and 1672, sold homestead (16 rods breadth), the orig. lot, E. of St. of 
Thos. Ford's. His son Samuel had his father's lot on E. side of river; res. there 
1673. (See Humphrey.) 



FIRST SETTLERS AND THEIR HOME-LOTS. 151 

BRANCKER, Mr. John, the schoolmaskT(I)). in 1640, lot gr. 13 r. witle; d. 16G2: wid. 
m. Kcv. Mr. Wiirlumi; tlicy sold his liomcstead to Thos. (s. Mr. Matt.) AUyii, 
on his marriage to Mr. W's dau., and the pi. descended to "Esq." (Henry) 
Allyn. who d. there 1804. This lot included the unoccupied lot N. of H. S. 
Ilayden, the "old Squire Allyn lot," breadth 12 rods. 

BAXCRAFT (Bancroft). .John, res. 1G47, in Francis Stiles' ho: d. 1002; lie bo't. 10.58, 
lot N. of Ferry Road, now the S. part of the Messrs. Hills pi., and built thereon. 
His son Ephraim had the homestead, which he sold to Natli. Bissell. 

BARBER, Thomas (of Saltonstall party, 1635), lot gr. W. of Humphrey Hydes and 10 
r. W. of Mill road (8 acres, 22 r. wide) bd S. on Mill-brook, ext. N. acro.ss pres- 
ent Pleasant St., which was orig. opened 2 rods wide to accommodate Barber 
and Alford, and a way for Mr. Warham to go to his lot, which lay W. of 
Alvord's. It ended a little "W. of present Poquonnoc mad. His hci. ]ir(ib, 
stood on the S. side of the road, now Pleasant St. 

Of his sons, John rec'd his father's pi., then but lO.J r. wide, in 1G64, and .sold, 
1671, to his bro. Samuel, and rem. to Springfield, and thence to Sutlield. 
Thomui' lot, " whereon he builded," was lot formerly of Samuel Pond, except 
about \\ acres, next to Silver St.', on wh. P's ho. stood. Barber's ho. doubt- 
less faced Hollow Fall road; he rem. 1671, to Simsbury. Sainiiel, 1671, bo't of 
his bro. John the homestead where he prob. res. 

BAirrLETT, John, 1641: was res. 1649, in Poquonnoc; his lot and ho. were N. of 
Thos. Holcombe's (see p. 80); he sold to Samuel (s. Mr. Wm.) Phelps, abt. 
1651, and rem. to cor. of Mill-road and Bloomfleld Ave., where he had 2 acres, 
with a ho. in 1654. He prob. built the ho., tho' the lot had been owned by 
"several persons before." In 1669 he sold to John Case and rem. to Simsbury. 
In 1654 he contracted with the town to keep the Rivulet ferry, and at renewal 
of lease, 1658, the town promised " to provide some stone and timber to build 
him a cellar at the ferry house." 

BASCOiMB, Thomas, 1640 (D.), lot gr. wliieh commenced 23 r. S. of (present ditch to 
river) the Ellison-Orton pi. and was 13 r. wide. This, with dwellings, he sold, 
1656, to John Moses, and rem. to Northampton. He was a brick and stone 
mason. 

BASSETT, Thomas (of Saltonstall party. 1635), lot gr. in I'alis.-ido. 8 r. wide, lying \V. 
of Mr. Hill's lot, upon which lie prob. never built, but sold it to .Mr. H. 1640; 
rem. early (to Fairfield'?); no family recorded. 

BENNKTT, John, fir.st date here IG48 He was before the Court to answer to various 
misdemeanors, one of which was " for saying that he had enticed and drawn 
away the affections of his [John Drake's] daughter. He seems to have led a 
vagabond life, tho' previous to 16.52, for a little time, he owned an<l sold the 
ho. built by Peter Tilton: disappears after 1652: no family recorded. 



' Mr. Roger Phelps, of Windsor, used to tell tliat Silrcr St. was so named because 
the people passing along that street in the early morning slopped to pick up silver six- 
pences, and found that they were only shad .scales, dropped by their poorer neighbors 
while carrying home shad in tlie night, to avoid being seen by friends who fared more 
sumptuously. ./. H. Ilayden. 



152 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

BIRGE, Richard, 1040, lot gr. 15 r. wide, ext. to Blooinficld Ave; d. 1651; wid. m . 
Thds. Iloskius. B's ho. was on road running E. and W. south of Mill-pond. 
John Drake's stood nearest the Mill-road, Benedict Alvord's next, then Birge's, 
beyond whom there were then no houses. His son Daniel inher. the home- 
stead; and .son Jnhii. l)y will, had his gdfthr Gaylord's (late the Roswell ^lillir 
pi.); the ho. after dth of " Old Molly Birge," abt. 1800, was pulled down and 
present Miller ho. built near its site. 

BISSELL, John, ferryman, 1640, lot gr. 22 r. wide; bo't 25 r. add: his ho. stood on the 
lot S. of present garden of Henry and Stephen Hills. It is uncertain whether his 
first ho. was on the road (as his next neighbor Drake's must have been) or on 
the brow of the hill further E. In 1642, the Mass. surveyors Woodward and 
Saffrey, ran the line betw. the Colonies at John Bissell's ho,, the remains of 
wh. were to be seen 1751. 

Of his sons, John had the homestead and bo't, 1655, the ho. and land (11^^ acres) of 
Thos. Gilbert, formerly the home lot of Josiah Hull, W. of the highway, opp. 
Hull's ho. Samuel, res. S. E. cor. Bowfield; bo't, 1661, lot W. side of Broad St. 
(9 by 34 r.) where E. S. Clapp res. (1889) on wh. he built and res. His father gave 
him 106 acres of the Whiting lot, all except the E. side which was previously .sold 
to Job Drake. Nathaniel rec'd from his father, 1662, "in part of his portion of 
his marriage," a part of his land and ho. " at (S. of) Scantuck," on E. side Conn. 
River with provision for the remainder at father's death. John, Sr., had pre- 
viously made over his orig. homestead to John. Jr., and doubtless res. with his 
son Nath'l. John Sr. had kept the ferry, prob. from 1641 to 1658, " at his old 
hou.se "; then John Jr. had it 10 yrs; after that it was under charge of the 
town authorities, (probably worked by the Bissells) till 1677, when tlie Gen. 
Ct. leased it to Nath'. Bissell. The location of ferry was prob. changed betw. 
1663 (when John, Jr. petitioned to be released) and 1677, to the mouth of the 
Scantic, near its present location; the previous landing place on the East side of 
river having been N. of the Scantic, and the road from it to the (East Windsor) 
street, abt i a mile N. of Scantic bridge. Nathaniel, doubtless res. on the river 
bank, below the Scantic, (still occup. by dwellings,) from the time of his mar- 
riage. This ho. was garrisoned at the time of King Philip's War. John Bis- 
sell, Sen', evidently died here, having made provision for his second wife, stipu- 
lating that Nathaniel should give "his now present mother-in-law, if she i^ 
willing and choose to have the use the parlor for her abode," it should be grantcil 

BROOKS, John, 1650, contracted with the Town to keep the Rivulet ferry, the Town 
agreeing to make him a cellar (dwelling) 10 by 15 ft, " fit to live in "; alur liis 
mar. abt. 1655, be bo't the N. part of the Hubbard lot on Backer How. liiiill 
and was res. thereon 1668; rem. to Simsbury, 1682. 

BROWTON, John, 1650. m. that yr: bo't Simon Mills' ho. and lot next S. of Wm. 
Phelps, Jr., wh. he .sold Feb. 5, 1653, to Sam. Marshall, and disappears from 
record. The S. part of tliis lot, formerly owned by W'" Filly, 11 r. pa.ssed by 
exch. to James Eno. 

BUCKLAND, Thomas, 1637, lot gr. commencing 44 r. S. of present Ferry road and 29 
r. N. of Sandy Hill road, 9* r. wide: add. by purchase, Geo. Hull's lot on S. 
lying E. of highway, 14J r. wide; d. 1662. 

Of his sous', Timothy, bo't, 1601, lio. and laud of Rich. Saxton on the W'" Rockwell 
lot W. of highway, wh. he sold, 1677, to John Deuslow, Jr., with ho. Nich- 
olas had his gdfthr Nich. Denslow's pi. Thmnaa, settled on East side the 
Great River. 



riUST SETTLERS AND THKIIt H(IME-I,0TS. 153 

HrKLL, \Villi:iiM, \Vcl<lmi:m .iiid cnriiciilci-. in. KUO: liit '^v. 5 a<ivs, 14i r. wide, en 
Silvor SI. hctw. Sanili Pond :iiid .li>lni Ilillier, S. W. cor. lot. I'SJ r. X. (if ll.il 
low Fnll, 1h1. W. l.ylii.uiiway. 

Of liis Sims. Simii,! irs. Wil S. of liis fnthci-, bn't of Rich. Saxton, cor. Silver St. and 
Hollow Fall. wji. he .•^old UiUT to his bin. in law Tiiiio. Palmer and icni. to IIo- 
inonoscctt (Killiii.iiw.iithi. Sainucl Biiel and Tim Thrall contracted with Mr. 
Pynchon of Sprin.nlield. lO.V.) to •'llew the timber for the Old Fort." J'llir 
had the hcmiesteail. 

CARTER, .losnuA (I).), lot gr. abt 10 r. wide. The pir.viit road to Bissell's Ferry is on 
the S. side of this lot, at the street, and crosses it in its coiir.^e down the meadow 
hill. G. d. 1647. Arthvir Williams m. hi.s dan. and occup. the homestead, and 
sold toThos. Ford the lot E. side of st. Meh 17, 1657-8; and rem. to Dcer- 
tield: F. sold, o Oct. 1002. to John Strong, Jr. who res. there 1670. Of Carter's 
3 rhild. b. here, 2 perished in the biirniugof the ho. 1653. Josliiia, Jr, when of 
age, rec' his portion in the lot \V. of the St., 8^ acres, 10 r. wide and otlier lots, 
wh. he sold and he rem. 

CLARKE, .^Ir. Daniel (Hon. Secy of the Colony, 1058-60 and 1664-65) m. 1044, bo't a 
triangular lot, abt 36 rods on W. side of the Jlill-road, est. from abt 15 r. N. of 
Bloomtield Ave, having on his S. line John Bart left, on his W. Job Drake. His 
son Katltiiniii had the homestead. 

Dea. Henry, 1640, lot gr. but not recorded, 7^ rods wide. betw. Capt. >[ason's on 
S. and Jlr. Huit's on N.. both of wh. lots he subseq. added by purchase (Mason's 
in 1653, Huit's, 1654): first res. appears to have been on present Cong, parson- 
age lot, N. E. cor. Palisado, wh. he bo't of Nich. Den.slow — date not known 
— wh. he sold, 1655. to Sam. JIar.shall, and he to the Town, After his pur- 
chas(< of the Unit lot, he res. there until his rem. to Hadley, and gave it, by- 
will, to his niece Elizabeth Fox, wife of Edward Chapniau; died Dec. 23, 1675. 

Joseph, 1637 (D.), lot gr. commencing 13 r. S. Ferry road and 14* r. wide; he d. 
1641, by will, made the Church of W. overseers, if necessary to sell the lot 
above Jlr. Stiles' meadow; this lot was afterward sold by W"" Gaylord, S'. and 
Hfiirji Clark, deacons of the W. eh. (Land Bee. Col. liec. Sec\i/ Offiet; p. 46): Jo- 
seph Clark's wid. d. 1639. Arthur Hawkins and Joseph Bird, of Farmington, 
sold his pi. 1660 to Sam. Marshall and he to John (s. Wm) Rockwell, when it 
was add. to the Rockwell pi. No ho. mentioned, but doubtless Clark b,i<l his 
ho. here. 

(There is noextant ])roof of relationship betw. these thr(-e Clarkes). 

COLLINS, Makt, prob. wid. lOlO.had lot betw. those of Nich. Sensbion :iiid Tbos. 
Bascomb, on wh. she had a ho. and wh. she sold to James Eno, .ilit. I(i5:i. now 
"the old Kno p].", occup. (1859) by Samuel Eno; the records .give her no 
family and proli. he r husband d. before first date of Land Rec. 

COOKH (('apt. Aaron (D.), 1638, lot gr. 12 r. wide. beg. 10 r. X. of Palisa(hi. or ro;id 
to niridow {'!): also, owned lot in Palisado, where he doubtless res during 
Peijuot war; afterwards, 1664, bo't of Mr. Unit's est. a ho. and lot. ad.ioining 
his own on the S. (bd. S. by highway leading W. from Palisado. breadth HI, 
length 16 r., and Gninfj, P.iUziKh, Plot, 1650. marks C's name as if he then n'S. 
Iher<') and Parknian's lot on X: rem. to Xorthampton, 1061. thence to West- 
tiehl. 

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154 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

His soil Aiiriiii III. llitil, iiiiil IkhI liis InllKT's |il :is a iiiiiir. |ii>iii(iM. 1ml snon ivm. 
witli liis fiilluT-inluw U> lliullcy. In IGfU. Aanm Cnok. ■• of lladk-y." iiiaile 
over his " (iwi'lliiii; liouse aiifl land" nn Sandy Hank, near by Goiidinan 
I'omeniy, to John Maudsley (Moscly). Aaron his son I). 1663, settled in Hart- 
ford, 1()S6. 

COOKE, N.\TnANlBL, 1649, m. that yr; li..'t the X. end oflots of Arthur Williams and 
Kieh. Birge, lying betw. inad in Ironl of lis ho. and the ni'w watercourse of 
Mill Brook. 

CIUTIS. Henry, lt!4."i, ni. that year; hot of .lohn Deiislow the I'arknian pi. on Backer 
Kow; where he iiroli. res. until ahl . IIm."), when the Town volcd lo Iniy the 
ppy for a currier's use, if it was for sale. 

DKXSLOW, Nicholas, 1640 (D,), lot gr. 24 r. wide )wu\ . Ford and Hosford; also, 
owned the present Cong, parsonage lot in Pal. when- he res. during Pequot 
war; d. 1666, He also .sold to Henry Clark (and he to the Town) the Town 
House. After his dth. the homestead was given to his gd-son Nicholas Buck- 
lanil. 

Of Ni(h. Denslow's sons, Ut'iivj/. a first .settler at Windsor Locks, abt. I()63, was 
killed there by Indians, 1676 Another son ./"///-. hot the llaununi PI. 16.54, 
W, .side St. 21i r. wide, abt. opp. present res. Henry Phelps. 

DEWEY. Thom.-vs, 1637 (D.), lot gr. first N. of Pal.. Ill r. wide; d. 1648; wid. ni. Geo. 
Phelps, wlio, upon his rem. to Westfield, 1670, sold to Hev. Nalh'l Chaiineey. 

Of Dewey's , sons, Jomah -war at Norllianiploii. IGli;!, .-md /.s7V(iV res. on Geo. Phcljis' 
(Dewey) pi., 1678. 

DIBIU.E, Tiio.M.xs (D.), lot gr. 5.J r. wide, next below cor. ferry-road, upon which he 
liuill and sold to Robert Watson, and he to Anth'y Hawkins, who added the 
lot N. of it. abt. 16.10 and sold them together. lO.'JO. to .laeob Drake and he to 
Sam. Gibbs, 1662, Dibble bo't the W"' Hiibbanl pi. in the Pal., ne.vt S. of 
Grant, where he was res, 1654. I'rob. '/jirhnriiih Dibble was an elder son of 
his, b, before he came to America. 

DORCHESTER. Antiionv. 1640. was res. at orig. Win. Phelps lot, nc.xt N. of Bray 
Rossiter, which he bo't iproli.) from Benj. Newberry, who bo't it of Pliclps, 
11)42. Dorchester sold. 1640. to liolierl Howard; soon after disappears. 

DRAKE, JouN, Sen'., 1640, lot gr. 22 r. wide, -exceiitat the ho. it is but 10 rods " ; 
but there appears noother owner for this 12 rod bldg. lot. and lie afterwards 
seems to liave owned the same widtli at tlie ho. as elsewhere. 

Of his sons, John had a lot, 4^ acres, bd, S. on Bloomfield Ave,, N. partly on Mill 
highway, and partly by road running 'W, from it to Rich. Birge's lot; his ho. 
was on road running W^, betw. the present old Goffe ho. on Mill-road and Win. 
Mack's present res. Job had lot of 4 acres, 14 r. wide, on Bloomtielii Ave, ext. 
to Mill road, parallel to and adjoin, his bro. John: his W. line was 49 r., his E. 
line abutted on John Bartlett, abt, 14 r, at the S. end and abt 25 r, on the lot of 
Daniel Clark and 20 to 25 r, along the Mill highway. He bo't, 1659, mo.st of 
the Roger Ludlow lot, wh. lay E, of the present Hartford road, but there is no 
evidence of its ever having been built on, nor is it known what heeaiiie of End 
low's " stone-house " (cellar?) which stood at the E. end. on the Isl.nid road. 
Jacoh had the liomestead. 



FIRST SKTTLKIiS AND THHII! ITOMK-LOTS. 155 

DL'MBLETON, Joux, 1040, a servant of Mr. Whiting, of Hartford (wlioni lie seems 
to have served 2 yrs. before coming to N. E.), who worked the lands hot of Mr. 
Ludlow. 5 yrs. until his term of service expired, after which he worked the 
land on shares (" to halves") 'for four years, "and after I jiaiil £20a year." He 
was 20 yrs. old when he came^ to W. and says " there was little iniproveMieiit on 
the land when I came upon it [i)rob. I(iii9] but I plowed and brake up considera- 
ble ijuantity of it." This information appears in his affidavit in the case of 
W/iithiff'n fktntt rs. John Bixnell, to recover the land imder the plea of defective 
title. After D. left it, it was.sold to Miles Murwin, who found it "too hard" 
for him and was released. We find no mention of Dumbleton while he was 
here: in 167() and 1684. he was res. in Springtield. Did lie neeupy Roger Lud- 
low's "stone licpiise " iiieutioMeil in Whiting's dei'dv 

EGGLESTON, Begat, 1638 (D.), lot gr. on Backer Row, 144 r. wide from Pal. road; 
sold pi. to Xich. lloyt and res. 1654, in Pal. his lot being N. of the Meeting- 
house, bd. E. on the highway, N. by the palisades, and 1651, the Town gave 
him the 1-rod road betw. him and the Elias Parknian lot, and the road 
across the N. end of his lot, betw. it and the Palisades, during the pleasure of 
the Town. His lot in the Pal. first w-as J acre, 4 r. wide, N. of the Green, ne.xt 
to road wh. ran N. at the head of the Huit, Cook, and Parknian lots, on a line 
with W. side of the Green. This he sold to John Taylor, and bo't it back from 
Rhoda Taylor, with ho. In 1647, he bo't of Thomas Nowell, a lot and ho. E. 
of Taylor lot : ' and (1651) owned fm. highway E. to and including the Close, 
or road on the W^. In 1662, mortgaged " my new dwelling-lio.. liarn. iVc. ho. 
lot, and orchard, situate near the meeting-house." 

This lot went to his sons Beiijaiiiiti and TIioiikis. TIkhikih had the A acre on N. side, 
" ne.vt where the Palisades formerly stood," and liuilt alio, thereon, opp. the 
present parsonage. Biiijuiiiiii. who li;id his fiitlier's ho., sold his liro. Thom.is 
the X. end of lot in Palisado. 

ELLSWORTH. Jo.siali, 1654, bo't Alex. Alvord's ho. and lot W. of Tlios. Uarlier's; and 
in 1658 sold it to Cornelius (Jillett; afterwards bo't of Wm. Phelps, .Ir., an acre 
"\V. of Phelps' ho. where he bid. and res. until lie bo't (from Joanna Davidson, 
wid. of Nicholas of Boston, who had it from Robert Saltonstall, wholiad it from 
Mr. Francis Stile.s) the present (known as the Chief Justice) Ellsworth ]il. whieli 
has remained in the family since Meli. :!1. 1665. 

ELLLS(»X, Lawrence. 1644. forfeited a li>t near Win. Phelps' (because he did not com- 
ply with the terms of the grant, " of two years inhabiting it, or else his grant 
to be void ") and which was given to Thomas Orton. Mcli.. 1646. 

END (Eiiiw). J.\MKs, 1648, bo't Mary Collins' ho. and lot, betw. Bascomb and Senshion, 
on Silver St., IH r. wide; Senshion'sho. was " against the waye to Pigeon Hill " 

and this lot was S. of it. He also had a spot on Pal. Green gr. him by the town, 
for his barber shop. • 

FILER (Fyler), Walter, 1640 (D.), lots gr; ho. was in Pal. on or near site of the late 
Mary Stiles' ho. at S. end of Green, bd. N. by Green, S. by river, 9 r. wide. 

(If his sons, .hihit. in. 16T2, had the liomestead; Zcrrithahd, m. 166!t. and to his 
child", Thos. Ford, his wife's gd father, gave the Hosford pi. 

' 'I'lie Taylor and I'oineroy lots, of wh. lie appears as sole owiu'r in I'al. Plan of 1654. 



15t> HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

FILLEY, William. I'lulcr <ialc of l<>b. 4, l(i4(). on the records a]i|.<'iirs the iiaiiR- of 
Wm. Fillcy. followed by a blank spaee. evidently left foi- a deseription of his 
first lot of land. Resold, without date, a lot on Silver St.. lU r. wide, to 
Simon Mills, but no ho. named in deed. lie also bo't the lliiiniihiev Hide pi. 
but prob. did not res. there. Sept. 30. ICJ.J. lie bo't of (Jeo. Alexander the -las- 
per Rawlins' pi. and prob. res. there. 

When his son Samuel m. in 166:i, he gave liiiu land "on wliieh he bad builded " 
from the N. side of the Kawlins' pi. on K. side of Mill road, proli. near (but 
farther S. than) the present Allis luiuse. 

FORD. Thomas. lG:i7 (I).), lot jrr. 16J rods wide, the N. line beinj; E. of st, and ranjr- 
iiii; with the San<ly Hill road. This be .sold (no ho. mentioned) before 1648, and 
1056 bo't the orig. llosford lot of Stejihen Taylor (bet w. Denslow and Poineroyt, 
where he res. until his rem. to Northampton, before 1673. The Hosford pi 
(not the orig. Ford lot) he gave to Z. Filer (see above). Ford owned large tia( is 
of land by orig. grants, including about half of Pine Meadow, and most of the 
site of the present village of W. Locks. He had hundreds of acres gr. him on 
the E. side of the Great River and bo't many acres from others. In 1068 he 
gave a conditional bond for deed of homestead (the llosford pi.) after death ol 
self and wife, to Zerrubabel Filer, if he should marry his (Ford's) gr-dau. E.vpi 
rience Strong: a deed was given by Ford and Annie his wife. 33 Aug.. 1673 
before which date they had prob. rem. to XorthaTuptou. 

FOl'l.KKS (Foi>ke.s), Henry (D.i. land gr. S. of lli,- \V. I'ali-ado road, from ab't uiien 
the railroad now is on the E.; all llie upland W. except .lohn Owen's lot il'.'x 
29) lay partly across the N. side of ihc lot nc\l tlic said liighway. Fooke 
owned the Meadow S. of the n]ilund and linill his ho. near the brow of the 
Meadow Hill, with a lane ruiuiing down to his ho; d. 1640: will. .lane ' in. Win 
Hosford, who rem. to the F. lot and there res.; as. also, subseq. did his sun ./^Jiii 
Iforfiml: the lane to his ho. was known as •' Ilosford's Lane." 

FOWLEH. Ambrose. 1040, ho. lot gr. liy town. 6 .May. ICm.-). on W. side of st at 
e.vtreme S. end of the Island, IJ acre, of triangular sliajie. bd. S. \V. on imIlt 
of swamp. He also owned J acres on ojip. side of St. bd. S W. by .Mr. >lati 
Allyn's meadow. The site of bis ho. still plainly visible. He sold' to Tli..m:i. 
Allen. I(i71. 

GAYLOKI), Dea. William. 1040(1).). lot gr. 25 r. wide, on st from the Haynes lot .\ 
to David Kll.sworth's No. barn site occup. by late l!os«ell Miller; in 1644 h 

bo't his bo, lot of Francis Stiles. 1:^ r. wide. 

GIBBS. Francis. 1040. is known only by a single entry of .-i lot 4 r. wide, adjoiniim- llir 
"burying place" in the I'alisado, which later was in possession of 1.1 David 
Wilton. 

Giles, 1640 (D.). lot gr. 17 r. wide, being the X. lot on Backer Knw. lying next S. 
of Sandy Hill road, to which was added Sgl. Thomas Stayres' lot. 104 r. 
wide. liiicker Row highway was orig. laid through to liccky Hill and ,i pari ol 
the home h)ts S. of Rocky Hill are bd. W. by thai iiighu.iy. The InU on llii^ 
Row ran E. to the water in the brook, consideralily K of llic road. (Jilibs ho 
was prob. built at first further E. than the others. In lO.-r,' ihc lilu'liway was 



Reserved a tract of the Foidkes land ■■ in her own pio|.riety and dispi 



FIIiST SICTTLKHS AND TIIKU! lldMIC-LOTS. 157 

hiid iiloiiy the N. side nf "Ooodc (Jibbs' " Inl. and llic (i. family bo't (1660) from 
the rear of Terry and Hull's liomc lots, for the present road where it now runs 
across rear of Mr. Kainey's lot. to give Katlienne Gibbs a better place to 
build. 
(Jiles Oilibs' son ,/iiri//i res. on homestead. 

(!IL1!KI!T ((iilbard). Thomas. 24 .Ian.. I(;44, bo'l lot 11} r. wide. E. side of road (a few 
r. below present res. of Geo. P. Ilayden) from Francis Stik'S; sold to .lolin 
Drake and his son Jacob (whose ho. lot was ue.\t S.) with " the cellar, house, 
garden, fences." In ilr. Francis Stiles" deed to Robert Saltonstall. 12 Sept., 
1(>47. it is specified that the ho. and land " are at. jireseiit in the occupation and 
tenure of Thomas Gilbert and John Bancroft." G. certainly res. there from 1649, 
to 1651.' He bo't that part of the home lot of Thos. Gunn (now site of present 
res. of Mrs. L. A. Welch) on AV. .side of st. built thereon and sold it to Thomas 
Bissell before leoS: rem. to Hartford, where he d. 1659. No family rec. at \V. 
but Prob. Uee. at H. shows that he bad family. 

CJILLETT. Jonathan, 16;i9 (I).), lot gr. 4 acres, IT r. wide, beg. abt 40 r. E. of Mill- 
highway and N. of Mill-brook. This lot of 4 acres lay across Pleasant st. e.\t. 
from the Mill-brook S. to Hollow Fall highway N. His bro. Kdthan'H lot lay 
on the W. side and parallel with it. E of it lay the 9 acre lot of Wm. Phelps, 
wli. he afterwards sold to Mr. Warhani. There was a public footpath for the 
convenience of those res. N. of the Mill-brook to go to the Rivulet Ferry riii 
the mouth of Jlill-brook, or to cross the brook above and pass along E. of Jlr. 
Ws orchard, where the road now runs from the Cong. Chapel to David Row 
land's. This footpath ran through all the lots E. of Mill-highway, nearly on 
the line of present Pleasant st. 
.lonatban (i.'s grandson Jnniuli had tlie homestead. 

(ill, LETT. Nathan. 1637 (D.). lot gr. 17 rods wide, next \V. ..f and parallel to. bis bro. 
Jonathan's; after death wife, 1670, rem. to Siinsbnry; his lot was sold to his 
bro. .Jonathan, then to his nephew Jtreiiiuih. 

UK.VXT. Matthew (Surveyor, Town Recorder. .Vic.), 16;i5 (1).). lot gr. in Palisado, 11 r. 
wide, tirsi S. of Town Orchard, abi 9 r. from .\. entrance of P;d.; a portion 
of it afterward oecup. by bis son .Ii'lm. who came into poss. of all after 
father's death. 

GUIDI.KV. Tliomas. -.4' Windsor. " convicted by (Jen. Ct. 1639; a soldier in Pe.,. War. 
and n-i'il bounty lands therefor; no e\ idcnce of res. in W. after 1639. 

GRIFFIN. John. 1647. no ho. l,.t rec. here; when John Drake was killed. 16.59. G. was 
res. at the Francis Stiles or Henry Stiles ho.; was one of earliest to ivm. to 
Simsbury. 

GRISWdM). Edwiird, 1639, came from Eng. with Rev. Mr. Unit; it is not prob. that 
he rem. to lot gr. him at Po(|. until the Indian title had been extinguished, 1643; 
bill \\v was res. there with two oilier families in 1649; his ho. .stood near present 
res. of Mr. Ladd, prob. nearer the highway .at lop of hill, h:nl L'9i acres, bd. 
mostly S. and W. by Stony brook. E. by the river anil the Indian reservation 



' Pos.sibly G. res. not on his lirst pnrcha.se, as there were less than 4 yrs. from said 
purchase to the lime he was living on the Stiles' pi. The " cellar and bouse " leave us 
to infer that the lirst was hurriedly built for oeeupauey, while the ho. was building. 



li'iH HISTORT OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

(Indian Neck). He built the Old Fort at Springfield for ]Mr. Pynclion for Ui.'iil. 
Sam. Buel and Tim. Thrall hewed the timber. His sons Givn/c and Jowji/i 
inlier. the homestead at Poq. 

Gl'NN, Thomas, 1640 (D,), lot gr, 12 r. wide, from Stoughtons line, n.arly to S, side 
of new ho, abt 4 r, from line of N, side of old AVelch ho, on AV, side; n-ni, to- 
Westfield: gave his homestead to Timo, Thr.-ill. wlm m, iiis dan, Deborah. 

HxVNNU.M, William, 1640 (D.), where he sold out 1637 and came to W.; lot gr, next X, 
of Joshua Carter, 5 r. 6 ft. wide, on E. side st. and lOf r, wide on W, side; thai 
on E. side he sold to Robert Winehell (who included it with the Tilly lot and 
ho. and gave it to his son Nath'l, 1664) and built on W. side; bot Tilly lot N. 
of it and sold whole 22^ r. to John Denslow, 30 May, 1654, with condition that 
IJ^mnum should remain in the ho. until first of next mo. He rem, to North 
ampton. 

llAWlvKS. John, 1640, lot gr. 11 r, wide. "The Major Ellsworth tenant ho." stands 
on this lot, S. line near the ho.; rem. to Hadley abt 1660; subse(|. gave jil, to 
Joseph Gillett. who had m. his dau., 1664. 

HAWKINS, Anthony, 1040, lot gr. 8 r. wide, the S. line of this lot was a little N. (6 or 
7 r. y) of present division fence N. of the Maj. Ellsworth tenant ho.; e.\ch. 
places with Robert Watson; rem, to Watson's (formerly the Dibble) pi. and bot 8 
r. wide from Samways, who bd. him on N. ; and S. dying soon he bo't the S. pi. 
from the wid., after wh. he bd. N. by the ferry road. Sold both lots, 1656, to 
Jacob Drake, who sold, 1662, to Samuel Gibbs. Hawkins rem. to Farmington 
before 1662, 

HAYDEN, William, 1640 (D,), res, in Htfd 1637, sold his ppy, in Hartford, 1642; bo't 
in W, 1644, lot 54 r, wide; ho. stood a little S, of old Ezra Ilayden lio, and N, 
of present James L, Haj'den's res,; lot e.\t. to river; al.so. had hirge lot on wli. 
present "Hayden's" R. R. station stands; e.xt. from river 160 r. W. His 
"stone-pit," or quarry, opened before 1654; rem. to and was one of first settlers 
of Ilanionoscett (Killingworth), His son Jhinhl had the W. homestead. 

HAYNES (Gov,) John. 1640, did not res. in W.. but in Hartford, In his will, dated 
1646. he describes his W. ppy, as "my ho. and laud in W. with the appurte- 
nances, in the tenure of Geo. Hull and formerly purchased of him. " Mr. Hull 
rem. to Fairliehl before 1649, and the Gov. doubtless had some other tenant, 
until his death, 1 Mch., 1653/4. It was fo\md that his will had not luiii 
changed to conform with his i)romise to give the ppy. to his dau. Huth. on her 
mar. with Mr. Willis; the ppy. passed into hands of .Jas. Ru.ssell, of Boston, 
who .sold it to Henry Wolcott, 1668. Gov. Haynes had 30 acres of meadow, 
1.50 acres of home lot and woods; his " great lot " lay S. W, of Rocky IHH, and ' 
he had 284 acres on E, side of Great River, and the rights of other divisions 
pertaining thereto, all appraised (1654) at £140. Haynes' lot was 30 r. wide on 
the street, ext. from the tobacco barn to S. line of Garden (late Capt. Samuel 
Allen, now Harvey pi.); lot W, of st, 20 acres, 30 r. wide. 



'The name is written on the Dorchester records Hannum, once (the tirst time) ll;ui 
nam; the last time, llaniia, (W. B. Trank.) 



FIRST SETTLERS AND THEIR HOME-LOTS. 159 

llAYWARD (Howard) Robert, 1643 (D.). lot gr.; sold. 1658. to Peter Brown. S. of 
Mill pond. bdjr. E. on Mill-road, and S. on road leading to liieh. Hirgc and 
others. He bo't Nath'l Phelps pi. (near Wm. Phelps. Sr.) 1G57; sold it 2 yrs. 
later: prob. never res. tliere; res. at Hartford IfifiT. 

nil. I,. William. 1640 (D.), lot gr. 12 r. wide, next W. of Lt. Wiltons, bdg. N. on road 
which ran from S. W. cor. Palisado Green to the Burying PI., lot e.\t. lo the 
Uivulet and W. outside the Pal. down to the brook, and X. "to highway llial 
liasseth by Elias Parkman's ho." — cor. Backer How and hi,sliway leading W. 
He built a ho. and barn on his lot on E. side river, which he sold to Saniways 
and Stephen Taylor, 1648; he bo't the lots of Bassett and Gibbs wh. were betw. 
him and the Burying PI , and sold them with his own. 1653, to Lt. David Wil- 
ton; rem. to Fairfield. 

UILLIEK, John, 1640, lot gr. T acres. 13 r. wide. betw. Nich. Palmer and Wm. Buell 
on Silver St.; his son J'imothy had the homestead which he sold, 1679, to liis 
bro. James. 

IIOLCOMB (Holcombe, Holcom, Holkom), Thomas, 1635, or soon after (D.), lot gr. \U 
r. wide, abt. opp. the old Lemuel Welch ho. and garden, E. line 3A r. N. of S. 
line of Welch garden; sold to Josiab Hull and rem. 1639 to Poq., where he had 
lot next N. of Ed. Griswold, " from the brook before his house to the Rivulet." 
His son Joithua had the homestead. 

HOSFORD, William, 1639 (D.). lot gr. 20 r. wide, betw, Denslow and Pomeroy; on his 
3d mar. (to wid. Henry Foulkes) he gave his pi. to his son-inlaw. Stephen 
Taylor, and rem. to the Foulkes pi., which, after his ret. to Eng.. he gave to 
his son John. 

HOSKINS (Goodman). John. 1640 (D.). lot gr. IT r. wide. abt. 8. line of late David 
Ellsworth pi.; N. line l)ea. Gaylord's lot. He d. 1648. leaving est. to wife and 
son Jolm, and the ppy. has remained in H. family until it was sold, 1822, to 
Dca. Jasper Morgan. 

HOYTE, Simon (D.), lot gr. " for meadow and upland, ' 80 acres; the ho. stood a few 

r. S. W. from the present David Ellsworth ho. in Hoyte's Meadow; his fam. 

were res. in W. 1640; in 1646 he sold out to Wm. Thrall and rem. to Vairlield. 

His son Xicholas had several out-lots gr. him (and bo't Begat Egleston's pi. on 

Backer Row), as also had his son Walter. 

HUIT (Rev.) Ephraim, came to W. August 17, 1639; had neglected to make the 
proper returns, and his lands are not recorded. He prob. first res. on W. side 
Pal. -Green (marked Cooke on the map) N. of and adj. the road running W. 
out of Pal., and wh. was sold by overseers of his est. to C'apt. Cooke; but bo't 
the Sgt. Thos. Staires pi. on E. side, where he already owned a lot; family res. 
on the E. pi. at time of his death, 1644. 

HrLIURI) (Hubbard) William. 1640 (D.). lot gr. on Backer How, 41 r. from S. cor.; a 
liighway ran thro' its length, wh. prob., at first, supplied the place of both the 
N. and S. roads to Sandy Hill; but this was elo.sed and the present one X. of 
the then (lihbs home-lot was purchased and opened. From this he prob. rem. 
to Palisado; .sold first lot 12 r. wide, to John Youngs, 1641 (wh. Y. .sold to 
Walter Hoyte, 1649, he to Weller, he to Tahan Grant, 1655); his Pal. lot, J 
acre, 7A r. wide (ne.xt S. of Matt Grant's), he sold to Thomas Dibble who res. 
there. 1654; he rem. to Hartford; m. wid. Samuel Allen and rem. to North- 
ampton. 



160 HISTORY OF ANTIENT WINDSOR. 

lU'LL, Gforge, 1(J3T (1).). Imil lot. :!0 r. wide, \\h. • as luinliascd of (kci. Hull," was gr. 
to Gov. John Hiiyncs, of Hartford, togollicr with scvt-ral oul-lots: but the 
premises were in the tenure of Geo. Hull. 1640, and he prol). eontinued to res. 
on the Gov'r's fami until hi.s rem. to Fairfield. He only htiilt a barn on the lot 
gr., 14i r. wide, to himself, wh. lay betw. Buckland on N. and Terry. 

Jlis son ./ii.iidli had lot gr. 12 r. wide. N. line opp. ho. Mr. Hoskins, wh. he sold to 
Mr. Humphrey Pinney, with dwelling, and bo't Thos. Hokomb'spl., where res. 
until 1664 when he rem. lo llenmnoscetl (Killingwurlh) with its lirst settlers, 
and sold out to Samuel Marshall. 

HUMl'lHiEY. .Michael, 1047. bo't .lelTrey Haker's orig. ho. and lot. \V. of st. 3 acres. S. 
of No. road to Sandy Hill, 9i r. wide, and binlt near \V. end of it, when- the 
road turns N.; I(w9 bo't of Lt. U. Wilton. 7J r. wide adjoining, wh. with the 
above lot was orig. Thonia.s Ford's and bis own (D. W.'s) home lot. breadth 
orig. 12 r. making the wliole br. of his lot on st. 25:} r: rem. to Sinisbury, with 
tlie early settlers. Prol). 11. built the house, as the Bnnk nf 'I'mr/i ll'i(//<.v says. 
the road is N. by S. Terry, S. by JelYrey Baker, "so far as Michael IlMinphn y's 
liouse " and Jeff. Baker's ho. was at first E. of highway. 

HURI). John. 1640, lot. gr. 10 r. wide E. of Broad St.; sold to Thos. Marshticld. who 
sold, 1643. 10 aeres, with ho. to Thoma.s Xowell, who d. 1648. Stephen Terry 
res. here 1060. Hurd early rem. to Stratford. (Sec Oreutt's ///.v7. SInilfonJ. CI.) 

HYDES (Hide). Ilumpbny. in4.->. hot of .Mc\. Alvonl. a lol E. .side (4 acn-s) IC, r. wide, 
ne.\t to Nathan Gillclt. 3 acres \V. next to Thos. Barber, 10 r. both lul S liy 
Mill-lirook, the E. part bd. X. by Hollow Fall road, the W. part by .Idui llil 
lier (whose lot ext. across Silver SI. while I'ond'siV: IJuel's lots did noH. He 
built his ho. W. of Mill-road (eor. Jlill and Pleasant Sis.) and sold, abl Hi.')3. to 
Simon Mills; and rem. to Fairfield. Mills sold to \V"' Fillcy, and he, (i .'May 
16.53 lo Kichard Sexton, whose wid. res. there 1664. 

LOOMIS, Joseph. 1U40, lot gr. 3r> r. wide (1889, oceup. by Thomas W. Loomis). b.l. S. 
by John Porter. The upland, or home lot ext. \Y. to Henry Wolcotl's lot. 
W. of highway: his meadow ext. to Conn. Kiver. 24 rods wide, bdg N. by 
the Rivulet. A road betw. his ho. and the Hivulet runs thw.iii the eor. of his 
meadow, 17 rods, "to the passige over the Hividet " [ford to the Great 
Meadow]. His orig. ho. prob. was a little below the brow of the hill, near 
the present barn, where a depression was lately tilled which had been known 
as the cellar-hole of the orig. ho. 

Of his sons, ./mip/i. by gifl from liini rec'd a lot 12 r. wide, next N. of Mr M.illhcw 
AUyn, on which he built: Ji>/iii had the homestead: Thininix. by gift had a lol 
12 r. wide E. of the highway, betw. his bro. Joseph and H. VVoleol. Jr.: N<i- 
thaniii bo't the ho. and lol of John Moses on the W. side of the st. directly opp. 
his bro. Joseph's pi. (he was also among the c:irly settlers on East side Great 
Biver): Sdimiel bo't .Mr. Witchticlds \A. and subsei). rem. lo We.sttield. 

I.l'DEOW. Ml-. K.iger (I).), was tin- lirsl Dorchester man we know, /«/ iiiimr. I<i have 
arrived at W. in the early sununerof 1635: lot gr. 122aeres. its N. E. eor. being 
26 r. S. of road leading from Grace eh. to the Island road: its E. line ext. along 
the Island road to the '■ two bridges" and lo Mr. Woleott's lot, S. of the brooks, 
thence in a S. Westerly course to the S. Island road near where it now crosses 
the railroad: — then that road was laid out nearly due W. to the woods and 



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KII.'ST SKTTI.KRS ANIi TIIKII; Ih IMK-I.OTS. 161 

funned .Mi.L.'s.S.bd.s. The N IhIs. wiiv Mr. Smiiiu-l Allen's lot, cxt. W.lroni Ilic 
Island road, 67 r. nearly to the upland hijiliwav to liartfonl, tlienee it widened 
26 r. to the S. W. eor. of present Broad St. thence W. parallel with the S. line. 
At E. end of this lot Mr. T.,. built a "stone house," one of tlio.se \vh. were 
"drowned very di'cp. " in the Flood of 1688-9: rem. to Fairfieki; sold his i)py. 
h<Te to M'. Wni. Whilin;;-, of Hartford, 20 Mch. 1642 (see also Diimbktwi), 
at whose death, 1649. it was sold by his widow Susannah Whiting to John 
Bissell, Sen. It is recorded to M'. W. "as by virtue of a pureha.s(' for a 
home lot," etc. on \V. liec. 

In 1684. Whiting's son and sons-in-law sued to recover from John Bissell's heirs 
and assigns, on the ground that their mother had no authority to .sell land in 
which minors had an interest. The writ seems to have been especially aimed 
at Nathaniel Bissell, who held the Whiting estate, East of Connecticut River. 
It was a cause cekbre and many old and well known Windsor citizens were 
called upon as witnesses. Sec pages 75 and 187. 

LYMAN. Hichard. " of Windsor," 1635 (sou of Hich' of lltfd, who m. Thos. Ford's 
dau. at I)., and d. 1640 at II., and gd son of Thos. Ford of W.) sold land 1044: 
no family. 

MARSHALL. James. 1042, Sept. 28, hot land 13 r. wide, next S. <.r mad K. from 
Grace Ch.: no evidence of house thereon, had several lots set out to him, but 
possibly never came here, tlio' as his land was gr. ' by virtue of purchase, he 
prob. came to W. and ret. to Eng. : Mr. Mill and Wm. Gaylord. his lawful at- 
torneys, sold his lands here: he was at that time recorded as "of E.\on, in 
Devon, Eng." 

MARSHFIELD, Thomas (D.), at W. as early as May 15, 1637, where he was a witness 
to the Plyni. Co.; lot gr. 12 r. wide, ne.xt N. of Brankcr's: add. Iluiils lot. I(» 
r. wide: sold S. part of it, Aug. 10, 1642, to Thomas Nowcll. 10 r. willi ,i Im. 
on S. side: N.; d. 1648; lot was in poss. Stephen Terry. lOfiO. .M;nshti(ld 
"withdrew himself from his habitation," before June, 1647. and the Court ord. 
the sale of his ppy. to pay his d<'bts. Roger Williams of I>. purchased the 
balance of lot, with the homestead: it passed from him to Miles Merwiu, KioO: 
to Sam. Marshall, 1652: 1653, to Simon Mills, who res. there, then to Auth. 
Hoskins, 1672. 

MASON (Maj.) John. 1637(1).). lot gr. 13 r. wide in l':d. tirst N. of road to Kivulcl 
ferry; rem. to Saybrook. 1047: sold ppy. here, 1053. to Henry Cl:irki-. who. I wo 
yrs. later, sold it to ('apt. Samuel .Marsli.ill. who res. thereon until his dtli, 1075. 

MERWIN(Murwin), Miles, 1618, nephew of Rev. M'. Warham; bo't, 1650, the Marsh- 
field pi. E. side Broad St., from Roger Williams; sold it 1652, to Sam. JIarshall; 
W!is living 1684. but not in W., when as a witness in the Whitinri n. Bixw// 
ea.se he testified that lie bo't of Mr. Whiting, a lot with bld.gs W. of Rivulet 
(the Ludlow ho. for t'8, but relintjuished the bargain: also, a lot in Great 
Meadow for £20. from wli. also, he was released by .Mr. Whiting's exec'rs. 

MESSENGER, Edward, 1050; res. at Greenfield (now Bloomfielih. 

MOORE, Thomcs, 1639(1).), lot gr. U r. wide, e\t. from present Broad st. to riviili'l, 
abt site of Judge II. S. Hayden's res. He was the father of Dca. John Moore 
and prob. from Dorchester., the' name is not found among the D. names.; he d. 
1(545. 

Vol. I.— 21 



162 HISTOHY OF ANf'IRNT WINDSOR. 

Dca. John (I).1. lot jrr. 1(1 r. wi.lc, ni-.\t S. ol his nalicrs, location of .Iiulfre H. S. 
Havdcn's present ganien. Tho' tluic is no ice. of transfer of his father's lotto 
him, yet (the mother liavinjr d. ll>391 the father prob. res. in family of Dea. 
.lolin who res. on home lot anil held both lots after the Senior's death in 1645. 
The two lots eorrespond very nearly with the present jrroiinds of Judire Hay- 
den's residence. .\ftcr his house was ■'drowned very deei) " in Flood of 
l()38/9, on the Island mail, he built on or near the site of .Inilge Ilaydcn's barn. 

MOSES, .lohn. lti4T {Ci'l. 7iV'-.), bot hit of Joseph l,oomis, Jr. ('.') on the Island. \V. of 
the street; sold it, with a ho. to Mathl l.ooniis. lO.'i.'); and bo't the Bascomb pi. 
(Old Mill District, near Mr, W"' I'lieljis) IMH; rem, to Sini,sbury, with early 
settlers, 

KEWBEUin'. Thomas, Hi3li (I).), after making preparations here, he ret. to I), tobring 
his family hither and d. then- 1(>": his wid. ni. Uev. John Warliam; his lands 
were not ree. to him, but to his children directly, under dale of 11)40. 

Of his sons, ./'«,;,/(, had lot gr. 8 acres 10 r. wide S. of .Mr. W.-irham's. and prob. 
a part of his father's orig. lot., a part of wh. lying betw. the Island road 
and " the Pali.sado on the hill." with a frame .standin.g thereon (doubtless at E. 
end a few r. S. of present res. of David Rowland) was .sold to Mr, Warham, 
1644: ' he also had meadow, 12 r, from Hivulet to the W. 22 r, a way betwi.\t 
meadow and upland. Joseph rem. his lands being sold by his attys. 1653: 
,/oJin had lands gr. but soon disappears: Capt. Btiijnintii bo't the Koger Wil- 
liams' pi. .second S. of Union st. and res. there. In 1682. in an agreement with 
Anth. lloskins. his ne.xt neighbor S., abt. their div. fence, it appears that they 
bad a mutual road on the line ext. E. from Broad St. 8 r. " if Mr. Xewlierry 
would shut up the highway that goes down to his house. " then the fencing of 
this 8 rods was to be divided, showing that the ho. was erected before Broad 
St. was opened. 

NOWKI.L. ThoiiiaN, 1tl4l. bot lot in I'alisado. »b, lie m.IiI, KUi, to Begat FIgleston: 
bo't the iliird lot of Tho. .Mar.shtield, 1642. next >". of .Mr. Branker's, the S. 
part of his lot E. of IJroad St. 10 r. w and d there 1648, leaving wid,, after 
whose death the e.st. was to go to Cliristopher Xowell, of Wakefield, 'Vork- 
shire. Eng.: made a beij. also to Robert Wilson, kinsman, and Isabella, dau, of 
W™, Pheips. 

OED.VtJE. Richard, 1640, 30 Aug.; lot gr. 12 r. wide next S. John Stiles ilietu. the Col. 
Ellsworth ho. and abt. 40 r. X. of the .Major Ellsworth tenant ho.), and ext. 
from meadow on E. to Rocky Hill on W : il. 161111. homestead fell to only dan. 
Anne, wife of John Osborn. 

ORTON, Thomas, 1646, Mch. 13. lot gr. near Mr. Phelps, which Thos. Ellison had fni 
feited by '; not two yrs inhab. it." The orig. highway from the Old .Mill t" 
Poq. was the pre.sent E. road, early called Sileer St. as far X. as the " old Euo 
liouse," thence in nearly a straight line as far N. as the Ransom pi.; and abt 35 
r. E. of it, where it met at nearly right angles, the road leading from jireseut 
highway to Rivulet. From the Ransom pi. the highway continued on to Poq. 
where it now runs. Orion's lot of 8A acres, bd. W. and X. on these highways. 
The lots S. of it were of nearly parallel widths, leaving O.'s triangular in sha|ie. 



'This was in a line with the "lumses drowned very deeii " in Hood of spring of 
1638/9, but the ground is considerably higher than it is further south. 



FIRST SETTLERS AND THEIR HOME-LOTS. 103 

but ■! r. wide at Kivulct :inii 40 at W. oiid; lie built a lio. on E. part, abt. opp. 
Win. Plieljjs, Sen'. lie sold to Sain\icl Plieljis, and he. in turn, sold thoK. part 
witli ho. to his bro. Xath'l, who, when he rem. 1657, to Xortbanipton, sold to 
Hob. Ilayward; the W. part passed from Sam. to Wni. Phelps, Jr. abl. llioO. 
Al this (late, also, Orion bo't lot and ho. of Wid. ol' Goodman Whitehead, on 
the Island, W. side of liighway, opp- lot of H. Woleolt, Sen', where he res. 
until (1655) he rem. to Farmington. 

OSBORN. John, 1645, 19 Jlaj- (see Oklnge), bo't ho. and lot ue.\t S. of his father-in-law. 
01da.£i:e, of Peter Tilton, 1654, and had the Oldagc pi. after death of O.. 1(>60; 
also owned a lot bo't of James Egleston. first N. of Ferry road, wh. he sold, 
1658. to John Baneroft, but no ho. mentioned; al.so owned a large tniel near 
Xamariek. E. of Conn. Kiver. 

OWEN, John. 16.50. bo't lol 12 by 2!) r. 8. side of road leading AV. from I'alisado. bd. 
E. by Ilosford's Lane, whieh was prob. a little W. and parallel with the pres- 
ent Railroad traek: res. on it abt 20 yrs.. then rem. to lot gr. at lower end of 
Strawberry Jleadow: ho. stood where late Nath'l Owen res., the locality being 
formerly k.nown as "Wales" from John Owen's nationality. 

PALMER, Nieholas, 1637, lot gr. 11 r. wide on Silver St. ue.\t S. of Wm. Thrall's, 5;i 
r. S. of present water course, or drain: add, 1646, by purchase, Wm. Thrall's 
lot and ho., 13 r. wide, making his width 24 rods and 80 r. long, bdg. W. on 
Haunali Xewberry's great lot. His son Timothy had the homestead. 

PARKJIAX, Elias, 1637 (D.), lot gr. 144 r. wide, first or S. lot on Backer Row (wh. be 
owned and poss. res. upon before Palisado was built); this lot passed, without 
deed, to Walter Hoyte; then with ho. to John Denslow; then to Henry Curtis; 
also liad lot in Palisado, on wh. he prob. remained after Peq. War and until he 
rem. to Saybrook. 

[The tirst lot, 10 rods width. X. of road leading W. from Palisado, was Mr. 
Huit's. the road now runs N. of this lot; next Aaron Cooke's, 11 r.; Parkman 
was next. 5 r. ; these 3 lots butted W. against W. line of Palisades. The E. 
end on highway wh. ran from N. E. cor. Pal. -Green to the N. line of Palisades. 
There was no outlet to the other road at tlie N. end. and therefor it was called 
a Chise, and gave a name to all the tract hetw. the Palisades and Sandy Hill 
road, viz.. Pound Close.] 

PARSOXS. Thomas, 1641. bo't from Saxton the Michael Try pi. in Pal.; res. there; d. 
1661; wid. solil pi.. 1662, toTahan (Jranl. 

PHELPS, George (supp. bro. of William), I6:'.S (D.) ; lot gr. 8J r. wide, on wh. he prob. 
res. at tirst. on the Island, W. side of st. below the So. Island road; ho. burned 
1640. and no ho. appears on the lot 1660, when it was sold to Simon Wolcott; 
he had lot 6 r. wide set to Christojiher Wolcott; his 1st wife (dau. Philip lian 
<hdl) (1. 1648, and he m. 2, wid. Thos. Dewey, and res. on D. pi., tir.st X. of 
Palisado, until he rem. to Westtield with first settlers there. 

Of his sons, Ahnilmm rec'd his uncle Ab'm Randall's pi. by gift; .hmi>U m. 
1673. and settled E. of the Great River, hum- m. and rem. to Westtield. 

Mr. William, 1635/6 (I).), lot gr. 6 r. wiile. next X. of and adj. Mr. Rossiter. where 
he prob. res. tirst, but was one of those houses ■drowned very deep" in the 
Flood of 1638/!),' and early rem. to the high ground above tin- Fir.st Meadow- 
lot wh. he bo't of Indians '-abt. 1635." Marks of this dwelling still remain. 
His homesteail fell to son Timothy. 

'This lot was sold, with a ho. 1642. to Benj. Xewberry. but a transfer, in 1652, 
makes no mention of a house. 



1()4 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINHSOU. 

PIIILI.II'S, (Jcorjic 1640 (D.). lot ,i,n-. 13 r. wick-. S. of Grant's 18 r. from N. side of 
I'alisiulo (Maj. Oliver Iloleomb's res. now on this lot). S. line 5 or 6 rods N. of 
Mie briek — or ChafTee — ho.: his wife d. l(Hi2: lied. 1678; previous to Nov.. 
1677, he had leas<Ml the (il. to Israel Dewey (as we learn from D.'s Cdtral iigt. 
V.'s ejeetinij: him); no c-liildren. 

PINNEY, Humphrey, 1(>40(P.), lot gr. 17 r. wide, betw. Josiah (s. Geo.) Hull and John 
Rockwell; add. by purchase the Josiah Hull lot. 13 r. wide: lot now occup. by 
the Roswell. Miller pi. 

I'LVMorXn HOUSE, I633, lot 43J acres; Indian title. The matcTial for the lio. pre- 
pined in I'lym.. Mass.. and landed liere by ('apt. Holmes Oct. 16(26), 16:«. 
WluM the pioneers fnmi Mass. came here in early summer of 1633. they were 
lHis]iitalily entertained at this ho. by Jonathan (s. of Elder) Brewster, and he 
was still here as the Co.'s agt. in 1686. When the Plym. Co. sold their claiiu to 
the Dorchester people. 1637 (wh. covered a larger tract than shown in the 
accompanying map), they reserved this lot and ho. and certain other tracts of 
iildand. These were sold. 1638, to Mr. Matthew Allyn, of Hartford, who came 
here and occupied. There is strong prestniiptive evidence in support of the 
tradition that Mr. Allyn used the materials of this ho. in the construction of 
thiu wh. he erected on the reserved "acre on the hill." 

POMEKOY. Eltwood, 1038 (D.), lot gr. 15 r. wide (its S.AV. cor. should lie 23 r. X. of 
Palisado); sold lot in Pal. N. end of Meeting-house, on wh. he had built a lio. 
at time of Pc(i. War. to Tlios. Nowell, 1641; rem. to Northampton before Oct., 
1671. 

His son C'lhli ni. l(i(;4. when his lather gave liini a part of the paternal home- 
lot W. of the St. which he sold, '■with the frame of a building." and rem.. 1671. 
to N.; he also sold to 'I'alian Grant that part of homestead E. of st. inelud. that 
jiart wh. had been set out to Eltwood Pomeroy's wife, and the little stone Ik.. 
built liy Mrs. Unit.' which liad been reserved, 1665, for his son Joseph, " when 
Ins lime should be out " with Goodman Gumi. 

I'OXI), Samuel. 1641, bo't (in seviTal panels) a lot 28i r. wide, on Silver St. bd. S. E. 
by ll.illow Fall, N. by Wni. Ihiell; he d. 1654; his wid. sold ho. ;uid lot to 
liich:ird Saxton, 1655, ami he .sold the front pari with Ik., to Wni Huell bir his 
son S;unnel, 1664, and (siikk' <late) the i-eai- to Thos. l!;irbcr. .Ir. 

l'(ll{TI':i{, John. 1639, lot.gr,; his ho. was- on the Island, on the lot E. of the Street, 
betw. Col. Phelps' present res. and the road tli:il goes down inl(. the nn-adow: 
his houK' lot on \V. siile of st. e\t. W. bi Mr. \Volc,>tt's home lot. bd. S on the 
South road to the Island, anil \, on .loseph Looniis. The breadth of the lot at 
the \V. eiul was IS.t r., ■• ne\t the uu'.kIow 32 " r.; the S. line was 50 r. in length 
from the meadow to Mr. Wolcott's lot. His meadow was but 25i r. "against 
the Innise lot " (part of Meadow hill) "against the Kivtdi't 35 rods, " and bd. S. 
by the present road. 

' After the Rev. Mr. Huils dealli, in 1644, his widow had a dwelling on P(mKToy's 
l.ind.. The Land Records preserve this item: " U'lieieas Eltwed Pomeroy forUKMly 
gave Mrs. Elizabeth Unit, in the time of her widowhood, in way of courtesy, to build 
her a licmse. by the help of her friends, adjoining to the end of his dwelling-house, to 
\i,se for her own during her life, which she enjoyed, and after her death the said Eltwed 
Pomeroy took it for his own. at a i>riee agreed upon between him ami those which she 
desired as her overseers and friemls to order that little estate which she left for her chil- 
dren, which price he hath p.-iyed as they appointed him." 



KIRST SKTTI.EUS WH TIIKIR IIOME-LOT^i. 165 

RANDALL, Philip, 1G4I) (1).), lot gr. 12 r. wide, S. of llolcoiiib; hv built on W. sidi- 
St.; (1. 1048. His .son Ahrnliitiii had the lii acres whereon the homestead had 
been previousl}' built, on E. side of St., opp. his father's. This, in 1(178, he 
gave to his kinsman, Abraham (son of Geo.) Phelps, "thai which was my 
dwellina: house, E. side of the st.," breadth 12 r., showing thai the f.-dhcr built 
W. and the son E. of the st., on tlie same lot. 

RAWLIXS, .Jasper, 1(>40, had a lot, !) aeres, E. of Jlill-highway. His name is enl. at 
top of a page, but no land rec'd; rem. and sold, 1644, laud in W. with housing 
and appurtenances, to George Alexander, being then a resident of " Koxbury. 
in the Massachusetts." Siidaye says he came to N. E. in 1633; rem. with first 
settlers to Wethcrslield, thence to AVindsor, and ret. to R. before 1640. 

R(K'K\VELL. William, 1(!40 (I).), lot gr. 16} r. wide, ext. 27A r. S. of ferry road. 
He d. 1640. 

Of his sons, John had the homestead, by ileed from mother, 16.52, where lie 
res. and added, 1660, the lot of Joseph Clarke, dec'd, adjoining. Samuel was 
an early settler E. of Great River; after his mar. had the S. half of his father's 
lot, bd. W. by highway, and .sold to Hannum, he to Saxtou, he (with dwelling) 
toTimo. Buckland, 1061; be. 1677, to .Tobn Denslow, .Jr. 

KoSSETEli, Dr. Bray (or Brian), 1640 (I).), lot gr. 20 r. wide; ext. 67 r. W. from 
Island road, on wh. his first ho. doubtless stood, but after the Great Flood of 
1688/9 he Ijuilt on higher ground near present R. R., his home-lot bdg. S. on 
present Union St.; rem. to Guilford 1652; ho. and lot sold, 16.57, to Samuel 
Dlarshall. who. 1660, sold them to Anth. Hoskins. (V) 

ST. NICHOLAS, Mr. .John, 1639, lot gr. 20 rods wide, next N. of .John Drake, Sr., 
and ho. on it; he was a near neighborof Rev. Mr. Huit, in Warwickshire, Eng., 
a member of his congreg , and a prominent parliamentarian, and rep. Warwick- 
shire in 1653;' he was a curate in the Ch. of Eng. and had written a work on 
Baptism which he had dedicated to the Rev. Ministers in New Eng. It is not 
prob. that he. himself, came over; this, with the dwelling ho., was st>l(l by his 
attys. to.b.hn ^Sen ) and .Jacob Drake. 16.52. 

SAMOS (Samways). Richaixl, 1640, lot gr. 12 r. wich', S. of Randall's (ijrob. inchid. the 
present Henry Phelps ho.) sold to Samuel Gaylord; bo't Winchell's lot. 12 rods 
lirst S. of present ferry road, where he d., 1650; wid. sold dwell, ho. and 3 acres 
to .Stephen Taylor; it passed to Anth. Hawkins, who had punhased the ho. 
and lot S. of it (Rob't Watson's at the time— orig. Thos. Dibble's iil.); the 2 pi. 
were sold, 16.56, to .Tacob Drake, and by him to .Sam. Gibbs, 1062. 

SAXTON, Richard, 1646. bo'l llu> Michael Try lot, prob. res. 1 here; sold it to Thos. 
Parsons, owned the Stuckey ho. and h.t; also, 1661, bo't the S. part of lot 
"f \Vm. Rockwell (ilec'd) \\. of st., and sold it, with the ho., to Timo. Buck- 
land, 1661; it is luicertain whether he res. in either of the two last mentione<l; 
bo't llinnphn^y Hyde's pi., 1653, near Old Mill, cor. Old Mill road ami Pleasant 
St., where he prob. res., 16.54, and d. 1676 "in war" (King Philip's). 



'A deposition made in l(i84 by Geo. Griswold (then a', abt. 77) Slutc Arc/iin-.i, Pri- 
I'ule. ConlroiYivics. II. 190-224. Also memoranda rurnislieil by J. Hammond Trnmbidl, 
Esq., of Hartford. From these it seems thai he loaneil f2U0 lo .Mr. Wni. Whiling. and 
Griswold (a friend of both) supposed the Ludlow lot waspurcbaseil with the view of its 
being transferred to Jlr. St. Nicholas. 



IGG HISTORY OP ANrlENT WINDSOR. 

SENSION, M;ittlu-\v, 1640 (D.), lot gr. in Pal. II) rods, now occup. by Mrs. Anson 
Loomis, l)(i. S. by the Burying Gd., and road leading to it at S. W. cor. Pali- 
sado-Green; bd. E. by the Green, 10 r. wide, 18 r. deep, or back to the Pali- 
sades. A record of the lot was made in tlie "Book of Figures," the record 
kept before llie Court cstabli.slied a Town Clerk and records to be kel)t by liini. 
This lot with ho. was sold to Walter (s. I)ea.) Gaylonl. Sensinu also owned 
(iiu- ol the home-lots, on Backer Row, 27 r. S. of No. Sandy Hill road, 11 r 
wiilr. afterwards found in poss. of Nicli. Sension; rem. to NorwalU. 

SENSIOX, Nicholas, 1643; bo't Wellcr's lot. Silver si. cpp. Piirccn Hill imid iir.ii::, 
bclu. John SFo.ses and James Eno) and built lhcrc<iii. 

STAIRES (Stayres), (Sgt.) Thomas, 1638, had lut (perhaps bis urig. (ine before Pei|. 
War) on Backer Row; sold to Gibbs after 1641: also bad ho. and lot in Pal. 
7i r. wide (on which tlic Chaffee brick house now stands) X. E. cor. of wh. is 
30 rods S. of N. line of Cong, parsonage; this was sold by bis atfys lo Rev- 
Mr. Huit, abt. 1640, who prob. res. there at lime iif bis dcntli; .-ifliTW :ir(U il 
V passed to Mr. Clarke. 

STILES, Mr. Fraiu-is, 1635 (Saltonstall's party), lot gr. Ml rods wide; this included the 
13 r. lot. wb. he sold to >[r. Wm. (Jaylord; rem. to Saybrook and sold pi. (jires- 
ent Chief Justice Ellsworth pi. and most of the lot S. of it.) to Robert Saltoii- 
stall, and he to Nicholas Davidson, of Boston, who.se wid. Joanna, sold it to 
Josias Ellsworth. It is not certain where Stiles' ho. stood, but there is still a 
well near the brow of the hill, abt. the middle of the lot, wh. indicates the 
vicinity of his dwelling. 

Henry, 1635 (Saltoustall party), lot gr. 43 rods wide; ext. from ferry-road on N. to 
the home lot of Wm. Gaylord, Jr.; his inventory, 1651, shows that he had a cel- 
lar (house), stable and barn: the ho. being of the cellar order of architecture 
woiMd indicate that it was located S. E. of the brook, proli. ncir Wm. (i.-iylord; 
lol was lid. N. by ferry road. 

John, 1035(Saltonstall party), lot gr. 12 rods wide, adjoining that of Francis Stilc^ 
Tlie Col. S. W. Ellsworth ho. stands on this lot. and prob. the present div. fence 
stands on the orig. line. 

Thomas, 1635 (Saltonstall party), lands not rec. John Bissclfs land \v:is bd. S. li\ 
Thomas Stiles, and besubse(iuently bo't 10 roils that had Inin Thomas Stiles 
prob. the lot rec. toEglestone was orig. a i>art ofT. S.'s lol. 

(The grants to the Stiles brothers prob. ext. Iiom iO rod- X. of tbc old Ferry 
mad to a few rods S. ot Ibe nuns ,if Ihi- late Col. Kllsworllis house.) 

STOl'GIITON. (Ancient, or Ensign) Thomas, 1640 (I).), lot gr. 27 r. wide, from David 
Ellsworth's present S. line to abt. the present mile-stone (perhaps 2 r. further 
S. to line of S. fence of Parsons' lot): son Tlioiiiim inher. the homestead wh. has 
remained in the family to the present time; occup. now liy the fandly of the late 
Harvey Stoughton. On this lot stood tbc "old Stougblon." or -old stone 
fort." — Se(t page 141. 

STRONG. Elder John, 1647 (D). bot the Thornton pi. (late Dea. Jasiier :Morgan pi.) 
which he and his father-in-law, Thomas Ford, bo't from T. when they first 
came to W.: he afterwards bo't out Ford, and res. here until his rem. to North- 
ampton. 1659. 



KlIiST SF.TTI.KRS AM) THKIH MnMR-I.OTR. 1(>( 

STICKKV. (Jniri;!'. l()4(t. ImiI land I'J rods wide; ,n\ HackiT I?nw, oi'i.y. scl lo .loliii 
■I'aylui-; liiiilt llinv.iii. and s,il,l In Kicliard AVcllrr, KM.-), and disappears from 
rrc'ord. 

TAVI.OK. .loliii. 11)111, had orig-. lot on liacUcr Kow , 21) r. from cor. and IL' r. wide, sold 
to (}eo. Stuckcy, 1649 (sec above), mid liiul also a ho. in I'ai. near X. \V. cor. of 
(Treeii, wh. liis wid. sold to Begat Egelstone, 1651. 

Steidicii, 1643. 111. Sarali (dau. Win.) Hosl'ord and had tlie il. pi. wlicic he res. until 
l(i")6: then sold to Tlios. Ford, prob. rem. at once over the (ircat Hivi'r, where 
he ajipcars among the first settlers. 

TEKKY. Sirplien. ll»r (I>.), h.t gr. 14i r. wide, next 8. Gen. Hulls, 8. line W. of si. 
the .N side Sandy Hill road: rem. to Kurd lot on Broad St. and gave .j orig. 
honirsicad to son ,/"/(«, on his mar. 1660. John sold his part to 8am. Farns- 
worlh, lliTO. and rem. to 8imsbury. 

TIIOKXTOX, Thomas, 1640 (1).), lot gr, but not ree, on Backer Row: sohl ho, and land 
in Pal. (the present Dea. Jasper Morgan pi., it e.\t, W, of present line of road 
leading up to Pal. Green, was bd, N. and E. by Rivulet ferry road, and 8. by 
Rivulet) to Thos. Ford and his son-inlaw John Strong, abt 1647: was res. in 
Stamford. 1633. Strong was res. there 1654. This ppy. owned by the late 
Dea. Jasper .Morgan. E. of Strong's garden fence, a road turned down to the 
meadow, the same that now e.xists there. It was the old liivulei firry road, 
spoken of more fully in another place. 

TllKALI,. William, 163T, lot gV, 13 r. wide, adj. Bascoml), where he res. until 1646, 
when lie and Rob, Wilson bo't Simon Hoyte's pi. in Hoyte's Meadow: div. ho, 
and land in the middle (the well and wood court to be enjoyed interchangeably) 
and res. there until 16r)4, when Thrall bo't out Wilsim, His son 7'i»iot/ii/ had 
homcsica,!. 

TILLEV. John, 16;i6 (1).), in wh. yr. he was killed by Indians; lot rec. to his wife 
Kady (Edith?) who m. 2, Nich. Camp of Milford, and sold (by Thos. Dewey, 
"lawful att'y to Xich. Camp of M. and his wife Eady. formerly Eady Tillcy ") 
to Robert Winchell.: after Samuel Gaylord bo't the adj. lot X. prob. 1()46; this 
lot 5 r. 6 ft. wide, abt. S. line of Henry Phelps' lot: AViuchcll bo't the lot adj. 
S. side and (1064) the two were in:ide over to his sou Nath'l W. 

TILTON, Peter. 1641, hot lot 4 r. wide, next S. of Oldage, of Antli. Hawkins, wh. be 
sold before 1652 to John Bennett: bo't (prob. 1650) the Buckland home lot W. 
of St. abt. 2 r, N, of the (Rainey) Sandy Hill road: on wh, he built (among the 
lirst to build on W. side) and sold to Samuel Marshall, 16.59: rem. to Hadley, 
where he became a Magistrate. 

TRY, Michael, 1640, lot gr. 7 r. wide, on the (Jrcen and t! at rear near the Palisades; 
wife d. 1646: sold to Rich. Saxton: he to Thos. Parsons, who res. there 1654. 
Try rem.; was living in 1660. 

TUDOR, Owen, 1649, Mch. 1, bo't from John Wyatt, ho. and lands on the Island betw. 
Ambrose Fowler and Matthew Allyn. 

VOARE (Vore, Vose), Richard, lot gr. 5 r. wide, E. side Broad st. (now occup. by Acad- 
emy); res. here 168?. It est. E. to the Island road, 67 r. He doubtless built at 



1()8 HISTORY OF AN( lENT WINDSOR. 

lirsl im 111.- Islaiul mad. 1ml , allcr Ihc Floml of lllJiS-i), iv.s. on lliu liigluT grouiul, 
but prob. nearly, or quite as far E. as the Railroad. As late as ICIiS, llie E. 
side of Broad St. appears to have been about where it now is. It was hut fi r. 
wide and c.\t. across Voare's and two adj. lots, taking 6 r. in width, for wli. 
they were to have compensation in land elsewhere. The distance hotw. the 
Island road and this 6 r. road running S. from the Mill-road, is stated to he 
"about GO rods," which agrees with the present measurement, lie also owned 
the meadow land betw. Rivulet and Mill Rrook, where the latter empties inio 
fciriner, called upon rec. Voare's Point. "Whereas Richard Voarc upon Mr. 
.lolm Warliiun's reipiest, formerly gave him lilicrly to build a little house uiioii 
his land joining the N. end of his [Vore's] then and now dwelling house for the 
use of his kinswoman Mary J(mes lo dwi 11 in during her life, and at her 
death to give it to the said Richard; an<l the said Mary Jones being now 
deceased," Mr. Warham, 15 Dec, 16(it>. foriiially returned said land to Voar 
by deed, on record. 

WARILVM, Rev. .lohn, 168S iD). lot gr. Ill .i. ivs, bd. N. by .Mill brook: add 1642. 
Joseph Newberry's lot, 10 r. from the highway E. back ".20 r. lo '• llie I'alisado 
on the hill, " with the " frame and timber standing thereon." This " frame,' or 
ho. stood first a little S. of where David Ron land's ho. now stands, whether he 
rem. after the Great Flood of 1G38-9, lolhc higher ground, is uncertain, Iho' until 
quite lately there was what trad, considered "the cellar-hole of Mr. Warliani's 
house " on the hill near the present highway. The road to the ferry (Rivvdit) 
turned at right angles directly in front of his ho. wh. stood on his S. line. Mill 
brook was his N. bd. line, and his 16-acre lot e.\t. from the Rivulet to the W 
beyond the lots lying S. of him. He bo't, 1644, the E. end of Joseph Newberry s 
lot wh. lay ne.vt him on the S., and wh. ext. from the higliw.iy on the E. " 'Jll 
r. to the Palisado on the hill." This is the only reference found to this Pal 
As N. had "a frame standing." prob, on tliat portion of the lol lying on the 
lower level, possibly the Pal. did not inclose his. or Mr. W.'s house. 

WATSON. KnlMTt, lljlti. lH>t Thos, Dibbles pi .e.xcli. it lor Anth. Hawkins' pi. il(i."ioi. 
iH'tw. Peter Tillons and .lohn Hawkes'. 

WELLER, Richard, 1640. lot gr. 11 r. wi.U', <in Silver St. betw. Maty Collins and Win. 
Filley, wh. he sold to Nich. Sension, without ho. 1643, and bo't the Stuckey pi. 
on Backer Row. 1645; also, later. Iiot llie ailj. lot with ho. built by Youngs: 
rem. to Farmington. 

WILMA.MS. .\rtliur. 1640. had his father-in-law's. Joshua Carter's pi. first N. present 
ferry-road, prob. only 6 or 8 r. wide, a 1 acre above the road and J acre on the 
E. side (E. end of lot was E. of ferry road): sold it 1658/9 to Thos. Ford, aiul 
disappears. I\ird sold to John Strong, 1663. who res. there. W. also had rec. 
to him, 1640. a home-lot ne.\t W. of Rich. Birge. near Old Mill, did not build, 
but sold early to Daniel Clarke. 

John, 1644, bo't 14 acres, next W. Pal. S. side ext. \V. to top of hill. ho. opp. 
Backer Row road. 

Roger, 1639 (D.), lot gr. 13 r. wide. E. side Broad Si, next S. of Richard Vore: wife 
d. 1645: ret. to D. in or before 164T: .sold to Capt. Benj. Xewlierry, uhosul) 
seq. res. there. 

WILSON, Robert, 1647. bo't half the Simon Hoyte pi. wh. he s<ild u< Wm. Thrall. U<r,i. 



FIRST SETTLERS AND THEIR HOME-LOTS. IHQ 

WILTOX. Lieut. David, 1640(1).). lot. gr. in Pal. 7 r. wide, next W. of Filers. N. on 
Pal. Green, S. by Rivulet; prior to 1654 add. by pureliase the lots of Hill, Ha.s 
.sett, and Gibbs, and his name appears as sole prop'r in Pal. Plan of that dale. 
The present Cong. Ch. stands a little E, of the middle of it: sold the whole to 
^Ir. John Witelitield, 1600; rem. to Norlliam]'ton bill d. in Windsor, 1677. 

WlNCHEl.l,. Kobert. 16;i7 (D.). lot gr. 12 r. wide (now bds, the \. of present Hisscirs- 
Ferry road); sold to Kieh. Samos, or tramways, and bo't Tilly and llaniium 
lots; homestead fell to son Aat/i'l. Samway sold bis puroha.se to Anth. Hawkins, 
who prol). res. there after he had sold his first location to Robert Watson. 

WrrcllFlKLD. (Elder and .Mr.) 1640 (P.). lot trr. 16| r. wide (now Grace Prot. Epis. 
Ch. and Kev. Mr. Tattle's pi.) no ehild ; wife d, 1659: in Spring of 1661, sold 
out to .John .Moore and bo't David Wilton's pi. in Pal. wh. he res. with his 
kinswoman Elisabeth Dolman, until her mar. with John (.son of Walter) Filer, 
1672. when lie .gave them the pi. There seems to have been an offer to sell this 
last named pi. for the res. of Rev. Nath'l C'hauneey, Mr. W. re.serving " the 
jirivilege of w:dking in the grounds and orchard." lied. 1678. 

WHITEHEAD, Richard (" Goodman "). Savage, under W Mtehea^, atiyi^ that Richard 
of Windsor ".served on the jurj' at July Court, 1640, married Mary, widow of 
William Hopkins, and no more is known of him; but his wife was livin.g in 
1670 with her dau. Lewis." Under Hopkins he says, " William. Stratford, 1640, 
an assistant 1641 and 2. but it is unknown whence he came, when he died, or 
what wife or children he had. Perhaps it was .his daughter Mary who after 
his death, in virtue of a contract of marriage made by her mother Mary, wife of 
Richard Whitehead of Windsor (who was living 1670), with William Lewis of 
Farniinglon, 1644, became wife of William Ixwis, son of the bargainer. If so 
we might infer that our Connecticut magistrate was then dead, and his widow 
who married Richard Whitehead was named Mary.'' It is .shown by his will 
that Richard AVhitehead had a wife Mary, a brother-in-law Hugh Hopkins, 
and a daughter-in law JIary Lewis, who no doubt was the person who married 
William Lewis, Jr., of Farmington. Lewis married for a second wife Mary, 
daughter of the famous schoolmaster Ezekiel Cheever (Register, vol. 33, page 
192). His son by the 2d marriage, Ezekiel Lewis, Jr., gr. H. C 1695, was a 
teacher in Wesltield and Boston, and afterwards a successful merchant in Bos- 
ton.— iV'. Enrj. Hen. IIi.it. Itt-gi-iti-r. iii. 47-8; Hill's Ohl South Churrh Citn- 
I'lU'ie. 324-5. 

Windsor records show but little trace of "Goodman" Whitehead. He had. in 
l<i40, a lot 111 rods wide on what was known as " The Island," directly oppo- 
site the lot of Henry Wolcott, Sen., and about 15 rods soutlnif the road to the 
Island, on west side of street; died early — and his wid. sold the place to Thos. 
( )rlnn. who, in 1665, sold (with dwelling) to Simon Wolcott. This location was 
among the "best families" of Windsor — the Wolcotts, Phelpses. I.oomises, etc. 
— inferentially, then, his social status was high. 

<Jn page 55, vol. i. of the Cohminl Records of Ciintiirtirut, the name of Richard 
Whitehead apiiears in the li.st of "The Jury, " July 2, 1640. lie probably 
failed to bring in to the recorder his land for record, as none is entered in the 
Land Record under his name; but Henry Wolcott the younger has a lot bounded 
north by Goodman Whitehead, and Christopher Wolcott has a lot bounded 
south by Richard Whitehead, under date of 1640. The same lot, without date, 
Vol.. I.— 22 



170 HISTORY OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

is sold 111 Tliouui.s Oi'toii l)y Mary Wliitflicad, wiilnw. On the map of llic first 
settlers of Windsor, in volume 2 of the Memorial Ilist/iry of IhtHford Coiinl;/. 
the lot of Whiteheiul appears between the lots of George Phelps and II. Wol- 
colt, Jr. .Mr. WMitiOiead's name does not appear in Matthew Grant's Old Clnireh 
l!,n,nl n( liirlhs, nian-ia.ncs, and ilealhs 

Hicir.Mti) WiiiTK.iiK.M) of Windsor upon Connecticut Kiver in New Eiifjlami in the 
parts of America. 2li April 1045, proved 3(i June 1()45. Whereas there is nr 
was lately due and owing unto my daughter in law Mary I.ewes the sum of 
one hundred pounds, being a |iortion given unto her by my wife, hereafter 
n.inied. whilst slie was sole and unniarriid. wliiih money was entrusteil with 
my lirotlici- in law Hugh Hopkins .'iiid by hijri. by and with the consent of my 
.said wife and dau.ghter. delivered unto me for the use of my .said daughter etc. 
I do therefore hereby give and bequeath unto the said Mary Lewes the sum of 
thirty jKiunds, in ready money or goods to be transjiorted over to her, to her 
liking, towards the satisfaction of her said portion; and I do give and confirm the 
gift and delivery of several goods and chattels unto her towards further satis- 
faction thereof, which my wife hath already delivered unto her, which goods 
etc. were of the valiie of thirty pounds more. And I give and be(|ueath unto 
the .said Mary IjCW-cs, and her heirs forever, iu_v messii.-ige or tenement, with the 
backside, orchard and garden and all edifices and buildings upon the .same 
built and standing, lying in knoll in the county of Warwick in the kin.irdom of 
Kngbinil. and now or late in tlii' tentiri'. us<' or occupation of Thomas Millcs 
and Jnlni Shakespeare i>r one iil tliein, which said messuage is known by the 
sign of the Crown; which saiil prennses 1 conceive are of the value of forty 
poun<ls more, which I give towards further satisfaction of her said jiortion. 

To wife Mary Whitehead and her heirs and a.ssigns forever all my lamls. tenements 
and heieditameiits lying in New Kngland, also my goods, cattle and chattels 
upon ciindilion lliat she shall pay and satisfy unto my said daughter in law 
>Iaiy Lewes so much more money as will ,satisfy unto her and fully make up 
her said portioit of one hundred pounds. To my brother John Andrewcs of 
Clifton thirty pounds to secure him for the five pmiiids a year lying upon his 
lands due to my brother Edward Whitehead for his life. To John and Kdward 
Whitehead, .sons of mj' said brother Edward, twenty poinids to be e(|ually di- 
vided between them when they shall attain their several ages of (me and 
twenty ye;irs. To Joane Whitehead, daughter of my brother Matthew White- 
head, twenty shilling.s. To John Andrewes, .son of my brother John Andrewes 
of Clifton twenty shillings. To my sister Joyce Fisher forty shillings and to 
her son Kichard Fisher forty shillings and to her daughter .Mary Fisher forty 
shillings. There is a deimuid made by my kinswomen Hannah, Sarah, Hebeeca 
and Abigail Iliggins of some [lart of their mother's portion unpaid to their 
father, which I am contident was fully satisfied and paid: yet that there shall 
b(t no clamor .about the same and ujion condilion that they shall ac(|uite all de- 
mands concerning the same I do hereby give them twenty shillings a liieee. 
To my friend Mr. Thomas Fisli of Wedgeneekt I'.uk five poumls in part of 
recom pence for my diet and great charge and troidile thai 1 have put him to. To 
my maidservant Dorothy I'nderwood len shillin.^s. I hereby constitute and 
onlain the said Mr. Thomas Fish and my said brother John Andrewes e.\ecutors 
and John Rogers, Edward Uogers, Matthew Edwards and William Smith of 
Langley to be overseers. 

Wit; Fran; Eede, Hester Fishe, Cr: Fishe. .Michael Perkins. 

Proved by John Andrewes, power reserved for Thomas Fish. 

Kivers, 87. 
S. EiKj. Gen. Hist. HcijUtcr, 1890. 



t-'tltST SETTLERS AND THEIR HOME-LOTS. 171 

WuLCOTT, Mr. Ik'iiiy, Sen'., 1636(D.), lot gr. 10 r. wide; hi.s liuiue lot of 12 acrus was 
W. of tlio.sc of Joseph Loomis and John Porter, and ext. from llie highway at 
" tlie two bridges" on N. 34 r. wide, to the So Island road, where it was 46 
rods wide, tliis constitutes tlie W. side of the Island: also, 33 ac'res in the Great 
>[eadow, and 8 in Plym. Meadow, besides large tracts of upland, and lands also 
E. of (^)iin. River. His dwelling stood on the Island abt. 35 r. S. of the So. 
Lsland road on E. side of st. near the brow of tlie Meadow liill, where there can 
still be seen evidences of the site of a ho.; scattered stones being visible — tho' 
frci|ucnt jilowing has (illed the cellar. 

Henry. Jun'., 1086 (I).), lot gr. 13 r. wide, next S. of his fnthcr's, ext. from foot of 
Meadow on E. to the Swamp W. abt. 54 nxls: after dradi ,,r Ills bro. Cliristo- 
pher. he liad the homestead. 

Christopher, lot gr. 6 r. wide, next N. of his father's, ext. from the meadow 
"through the Great Swamp " to the higher ground W. That portion A\'. of 
St. he sold to Geo. Phelps. His bro. Simon had his place. 

WY.VTT. John, (1649), appears on rec. only wlien his lot of 3 acres, betw. Ambrose 
Fowler and Matthew Allyn (near 8. end of the Island, ext. from the meadow 
on E. to upland W. of the Swamp, prob. only 5 or 6 r. wide) was sold. 1 .Mcii. 
1649, to Owen Tudor. 

YOUNGS, .lohn, 1641, bo't Wiliam Hubbard's lot on Backer Row, 2!) r wide: sold it 
" with appurtenances " (prob. ho.) to Walter Hoyte, 1649. 



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SItidciil of Whidsor llislnrv, ISIO ill. 



[These antograjihs arc thus coupled at the ciiil of this cb:ipter, in cordiid recogni- 
lioM of .services which —though ri'ndc iT'd :il an iiitcrv:il of 2(10 ye:U's^lia\e in:id<- such 
a cll:i|ite|- possilile. — 11. It. S. | 



CHAPTER YIII. 

niSTOKY, 1650-167.1 EXTRACTS FROM THE TOWN ACTS. 



Aiiijust 21. "It was oidered by the Town that whereas there is an order of 
(he country that there shall be lO.v. paid by the eountr3- lor every Wolf that 
shall be killed within the jurLsdietion; now it is ordered that there shall be o«. added by 
the town for every Wolf that shall be killed within the Ijoiinds of the town, within this 
year ne.xt ensuing." (Bk. i. 1.) 

The following extract shows a rudeness of demeanor which we 
should think unbecoming in a Sal)hath congregation of the jiresent day. 
Mr. Warham and several of the magistrates resided on the south side of 
Windsor River. The meeting-house was but a shoi't distance from the 
ferry, and half the congregation woidd of course arrive there at the same 
time — all of whom could not go over together. 

October 23d. "It was ordered by the townsmen tliat upon the Lord's days, meet 
ings, and all other days of public meetings, none shall go into the canoe before the mag- 
istrates and elders, when they or any of them go [personally over], and that there shall not 
at any time go above 35 persons at a time into the great canoe, and not above si.x per- 
sons at a time in the little canoe, upon penalty of od. for every such tran.sgression; and 
if any children or servants transgress tliis order, their parents or masters shall pay the 
|icnalty aforesaid, or if they refuse to do it the name of the person so offending shall be 
returned to the court." (Bk. i. 1.) 

Roiieit Ha\ ward wtis this year miller in Wiudscu'. and was freed 
from jury duty while tending his mill {Vol. Rec). 

.Faniiai'v, Iti^'O-l. An agriM-meiit was madr with .Inlni iJnioks to 
kee]i tlie I'ci-ry over the i{ivulet foi- n\\r year trmn the il.")th (if .March en- 
siling. He was to caiTV all who call trmii sunrise In cNeniiig. Xo one 
siioidd liaCe power to take the Imat IVdiii liim. lie was to have 
" s [ — J piiimds " per annum in wlieat, peas, and Indian coin in e(|iial 
proportions. "He is In take pa\ of strangers "thiit i)ass tliidugh the 
town, but he is not to receive pay for such as come alioutiiny Imsim^ss in 
the town, which are of Hartford or Wethersfield."' "Also, the town are 
to make a place tit fur liim to dwell in l>rf,iie the :i.5th of Dec, to be 10 
leet in hreadtJi and 1.") in leugtli. Also, he is to lia\'e his wages 
Ill-ought ill by the 8th of January next. Also, if it shall so fall out that 
the [house] lie not ready by the time abuesaid, the town shall provide a 
house to i)ut his corn in, and he is to attenil two several days which shall 
be appointed to receive his wages; but if all his wages should not be 



EXTRACTS FROM TOWN AOTS, ItJoO-l r)75. 178 

brought ill those two (hiys al'oresaid, then the townsincn arc to cause the 
rest to lie hroiight in. Also, he is tu ha\c a |ieiiiiy I'nr uvery single per- 
son that he sliall fetch over in the [boat] but if he shall fetch over more 
than one at a time, he is to have but a half penny a person, and 2 pence 
fur a horse, and ... if he fetch them ovct the i-iver. . . . but 
if he carry them up to ilr. Warhani's ' he is to have 3 pence for a horee 
[and] man, excejit such as shall \>v i'm)ili)yed in [])ublic] service shall 
jiay nothing." (Bk. i. 2, 3.) 

May otli. " At a meeting of the townsmen Mr. Clarke was appointed to sit in the 
great pew." (Bk. i. a.) 

Mr. Clark had lieen ajipdinted a magisti-ate the year previous — 
and according to the custom of the day was honored with a seat in the 
" great pew," which was wainscotted and expressly designed as a place 
of special dignity. 

October 8th. "After lecture it was voted by tlie inhabitants then present, that Mr. 
Warhain should have .£100 for his labours for this year ensuing, and for after time as 
the town shall .see meet. Also Mrs. Hewit to have £20 the year ensuing." (Bk. i. 5.) 

"Likewise the same, September 29th, 16.52." 

This annuity to the widow of their beluved teacher was contiiuied 
frinn the time of his decease in 1644 to l(i5(), or tberealiotits. 

November 16th. " Samuel Eagelstone began to beat the drum to give warning to 
meetings on the Lord's days, twice in the morning seasonably, and once after dinner; 
and also on lecture days twice, and is so to continue for .-i twelve month following, and 
is to have 10.y. for his labours." (Bk. i. 6.) 

16.51-2, .January 18th. "Articles of Agreement made belwecn the Townsmen of 
Wind.sor the one parly, and Thomas Parsons thcutlicr [(arty, about keeping the passage 
over the Rivulet foroneyear, tobegin on the 25tli of .March next ensuing, the date above 
written, and .so eontinue until that time twelve nionlhs. His daily time, to begin to give 
his attendance, is liy the rising of the sun, and to continue till the shutting up of tlie 
evening; and for any lli;it .shall have occasion to pass over in the evening after Ids day 
is ended, shall pay for one single person Id; and if above one, 2 for a pi-iiny, and for a 
liiirse and man 2(/.- and for strangers that pass upon any occasion to i)ay a ha'penny ;i 
person, and for a liorse and man 2(7 ,• and in flood time, when they go to the other side 
of the meadow, 8(7, man and horse. Likewise Indians halfpence a piece. Only Hart- 
fiird men are to pass free at all limes, and on lecture days, and that come to lectures. 
He is to have a great Boat for liorse, and a little canoe besides, delivered into his hands 
with chains for [them|, and a lock for the great Boat; and he is to secure them, and de- 
liver them up to the Town again when his year is out. And no man shall have liberty 
111 take them for any use without his C(msent; also if any man have more than ordinary 
iieeasioii in the morning before the sim rising, they calling, he shall help them over; also 
any that gci abiiiit pulilie occasions for country service, as Magistrates, Deputies, .Jurors, 
to Come free. 



' The ferry, as will be recollected, was at the old roail near the Dea Morgan pres- 
ent dwelling; but when the water was high the meadow was overllnwed, and tiie ferry- 
man was obliged to carry his passengers over the submerged meadnw, and land them at 
Jlr. Warhani's, which was the high ground now occupied by the Alvah Rowland place. 



174 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

"Aiul ill coiLsiileration of liis labimr, he is In have €18, for a year, paiil in wheat. 
jH'as, and Indian corn, liesidcs what lie gets by strangers. The corn in equal propor- 
tions, and to lie brouglit into Tlionias Parsons liouse: t"9, on the 29th September next, 
and tlie other t'9 in tlie beginning of Marcli following. He is also to have a little liouse 
set up at the Town cost. 12 feet in length, and 8 feet in breadth — this is to be done by 
tlic 25tli of JIarcli next, finished to his hand. In witness whereof we have interchang- 
alily set our liands. 

■Wii.Li.vM Phelps, Tiioii.\s [X] P.\rsons. 

\\'lLLI.\iM G.\YLORD, 

John Moobe, 

D.4VID Wilton, 

John Stronc;. (I'k. i. 6 and 7.) 

JIar. 24tli. " Tlicrc were tliree men cliosi^u to take view of llie Town, according 
to tlie order of Court for tliat ])urpose. 

•■ IIknuy Woi.i'o'iT, Cominissiuncr. 

.biHN BiSSELL, 

.Matiiew (Jkant." 

1652. September 1:1th. '■ It is assented lliat .lohn llillicr sliall liave for the digging 
of all graves, one with another, l.s-. (vl. per grave, and is to allciid it on all occasions." 
(Bk. i. 11.) 

Sc|it. liUtli. All iiurcciiicut \v;is made lictwrcii the 'I'liwusnieu ami 
(Jfco-ory (iililis, wlm lonk the Hi\ulct iVny on nearly the same tcniis as 
I'arsiiiis hail diiiir tiir year |irc\ ions. 

Dec. 18th. •■ It is ordered lliat swine shall not run at large on penalty of fii/. and 
their damage paid." (Bk. i. IM.) 

Itif):!. DiiiiHL:' flic |irf\iiiiis year hnstilifics liail liccii ciiiiiiiieiict'(l he- 
tw'ccn till' Itiilcli ami l']ui;lisli, ami tlic w cll-kmiw ii (•iimliict of the fonucr 
o'avo rise to iiiiicji a|j|ii-i'liriisioii that the Imliaiis would lie iiistia'atcd to 
a ii'om'fal i-e\(ill. 'i'his oF course spreail a general alarm tliroimlidut 
New Euolaml, ;iml the ('omiuissioiiers of the riiiteil Colonies, in session 
at JJostoii, in May, having " coiisideri'il wiiat nuinlier ol' soldiers initiht 
he necessary, if (!<)d called the Colonies to war with the Dutch:" 
ordei-cd that 500 men should he i-aised out of the four colonies: of wliicli 
Connecticut was to furnish tlCi. Of these 12 wen' fi-oni Wimlsor. A 
committee was a|i|ioiiitiMl. consisting- of Mr. Wolcott, .Mr. Chestei', Mr. 
Clark, ^Ir. I'lielps, and David Wilton, witli whom tiu' constahh' was to 
advise in reii;ard to pi-essinL;' llu' men. 

Sept. Stli. "The Court doth grant the .soldi.'i-s of these four towns on the Kiver 
[Hartford, ■\Viiid.sor, Wetherslield and Miildlctown and Farinington], one day for a (ieii- 
eral Training together — and they have liberty to send to Captain Mason to desire his 
presence, and to give him a call to eominand in chief, and to appoint the day; provided 
that each town shall have powi'r to reserve a guaril al home for llii' safety of the towns, 
us oeciision shall serve." (Cc/. Itir.) 



EXTRATTS FlUni TOWN ACTS, 1 fifjO-lOTS. 1 T/i 

Tliis order was uiuloulitiMlly tlic oriiziu of ttiat Innuitis ('(inncclicnt 
uixtltiilitiii. (!<'ueral Trainiut;- Day. 

November 8tli. ••William Gaylortl, the Elder, .iiid .lolm Strong, are to ap|iciiiil 
wliat calves shall be reared for bulls, on this side ol' llic- liiver, likewise for the other 
Mde." (Bk. i. 15.) 

IGrilJ-l, February (it li. " .\ meeting of Ihe lownsmen. Iliere was a ease presented 
by .John Moore, in behalf of others of liis n<'igliliors, with hiniself, n.yain.st .John ISissell, 
eoncerning hording of cattle. And whereas it lias been jiroN ed lli.il .lohii I'.issc'jl li.ith 
had several of his young cattle kept among their ealtlc' by Hair lierdsmaii. il is juilgcd 
1o be e(|uity for .John IJissell to pay a suitable [iroportion with them, aei-onlin,;;- to his 
lallle, which is evidenced to be thirteen young beeves and two the ])rice of a cow. ac- 
cording to hire rates, 8v. 'i/. :! farthings. whl<-li amounts to i'l, l.v." (|?k. i, IS.) 

](ir)4, Ortolicr. Wiiidsdi- roiitriliiiliMl S soldiers; to the Xan^ii.oaus.'tt 
oxiK'ditioii ii.u'aiiist Xiiiio-tct. (irdcrcd liy llic ('(uiiiinssidiicrs of the United 
Colonies; also "ii sefU'eaitt, two liarrels of meat, one liai'tel of jn/as, and 
a lioat." 

1654-.5, Feby. olli. .\n agnrment made with .bilni Barllelt to keep the Kivulet 
Ferry on same terms as Gre.gory (iibbs had before kept it. lie is to hav<- " tl8 in 
wheat, pease and Indian corn, in e(]ual proportions, according to the ordinary price." 
(lik. i. 23.) 

16.>-,, Jlay 28th, ■•Ucing the Day a]i].oiMli-d for training, in the after .ii. and a 

pretty full meeting, and also most of the ancient men, there was a vole jiut for Ihe 
choice of a Captain, and it was assented to that there should be a captain chosen, but 
with this proviso, that whosoever it fell to, he should perform the service of the place, 
without expecting any wages or maintainance from the town. In proposing about the 
choice, it fell to be Captain upon Meutenant Cooke, for he had 87 jiapcrs; and for all 
that were brought into nominatiim besides were but 19 papers. Ih the choice of a 
Lieutenant, Mr. Newbury had 80 papers, and all the rest were but 1*!. In the choice of 
an Ensign, David Wilton had the choice, by 6 papers more than Daniel Clark." (Bk. i. 
24.) ' " - 

Sejit. l.")th. "Also appointed to have the great mradow cleared of Indian corn by 
the 'imii of this montli. And Ihe ea.st of Ihe great river to lie cleared by the :id day of 
(Jctolier following. • 

November 2(51 h. "'rhe Townsmen met and a|ipoinled somewhere to .set in the 
meeting-house." 

16.5.5-6, February 4tli. "Ala meeting of the Townsmen, it was taken into consider- 
ation, that which was referred to Ihem by the vote of tla; town, to give such encourage- 
ment to the man that was propounded for a currier, as ha.s manifested inclinations to 
come to us, .so that the town would procure him the hou.se of Henry Curtis with the lot. 
They do now agree that David Wilton shall send a letter with the lirst opportunity 
ill Ihe spring. And to eneoura,ge him the town shall provide him a house convenient 
at the present [time] and procure him the hcuLse and lot of Henry Curtis, if it be to be 
sold. And til add something for a sho|); or if that be not to be procured, they will be- 
stow as much as it is worth, in a convenient jilace, and if he lives and dies with us, and 
affords us the use of his trade, he shall have it to him and his heirs; else to leave it to 
the Town." (Bk. i. 27.) 

"Also that Richard Oldage and Samuel Marshall shall be proiioundcd to the Ocn- 
eral court to be appointed Kmlm of leather." (Bk. i. 27.) 

"Also an agreement made with William Edwards. Coo|ier, of Hartford. He is to 
take Simon Hillier, son of John Hillier, deceased, and keep him until he is 21 yrs. of 
age, which will be completed and ended on the 2Dth day of Dee., 1669; he is to learn him 



170 HISTORY OF ANI-IENT WINDSOR. 

til write ami n-ai:l Eiiirlish, and cast aii-diiiits. and In- at the cost, and use his best en- 
dcavoi's, to get his scurf head cured. Also to learn him the trade of a cooper, and at 
the end of his time to let him go free, and give him double apparel, a musket, sword, 
and bandoliers, and SOi; and Mr. Wolcott and I)avi<l Wilton are to sign indentures be 
twixt them at the times of the (ieueral (_'<mrt at Hartford on March, ne.xt en.suing." 
(Bk. i. 27.) 

March if. " It was a day of training, and it being propoundicl to the Company 
there assembled what they Woidd give Mr. Warham for this year, that is, from Septcni 
berto September, next ensuing, it was jointly voted that they would give him fourscore 
and ten pounds." (Bk. i. 38.) 

March 10. "The Townsmen nut, and it was judged by tlicui lliat Mr. I'hel|is 
slioidd keep James Hillier one twelveniouth after the enil of next .May ensuing, and then 
to let him go from him with a double aliparel, yet with this easion [proviso]; If the 
Townsmen .see any man willing and tit to take him to bring him to a trade. Mr. Ph(l])s 
is to let him goat any time after next May; also Mr. Phelps saith he will not be bound 
to keep him if the disease of the thistles should break out again." 

August 18th. "The major part of the townsmen met and according to the order 
ing of the [eoin-l] that the townsmen of Windsor from _vear to year, do taki' care for the 
preserving of the estate of John Hillier, deceased, for the benefit of his children, do now 
for the present agree that because the widow of the said John Hillier is towards join 
ing herself in a second marriage, that she shall not liave power to dispose of any part 
for her own, until the court make a distribution." (Bk. i. 31.) 

September 1st. "Training day; the Townsmen appointed the S.jtli of this month 
to open the meadow." 

"Also voted, by the company, that the guard that carried arms to meeting, should 
have i pound of powder for the two years now past, and so likewise those now pres- 
ently appointed for the year to come, and .so afterwards." (Bk. i. 31.) 

"Also assented to, by divers persons present, and appointed that at the next oppor- 
tunity to be propounded to the rest of the Townsmen, that Capt. Cook shall cause that 
seasonable warning .shall be given to come to meeting on the Lord's days and lecture 
days, by Drum or trumpet, on the top of the meeting house, and should have 20s. for 
the year ensuing." " Sept. 6th. It was confirmed." (Bk. i. 31.) 

1656-7, Feb. 10. "It was voted to allow Mrs. Huit [an annuity] as formerly, only 
Nicholas Palmer, John Griswold, Jacob Gibbs, Anthony Ho.skins, John Denslow, Jos. 
Hosford opposed it." (Bk. i. 32.) 

October 26. " The Town met and agreed to have the burying place made eonuno- 
dious. David Wilton doth hereby engage himself and his [successors] forever to main- 
tain whatsoever fence belongs to the burying place of Windsor, now joining to his land, 
and also to make and maintain a commodious gate for passsige to it. Also, to clear it 
of all stubs and boughs that grows upon it, between this and next Spring, and to sow it 
with English grass that it may be decent and comely, and he, and his heirs, is to have 
the benefit of the pasture forever." (Bk. i. 34.) 

November 26. "At a town meeting warned, Mr. Warham's rate, Mr. Hull's and 
John Bartlett's [rate] for the ferry were published. Also a general vote pBs.sed for the 
entertainment of a new smith, and to give him £10 and lend him £20, to pay it again in 
work." 

1657-8, ilai-ch n. A tronj) of t/iirfi/ Imrsi', of 37 iiicii. the lii-.st in 
the colony, was oi-i,''anize(l liy tlic General Court, and placed under the 
command of Capt. John Mason. On the list of troojjers "presented and 
allowe(l" hv the court, we find the followiim- Windsor niim(>s: 



EXTKACTS FltO.M TOWN ACTS, '[t'^')()-^lu!'). 177 

Jlr. D;iniel Clark, (Lieut.) .Iulm Williams, 

Thomas Allyn, Xatliauit'l Loomis, 

Sanuiel IMarshall, (Capt.) Thomas Loomis, 

John Bissell, Capt. Aarou Cook, 

George Phelps, En.s. David Wiltou, 

Stephen Terry, Simon Wolcott, 

William Hayden. Thomas Strong, 

John Ilosford, John Porter. 
John !Moses, 

Of this troop the captains were: Daniel Claris, 10tJ4 ; SiiiiDU Wnl- 
cott, 1705 : Daniel White, 171H. "^ 

This year was one of great siekness and mortality in Connecticut, 
iis well as in Xew England generally. Religions controversy and the 
iin]ilac;ililc animosity of the Indians gave constant alarm to Imth rulers 
and people. The ero])s also were unusnally light, and '-it was a year of 
fear, perplexity, and sorrow." 

1658-9, January 8. "At a town meeting, it was voted that Samuel Grant should 
try and seal measures for the town." 

"Also, that Peter Brown that keeps the mill should take but single toll, or the six- 
teenth part of all grain' for bis grinding ; only of Lidiau corn it was voted by the Major 
part that he should take toll and half, from this time until the 25th of March next ensu- 
ing, but no longer." 

"Also, that John Bartlett is to continue the keeping of the ferry, and is not to luit 
in any man without the Townsmen's approbation, and the Townsmen are to see to the 
providing of some stones and timber to build him a cellar at the ferry house; and he is 
to pay the cost of it out of this ferry rate, and when be.leaves the keeping of the ferry, 
or does not give honest content in the place, but the Townsmen must seek anoth(;r, then 
he is to leave the cellar, and the town must give him for it as it is worth." (Bk. i. 37.) 

1659, March 37. " The trumpet was sounded again to give warning to meeting." 
(Bk. i. 38.) 

June 1. "Also this day, terms agreed upon about the tolls at the mill; Mr. Warham 
is to have the sixteenth part, or two quarts upon a bushel, of all English and malt 
grinding, and for Indian corn a twelfth part, or three quarts upon a bushel grinding." 
(Bk. i. :».)! 

Dec. 1(1. "Also, it is granted by the town that Capt. Cooke shall have half the ordi- 
nary pay, in the next town rate, for seven young wolves taken out of an old one.' 
(Bk. i. 40.) 

Fcli'y 1(i. in.lIt-tiO. ('Mpt. ('(Kik was tigain paid for ''-1 wolves." 
.Judging from tlic i'rr(|iiriiry of similar items on the town records, the 
Captain tind his townsmiin, D.iniel Hayden, were the Nirnroih of Wind- 
'^'^v. They certainly made great havoc among the wolves of that neigh- 
Imrhood. Jinny years after the settlement of the coimtry these animals 
were very mimerous, and committed frequent depredations. As early as 
11647 the General Conrt offered a hoiinty of lO.v. for i'\cry wolf "killed 

' Indian corn, being more difticult to grind than what was then known as English 
' grain, was allowed a heavier toll, 

Voi„ I,-W 



IIISTOItY OF ANCIENT WINDSOU. 



witliiii 10 luilrs of ;iiiy plantatinu in tliis C'diunioiiwcaltli," wliicli Imuiity 
u;is to lie |i;iiil liy the touii in wliic'li the animal was killcil. oi- hy tlic 
nearest town. The carliivst town act of Windsor, which is |in'S('isc(l in 
1650, adds Ss. to tliis 10«. offered hy the court. This sum was after- 
wards increased, until 1667, when the wliole hounty amounted to 2')x. 
Indians, likewise, were esj)ecially encourativd to kill wolves, for each of 
which they were to he ])aid 20.s-. in wampum, at the rate of six |iieces foi- 
a |ienny. Wolves were senerally cauu'ht witli liaitcil hooks, or in |iits 
duii' for the ]iur]iose. In l(io6 the court dccrciMJ that "what pei'sou 
soever, either Indian or Enu'lish, shall take any woll' out of auy |iit luadi^ 
by any other man to catch wolv(>s in. wherchy thry would ilcfrauij the 
rif^ht owner of thoir due fi-oui the town oi- the couutiy, e\eiy sucli 
oil'cnder shall pay to the owner of the jiit Itlx, or he whi|i|ied on their 
naked hodies not exceeding stripes.'" 

The followinu' shows the names and nundicr of the householders of 
Windsor, and the manner of tlieii' " seatini;' " in the lueetinu-house. It 
is extracteil from an old Uook of Kates: 

January 18, 1G59-60. "A note [was] taken what dwelling houses are in the town, 
that the owners of them have paid for seats in the Meeting house, and how much and 
by whom. For those that have heen placed in the two rows of long seats were first 
seated by tive in a seat, and were to jiay to William Biiel 3» a person, or 6.1 for a man 
and his wife; and that made up his pay when he had finished them with doors. Also, 
those that were placed in the short seats, at the first were to pay 3« a person, as they in 
the long seats; but when it was agreed that those seats should be raised higher for 
more convenient hearing, they were to pay Wm. Buel 6» a person more, so that for a 
man and his wife 7«. First I set down those that have paid, and were placed in the 
long seats when they paid. 

Thomas Ford, . . . 6.v Abraham Randall, . -Iv 'J./ 

Bray Rossiter, . 

John Porter, 

Stephen Terry, 

Jfenry Wolcott, 

John Bissell, 

Thomas Xowcll, 

Thomas Thornton, 

Arthur AVilliams, 

Philip Randall, 

Thomas Buokland, 

Thomas Guhn. . 

Begat Eggleslon, 

Thomas Holcomb, 

Robert Wiuchell, 

Walter Fyler, . 

Jonathan Gillct, 

Josias Hidl, 

Thomas Iloskins, 

Anthony Hawkins, 

Peter Tilton, . 

Joshua Carter, . 



6.V 


Abraham Randall, 


■1.V 


Gx 


JIatthias .Johnson, 


4.V 


0.V 
(is 

6.> 


George Phillips, 
George Phelps, 
Samuel Allen, . 


6.S 


e.v 


:Mr. [Francis] Stiles, . 


•s« 


().v 


John Drake, Senr., 


(i." 


G.V 


Eltwed Pomeroy, 


4.V 


fi.v 
(i.v 


Humphrey Piiuiey, 
John Moore, 


(i« 
fi.s 


0.V 


Roger Williams. 


Hi 


6.V 


Matthew (Jrant, 


6.S 


(i.v 


Aaron Cooke, . 


(>.« 


G.V 


David Wilton, . 


G.V 


().■< 


Thomas Dewey, 


Gs 


C.S 


William Hubbard, 


6.- 


(),•< 

6.V 


Richard Vorc, . 
Thomas Bascomb, 


6.« 

0.V 


6» 


Xico. Palmer, . 


G.« 


(m 


Wm. Thrall, . 


G.V 


6.V 


J.ibn Ri^kwell. 


6.« 


6i 


Jehn Hakes, . 


G.S 



KXTRACTS FlJinr TOWN ATTS, 1 650-1 •! 



179 



.Idlm Stiles, Sciiv, 
AVilliam Bud. . 
Saimicl Pond, . 
Niit. Gillct, 
Tlioiiias Parsons, 
JcttiT BakcT, . 



Jnliii Rockwell, 1 


y hi 


1 m( 


the 


■, 


3.V 


Richard OMa.iie, 










3s 


Jolm Young', . 










3.V 


Owi'U Tudor, . 










6s 


Simon Hoyt, 










6» 




£1 


) 8s r,<i 



Those that were placed in the short seals, what they have paid. 



William Hayden, 
Daniel Clarke, . 
Henry Newbury. 
Henry Stiles, . 
William Gaylord, jr., 
Sunon Wolcott, 

by Thomas Orton 
Jolm Hosford, by his 
Geo. Crist. Woleotl. 
Rob. Wilson, . 
Miles Merwin. . 
Thomas Barber, 
[Robert] Watson. 
Thoma.s Deblc, . 
Samuel Phelps, 
Nath. Plielps, . 
Richard Birge, . 
llciM-y Curtis, . 
Khody Taylor, . 
Edward Griswold, 
John Drake, . 



7s 


. Job Drake, 


4s (y 


7s 


Joseph Loomis, 


(is 


4.'* 0,/ 


William Philips, 


7s 


3s 


Stephen Taylor, 


(U 


6s 6rf 


Samuel Gaylord, 


7s 




Benedict Alvord, 


6s 


Os 


.Tacob Drake, . 


7s 


3s i;,i 


Robert Hayward, 


7s 


5s 


Simon Mills, 


4s M 


7s 


James Euno, 


Us 


7» 


William Filley. 


r,.-! >.ki 


7s 


Mic. Johnson, . 


4s 9(/ 


7s 


Thomas Gilbert, 


7s 


3s 


Richard Weller, 


6s 


7s 


William Hannum, 


7s 


4.V 


Alexander Alvord, 


7s 


'.id 


John Osborn, . 


7s 


3s 


George Alexander, 
Anthony Dorchester, . 


3s 



Mr. Allyn, 


(is 




Mr. Allyn, 


6.S 


Mr. Loomis, 


6s 




Jlr. Phelps. . 




Mr. [John] WitchlieM, 


2s 


uJ 


.Mr. Clark, 


-3s 


Goode Denslow, 


3s 




C. Cook, 


6s 


Goode (iibbs, . 


3s 




Mr. Wolcott, . 


6» 


Goode lloskins. 


Is 




Mr. Terrv, 


6s 


Deacon Gaylord's wife. 


3s 




John BIssdl, . 




.Mr. Clarke, 


3s 




iMr. Sto\ij;-hlon, 




Mr. Miisnn. 


3s 










£1 11.V 


(id 





John Wileoxsou, 



C. Gibbs, 
N. Denslow, 
W. ll.xkins. 



180 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

■' Xi)\v 111 set (lowii I crsc MS iis tlicy arc .-(."ilcil and how tlnir si'als liavc liccii paid 

for." 

9 long seats, with (! in a seat. 
13 .slinrt seats, with 3 in a seat. 
Houses lliat liave seats paid for by their first owners, and tlie present dwellintrs in 
them, if any. have no seats. 

9 names." 

1659-60. .laiiiiai-y 23. " The Townsmen met, and .Tohn Loomis and .Jose]ih were at 
a dehate witli the Townsmen, about Joseph's .seat. Mr. Henry (lark and "Sir. Warham 
as.serted, that the issue was that he ^lad lost his seat, according to order that was first 
made." 

Deeeniber 20. ' Also to repair roof of the meeting house, left to townsmen to 
agiee upon." '" Also agreement made by the townsmen with .John Bartlett, for keep- 
ing the ferry 7 years, was published and assented to." (Bk i. 42.) 

Ill the aniniiil ostiiiiate of Town Ivxpciiscs tliis \>;ir wo find the ful- 
liiwing items : 

"For If) wolves taken €8. For cleansing the meeting hou.se and drum t.'4. Thi^s 
Parsons for his canoe to serve the ferry £5. Mr. Wolcott for liquors for bounds 2« i'n/. 
For the remainder of the work, to the silling and underpinning of the meeting Iioum 
£10 19)1 lid. Wm. Huell for a pair of stocks and mending some seats 9s Gil. Nat. Cook 
for cutting ice l.v 2(1. For 1000 nails of .lolin Bissell lo«, &c., ice." 

1000-1, .lanuary 7. "The Townsmen met and agreed that the Meeting Houm 
should be shingled, all the gutters on both sides the lanthorn. and not alter the form ni 
the roof." 

"Also a.greed with William Huell to alter the great pew into two. one part for the 
magistrates, and one for others, and that it be raised equal with [the] short seats." 

"Also, those that be seated and never paid, neither themselves nor by tlieir prede 
cessors in their houses should now be called for to make in p.-iyment to I5uell for work 
about the house, etc." 

January 31. " A town meeting named by the Constables to pulilish some orders 
made at the General Court before. Also, a vote, passed by the major part, for liberty 
to those men that would join in setting a ware across the rivulet, to take lish in any 
place below the ferry, and none of the townsmen, that join not with them, shall havi- 
liberty to set a ware below them for 5 years space. And at the .5 years end, if the tow ii 
desire to take the benefit of the ware to themselves for a town good, they shall, pay in i: 
the men that join for their barrels as they be worth at that time." 

February 25th. "The Townsmen made a bargain with Samuel Grant to shin.irlr 
the inside roof of tlie meeting house, from end to end, on both sides of the lanthorn. 
with IS inch shingles. He is to get the shingle in the woods, and cut them, hew them 
and lay them on one inch and a quarter thick generally, and 7 inches in breadth one 
with another. And he is to have 4.* per 100 for all plain work, and for the gutters, be- 
cause of the more dilliculty of laying these, he is to have what he shall in eqtiity judge 
to be more worth than in per 100; and, for the time of doing this work, he is to do tli 
north side of the lanthorn before nndsimimer next, and the other side by October f. 
lowing. The timber, that lie works to be good souiul timber, and the pay taken out t" 
this agreement." 

We subscribe our hands in witness: 

JoitN Moore, S.\muki. Oh.\nt. 

JiENKY Wolcott, 

litNJAMlN NEWliEKItV. 
EUWAKD GkISWOLU. 



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4 








8 








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KXTRAf'TS FROM TOWN Af'TS, 1 tiSO-l (iTS. 181 

■■ Also this (l:iy, accdUiils lakcii oT llir loun drills I'or ii tiiwu I'atr- to be iii:i<lc ; and 

there appeared: 

£■ s. d. 

For 6 wolves taken. .......... 

" Sounding the Drum to mcetiiiiis, ....... 

■■ Ensign Wilton, for James Osboni |\vhirh .:;i[t to Oshoni wa: 
formerly granted by the town lo ni\c hnn 4(K. for supply in his waiil] 

For Cleansing the meeting house. ....... 

T<i make 2 new pounds, ......... 

'I'o buy a barrel of powder, ......... 

To buy nails and lath for meeting house. ...... 

Mr. Wolcott, for liquors for bound-goers (! 

Mr. Newburry, for some help boiuiding ways, 7 

For employment by Matthew Grant's act as followeth: 

For time spent last spring about ordering the town rati' of t'4!). with \ari- 
ous accounts with men for work done, keeping the accounts of sev- 
eral ratea to distinguish them, . . ' . . . . . . 2 9 

For ordering the list of the town [ejstate last year, and 3 days spent at 

Hartford about it, .......... . !■> 

For drawing the [e]state into a book for a rule of rating, making Mr. 

Warhatn's rate in October, and publishing it from house to house, . Hi 

To transcribing 18 court orders, and going with my son and others, to . 

Podunk line, and some time already bounding ways 4 days, ..11 

To pay the hoiiesetter, besides the county rate, 1 14 

To pay ('ooke [for] another wolf, 10 



1(](j1, Fel)"v 4. Ill a long account with William Jiiicli tnr wm-k ildiic 
to the niooting-lioiisc. we find an item oi' " ') luittniis [or |>rgs] lur liats, 
7«." 

" There was a flood in Cnnnei-ticiit in the yvnv liiGl, June." — '• Gil- 
let Holeomh " BUile. 

It had hitherto heen customary to raise Mr. Warliam's salary liy a 
ta.\, liiit this year the system of voluntary siihscriptioii was inti-odiiced, 
as will be seen liy the following extract from the town record : 

November 11. "The Townsmen met and took into consideration how to jiroceed 
to know the town's mind what they would give .Mr. Warham for his ministry this year, 
and we judge it meet, rather than warn a town meeting, to appoint some nun to go 
from house to house, and speak with every man that pays rates, to know what each 
man will voluntarily and freely give Mr. Warliam for this year; and the men to go 
about III take down on a jiaper what sum they would be rated, and whether as fortuerly 
or what. And the men that go about are Deacon Gaylord and William llayden from 
the higher end [of the street | downward to Thomas IJucklaiid; and from there to the 
ferry George Phelps and Matthew Grant. On the other side of the ferry from I'aquoii- 
ack downwards to all that side of the Millbrook ; and front the mill alltoAinbro.se 
'i'triteiSi, Capt. Newbury and Deacon Moore." 

This system was CDiitiiiiied several years: the name and ainouiit tit 
each suhscriiitiou is still on record. In ItUUi, the snniUest given sum 
was 1«. tJcZ., the highest (Mr. Wolcott's) was £1 10«. (Bk. i. 4«-4ll.) 



182 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOI!. 

lt',(;L>, May loth. The troopers of tlie several towns had hitherto 
trained at some phiee of general ri'mle/vous, luit the coiii't oi' tliis date, 
in eonsidei'ation ol'-'flie ineom cnirnee " and " unni'cessarv expense ut 
tiiiii' to no |i|-olit." aHowed tlirni to train in the several towns to whieli 
they helonged, " with tiicii' own foot <-iini|iany." They ai'e. however, to 
1)0 considcrod as •' one entire Troop. e<insistin;j- of several jiarts, who are 
to unite and att<'nil the (Jrneral 'i'raininu' as one I'nliic hody of horse." 
The standing' or '• preheniinener "■ of the dilf'erent t rain-liands was also 
deti'rniined. as follows: 1st, ifartlord. lid. Windsor. :'.d. Wethei-stield, 
4th, Farming-ton. 

Oct. 9. " The new Charter of Couueetieut was |iulili<ly n;iil in an audieuee of the 
freemen [at Hartford"], and declared to belong to tliini and lliiir sueeessors." (Cnl. 
R.r.) 

lOtlo. .May 1-4. A lively pii-ture of the polire reunlations of the 
several towns is liieaned fi-oni liic followini;- eonrt order : 

" 'I'lic Constables in eaeh Plaut.ition are hereby empowered to charge tlie watch and 
ward dnly to attend their watch and ward by walking in sneh places where they may 
best discover danger by the approach of an enemy or by tire, which if they do discover, 
they are to give notice thereof by firing their guns, and crying Fire, lire, or Arm, arm. 
And in case they meet with any persons walking in the streets unseasonably, they are 
to examine them, and in case they can not give a good account of themselves, they are 
to return them to the Constable, who is to require them to appear before a JIagistrate 
or some A.ssistant, to give account of their unseasonable w;dking." 

Tlio watchmen were also ordered to rejiort themselves for instruc- 
tions to the eonstahlc. -in the evening-, hy tile slititting in of the d;iy- 
lig-lit:"" and we|-e not lo Iraxe theii- wateli hefoi-e daylii-cak on pain of 1«. 
for eaeh dofanlt. 

At this time, the gond townsfolk wei-e miieh tmnoyed liy Indians 
strolling up and down in the towns, •• in the night season to Imy 
liquors." The court tliui-cl'oi-e deei-eed tliat any Inditm found walk- 
ing the streets after nightfall should he lined lio.y. (IT).?, to the pniilie 
treasury, and .S.s. to the inl'ormei-) or idse he whip! with "six sti-i|ies ;it 
lea.st." ( ( 'oI. R,r. ) 

In the Annual Estimate of Town I'ayments: 

October 31. "This was a town meeting, and all that were present voted that Mr. 
Warham should [have] for this year following as formerly t'90. Also manifested ihcin 
selves willing that there .should be a looking out for a help for him." 

" Also a reiiuest was made by some to set a liousel to shelter their horses in on Sali- 
bath days, and other days when they i-ide to meeting; on one .side of the .street again-i 
Begat Eggleston's orchard, about 9 or 10 feet in breadth, by his fence, and in length --':• 
or 24 feet — and it [was] granted." 

1G64, Pel). 6. Gov. John Winthi-op, Jr., wi-iting to Iloger Williams, 
from Hartford, says, "all the imlians of these parts are together in :i 



EXTIIACTS ritOM TOWN ACTS, 1 tioO-ldTS. 1 S8 

fort uciUf Windsor iV 1 licai'd iVoiu ,M'. I'iiicliciiii Unit tlicy uoiiM iiKikc 
]H'ac(> if they knew how, lint none of them dnrst go to treat aliout it." — 
Coll. Mam. Hi»t. Soc, 4th Series, vi. 531. 

1664-5, Miu-ch 7. " Natli'l Bissell Iiatli pjiiti for his swit in tlio gallery to .Josias 
Hull in pay for his wolf. (>.«." 

1665. ^Fay 11. .Jas. Enno was tilled for his wife's fault, in selling cider to the In- 
ilians. 

Nov. 30th. Items of Matthew Grant's account. 

•■ For drawing up Mr. 'Warham's pay into a method, that he might understand what 
he was to receive of each man by his free will offering, which cost me a great deal of 
time. I had better to have made two rates as formerly, yet I set down but Qs. 6rf. 

Then for time I spent last .July at the lending out of powder and lead, and making 
luillets, and taking again of some, and the setting down the accounts of these things, 
cost me about 4 days time. I put down ?.«. 6f7." 

llifiti. Tlie times wei'e evidently unsettled by retisoii of Indian 
troubk^s, of which (iov. Winthrop, writiiio- from Hartford, July 15, IHtiO, 
to (ien. Nicholls. says: "A: yesterday there was a party of y"" Mowhaiikes 
at Podiink (a place between y° towne & Windsor) who were discovered 
liy tlie [friendly, or Podtmk] Indians & as sonc as discovered they fled : 
Tiiesc thinu's eonsidei-ed ( w"' y' number of Indians that are round ali' 
lis) makes it difictilt to its to part w"' any of o'' strengih from hence," 
iVc." It is ]ii'obalile that during this year the fort was built at Windsur, 
wliirli is alluded to in the following court record of the next year: 

October 10, 1667. At a General Assembly held at Hartford: 

"The inhabitants of Windsor having improved themselves in building a fort, this 
Court, for their encouragement, doth release the Train soldiers of Windsor two days of 
their training this Michael Tide, and one day in the Spring." 

This fort may have been mendy a relitiilding, or strengthening, of 
the old Palisado : but our own iiiqiressiou is that it was thi^ building 
once known as "the Old Stone Fort.'" rcfiMred to on p. 141. 

1667, April 1st. Luke Hill took the charge of the Kiviilet ferry for £12 per aiinuni 
" besides what he gets from travellers and persons by night. ' 

"This day Xat. Cook hath miidisetiiikd to perform the work of cleansiii.g the meet- 
ing house for this next year for 50.«." 

John Owen, the former nexton, felt aggrieved by this aii]ioinlmeiit of 
Cook's — and it was agreed that "John Owen .should have part of the 
Jiay with Nathaniel, though he did not of the work. It is i.ssued that 
John Owen sludl have 5s. of Nathaniel's £S, of the last year's pay." 

April 2Ttli • When the freemen met for choice of deputies. Luke Hill made a sad 
complaint that if the town would not add to the sum they had set him for keeping the 
ferry, at the former meeting, lie must leave tlie ferry; and his wife came in and sadly 
bemoaned their condition. AVhereupon it was voted that they would add the other £3 
as it was before." 

' Winthrop papers, p. 100, Mrm. Ilint. Soc. Coll., 5 Series, viii. 



18-1 HISTOllY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

.luly :id. ■■Thnsc lit thf ilra.iriinns Unit Irivc rcccivi'd ikiucIk'S iif 'I'liuiims Dihlilc, 
wliich lie got mmip, and is to Vic |i:iid by tlie tnwn. 

Deacon Moore, one for his man. 

Anthony Hoskins. one. ^lieliael Hinnphry. one. 

Ebenezer Dibble, one. JosiasHull, one. 

Nii'holas Senchion, one. Thomas Stoughton, one. 

Henry Stiles, one. Thomas Dibble, one. 

The.se 9 Dibble delivered, and he delivered 7 more, which make up 10 — whieli 
comes to 40.". John Kockwell had one of the old ones; he has received this again." 
(Bk. ii. 7.) 

September 30tli. The freemen voted to give 17 shillings (besides the 8s offered liy 
the County) for all wolves killed within the limits of Windsor and ilassaco [Simsbury], 
Indians were to have for each wolf 20.v in wampum at 6 for a penny. (Bk. ii. 7.) 

1667-8, February 3d. The Townsmen, ujion complaint of Thomas Hopewell's 
Wife, [as to] their straights of firewood because of his lameness. Tlie Townsmen, had 
appointed Samuel JIarshall to carry them two loads imd now appointed William Tlirall 
to carry them three loads more, and put it on account in a town rate. (Bk. ii. 7.) 

March 11th. "In preparati(m for a town rate for this year past, to gather uii what 
debts the town must pay. 

Fir.st to begin with wolves killed. 

The whole amount for Wolves was, f22, 08«, OOr/. 

Mr. Wolcott, for seven [ ] cartridges, demands, . . . 1, 15, 00. 

Thomas Dibble, for making soldier pouches 2, 01, 00. 

Stephen Taylor, for barrel of Tar for [the ferry] boat, . . 15, 00. 

William Thrall, for 3 loads of Wood for Hopewell, ... !), 0(1. 

Walter Gaylord, for beating the drum and new cord, 1. 1, OK. 

Ebenezer Dibble, for his part to make lialf |iikes, . 1."). (10. 

4 Lister's Expenses. ......... 4. (10. 

4 Townsmen. .......... 2, 08. 

Hou.se and fire,' 1. 02. 

3 Townsmen dinin.g with the Magistrates 3. 0(1, 

Deacon Mo<ire, his part making 3(i jiikes. ..... 1.5. (10. 

Thos. Burnlmm, for making 36 Heads for ]iikes, . . . .'.,1(1, (Id. 

Tahan Grant, for some Smith work, mending the ferry eliain 
and some nails, and hinges for town house, and nails lor 
pike rods, .......... 4, (I6. 

April 15th. " Mr. Allen came to my liouse to give notice to Thonuis Marshall and 
Daniel Hayden to be fn* men of this corporation." (Bk. ii. 7.) 

May 16th. " Mr. Wolcott brought to me 84 cartridges, so many as to sett off his 
town rates 2().i llrf." 

" Baggot Egleston undertakes the cleansing of the meeting [house] for tliis year 
coming for SOn, and the beating of the drum to meetings for 28». Also it was voted that 
Granfield [Greenfield] men should have liberty to improve their land this year. Init nut 
to lie allowed Inhabitance by this; and the difference between the Town and this, is de- 
ferred till tlie whole Town be made acquainted with it, and meet about it." (Bk. ii 7 ) 

September 28lh. " Voted that the town should be at the co.st to procure a new rci]M 
for the ferry, because Luke Hill is not able to be at the cost him.self." 

October 31st. "Also, Deacon Moore is to .sjieak with .lolm Gilibard. to gel him In 
come to mend the glass of the meeting house windows. 

"Also, George Griswold is to get somebody to elab up the walls of the meetiriL' 
house that afc broken " 

' The old Town-house being no longer in existence (see p. 139). the Townsmen were 
probably obliged to hire some room in which to hold their meetings, 



KXTRATTS FKOM TOWN AfTS. 1 (!.")0-l 67.'). IS") 

Massaco (now Simsbury), which since 1642 or '43 had been more or less colonized 
from Windsor, had now reached a point which justified its inhabitants, in the judgment 
of the Colonial authorities, in boinjr set apart as a separate town. 

October 8, 1068. "This Court doth desire that JIassacoe, which hitherto hath been 
an appendi.x to the town of Windsor, may be improved for the makeing of a plantation, 
& C'apt. Benj. Xewbery, Deacon John Moore, & Mr. Symon Woolcott, the present com- 
mittee for the grant of these lands, are desired and impowered by the Courte to farther 
the planting of the same, and to make such just orders as they shall judge requisitt for 
the well-ordering of the said Plantfltion, so they be not repugnant to the publique or- 
ders of this Colony." .... 

In October, 1669, there were thirteen "stated inhabitants of Masaco," that had 
" been free men for Windsor ;" and May 12, 1670, the Court of Election ordered the 
bounds of the " new village. Massacoe," and gave it its name of Siinxhurn — the flrst of 
Windsor's colonies. 

1668, Xovember 23d " The Townsmen met concerning the old ferry Boat. The 
Townsmen arc content that Samuel JIarshall shall have it to make the be.st of her: and 
if the town will exact V)s. of him for it he will pay it." 

Xovember 30th. " It was desired of all that were at this meeting that they would 
give in their papers, that we nnght know their minds, what they would give to Mr. 
Warham for this year going, which ends the 35th of next March; and some persons, to 
the number of oO did give in; and the sum of all which they presented rose to £2T. 
What more will be done, I yet know not." (Bk. ii. 13.) Mr. Chauncey was then here. 

1668-9, January 18 "The town voted to allow the Indians for every wolf they 
kill, and bring their heads, in wampum, at 6 a penny, lO.''. And they that pay it to 
them must take U|i in our pay among ourselves with 5.«." 

February l.jth. Accounts taken of town debts that have to l)e |)ai<l by .i town rate 

to be made, or bv pav that is to be paid of former rates: 

£ f. d. 
John Owen, for daliing li-lajiboarding] he did, the meeting house 

before winter, .......... 

Ephraim Strong, for 2 years setting in the yard,' .... 

Nathaniel Pinney, the like 

Samuel Rcickwell. for making the ferry rope, 

Nallri liissell, for 40 lbs. of hemp for the ferry rope, belwixt his 

lather and himself, 

Jacob Drake, for 2 gallons of Tar, 

John Grant, for cjtrting boults from Pipe Stave Swamp for clal)- 

boards for the meeting house walls 

For paying Ilogernosset for his wolf, . . . *. 

Baggot Egleston [for] 4 wohes, meeting house 

Drum and drum head, 

Several men for setting in the yard, 

] There is also demanded by Mr. Stone, for preaching 3 sermons some 
} years past (Bk. ii. 14," lo) 

[This was the Hev. Mr. Stone of Hartford, and is interesting as sbowinjj 
"f "occasionar' pulpit ministrations in those daj's. 1 

'This "setting in the yard" was, in other words, <loing guard or sentinel duty in 
1 the meeting-house yard during divine service, a precaution quite necessary in those days 
of savage invasion and surprise. The following item from the Wiii(U«ir Jiieorclx (Bk. 
ii. p. 13) explains the matter somewhat more clearly: 

" The townes[men] meet, and i;phraim Strong ;ind Nathaniel Pinne demanded paye 

I for setting in y yard, and they are allowed to be payed 2.v a piece out of y" townes 

rate, and so likewise others that stand in like account with them as have set in y yard 

I without their i lb. of pudor [powder] a man payed to them, but was promised 12 pence 

a man to each man in lieu of puder " 

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18ti HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

March 11. '"Voted that tliiisc who reside- in tuuii but are not allowed inlialiitaiUs, 
to pay t'erriajie as straiijjers." 

April ;!d. "Mr. Woleott sent 41 lartridges more to tliose lie linmghl Jlay Kith, 
[16] 68, 84, together 12.j. (Bk. ii. 15.) 

April 2i5(l. A great Hood whieli ruinated and earned away abuiidaiiee of feneiii;; 
and caused much trouble. (Bk. ii. IG.) 

May 11. (Clause of an agreement with John Willington to keep the Ri%idet ferry.) 
"He is also to have the use of the cellar, wliich the town has now l)ouglit of Luke Hill 
— for his use to dwell in, and the little house by it, and tlie use of a corner of land be- 
low tlie cartway that lies between the river and the brook, during the time of this year, 
for his improvement, he securing it; and for his wages lie is to have 16 pounds paid him 
by a rate, &c." (Bk. ii. 16.) 

May 24th. " This was a day of training, and by reason of the death of Samuel 
Phelps, it was voted that Benajah Holcomb should sujiply his jilace of a waywarden." 

Also Xathaniel Loomis is allowed to entertain Andrew Hillyer as a sojourner, see- 
ing that he carries well and orderly according to order." (Bk. ii. 17.) 

October 12th and 13tli. " William Buel came and brought two new casements for 
the corner windows of the meeting house, and fitted them up, and he counted for his 
work 7.V. — which he took out of his own town rate for [16]68 — 3.t. \(l., and Timothy 
Palmers town rate, [16]68 — Sx. 6rf. — so there is due to him Bd." 

ItJTO, Jan. 1-3. lu Increase Mather's Remarkahle Providences (i)iili- 
lished 1G84, p. 2-1:, of Georiie Offer's edition. London), he notices "some 
feniarkalile preservations uhidi siiinliv in New Enaland have e.\pe- 
rienced : the persons concerned tlierein I leinu: desirous that tlie Lord's 
<»-oodness towards them may be ever had in remembrance, wlieifl'nic a 
faithful hand hath jriven me the fdllowinii- acconnt (under alMixc date):" 

"Three women, viz., the wives of Lieut. Filer, and of .lohii Drake, and of Nathan- 
iel Loinas, having crossed C'onneetieut river upon a necessary and neighborly account 
[undoubtedly to attend a woman in labor — H. K. s.], and having done the work they 
went for, were desiring to return to their own families, the river being at that time 
Iiartly shut up with ice, old and new, and partly open. There being some pains taken 
aforehand to cut a way through the ice, the three women abovcsaid got into a canoe, 
with whom also there was Nathaniel Bi.sselland an Indian. There was likewise another 
canoe with two men in it. that went before them to help them, in case they should meet 
with any distress, which indeed (|uiokly came upon them, for just as they were gettin,? 
out of the narrow passage between the ice, being near the middle of the river, a 
greater part of the upper ice came down upon them, and struck the end of the canoe 
and broke it to pieces so that it iiuiekly sunk under them. The Indian speedily got 
upon the ice, but Nathaniel Bissell and the abovesaid women were left floating in 
the middle of the river, being cut olT from all manner of human help besides what 
did arise from themselves, and the two men in the little canoe, which was so small 
that three persons durst seldom, if ever, venture in it. They were indeed discerned 
from one shore, but the dangerous ice would not admit from either shore one to come to 
them. All things thus circumstanced, the .suddeness of the stroke and distress (which 
is apt to amaze men especially when no le.ss than life is concerned), the extreme coldness 
of the weather, it being a sharp .season, that persons out of the water were in danger of 
freezing, the inaptne.ss of persons to help themselves, being mostly women, one big with 
child, and near the time of her travail (who also was carried away under the ice), the 
other as unskilled and inactive to do anything for self-preservation as almost any could 
be, the waters deep, that there was no hope of footing, no passage to either shore in any 
eye of reason, neither with their little canoe, by reason of the ice, nor without it, the ice 
being thin and rotten, and full of holes. Now that all .should be brought otT safely 



EXTOATTS FROM TOWN ACTS, IGnO-lHT"). 187 

without the loss of life, or wning to hcnlth, was counted in the day of it a rciiiark-(Me 
Proiidiun'. To say how it was done is ditlieult, yet, something of the manner of the 
deliverance may be mentioned. The abovesaid Nathaniel Bissell, pieceiving their dan- 
ger and being active in swnmmiug, endeavored what might be the i)reservation of him- 
self and some otliers; he strove to have swam to the upper ice, but the stream being 
too hard, he was forced downward' to the lower ice. where, by reason of the slippery- 
ness of the ice, and disadvantage of the stream, he found it difficult getting up; at 
length, by the good hand of Providence, being gotten upon the ice, he saw one of the 
women swimming down under the ice, and, perceiving a hole or open place some 
few rods below there, he watched and took her up as she swam along. The other two 
women were in the river till the two men in the little canoe came for their relief. At 
length all of them got their heads above the water, and had a little time to pause, 
though a long and difficult way to any shore, but by getting their little canoe upon 
tlie ice, and carrying one at a time over hazardous places they did (though in a long 
while) get all .safe to the shore from whence they came." 

The Bissells .seem to have l)eeii somewhat in the way of " remarka- 
lile provideiiees," foi- in the same conneetion the same author says : 

■'Remarkable, also, was the deliverence which John and Thomas Bissell of Wind- 
sor, aforesaid, did at another time receive. John Bissell, on a morning, about break of 
day, taking nails out of a great barrel wherein was a considerable quantity of gun- 
powder and bullets, having a candle in his hand, the powder took fire. Thomas Bissell 
was then putting on his clothes, standing by a window, which though well fastened, 
was by the force of the powder carried away at least four rods; the partition wall from 
another room was broken to pieces; the roof of the hinise opened and slipt off the plates 
about five feet down ; also the great girt of the house at one end broke out so far. that 
it drew from the summer to the end most of its tenant. The woman of the house being 
sick, and another woman under it in bed, yet did the divine Providence so order things 
as that no one received any hurt, excepting John Bissell, who fell through two floors 
into a cellar, his shoes being taken from his feet, and found at twenty- feet distant; his 
hands and his face very much scorched, without any other wound in his body." 

What seemed, however, to John Bissell ami others of that day as a 
" remarkahle deliveranee " from the results of his own carelessness, — 
and as affecting only himself — was, in realit}', fraught with consequences 
of considerable importance to the interests and honor of Windsor. 

In an affidavit made in the case of W/ntinff vs. Bissell, in 1684, 
Matthew Oriswold, son-iu4aw of Mr. Henry Wolcott, testifying in regard 
to certain land transactions occurring at Windsor (l(i39-40), says: 

"John Bissell, sometime of Windsor, now deceased, did offer to sell mce at that 
part of Mr. Ludlowe's accommodations, both of houseing and lands, which hee bought 
of Mr. Wm. Whiteing (as he tolde me) which lay on the West side Connecticut River, in 

the townshipp of Windsor a,i\Al being not nccommodated to my mind where I 

then lined (it Srit/hrmA-, tind haueiny kindred of my oirne and my icinr'n at Windmr, wa^ 
mUiny to dwell at Windmr, and I bid the said Bissell .€140 .... tendered for sale, 
and haueing afterwards advised with my brother [-in-law | llcnry Wolcott, [Jr.] my 
said brother told mec he thought I had bid high enoffe, [and] did not advise me to give 
more ; also I went to fatli(!r in law .Mr. Wolcott [Senior], who told mee I had bid high 
enoffe for my settlement there, adui.sed mee to give flO more, that is tloO in all, rather 
than not buy it, and higher he aduised mee not, whereupon I again treated with Good- 
man Bissell, and bid him £150 and [he still held] at £160, so after discourse we parted 



188 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

irith thin coiidiiitiun: he mid if I liennl mi iiun-i- of him J xlmuld nincUide hi irmiUI nut take 
nil/ itfl'er, XII Jic ireiit from //(<■, ami the (lay after I went from Windsor, with my boat, 
concluding I might have it for t'lfiO, and not under ; but, afterwards, I luulerstood from 
him and others, that he was risen early in the morning to set his people to work, that 
he might come to mee to accept of my offer of £150, but an (U-ciilent fell out that j>oirOcr 
tiMk fre and burnt him so that he could not come, so that had not that accident been I 
had bought the said accommodations for £150 in such country pay as he was to make 
to Mrs. Whiting." (State Lihrary. Piitate Controrer-fies, Vol. II.). 

Thus, out of the musty itTonls n1' a liiuii-loi-uottcii ciNil suit, comes 
the other end of the story. It was a liad luoi-niuu's work for Windsor, 
as well as for Goodman Bissell — since, had he not failed tn "imt in an 
appearance" and clinch the bargain with Matthew, Windsor woiihl have 
received a most important acquisition to its social wealth, and miglil 
have had the honor of claiming two (Jriswolils as well as two W<il('()tts. 
as Governors of Connecticut, Sfiriing from her own soil. 

1669-70, February. John Willington is to keep the rivulet ferry one year more. 

October. At Court of 15th. "Windsor recorder certified that they had 300 lbs. of 
Powder and 700 lbs. of lead for their town stock." 

The Court granted liberty to Ca|)r Daniel Clark "to add to liis troop so many as 
may make them complete sixty besides officers — provided that none be taken out of 
Windsor without the Capt. of the foot company's leave, and that they are volunteers and 
maintain a horse and arms complete according to law, without any charge to the 
country. 

1678. May. " The Court extends the bounds of Windsor 2 miles beyond the former 
grant." 

May 14. " The Court orders the bounds between Hartford and Windsor shall begin 
on the East side Connecticut River at the lowermost Elm that was discoursed about be- 
tween the two Committees." And " whereas, the stated bounds between Hartford and 
Windsor, on the west side of the Great River, gives Hartford some advantage of lantl, 
in varying from the west line from Brick Hill hi wamp, northerly — This Court orders 
that the line betwixt the said towns on the E. .side of the Great River shall take its rise 
at the Elm Tree appointed by this Court to be the bound tree, and to run south of the 
east from the said tree, so much and .so far as it doth vary from llic west, northward 
from the abovesaid swamp to the end of the north bounds " 

July 19. " We entered upon the use of Corporal Marshall's boat for the ferry, and 
are to have the use of it for the ferry, 13 weeks, paying him 50«." 

August 16. — Nathaniel Pond borrowed one of the town muskets, by Capt. New- 
bury's allowance. 

Also, Thomas Parsons had a musket, August 19. 

And John Parsons had a musket, August 21. 

And Thomas Eggleston had a musket and a sword with sc^ililiaid, .\iil:ii^i 2:;. 

All by Captain Newbury's allowance, and told nii' Jolm Londou has a mu.sket that 
was at his sons John Madgly's [Mosely's]. 

(Same date). A count given of the locksmith of his work done to some of the town 
guns. 

All the particulars he did to the guns of the town. 

Nathaniel Pond, had. he put down 8* 6(i 

For a gun Tliomas Parsons had, he put down, ... . . . 5.« Oi 

For a gim John Parsons had, his work about it, 'Zx Qd 

And for a great spring and cock pin for a town lock, 3« 0(J 

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"March 2-1. — Tliu town mcl to givL' iufoniiaticm to tln^ ix-r.soii.s I'lioscii to run the 
hue between Wind.sor and Simsbury. First, you must understand that our .south 
bounds betwixt Hartford and Windsor extend half a mile beyond the Chestnut tree 
westward, and extends it.self something beyond the foot of the mountain where you 
will find a tree marked, and from there you are to traverse a way by your compass 
North and by West, which is the line to be set out between Windsor and Simsbury, and 
you are carefully to extend this lino till you meet with our North bounds." 

' ' Matthew Gr.\js't, 
Samuel Makshall, 
John Loomis, 
Jacob Drake, 
Thomas Stoughton." 
(Bk. ii. 37.) 

Items in Grant's estimate of town debts. (Bk. ii. 38.) 

Here I set down what town debts will be to be paid this year. 

There must be pay ordered to make two new pounds, .... £(i: OO.x: Od 

Nathaniel Bissell, for three days himself to run lines, and a (|uart of rum 
demanded, .......... 

There must be pay looked for the meetinghouse drum. . 

For 2 quarts of rum, and 2 quarts cider, 

For 8 quarts of rum, and a bottle and 2 quarts of cider, 

John BLssell, for himself and horse 4 days east side river. 

And for 2 gallons cider he will have, 

Account of Tahtm Grant, of iron work done for the town: 

A scourer for the great gun; [probably the " saker" or cannon referred 
to on page 78]: two extra pins and washers for the new carriage; 
3 binders for the ferry boat, all are " £0; 7«; Orf 

"Thomas Powell, packer, his mark on meat cask. His nutrk with two P.P. with a 
racing iron on the head if it be good. If not then only with an X on the beiges." (Bk. 
ii. 46.) • 

1673. Windsor contributed 38 to a trooji of horse ( " dra.goons " ) of which Benja- 
min Newberry was commander. 

1683, July 20. "A considerable Hood unexpectedly arose, whidi proved detrimental 
to many in that colony [Connecticut]. But. on August 13, a second and more dreadful 
flood came. The waters were then observed to rise twenty -six feet above their usual 
boundaries; the grass in the meadow, also the English grain was carried away before it; 
the Indian corn, by the long continuance of the waters, is spoiled, so that the four river 
towns, viz., Windsor, Hartford, Wcthersfield, Middletown are extreme sufferers. They 
write from thence that some who had hundreds of bushels of corn in the morning, at 
night had not one peck left for tlieir families to live upon" — Mather's liemarkabk 
I'roridciieiK. p. 223, Offer's edition, London. 

1688. Of nine train-bands in the county, Windsor had tieo : train-bands contained 
64 men under a Captain; 32 under a Lieutenant; or 24 under a Sergeant. 

1692-3. From a controversy wherein Timothy Palmer of Windsor sued a Middle- 
town man for a stray black horse which he claimed as his proi)erty, we learn that said 
Palmer and Nathaniel Winchell (;e. 32) were soldiers together, under Captain John 
Whiting at Deerfield, some three or four years previous to 1696-7. — Affidnrits, vol. 22, 
1696-7, State Arc/iires. 



n I AFTER IX. 

AN EPISODE OF ECCLESIASTICAL IIISTOKY. 

1663-1684. 



THE harmony and effit^'iourv wliirli had hitherto characterized tlio 
chui-ches of New England, now began to be seriously threatened 
■.\\\i\ distiulicd by (]uestions of church membership, discipline, and baji- 
tisiu. Commencing first in the church at Hartford, shortly after the 
decease of Mr. Hooker, the dissension s])read into the neighboring 
churches, and finally the whole colony, as well as all New England, 
became warmly engaged in the dispute. 

Important changes, it must be remembered, had taken place in the 
country since its first settlement. The ancient pastors were mostly dead 
or removed, and the worthy fathers who had followed them hither liad 
given place to a generation who neither inherited their si)irit of self-denial 
nor perhaps their strict piety. There were many, also, who had immi- 
grated at a later period, and with different motives and principles. In 
this manner a large party had arisen who favorrd llic admission of nil 
]iersons of "an honest life and conversation" to tiie full communion of 
the churches, upon their profession of the Christian religion, without 
regard to any change of heart. Some even claimed that all those who 
had lieen members of the Established Church of England, or who had 
belonged and contributed to the supjiort of regular ecclesiastical parishes 
there, should 1)e allowed tlie privileges of fidl conununiou in tlie churches 
of New England. 

The right of all baptized persons to the privileges of church nu'ni- 
bership, and of baptism for their children, though they jiartook not of 
the Lord's Supper, was also much. desired and insisted upon. Tiie first 
settlers came to this country as church members, regularly cniliodied in 
a church state, and their children, of course, were all l)aptized. But, 
says Cotton Mather, " when our churches were come to between twenty 
and thirty years of age, a numerous ponteriti/ was advanced so far into 
to the world that the fii-st planters began apace in their several families 
to be distinguished by the name of grandfathers; but among the imme- 
diate parents of the grandchildren there were multitudes of well-disposed 
persons who, partly through tlicii- own doulits and fears, and partly 



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tliroiiu'li ()tli(M' culpalilo neglects, lind imt actually come to the (Mivcnaiit- 
ilii;- state nt' coiuniniiieants at tlir talile of tlie LiiimI. 'J'lie tidiid old ij-eii- 
eratioii eould not, without nian\ a|i|ireliensioiis, licliold tlieir offspring 
excluded from the /Ki^tixni of ( 'hristianity, and finni llie eeclesiastieal 

inspection which is to accompany that haptism : ind 1 it was to leave 

their offspring under the sheplierdly goveninicnt of our Lord Jesus 
Christ in his ordinani'cs that they had lironglit theii- iauilis into this 
wilderness." ' 

Thence arose a very natural and general desire to cxtiud to this 
class of respectable persons who could not conscientiously feci that they 
were regenerated, and who w'ere otherwise unable to comply with the 
rigid terms of congregational churches, the privileges of church meml)er- 
ship for themselves, and of baptism and church watch for their children. 

Involved with these questions was another, as to the exclusi\e 
rights of the churches to choose a pastor for themselves and the congre- 
gation. It was argued that as all the inhabitants of a town had an 
ei|ual interest in the qualifications of a pastor, and were all obliged to 
contribute to his support, they had an equal right to vote in his election. 

The innovations thus proposed met with much oiijjosition from a 
large number of the clergy and most of the churches of Connecticut and 
Massachusetts. The Church, with perhaps a too exalted idoa of its 
sphere and privileges, yet with an honest desire to return to the jiurity 
of its earlier days, was battling with the world, whose war cry was " Expe- 
diency, Democracy ! " Thepublicmind was greatly agitated. The General 
Court l)ecame interested, and endeavored to interpose its judicial authoi- 
ity to adjust the dispute. Councils were called, but so far froui quieting 
the unhappy Church of Hartford, they only spread the ilanie into rxcry 
jjart of the colony. Scarcely a church in Connecticut ('sra|ied the con- 
tagion. As Dr. Mather quaintly observes: " Kioni the ftrr of tlu' altai- 
there issued thunderings, and lightnings, and earthquakes tlirougli the 
colony." The civil authorities of Massachusetts and Connecticut now 
ilecided, although in the face of a strong ojjposition from many churches 
in the latter eolouy, to call a council at Boston to decide upon the sub- 
jects in disjiute. The council met June 4, 1657, and, after a session of 
some two weeks, returneij an elaborate answer to twenty-one questions 
which had been referred to them. Several of these questions are involved 
in each other, and were sufficiently answered Ity the re])ly to the jiriuei- 
pal one concerning baptism and diui-ch memljership. On this point the 
council assei-ted that it was tJie duty of those who had been baptized in 
infancy, " when gi-own up unto years of discretion, though not fit for the 
Lord's supper, to own the covenant they made with their parents by 
entering thereinto in their own |iersons." ami thar, having so ilone, they 



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192 niSTOUY OF ANTIENT WINDSOR. 

had a i-ii;-lit tn claim lia|itisiii for tlicir cliildiM'ii. 'J'liis was, "in cf't'cft," 
says Tniiuliiiil, "an answci- tu tlir oilier rrs|ici'tinu' tlir rii;ht nf the 
towns to Mill' in llir election of niinislers: for if they were all nieniliers 
of the ejuin-li liy lia|itisni ami umlei- its ilisei|iline, they donlitless had a 
riil'ht to \cile with the chnreh in the election of their pastor." 

.\11 the painstaking' and wisdom of the learned IJoston Conncil, liow- 
e\-er, ser\ed only to inflame rather than reconcile the chnrches. Wetli- 
ei'sfichl jiaitook of the Lieneial disturhance, and, togetlier with Hartfonl. 
refused to lie comforted, until aliout 16R0, when the distni-hinsr elements 
wei'e withdrawn l)y the remoxal of many of the disafl'ected of hoth 
clinrches to Hailley, Mass. 

During the long continuance of this disti-essiug controversy, which 
we have thus hriefly sketched, tlie Windsor (Jhurch, so far as we can 
learn, enjoyed (|uiet, although not nnaffect(Ml hy the neighhoiiug tui-moil. 
Yet the leaven of discontent was doulitless at work in her Imsom. The 
minds and prejudices of her memhers must, of I'ouise, have heen vari- 
ously and deeply agitated on the questions which were claiming so lai'ge 
a portion of the ])ublic attention. Her pastor was now becoming old and 
feeble. He was one of the only two survivors of all the pious and gifte(l 
ministers who jn-esided over the first churches of Connecticut. Of all 
that goodly company who solemnly chose him for their pastor, in the 
Xew Hospital at Plymouth, who suffered with him in Dorchester, and 
accompanied him on that wilderness journey to Connecticut, hut few were 
left, and they, like sere and yellow leaves, were quietly dropping away 
to their graves. The children who filled tlieii' places neither inherited 
their ripe experience nor, it may be, their strict piety : and minglecl with 
these were many new comers, in whose hearts the world overpowered the 
interests of the church. The church, thus weakened by the gradual 
decay of her pastor, and the loss of those jiillars which had so long 
upheld her, was exposed and rudely shaken by the storm of contention 
and discord which raged on every siile. 

Yet it is not until 16(34 tiiat we liml any allusion to dillicidty in the 
church at Windsor. In March of tjiat yeai-, liowevei-. we liud the 
following : 

At a Session ot tlie Gen" Assembly m1 Ilnrtfonl. Miircli 10'\ 16()8/4,— 
"The Church of Christ at Winrlsov compliiyncs of .lames Enoe and Jlieliaell Hum- 
plirey, for seuerall things contayned in a paper presented to tlie Court. Mr. Clarke, in 
lielialf of the Church, complaynes of .lames Enoe and Jliehael Humphrey for a niisd:i- 
meanor in offering violence to an esUd)Ii>ht lawof this Colony. Mr. Clarke withdrawr- 
this charge. — Col. Ifec, i. 420. 

Altliough the c(miplaint was withdrawn by the church, yet the court 
saw tit to pass, at the same session, its censure upon the auitatoi's of 
piililic peace, as follows: 



EfTLESIASTICAL, l(i()?.-l(i.S4. 193 

■'This Court liauing seriously coiisiflcreci the case respecting James Ennoe mid 
Miilinell Iliniiplircy, doe declare such practises to be offensiue, and may prone jirejudi- 
ciall to the wellfare of this CoUony, and this Court expects they will readily come to tlic 
acknowledgment of their error in the paper by them presented to the Church, where- 
upon, the Court respitts and remits the sensure due for their offence, prouidcd answer- 
able reformation doth followe, expecting that their lenity therein will winne upon the 
s]iiritts of those concerned in this case. And this Court doth approue of the pious and 
prudent care of Windsor, in seeking out for a supply and help in the ministry, Mr. 
W'arham growing ancient; and do order all persons in the sayd [ilantation to allow their 
[iroportion towards the competent maintenance of such a supply in the ministry. And 
the Court desires a friendly correspondency may be maintayned at Windsor, as if this 
trouble had never been; this Court declaring their readyness to mayntayne all the just 
priuileges of all the members of this Corporation." — Col. Rec , i. 420. 

In spite of this withdrawal b\- the church and tlie leniency of the 
court, the matter was again subsequently agitated by the malcontents in 
a ])aper, which, though lengthy, is presented verbatim, in order that the 
siiliject may be fully understood. It was drawn up by the skillful hand 
of William Pitkin, Esq., of Hartford, and was signed by seven persons, 
four of whom were Windsor men. Indeed, it is probable, from the evi- 
dence before us, that Eno and Humjihrey were the chief movers in the 
affair, and that the letter was aimed at the Windsor church. 

To tlie Hon'' the Gen" Assembly of the Corporation of Connecticott in New England : 

The Humble Address and Petition of sundry persons of and belonging to the same 
Corporation, sheweth, 

That whereas wee whose names are subscribed, Beeing Proffessors of the Protestant 
Christian Relidgion, members of the Church of England, And Subjects to our Souereigne 
Lord Charles the Second, by God's Grace, King of England, Etc.; And vnder those 
sacred tyes mentioned and conteined in our Couenant, Sealed with our Baptism, Haue- 
ing seriously pondered our past and present want of those Ordinances, wh to us and 
our Children, as members of Christ's ui.ssible Church, ought to bee administered. 
Which wee Apprehend to bee to the Dishonour of God, and the obstruction of our owne 
and our Children's good, (Contrary to the Pious will of our Lord the King, in his maine 
liurpo.se in Settling these Plantations, As by the Charter and His Ma''"" Letter to the 
Bay. .Tune 20. 1662, and other ways is most euidently manifest) to our great griefe. the 
Sence of our Duty towards God, the relation wee stand in to our Mother llie Cliurch, 
our gratefull acceptance of His Ma""" Koyall fauor, the edification of our owne and 
our Children's Souls, and many other good Christian and profitable ends (as allso at a 
Late session of this Hon''' Asscmbley hauing receiued a fauorable incouragement from 
the Wor" Dep. Go'. ;) Hereunto mouing us. We are bold by this our address to declare 
our Agrcuiance and to Petition for a redress of the Same. 

Our aggreuiance is, that wee and ours are not under the Due care of an orthodox 
Jlinistry, that will in a due manner administer to us those ordinances that we stand 
capable of, as the Baptizeing of our Children, our being admitted (as wee, according to 
Christs order may bee found meete) to the liOrd's Table. And a carefull watch ouer us 
in our waves and suteable dealing with us as wee do well or ill, Witliall whalsoeucr 
bencfitt and Aduantages belong to us as members of Christs uissible Church, which 
ought to bee dispenced by the officers of the same, of wh. wee being Destitute. 

We humbly Request, that this Hon"" Court would take into Serious Consideration 
our present state in this respect, that wee are thus as sheep .scattered hauing no Shep- 
herd, and compare it with what we conceiue you can not but know, both God and our 
King would haue it different from what it now is And take some Speedy and effect uall 
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104 HISTOUY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

course for reilress licirin. And put us in a full and free capacity of injoying those fore- 
mentioned Aduantages which to us as members of Christs uissible Churdi do of right 
bellong. By Establishing soni wholesome Law in this Corporation, by iiertue whereof, 
wee may both claime and receiue of such ofliceis as arc or shall be by Law set ouer us 
in the t'lnirch or Churches where wee haue our abode or residence those foremen- 
tioued priuilegcs and advantages. 

llurthermore wee humbly request that for the future no Law in this Corporation 
may V)e of any force to make us pay or contribute the maintenance of anj- Minister or 
officer of the Church that will neglect or refu.se to Bapti.se our Children, and to take 
care of us, as of such members of the Church, as are under his or their Charge or care. 
Thus in hopes that yo'care full and speedy consideration and Isliue here of , will bee 
answerable to the weight of the matter and our necessity, and that matters of less 
moment may be Omitted till this be Lshued we waite for a good answer, and for this 
Honored Court we shall ever pray, etc." 

Oct. 17, 1664. [Signed by] Wm. Pitkin [Hartford]. 

Mtchaell Hu.mphrey [Windsor], 
John Stedm.vm [Hartford], 
James Enon [Windsor], 
Robert Reeue, 
John Mosess [Windsor], 
Jonas Westover [Windsor].' 

StrijiiKMl of its verbiage, the petition simply amounts to this: 
Michael Humphrey and James Eno, by virtue of their having been in 
England members of the National Church, demanded from the (non- 
conforming) Church of Windsor baptism for their children, and tidniis- 
sion to full church privileges. 

This, of necessity, was declined. Thereupon James Eno and 
Michael Humphrey, with five others, petition the Assembly, in well-set 
phrase, " to estal)lish some wholesome law " by virtue of which they 
"may claim and receive" of such oflicers "as are or shall be set over us 
in the churches where we have our abodes and residences these fore- 
mentioned ])rivileges and advantages." And they furthermore request 
to be relieved from paying the minister's tax, or in any way contriliuting 
to the support of any church whose officers shall see fit to deny them 
these desired privileges. It was, in short, asking the Assemldy to pn - 
scribe the terms of membershiji for the churches. 

There were several other facts which serve to show, in a stmnuvi- 
light, if it were necessary, the cool effrontery of this jietition. IJoth Mr. 
Warliam and Mr. Maverick had l)een regularly ordained ministers in tlie 
Church of England, and it is well known that the main points of dissent 
between Puritans and Episcopalians were not so much of doctrine as of 
forms of cliurch government and discipline. These fathers of tlie Wind- 
sor Church had left tlieir liomes and endtu'cd mucli suffering that they 
might establish for themselves and their children after them a system '!" 
church government wliich the}' deemed more in accordance with the Nrw 



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ECCLESIASTICAL, 1663-1684. 195 

Testament. It was not strange, therefore, that they should hesitate to 
throw aside or modify that system merely to gratify the wishes of advent- 
urers who had come after them, and who had not "borne the heat and 
liurden of the day." For Michael Humphrey came to Windsor in 1643, 
and James Eno in 1646. They certainly could not have come to Amer- 
ica for religious liberty. If that had been their object they might better 
have remained in England, where Episcopacy was the rule and not tlie 
exception. Nor can we learn that they had any civil cause of complaint. 
On their coming to Windsor they had been freely allowed the same \m\- 
ileges as other citizens, and the town had even voted James Eno a plot 
of ground, already under cultivation, within the palisado, " to barber on." 
Manifestly, then, this petition was unjust and arrogant in its pretentions, 
as well as improper in its tone. It revealed the fact that even in the 
Church of Windsor there were some smoldering ashes of discontent 
wjiich the surrounding agitation of the times could hardly fail, eventually, 
to kindle into a consuming blaze. 

Ever since the Council of 1657 its opinions concerning baptism had 
been gradually gaining groimd, and many of the clergy and people were 
desirous of carrying them into effect. So general and formidable, how- 
ever, was the opposition to it that it could not be effected without a synod. 
Consequently the General Court of Massachusetts convened a synod of 
all the ministers of that colony at Boston in September, 1662. Their 
answer to the principal question, " Who are the subjects of baptism ? " 
sulistantially reaffirmed the decision of the Council of 1657. Their ver- 
dict was liy no means unanimously received. Many of New England's 
most learned and able divines, among whom were the Rev. Charles 
Chauncey, president of Harvard College, Dr. Increase Mather, Mr. Mather 
of Northamjiton, and Jlr. Davenpoii of New Haven, opposed it by word 
and jien; and the churches were, as a body, more opposed than the 
clei-gy. 

The General Court (jf Connecticut, having other important matters 
on hand, had hitherto taken no official action on the subject. But at 
their October session this year (1664), aroused by the lamentable discord 
which prevailed throughout the country, and especially, it may be pre- 
sumed, by the tone of the petition which had been jjresented to them 
liy Messrs. Pitkin, Eno, Humphrey, etc., they passed the following I'csolve, 
which was evidently intended to enforce the action of the synod upon 
the churches of the colony. 

"Tliis Court rnderstaiuling, by a writing presented to tliera, from seuerall persons 
of this Colony, that they are aggrieved, tliat they are not intertained in cluirrli fellow- 
ship; this Court, hauing duly considered the same, desireing that the rules of Christ 
may he attended, doe commend it to the ministers and churches in this Colony to con- 
sider whether it he not their duty to entertaine all such persons, whoe are of an honest 
and g<idly conuersation, hauing a compctoncy of kuowlcdg in the principles of religion, 



196 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

and sliiill desire to joviie w"" tlieiu in ehuri'li fellowship, liy an explieitt eoueuant ; 
and that they haue their chiUireu baptized; and that all the children of the church be 
accepted and acco''' reall members of the church; and that the church excercise a due 
christian care and watch ijuer them; and that when they are growne up, being exam- 
ined liy the ofticer in the presence of the church, it appeares in the judgment of charity, 
they are duly qualified to perticipate in that great ordinance of the Lords Supper, by 
theire being able to examine theniselucs and discerne the Lords body, such pcr.sons be 
admitted to full comuuion 

"The Court desires y' the .severall olficers of y* respective churches would be 
pleased to consider whether it be not the duty of the Court to order the churches to 
practice according to the premises, if they do not practice w'l'out such an order. 

"If any dissent from the contents of this writing tliey are desired to help the 
Court, w" such light as is w"" them, the next session of this assembly." — Col. Rec. , i. 437. 

A copy of this was orderod to ho sent to each church and minister 
in the colony, by the Secretary of the Court. 

The measure thus proposed was what is best known as the Half-way 
Covenant. It failed, however, to convince the heart or to satisfy the 
conscience of the great mass of the people. They felt a natural dread 
lest such latitudinarianism with respect to baptism and chiu'ch commun- 
ion should tend to weaken and subvert the very design for which the 
churches of New England were estalilished. And in spite of the wisdom 
and influence of councils and synods, the uneasiness of many (>hin-ch 
meml)ers, and the plainly indicated will of the General Court, its intro- 
duction into the churches of Connecticut was slow and difficult. Many 
hesitated for years, and others utterly refused to adopt it into jiractice. 

In the history of the Half-way Covenant, the course of the Windsor 
Church was peculiar and exceptional. Mr. Warham, whose views were 
somewhat more liberal than those of the clergy of that day,' sympathized 
with the resolution of the Council of June, 1657, of which he had 
Ijcen a member," and shortly after formally adopted the practice 
in his own congregation. " And the time which Mr. Warham first l)egan 
this practice," says the record,^ " was January 31, 1657 [8] and went on 
in the practice of it until March 19, lt]64[5, on] which day he declared 
to the church that he had met with such arguments against the jiractice. 



' This we may justly infer from the following extract from the letter of Fuller, the 
Plymouth iihysician, to Gov. Bradford, dated June 28, 1630, wherein he Siiys ; " I have 
been at Mattajjan, at the re(iuest of Mr. Warham (N. B. The Dorchester party had 
suffered considerably in health fron\ their long voyage, and needed medical treatment), 
I had conference with them till I was weary. Mr. Warlnfm /loHi t/mt l/w nWlih r/inirh 
may consist of a mt.rid pcojile. ijudly and openly iinyodly. upon which point we all had our 
conference, to which, I trust, the Lord will give a blessing." 

' By appointment of the Court. See Col. Rec., i. 288. 

'Trumbull in his Hist, of Conn. (i. 471), says the Halfway Covenant was first in- 
troduced by the Hartford Church (under Mr. Woodbridge) in February, 1G96. Hut 
Trumbull was not aware of the existence of this Windsor Church record, from whi<h 
we (Hiote the above. This conclusively entitles tlie Windsor Church to the honor (?) of 
being the first church in Connecticut to adopt the Covenant. 



THE HALF-WAY COVKNANT, IN WINOSOH. 197 

conccrniug the haptizing of nicmbers' [cliijldreu, that hu couhl not get 
through at present, and couUl not go on as he had done without scruples 
of conscience. Therefore [he] must forbear, until he had weighed argu- 
ments and advised with those that were able to give [advice]. Not that 
he intended to cast off the practice wholly, but only to delay it for a 
time, till he could be better able to answer his present scruples, for if he 
sliould act, and not of faith, Romans 14th [chapter] would be sin in 
him." 

"What the arguments were which so sorely troubled the faithful and 
conscientious pastor, we do not know. The fact is evident from the 
church records, that the Half-way Covenant was not resimied until the 
summer of 1668. Then Mr. Chauncey, who was preaching as a supply 
to the Windsor Church, " set it [the practice] on again," by the follow- 
ing vote of the chui-ch : " June 21st, 1668. It was by vote of the 
Church assented to, that adult persons, be it Husband or Wife, that de- 
sired to have their children baptized by Mr. Chauncey, should if they 
presented themselves to the Elders in private, and declared to their sat- 
isfaction, their knowledge in the principles, and owned the Father's Cov- 
enant, there should nothing be required of them in public, until they 
presented themselves for full communion." ' Two weeks after, .Inly 
.5th, the records of baptism under this Covenant, which had been dro]iped 
since '64, is again resumed. " So the delay of it, from the 19th of 
March, '64, was three years and so much [more] as from the 19th of 
March to the 21st of June, [the time] that Mr. Chauncey set it on 
again." — Old Church Record. 

This was only two years before the decease of Mr. AVarham, whose 
failing strength had for some time past incapacitated him from the active 
duties of the ministr}-. Whether his scruples had been removed, or 
whether the Covenant was resumed on the responsibility of the church 
and Mr. Chauncey, and with his approbation, does not appear. The 
practice, however, was continued, and the Windsor Church, having been 
the first to adopt, was almost the last in the State of Connecticut to re- 
liu(|uish the Half-way Covenant.' 

Mr. Warham, the venerable pastor, as we have before intimated, was 
now writ stricken in years, and both he and his ])eople fi^lt the necessity 
of procuring a suitable colleague to assist him in his duties. They had 
srut in the summer of 1666 to the pastors of Boston, Dorchester, and 

' Old Church liecord — v/hich adds tliat "before this time it bad been the pnutice 
to call such persons in public to stand forth and answer to ((Uestions of catechism pro- 
pnundcd to them, and to own the church Covenant." 

Mt was abandoned durinj; the ministry of the Hcv. ,Mr. Knwlaiid, and il is believed 
that the youngest brother of our friend, Mr. .labe/ 11. llayden, was the last baptize.l 
under its provisions — 1822. 



198 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Cambridge, soliciting theii- aid in the matter, and received the following 
reply, recommending Mr. Nathaniel Channcey : 

To the Reverend Mr. Jolm Warham and Mr. .John Witchfield, Elders of the Church 
(if C'hrist at Windsor; these, Keverend and much beloved in the Lord. 

We have received your letter by Brother Filer, and were we as capable of serving 
you in a matter of so great importance, as we are willing, we hope we should not be 
wanting to answer your desires. But it is little we can say by reason of our iinac- 
quaintedness (especially most of us) with the persons by you named. For Mr. Nath' 
Chauncey we have good encouragement by what we hear concerning his learning and 
steadiness, diligence, hopeful piety, grave and peaceable demeanor. As concerning liis 
voice, two of us never heard him preach, from the third [of us] you have heard an ac- 
count formerly. We hear tliat it was better and more audible the second time he 
preached at Cambridge, tlian the first. But we understand he is likely to preach again 
the next Lord's day, wlien some of yours [Windsor people] will be [ireseut, by whom 
you may have further information than we can now give. 

For Mr. Chauncey, he is not at present in the Bay [Mass.], but we understand he is 
likely to be here about a fortnight hence, and some probabilities that he will come free 
from the place where now he is. We learn that he hath well approved himself for his 
abilities in preaching, and for piety, having been received into full communion in the 
church at Ipswich several years since, and carried it commendably among the people 
where he is. We can not discourage you from either of these two, both of them being 
persons of good esteem with us, but we dare not take upon us, which of these you 
should pitch upon (only that Mr. Chauncey is now free and serviceable to be attained 
at the present). But we suppose the inhabitants of yourselves and people, ami tin- mo- 
tives of desire propounded, will guide you as to that. 

The Lord direct your way before you, with a choice ble.ssing, yea with one, whu 
may come unto you in the fulness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ. Witli dear- 
est express [ions] and desire of mutual prayers, we take leave, and remain 
Vour loving Brethren in Jesus Christ, 
John Wilson [Boston], 
RiCHAKD Mather [Dorchester], 
Jonathan Mitchel [Cambridge]. 
Boston, T"" of the 4"' month, 1666 [July 7th]. 

There was, however, a want of unanimity among the peoiile on the 
(juestion of giving Mr. Chauncey a call ; and the legislature then in ses- 
sion attempted to settle the difficulty, by the following compulsory ordn- 
of Octol)er the 10th, l(i(i7 : 

"This Court doth desire and require the Town of Windsor, to meet on Moiid:iy 
next, at the Meeting Ilovise, l)y sun an hour high in the morning, and all the fiecmen 
and householders within the limits of said town and Massaco [Simsbury] are to tiring 
in their votes to Mr. Henry Wolcott; Those that would have Mr. Chauncey to be tla- 
settled Minister for Windsor, are to bring in a paper to Jlr. Wolcott, a paper with soim- 
writing on it, those that are against his continuance are to bring a white pajier to Mr. 
Wolcott. And Mr. Wolcott is desired to take the account of it, and make a report 
thereof to the General Assembly. And this court doth hereby require and command 
all and every of the inhabitants of Windsor, that during this meeting they forbear all 
discourse and agitation of any matter as may provoke or disturb the spirits of each 
other; and at the issue of the work that they repair to their several occasions [occupa- 
tions] as they will answer the contrary. If any should object against the vote of any 
person, Mr. Henry Wolcott is to decide it. This is to be published on the sabbath day, 
after the morning exercise." ' 

' Col. Sec, ii. 73. 



THE REV. NATHANIEL CHAUNCEY'S SETTLEMENT. 199 

The question [ji-oduccd much excitement and jirobably called forth 
the entire strength of the " freemen and househohhus." One hundred 
and thirty-six votes were polled, witli.a result favorable to Mr. 
Chauncey. 

" Mr.Wolcott returns that this day, being the 14th of October, the Town hatli mot, 
;iii(i that there was eighty-six voted for Mr. Chauncey's continuance, and fifty-two voted 
against it." ' 

The dissatisfied minority now petitioned the Assembly to aiitliorizc 
them to procure another minister for themselves. This, together with 
permission to the church to settle Mr. Chauncey, was granted by the fol- 
lowing order : 

"This Court having duly weighed tlie case presented by tlie church at Windsor re- 
specting the uncomfortable contentions there in reference to Mr. Chauncey's reception, 
and the dissatisfaction of a consideralile number of the inhabitants as to his settling. 
Do therefore, upon the earnest solicitation of the dissenting party, as an expedient to 
tlicir mutual peace and settlement, grant liberty to those inhabitants that are unsatisfied 
and can not close with Mr. Chauncey, if they see meet, to provide or procure an able 
ortliodox minister, such an one as the General Assembly shall approve of; and this 
court leaves the Church at Windsor at liberty for settling Mr. Chauncey and calling 
him to office; and in the mean time and until another be procured and resident in the 
work of the ministry at Windsor by the aforesaid inhabitants, this court expects and 
orders that all persons at Windsor shall contribute according to their proportions to the 
maintenance of Mr. Chauncey."' 

Among the names of those added to the Church, year by year, we 
have this entry, under date of January 12, 1667 [-68], 

"Mr. Nathaniel Chauncey made p\iblic declaration of his faith in Christian jirinci- 
ples and the manner of God's workings in his soul" — Old Church Her. 

by which we infer that he then united with the Windsor Church, since 
he was not settled as its pastor until some time later. But since he 
must have been a member somewhere else previously, it would seem 
as if members were not then received by letter from one Churc'h to 
another, btit entered a Chiu'ch only by profession of faith.' 

The Ile\'. Nathaniel Chauncey was the fourth son of Rev. Chark^s 
Cliauncey, second president of Harvard College, the emigrant ancestor 
of the American family of Chauncey, who was the son of Ceorge 
Cliauncey of Newplace and Yardly-Bury, Hertfordshire, Eng. Nathaniel 
was born about 1639 at Plymouth, Mass., but was Ijajitized at Scitiiate, 



' Ibid. 

"Col. n,r.. i. Tfi. 

'Uev. G. C. Wilson, in Ui.it. of Chiiirh <it quark r- Milieu idal A/i/iiri rnori/, March 

30, 1880, who also adds this note: "Letters of recommendation were given by this 

I church as early as 1685, as appears from the following record in the old books of the 

! First Church, Ibirtford, under that date: • I)aiiie [ Cllark, upon letter of reconunenda- 

; tion from the Christian Church in Windsor, owned the co-renant,' frotn which it appears 

also that the letter did not do away with the necessity of a covenanting with that church 

on admission." 



200 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

1641. H(! took his (irst degree at Harvard College, IGGl, with his 
[twin] brother Eliiathan and his brother Isaac, and tradition credits him 
as having hcon a distinguished scholar. He took the degree of A.M. at 
Harvard, 1664, and maintained the affirmative of the thesis, " Utnmi 
detur idea omnium entium, in primum ente ? " He was afterwards a 
Fellow of the College. On the title Jiage of the New England Almanac 
for the year 1662, the year after his graduation, his name ap])ears as the 
author, with the following motto: "Felix qui ])otuit rerum cognosci n' 
causas." Being engaged at Windsor during a period of much public ex- 
citement concerning things ecclesiastical, it is not strange that he re- 
mained there only twelve years — the only pastor during the Windsor 
Church's first two centuries of existence, who did not remain and die 
among the people of his charge. He was invited, Nov. 10, 1679, to Hat^ 
field, Mass., where he was settled January 21, 1080, and died Nov. 4, 1685. 

He belonged to a scholarly and intcillectual family ; his brother, 
Rev. Israel, settled as pastor at Stratford, Conn., 1G66, had a son. Rev. 
Charles, born 1608, graduated at Harvard 1686, who was first pastor of 
Stratfield Church, Conn., and mai-ricd for his second wife, 16 March, 
1698, Sarah, daughter of Henry Wolcott of Windsor. Another son of 
Rev. Israel, Rev. Isaac, was schoolmaster at Stratlield, Conn., 1695, ami 
was finally settled at Hadley, Mass. The Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey's 
sister Sarah married Rev. Gershom Bulkley, pastor at Wethorsfield, 
Conn., from 1667-1676. 

Accordingly the dissenting jiarty having made choice of the Rev. 
I'xiiijamin Woodbridge, requested jtermission of the Assembly to enjoy 
his services as their minister. Whereupon May the 18th, 1668, tin; 
" Court declares that they shall not disap})rove of Mr. Woodbridge's con- 
tinuance as a lecturer there, and that if the church and Mr. Warliam 
shall so far condescend for peace as to give liberty for Mr. Woodbridge 
to preach once a fortnight on the Sabbath, as well as on the week day, 
until some further time be obtained to improve some other way as an 
expedient for the peace of Windsor, it shall be accejitable to this 
Court." ' 

Also, Mr. Warham having enquired of the assembly, whether they 
had intended by their order of the previous Octo})er, to authorize the 
withdrawal of any members of the church, was affirmatively answered 
"that the dissenting party mentioned in the oi-der are those that have 
liberty granted them." 

The dissenting pai'ty, howevei-, could not long remain contented 
with the limited functions allowed to Mr. Woodbridge ; and it is also 
quite prol)able that Mr. Warham had not " seen fit to condescend for 
peace sake," that Mr. Woodbridge should officiate on the sal)bath. That 
the adherents of the latter made strenuous efforts to secure a town vote 

'Ibid., ii. 58. 



ECCLKSIASTH At,. 1 r.HS-l (;>!4. -201 

ill liis l';i\(ii-, anil tlial |iulilir t'ccliiiLi' ran liiiili on the siilijccl, is snlli- 
(•irnli\ i'\i(|cncT(l li\ thr I'ollnwinL;' cntrv on tlir tuwn rcciii-ils, in a 
straniic liand. to wliicli is a|i|i('iiilril tlic lorina! |iriili.'st of llic (own (■ici-i< : 

August Sih. At :i tiiwii mcclinj;- warniil h\ tlic tiuvusincii, liy tliu ilcsirc ,,i sr\c ral 
iiilialiil.Liits, lo SL'f the desires of the town eoncerning giving Mr. Wodilliriclge :i <;ill tn 
prearh oiiec on the Lord's daj', and it was voted by a full vote. 

This as a proviso: I here express to elear myself from having any hand in assenting 
In the warning of the town meeting, so called, as George Griswold has entered in this 
Hook, Aug't. the 8th, — 68 — for he and some others came [my] house after they had 
liicn together, and desired me, being the town recorder, to enter their town vole, made 
this day, that Mr. Wondbridge shall have liberty to preach on the Sabbath. I told him 
I would not have no hand in the bu.siness, nor enter their vote. Then he desired me to 
let him have the town Book, wherein I used to enter such things. He being a towns- 
man I laid the Book upon the table, and there he wrote him.self what is entereil by his 
own hand. This I testify, 

Matthew Grant. 

Augt. ITlli, lOliS. 

Sept. 28th. Also Voted that the townsmen should get the meeting liousi' to l)c set 
in good repair, ever_v way that it needs, and lo be made comely, upon the lown cost. 

Dissension, liowcver, continued to feign sujifeiuc. ami the asseniiily 
tlien lull] resoft to tliat most itnsatisfaetoi-y of all resorts, an ecclesias- 
tical council. 

Oct.. 1668. " This Court by reason of several applications, that have been made to 
them both by the officers of the Church of Christ at "Windsor, and al.so by the dissenting 
party, are to their gi-eat grief very apprehensive that those divisions that have been 
among them there, are not healed, and therefore can not but declare that they arc very 
studious to promote the public peace of the Church and town of Windsor. And in 
order thereto, this Ccmrt doth desire and appoint the Rev" Mr. .Tames Fitch, Mr. Samuel 
Wakeman, Mr. Gcrshom Bulkley and Mr. Joseph Eliott, to meet at Windsor the 4th 
day of the second week in Ajiril (or sooner if they see cause) there to hear all and what- 
soever shall be represented to them by tlie Church of Christ at Windsor, or by the dis- 
senting brethren an<l inhabitants there, in reference to Mr. Chauncey's invitation, recep- 
tion, election and ordination to office in the Church of Christ at Windsor; and also what 
soever shall be objected against the procurement, entertainment, continuance and 
improvement of Mr. Woodbridge at Windsor. And when they have heard what they 
have to say, of both sides, they are desired and empowered to settle an accommodation 
between the church and dissenting brethren of Windsor, if they can attain it. But if, 
nftcT all their endeavors the aforesaid Gent" can not attain an accommodation or issue to 
satisfacticm, they are desired and by this Court ordered to make a return how they tinil 
the state of Windsor, with their advice annexed; what way in their judgments may be 
the most agreeable to rule to settle peace in the church and town of Windsor. But if. 
by any Providence of God, any of the aforementioned Gent" should be hindered from 
meeting the afore.said time, they are desired to take the next opportunity to attend the 
aforesaid service, so it be before the General Court in May ne.xt. And for the mean 
time this Court grants Mr. Woodbridge liberty to keep a lecture at Windsor once a fort- 
night on the 4th day of the week, thai the inhabitants of that plantation, as their occa- 
sion will permit, may religiously and without ofTence attend the same, and not on the 
Sabbath without liberty from tlie Reverend Mr. Warham; which is all at present this 
Court sees cause to grant." ' 



'f"l. Rec, ii. 99. 
Vol. 1.— 36 



202 HISTOKY OF ANCIENT WINIISOR. 

'I'liis coiiiii-il. lidwcvci-. was niisiiccfssi'ul in its atti'in|it In ri'fdiicilo 
matters, and, liy tlieir advict', tho dissenting party were at last iicniiittrd 
lu cnil)()dy themselves into a separate chureh organization. 

.M:iv. U!(>!». "Tin- precedent Court having desired and impounded Mr. .liiines 
Filch, Mr. (Icrslicini Hulklcy, Mr. Samuel Wakeman and Mr. .losepli Eliott, to licar all 
I hut should lie presented to tliem hy tlie Church of Windsor or by dissenting brethren 
and inhabitants there, in reference to Mr. Cliauncey's invitation, reception, election and 
ordination, and also whatsoever shoidd be objected against the procurement, entertain 
nicnl, continuance and improvement of ^Ir. ^yoo(lbndge at Windsor, and when they have 
heard wliat tliey liave to say of both sides, to .settle an accommodation in that case, and 
tlie said Gent" having heard and considered and returned in writing under tlieir hands 
the sense of that case, and their advice for an aeconiniodation suitable to the present 
state of matters there. This Court doth, according to tlie serious advi<-e of those .said 
Gent", approve that both tliosc Gen°, viz : Mr. Chauncey and Mr. Woodbridge, abide in 
their respective improvements as formerly, till such time as either there be a greater 
ajipcarancc of the .settlement of tlieir peace in the enjoyment of these, or some other 
orderly means (to lie promoted by tlie civil authority) may be used for the procuring of 
another mini.ster, so as may be for the union and satisfaction of the whole, or till some 
other expedient be ordered by the Court. And it is ordered that a copy of the Elder's 
advice be delivered to the Church of Wind.sor, and another copy to the di.ssenting party. 
And it is desired they would severally declare to the next Court in October, their con- 
sideration about it." ' 

Oct, 16, 1660. "This Court finding to their great grief that the differences and 
dissensions at AVindsor, do, after many means of healing yet continue, and no a]ipear 
ance of a mutual compliance as yet presented in their last return to what the Court 
recommended, therefore they see not cau.se to deny liberty to those dissenters to meet 
distinctly for the present and orderly and regularly to imbody themselves in chureh 
state, a<'cordini; to law, when llicy sliall .seek it." {('<il. liei-.. ii, 124.) 

They lust nil time in acting ujion the consent so lehirtantly granted 
by the cmnt. .Mr. Woodliridge was orihiined over the new eliurch on 
the 18th of Miuvh Inljuwin-- ( l()(39-70),' and the old Town House was 
fitted lip and occupied as a place of worship. This Town House (see 
ji. 138,) stood in the Palisado, on the present parsonage-lot of the Con- 
gregational (Miureh. The seeeders called themselves the New Society, 
and their place of nici'ting the "new meeting-liousc."' 

The -'tnic imvardncss " of this division cannot now lie fully ascer- 
tained. "Since the Synod of 16G2, which endorsed and authorized tlie 
Half-way Covenant .system. pro|iosed at first in 1657, there seems to have 
been a great division in the eliuiches throughout the colonies. Not only 
in Hartford, imt iu Koston also, there was a secession of a jiortion of the 



'Col. Bee., ii, 113. 

'In Mr. Simon Bradstreet's Journal (A'. E. J/ist. Gcii. lieijistcr, ix. 4.5) is the follow 
ing item: " ^farch 18, '69-70. My Br. Benjamin Woodbridge was ordtiiiutl minister of 
the Presbyterian party (as they are accounted) of Windsor," The Rev. Mr, Bradstrei'l 
of New London, was both cousin and brotlicr-in law of Uev, Henj. Woodbrid.ge (sec 
Gen. lleff., ix. 118), and it is hardly probable tliat he was cither niisinfornied or would 
be apt to say "ordained" unless he meant it. 1 have therefore preferred to adojit his 
account, in direct opposition to that of Trunibull, who says (/fist. Conn., i, 470) that 
neither Mr. Chauncey nor Mr. Woodbridge were ordained. 



Ecri.EsrAs^TiCAL, 1(16:1-1(184. -20B 

nld cliiiicli. ami a new niic Im-iiicil, wliirli is now loinuii as tlic ( Mil Sciutli. 
One party lnir in Wiudsdi' was cailcil liir l'rcsiiytc|-iaii party. I>r. I'ar- 
kri- of llartlorij. in liis liisronrsc at tlir L'()()tii aiinivrrsarv of tlic Sontli 
('luii'ch, says : •\Vitliin a nmntli IVcmi tlir tiini' wlicn llic Srcunil ('iinrcli 
in Hartford was fornird the pai'ly in thr cinircli at Windsor tliat dis- 
sented from tlic strict Conirrcgationalisni of old Mi-. ^^'arllanl. withdrew, 
ami Mr. Woodln'idu'c was ordiiiucd as minister of tire PrexlnjIi'i-'Kiii party 
of Windsor." It is known that the Presbyterians of England had I'xorted 
tliemsidvcs to iiidncc the Connoil at Boston, in 1(148, to frame tin' plat- 
form of tlie Xi'w Eniiland clnii'elies in arcoiilanee with tlieii- iileas, and 
donlitless many within the colony wi're tlieii fa\iiraiile to the polity of 
that Chnrcli, whieli. nnder Cromwidl. had lieen made foi- a tinu' the 
established Chnreh of Knu-land. lint the disagreement was mit all 
between these two factions of the ehiirch. There could not ha\e been 
perfect peace in the main body if it he tine, as reported, that ' when a 
sermon was preached in the pulpit in the forenoon eoneei-ning d(jctrines 
to which Mr. Chauucey was ojijiosed, he wonld in the afternoon preach 
to the same audience from the same text a regular logical refutation of 
these doctrines,"" — atestimony whieh, howeNcr creditable to his mental 
ability and readiness, could sea reel v ha\i' been conducive to peace among 

the tlock. 

Another bict is ucirthy of mention hei-e in ccjunection with these dis- 
cussions, \i/,., that "for two years and twelve weeks, liefore February, 
l(3()lt (while matters were unsettled and the niinorit)' of the church, 
though worshiping a]iart, had not yet ohtained lea\i' to f(irm a sepai-ate 
church, and thi' (General Court was holding the matter under ad\ isenieiit ). 
Matthew (^rant rei-ords that the cdiureli held no eoinmiiiiion ser\ice.' 

it Would seem that the two eliurches might luiw ha\c pursued their 
respective ways in peace and (piietness. lint that hitter words and 
uncharitable thoughts were yet rankliiii;- in the hearts of those wlio 
should have been hrethren, is evidenced li\ the follow ing document : 

"Tlic liuml)lc :i|)|)licatioii of the cli.stresscil anil gricvcil iiili:il)it;uils of WiMilsor, 
requesting the Court to direct that tlie disafTectcd liave the iiieetiiijr-liousc tlicir slian- of 
the time on the Sabbath and not cause a division. The e.xperienee we have Imd doth 
give us a test of the ruins of division. If there can be no union obtained by all endeav- 
ors that are used we are apt to think that time will bring such desolations upon us. 

We thank God 'tis the -same Gospel truths that are preach(^d l)y oiu- minister and by 
the others and to find out the reason why one must take all (he hd)()r upon himself, ami 
the other must be silent and have his mouth slopped when we have need of variety of 
gifts, doth |iuz/.lr oilier bi'ads lli:in ours. 

[Signed] Tuos. Stoouhton. 

(Datedl May 13, KiTU. GEOiKiK Guiswoi.i), 

Timothy Thu.m.t., 
[for the rest.] 

' UUtory of the Vliiirrli „f UV»'/.w, by l!ev. C. C. Wilsim; read at the (Juarler Mil- 
lennial .Vuniversary of said clnn-ch, held .March :iU, ISSU, p. Ti. 2S. 
^Ibkl., p. 28. 



204 IIISTOliY OF ANIIKNT WINDSOli. 

Jii 1lic iniilst 111' tlicsr uncdiiiloi-tiililr liickcriiius ami (lis|iiitatiiiiis 

Mr. Warliam iVwA. \\r rxpin-d April 1. IfilO. hiivini;- 1 n tor forty 

years minister in Xcw Kniihiml, six at jlorclii'stci', and thirty-four at 
Windsor. The little that is known of him is edutained in the following 
passago From Cotton ilatlier's Mai/)i(tJi(i. i. 44:2: 

■ Tlir uiidle folony of C'onnectiiul ciuisiilrnil liiiii ;is a principal pillar and fatlicr 
cif iIk' idleiiy. I suppose the first prea<licr tliiil rscr iircached with notes in our New 
Eujiland was the Rev. Warham; who, thc>uj:h he was sometimes faulted for it by some 
judicious men who had never heard him, yet when once they came to hear him, they 
could not but admire the notable enerjiy of bis ministry. He was a more vigorous 
preacher than most of them who have been applauded for never looking in a book in 
their lives. 

'■ But I have one thing to relate concerning him which 1 would not mention if I diil 
not. liy the mention thereof, propoimd and exjiect the advantage of some that may lie 
my readers. Know then that, though our Warham were as pious a man as most that 
were out of Heaven, yet Satan often threw bim into those deadly pangs of melancholy, 
that made him despair of ever getting thither. Such were the terrible temptations and 
horrible buffetings undergone .sometimes by the soul of thiiijioly man, that when he has 
administered the Lord's Supper to his flock, whom he durst not starve by omitting to 
adnnui.'^ter that ordinance, yet he has forborne himself to partake at the same time in 
the ordinance, through the fearful dejections of his mind, which persuaded him that 
those blessed seals did not belong unto him. The ilreadful darkness which overwhelmed 
this child of light in his life, did not wholly leave him till his death. 'Tis reported that 
he did even set in .-i cldud. ulien he retired into the glorified Soc'iety of those righteous 
ones that arc to shine forth as the Sun in the Kingdom of their F,-ither. though some 
have asserted that the c jnud was dispelled before he e.xpired. 

" \Vliat was ilc'sirrd .Inbannes .Mathesius. may now be inscrilii'd cm (Hir Wiirham 
tor an 

h), ■/„!,/,. 

Securus recubn hir mumli pertu'sus iniiiui; 
Et didici et docui vulncr.-i. Cliristc. tua.' 

I!iit U'W of his maiiuseri|i1 sermons are miw e.xtant: lutt we give 
nnw, through the eonrte.sy of .lnhn A. Stoiiuhton. l-;s(|.. a fucs/niilr of 
s line p.ages of a sei'mon found in a triiid; whieli liehiuu'ed to Kstlier. the 
motiier of Jonathan l''.d\\ anls. and which ddiilitless eame into her hands 
from Mrs. ."^olomou .'"^Idddard of Nort hamiiton. wlm was Mr. Warliam's 
voungfst dauobter." 



' "Saviour' with life o'erlasked. oppressed, fnrlcirn 
Thy Cress 1 impelled — Thy Cross too, 1 have bcrne; 
Hut now 1 rest." 
■' Among the many noted persons who have descended from Hev. John Warh.im may 
be mentioned Rev Jonathan Edwards and .son. Jonathan 2d: Rev. Timothy Dwigbt. 
1)1).: Judge John Trundiidl, J.,L.D.: Aaron Hurr; Gen. William Williams, signer of the 
l)(^claration of Indcpendince: Hon. John Sherman; Rev. Sanniel A. Worcester. D I) : 
liev. Jonathan E<lwards Woodbridge, D.I).; Ex-President Woolsey of Yale College; 
Jiulge Henry Morris of Springfield: Rev. R. S. Slorrs, D D., of Brooklyn; Stoddard the 
missionary; " Grace ({reenwood " : Gen. Wm T. Sherman; Bishop Williams of the Epis 
copal Church; Mrs. I'ref. Yardley of Berkeley Divinity School, and her sister, "Susan 



ECCLESIASTICAL, 1663-1684. 205 



, > l^'^-^o -yU V-^-^-? ''V^^X^-y V "^ J3C^>--ra /f ;:^A; "^it*: ^--^ ^^^ 
-'-•' 't.tX:- ^-''■,'^ r^v"^ /^''/''^J' 'ifv'-'^Xi::::['"^^7^-^^^'''r^^i 



FACSDHLE OF A COUrLB OF PAGES [tWO-THTBDS ACTUAL SIZE] OF A SERMON BY REV. 
JOHK WAJRHAM, FEB. 1. 1663. 

(By courtesy of author of ''Windsor Farmes.") 

"Mr. Waiham," says Stoughton,' "seems to have been quite largely 
interested in real estate during the infant years of the colony, his name 
occurring in connection with at least twelve different transfers of real 
property ; and once he sells a neighbor a mare, for which the buyer gives 
a bond, but the investigator is left in the dark as to the merits of the 
beast, the record only certifying that the obligation is cancelled." Mr. 
Warham died possessed of a large estate, over which his heirs contended 
sharply for a time, until the Colonial Court decided that, as he had left 
"three wills," and the court could not decide as to validity of either, the 
estate should be distributed "According to Law." Mrs. Abigail Warham 
survived her husband several years, having possessed considerable i)rop- 



Coolidge " ; Alsop the poet ; Dr. Gardiner Spring. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, and Rev. 
Dr. Todd of New Haven. Of the female descendants, also, have many married dis- 
tinguished men, as e.xamples of which we may name Mrs. Horace Bushnell, Mrs. John 
Todd, D.D., Mrs. Prof. Wm. S. Tyler. 
' 'Windmr Farmes. 



206 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

erty of her own at the time of bur miiri-iage to him, aud her will, which 
we give from the records, was probably disappointing to some of her 
relatives, who were impatiently waiting for her death : 

Tiiic Last VVii.i. and 'I'f.stament ok Mhs. Abigail Waiuiam. We under writ- 
ten being present with Mrs. Wnrliam who spent her last dayes in our family, slie dis- 
coursing with us respecting her Kstate she declared that she had formerly given her 
Cousin Miles Merwin such a JIultitude. that if she had thousands she would not give 
him a penny. No not a pinns poynt, she further said that things were so with her now 
in regard of her long sickness and e.xpense thereupon that she could not tell whether 
she had anything to give away. She also disowned that she had any will and sayd fur- 
ther that her Cou.sin Miles Merwin desired that she would make over her estate to him, 
and she manifested herself much troubled and sayd she knew not but that she might 
live to need and expend it, and that she had before she dyed. Mary the wife of Capt. 
Newberry and Abigaill the daughter of the aforesaid, both atlirm that Mrs. Warham 
sayd to them when she was of good understanding & sound memory concerning her 
Estate, that if there was anything left when the Court had to consider thereoff, she had 
thought that little Miles Merwin shoidd have somewhat and the other that lived with 
her so long, & as for her moveables that were brought into our house, Return Strong, 
Mary Newburry, & Abagail doe testify she freely gave them to us, and sayd they 
should not be taken from us. The above sayd was by her declared to us some time 
last March. Sept. 4, 1684. 

Benjamin Newberry, 

Mart M. Newberry's 

mark. 

Abagail G. Newberry's 

mark. 

Return Strong. 

For two or three years after the death of Mr. Warham, the two 
churches of Windsor, under the respective care of Messrs. Chauncey and 
Woodbridge, dwelt together, if not in harmony, at least with compara- 
tive quiet. It was a quiet, however, which the most trivial cause could 
not fail to disturb ; nor was that cause long wanting. That the ill feel- 
ing between the two churches had meanwhile not subsided is evident 
from a document which has come to our knowledge since the printing of 
our first edition. It is one of a number of ancient papers presented to 
the Connecticut State Library by Hon. Robert C Wintlirop of Boston, 
and bears the endorsement (in Governor Winthrop's handwriting) : 

"WINDSOR MEN OP THE NEW CHURCH COMPLAINT IN WINTER, 1673." 
To the lumored gocenior and Counnell : 

whereas wee have perceived a deeprooted spirite of bitterness boyliug in the breste 
of some of thos of the old congregation heare in windsore against oursellves vvhitch 
doethe apeare by manyfold e.vspresions given out at sundry times by princi|)all persons 
amongst them as that wee are guilty of treatchery periuery and apostesy that those that 
hid a hand in the ordynation of our minister wear stilled sacreledgious theeues besids, 
what hath been publiqly preached and asserted in the pulpit by mr chauncey as that 
o.ir minister is noc mynisler of Christ and can e.vspecte no blessings on his laboures Iher- 
by discoraginge persons in atcndinge ordynanes under his adminystration Comparinge 
oar diferencs to the diferencs betweene papist and protestants deallinge with persons 
that have ocationally Comraunycated with us as havinge thereby felowshipe with the 
unfruitful! workes of darkne.s.se alowinge the hearing of the word preached at our Con- 



Er(LE8iASTTr.\i,. If!(i3-lfi>^4. 207 

gregiiliiiii to 1h' puljliijly called ilisonlor iiiul now at last uIitIv n-fiisiiiifc to joyiKt willie 
us in a day of fast on a soloiu ncation in wliicli wee are all intrcstfd dcclaringc that lice 
could not in concicncc heare our ininyster pray and preatch and that Iciiirllic of time 
hatlic no way abatted the zealle of his spirit in this mater with many other things as 
mm h manifestinge an evill spirit as these of wliitch things wee have desired nir Chan 
ciys grounds in writinge wliitch though wee have sometime gained a jiromis of him 
yrt conlld never get any performance wee have urged for an impartiall hearinge lliat 
the breatch mighte bee in some measure healled whitch allso is refused and yet still a 
spirit of bitterness is mayntayned all whitch things doo to playnly Intymate that tlieire 
hearts are not witli us and that our prosi)erity temporall or spirituell is tolitell regarfled 
by them upon whith gnunids wee humbly Conceive that it is unsafe and dangerous for 
MS to be joyncd in armes with them Our request therefore to this honored counsell is 
that sum speedy and cfectucll Course may bee taken to satisffy our minds that \\ce 
shall not have as great enimys in our campe as those wee goe out against or otherwise 
that either wee or they may bee exempted from goinge out wee woulld not in this 
motion bee understood any way to hinder the weall of the Colony or discorage the 
sendinge out against the enimeye in whitch desigue wee are willinge to liazard our 
lives but wee count it dangerous to goe forth with sucli as will give us more biter and 
evill speeches than the enimy himeself and througli sum false Conceited opinyon Canot 
pray with us for our prosperity and blesinge in goinge fortlie subscribed by us 
+ the mark of natbaniell Ephraim french .John Job Drake 

Piney , j^, Antony hosskins John] ^I,on|(l|on Jacob Drake 

X the marke of timothv phclps mark John Terry 

the mark of Andrew " Jacob tillv Timote Thrall 

nicjrc A Pieler Woutersc danell Ibivclon James Klestcr [V] 

vander meulen ' John 7.VwcV | V| Jam.- K-lestnn 

Joshua Willes Jolm Stillese Ci-.niiv ( liisn ,,1,1 

hcskiah gallord daniel king Jolm owene Daiii, I ( Hi-u ,,|<1 

Mark Kelsey John iiersons John Fetcli 

Josias owen James Enno 

Josi'f Hirifc Joseph Griswold 

Elias Sliaduck James Eimo 

.lohn Enno 
Thomas Stougliton 

IIiilli the 01(1 Mectiiiii'-Hoiisc licldii.aiuii' to the ofigiiial ciuirc-li ami 
till' Tiiwii Ilniisc. (H'Cii|iii'(l liy Mr. Woodhridgc's church, liail liccii Ini- 
some time |iast in \rv\ ilila]iiilatcil coiidition, and much needed repairs. 
Conse(|iieiit]v un .limr 8. liiTii. ••the Tnwiisnieii mot. and coiLsidcrinu' 
the ruinous c(inditi(iH uui' nici'tino-iidiise is in, we do au'ree to u'ct [it] 
set in li'ood re|iaii-: the cost of doim; it to have it paid \>y a town rate, 
uhicli \Mirk we do determine to ha\e to lie dmie. Witness oiir liaml. 
Mattiicw (Jrant, .lohn Loomis. .laeoli Hralvc. 'i'homas Hissell, .lulm 
.Maudsley." (Toir)i Aelx, P.k. ii. 40.) 

The WoodhridffC jiarty prolialily thouuJit tlial tjie 'I'nuii House 
"liii'Ji they wore occnpyinu' iieecled repaiis quite as nmcji as the Meeliim'- 
lloiise. For, at the followinii' meetino- ol' tiie to« u, a paper was •• pi-esented 
by Georii-e (iriswoid. 'i'inmtii\ 'i'iuall [and] .lol, Drake as foliowetli : 

"To our respected friends the townsmen of Windsor. 

Whereas there was a voat .sometime passed by the lown i1i;lI both Meeting-houses 
here in Windsor, in respect to llie covering outside, should be repaired on a general or 

' Pekr MiU«, the ancestor of tin- Mills family, who was of Holland birth, and here 
signs his iin-AwjUcizcd name in full. See .\fiUx (ifmalngij, in tlie id volume. 



•209. msTDItV (IF ANf'IIONT WlNIiSOI!. 

town nciouiil, Mild the did ini'etiii.ir-liiHisf. as we aiipichciid. is alicadv dune in answer 
to tliat vote; We therefore whose names are underwritten as a Coinniittee, in tin- name 
[and] belialf of the new congregation here in AVindsor, do hereby present to >cm ihal 
the New^ Meeting-house may also be sjieedily done, there being great necessity of it. and 
we desire and request [it] may lie especially attended; or if not you would give an 
answer to return to the company whom we represent, that they may consider what is 
to be done in that matter." Ihid. 

To this the to\viisuicii iT'tuiut.'(l tlic l'i>lluwiii;i- iuiswer: 
" Whereas we received a writing, dated July 27, 1676, from some of our friends, 
wherein they declare that formerly there was a town voat that both the meeting 
houses should be repaired upon a town account, and that they do apprehend that we 
have gone on to repair the old Meeting-house upon the account of that vote, and there- 
fore [they] desire [us] as speedily to repair the new one, or else to give them a speeily 
answer. Therefore we having cimsidered the matter, as it is presented to us; we dn 
give this answer: that we have endeavored to repair the old meeting-house, and di> 
iiilenil lo perfect it as soon as we can upon a town charge, but not out of any respect in 
such a vote as you say was lately passed, for we know of no such vote — but we diil a> 
looking at it to be a proper estate [custom] of the whole town, from the first setting up 
till now, for such a use as it is now put to. Therefore we looked at it to be a proiier 
work of the townsmen to look to the repairing of it. And as to the town house we 
looked at it be as properly the town estate as ever, yet it being taken into the hands of 
some part of the town and improved to another use than was agreed by the town, and 
by tluin made incapable for that [former] use, that it was first intended [for], theref<ire 
now uc do apprehend it is not the work of the town.smen to meddle with it upon the 
aciouni of a reparation [repairing], until it be set in the state it was at the lirst, and 
then we look at it to be the townsmen's work to put it in repair." 

Matthew Gu.v.nt, 
John Loo.mis, 
Jacob Drake. 
Thomas Bissei.l. 
John Macdslkv. 
(7Wu Art,.) 

Ill this refusal to iviiair the 'i'owii House it is easy to iliseei-ii tliat 
tlic townsmen, i'ei)reseiitini;' tlie orthodox, or First ('hureh, were unwill- 
ing to recognize, by any otheial aet, the existence or legitimacy nl iIk 
new congregation. Tlie repairing of a town lioiise, occiipieil hy tlio ili>- 
scnters, "on a town account," would have lieeii a concession which ili('\ 
wciiild not make, and a jii-ccedent which they dared not estahlish. 

The Woodhridge faction, of course, did not quietly suhmif to lieiiii; 
thus tacitly ignored and snulihed liy their fellow-citizens, and contention 
again arose in Windsor. At length, at a town meeting held Pepteiiilin 
'2'2, '76, it was jirojiosed "to make choice of indilt'ereiit men nnt ol snuic 
otlier towns, who shall luive power to advise and determine in wlial way 
and manner the two public meeting places of the town of Windsor shall 
be re|iaired. Also 3 men sliall be chosen. (Uic party [to] choose one, 
and other ])arty [to] choose one, and the third to be chosen liy those 
two men so chosen. This was voted afViriiiati\('ly. and the man chosen 
by the New Congregaf ion is Captain .\llyn. and the man elnisen b\ the 
other is JIajor Treat." 



J 



fcOCLESIASTK'AL, l(i(!:>-ir)S4. 1^(11) 

Fiiiiilly lit ;i town iiicctiiii;- lirld (ill \ii\ ciiilici- iM, •• i( was xotcil li\ 
llic iiiajor pari lliat llic did iiirctiii'j-lninsc ami llir nllicr ciniiiiaiiirs' 
iiic(.'(illir-li(ilisr or 'I'liu II liniisc shall ImiI li oC llii'in he rc|iaii nl, l"itli iiii I lie 
outsider (if tllCIII. nil tlir (hum nisi." 

Ilorc their dilliciiltifs rcstrd l(ir a sliort time. 'I'lie (»M Meetiiiu-- 
lldlise and the Town House were liolli ic|iaired. ami at a Inwu iiieetiiiL;', 
Feliniarv 11, llJTT, it was " apiioiiited and di'sired that .Mr. Woleott, Seii'r. 
Cajit. Xewlierry, and ('apt. Chirk, with the tow usineii. should ordi'r per- 
sons seating- in the meeting-house." 

During- the two years whieh followed \aiioiis atteiii|its at ree ■ilia- 

tion and reunion of the two elnii-ehes were made, jjiit here a new ililli- 
eulty arose. The First Chuivh insisted lliat those nieiiiliers who had 

withdrawn themselves and joined the S(>eoml Ciiurcii sliouhl I xamined 

iiefore readmission to the First Ciiureh. Tlie Second Cliiireh elaiiiied 
tliat this was unnecessary, iiiasiiiucli as they had heen nieniliers of the 
l-'irst Church "in good and regular standing," and were at tliat time 
members in full communion with the Second Chureh. 15ut the Fiist 
Church stood firm on this point. At length, .laiiiiaiy :^i1 , liiTT-S, a 
eomicil of fourteen members was mutually calh'd hy tlie two ehiirehes. 
This council advised "that the two congregations reunite and walk 
toiivther ill tlie same way and order, and this way of older, whereiiiito 
they shall meet in their future walk,s]iall he (he known and settleil walk 
of the First Church, which we understaml to he the Com^regatioiial way 
of Church oidei-." ' 

That -'those who wei-e originally memhei-s of the First Chureh he 
admitted: and those who after the division joined the New Church hi^ 
examined, if there was any objection to them, liy the Rev. Mv. Rowlaml- 
son and the Rev. Afr. Hooker." Mr. .losepli Uowlaiidson was then pas- 
tor at Wetiierslield, and Mr. Hooker at liaitiord. 

That " .Mr. Chauncey lie continued in his ofti<-e and employineiit. art- 
ing according to the professed Congregational primiples: ami that .Mr. 
M'oodbridge be received to comnninion and assist in preaching." 

This advice. was partially complied with. 

'i'he following August the Second Chiiivli. ihroiioh .lolm Ilosford, 
Timothy Thrall, and Jacob Gibbs, sent a eomiiiimieatioii to the First, 
stating that ''we are satisfied in ourselves respeetiim- mir ehiir.-hhood 



'Tliere i.s, to our iiiiud, an especial siiriiitiiance in this frci|iieiitl_v i-eeiivriiii;- jilmLse. 
"the Cnnf/riyntiiiiii/l way of f'Inirch orilcr." Taken in eonneetion with the term Pnsliif 
teritiii, as applied to the Woodbridge Jiartj in Windsor hy .Simon Hradstrcet (see note to 
page 202), and other similar terms, it seems clear to our minds that PiexbyterianUm was 
creeping into the churches, and, as such, was recognized as a foe to the estalili.shed or 
Congregational order. The Synod of 1708, at Saybrook. evidently developed many latent 
seeds of Prcsbyterianism in Connecticut. 
Vol. I. — 27 



210 IITSTOUY OF AXriENT WINDSOR. 

Miiil <'1iuit1i nit'iiilirrslii|i:'" ami aHiniiiiii:- ihrir imilcrstaHilini;- nl tlir 
(■(iiincirs ailvicc to he tliat Ilii'V ( tlir Scrcpiid Cliurch ) lir iTiTi\ cil in a 
linily, ■•\\itli(iii( any trial nl' tlicii' Citiicss," liy lln- First Cliiiri-li. 

'I'liis (■(iiiiiiiiinicalidU liciii.j read to the Kiist Cliiircli al'ln- iiici'ting 
on tiif Sal.liatli.tlicy votril "tliat tlicy understood tlic Conncil's act otlirr- 
wisc. and should wait tlii' Coinii-irs session for the rlraiini; u|i of the 
matter." 

On the Htli of .laiuiary, 1G78-9, "at a town nu-ftiua:. tlic congrciiatioii in Windsor 
being met, did by their vote clioose six men, who are desired and empowered to consult 
with the present Hon'"'' and Rev* Coimcil, and any otliers able to advise, to what person 
to make application imto, to procure him to carry on the work of the ministry, in tlii-; 
place, and so to return the Council's advice given to the congregation to carry it on In 
effect — to procure tlie person to settle amongst us here in Windsor in the work of tlir 
ministry. The above written is voted — and the persons chosen for a committee arc tlic 
Wor" Mr. Wolcott, Capt. Newberry, Capt. Clar k. John Loomis, Jacob Drake, Jolm 
Bissell." 

Attest. John Allvn, Secy. 
James Richards. 
Tmrn Act^. Bk, ii. 48. 

'•It was also voted that Mr. Chauiiccy and Mr. Woodhridgc shall 
earr\ on the wmk ol the ministry in Windsor jointly toiicther. until a 
tlnrd nnni.ster be settled aiuougst us." ( IlinL. I'.k. ii. 4S. ) 

In Oetoher, IHTO, the townsmen had eontiaeted with ^ir. John 
Witcliheld for the use of his house and living tor Mr. Chauueey. Imt this 
was soon made \oid,and Mr. Chauueey purehased of (Jeorge Phelps and 
wife a house and lot, and afterward a tive-aere |iasfui-e lot. sitnale(| 
iH'xt north of the jiresent parsonage. 

The (,'ouucil recommended the Rev. Samuel JIather of Bra nl old. 
and the Rev. Isaac Foster, as suitable candidates for settlemeitt. .Vml. 
danuary 27,1678-9,— 

" Tlie Congregation being met to consider the return et advice that tlie ( eiiMiiin 
received from the Hon'"'" Council — Mr. Mather being put to vote, there was l"orty-,si 
affirmative votes, and seventy-one negative. And for Jlr. Foster, eighty three altirm 
live and forty-four negative." 

Also, "the congregation having passed a vote wlienin they ili'ilare their desiir in 
procure Mr. Foster, if he be free and suitably persuaded and aceomplished to (arn 
the work of Christ in the ministry here among us, do therefore desire the ennuniii 
lately chosen to apply to so many of the Hon'*''" and Rev' Gentlemen with whom tli- .. 
lately advised as may be (conveniently) come at, and with all convenient speed, ijroeurc 
not only their concurrence but assistance in obtaining the said A[r, Foster, provided it 
appears by sutticient information from such Hon'''' and Rev" Gent"" in the Mas.saeliusetts 
[colony] to whom we shall apply by a messenger that he is not only congregationally 
persuaded, but olherwi.se accomplished to carry on the work of Christ .■imoni;st us " — 
Toirn Actn. Bk. ii. 48. 

The committee accordingly waited upon the council, and in due 
course of time received the following reply {Ibid., ii. 50): 



EfTLESIASTirAL, lPi63-l(5H4. 211 

Hartfokd, April 10, l<)7!t. 
i,,i,thm,:n: 

Wc liavo piTuscil tile Ic'lters iit Ri-v. 5lr. Dakes and Mr. JIalliiM- in answer to ours 
nincerning Mr. Foster; and entertain their testimony of him as to his part.s and piety 
with great satisfaction and thankfulness. There seemeth to vis a doubtfulness still 
aliiding conoerning his persuasion in point of church order; by reason of which we can 
not advise you immediately to make application to him; but rather think it advisable 
111 send down C'apt. Newberry and John Loomis with letters from Capt. AUyn, Mr. 
Kichards, Jlr. Hooker, Mr. Whiting, to the Rev. Mr. Dakes and Mr. Mather, requesting 
them that they would improve their interest in Mr. Foster to gain a true discovery of 
his judu'ment in the premises, and in case they can obtain so inuih from him as sliall 
capa<itate them to a.ssert that he is congre,gationa!ly persuaded according |to the] 
.syno<l[sJ [of] '48 and '63, that then they be entreated to lend their helping hands to pro- 
mote the motion to him and persuade him to come to you: otherwise not to meddle. 
This is the sum of our present thoughts. To which we add our earnest prayers to the 
Father of lights for his gracious guidance and blessing, and remain your 

Friends and servants, 

John Allys, 
James Richakds, 
Sami*el Hooker, 
John Suiting. 

"At a town meeting. April 1-lth, the congregation unanimously voted their accept- 
ance of the advice sent from the council." 

The}' also " voted thoir willingness to give the said Mr. Foster an 
invitation to the work of the mini.strv" amongst them, and that in case 
of his acceptance of the same " there shall be allowed him for the first 
year, if he stay so long with us, the sum of seventy pounds." "The 
Congregation also l)y vote, desired and empowered the Committee to 
draw up a letter to ifr. Foster," which being done and read to the con- 
gregation, was "by them approved and ordered to be improved liy the 
messengers, Capt. Newberry and John Loomis, according to the advice 
scut to us l)y the Council." (Town Acta, ii. 51.) 

The messengers accordingly went to Massachusetts and lnotight 
liiick a favoralilc ir|Mirt. The congregation invited Mr. Foster to come 
to Windsor on (ii;il, whiili lie did, and gave them such "fidl satisfaction 
of his parts, aiiility, and persuasion, and some test of his labors," llnit 
they tendered biiii "a unanimous call" to settle among them. i.'1O0 
per iiuiimii fm- his sii|i|Mirl w;is xotcil.and Cajit. nanic! Clark was dele- 
gated •• to aecoiiip;niy Mr. i-'ostei- In the I!ay. and further his i-eturn 
again." The pros|iei'ts now seemed luiglit ol' a speedy leuiiion and res- 
toration oi li;iriHoiiy to the unhappy and dixided ehiiiches of Windsor. 
r>ut, I'm- some uiie\|.hiined |-eason. .Mr. Foster did not setlle there. ;iiid 
the partiid union hetueeii the pai'lies was a'jaiii lu'oki'U. 

In the eontenlions which eiisiu'd. as in those tli;il |ireeei|c'd. it is not 
easy ceit;iinly to diseo\<'r whiidi side was most to blame. Iloth parties 
iiiuloiilitedly had good e;iuses of complaint, and it was ntitural tliat llicy 
should lie tenacious of the principles and rights for which ciieh liad so 



•212 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Idujv and \v;i|-iiil\ riiiiti'iidril. And it is ipiiti' ;is |iriili:dili' tli:it niiittiTS, 
in thenist'ivcs <-iini|iai:iti\i'ly tii\ial. had, liv the licat of |passiiin and the 
liini;' ciintinuam-c df dis|intr, assimicd an inidnc iniiKntancr in tin' eyes 
(if the dis|iiitanls. \rt \\r caiinnt a\oi(l tlic inference, fioni tiir ducn- 
nientarv rvidcnec licloii- us. that tiie eliief thinir whirli ionirnti'd and 
|>er|)etiiafed this nnhappy Irnd was an nnwillinuiiess on tiir part (if the 
First Chinch and its pastui-, Mr. Clianncey, to niaivc any eoneession 
tdwanis the (ifhcr |iarly. Tliey seenie(l t(i lia\e considered the Seeond 
Clinrcii as reheis, uim shuuid lie received, if i-eceived at all, cmlv (in 
terms (if inic(inditi(inal .sni'rendcr. I!ut we will alhiu the recurds tn 
speak f(ir themselves. 

At a Town-meetinu', Ocldlier 27, ItiTO, '"it was pidpused to tlie Con- 
greuatioii whether tliey apjjrehended themselves nnder the power of an 
eeclesiastieal conncil. and whether they were willin<!; so to remain nnder 
the said conncil." Voted in the negative. 

.\ls(i (ieorii'e (iriswold and .lacoh Drake were desired -'to repair to 
the l>ev. Mr. Chauncey, ami to desire him that liotli himstdf and the 
church with him would return their determinate answer wjiether they 
will admit Mr. Woodhridec to preach once on the Lord's day, as the 
11(111. (iov" and the worshipful ('apt. AUyii have desiriMJ in thcii- last 
letter." In case of a negative answer from Mr. C. and the church, ■•the 
townsmen are desired to apply to the Civil Council in Hartford for their 
approbation and connteiianeing Mr. Woodbridge in i)reaching together 
with IMr. Chaniicey, nutil we can be othiM'wise provided for." 

In Deccinlier 2, lUT'.t. the toun voted "to allow ,£80 to be divided 
lietweeii Mr. Chauncey and .Mr. Woodbridge, according to their icspect- 
i\c times and pains in the ministry." ^[r. Chauncey already had, in 
November, lliT'.t. accepted a call to Ilatfield, Mass. 

It is very proliaMe tiiat at this time the Second Ciiiiivh was the 
largest, as tiie passage of this \iite in town meeting wnuld argue the 
weight of influence to be on their side. 

Mr. Cliauncey and his ehureh pirobalily returned a negative answer, 
foi- we next find ( l»ec. 14, '79), that a committee of ten were a|i|iointe(l 
in town meeting "liy urder from the (lovernor and Magistrates" . . . 
"to act in endeavoiiug to [olitain] a supply in the ministry." 'I'iiis 
committee, howe\cr, composed of the following individuals, Mr. Wolcott, 
Sr., Capt. Newberry, ('apt. Clark, ( Jeorge I'hclps, .lohn Looinis, lleniy 
Wolcott, dr., dohu l!is^(di, 'rhomas liissell, John .Moore, and Cornelius 
Cillel, was not acce](talile to the ]ie(iple, 27 only votiiui' in their favor at 
the town meeting of January B, l((7l'-S<*. 

\\'liere the real tronlile was we may perha|is learn IVoin liie following: 
Joli Drake, Ceonje ( Iriswold, John .Moses, and Timothy Thrall [all I 
active members of the Secoud Society or Woodbridge faction] snlisc- ! 



EfrLESIASTUAL, 1 (Ki-i-l l)S4. 218 

i|iiriitlv |irrsriitril tii tlii' 'j<i\i'ni(ir :ili(l !issist;nits ;i ]i;i|ici', (hitcd .liilv 5, 
liiSO. (•iiiihiiniiiii siiiiilr\ liiuli i-li:irL;'cs, ;mil tlir iiiiiislial \v;is sriit t(i liriiig 
tliriii licriiiT tlic u'liM'riHii' ;iiii| assislaiils. 'I'liry :ickiio\vk'(lu'('(l tlic |)a|)er, 
anil •• iliil ii|"'Hh iccdiiiiizc (he saiil scaiiilaliins ami offensive wi'iting, 
ilrrlariiin' lliriiisch I's til III' 111 tlir same iiiiiiil." Tlir cniirt therefore 
111 II I III I thrill iivrr ill I II II II Is I if £ 1(t, til a|i|ie!ir lieforr tlir rmnt in ( )ctober, 
••ami aiiswiT tor the ilrtamatiiin iif aiitlmrit y in the saiil writing so 
aMiwril anil jiistiliiMl as lirl'mr. ami riiiitriii|it nj' aiillmrity . . . .to 
tlir iiiili'ih ami jirarralilr settlement ol iiiinistiy in Windsor, aceording 
til lawful a]i|iiiiiitiiirnf." The eourt also iliil " J'ai-ther enjoin and require 
tlir said persons, and all eoneerned with them, to carry peaceably towards 
their neighbors of the Church of Windsor, and not interrupt or dincour- 
(Kjc thf committee appointed by lawful authority to provide an able min- 
istry fm- the said C'luirch of AVindsor." !^vi' State Arrliires, Ecclesiasti- 
nil J'ajnrs. i. 74, 77, 7S. Also, Col. Jiec, iii. 72. 

In .May following a cniineil was convened which gave the same 
advice as that of l(i77. 

ill .Inly thr assenilily again inteitrrrd and iirdi'ri-d the Second 
Siirii'ty tn siispeml their meetings on the Salibath and public days, and 
til iiiiitr with tlir First. ••.\11 actings contrary will lie esteemed contempt 
of aiitlimity ."' 'I'liry also advise the gooil people of Windsor to assist 
.Mr. Wn.iilliriil.^r in thr transportation of his effects to the Bay. Still 
thr Sfriiml Cliiirrli riiiitiiiiird refrartnry. ilrainvhile Mr. Chauncey had 
Irft Wimlsnr. ami a .Mr. Stow' was |ireacliiiig in iiis jilace to the First 

Cliiiivh. .Mr. \V Iluiil-r still ivniained. 

Thr assrinlilx. finally, was uliligrd to issiir another prrriiiptorv order, 
(Irtulirr 14, KISO: 

"Tliis Court, having toiisidfred the petition of some of Windsor,' and tlie sorrow- 
ful condition of tlie jrood people there, iiiid finding tliat, notwithstanding all means of 
, liealing afforded tliom, they do remain in a lileeding state and condition, do find it neces- 
I siiry for this court to e.xerl their authority towards the issuing or putting a stop to the 
I present troul)les tlicre; and this Court do heieliy declare, that they find all the good 
I people of Windsor obliged to stand to, and rest satisfied with the advice and issue of 
I the council they chose to hear and issue their matters; which advice being given and 
I now presented to the Court, dated .January, 1G77,' this Court doth ennfirm the s;imc, 
i and order tliat there tie a seasonalile uniting of the .Second JSocicly in Windsor with the 
I first, according to order of the council, liy an ordi'rly pre|iaration for llieir admission; and 
if there be objection against the life or knowledge of any, then it be, according to the 
eoiincil's advice, heard and i.ssued by Mr, Hooker and the other moderator's successor; 
and tliat botli the former ministers be released. And that the committee appointed to 
seek out for a minister, with the advice of the eliuicli and the town collectively by their 

'Probably Mr. Samuel i^tow of Jliddletown, who afterwards (1681) preached at 
Sini.sbury for 4 years. Although nevi'i- settled, he formed the First Church in that 
town. 

''State Archicex, I'Dirnx ami Ldiiilx, i. 77. See also same volume, Nos. 63-68, 71-79. 

*Jlnd., i. 63. 



214 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

iiuijiir Vdic, lid vi.niirinisly imrsiii' llic prucurini; nf an able, iirtljiiddx niiiiistc-r (jualiliiil 
accdnlinu' to tlie advice of tin- (;i>vi-riidr, and t'duncil, and ministers, May last; and all 
the ifOdd people of Windsor are hereby required to be aiding and assisting and not in 
the least to oppose therein or hinder the samp, as they will answer the contrary at their 
peril." 

Soon at'tei- ;i (•imiiiiimicatioii witlioiit rlatc is sent to the asspnibly, by 
the Second Society, cmu]ilainind' that the First Cliiirch wiaihl not i-eceive 

tliein. ami Wdiilil nut aliide liy the aihice of ciniiicil.' 

■• Uur edninumic ants, " >ay they, "areuut entertained or objeeted ajjainst |if they 
had been objerted against they could have obtained certitieates of orthodoxy froTu Mr 
Kowlandson and Mr. Hooker] neither we or our minister could enjoy communion in 

sacraments, nay the sacrament was professedly put by, that we might not 

Indeed we did enjoy the preaching by our minister, and maintainance by the nlmli- 
[town] a little whili', and then were jostled out of that too." 

They tiiitiieiinufe protess their willingness that the First ('hiiiTli 
should call Mr. Chaunccy back agahi, or get another minister, but even 
if this is granted, " wo arc yet suffering that we had it not aliove two 
years and a half ago." 

Tradition says, and it seems quite probable, that the peoiile ofWindsm 
had, by this time, become so disgusted with their own wranglings, and sn 
disatisfied with those who had preached to them, that they unwittingly 
fomwi themseves laiiteil in one point, viz. : to seek a new minister. And 
at a town meeting held on March 11, 1680-81, " It was voted imani- 
Miiudt/, that Mr. Mather of Branford should be sought unto and endeav- 
ors speedily [made] to secure him, if God shall succeed, in the work "f 
the ministry, and to tender to him a salary of <£100 per year." 

In May following (1681), Mr. Woodbridge's coniiectinu with the 
Second Church was severed. That there was some difficulty in tlie mat- 
ter, and possibly some hard feeling, is evident from the fact that he coni- 
plaineil to the assembly of injustice done to him by the Second ("hureh. 
To this the assembly replied (May 19, 1681) as follows : 

" This court having heard Jlr. Woodbridge, his petition, do find that it may be dilli 
cidt to come lo a just issue of the case, and that it may he hazardous to the peace I" 
enter particidarly into the bowels of the case, as matters are circumstanced; therefore a^ 
a final issue of all matters of strife about demands liy Mr. Woodbridge upon the peopli 
of W^indsor for his labors there. This Court do grant unto Mv. Woodliridge the sum 
of 200 acres of lan<l for a farm, provided he take it u|) when' it may not prejudier 
any former grant to any particular jjerson or plantation. And this court do reconi 
mend it to those of Windsor who have been engaged to Mr. Woodbridge, that now al 
his parting, they would consider their engagements to him, and act towards him as they 
are in duty bound ; and we recommend to Mr. Woodbridge as a friend lo peace, 
that he wovild rest satisfied therewith.^ 

' Probably the First Cliunli still insisli'd on tiTuis which the Second considered :i> 
unjustly rigorous. 

^ John Ward Deitii of Boston, thus writes to the author: " My ancestor, Rev. Ben 
jamin Woodbridge, appears to have had opponents (and adherents too) wherever In 



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^lr;uiuliili' llic |ii'ci|i|.' of \\"uiilscir, witli all iiiKiiiiiiiity which must 
iir|iiiscil Ihriiisrhrs, wrrr iii'i;;i it iatilit;' with .Mi-. .Mallirr,' ami a 
(■\l.'ml,Ml I,, him. II .\laivli. liiSO-Sl.— ir. n,;u.r,h. .Inly -JT, 
(■ Iciwii \(ili'il 1(1 ha\i' the 'rii\\ll lliilisc ( |irr\ idlisly circil|iiri| 
-ri-iiiiil ('hiiich; " rniisJRMJ and madi' siiitahlc fur tlir riitrrlaiii- 
.\ii-. Samuel Mather, if God in his ]ini\ iilciirc srnds him ammiusl 
Isii \(ited, to give him =£100 upon his sfttlrmrnt. '• ami tlu' use 
hoii.se and lands belonging to it." " 
There was still some impediment in the way of the niiinu of the two 
societies, \"iz. : 9,»mii plan of %mion upon whicli Imth (•(nild n.'asoiiali!\ 
and mutually agree. But the heartfelt desire for peace and quiet, which 
now possessed all minds, led them to make the following judicious and 
Christian resolution: 

"August 25th, the Congregation being met. do jointly agree to present an invita- 
tion to Mr. Mather, and if it may be to obtain liiui, and leave the pursuance of the union 
of the two societies, till such time as he is present among us; and we are unitedly 
agreed in thi.s, that .so far as Mr. Mather can be helpful to us. from the word of God, 
to elTcet our union together, we shall readily attend. And wherein any person cannot 
concur with his apprehensions, we are willing to wait till God shall help us to see 
reason to concur with liiin. ami in the meantime not to make any disturtiauee, or occa- 
sion any trouble." 

T!ut il was iidt until Ihc following s|)ring (May, 1(382) that the way 
was fully prcpai-rd for the much desired union. Then the Assemhly, 

" Upon application made by the Church in Windsor, respecting the difficulties they 
meet with in the settlement of Mr. Mather, all former orders and endeavors not being 
effectual to remove the impediment that lies still in the way. that the matter of the 
union may be plainly stated, which is now mainly impedimenting unto them, this Coin-t 
see cause to declare their ready owning of the said Church in the ipiiet practice of their 
professed principles in point of order; and so that the forementioned union lie carried 
on in manner following, viz. : That Mr. Mather being in due time called and settled in 
office by the church of Windsor, thereupon such of the Second Society as desire fellow 
ship with them in all ordinances (excepting those that were formerly in full communion 
with that Church, that are returned, or to return to the same standing in it), address 
themselves to Mr. Slather; and having satisfied him about their experimental knowl- 
edge, and the grounds of that satisfaction by him declared to the Church unto their 
acceptance, with encouraging testimony given in reference to their conversation, they 
be thereupon admitted." 

was. After he left Windsor, he preached at Bristol (now in Khudi- Island) and after 
that in Medford. A curious circumstance concerning him lias lucij communicated to 
me by Rev. Jlr. Pagi' of Cambridge. There was trouble between him and a portion of 
his Hock at MciUnid, and the matter was carried before the General Court, or Legisla- 
ture, who ordered that the town should pay Mr. W. the (considerable) amount due to 
him, and that the church .should then proceed to choose a jiious and learned minister for 
their pastor. The money was paid and the church called together to choose a pastor, 
and the choice /eW itpoii, the Ren. /itnjamin Woodbiidffe, the old jjiistor. There was some 
wincing, but his opponents could not deny that he was a pious and learned minister, 
and the General Court had not ordered the church to choose another man." 

' Various correspondence between Increase and Samuel Mather and other parties 
about this matter may be found in M(m. Ilist. Soc. Coll., .',th Series, xxxviii. p. 98. 

" This provision, for some cause, seems not to have been satisfactorv, as in the sue- 



216 HTSTnilY OF ANriENT WINDSOU. ■ 

Till' plan tliiis |in>|Misc(l In llic cdiirl , ami wliic-li t;-:i\c tlic Fii'st 
Cliurch all thcvcvcr dciuaiKifd, sociiis tn lia\r ivcdiirilcil tin- |iiv\ 'khis 
tliflicultics; and a urw s|iii-it of lianiiuiiiniis cnlniirisr at unci' inlHscil 
itself throuulK (lit the tnuii. Yr\ tlic task of snltciiiiiii' llu; |iicjndie'cs and 
fusing the discordant clcnifuts ol tlir Iwo clnnrlies, was a work wliidi 
required time and |>atii'ncc, as well as tlu- cxert'ise of sound judguii'ut 
and consnmnialr tact. All tlnsr i|Malitit's were in a hiuh degree jios- 
sessed l,y Mi-. Matlirr: and, |Hol,aldy in tlir fall of 16S4 he was fully 
ordained and scttird in the cliai'jv ol flir nnitcd eongreii-ations of 
Windsor. 

We are awai'e tiiat Triunhull and otlier anllidritics assiTt that 
Mr. Mather was settled at Wind.sor in l(i82, Imt tlic tullnwinu' votf of 
the town, Dee. 28, 1684, " to give Mi-. Samuel Mather litll acres of land 
at Salishury plains in cane he settles in ollice amongst us;" and also the 
record of a(hiiissions to the chnrcli durinu- his ministry (as coiiicd hy 
Mr. Rowland from the Original iHaniisiii|its of Mi-. ifatlicr — sec CJi. 
Records), beginning thus : "Tlir fdllnwiug wnc adniittrd to thr (■linr<h 
the ls< «/ear, 1685," lead us to thr cnnclnsiiin that IfiSf was (lie line 
date of his settlement and ordination. 

At a town meeting in December of that year, 

'■ It was vntcil. Iliat tlii' tnwii allow ten inhiuiIs |mt wiiifiT In lu' jiaynl nut of IIm 
town rati' towanls lUDcuiiM,;; xsoimI tor Mr. Mallicr; the niniicy lo lie laid oul yearly l'> 
the towumeu. then iu beiug, so as best |lo| allaiii llie riid aforesaiil. 

Also that any man may have liberty to lirinj; one loail of wooil yi-:irly to Mr. Matlur; 



ceeding October we find on record the following deed : " Know ye, ie., that I, Tahaii 
Grant, of Windsor, in the Comity of Hartford, and Colony of Connecticut, Hlaeksmith, 
for and in consideration of the sum of One Hundred and Eighty pounds to me in hand, 
paid hy the Town of Windsor and of the inhabilanls of the same upon the account and 
for the use of Air. Samuel Mather of Windsor. Arc, do grant, bargain and sell unto 
him the said Mather one <lwellinghou.sc an<l barn with four aires of laud ailjoiriiug, 
which 1 iiurchascd of Lieut, Whiting." etc. 

In December, 1G84. " Mr. Samuel Mather hath granted from the Town ot Wimlsor 
One lluuilred acres of land at a Jilace commonly ealled and known by the name of Sal> 
bviry Plain." lie also had two hundred acres granted him liy the General f'luirt, east nl 
the Great Kiver. 

In .lanuary. 1()S4, " In consideralion of One Huuitn-d pounils to me secured to I" 
paid by Capt. Benjamin Newberry and others as agents in behalf of Mr. Samuel JIathcr 
Tahan Grant deeds to Mr. Samuel Mather one piece of land being partly pasture .ami 
part arable land, containing eight acres : also one lot in the Great Meadow, five acri~; 
also, one other i)arcel in the Great Me.idow, three and a half acres." Mr. Mather 
bought various other pieces of land, some by himself and some in company with lii^ 
brother, Atherlon Mather. 

The records do not givi- his annual salar\ luilil KIO. at which lime Rev. .Toiialliaii 
Marsh was his colleague, in ITia. ]Mr. Mather's salary was tTiO; Mr. Marsh's. t'lH. In 
1713, Mather's salary was tfiO; Marsh's £124 LV. («/" In 1714, Mr. .Mather was voted 
£45, annually, during his life. In 1741. by a division of the commoii lands, a lot con- 
taining eighty acres was laid out to Rev, Samuel Mather's heirs. Ddin-oii J. B. H'r-i/ 
ford'i> Address, Quartcr-ifilknial, Windtitr Church. 



EccLEsrASTicAL, 1 t'>G3-l tis4. 217 

ijiiil to l)e |)ai(l I'di- the siiiiu' oiil of llR'ir lowii nilc, prcividt-d lliey brins it hcfurc the 
lirsl (lay ol' Fchniary yearly, until llii' U:u ixmnds be cxiii'iiilcd. Slioiild IIktc not be s(i 

iiiucli w I brouylii to Mr. ^Nlatbcr licloiv IIk; tlrsl of Fi'bniary as siiall ainoiinl to the 

said sum, llicii any uian ni.-iy briu^ wooil until llicsaTuc bi' |iiiadi>| up, ami be paiil as 
bcl'oiv said, Ihr |uicv to be tbivc sliilliiii.'s and lour pi-nic tlic load." 

"It is voted by the town that a new ineetin;;- house be built for the more eomtorla- 
ble earryinic "'i 'be worship of (Joil — and the form of the lionse to be aeeordin.u to the 
meeting house at Sprin.!^lield, unless the eominiltee chosen do sec cause to make altera 
tion ill liciglit or breadth. The Conimittee chosen to carry on this matter anil to pro 
(lire and agree with an able workman to do the work, are Benjamin Newberry, Air. 
Henry Woleotl, Nathl Bissell, John l>orter, and Timothy TJirall. 

" Tlic .'-^|iriiio|icl(] liiiiisr li;i(l liccii liiiilf seven years hefofe, liy ;in- 
th(iri(y c,l' a v.le wliieli specified llial il sIkiiiIiI 1)6 '50 fcet hnvi and 40 
feel wide, l(i lie liiiiit so liijili, as it may lie accommodated lor oajlcries 
wlieii (lie town sliall see need.' Tliis model was smaller than mii- esti- 
mate (see A|i|iendix ]'>,') ol' tlie tiist meetino-lioiise of Windsor. l!iil the 
\Viiidsor Conimittee may ha\(' liiiilt higher and lifoader: the honse iiad 
doiniei' windows, and it is not unlikely that tfaditioii is true that this 
second ineetin<;-house, on Palisado (ireen, 'had two tiefs of irallefies.'" ' 
A part of the tinihers of the old honse were used for Imildint;- a harn, 
still standin.<i', the projierty of JForace H. Ellsworth. 

Mr. .'^AMin-;L Mather, the second ])astor of Windsor, was in every 
nspecl a lit SMccossor to the veneral)le Warhain. Deseendeil from a 
hiuhi) respectalile and oifted ancestry, he Wits one, and h}' no moans the 
least, of a ciieje ol iioliie men whose varied talents and pious lives have 
rendered tlie name of Mather distin,<i;uished among the families of New 
Mnu'land, e\cn to the present dtiy. lie was Itorn Sept. 5,1651;^ his 
lather, Timothy Mather of Dorcheslei', heiiio;i son of the Rev. Richard, 
thiid minister of that town," and his niothei-, a dano'hter of the excellent 
.Majm-t leneial lliimplirey Atiiertou. 'I'Inis iiiii-hl}- connected, his earlier 
yeais were spent in the eiijoymenl of all the; advantages which the hest 
society of tliat <\:\\ could arioiil. (Jradiiating at Harvard College in 
1G71: he preached at Deerlield, Mass., ill Mui}-. thence lie went to 
llatlielil, .Mass., and latei- to Milford, and to I'.ranlord, Conn. From 
thence he was called in the l'i-ovidence of ( oid, to Windsor, where the 
powers of his mind, the amialiility of his character, and his piety, speedily 
won the esteem and love of his penplc, and composed the dillicnllies 
which existedamong them. 



' Dea. Jlfii/iku's Address at Qiin ricr- Milkniiil nf Wiiulsur Church. 

^ Upon his own statement, according to Samuel Sewall's Diary (Muss. IIi.it. Sue. 
('"II., vi. li)r>)-. though it is given in the .Unlher Ocncdlor/i/. as July 5, 10.51). 

' lie succeeded Mr. Warliam, and had the charge of the new church wliicli was 
formed at Dorchester, Mass., after the emigration of the old church to Connecticut, 16:55. 
It is a curious coincidence that lii^ grandson should succeed .Mr. Warhain in the charge 
of the same old church in C'ouiiectieut. 
Vol, I. —28 



■218 IIISTOKY 01' ANriKNT WINDSOIf. 

"His ministry lirrc |irii\c(l In he ;i \ci\ t'niitriil oiir. It Ix'gau with 
;i iT\i\;ii which hnniLilit into tiir Chiiic-ii 'JS (hiiiiii;- llir first year aud ■!•! 
till' sccdiiii : imirr thilH ilnllMill'i' its llirlllliris : for th''rr wrrc liuf r)4 
liirliiliris wlirli lir i"iliir. Till' rri'iiriis of tliis tiinr, in his null hanil- 
writiiiu', ha\(' sni'li I'l'inarks as these at tlie rinse nf (he yearly eiit lies : 

after tlie first year, ' The Lord make the next \ ear alsn a 2 1 year." Ami 

at tiie end ol' tlie loiirtli, *• Not SO UlUeli as mie were added tii tile ( 'hiireii, 
lint as mail) dieii nut ul' it as was added the year hefcire. The (Jond 
J,iird awake and hiiiiiMe us.' " ' 

He was Ihi'ii in the |irinie ol' liis lil'e, t:ra\e and di^iiilied in |ierson, 
laitht'iil and ennsisteiit in Ills daily lii'e, and henimnint ami winiiiiii;' in 
manner, lie died liStli ]\Iareh, 17-7-8, au'ed 77. His eonmetion Ky inar- 
ria<?c with the dau^'hter of the Hon. Koliert Treat of Wetlicrslield, after- 
wards u'o\eiii(ir of the eolony, was in itself lia|i|iy. and ser\ed to increase 
llie inlliicnce which his ij-ifts of mind and heart had alreaily secured for 
liini in llie |iiililie estimation. Tims ha|i|i\ in his iloniestii; and |ii'rscinal 
relaliuiis, his life was i|iiielly |iassed in the lailhfid discliar'_;e of his jias- 
loral duties to this now ha|i|iy tioek. And it is ]ileasanl to record that 
diiriii'j the uliole |ieriod of Ids niinist ry, not one shadow of eoiniilaint 
seems to lia\ e darkened his or theii- |iath\\ ay. ( tii the contrary, there is 
aliiindant e\idence that he was the constant rei-i|iiciit of many marks of 
|iiilili<' and |iiivate respect and care. 

lie was not unknown as an author. \i Itoslon, in 1 d'.'7, he jinh- 
lished "^-1 I>ead Faith Anatomatized" — a discourse ( inoliahly iireaehed 
at Windsor,) from James 2 : 20, " on the Natnre and the Danger, with tlie 
deadly symptoms of a Dead Faith . . . . Jii those who )irofcss 
the faith of Christ." This was jirepared with an introduction hy lii.- 
cousin, the cclehratiMl Cotton Mather, in which he says: 

" This discourse is what was delivered to a |iopiilar audience. .\ml 
such was (he saxonr which it left in the nunds of its hearers ulicie it 
was declared, as that the jmtes thereof ha\e here come aliroad," and 
thus concludes: "'J'he autlior is known throughout the 1 liunlies of the 
famous and hajipy colony [Connecticut], to none of the least whereof 
he hath for many years been a faithful Pastor: known for his I'iety. 
Cravity and Usefulness more than any recommendations of mine can 
render liim: and my relation to him will leadiK excuse me. as well as 
his modesty forliid me. for saying any more." 

He also published a book entitled - Se/j'-Tnyl/'rlun/ Cu,iri,t, ,1 ,nnl 
Vundeiinied.'' Tiie "Ejiistle l>edieator\ ," of 27 paucs, is dated March 17. 
170tj. It was ]>ublished, as a ])nstsciipt informs us, at tlu' i-ost ami 
expense of "our good friend Nathanael I'orter. .Men who are at such 
Expence to Serve in this Way the kingdom of mir (ilorious Lord, ought 

' Rev. G. C. Wilsou. 



ECCLKPIASTICAL, 1 668-1 f.Sj. 



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to liavi' their Xaiucs gratclully KiMlcciiictl." Tlic vulmiic Ls of '.t2 (iuid 
more) pages, 12mo. Text, Romans x. 3. In A|»|)en(lix to " Sclt'-.rusti- 
riary," pages 83-02, written liy Dr. Increase Mather (on page 01) lie 
alludes to another of his works in a note, thus: "See my Epistle liefore 
Mr. Wilhird's Sermons; on 2 'I'iino. :',.").'' This was written, lie savs, 
"with a design of being published in the Year 1(iOS." "it is a time of 
much Degeneracy ; "/(;• Tnoisi/rcufimis are mani/, aw/ our Bnc/rs/l(/iii(/x 
m-f' iiirreaited, as Jer. o, (i. In great measure we in this Wilderness June 
last oar firxf. love, as it is said uf them, Rev. 2, 4. Yet they had divers 
commendable things among them. We do not walk with (iod as our 
Fathers did, and hence we are continually from year to year umler his 
Rebukes, one way oi' other: and yet, alas, we lum imt imtn him tlmt 
xiiiites us: these consideratiims call for the utmost of nui- eiidea\ciuis, 
for the reformation of what is amongst us, and for the n|iliijldinu and 
xtri'tii/tJienini/ of what yet llciiKiliiy, and is perhaps rea^ti/ tu ili/. Consider 
then these few words, Ac." 



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Famiiiilu oi- AN i;xTiiY ON Tin. ('iieiK ii l!i:i'oi<i>s oi- WiNDsoit. madi; r.v I!i;v. .Mi{. 
>[-\Tin;ii — Sec (ip]i(isile ir,\'^i\ 



ClLVrTKR X. 

KING PlIILIl'S WAR. 
l()75-6. 



FOR noarly furtv ycafs tlic Ni'W Kiii;l;iiiil srlt Icinciils Imd I'lijoycil a ] 
season of aliiinst iiiiiiih'rru|iti'(l (|iiict and |iiiis|iciity. I'iii\ idcuci' 
liiiil siiiilril u|Miii llifir laliois, tlic u ildrrnrss liad lic/uuii "to laid and 
lilossoni as tlir rose," ami tlirri' was scartM' a ('lund n]ion tlir horizon of 
tlifii- condition. lint snddi'idy the uarwlioo|i ol llir Indian lani;' tlirontrh 
tlie k'Uji'tli and Invadtli of the land, and tlicy awoke from this " sweet 
dreani of i)eace" to find theniselves invohcd in all the hoirois and nneer- 
taiuties of savage warfare. King Philip and his warriois had apiieariMl 
on the eastern borders, and their eonise was niaiked liy mangled eor]ises 
and hnrniiig villages. In the general consteination whi(di fo|lowe<|, 
a|i|ii'ehensious were hdl of a geni'ial rising of all the Neu iMivlanil 
trihes.' 

We, of the |ii-eselit day, can seareely realize the leiror whi<-h tilled 
the hearts of onr ancestors as the) found themselves again on the eve of 
an Indian wai'. The crisis, howexcr, was holdly and promptly met. .\ 
momentary lilanching of the eiieek there might lia\c heen, Imt there was 
no flinching of the heart among those liia\e men of ( 'onnei'licnl. The ! 
safety of their families, the presei\ at ion ol' their property, the hopes nl 
religious freedom depended on them, and they lira\el\ prepared tn 
d(d'end the ti'ust eonnnitted to them. 

Fortunately and tnie.xpeeteilly to Ihcm, the war did not reach liic 
lower towns on the Connecticut, Simsliury heing the nearest ap|ii-oach 
that the enemy niadc. ^'el from the suddenness of the war, as well as 
the exposed condition of Windsor, Hartford, and Weth<Tslield. those 

'In the t)cttcr lijjlit wliiili lime luiil liisloric irivcslig:ili(in tlmiw uiinn lliis siilijccl. 
wr liiid lliat Iliis ;ip|iri-licnsi(in w;is uiifimndcil. Ivini; Pliilip liimscif iiili(iil<'il :i streii^' 
IriciKlsliip lor tlu- wliilcs freiii liis futlicr j\l:i,ssas<)it, tin- tirst to wuli-omi- the I'ilj,'riiii.s of 
tlic .M;iyllow(r — ami wa.s faitliful to tliat trust. lie was hurricil into tlic war by tin 
ra.sli anil unautliorizcd acts of .some of lii.s young men, ami licin;; thus coniiunniiscil and 
proscribed by the Enjrlish. was obliged in .self-defcmc to laUc up the h.ilcliil. Few 
characters in Indian history are more worthy of study and admiration than thai of llic 
talcntcil and brave Imt unfortunate Kins Philip. 

The action of the dilTerent tribes in Ibis war w.is liy no means concerted or similar, 
and we cannot consider it us a ireueral eincutc. 



KiNc I'liiLir's w'Ai!, 1(^7(5. 221 

towns wiTi- ill :i coiitiiuKil sImIc 111' ilicail iiiid ;il;ii-|ii. 'I'lii' iiili;iliit;iiits 
litrrullv slr|il (in llirir ;iriiis, in riiiisi:iiit cNiirc-tat imi iil' an attai/k. 
Winilsiir, iiarticularl) , I iiiin ils u iilrls rxtciiilril limits, was uiorc ('.\|i<is(_'d 
lliaii its lu'igliiiors ; ami Irnni ils siliialimi mi llir isivut thdrmiii'lifarc' 
lirlui'rii Ilartl'iiiil ami S]iriiit;ii('l(l, was C(instaiitl\ alivr witli tlic Inirry- 
iiii:' '• Id ami I'lo " iil' tni(i|is and niiiiiitions (if war mi llirir wa\ In tlir aid 
III' till' less Idrtiiiiato towns aliuvc the falls, 'i'n all of IIh' nuinrrmis Icv- 
ii's di-aftod diirin";- the war Windsor coiitrilmti'd a larnr |irii|iiirl inn of 
triiii|is: ]ia\iiii:' in the service at different times not far from 125, mostly 
drauncins. Tlicsr dragoons, from their greatiu' faeility of movement and 
lirlli'r adajiteilness to the natnre of the service, were constaiilly cniiilnyi'd 
in ia|iiil marches, liearing des|iatches and scouting ]iailirs. In an nld 
liiMik iif rates ur liiid the I'nlliiwing names of Windsor troopers who were 
ill ai-tiial serxiee, and ieiei\ei| (js. 8d. cacli, "on war account."' 

(■m|i1. .lehii liiss,!!, .leliii Hosford, dipt. Sam. Marsliall. 

.Inliii I'lissill. .Ir . Aiiliry Hoskins, John Moses, 

Natiri Hissfll, Daii'l Haydcn, Tlios. Moore. 

C'apt.J jimiel Clark. Joseph Loomis, Mr. Joliu Porter, 

Eiluiuil Cliiipiiiaii, Natiri Lomiiis. Sir. Ileory Sanders, 

Tlios. Stiniii;. .Jiijin Terry, Mr. Henry Wolcott. 

Immediately mi the reeei|il iif the news (July 1st) fi-iiiii jrassachn- 
setts. the L;ii\ermi|- and assistants at llartfnrd ordered a detachiiieiit iif 
tliii'ty draiziiuns tn the del'ense of New Lmidmi and ."^tmiimitmi. \\ hieh 
were emisidered must e.\|Mised to attack. (Ml this service were fifteen 
dra'iiimis and li\e I riiii|iers frmn Windsor. The next mouth (August) 
she (/milriliiited I'mirteeii dragiions to a i-idief party to Maj. Pyiiehemi of 
.■^prinulield : and also tuenty-li\e dragoons to a levy of two hiinilriMl and 
tliirtv I'rmii 1 larlfm-il, New Haven, and Fairlield counties, ordered liy the 
iiiinii-il "til lie in readiness for the mal^cli iipmi an hour's wariiiicj, and 
til lia\e their arms uell lixed and (itted fur ser\ iee." ('apt. I!eniaiiiiii 
Newiierry of Windsnr eominaiided the Ifartl'iird Cmmty ti-onps. 

( >n the olst of the same m<mtli, Ahijor Treat, moving with his aiiny 
tiiuaril \ortham]iton, learned ou his niardi that Christopher ("row of 
Windsnr, while tra\cliiig lietween that town and Simshnry, had lieeii 
sliiit at liy fiiiir mil iif a parly iif eight Indians. Halting at Windsnr, he 
sent li;iek to t lie coiiucil for ad \ ice, who nrdei-ed him to leave Ihirly ( nf 
tile I hirtfnrd Co.) troops there, and In inn\e mi with the remainder nf 
his Imve. 

On the same day .Inhn Cult nf Windsni- was shot at iiy an Indian, 
and a party of Inilians were seen that evening skulUing around the 
North j\fea(hiw at Hartford. These facts induced the council the next 
day (Sejit. 1) to ordin- the immediate return of Maj. Treat with his coni- 
iiiand to Hartford; requesting him also to send out three detachments 



•ITZ HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Ill' ilniuiiiiiis (if thirty cai'li. (iiic pai'ty t(i scout (iii tlic cast side ipI the 
ii\cr I'niiii I |(icl\;iiiiini IJixii- tn Scaiilic: aimllicr to si'oiit on ihi'wcst 
side ti-oiii llurtloni to Wctiicisllcl.l. and a tiiird t<» scairli on tlir west 
sid<' Iroiii Hartford to Windsor — and thi' tmops, having fuHilicd these 
oiijers, rendezvoused at Hartford on the fuHowinfr ovcninir, when tlie 
Major |iroreeded aiiain on his njan-h to Westliehl. 

Sipl. :>. ■• It is oiilcicil by tin- ('(Pinicil, lliat in tlii,' spvcriil plantations of this Cnl 
eny tlifi'c l)e kept a sulticient walcli in tlic niglit, wliiih watcli is to be conliniieil t'loni 
tlio sliutling in of the I'vcniiig till the sun rise; anil that one fourth part of each town 
be in arms every day l)y turns, to be a guard in their respective plantations." ".\11 
soldiers from 16 to 70 years of age (magistrates, ministers, commissioners, commission 
ollieers, school masters, physicians and millers excepted) are to attend their course el 
watch and ward as they shall be appointed. It is also ordered, that, during these pns 
ent commntions with the Indians, such persons as have occasion to work in the tieMs 
shall work in companies; if they be half a mile from town, not less than six in .a enm- 
|iany, with their arms and ammunition well fixed and fitted for service." 

A heavy fine was also imposed on any one who slionid '-slioot olf a 
iiiin without coniniand from some magistrate or military commander." 
e.\ce])t in self-defcnso, or "for the destroying of some wolf or snch raven- 
ous hcast."' 

Sept. 4. "For the pre\ention of danger to travelers upon the road 
lietween town and town in tliis Comity," — said towns were ordei'cd to 
keep seonting |iarties of monnted men on the roads. " Windsor each 
otlier da\, siiali send iunr men to clear the roads to .'-^imsluiry, and two 
each othei- day, to cle;ir till' loads I.etwcen Ilaitlord and Windsor; 
Windsoi' lo lii'gin .Monday next to liartfoi'd, ;ind 'I'liesihiy to Simslmry."' 
ilartfoni \\;isalsolo send two men cacli otlier day, to ide;ir the roail 
to Windsor. The men weic to he taken out of the town gn;ird, "and to 
lie npon their work hy snn an hour high each day." 

Sept. 0. " Sgt. Josepli Wadsworth of Harthird, and .l.ihn Cnmt of 
\Vindsor, were ordered to take twenty men each and pass np to Wcsl- 
lii'ld ;inil SpringfH'ld " which were thi-e;itened. The I'olliiwing is a copy ol 
their insti'nctions : 

"To .I.ihn (Jraiil, 

" In liis Majesty's name you are reiiuired to take under your conduct those dra- 
goons now iiresent, and leail lliein forth up to Springfield, there to assi.st against the com- 
mon enemy, and there to continue till you receive farther orders from the council here, 
or are called forth to the army by Maj. Treat, or .some of the chief commanders of our 
army. Also, in case you hear that any of our plantations are a.s.saulled by the enemy, 
you are forthwith to post away to relieve the place or plantation assaulted ; and in case 
you should be assaulted in the way, you are to use your endeavor to defend yourself 
and destroy the enemy. 

"This signed pr. the Secrctarj-." 

These troops retnrneil iiome in a few days hy order of the conmil. 
Sept, 28. Two hnndred hnshels of wheat were ordered for the sn|i- 



K:n(; iMiiLir's wah, 1(17(1. '2'2-5 

|ily lit' the aniiv, i:-i-(iiinil :iii(l liakcd iulu liisciiil. Wiinlsm' \v;i.s in Uiv- 
iiisli 50 pounds. 

Tlic S|irin<:lirM Iiuliinis, ulni li:nl liillii'rln liccii rdiisiili'i-cil Iricudly 
111 till' l']iiiiii.sli, unw (ri':irliiTiiiisly rrrri\cd siiiiir :!(l(> lit I'liiliirs Indians 
illlu tlirir tint, ilitrlidilm' to .-illMrk llliil lill|-|l (lir tiiwii wldrll \\:1S :i lllilr 
disl;iiil. 'I'lii' |ili>l was tiil-tmialily ilisriiisrd liy iinr 7'../", a tl'irlidly In- 
dian at Windsor, who was " donicsticMti'd in llic tannl\' " ut .Mr. Henry 
Woln.tt, .Ir., (Morris' Ili.sf. Sprliu/fu-hl, .",1: sre also pa-es IK), 12!l, 
ot this work), oil tlie e\eniiii;- ]irei'edin;.i- the e\|ieeled atiaek, and 
e\|iresses Were iniinediaf ely sent to Slil-iniiflidd, and lo Ahijor Treal 
at Wesdield, to warn them of the danger. The Springl'ield |irii|ile, 
lio\\r\cr, were iiiei-eiiuloiis, anil suffered a surjirise. They werr only 
sa\ri| IVoin litter destruetion liy the timely arrixal of the (!onneetiriit 
I'oriTS under Treat, who had promptly marched trnni Westfield tollirir 
ri'lirf, on receipt ot the me.ssage from Windsor. 

This was bringing the war ])retty elose linnir, and llir eniineil at 
Hart lord, at its session of Oct. '>, 

■ l"|iiiii iicrnsiiin iif the dangerous uiul dcstructi\ r .■issmiiII ..t Ilic iiiniiy sn iirar :is 

Sliriiiglk'ld, which may increase their insolency to atlrin|il upon .nii towns sudileiily" 

— "saw cause " to order tlie immediate preparation in laili lou n ot places for defence, 

1 to whirh woMicii ami iliililicii might repair for refuge, upon any .alarm. They also or- 

1 dered ' llial tin- iiiljaliilaiils of Windsor, Hartford, and Wetlierstield — do/o/V/oc/V/t set 

1 themsehcs in I heir several quarters to join together to gatlicr in tlieir Indian corn, and 

. to bring it amJ their English corn on the caM side of tlie Great River, into places of best 

' security in their respective towns." All persons were ordered to lend every assistance 

ill their power, and the magistrates were authorized to impress men and teams, " this 

being a time for all private interest to be laid aside to preserve the public good." {Col. 

. Her.) 

I Nov. 4. "It is also ordered, that at Windsor, the town being so scattered as it is. 

j it is dillicult to maintain and keep a military watch, do recommend it to the military 
' officers of that town to continue a double walking watch, as hath been foriiurl}' 
attended there since these present troubles have broke forth." (('"1. 7i'<c.) 

.\ I Mini this tiiiic tlie coinniissioners of thr rnitnM 'olmiies lirroniiieji' 
i'iiii\ iiirrd thai the Na rragansetts wen; deeph iinplicalcd in llir designs 
lit rirdi)i, ill direct violation of their treaty ot prarr. ii'soImmI to attack 
tliciii at tlirir own licailipiartcrs in Narraginisell rnunly. Thr season 
indeed was liulli diriieidt and ha/ardons for such an e\peililioii : as llie\ 

, expressed it, " It was a hiimliling providence of God, lliat put his poor 

! people to he meditating a matter of war at nuch a sciison." Tiny wisely 
j(iil'.!eil. liowiMi , that it was better to strike one hold blow at the enemy 
wliile in w inter i|iiarlers, than to delay until the spring, when they would 

j be scattered in ditlereiit parts of Hie eonntr\. Accordingly a force of 
1,000 miMi was raised for a winter eainpaion, nnder command of Josiah 

j Winslow, (hivernor of Plymouth Colony. Of this force Connecticut 
furnished .300 men, together with 150 Indian allies — till of whom were 



•224 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

ili\id('<l into li\c ciiiuiiiiiiics, (■(iniiiuiiiilcd liy (!;i])t.s. Sccly, (ialliip, .M:isnii, 
Watts iiiid •MiU'sliall of AV^iiidsor. Majoi', afterwards Governor, Treat 
eoiuniaiided tlie Ooniieetieut ti-oops. Tliey arrived at Pettyi|iiains('ott mi 
the ITlli of Deeenilier, and after a iiiplit of exposure, foriiiod a junetion 
witli llie .Massaelinsetts and Plynioutli ti-oo|is. After another niu'lit s])ent 
ill tile o|ieii fields, e\|iosed to all the severity of tlie weather, tllev eoiu- 
iiieneed, al dayhreak, their iiuireh to meet the I'Ueiuy, sonic fifteen luili's 
distant. The Massaehnsetts troops led the van, those of Plymouth ( aine 
next, and the Conneeticut forces hroiight uj) the rear. Wading thnuiLih 
the deep siiows they prcsscd gallantly on, without food or rest, until about 
line o'idoek, when they came in sight of the enemy, wlio were entrenched 
witliin a fort upon an eiiiiiiciire in tlie center of a large swamp. Tiiis 
fort was well (h'hiided with palisadoes and a high thick set hedge, and 
its only feasihle eiitraiiee was a fallen tree or log, protected in front hy a 
log house, and on the left hy a (tanker. Without waiting to form, the 
Massaclni.setts Imops dashed forward oxer the tree, and althmigh tliev 
succeeded in effecting an entrance, were met with such a furious lire 
from the enemy that they were obliged to retire with a fearful loss. Al 
thi.s juncture tiu^ Conneetieut troops came |iouring in over tin' tree, and 
a small party at the same mument stormed the rear of the tort, which 
turned th(> tide of battle. After a few moments of desperate hand-lo-iiand 
lighting,thc center of Ihc fort was gained, the toi-eh was applied to the fi'ail 
and combiistililc wigwams, and the fate of the Narragansetts was sealed. 
Amid the shrieks of women and children, rattling of musketry, yells of 
despairing warriors, and exultant (dicers of the English, their lamp of 
life went out, and the diMise columns of smoke which arose fiom the 
smouldering ashes of their homes was all that was left of some four 
thousand oiu-c brave and ha]i]iy souls. 

It was a glorious victory for the English, Init it lirought sorrow as 
Well as sab'ty to their homes. Six I'aptains and SO soldiers were killed 
or mortally wounded, and 1 oO woinidi'd. Nor was this all. Two days 
of exposure and fatigue, and three hours of hard fighting were billowed 
by a distressing night march of some eighteen miles to hcadipiartcis, 
through storm and sleet and dce|i snows, iiearing with them their dead 
and wounded. The next morning the snow was cxcecdingb deep and 
the cold intense, so tlnit the jaded and fiost-bittt^n army could scarcely 
iiioxc. I''oiir hiinilrcd troops were unfit fo|- duty. The ('oiiuecticiit 
troops had siitl'ered more in proportion to their nnmliers than those of 
the other colonies. (Japts. Mai'.shall, 8ecly, and (!allup "died in the bed 
of honor," while Mason was so badly wonndcil that he ilied within a 
year after. "The fii-c of the enemy," says TrumliuU, " was dreadful. 
when the Connecticut men were entering, and after they first enteivd the 
fort, until the men who came in upon the backs of them, began to fire 



kiKi; l'iiil.ii'"s WAi;, ItiTC 2:^5 

tlicir larii-c muskets loailnl uitli iiist(]l Ijiillcts. ii|ii>ii the enemy, \\liei-e 
liie\ sfiKiil fcitivtlier ill the eldsest iiiaiilii'i-. This at miee ilisi-i iiiei'iteil 
them, and cheekeil tlieii- Hie in that i|iiarter."' 

Windsor had Iht tiiil share nt t;Ii>ry as well as of sorrow in this 

eventful hatth'. On the town I ks the reemder has enlere(i the 

hiliowinn;: 

■ Here I st'l ilowii llie Deaths iif several persons wlio went against the lutliaiis ami 
«. n- wounded that they died. It was ou the 19th of DeceinlxT, 1675. " 

Capt. Samuel Marshall,' Nath' Pond, 

Ebenezer Dibble, Richard Saxton, 

Edward Clia]imnn. 

John Fitch was also wounded so that he died after his retiiin home 
to Windsor. He left liis estate to the town as a school fund. See 
I 'hiipter on Schools. 

In the State Archives ( War Doc's, fol. i.), is a petition dated May, 
1735, sianed by eleven persons, who believe themselves to lie tlie sole sur- 
vivors of the Swamp Fight, praying for a grant of land for their services. 
We find among them the names of Josiah Gillet and Jamm< Enon, prob- 
alily of Windsor. - 

And this is all that ean Ijc aseertaineil at this day eoneeniing the 
names and exploits of those who represented our town in this hotly con- 
tested and important Imtth:. 

The Counecticnt troops had sntfered so severely that they were with- 
drawn from active service, bnt the ilassachnsetts and Plymouth for(;(>s 
kept the field for the greater part of the season, actively engaged in \)\u- 
suing and harassing the enemy, who on their part were neither inactive 
nor relenting. But to return to affairs at homi^ : 

December 28. The council "thouj^lit meet to order and command that those that 
continue on the etist side of the River in the plantations of Hartford, Windsor, and 
Wetherstield, i\ii forth irit/i repair into good and sufficient garri.sons, in such manner for 
mmibcrs as that in an ordinary course of God's Providence, they may be able to defend 
themselves; and that their grain of all sorts he brought into the towns or secured in 
some garrison on that side, and that they kill and secure all their swine that are fit to be 
killed; and that they keep no arms nor ammunition but in garri.son houses, except what 
they carry about with them; and that they keep and maintain good and sullicient 
watches by night, and wards by day, for their own defence and security, or else send 
scouts to range the woods liy day, to discover the approach of an enemy." 

Again ill Felu-uary, liiTo-ti, as Indians set'iiied to lie hovering 
around, the eouncil warned the inhaiiitants on the eaul side of the river 
to convey all their <-oiii ;iiid provisions o\e'r to the towns on the west 

' Trumbull says, " Marshall was killed as he ascended the tree before the log 
house." Fourteen are mentioned as kille<l and wounded in his company. 

' Simon Chapman. Eliakim Marshall, Thomas Elgar, and Peletiah Griswold, who 
are on the list, are also Windsor natnes, but whether of Windsor we are not certain. 
Vol. I. —29 



•_'-Jh HISTOKY or ANCIKNT WINr>S(1i;. 

siilr. [ii case tlicy iliil mil they were to cstalilisli t liciiiscl \ cs ami lirilig 
all tlirir i-altir, liav, etc., iiitii iiaiTisniis, ami not pi aln'ciad singly or 
iiiiarnicil. ( larriscins (if six men (•a<'li, al Irast, and well rnitilii'il, were 
orilcivdiii 111' l<r|i1 at Natli'l liissrlPs (Srantic): 'riinmas iiiiiiilianrs 
( I'liilinik ) :. Mr. Jnliii ('row's, at Xaiilmrk ( (Uastunlniiy ), ami at Mr. 
WyllNs's lariii. 

In llir niduth III' Mai-rli. tlif towns of \ortliam|itiin ami S|irin'.;llrli|. 
( 'hrlmsloril. < iiotdii, ."-^iiilliui-y. ami ,MarllioroiiL:li in Massarliiisrtls. ami 
W'arwirk ami l'ro\ idcnco in Klioilr Islaml, wrrr attarknl. ami sonir ot 
tlifin ilrstroyiMl liy the Indians, and tlir ( "onniTtirut srttlrrs Irlt that at 

any nionniit tliry might hear the warwhoop sounding at thcii- own d s. 

Therefore the eouncil (March 1(3) issned the following stringent mders : 

" In regard of the pre.sent troubles that are upon us, and the heathen still c-ontiiiu 
iiig their hostility against the English, and assaulting the plantations, to prevent tliiir 
designs against us, it is ordered, that the watch in the .several plantations, about an liniir 
at least before day, in each day, do call up the several inhabitants in each plantatinn 
witliin their respective wards, who are forthwith upon their catl by the watch to rise ami 
una tlumselves, and forthwith to march to their several quarters they are appiiiiiteil tii 
in their [wards] and elsewhere, there to stand upon their guard to defend the tnwn 
against any assault by the enemy, until sun be half an hour high in the morning, ami 
then the warders are to take their places; and two scouts in each end of every town arc 
to be .sent forth on horseback, to scout the woods to discover the approadi of tlie 
enemy, and to continue on the scout, going so far into the woods as they may retuni 
the same day to give an account of what they shall discover; and the scouts are to take- 
direction from the chief military officer residing in their respective towns, how and 
which way they shall pass to make their discovery." 

March 25th. " Capt. Newberry was appointed to improve tlie soldiers of WiniKei 
in scouting the woods, and was permitted to appoint some of them to assist C'a|>i 
Clark in tlic remove of the desolate widdow to Windsor, provided tliey do not stay oiii 
alinve one night." 

Also ■• ii|iiin a |ietition from siimliy persons in Wiiulsor, that tle\ 
might have lilierty to eiit wood ne;ir tinir town, (hiring this present \v;ii.' 
the council ordered the :iiitliiirifies there to select such places as tlii\ 
might tiike wood from. 

The liiirniiiLi of Simshury on Jhirch liii, ItiTti. caused much ;i!;irin 
;it AVimlsoi-. The settlers of Sinisliury were mostly natix'cs of Windsor, 
wlieie they Here now li\ing, ha\ing removed thither for safety, Wy pir- 
\ioiis order of the council, .^o near an attack, and tlie destruction 

of the houses :iml g Is of their friends ;ind neiglihors wlm were 

dwellini;' with lliem.nmst have \ividly hrought to the minds of the Wind- 
sor I |ile the iiiuiiediate danger to which they were themselves e\|iosed. 

FortiiiKilely these apprehensions were not realized, ami the w;ir ne\rr 
again approarlied so ne;ir the homes of \\"iiidsor. It \\;is. how ever. Ii\ 
no means at an end. I\epe;iteil successes of the Indians lilled the he;iils 
of the whites with despair, ;iiid M:issachusetts at one time scemeil in a 



KING I'HILIP'S WAH. IfiTfi. 227 

t';iir \\:iy ti) lie iitti'rly (Icpoimlatcd. The tiile soon chansii-d. Captiun 
nrmiisou and three others of Coniiec'ticiit, organized several vnhinteer 
ciiiupanies, and, with tlie help of a large number of friendly Indians, 
ciinimeneed a guerilla warfare, taking the field alternately i)y conijianies, 
«illi admirable snecess. In less than four months they had made ien 
111- twelve expeditions, killed or captured 230 Indians, taken 50 muskets, 
and too bushels of corn, and completely cleared the ((nuitry <if flic 
astonished and flying red-skins. 

On the li'th of May, Capt. Turner, with 150 choice soldieis. siii- 
[ii-ised and rmited a large encampment of , Indians above the falls now- 
known by his name. The news was received the next day at Harti'onl, 
with a request for immediate aid. Capt. Benjamin Newberry of Wind- 
sor was dispatched tip the river with eighty-one men, thirty-two of whom 
iM'i-e his townsmen. On reaching Westfield, he was induced by the ear- 
nest solicitation of the inhabitants (whose garrison had been weakened by 
the recent engagement) to leave three men who were willing to remain. 
Arriving at Northampton, lie found the people there anxious to march 
against the enemy. He himself thought it advisable, ami writes to the 
council at Hartford, "it will be for great advantage to be so dning as 
soon as may he." Three hundred Indians were at Qualiang, and he offers 
if the council will send Maj. Treat with his forces, or if they would dis- 
- patch only fifty or sixty men, to attack the enemy: and the men, he says, 
' " would rather be in action than in garrison ; little is likely to be </of by 
I garrisoning, whatever may be saved." If the council should not see fit 
I to comply with his request, he asks whether he had not l)etter undertake; 
the cntei-|irise with his own force, and such as he could pick ii|)"there- 
abouts, for he thinks the affair should not Ijc delayed. He fnitlier sug- 
gests " whethei' it may not be well that Samuel Cross,' iimi thoxe lioi/x 
he hath, may not be advantageous to the present motion to be sent up," 
prolialily with a view of employing them to ti-ack and hunt tiic linlians. 
In the beginning of June, Maj. Talcott took tiic liild wiili a large 
force of English and Indians, and spent that and the succeeding month 
in scouring the connlry. engaging the enemy wherever he came upon 
tlu'in, and gaining several very decided and important successes. In 
.\ugust, King riiilip himself was killed near his old home at Mount 
Hope, where he had returned, as it were, in despair and desjieration, to 
die. With him dii'd also the hopes of tlie Indian trilies. His only son, 
••tlirliist of thr family of Massasoit," was sold as a slave and trans- 
porteij to the neinuidas. Theimce powei'fnl Narragansetts were a "lost 
tribe." The swonl, fire, famine, and sickness had swejit them from the 
earth. 

' Samuel Cross was of Windsor. 



228 HISTOIiY OF ANTIENT WINDSOR. 

And the \v;ir, wliilr it IkhI iiivcii sal'ctv, ;niil iiim'himI a wide ddni- U>v 
immigratiiiii mihI iiiijii'iixcnirnt, Innl still liccn nmst disastrous to tlir 
whites. "Twclxr oi- tliirtcrii towns wnc di'stroycd : thr disluirsi'iiicuts 
and losst'S ri|iialii'd in \aliir hall a million of dollars : an enormous sum 
for the few of that <lay. Mnrr than six hundrccl men, chiefly youm; 
men, the tiower of the couutiy, of wlioni any mother might l»e |irond, 
jierislied in the lield. As many as six hunih'ed houses were Imrneil. Of 
the ahle-liodied iniMi in tjie colony, one in twenty had fallen : and one 
family in twenty had heen hurnt out. There was seai-eely a family from 
\\ hieh death had not selected. a victim." 

AVhile this was true of Massachusetts and Plymouth, Connectient 
had suffered conijiaratively little. Her towns had escaped the ravages 
of the enemy, and her slain were hut few. The Indians within her lior- 
ders were not only friendly hut aided her in the field. And she liad the 
glorious privilege of repeatedly assisting her confederates, and of "rescu- 
ing whole towns and parties when in the most imminent danger." Yet 
all tjiis was oidy accomplished at great risk and expense. Besides guard- 
ing her own towns and fi-ontiers. she had sent into the field a larger 
force in proportion to her population than any other colon), and foi- three 
years after the commencement of the wai-, the iuhaliitants paid 11 jjencc 
on the pound, upon the grand list, exclusive of all town and jiarish 
taxes." 

And when the Protestant Irish generously sent a contrihution to re- 
lieve the necessities of the suft'ering Now England colonies, Connecticut 
relini|uished her share to the more distressed colonies of ^Massachusetts 
and Plymouth. Nor was this all, hut they even sent a \oluntary coutri- 
lintion out of their own little stori' to their " liretliri'n in disli-ess in our 
ueighlioring colonies." 

The record of Wiudsm-'s share in this work of mercy, as preserved 
hy Matthew Grant, in the (t/J C/mn-Ii /?«v,/ri/, forms an appropriate ^"//.(/i' 
to this chapter. 

" Tliis is the account of wlmt persons gave to the voluntary contriljution ni:iili' lur 
the poor in want in otlier colonies upon motion sent to this colony of ('onnc(li( ul. It 
was done June 11, '76. 

€ ,«. -/. .t .«. ./. 

Mr. T. AUyn. . 
Benedict Alvord, 
Jeremy Alvord, 
Kdward Adams, 
John Bissell, . 
Johh Bissell, Jr., 
Thomas Bissell, 
Samuel Bissell, 
Nathaniel Bissell, 
John Brooks. . 
Benjamin Bartlett, . 



I> 


() 


Nieholas Buckland, 


1 

1 




;! 


Joseph Birge, . 
Samuel Baker, 





7 


Thomas Barber, 


2 


II 


Peter Brown, . 


r, 


II 


Sarah Biiell, silver. 


II 





Josias Barber. 


1 


II 


Ephraini Bancroft. 





II 


William Buell, 


1 


II 


Air. Cliauiicey, 


1 





AViilow Chapman, 



2 


r> 


■s 


II 


2 


G 


J 


II 


1) 


7 


1 


II 


2 


« 


1 


6 


1 


3 





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III 


6 



Windsor's i.iRF.r; m.ttv, ^CuC>. 



229 



Samuel Cross, 


(1 


a 


ti 


Xathanicl Cook, 


(1 


1 


10 


('apt. ('l:\rk. 





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(1 


(ialirifl Coniish. 


(1 


1 


3 


.Tames t'ornisli. 





.1 


II 


Nathaniel Cook, .Ir, an 


1 






sister, 


II 


1 


3 


Kliakim Cook, Jr., , 


II 


2 


fi 


.Job Drake, Seu'r, 


II 


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li 


.lac.b Drake, . 


II 


S 





.I.il, Drake, . I r.. . 





:! 





.lolm Drake, .Jr., 


II 


a 


'J 


.Job, his brother. 


(1 


1 


3 


Lydia, his sister, 


II 


(1 


(i 


Israel Dewey, . 


(1 


4 


(1 


his wife, . 





4 


II 


Thomas Dibble, scn'r. 


II 


1 


3 


Abram Dibble, 


II 


1 


3 


.lohii Denslow's wife, flax 


I) 





9 


Josias Ellsworth, 


II 


:i . 


II 


Wid. Egelston, eloth. 


II 


4 


II 


Thomas Egelston, 


II 


3 


ti 


.lames Egelston, 


II 


1 





Walter Fyler, . 





8 





.John Fyler. 





o 


6 


Zuroh'l Fyler, . 





1 


3 


Samuel Forward, 





1 


3 


William Filley, . 








9 


Samuel Fillev, . 





5 


II 


John Filley. " . 





2 


li 


Jonathan (Jillet, Senr. , 





4 


f) 


Nathan Gillet, . 





o 


(i 


Cornelius Gillet, 





3 


(i 


Nicholas Godard, 





2 


(> 


Joseph Griswold, 





2 


li 


Jonathan Gillet, Jr., 


II 


3 


(! 


George Griswold, 





3 


9 


Josias Gillet, . 





2 


() 


John Gillet, 





1 


3 


Mat hew Grant, silver, 


(1 


3 


II 


Samuel Grant, 





•') 


II 


Talian Grant, . 


1) 


8 


(1 


John Grant, 


II 


3 


6 


Walter Gaylord, 


(1 


2 


1! 


his wife in cloth. 





(i 


3 


bis son Eliazer, flax. 





1 


G 


John Gaylord, Senr., 





2 


(> 


John Gaylord, Jr., . 





3 


I) 


Nathaniel Gaylord, . 





2 


1) 


Joseph Griswold's wife. 


II 


3 


f> 


Jacob Gibbs, 


(1 


2 





Samuel Gibbs, . 


1) 


3 





Robert Uayward, 


(J 


5 






Timothy Hall, . 
Andrew Hillier, 
Kphraim Howard, 
Ilanna lligly, . 
John Hosfonl, . 
.John Hoskins, . 
John Loi^mis, . 
and in money, . 
Daniel Loomis, 
Thomas Loomis, 
NalJianiel Loomis, 
.Joseph Loomis, Jr., 
John London, . 
his wife, . 
Deacon Moore, . 
John Moore, Jr., 
.John Moses, 
Simon Mills, . 
INIary Maudsly. 
Mary Marshall. 
Mrs. Newberry, 
John Owen, 
Samuel Osborn, 
George Ebelps, 
Humphrey Pinne, 
Sara Pinne, 
John Porter, Senr., 
George Phillips, bae 
.John Porter, Jr., 
Nathaniel Porter, 
James Porter, . 
Timothy Phelps, 
Thomas Puell, . 
Wm. Phelps, . 
Joseph Phelps, . 
Good-wife Palmer. 
Timothy Palmer, 
JIumphrey Prior, 
John Pettibone's wife 
Abram Iljindall, 
Thoma.s Kowly, 
•James Pising, . 
John Pising, 
Uaiina Uising, . 
Samuel Hockwcll, 
John Strong, 
Return Strong, 
Thomas Stoughton 
Hanna Shadock, 
Joseph Skinner, 
Nicholas Senchiou, 
.John Saxton, 
George Sanders, 



230 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Stephen Taylor, Senr.. 




5 





Mr. Wolcott, . 


Stephen Taylor, Jr., 




4 


(1 


Mr, H. Wolcott, .Ir. 


Owen Tudor, . 




fi 


T 


Samuel Wolcott, 


Samuel Tudor. . 




4 





Robert Watson, 


William Thrall, 




3 


6 


David Winchell, 


Timothy Thrall. 







6 


Kicliolas Wilton, 


.lu.la Trumliiill. 




1 


6 


John William.s, 


Hanna Trumlnill. 




I 


6 


.John Renard, 


Ri<-liard Vore, . 




1 


■•i 


Samuel Wilson, 



This ociioiims ctnitiihiitidn of Wind.sor was, by the following special 
oidei- of the eoiut, ajtprojiriatcd to relieve the wants of the Sinishuiv 
people, and others whose property liad heeii destroyed, and who were 
in circumstances of much destitution. 

July lOth. "The council, being informed that throu.irh the good hand of (iod 
upon us, our people of this colony have bountifully, aec ordiiig to their ability, afforded 
some supply for our brethren in distress in our neighboring colonies, have thought meet 
to desire that our brethren in Windsor would improve what they have gathered of the 
good people there, to supply those in want that Sre removed by reason of the rage [ol 
the] enemy into their town; and that the remainder of it be distributed among the people 
of Springfield, in distress, and those upper towns, according to the good di.scretion of 
Deacon John Moore, John Looniis, Jonathan Gillet, Senr. , and Jacob Drake." 

As far as can lie ascertained, only two persons were killed liy the 
Indians durino the war within the present limits of Windsor. 

Hexry Denslow had piin-liased.in lt:)(:)2, a tract of land on both sides 
of Kettle Brook, inchidiiio neatly tlie whole of the present town of Wind- 
sor Locks. He settled mi this |itiicliase about one-lialt' or three-quarters 
of a mile south of the luonk. and his was probably the only family in 
that part ot (lie town until after Philip's war. Daniel Hayden was his 
nearest neiohbur. at the distance of nearly two miles. When the war 
broke out lie renio\ed his family into the center of the town, but bein^ 
a coura.sreoiis man be ventured alone, as tradition iiifornis iis. to eiilti\ ate 
his lands. lie was killed, howevei-, in the siiliiiner of llilti, by the same 
wanderino' party ol Indians wlio Inirnt Simsbiiry, and who afterwards 
confessed their crime at Hart ford. Seethe Chapter on Wimhor L'h-I:s. 

KnwAiin Hlmoi;, the emio-rant ancestor of tlie Windsor I'aniily ot 
that nam(>, was also killed iibont tin? same time, near roibnik, in the 
present town of South Windsor. He resided in Hartford, but iuid a 
jilantation at l*odunk,and was eitlier killed there, or, on his way tliither. 

Edward Bartlett of Windsor was killed at Westlield, .Mass.' 



I 



' His will in the probate ofticc at Hartl'ord, is dated l-'diruary 24, 1076. 



('II AFTER XT. 

•X'CI.ESIASTK Al. AM) I IVIL lIISTOliY. KXTUACTS FIJO.M TOWN ACTS. 

1685-1729. 



1 TiQ'^k *^* '' *""'" meeting, Juue 23, 1685. It was voted that the town would have 
^' • a Patent aeeonling to charter taken out from the Governor and Company. 

cif the township of Wind.sor. 

"Also Cajitain Newberrj', Capt. Clarke, Henry Wolcott, Thomas Bissell and George 

(irisxvold were eliosen to take out the aforesaid Patent in their names from the Governor 

and Company in behalf of the tciwn." 

THE PATENT OF THE TOWN OF WINDSOR. 

(State Ardiires Mss., Towns and Landi, Vol. I. 222.) 

Whereas the Generall Court of Conecticot have formerly granted the proprietors 
Inhabitants of y' towne of Windsore all those lands both upland & meadow, within 
those abuttnienis ujipon Hartford bounds by y great River, where y fence of thi'ir 
meadow stond iS; to run as y .s'' fence rutni.s till it meets with a red oake tree marked for 
y' bounds standing withine y" neck [of] fence in Thomas Butler's land, and from ye 
tree it runs a westerly line till it meets w"" y« brick hill Swamp & then It runs du(^ 
North half a mile till it comes neere to y head of ye brick hill Swampe, & from thence 
westerly till it meets W" farmington bounds & abutts west on farmington and Symsbury 
bounds & North in y Commons & it extendeth from Hartford bounds on y South, 
North to a tree marked neere y great River two miles above a brooke known by y" 
name of Kettle Brooke. On y east side of Conecticot River it abutts on a great eliue 
on y South side of Podunk River & runs Ea.sterly three miles & then South half a mile 
& from y half miles' end it runs East five miles & abutts on y' Commons on y* East 
from sayd Hartford bounds, ye whole breadth till it extendeth two miles above y fore- 
mentioned Kittell brooke, both on y* East & west side of Conectic<it River, y s'' Lands 
having been by purchase or otherwise lawfully ol)taiued of y Indian native proprietors 
And whereas the proprietors y" fores'*' Inhabitants of "Windsor, in the Colony of Concc 
ticot, have made application to y Governor & Company of y" sayd Colony of Conecti- 
cot, assembled in Court, May 25, 1685, that they may have a pattent for y con 
firmation of y afore s'' Land soe purchased & granted to them as afore s' & wch tin y 
have stood seized & quietly possessed of for many yeares late pa.st w"out inlirruptioii: 
Now for a more full confirmation of y aforesaid tract of land as it is butted & bounded 
aforcs''- vmto y" p' gent proprietors of y s'*' towueship of Windsor, in their possession 
& enjoyment of ye Premises Know y y' s''" Governor and company as.senibled in 
Generall Court according unto y Commission granted to them by his Jlajestic in His 
Charter have given, granted & by these presents do give, grant, ralifie iV: confirnie unto 
Capt" Ben,j: Newbekrt, Capt. Danieli, Clarke, L"' Thomas Allvn, M' Henuv 
Woi.coT, M' T110.MAS Bissell, Sen', Mr. George Griswold A Mr. John Moore ii 
y* rest of y s'" p'sent proprietors of y township of Windsor, their heirs successors it 
a.ssigns forever, y fores''' p'cell of land as it is butted &. bounded, together w"" all y 
woods, meadows, pastures, ponds, waters, rivulets, lands, fishing, hunting, fowliugs. 



232 



TIISTonV (IK ANCIENT WINDSOH. 



iiiiiics, iniiitnills, (|ii;inics iV |irctiiisc slmie ui>|iiiii or williiii y" s'''' tnicl of I.iiiiil A: ;ill 
Dtlier prollils A coiuniDililii's thi'icdii l)(liiiii;ii|ii: iir in ruiywisi' iipiH'rtMviiiiiu:, iV dm' iilsoc 
graut \into y'' iiforc s'"' |ii:inics iif llic palcntccs, above, n-pcatcdl it y" rest of y" jiropri- 
ctors iiilinbitaiits of Wiiulsor, thi-ir heirs, sweeessors and assigns forever y' ye afore s'' 
tract of land shall In- for-ever hereafter deemed, reputed A: Ije an intire townsliip of it 
selfe. To liavi' and to hold y s''" tract of land ik p'mises w"" all and sinuulai' tliiir 
appurtenances, together w"" y privilege & inmoniities i)c franchises herein giwn A 
granted unto y" s'''' fnaines repeated as above] tt others y p'sent proprietors. Inhabit 
ants of Windsor, their heirs, succes.sors, and assigns, forever ik to y oidy i)roper 
use and behoofe of s" [names repeated, as above] ife other projjrietors. Inhabitants of 
Windsor, their heirs, successors, and assigns, according to y" tenor of East Greenwilcli 
in Kent in fee & common soccage it not in capitte nor by Knight's service, they to 
make improvements of y» same as they are capeable according to y" custom of y" coun- 
try, yielding, rendering & paying therefor to our Sovereign Lord y" King his heirs, 
successors & assigns, his dues according to Charter. 

In witness whereof we have caused ye scale of y Colony to be hereunto allixcd this 
26 day of O' Sovereign Lord J.\mes y Second of England, Scotland, Frame and Inland, 
King defender of the faith, ie. 

Robert TnK.vr, Gunricr. 



ndi-v of ye (ienerall Courle, 
p' order of y Ooverno' A' 



igned by .lolm .VIlyn, Secretary, 
mip.-iny of y t'olony of t'onectccot. 

ISigncd liy] .John Ali.yn, Stcnliiri/. 

Entered in ye Pul)lici Kccads. Lib. 11, fo': 141:142. 



This above wrillen is a true 
1697-8, bv mc. 



ipy taken out of y 



Mr, .loUN Ali.V.N. Sirntari/. 
original! A; compared. March 

Henkv Wolcot, liii/ixtir. 



I6M6. At a town nii-rtiiig. ■■;dsn the T,.\v]i vntc.i that Mr, .lohn Wolcott slndl be 
paid for the horse block ln' .set up, at the ferry; al.so that the lowiisnieii shall sit up a 
good horse block at the meeting house on town account." 

1690, Feb'y 2. 'It was voted that Sarg' George Griswold and Ens" .ToMph (iris^ 
wold shall have liberty to make a mill dam across the river at the upper end of 
meadow at Poijuonuuck — provided they build a good grist-mill for the use of the tov 
within 3 years time, and keep the same in good repairs; and that they shall have liber 
to build a sawmill at the same place as long as they keep the gristmill in good rei)aiB 
Always provided that in ease said Griswolds fail to build the gristmill withiu 
years as before said, then this grant is to return to the town. " 

" 14 Sept., 1693, the townsnicu mcl and took sonic of the town's lead in vie\ 
found and left at Eft Hcturn Strong's old liouse. under the stairs, 359 jiounds; and 
Mr. John Fyler's 138 pounds, and it is judged uniler the meeting house north galle^ 
[there is| .5(10 weight, besides a body .if bullets at Mr. .lohn Fylers" 

'I'lic iiiocliiii;-li()iisc in;iy ]ici'li;iiis scciu ;i stl'iiiiuc Jilaci; I'lii' tlic kcc] 
iuo' of inilitai'v stoces, but it was a vci-y gciicial ciistoiii at that day, 
l)eing' a central and W('ll-|iriitt^\-t('d depot for sueli |uii-|M)se. And it mud 
1)0 remeniliered, also. Ili:it oiii iiiiccstoi s did iiol \icu tlie nieeting-houa 
a.s a cotiserrati-ii place. Tliry used it lor ail piililie piiipose.s, witliout ar 
e<iui|iiiiietions ol' <-<inseieiiee, for uli;it some miojd deem .skc/vVc'/c. 

Hi9ti-7, 'At a town mci'ting. .lanuary 19, it was voted that whosoever shall at an 
town meeting speak without leave from the Moderator of the meeting, he shall forfe| 
one shilling .and it [is| to be re-.i rained liy the constable for the use of the town." 



RfTLKSIASTtf'AL AND CI VII., 1 CS ')-! T-JK. 2^!^ 

'I'liis would iiiilic;itc ;i iiroM ini;' IidIiIucss of iii:imii'i's niiil srll'- 
SlirHcic'llCA', i|llitr ill ciilllrnsl willl llir ilrcdiiilis |i|-ii| irirl v ill' llii' lirst 

i;('ni'r:il inn. 

Alsii ;il llii' s:illir liH'cliui;- "it \\;i.s Mili'd In luiliid ;dl |irrs(iiis In 
lli:ii<r I ll|-|Miiliur n|- rnsill uitliill tile tnwil hniilids."" 

Cnv. I!n-vr WnicntI iiiclll inllS ill lli.s ./-./OV/'(/, (liat "llic \ i-.W lliHT 
\\;is ii \r;ir of great, sciircify and innriiilil)'. Tin' siiiiinii'i- was cnnl and 
<diaid\', iinf a month witliniit a I'mst in ii ; tlin wiiitrr was mtv Innu' and 
si'MTc. Jn February and Maridi the simw was \eiy hiuii and hard: 
'I'liere was a, great cry for hi-ead : the eatth' laniished in (lie yards I'nr 
want; the sickness was very distressing and iimrtal: tlmse in health 
enuld hardly get fond, tend the sick, and l.iiry the dead. .Many snllered 
fnr want ai fire-wdnd and tendance. " 

lGy7-.S, January IT. ■ VeWcl lliat ull tlie luuk; iiilialiiUuits uf tin; town Iniiii si.\lccii 
viars of age and upwards shall kill one dozen of l)lack birds, or give one sliilling to 
the town treastiry. And whosoever shall kill above his dozen shall have one shilling 
liaid o\it of tlie town rate, and who.soever shall kill six blackbirds in JIanli er Ajuil it 
shall be accounted as it he had killed a ilozeu." (Bk. ii. 72.) 

1698, April 2. "The townsmen thought meet to send. Josiah BartU'tt tolladley to I he 
wife of Caleb himith. in order to llie procuring a cure of his lameness, and we do desire 
Serg't Porter to take care to .send him thither, and to do what is needful in that matter." 
On the .5th of April following, the " Townsmen met, and whereas Josiah Bartlett above 
nK'iitioned is now at Hadley, we do further empower Serg't Porter in the name of tlie 
town, to put him an apprenliie to a suitable place, foi- time' as his discretion shall 
guide." (Bk. ii. 78.) 

Deeeinlier 27. "The town voted a desire that Ilie Court would grant liberty to 
Alexander .VIlyn to sell wine and other strong drink, provided he do not allow any to 
drink it in bis hoii>e. and tlial he Krll. diciiprr tlmn otliern t/i(it Iiare limisc." (Bk. ii. 70.) 

lOllS-!!, .I,-uuiary :ll. ■■The town (■lio..<e Lft. Hayileii and Knsinn .losi'ph (Irisuold 
lo lake eare to previail the earrving a u .i v ol llie //v.„ .„; .it Ibe rii.irsli e.illed Tillon's 
.^larsh." 

Hiilil. Maivh 14, The lown voted xpend t loll |i,,iiri(ls in cleaning sbi^ep eoni- 

nions, each inan lo work out his pail. 

Also 4(/ per head for killing crows, and the same price as bel'm-c lor lilackbinis. and 
no ])ersou hereafter to be fined for not killing them. (Bk. ii. 79.) 

Also liberty was granted to any person to work iron ore | probably al 'I'illon's 
MarshJ. iirovided they shoidd .sell " l(M)l) lb. wcigbl to the pc.ple of Ihe lown, one 
fnnrth part cheaper than the market price." (lik. Ii. '.Kl.l 

This nlTerwas accepted hy .Mr. .Inlm Kllintt. 

170(1, Decendier 20. " Voted liy the town to allow Mr. Saiinicl Mather for his salary 
for preaching the Word, for the present year, one IjiimiIiimI .mil leii pounds. " 

1701, Fehrnary 11. '!"nw n meeting vo^cd that as thci'e wa.s no 
stream sntlicient fnr earryino nii the iron works nearer than .Stony-hrook 
(in the present tnwiicd' .-^nriield ». (hat the ore Inmid cm the conim(ms 
might he carried tlua-i': "and that the inhahitants of Windsor or 
■"■^iiHicld may \n' indillereiitl) eiiiplnyed to carry the Siiid ore, provided 
llie inlialiitants nl Windsor may lie employed as well as the inhahitants 
Vol.. 1.— 30 



2:14 iiisTonv of ancif.nt winhsoi;. 

of Sul'licld til cut Uddil ill Siil'lic'lil coniiiiciii, :niil iiuiki' iiml cait cnul I'dr 
th.' iisr cif tlic SMi<l wuiks." 

Dcccnilici- 20. " Viitcil Id (Ti-i-t a ]icw lict vvcr'ii llir pulpil ami llir ( Ileal I'lW wliifh 
is on the women's side [of the inectiim' liniis.|, tor llii' use of Mr. Mallifi's lajiiily iliiring 
his litV or aliodc in Ihc town." 

ITnil, .rime ■'). Lilirrtv wiis uTMiitoil Ut cci-tiiiii iiicii. to not tiir|ioii- 

(ilio uiit (if tlir tivrs :iliv;i(ly Im.xoiI iiIi llio r;\st sido iif llic ( (.'nliliccticilt) 
I\i\of, 111! llio I'diiditiiiii tliHt tlii'V sliciiild drlivfi- iiiio-l'nnrtli |iiii-t of it, 
"Icirrcls I :dl to tli(3 towiisiiicii lor tlio tnwn's ii.sr." 

170:!, .\|.ril lIT. =£-20 w:is .oi;iutcd liy tlio town, uitli wliicli to pro- 

ciifc '• Mssistiiuro ill till' niiiiisti-y" lor mio i|ii;iitiT. Tin iniiiittoo uri'e 

ilifocti'd to innko :i|)|)lii"itiiili to ;i critMiii .Mr. Koadi', and if I iild not 

accciit, to Mr. Sn.nmcl Matlior, the son ol tlnir |iastoi. 

.Mr. ^latlior was not a uiiiiistcr, Imt lie was an (•(juratoil man. liaii 
'ji-adnali'd from Camliriduo tun years lioloro. and |irolialil\ |Missossi'd ail 
till- iT(|iiisito Liifts of iniiid and cliararlor for " a sn|i|ily." 

hi ITfi:'). tho torni Snrirfi/ is liist nsoij on tlio town ivrords of 
Windsor. 

1707, Docomlici- T.t. tho sooioty votod to -ivo .Mr. .Matlior I' 11 o as 
usual, foi- tiio salai\ lor tho ciirront yoar ondiiiL;- in .\|iril. ■• Imt in ra.se 
a liol|i I"' ]iro\idod, Ijiat so ninrli ho ahatod as his oflioo is." It was also 
au-rood •' to inako a|i|ilii-ation to .M r. .lonathan .Maish.of lladloy.to hp 
liid|ifnl in till' iniiiistr\ for half a \oar."" 

Doconilior :J0. Tho socioty aiipointoil a rominittoo. who should liavo 
power to call meetings, ordor alioiit ro|iairiiiL; inootiiiLi-houso. and any 
other Imsiuesa needful for the sooiely. 

17<»S, Afareh ::)0. The soeiety voted ■■ to nniko a]i|ilii-ation to l!ev. 
.lonathan Marsh to desire his eontinnanee with ns in the wmk of the 
ministry in order to a settleineiit." This was niianiinoiisly voted. o\ei'|it 
one. His salary was to he CISO if he |ieiiormeil the whole or ereater 
part of tho lahor: hut if Mr. Mather was alile to undertake onedialf of 
it, then Mr. Marsh was to rerei\e C70 in enireiit eoimtiy pay, or two- 
thirds in eiirieiit siKer money. "And foi hi> liirther eiieonraii'enient, 
voted to iii\e CltMl per ye;ir while he eont ililles in t lie w (irk after'fhe 
deeease of .Mr. .Mather hosides what shall lie done towards his honorahle 
settlement."' 

1)1 .laiiiiary, 1 7tt'.i, they oflered .Mr. .Marsh irKXIin '•eiirreiil niry 

]iay," in ease of his settlement anion?' them : wliieli terms were accepted, 
and he was ordained colleaune pastor with .Mr. Mather some time in 1 711'.'- 
1710.' This mark of respectful consideial ion for the iiilirmities of their 

' Timotliy Loomis's nicinoramla rcconls uiidc'r il.itc of '.Vugnsl 20lli. ITld. Mr. 
Miirsli's//'»# Lecture. " 



I 



ECCLESIASTICAL ANII CIVIL, IHSo-lT^O. 235 

vcneralilo pastor is rintlicr ciiliiiiiriMl liy tlicir votiiit;- liiiii, in Itccnnlirr 
III' tliL' same year, £•><) •• Inr lii.s li(iiiiii;ililr iiKiiiitciiaiicc."' 

" Dccfmbei- S, 1709. liberty was srinilrd b\ llir Iduii In .Iiin;iiliaii Ellswortb, 'I'liniiuis 
.Marshall aiul Thoiiias Moore, to erect a mill mi the mill liiiidk nii the south side of the 
rivulel. proviileil il lie built within two years." 

1710, DccimiiImt 4. Tiir tdUli Vdird t(i uivc the Ivrv. Mr. .Marsii llic 
iiii|ini\ cinriit ii! tlir tiiuii (ucliai'il, liuiiiiilril iLiirlli (in tlic liiuliway, and 
SI mill liy .1 111 in ( li ant's lii'irs, su iiiiig ;is lie shall Cdiitiniir in llir niinist i y. 

1711, A|iiil -. A letter of this date (in possessinn nl Clias. .M. 
Taiiitor, Esq., Manchester, Coiiu.), written from Winilsnr, hy Jiisciiii 
I'limeroy to Mr. Nathaniel Looniis of (Jolcliester, says: " 1 lirini; Ik arr a( 
W'indsiir (o see whether Mr. Thomas Elswurtli wmilil cnnii' and nmi- 
|ileale the liargaiii which he and you mtiile ciinrcrning y linisiiinu nf 
mil- niiTting-hoiise and he says y' he is no ways nini-riiicil ha\ ing agreed 
witli yiiu to finish the worlv, which 1 liiiow to lie so. and ymii- nut coming 
to do it malics some troid>ell amongst ns," and nigis him lo come and 
attend to the matter, threatening if he iloes not that ■• ue shtdl speedily 
put yon III troiilirl ;iliiiiit it," etc. 

171:'.. W'linlsnrx rl.ihii lit t/ic BisjHiff'/ /l'ii(ii,/.iri/ Liiir.'!. In li;42 
tlir liiiiindary line lielween the Massaclinsetts l!ay Cnloin^ and Connecti- 
riil was lain liy iinler of the General ('ninl of .Massachusetts Bay. 
Through some error, the surveyors struck tlir ('nnniTiinit i;i\ri- scMMa! 
miles too far soutli, so that all the territmy imw inrliidiMl in Knlirld frll 
wiliiiii till' liinils ill' Masstichiisetts. Though ('onneetiriit never admitted 
tlir arriirai-N iil tills survey and e\cn |iiotested against it. yi-l tlii' matter 
w as siiri'rii'd In ii'iiKiiii iiiisrllled fur sr\ ria I years. In 1 tilS. | hr ( ;ciir|-;il 

Ciilirl lit .Massarliiisrils (iidrivd llial all tlir l.-illd im ll ast sidr nl' the 

CiiniHTl iriil lii\ci-, rniiii llir liiun nl S|iiiiiglirlil down In llic wairlniuse, 
wliii-li i1h'\ had fiiniii'i-l\ liiiill [al W'a iclmnsr I'oiiit J, and tweiily pules 
lielnw Ihc waivlinlisr, shnllld 1 lelnllg to Spriuglield,- Si i t hat Klllicld lor 
nearly a rrnliii-\ was a .Massachnsclts Inwn. Ivich town li.xod the limits 
of ils liiiidiT towns according to its own idea nf llic cnrrectness of the 
I'i 12 ( liiinw II as tlie " Wniidw ai-d and Saflerey " ) siirx ey. .\s a rcsnll.a 
s( ri|i III' land iieaiK two miles in width was elaiiiicd liy linl li Windsor and 
I'ailield. .\iimeriiiis lawsuits and se\eral arrests resulted frniii the coii- 
t iiiMT.sy, :iiid e\er\- tow n-liieel ilii:', ill cacli town, had a I'erlile siilijeel of 
discussion and excuse fur the appniiilnieiit of committees of coiifeicnce. 
Failing to settle the dirHciilly lietween t heiiisid ves, the towns appealed to 
the legislatures of their rcsiiccti\c enlonies for r(>dress ; but the two gov- 
ernments, havimr already Iiad Ihc matter under their consideration for a 
loici' lime, were iin nearer a satisfactory settlement than the touns llieni- 
sches: .Massaeliiisetts standing hy the survey of 1642, uliile ( 'niiiieel ieiil 
demanded a new siirve\- of tiie lines according to the provisions ni the- 



286 



hist(ii:y of aniiknt windsok. 



I'liai'tt'i's (if tlic Iwii i-iiliiiiics. Sii. ill 171^1, Mt'tcr turnty yriirs of c-mitrii- 

M'l'sv, thr iiKittiT \\,-is scttli'il liy r(iin|il'iiiiiis('. It wiis :ii:r I lliat rarli 

niloiiy sliiiiilil irtaiii jiiii.sdiL-tiuii (i\cr tlii' towns it lia<l srtticd, ami that 
fur the (li'tciiiiiualioii of tlio hoiiiiilary ln-twcrii tlictuwiis lli(> line shoiilil 
be run (liic west fnim the Wooclwanl ami Saffrrcy station, and '■ as many 
acres as should a|i|"'ar to hi' iiaincd hy one colony from thr othrr should 
he conveyed out of iiiiini|irovcd land as a satisfaction or ciiiiiNalriit." It 
was found that .Massachiisrts hail cm-roaclird upon ( 'onnrcticut to the 
extriit of l(l.").7H:; aciTs: of this, 7. iV.t acres lay in the disputed tract 
hetueeii Windsor and the towns of Snltielil and Kiifudd. Windsor sur- 
rendeied her (daiin to this tract, and as an ei|nivalent foi- her loss re- 
eeixcd the same iiumlierof acres in unoccuiiied lands elseuhere. 

A reduced copy of the " Wood waril and Safl'ercy " sui\ey map will 
he found on p. 144 of Jlartfunl Co. Mem. Hiiit., vol. ii., from which work 
we have taken the above briel' histoiy of this ancient contro\ersy. 

It jiiay, also, he noted in this connection, that in an affidav it made, 
in 1751, by Ebenezer and Daniel Haydon (uraiidsons of William, the set- 
tler), they say: " We have always lived alioiit three miles fioin Ketth; 
Brook, and near the house where John i>issell lived, and ahvay.s under- 
stood that it [the brook] was about the north hound of Winilsor, that 
when the artists eanie on from Boston [1702] and run the line [between 
Massachusetts and Oonneeticuf] across John Bissell's cliinincy. the ruins 

of which remain to this day, and look the hei«:lit of the sun at i i-day, 

we were told by those who were with them at the time, that they said 
they were se\eral miles too low [down the ri\cr]." 

171(;-17, March IS. •• \otcd to divide the Law Cooks bclon-illg to 
the town, accordini:- to the list of 171ti," the sclcctinell to divide them 
into three ])a ris accord in.u' to llie lists belonuiiii:' to each side of the river.| 

".Mter the I ks are divided by the Select n as above, that Thoinaa 

Jloore distribute accordini;' to said list on the south side of (he ii\ iilctj 
Israel Stoughton on the north, and Keacon Samuel Kockwell on east side 
Great River." 

1724, September 24. '• Vnleil :imi1 ilrsired Ili.it the Uevneinl MiiListers nl' tliis teWI 
leiiiiniiieiiil tlie Sure anil ililtiiiilt cirriiiusl:iiiies of oiiv jciinil irieiid Nalhiiiiiel Ciinli, i 
their lespeetive conjfregatioiis, In eoiisider his ease liy \v;iy of brief .-is .soon as may be.'l 

172."), May 11. " Voted to sell the town guns at vendue, at the sijrn post .it the beiiq 
of the drum." 

172r)-6. February 24. " Voted that per.sons from other towns who lake any wood 
from the town eommons .should pay 21)^. a load. " 

I72S-'J, February 3. "Voted that if any person at this mceliiii; or any town meet 
ing to be holden hereafter by the inhabit.-mts of this town, shall presume to speak in 
town meeting withoiil lihrrty of thr M.Mhr.ilor, hr shall pay a line of 2ll.v. to thr lowi 
lieasurer." 

.Indginu' from the inci-cased line, the tiKiiiiifrs ni the | pic liadj 

grown much worse since the siinilai- \oie in liJl>iJ-7. 



CHAPTER XII. 
QUEEN ANNE'S WAR, ITdi-lTKi, AND INDIAN WAR OF 1722-24. 



IX -May. ITHii, (|)iicrii Amic nf Eiighiiiil, the Eiii|kmoi- of (Icriiiaiiy , ami 
the Stat{'S-(ii'n('ral iniitcil in a ilrclaratiou of war auaiust FiaiiCf 
ami S|iaiii. This, of course, iii\ nhcd the American colonics in a French 
anil Indian war. Instantly they were encircleil liy a tcnihle but unseen 
'.</•</../( (if wily and ferocious enemies. Death hoNrii'il on the frontier. 
'■ 111 tlie followins years the Indians stealthily a|i|iiiiaidied towns in the 
lii'art of Massachusetts, as well as aloni;' the ci'iast. and on tlii' southern 
and western frontiers. ('Iiildi-en, as they uanilioleil on the lieaeh : rea|i- 
eis, as they gatliei'ed the har\est: mowers, as they rested from usinL;- the 
scythe; mothers, as they busied themselves about the household — were 
\ ietims to an enemy who disappeared the moment a blow was struck, 
and who was ever present whei-e a garrison or a family ceased i(s vigi- 
laiiee. If armed men, rousing for tlie attack, peneti-ab'd to the fastnesses 
of llieir ro\ing eneniv, they lonml nothing but solitudes." Each night 
was lull of liori'ors. to which day s<-arce ga\e relief. Siinnnei-'s foliage 
coneealeil the linking toe, and his steps fell lijitly amid the rustling 
leaves of autumn. Even winter's icy barrici'S and di'ifts of snow were 
dclied by his bloodthirstiui'ss and the snow-shoes which he wdi-e. Hecr- 
lield. ilatlield, and othei- towns were attacked, and tlieii- flames lighted 
the patliw ay of capt i\ es Imnied away tn a ( 'anadiau i-apti\ ity . the I'ccital 
of whose horrors still i-urdlcs oui- blood. 

Amid tlu' acciunulalcd horrors of such a wailaic Connecticul was, 
as usual, alert and hel]iful, iioth in jirotectiiig her own borders and assist- 
ing her more exposed sister (Milonies. Every town was jiut into a com- 
plete state of fortification and defense. 

".\t :i liiwii meeting in 'WiiKlser, MmicIi 2;!, 1704 ■">, mmmiciI hy erclcr i>l' ;;cnenil 
court lo consider aliont niakinj; of fortifications. Ijut notliiiig was ajr'eed on at said 
meeting concerning the matter. 

"Also Lieut. Timotliy Tlirall | was] diosen to talic care of tlie town arms and annnu- 
nilion, and to lie accoinilalile for llieni, and tlie townsmen were appointed to agree with 
liini, and to give liini a rc.-isonalile satisfaction for his troulilc." 

Simsbiiry, Waterbury, Woodbury, and Danbiiry, then the frontier 
towns of the cobmy , were olijects of specitil care iind preciiiition. The 
whole militia of (.'onnccticut were held in readiness for active service 



2'^R HISTORY OF ANCIKNT WlNDSOIi. 

iipdii ail hour's wai'uiiig. Indians wrrc cniiilovcd, uitli IiIliIi waiics, to 
range the woods as scouts. Wiudsoi al (his date (ITDii) had tliirc tiain- 
bands, one of wliich was on tlir cast sidu of the ri\cr. 

1704, Jainiaiy. la tlic War of the Sj)anish succession, in Immo|ic, 
400 men wcic oi'ch'rcil IVoni tlu' Colony of Councclicnt. On the Coni- 
niittc'c ol' War for llarllnrd County was Cupt. Matthew Ailyn of AVind- 
sor : and, as we know from his Icttors jircscrvcil anionnthe Wnlcutt 3hx., 
\\;is in active sei'\'iee tiiis year at Westlk'ld. 

Sni-ii were tlie ihiiiy trials and anxieties wliich lor many slow years 
torluri'd the New i'ai'jiand selllei's, and inij)ede(l Iheir aihaiieement. 
Connecticut, although herself untouched and uninvade(|, hail many men 
in till' service of the New York and Massachusetts colonies. 

"Augiisl. 17<I8, one P.AUiiEit nf Wimiscpr was slain a 10(»mik's up tin- Great Hiver."' 

As may w(dl lie inuigined, tliis constant apprehension of assault and 
surprizes had sorely galled antl worn u])0u the patience of the colonists; 
and when at length, in May, 170!', a demand was niadi' upon \\\ru\ for 
triiops and munitions of war, to assist in the red net ion of Canada, Acadia, 
and New found land, none lesponded witii mure alaciity or energy than Con- 
necticut. Three hundred and lifty men, under the command of Col. Wil- , 
liani \\'liitiiig, were raised and read) to sail ror<,luehec hy tiie 20th of the 
month. (leneial Nicliolson (fuinierly Lieut. -( Governor of New York and 
of Vii'ginia ) hail cnmmaud ni Ihe proxincial army w Inch lay in camp at 
Wood Creek, ueai' Alliany, awaiting the ai-rixal of the IJritish fleet and 
loices prepaiatiir\' to a simidtauenns attack on ('auada. Uisastci' to 
their I'lirlugiiese allies, hi.wcxer, chauged the deslinatiou of the tieet to 
I'ortiigal instead nf America. Meanwhile a great nmrtalitv prevailed 
among the I iiMPps at \\'oiid Cieek ; and disappniided in his hopes of a re- 
inl'orcement frnm England, Xicholson, early in the (all, returned to 
Albany. This lailiire entailed a heavy expense to the culonics, and a 
loss ol' mure than a ipiarler of the bi-ave men who enlisted. In SluKi/li- 
ton Mxx. we find tio\. (inidon SaltonstalPs original I'cipiisit inn upon the 
Captain ol the AW.v/ ,SV./c Trainband, to '' Imjiress forthwith seven dfci't- 
ive men lor her Maj. scrxice," Ac., dated 1:! .May, 170'.). 

Captain Mattukw Allvn led a company from this low n in this nnfoi- 
tunate campaign. We learn from his Ictleis to his wife ( If.//,-./// Miiiii- 



'Dcatlhs ill llallicld, (,'.■//. <ti,d lliM. ll,;/., i.\, lOi. Pussilily il i.s Uiis JJarlur el' 
wlioiii tradition luul prcscrvoil llie story (rocorded iu Oliver Kllswortli, Jr.'s, Ms. of 1S02) 
that " one Lieut. Barlxir, who lived as long ago as when W. was first settled [?] or soon 
after its lirst settlement, was a very large stout niau, and fainims as a Lieutenant of 
Militia. The Indians making an insurrection, LI. IJarber went to nucU them, liiit in the 
skirmish was shot and had his thigh broken; being thus disjibled, however, he shot the 
Indian who shot him, ami knoekeii down with the butt of his musket another Imliaii 
who was advancing iijionhim; but other Indians eoming up, he was killed and scaliieil." 



i.iri:i:\ annk's and inihan wars, 1702-24. 2^0 

.v'77>/.v, r,ilH-aiT of the ('..nil. Hist. Soc'v) IV.iiii llic cmiui, lit W I Creek, 

tll:it hiliisclf, ••'I'm I'lllOI.I'S, OkadIMI OuicN. .\at 'r\\l,oi;, :iimI Kakt- 
1.I-:tt :uv sii-k. 'I'mn liii- (lie wiirst." 

(Ill llic liiwii rrciirds iirc llie lnllnu iiiLi- ciitrii's ; 

•'Sept. •.?4, ITO!). Uf.n.in Newherry, Jr., rticd iil tlic(;[iM|i :il Wodii Cra-k. 
October '■ Hezekiah BissELL died near .Mliaiiy. 

S<;t. Isaac Pinney, 1 

William Stratton, ; died idMiard the vesscll i-rmilMg I'nim 

Stephen Taylor, | Allianj-. 

Samuel Thrall, J 

In litis o\|H'.litioii Rev. Tiint.tliy Edwafds .if CE.ist) Wiinls.if, :in.l 
111.' 1!.'\-. Mr. I'.iii'kindnini .it' J[ill'.ii-il, were apji.iint.Ml li\ tli.' Irniskiliif.' 
.•li;i|)hiins t.i til.' ('(iiinc.-li.-iit Ini.ips. TiCaving Win.lsur I'm- N.'w IhiM'ii 
ill •Inly, iff. Kil\v:irils ri'a.-li.'il Alliany with a detii.elinicnt iin.l.'f .■iiininand 
■ if Li. ■III. -('(.1. Li\in-st.,ii 1.11 tlie ISthuf AugiLst. Tlieir niaivli l.i Allitiiiy 
tliniiiuh a wii.l an.! iiiKdeared cnuutry was t'lill n\' luil an.! .■x|i<>siir.'. 
( 'n his arrival tliere hi' wr.it.' ;i h'tt.'r In liis wile, IVdhi which we iiiak.' 
ih.' folhiwing o.xtracl ; 

■■ AVIictlicr I shall have any time to write you .alter this, I know ii.it; li.il h..\vever 
that iii.iy ill-. I wiiul.l ii.it liave you discouraged or .i\ .a- aiixi.ius .'.m.-eruiiin uic, lor 1 
am not so aliout my.self. I have still .strong hopes of seeing thee anil our dear eliildron 
once a^^lill I can not but hope that I have had the graei.ius presence of God witli ine 
siiKc 1 left li.ime, encouraging and strengthening my .soul, as well as preserving my 
lil'e. I have been mucli cheered and refreshed respecting this great undertaking, in 
wliicli I e.xpeet to iiroceed, and tliat I shall, before many weeks are at an end, see Canada; 
but I trust ill the I.or.l lliat lie will have mercy on me, and thee my dear, and all our 
il.-ar ehildicii, and that (iml has more work for me In .lo in the ]dace where 1 liave 
ilwelt for many years, and that you and I shall yet live together on earth, as well as 
dwell together for ever in Heaven with the Lord .Jesus Christ, and all his saints, with 
whom to be is best of all."' 

On Ihi' liOtli III' .\i|o-ii.st thetriMiiis nnircli.-d i'.ii- W.ind ( 'ivck, l.til Mr. 
l'].lwar.ls, liring ii\ iT.'.iiiii' liy Ihe uuacciistomoil I'alioii.' and .'.xiiosiu'c, was 
lak.'ii si.-k : an. I mi Hi.' 4tli .d' Septi-mher was c.mM'yci in a boat to Still- 
waliT, and rniiii 1 hi'iicr In .\ lliauy, tlir.iiigli tlie wdo.Is in a waonn, and 
I'll a li.'il. .Mt.T r.'iiiaiiiiiio- a slnift time lie was, hy th.- faihir.' nl' Ihr 
expedition and con.sc.inent r.'tuni .d' llu' army, i-.'st.ir.'.l in sal.dy l.i liis 
anxious family an.l ptirishi.ui.'is. 

Xulhiiio- III' ini|iiiitanci' was a.'.'.uiiplisli.'.l lli.' n.'\l y.'ar (1710) 
e.\ci'p( th.' rclui'tidii of r.iit Koyal, 1.) which Conncetiont, although po.irly 
alil.', .■.iiitrihiitcd 300 tron|)s. Flushed with this success, General Nich- 
. lis. Ill nia.le a voyage to England to solicit the means for another invasion 
"I Canaihi. C.iiiliary t.i all .'Xpectiitions of the colonies, he sneeeedod 
in his design, and in June anived jit Uoston with the news thtit a fleet 

' Sprague's Annals of the Amencan PulpU. 



240 iiist(ii:y nr ANnF.vr winhsoi;. 

niiglit SDiiii Ijc cxiicrtnl IViiin KiiuImihI, ;iii(| with lici' inn jrst \ 's unlcrs 
lliiit tlir ccilniiiMl Linxciinnclit should h:i\c their (iuiit:is of iiirii ;iiiil 
niciiiis ill iiniiiiMnMtc rradiiicss for tlie ex jicdition. Aiiioiiji; llir Sltninlihin 
Mxx.vi' find ;iii :iiiioiir;i|ih cojiy of tlio CoihiitI icut ( io\criior"s |ii-orhiiu;i- 
tiuu, sigiu'd \>\ his own luiiid, ns follows: 

Hi/ the lUiiiii'iiniM, (hinhm S,i/I„i,sl,i/I. /•>/-. (!„iii_rii,>,ir miil r,„iiw,iii'hr ii, f'/i/if of her 
M,ljesti,-s Coloinl of r„„l,e,-li,-,ll ill Xeie Kiil/hl nil . 

A ruOn.AMATION. 

WilEUEAS, tlic Geurral Assembly of tliis Colony li;ive griinteil, 300 men, to Seme in the 
Expedition her Majestie Imtli appointed for the Heduetioii of Port Koyal and Nova- 
Scotia, under the Comaiul of the IIoii''''- Col". Francis Nicholson, as General of all 
the forces in the said E\pcdilioii, and llie Hon'''" William Whiting, Esq., as Colo- 
nell of the Hei;imenl to hr linisi'd in tliis Colony for the said Service — 
l-'or llie iiicnuraL'cnicnl of idilc Iiody'd Persons to l^li^l tlieiiiselves Volunlieis in the 
Same. 1 do liirehy. Iiy A witli Ihe.idviee of !l]i' ('(iiuieiil and al the desire and willi the 
Con.sent of tlie Kepresenl:itivcs in (ieiicral Court asscml)led, assure all snch iiersons who 
shal Voluntarily inlist themselves for the said Service with the Captain or other Chief 
OHicer of the |{es|ieelive Conipiinies lo wliieli they belong, or the Major of the Connty 
in which they reside, llial ihey sli:dl e.ieh of Ihem have a Coat of llie X'.dhie nf thirty 
Shillings, a firelock of llie \'.illue of foily Shillings, three years freedom from all Impr:- 
sses to serve out of this Colony, iV one months pay in hand before they go out of the 
Colony, go under our own officers & return home as soon as Port Koyal and Nova Sco- 
tia are reduced, or thcExpcdicon otherwise determined. (Jiven under my hand in New- 
haven the lltli day of .\u,Lnist. in IIh' IHIi year of her ,\hi jest ies Uei^^ne. .\ i Hoiii 

1710. 

G. Saltonstai.i.. 
Cod S.i\e ihe (Juccae 

The nh(i\c dociiiiuiit is iiitcrostiug as showing what iiidiiii-nii'iits 
Were olfereil to \ (iliiiitciMs for war Service in those days. 

But, when the Itritish Hi ■el aiii\eil it had iiri t her pilots n or |iro\isioi is. 
'I'lic colonies f(Uiiid that nearly the whole Iniiili'ii cd' the alfair was to he 
thrown iijiiui them, ;iiid the siis|iicion \\hi<-h naturally ai'ose, that (^)iieeii 
Anne's tory ininistr\ were not \ cry anxious ahmit the eoi\i|iiest id' Can- 
ada, rathiT seiM'il to daiii{>en the zeal which they jiad for the seixiee. 

Yet " in a little niore than a iiionlh fioni the arii\iil of the lli'et the 
new le\ies and provisions for that and theaiiuy were ready." Conneeti- 
ent, besides victualing her own troops, furnished Xew York with :J(>0 fat 
cattle iind 600 sheep. .More than this c..llld n.d lia\e heeli e\pee(e.l. 
On the :',(l(li of .liiiK- a splendid lleet, under .\diniial Walker, haviiiu' on 
hoard an army of T,<Hin troops, sailed from I'.ostiui foi- Canada. On the 
same day (Jeneral .N'iidiolson hegan his journey to .Vlliany, where he 
found himself at the head of 4,000 men from New York, New Jersey, 
and Conneclicnt, the latter eominaiided liy the veteran Colonel Whiting. 
Admiral Walker, howexcr, loitering on his way, and ealcnlating the pos- 
sibilities of winter dangi'rs, was caught by a terrible storm on the north 
Blioro of the St. Lawrence, among the Egg Islands. Eight or nine vessels 



yi'EEN AiNNk's AXn ixihan \vaI!s, 170:i-24. ^41 

wiTc sliijiwrcckcd, and nearly a tlidnsaml li\cs |iisl,an(l tlic adniii-al 
sailed fur Eni;'land, ciinsiiliiii;' himself thai had he "arrived at (^nehee, 
ten or twelve thousand men mn.st ha\c lieeii left In |ierish (if cold and 
Innmcr: liy the loss of a part, I'mxidenee saved all tlie rest I " The 
failure of Walker left Nicholson no option lint tn retreat. Thns iu'ahiii- 
iiusly terminated the canijiait;n which had lieen heialdeil hv so ninch 
|ire|iaratiiin. It was a sore blow to the hojies of the cdhmies, and many 
hetian t(i think that "it was not the design of I'l'ovidence that this 
ndithern continent should ever wliolly helong to any one nalimi." 
In Timothy Loomis's memuraudum book is recorded tliat 

"The Training Day they had throughout tlio Colonies to press soulders to go take 
Canada was the 6th of July. 1711. There went out of Col. AUyn's Company sercii. 
The names are as follows; Joseph Holcomb, TnoM.\s Gillet, Benjamin How.^rd, 
Ben,i. Barber, Benedict Alvoud. Ebenezer Cook, Nathan Griswold. 

They set away from AVindsnr .Tuly 111, 1711. They returned to Windsor againe 
October 12, 1711. 

The following Windsor men were also in service, in Captain Moses 
IHmond's Company (^S'tate Archives, 3Iss. War, iii. Commissary Account 
of Roger Wolcott): 

Lieut. Samcel Bancroft, Sgt. Isath. Pinnet, 

Nathaniel Griswold, Isaac Pinney. 

Joseph Griswold, 

Roger Wolcott (afterwanl ( divi-rinn- ) was Commissary of the Con- 
necticut Stores in this e.xjiedition. 

'I'he following year (171i!) was unmarked by any occurrence of 
importance. \'arions scouting parties were employed in ranging the 
Woods. 

Joseph Phelps, Jr., of Windsor, while engaged in a scout under 
Lieut. Crocker, in the summer of this year, had a narrow escajie from 
the Indians, in which lie lost his e'oat, blanket, hat, and divers othei- 
traps. (Sl.ifr Arr/urrs.) 

in 1718 the war, which had grown out of European changes and 
convulsions, was ended by the treaty of Utrecht, which, by estahli.shing 
the territorial relations of France and her neighbors, closed the series of 
universal wars for the balance of power, and left no ojtportimity for 

future eontest. 

The peace between England and l''rance ilid not wholly relieve the 
New England colonies from ti-oniile and alarm fimn their Indian neigh- 
bors. The latter, under the insidious influence of the French, continued 
to show signs of restlessness and ill-will, which, in 1724, broke out into 
actual hostilities. These laste<l until the close of 1724, when a satisfac- 
tory peace was established between the Indians and whites. In this 
Vol. I. — :U 



242 IlISTOKY or ANCIENT WINDSOti. 

war Miissai'liusi'tts was the heaviest h)ser. ('(.lUlieetieut, however, was 
obliged to make heavy sacrifices lor the common safety. The wlmlc 
colony was )iiit into a complete state of warlike defense, hut sufl'ered no 
loss of lives. IJesiiU's garrisoning her own frontier settlements, Connec- 
ticut furnished and paid fifty or si.xty men each year for the detense of 
Hampden (bounty, Mass. 

The Windsor militia wei-e not ealleil into \ery active service 
during this war. 1728, Capt. Matthew All\n of Windsor was again on 
the War t'onnnittee of Hartford County. Certain hostile movements of 
the Indians in the vicinity of Litchtield, in the sumnu^r of 1724, induced 
the government to guard against any sudden attack by establishing a 
Ime of scouts from Litchfield to Turkey Hills, including the most exposed 
portions of Simsbury. Azariah Pinnet, Shubal Griswold, and Nathan 
Watson were stationed at Litchfield on this scout. Watson claimed to 
have shot an Indian, which was stoutly denied by some of his com]ianions. 
but as stoutly affirmed on aflidavit by others. 

At Turkey Hills a garrison was established, to which nine Windsor 
men were sent; six of them remained from July 4th to August 13th, and 
three until August 22d. On the 12th of July " an alann at Turkey 
Hills" induced the Council to send there three sentinels from Windsor, 
under Captain Wolcott and Lieut. Ellsworth. They were, howevei', 
dismissed after one day's ser^^ce. 

At length there came a i-espite from war's fiei'ce ravages. ,Vgain 

"Life, iiotive, prosperous life. 
Ran through the woods, and mantled o'er the liiuil. 
As the trees fell, the log-hut sprang in i)laee; 
The log-hut, like the tent in fairy tale. 
Expanded to the village." 



CHAPTER XIII. 

WINDSORS SHARE IN THE OLD FRENCH WAR 

1739-1762. 



IX the lattei' part of 1739, England declared war against Spain, and 
tlie American Colonies were called upon to assist in the proposed 
expeditions against the Spanish settlements in the West Indies. Four 
regiments of troops were to be raised in the north, who were to form a 
junction at Jamaica with the largest fleet and the most powei'ful army 
wliich had ever been sent into the Gulf of Mexico. The colony of Con- 
necticut seconded the wishes of the royal government with her usual 
alacrity. The governor issued a proclamation for volunteers, recruiting- 
officers were appointed in each county, and every influence was used to 
forward the objects of the expedition. It was at this time that regimental 
organizations were first established in Hartford County ; thirteen regi- 
ments, each commanded by a colonel, were made up. Windsor and Win- 
tonbuiy companies were in the First Regiment of Hartford County, the 
history of which will be found in Hartford Evening Post, 17 March, 1880. 
In Octol)er, 1740, the armament, imder the command of the able and 
popular Lord Cathcart, sailed for the West Indies. At Dominica, Cath- 
cart fell a victim to the climate, and the command devolved n|Min bis 
second, Wentworth. and Vice-Admiral Vcinnn. wlmm tliey were lo jciiu 
at Jamaica. 

" The enterprise, instead of having one good leader, had two bad 
ones." Wentworth lacked experience and resolution; Vernon was ai'ro- 
gant and impetuous. There could be no unity beiween such dilfei'ent 
temperaments, and the fat(> of tlie expedition was virtually sealed liebire 
it fairly ccmimenced. Time was foolishly wasted; and, when tlie splen- 
did fleet of over 100 vessels, with 15,000 sailors and 12,000 troops, fully 
provisioned and e(|uipped, at last set sail, it was on a fool's chase after 
tile French and Spanish fleets, which had already left the fatal climate. 

' We have endeavored, as far as ]iossil)!c, to designate tlie parislies of Ancient Wind 
siir. to whieh individuals belonged, by the followinjr abbreviations: E. W., East and 
South Wiiidsitr : ¥Jl.. E/liiif/ti,i, ; Wby.. Winttiuhury, now Bloointield. All others are 
Buppo.sed lo have belonged to Windsor proper. The Wintonhury names are mostly 
gleaned from the MS. pastoral records of the Rev. Hezekiah Bissell, first ministerof that 
parish. The others from town aud church records, and the Statu Archives. 



244 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINPSOR. 

Tlicii, instead 111' :ittacl<iiiu' [I:i\:iiia, uliirli was the kr\st(iiii' nf llir 
Ciiilf, althoiioli jiooily (k't't'iuk'd, Vernon prelVrretl to attack Cartliagciia. 
tlic sti'ongcst pDint in the Spanish [lower. A liruvc hut rash atte)n|)t tn 
storm the town was repulsed, with heavy loss to the assailants ; then the 
rainy sc'ason set in, and the fever of the marshes began a havoc among 
the English troojis moi-c deadly and rapid tiiaii the heaviest fire of artil- 
lery. In two (Jayti tlin-c ilii'd fJircf tlniKxaiiil faiir IninilnJ nu'ii. t)|' 
nearly one thousand New England men who left their homes hut a lew 
months liefore. Scarce one hundred survived, and hefore the return ot the 
lleet to .laiiiaira, in XoxchiImm', 1741, it was estiniatiMJ that twenty thou- 
sand lives had lieen lost, mostly \\\ tlii' )iestilence. In c\cry town, ami 
in almost every family in this an<l the ncighhoring colonies, was heard 

the voice 

"of farewells to the dying 
And mourning for the dead." 

Several eiti/.ens of Windsor enlisted in this uiiloit nu;ite cNpeclition, 
according to Timothy Loomis's MS. records. 

" July 6. 1740. Vohmteer.s appeared in Capt. Henry Allyu's eoMipaiiy foi- ('ul).i. 
aliiiJi the West India settlements, viz. : 

"Tnos. Elgau, Alex. Alvord, Cykus .I.^ckson, Asaiiei, Si-kncer. Aaucln 
Cook." 

From the State ArcJiict's we glean the names of IJiCTriiN STitONr,, 
N.vTHANiEL Hayden, and Roger Newberry. 

The latter gentleman was a distinguished citi/eu of Windsor, and 
his death is thus quaintly recorded on the town liooks: 

■' ]{o(iEH NuwiiKiiUV. Esq., Capt. of one of His Majesties Companies lieloniiing to 
Connecticut, and Listed in His Majestie's Service in y" war against y Spanish West In- 
dies dyed (a<'cor(ling to the best account that is yet given) May 0, 1741. In his Heturn 
from Carthagcna tci .limica ahout 'I'hrcc days licfoiv y Transport arrivi'd .it .linnca." 

The character of this excellent man is (litis portia\ed in tlie idllow- 
ing obituary notice, foinid by us timong some tiucieiil maiiiisciipts in an 
olil garret in .South Windsor, and repriiiled here rcrhatim et Uternttm : 

" Wind.sor, July 29, 1741. Last .Monday wc had the .Melancholy news of the Death 
ot the Worthy Capt. Roger Newberry who went from this Town on the E.xpedition. 
lie was well descended. The Honorable Major Benjamin Newberry, that had adven- 
tured his Life in his Country's Service in the Indian war, and sate several j-ears alt the 
Ccnincill board, was his (Jrandfather. Capt. Benjamin Newberry, who died of Sickness 
in the E.xpedilion formed against Canada. 1709, was his father. 

" This Gentleman had a Liberal Education Bestowed upon him which he was c.iir 
fid to Improve and was an acconiplisheil luathematid'an and Good Historian. lie 
always carryed about with him a Lively Sense of the Divine providence and of man's 
accountablencss to his Maker of all his tho'ts, words ai\d actions, and gave his Constant 
Attendance on the Worshiii of God in the Public and Private Excercises of it, was Just 
in his Dealings, a Siuv friend and I'aithful Menitor. 



WlNnSOIi's SlIAHK IN TlIK ntKNI'll WAR. 245 

••III- bad a very Quick ami Cli-ar appn-linisiiin (if lliiiiss. a solid .Itidu'iiinit and Tc 
narcous luciiiory; Ids DiscDurse and Convt-rsation was alTablc and ImsIiik live ami so 
Peculiarly winninsr that most were his Real friends as were acquainted h itli liliu. His 
Mund was formed for Business, which he followed with an IndefagitabU; aplycation by 
wliicli li<' not oidy discharged to (Jood Aci-eptame the public Trusts that were put upon 
him, but also advanced his own E.stale. 

" In May, 1740, he being then a member of the General] Assembly was pilcbl upon 
by the Governorand Council], yea, he had the suffrage of tlie A.sseml)ly to Invite him 
to Lead one company of the Troops from tliis Collony in this Expedition. He took it 
into Consideration and after Sometime appeared Inclined to undertake it, wliereupon 
Some of ]iis Relations to Dissuade him from it Laid before hitn the Dangers of his own 
Life and the Great Loss his family would Sustain if he should miscarry. He an.swcred: 

■' ' I can Leave my Family with the Divine Providence: and as to my own Life Since 
it is not Left with mau to Determine tlie time or place of ]iis Death I tliink it not best 
to be anxious about it. The Great thing is to Live and Dy in our Duty. I lliink tlie 
War is just and my Call is Clear. Somebody must venture and why not I, as well as 
anotlier.' So he took out his commission and Proceeded to fill up his Compiny, and 
tliifc ajipearcd such a Readiness to serve under him that he said he thought he could 
li;ne maile up his Compincy in [his] own Town. 

• He was att the Takeiug of Roto C'liico, from which fort two Days after be wrote 
a cbcarful-Letter to his Wife Expressing his (Jrcat Hopes of Takeing the Town of 
Carthagena and thereby tinisbing the Expedition and oiiening a way for Ins Return. 

•' Butt soon after this he was Taken Sick and Languished until the fifth of May 
\Vhen he had almost Completed the thirty -lifth year of his age, he not far from 
Jamaica Departed this Life and wee Shall see his face no more untill the Sea gives up 
the Dead that are in it. 

•'He hath Left his antieiit nK.lher to Lament the Death of this her oidy Son. His 
own AViddow with seven small Cbilren. one att her Breast, a Family to Mjourni' under 
this heavy Bereavement and Condiat with the Ditbcidties of an umpiii-t World.' ' 

III M;ircli, 1744, France, long suspectert )>y lOnohnnl ol iissistiiitr 
Ppiiin, lioldly tlii-cw off the mask, and war was iniitiially drclan'il JiotwciMi 
tlir two iiatimis. In llio hostilities wliicli fo]l()^ve(l siieeess for a lime 
atleiiili'cj file Fri'iK^ii. u lici eaiittired ('anso,aiid whose cruisers took iiiaiiv 
vessels and eoin|iletel\ linii<o ii|i tlir English fisheries. Tliis. of cdtiise, 
deeply touched tin- intei-rsts cil' llie New Eiighmd eiileujies, w hn were 
largely engaged in the lisli t ladc, ;iiid it heeanie the general <lesire "!' llic 
CDUiitry tliJit Loiiisliiiig siiuiild be taken. Having nnsucecssfiilly ap])lie(l 
to the Imiiie gdNorniuent for assistance, they at length resolved to nnder- 
tako it aliiiic. Tiie deliherations on the suhject were weighty and divided, 
liiit Ijjc wai^ party preponderated, and preparations were accordingly 
iiiaijr. Ndiio of the colonics outside of New England would join the 
Iia/iirdous undertaking, but nothing daiinti'd Iiy this or the iiianir<ild ol)- 
stticirs wliicli pi-eseiited themselves, an army of 4,000 troojts, together 
"itii a tlcot liilly ciinipiiril, was raised within the short space of two 
iiiMiiiiis. 'I'd this force, which was cmiimiinded by Licnt.-tien. William 
I'oppci-cil, (it .Massachusetts, Connecticut contrllmtcd 500 men, imder com- 
mand of Lieutenant-Governor Roger Wolcott of Windsor. Under coni- 



'See. also, liiographical sketch in the Xeicberry GcneaUign, in 2d volume. 



240 HISTOKY OF ANflKNT WINDSOH. 

iiiissidii as Maior-(;ciicral, troiii (iiiv.s. Sliiilcy iit' Massafhiisetts, ami Law 
of Coiiiicctieiit, lie was second in command of tho united colonial army. 
Of his arriviil at and departure for the seat of war, from New London, 
Miss (^uUkins' history of tliat town jjivcs the fujluwiiig aeeoinit: 

"April 1st, Gen. Wolcott arrived, and was wi'lcomed with salutes fruiii the fort 
and sloop Defence. His tent was pitched on the hill at the 8. E. corner of the burial 
place. On Sunday, the 7th, >Ir. Adams preached to the General and soldiers, drawn 
up on the meetinghouse green. On the Tth the comnii.s.sions were published with im- 
posing eereniouies. The eight companies were arranged in close order on the green, 
and the throng of spectators around the hill. Through them. Gen. Wolcott, supported 
right and left by Col. Andrew Burrand Lieut. -Col. Simon Lothrop. marched bareheaded 
from his tent to the door of the customhouse, where the commissions were read. The 
troops embarked Saturday, April 13th, and the next day, at one o'clock r.M . the fleet 
sailed. The Defence carried Gen. Wolcott and 100 men." 

On the 'l'lt\ of April the army was joined at Canso liy (.'onnnodore 
Warren, from his station in the West Indies, with a fine fleet of large 
ships ; and fidl of joy and enthusiasm the army and fleet set sail for 
Louisburg. It is needless here to reeoiint the details of that eventfid 
siege, which lasted from April 30th till its ca})itnlation on June ITtli. 
Suffice it to say that after numerous successes by land and water, which 
seemed like special interposition of Providence: after miracles of labor, 
bravery, and endurance, Louisburg, the apparently impregnable Gibralt;ir 
of North America, capitulated to the brave New England troops. Nni 
until the victorious army entered the gates of the city, did they know the 
e.vtent of their achievement, nor the ditficulties which their bravery had 
overcome. Wonder struggled in their hearts with emotions of adoration 
to Him who had given them the victory. "God has gone out of the way 
of his connnon jjrovidence," said they," in a remarkable and almost niiraeu- 
lons manner, to incline the hearts of the French to give ii)), and deliMi 
this stiiiiig city into our liands." Ood had indeed grantcil to an nudisri- 
}ilined army of mechanics, farmers, and fishermen, led by a merchant 
general, a \ ictory ahnost unparalleled in history. The news was received 
in England with e.\ultation, and in New England with a frenzy of popu- 
lar jov. Words eaimot express the enthusiasm which was evervwheri' 
felt.' ' 

It w.is a ]iroud day for Wimlsor wlien slu' weleomed home again Inr 
bi-ave son, the lieutenant-go\ernor. His journal alTords lis a pleasiint 
glimpse of the scene. 

" Tuesday 30th. Col. Whiting with his troops and sundry Gentlemen from Ilarl 
ford and AW'thersfield came to me at my lodgings [at Wetherslield, on his way from 
New London, where he had arrived .July 18th], from whence they attended me to my 
own Home at Windsor, where we arrived about two afternoon. Here we had a Goc"! 
Dinner, Drank some bowls of Punch, Ac, and after the Discharge of the (Jreat Artil 
' Icry and small arms Gave 3 Huzzas, and parted Goo<l friends. "— ("«. Ojuh. lit"!. 
Society. 



WINDSOHS SlfARK IN THE PKKNCH WAIi. 



24"; 



Among tlic W'J,;4f .!/.«. ill LilnaiT of tlic ('niiucctirut, llistoiiciil 
S'lcicty, is presi'iNcil his ilaily jnuniiil, IVuiii .\l:iv -"iOlh to .fiily 2(1, inclii- 
si\(', (letiiiliiiir tlic cxciils of the sirur iiiiil giving ('c)|iies of tin' dUirinl 
ciiiiiimniiciitioiis hetwccii the rcs|ici'ti\c fDiiiiiumders-in-chit'l'. Foiidw iii'/- 
this joiinuil is :i (•(iiuicrtrd ii:ii rali\c oj' sniiic (woiity-cight folio |i:ig<'s, in 
liis liamlwriting. in wliich lie gi\cs a carrt'iil '' retrospeet of the cxjicdi- 
tioii, ill thi' |)i-(iji'ctioiL. |ii'osci'ution. anil success of it." Its Iciiutli \<vc- 
chiilrs iusrrtiiiii iiiTc, hilt it is hilt jiist til Say that it (lis|ihiys, in a most 
I'orcihlo manner, the (Jovcrnur's strong character, and, ahovc all, his 
dee]), sincere trnst in the wise orderings of a great and mercifnl (iod. 

Windsor contrihnted many of her best citizens to tliis ciitci]irise, 
Imt it is impossible to ascertain the names of all. 

Probably, in this expedition were the following East Windsor men, 
whose names are found in a docnment among Capt. Ehonezer Grant's 
papers, endorsed : 

"An Ace' of y Men that went iipmi an Expedition into y' frontiers under niv eom- 
niMiid, Dec. 19", iT45: 

Caleb Booth. .luu' 

Elisha Munsil 

.Joseph Egelstone 

Benj. Bancroft 

John Osband 

John Prior 

John Grunt it Jolm Grant Jr 
John Sikes Ephr" Woleott 

Sam" Smith Benj Phelps 

Jerijah Bissell 
Ezra Elscor 
Ebnz' 3Ioor 
Samll Bartlett 
Benj Cook 
Azariah Grant 
Tim° Strong 
James Rockwell 
Job Rockwell 
John Stoughtou ' 

"All returned from their Expedition &c. except Drake. Jloor, Elgor & Gershom 
Bartlett." 



Lt. Thomas Grant 
Ensign Gideon Woleott 
Serg't Thomas Drake 
Serg"t Thomas Skinner 
Sergt. Joseph Diggons 
Clerk, Josiah Woleott 
Ammi Trumble Jun' 
Sam" Wat.son 
Nathaniel Stoughton 
James Harper 
Gershom Bartlett 
Joseph Bartlett 
Jacob Elnior 
Will"' Bissell 
John Gaylord 
Ebenezer Bliss 
Noah Bissell 
Moses Bissell 
John Kellogg 



J 



Joseph Nubcrry 
Zcbnlon King 
Abijah Skinner 
Nath' Porter Jr 
.Joseph Elmor Jr 
Robert Wood 
John Anderson Jr 
Matthew Grant 
Henoni Olcolt 



; ' Of John Stoughton, in the above list, the author nf ]\'in<lj<in- Fanntx says (p. lOTi 

that he "was .soon promoted to a lieutenancy and afterward became u colonel in the 
colonial army, and at the close of the French and Indian war received a large grant of 
land near Ticonderoga in consideration of his services, but was soon after drowned 
while trans])orting stock across Lake George. In a quaintly worded letter (in the eoni- 

I piler's possession) written from New York, where he was then stationed, he informs his 
brother Lemuel that "I am recovering from the Small Pox. I have had about Iweiiti/ 
of them, just enough to show that I have had it." His solid silverhilted sword, carried 

I at the siege of Fort William Henry, and a map of the siege and engaged forces, drawn 
by himself, which he sent to his brother. Col. Lemuel Stoughton of E. W., are also pre- 

j served. The map has been reproduced in facmi)iile in Windmr Farmcx, and is a valua- 

; blc contrilmtion to the hislorv of the Frcncli War on I^akc George. 



248 HISTORY OF ANflKNT WINnsOU. 

C'a|i(. (Jruiit's ciininiissiiiii iis ciiiitiiin nf n "Train Itaiiil," rast nl 
Connecticut Hivcr. issued IVdiii (lov. .lunatlian lji\v,(>('t. i^'.i, 1742, is slill 
in jKJSSossion of liis (Irsccinlaiils.' 

Alkxaxdkr (aftcrwanls Di-.) W'di.cot'I' acciiin|iaiiicil llic < 'nunccti- 
ciit troops as siirtinou's iiialc. 

Isi.'AKl, Stoi'ohton. 

('a|)t. J)avid Kli,s\vortu (K. W.). 

John Warm am .Strong was a lirsf lieutenant in service. 

James E(!(;i,I';sT(iN, ,h: (Why.), was impressed into tlie ser\iee. 

Ezra Loomis (Why.) died at liiiuisluiiii-, at;vd alioiit :!4 yeai-s. I>e<!. 
18, 1745. 

Thomas IJarbkr ( Why. ) died at Louisliurg, aucd almnt 24 years, 
1745. 

Stephen (!ii.i,kt ( Why. i died at Louishuru', aucd almnt :!4 yi'ars, 
Feb., 1746. 

Caleb Case ( Wiiy. ) died at Lmiishurii-, ap'd ahdut :!4 yeai-s. May 
10, 1746. 

James Bahnett (A\'hy.) died at Lonishuri;-, aii-ed ahout 22 years. 
April 24, 174(3. 

Jeremy Alf(.>i;|) (who ii\ed mi ('(ink's Hill) distinuuisheil hiniself 
liy liis hravery at Louishiiri;-. 

Fur a wliile America seemed destined to be the theatre ol tlie 
Anglo-French war. France phinned the recapture of Louisburg, but the 
fleet under D'Anville, in 174(), was met by storms and pestilence, and. 
worse than all, left without a c(uumaudei- liy the death of D'Anville, and 
the suicide of liis successor — so that it never accomplished anytliing. 
Another French fleet, the next year, was captured by the English 
admirals, Anson and Wairen. Tlie New England Colonies proposed a 
a ])lan for the conquest nl' Canaihi, imt it was not seconded liy the motliei 
country. At length, a seas(jn of " masterly inactivity " was ended by 
the genera] peace of Utrecht in 1748; and England, France, and Spain 
mutually restored to each other the fruits of their conquests. "Nothing 
was gained, Innnanity had suffereil, without a purpose, and witliout a 
result." 

The war which the culunies had entered into with such zeal and 
at great expense, bad lint brought them any special advantage. On the 
contrary, it had been an almost useless expenditure of resources, and a 
loss of tbonsaiids of their young men : it left tlieiii with a depreciated 
currency, a jiaraly/.ed commerce, and that saddest accompaniment ot 
war, a fearful deterioration of )iuhlic morals. 

The peace of Utrecht, however, iirociircd but a slight cessation et 



' Stoughton's Windsor Farmer, 106. 



wiNDsiiu's siiAiM'; IN Till-: fki:n(1i \\.\u. 24!' 

hnstililics. Fraiirr, always restless anil illt^i^■||illii■, soon bejiiui Id iii- 
Irinue nil Ihe IJritish ]i()ssessioiis in Aeadia ami Nova Scotia. She 
also, ill direct \ iolation of treaty sti|iiila.tions, extended ho,r fnnitiers 
toward Crown I'dint and 'I'ieonderoua on the north, and Virginia on the 
west, with the evident design of forming a connection between the head 
of the St. Lawrence and their possessions on the Mississipjii. This, 
togetlier with their relations with the Indian tribes, would ha\i' gi\eii 
them a commami of the extensive trade of the interi<ir : and an o|i|ior- 
tnnity to harrass and annoy the Knglish colonies, which the latter could 
never consent to. 

About this time a iiumi)er of lords and gentlemen in England, and 
|ilanters in \irginia, associateil themselves nnder the name of the Ohio 
Company, and obtained a grant of G00,000 acres of hind in the Ohio 
River eonntry. This nrovement was immediately resented by the French, 
mutual skirmishes and reprisals followed, and finally, in 1754, the Vir- 
ginians, wlio had commenced a fortress on their patent, were attacked liy 
an overwhelming French force and driven from the ground with a loss 
of all but two of the English traders, and skins and pro])erty xahii'd at 
.£20,000. On the same sjiot which commanded the whole Ohio and Jfis- 
sissippi country the French bnilt a fortress which they named Fort du 
• ^iiesne. As may be imagined, this event caused much alarm and a|tpre- 
hension to (ireat Britain and her American colonies. Virginia, South 
Carolina, and Xew Vork were speedily in the lield, and Col. Wasliington 
(afterwarci the hero of the American Re\-olution) Inning defeated a 
party of French belonging to Fort du (^uesne, was afterward attacked hy 
N'illiei'S, the commandant of that post, with a large force; and alter a 
h rave defense in a hastily constructed foi-tress, aei-e|)teil hoiiorahle Icrnis 
of capitulation, which his bra\cry had extorted from tin,' French general. 
At this juncture a eonvenlioii of delegates from the several colonies was 
held, at wliii'h was discussed the feasii)ility of a union of the colonies for 
nmtiial protection and defense against the French and Indians. 

'i'liis necessary niovc'inent was warmly approxcd hy Ihe colonies, but, 
as might liine heen expected, was strongly ojiposed ami denounced by 
(lr(>at Britain, whose whole policy was reiuignaiit to anything that sa- 
vored of colonial independence. She evidently feared that the comliined 
sticiiiith of the latter might some day be employed to sever the chain 
uliicli iHiiiiid I hem to herself. Consequently a meeting was proposed of 
the goveriKus of the several colonies, who should, in the largeness of 
their wisdom, devise ways and means of defense, government, and pro- 
tection; and the colonii's were to be taxed for the expenses of the wiiole. 
At this council, held at Albany, N. Y., 1754, Connecticut was representcMl by 
HocKR WoLcoTT, .Jr. It is needless to say that this plan met with the most 
universal disapproval of the colonies themselves ; for they were as nnwill- 
Voi,. I.— 33 



2r)0 HISTDltV op ANCIKNT WINDSOn. 

iiig to ti'iist their iuturosts into the hands oi' i<ini2's ami la\iii-iti'S as liic 
hitter were to grant them any independent i>o\vers. 

Hostilities between France and Enghind liad now proceedrd to the 
extent of actual war. Four expeditions were planned against the former; 
one against Fort du Quesnc, under Genei-al Braddoek ; a second airainst 
Nova Scotia; a third against Crown Point, and a foui-th against Niagara. 
In the spring of 1755 the northern colonies were alive with pre|iarations 
for the coming campaigns. Special asseml)lies were iielil and taxes 
levied to defray the necessary expenses of fitting out the army. It was 
proposed to raise in New England 5,000 men, of whom Connecticut was 
to furnish one-fifth, to attack Crown Point and oi'iMi|iy tlu' eoimtiy 
around. 

In the meantime the expedition against Nova Scotia under Col. 
Moncton was already in the field. Three several encounters with the 
French troops and their Indian allies resulted in success to the British 
arms, and placed the whole of Nova Scotia in their possession. The 
Acadians, numbering some 15,000, were disarmed and removed to New 
Englantl and other colonies, where they were disti'il)uted as prisoners of 
war among the different towns. Some of them were sent to Windsor, 
liut their names and subsequent history cannot now be discovei-ed.' 
This event has received a new and romantic interest from liOiigfeiinw's 
beautiful poem, entitled EvanyeJine, a tale of Acad'ic. 

While this was going on at the north (ieneral liiadilork, with 1, •"(•() 
regulars', had arrived in Virginia from England, and conuueaetil, though 
tardily, his preparations for the expedition against Fort du Qucsne on 
the Ohio. The history of that expedition is written in letters of blood 
upon the |iage of (jur country's history as Braddock's defeat. The rash- 
ness and arrogance of its leader were atoned by his death, and redeemed 
only by the bravery and good sense of George Washington and tiie \\\- 
ginia troops. Let us, however, turn from this scene to the ojierations of 
the expedition against Crown Point and Niagara, which are more inti- 
mately connected with the ])urposes of our history. The former, under 
the command of Gen. Johnson, luckily intercepted the Baron Dicskaii, 
who, with a large force of French and Indians, was advancing to (.'ut off 
Fort Edward, which was garrisoned by New York and New Ilami^shire 
troops. Tlie liattle which ensued resulted in the complete defeat of the 
French, although witli a loss to the British of some brave othcei'S and 
men. The remainder of the fall of this year was busily occupied in 
building a fort at Lake George and completing the works at Fort Edward, 
all of which had to be done in a trackless forest, and in face of many 



I 



'We can only loarn that throe men canu' hurc and lived for a while on Hinsdale Hill, 
as the little eminence was named, on wliicli the present Si.\th District school-house now 
stands. 



-HAIiK IN THE KUKNtH WAIJ. 



2.-,! 



olistacli's. All the coldiiial (i-diijis, cxcciit those in uiiiiisDii, ictyiucij 1o 
flit'ii- homos in Novcnihci-. 

J>KN.IAMIN Allyx, Ksi|., of Windsor, was appointril Caiitaiu of the 
4tli Company in the 3(1 Roiriment, in August, 1755. The foHowing is 
tlie miistcr-roll of his eompaiiy, nearly all of whom were fi-om this 
town.' 

'■ IJcill of Capt. Benj. Allvii's Co. Crown Point Expedition. S.") nii-n enlisti'il." 



Isaac Tucker, 
Heuben Crow,* 
Zaccheu.s Crow, 
Levi Chapiu, 1st Lt. 
Noah Hunt, 
Elijali Barret, 
.John Hosmer, 
Patt O'Conele, 
Chas. Buruhani, 
John Abbot, 
Hez. Welles, 
f^lijah Evings, 
Geo. Colton, 
Daniel Eaton, 
Jacob Osborn, 
Gideon Looniis, 
Capt. Allyn. 
Giles Woicott, 
Joel Soper, 
.John Eggleston, Jr.. 
Abner Prior, 
Ozias Grant, 
David Bissell, 
Jon": Gillett, 
Joseph Moore, 
Joseph Moore, .Jr., 
Gideon Prior, 
Silas Wells, 
John JIcMviiinen, 
Wm. Thomson, 
Eben Belknap, 
Asher Ishani, 

l^wc I)ii.\KK I WIiv.) WHS l)ini('d at l.iikc (Je 



Nathi Gaylor, 

.John Japhet, 

Thos. Hawkins, 

Ifeuben Cook, 

Zebulon Wincliell, 

Robert Westland, 

Benj. Baker, 

And'" Shilling, 

Jona° Pinney, Jr., 

Daniel Filley,* 

Elijah Deuslow, 

Elisha Williani-s, 

Jona° Buckland, Sgt. 

Ephraim Parker, 

Joseph Winchel,* 

Ebenezer Loomis, 

Zephaniah Snow, 

Asa Pimrey (Perry or Pinney V), 

Ely Parker, 

Appleton Holli.ster, 

Orvis, 2d Lt., 
John Strong, Drummer, 
Jona" Pinney, Corp', 
Benj. Kinney, Corp', 
Eliphalet Loomis, 
Charles Burnhara, 
Drake, Sgt., 
Zeb. Winslow. 
Josiah Standliff, 
Thomas Jarwell, 
Keiip Perrigue (Indian). 

I', (»cl. 2<i, 17-").5, aged 22 years. 



The Niagara e.xjx'dition, commanded hy Gov. Shirley of Massaelm- 
setts, was too tardy anil too poorly provisioned to elTeet much. 'I'hey, 



' State Archites, War, vol, VI. 

*Those thus marked remained in garrison during tlie wijiUr of 17o5-5t>, their 
name.s being found in "A Role of Capt. Xoali Grant's company in (Sarri.son at Fort Ed- 
ward Nov y" 2(5, 1756, tlieir wages made out from y 2;! of Nov. 17.55 to y" 26 of Marcli 
1736." 



252 HISTOIiY OF ANCIIsNT WINDSOR. 

liiiwinci-, liiiilt a nrw lurt near the iilil one ( ou the siti' of tlic |MTscnt 
city i)f Oswi'jrn), and, leaving a garrison tlicrc, returned home in October. 
The campaign in 1756 0|)ened ln-illiantly under tiie command of 
Lord London and <len. Abercronil)ie. .\ line army, inchiding 7,0(MI 
Provincials, was r;irly in the field, anxious to lie led against Crown Point, 
Ijut its leaders wnc dilat(uy.' 'rime was wasted, and after a somi'what 
indecisive success li\ ('ol. liiadsti-eet, and tlu' inexcnsalile surrender of 
Oswego to the French, by wliicli they obtained eoniuiand of Ijakes Onta- 
rio and Erie, and the sui-rounding country, the cauqiaign ifigloriously 
terminated. 

Capt. Ben.jamin Allvn was in comniission this yeai- in the Crown 
Point exi)edition. 

Medina Fitch (Ell.) was first lieutenant in Ttii company, lid 
regiment. 

M(J8ES Griswold was lust lienteiuint in 1st regiment. 

Daniel Brown (Why.) died at Albany in September. 

Samuel Belcher diiMJ in war, as it is sup|iosed, near Crown Point, 
1756. 

Ithamar Bjngham (Ell.) was ap]ioiuted commissary ( Mai'ch, 17.")(; ), 
of the hosjiital in this exjiedition. 

Extensive ])repai-ations were made by (ireat ISritain for the campaign 
of 1757, and early in .July a powerful licet, nndci- Admiral Ilolburn, with 
6,000 rcgulai- troops under (len. Ilopson, arrived in Halifax. Here they 
were joined by Ijord Loudon with li.Ofld provincials, eager to he led 
against Crown Point. Lord Loudon preferred to attack Louishurg; 
bnt so dilatory was he that, before tliey were ready to sail, Louishurg 
was reinforced by the arri\al of a large fleet : the ]iroject was aban- 
doned, and Loudon rc^turned leisurely to New Viuk. 

Bnt Montcalm, the French general, first surprising and dcb'ating a 
detachment of 4(l<l near Ticondeiiiga, pus]ie(l on and invested Fort Wil- 
liam Ilcnry, which was fortilied ami gaiiisoiUMJ by 3,000 men. After 
only six days' siege, during whi(di it made a brave defense, it capitidate<l 
to the Fren(di. Oen. Webb, who was occu|iying Fort Edwaid only 14 
miles distant, and might easily have relieved his braver compatriots, not 
only failed to d(j so, but sent a letter to Col. Monroe, advising him to 
surrender. The British were allowcil to march out with arms, baggage, 
and one cannon. But the Fi'cucli and Indians, contrary to stijiulations, 
plunilere(l them of their baggage, kille(l the Indians in their service, and 
chased the unfortunate English themselves nearly to Fort E<1 ward, where 
they arrived in a most piteous plight. Albany was thus threatened, (he 



' A parade was held in Windsor for " enlist injr men for Crown Point expedition' 
on lOth April. {Okott .MSS.) 



wiMisiii; s sii\i;i; in thk fkhm n war. i:.)-'. 

|icii|ilc were ;il;iriiir(l. Mini tlir fiiliniirs sent on larji'e iuiiiilif|-s ot' tnii)|is. 
Ciimit'i-tii-nt mIcihc I'lii-iiishi'il A.dOO mrii witliiii a few days.' 

Wiiiilsiir was liy no nicaus lichiuil her sister towns in responding to 
till' call. 'I'll!' following document serves to give us an idea of thi^ 
urgency of the occasion. Oh'ott Famihj MSS. (South Windsor). 

'■ To Benoni Olcott, Clerk of y' 3ril Compniiy or Traiubaml in Windsor, grepting: 
Whereas I've KeC' special orders from Lieut. Colonel Geo. Wyllis, Lieut. Col. of y" first 
Hegiinent of y Colony of Connectieutt to muster my Company for a speedy niartli to 
fort Edward for the relief and succor of y' King's garrison and subjects there; Tlie.se 
are therefore to require you, forthwith to notify all under my Command that they 
appear complete in their arms at landlord Porter's tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock for y 
attending to y business above s"* as they will answer their neglect at y* jieril of y Law. 
Fail not of thy writ to make Return to my Lieutenant 

Dated at Windsor y 12th day of August A.D. IT.")?. 

Ebenezkr Ghakt, ('apt. for :id Company. 

1'. S If we marili it will be on horse." 

( »f the ^\'iiidsor men who responded to the Fort William Ileury 
alarm, the same month, we have fomid hut three names, viz.: Lieut. 
n.wiD Phelps of West Windsor, and S.iMUEL Stoughton and Ammi 
Tkit.mble of East Windsor. 3ISS. Archives of the State. 

Thus ended this year's campaign, as a British historian remarks, 
"to the eternal disgrace of those who th(>n commandi'd the armies and 
direi-ted the councils of Great Britain." 

The year 1758 opened hopefidly for th(^ cause of Oreat IJiitaiii. 
The reverses and losses of the three previous years were so evidently tiie 
result of incapacity and had management as to demand a change of min- 
isters and jioliry, in order to retrieve the Avaning fortunes of the British 
arms. \ new caliinet was formed, and the genius of Pitt and the sound 
sense and integrity of his coadjutors gave renewed hope of hetter days. 
New measures were jn-oposed, a new spirit was infused into every depart- 
ment of the service at hinue and alu-oad. riouisliurg was to lie reduced. 
Crown ['niiit and fori dii (,)uesiu' were to ho the luiiin points of attack in the 
coming campaign. The colonies were in ccstacies, their darling projects 
were at last alwut to lie realized ; and, when his majesty's letter, composed 

' Samdel Allen (son of .loseph and Mary of E. W.) was among the few who 
escaped. When running through the woods, with nothing liut his breeches on, he was 
caught by an Indian who sprang from liehind a tree and sei/.ed him by the back of his 
neck. He turned suddenly upon the Indian and brought his knee forcibly against the 
pit of his stomach, and brought him to the ground and dcspalchcd him by jumpine: 
both feel upon his breast. 

He ran in this situation for a wliile, tlien meeting a man Mr. Allen said to him: ' I 
I annot run so; do for God sake give me your jacket, " which he had the kindness to do. 

He then proeee(le<l to Fort Edward. Mr. Allen carried the marks made by the 
Indian's linger nails upon his neck to liis grave. (MSS. of ilr. Henry W. .Mien of 
Warehouse Point, Conn.) 



2r)4 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

witli tlir ni;ifrlili'ss ;irt of Pill, was rcccivcil. ii'i|ui-stiiiL;' tlirir Inyal aiil 
anil sii|i|iiiit ill the raisiiiii' of 20,000 nicii, tlir uliolc cciuutrv was in a 
tVvfi- of loval joy. Coiiiu'cticuf iiiimcdialcly inorrcilrd to raiso 5,000, 
inoro tlian slic rould well afforil, yrt it was iloiii' not only cliccrfully lint 
with ciifliusiasiu. 'I'liry witc to \n- ili\iilril into four iriiiments, pacii 
with its colonel ami chaplain; the ah-eaely hirgi' hounty offcri'd for cnlist- 
iiirnt in |iic'\ioiis yrars was increased, and everywhere thr wmk of 
enrollment wmt luiskly on. ^feanwhile across the hroad ocean was 
sailing a nohle Heit under Admiral Boseawen, hearing 10,000 trcjo] is, 
commanded hy the circiinisiieet Lord Amherst," and the scarcely less 
skillful Gen. Wolfe. On the 2d day of June that iicet lay before the 
hattlenients of Louisljurg, and on the 8th the English landed through a 
rolling surf which upset and broke their boats, and in the very teeth of 
bristling ramparts ancj a perfect hailstorm of artillery, drove the French 
from their batteries and invested the city. For nearly two months the 
siege went on, but not until the city was a heap of ruins, n(5t until their 
finest ships were Imrned and their battei'ies disabled, did the bra\e 
French surrender. With Louisburg fell Cape Breton and Prince Edward's 
Island. Wolfe returned home to meet the commendations of his smer- 
eign, bearing with bini the praises of New England, whose ureiil lieart 
was overflowing with joy and gratulation. 

Dr. Elihu TunOR (E. W.), Mark Fuj.kv and bis elder brother 
(E. W.\ were engaged in this expedition. 

While this was being enacted the colonies were actively |iusliiiJL; 
forward their |ii'e|iai-ations for their long-cherisbcd attempt on ('i-own 
Point. 

"On the banks of Lake George 9,034 provincials, from New England, New York 
and New Jersey, assembled. There were the 600 New England rangers, dressed like 
woodmen, armed with a firelock and a hatchet; under their right arm a powder-horn: a 
leather bag for bullets at their waist: and to each ofiicer a pocket-compass as a guide in 
the forests. There was St;irk, of New Hampshire, now promoted to be a captain. 
There was the generous, open hearted Israel I'utnam, a Coiiiiecticul major, le:iving his 
good farm, around wliieli his own hands had helped build the walls; of a gentle dispo 
sition, brave, incapable of di.sguise, fond of glorying, sincere, and artless. There wen 
the chaplains, who preached to the regiments of citizen soldiers a renewal of the dav> 
when Moses with the rod of God in his hand sent Joshua against Amalek. I5y the side 
iif the provinei.-ds rose the tents of the regular army, 6,3()7 in number; of the whole force 
Abercronibie w,-is comniander-in-ehief ; yet it was the gallant spirit of Howe that infused 
ardor ;ind iiintideucc into every bosom." (/imicmft, Vol. iv, 2"J!I.) 

On the 5th day of July the whole army of more than 15,000 men 
emliarked at tlaybreak on Ijtike George in 000 small boiits and l^li whale 
lioats, together with artillery on rafts, and "the fleet, bright with ban- 
ners and cheered with martial music, moved in stately procession down 
the beautiful lake, beainiiiL;' with hope and pride, thoiieh with no witiu'ss 



WiNliSdIi's SlIAliK iX TIIK FliKNCll WAI!. 255 

liiit the wilili'i-iii'ss." Ivirly tlir iirxt iiioiniiiL;' tlu'v laiulccl at tlic iiorf licni 
end 111' (he lake, anil, i'liniiiiiL;' in I'liiir rninniiis, liruaii tlirir niarrli fu 
'ririiiiijrrii'ja. iJiit al'tiT two miles liaii lii'i'ii passrd tlicy came in the 
ilrptlis 1)1' till' u ililrrui'ss ii|icin a iaivv liody of French. The sinij>'<rl(' 
was sliarp ami ivsultcil successl'iiily tn tlie Knulisli, liut tlicy lost their 
liravest inau, Lord Howe himself, "the idnl of tiie army"; and, tirief- 
strieken and (lis|iiriteil, (he aiiiiy eneamped nn tiie liattle-lield uhirh it 
fiad so dearly won. 

The next morning Abereromliie returnetl tu his landing-place and 
sent out an engineer to reconnoitre the French works. The engineer 
rejiorted that they were of flimsy construction, hut the better practiced 
eye of Stark and the New England woodsmen decided otherwise. Aber- 
crombie, however, heeded only the advice of " his Rehoboani counsellors," 
and gave orders for storming the French position. But they had an 
enemy who was wary, cool, and prepared at every point. Again and again, 
through the hours of a sweltering hot July day, the brave grenadiers and 
active provincials charged upon those rude ramparts only to be mown 
down and luii-led hack by the steady and resistless lire ol tlie enemy. 
At last, near sunset, they lied ]iromiscuousIy fnun the lield, leaving 1.944 
killed and woundeil, mostly n'gulars. 

While Montcalm had been in the thickest of tlio light, with his coat 
off, seeing, comprehending, directing everything, Abercrombie had bi'en 
snugly hut ingloriously ensconced at a sawmill two miles distant. And 
although the English possessed the advantages of jiosition and heavy 
artillery, and in numbers they still exceeded the French fourfold, Aber- 
crombie embarked his army the next morning, and rested not until "he 
had ]ilaced the lake between himself and Montcalm." 

Thus disastrously ended the expedition whicla had been iuauuurated 
with such bright hojjcs. Its shame was, however, somewbat redeemed by 
(Jol. Bradstreet, who, at his own desire, and according to his own |ilan, 
was detached with a considerable force against Fort Frontenac, on (he St. 
Lawrence, near its junction with Lake Ontario. This, after a two days' 
siege, he captured and destroyed, with its large stores of ])rovisions and 
military equij)ments, and nine armed vessels. He then retnined to 
Oswego, having frustrated a pruposed attack of (he Fremb mi the 
Mohawk River settlements ; restored the communication Ipetween .\lbany 
ami Oswego, and obtained the command of Lake Ontaiio. 

In tlie south, Fort Duquesne had been taken nominally by Gen. 
Forbes, but really through the sagacity and energy of the youthful Wash- 
ington, who commanded the A'irginians. On its site the flag of (ireat 
Britain was joyously planted, and the \)\i\c<; was named Pittshur<//i, a most 
enduring'trophy of the glory of William Pitt. 

Thus, with the exception of the unfortunate affair at Ticondeioga, 



25G msniiiv hf antif.nt wiNDSdi;. 

this <"un|i;iiu'u clnscil with honor to Ihr iJritisli ;iiius, ]ircsrnliii'f ;i 
markt'd contrast to tlu' had inaiiaiii'iiu'iit and ai'cnnndat(Ml disaster ol' 
previous years. 

.hifiN Chick was lid liiadmant in ;'>il coniijany, 1st n'i;inii'nl. 

John Ellsworth was PiisiLin in I'tli cdni)ian\ . 1st rcjinn'Mt. 

Mkdina Fitch was a first lieutrnant. 

Jonathan Gillet was a first licutciiaid. 

Silas Oask (Why.) ao-ed 18, was hinicd. Sept. Id. IToS, Indt-way 
lift ween Alliany and Lake (leorgo. 

Jonah Filij;v (Wl)y.) died 1758. 

Abel Loomis (Wl)y.) hiiried Oetdher Itj, 1758, at Greenhiish. 

John Loomis ( Wliy.) huried Novemher 12, 1758, hetweeu Aihany 
and Sheiri.'ld. 

John .MiMFoiMi ( W1i\ . ) a-cd 21. dii'd ITiiO. with sniall|iox. ill Hc- 
eeniher, ahovc Alliany. 

i'lCHAiMi 1''itch, aiivd Is, enhslrd ami wmt to < Isw e;:-o and .Moidrcai: 
on his rctnin look the snialljiox, wliicli ln' rommnnii-atcd to tlirrr child- 
ren oi' his I'atlier's (James) family. 

FitANcis Drake and .Ikihihah EcaiLESToN wei-e impiessed and en- 
listed ill tiie sprint)-. |,nt on aceoiml of sickness were allowed to retnni 
home, where they were a loiii;- time sick. 

The eaiiipaiiin ol 175!! opened with a free seacoast and a clear road 
into Canada, whose eoiKpiest liocanic the great ohject of the British min- 
istry. To el'fect it, three expeditions were planned, which should act 
simultaneously. Cen. W(dfe, the heru of Louishurg, was to attemjit the 
capture of Queliec. (ieii. Amherst was to reduce Ticonderoga and 
Crown Point, and then form a jnnetion, via the Sorid and St. Lawrence 
rivers, with Wolfe at Quehec. (ien. Prideanx was to move against 
Niagara, and, if successful, -to emiiark on Lake Ontaiio, and jiassing 
along the St. Lawrence was to hesiege the city of Montreal. The col- 
onies were retpiired to furnish the same numher of men as for the previ- 
ous year, and "Connecticut," says Bancroft, ''which distinguished itself 
hy dispro]iortionate exertion, raised, as hi the previous year, 5,000 men. 
To meet the past exjieuse, the little colony iiicnrred heavy dehts, and 
learning jiolitical economy from nati\e thrill, ajipointed taxes on jtrop- 
erty to discharge them." 

Gen. Amherst was first in the field vn iDiite fur Ticouderoga, which 
the enemy ahandoned on his apiiroach, and retreated to Crown Point. 
which they also evacuated in a very few days. Once in possession of tliesc 
important posts, the general took active measures for the Imilding of a 
fleet on Lake Champlain, to opjiose that of the French at that point. 
Meanwhile Ticonderoga was repaired, and a strong fort erecteil at Crown 
Point. 



WlNDSOli's SHAIiK In TIIK FliKNCII W'AU. 257 

While Amlif'ist was fliiis (mii])1()V('(1, Priilcaitx had sot sie<>(' to tlic 
I'oit at Niagara, wliero lie was killed; hut his place was ahly filled hy Sir 
William Ji)linson, who in a sharp and protracted encounter completely 
routed the enemy. Three important posts were now u-ained, l)nt Quelwc, 
the heart of the French dominion, w'as still untouched, and to its reduc- 
tion every effort of combined sivill, sagacity, and numl)ers was turned. 

On the 26th of June, a splendid British fleet, with 8,000 picked 
troops, under Wolfe, arrived before the precijjitons and a])parently ini- 
lireuuable cliffs of Quebec. On those battle-crowned summits Montcalm 
commanded, and though feeble in numbers, he was, as usual, cool, wary, 
and intrepid ; and his chief strength was the nature of his position. 
Such were the peculiar diflficulties and obstacles to be overcome, that, in 
spite of repeated but unsuccessful attempts and the utmost sagacity and 
energy, it was not until the 15th of September, that any full assault 
could be made. On that night, in silence and darkness, the perilous 
ascent w"as made, and at daybreak Wolfe and his army stood in battle 
array u]m)u the Plains of Aliraliam, and the next day (^)uebec was in their 
hands. 

Among the loose manuscripts of the town is the following subscrijv 
tion pajiei-, circulated among the members of the First trainband in 
Windsor, under connnand of Captain Nathaniel Ilayden:' 

'■ Wiudsur, 13th of April, 17.59. 
•' Wliereas y" Providence of God Binds a Necessity upon us to exert ourselves to 
y' utmost of our Power in y" Present warr and a number of our Young men called to 
enter His JIajesty's service this Currant year, and altho' y Assembly have done consid- 
erable to incourage men to enlist freely into said service, it is thought advisable that 
since a number of our friends must go, and y" service attended with much hardship as 
to require ineouragements, that a further incouragement be given by y subscribers to 
incourage men in y ssiid 1st Company in Windsor to enlist into said .service, it it is 
Hoped ife Expected & Kequested y' all within y limitsof y" said 1st Company, whether 
in y [Train] Band or out of y^ [Train] Band, give their incouragement." 

This was stdjscribed to by forty-six infjucntial men of Windsor, <>n 
condition that the sons and servants of such subscribers should be 
exempt from impressment. The amount subscribed, £54 lis., was to be 
divided among the enlisted and impressed men. The state requisition 
was for sixteen men. On the back of the document was the following 
endorsement : 

Soulgen t/uit Luted. Soulgers Prent. 

■Roger Eno. Joel Palmer, 

.John Grant, Noah Barber, 

Joseph M.\RvrN, Joseph Youngs, 



' Mr. J. H. Hayden doubts if Nathaniel Haydeu was Captain of the Windsor Train- 
band at this time, since he was then but 21 years old; and says that his father, " Ensign " 
Nathaniel, was then 50 years old. yet may have been in command at that partictdar 
time through lack of su|)erior officers. Our own remembrance is that the original docu- 
ment, which we copied in our lirst edition, contained the name of (apt. Nathaniel. 
Vol. I.— 33 



258 HI^^TOIiV IIF ANC'IKNT WINDSOl!. 

John Alkoud, Moses Baruku, 

Daniel Fillev, Jeremiah Alford. .Ir . 

Ebenezer Loomis. Sgt. Phineas Drake, 

John Allyn, Jr., 

Uriah Pees[eJ, 

Sam Eno, Jr., 

J(inN .Iai'HETH [ciilorcd]." 

AuGUSTiN Hayden of (Ilavden's) Windsor, liani 1740, thonuli only 
18 years old at this time, enlisted under this call. His journal (which 
he kept durinor the campaign of 1758-59, and which is now in possession 
of Mr. J. H. Hayden) opens thus, on the day after: "A]iril 14, 1759. 
Then I, Augustin Hayden, Listed into his Majestie's service." June the 
8th he " set away from home to Hartford ; " on the yth he " set away 
from Farmington;" the next day from Harwinton; thence through 
Goshen, Cornwall, Canaan, Sheffield, Spencertown, the "Pattrone Land," 
etc., and "Centerhook [Kinderhook]. The 18th day, from K. to Green- 
bush and then we joined the regiment " — Col. Lyman's. Evidently he 
was one of a S(iuad which overtook the regiment at Greenbnsh. Their 
destination was Lake George and the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, which 
failed; but the young man saw some pretty rough service — all faithfully 
recorded in his journal. He reached home again 12 Nov., 1758, and 
records that he received his "winter's pay, which was .£8. 2. 0: and to 
get a coat, £1. 15. 0: and my lirst month's wages which was £1. Iti. 0.'" 
The taste of war which he had in this campaign seems not to have satis- 
fied his appetite, for he served (and kejit a minute daily journal) through 
the campaign of 1759. 

Samuel Lattimore also api)ears on liills in this campaign. 

The year 1760 opened with an attemjjt by the French to ivtakc 
Quebec, which was for a while averted by the vigilance of the general in 
command. (.)u the 2t3th of April, however, the enemy invested the cit\ . 
and the British commander, foolishly preferring to risk a battle rathi-i 
than endure a siege, found himself overmatched and obliged to retire 
within the walls with a heavy loss. The French, flushed with this suc- 
cess, set actively to work to capture the town, which was only saved liy 
the opi)ortune arrival of a large British fleet. 

Montreal, also, had been invested by three large English arniii- 
under Lord Amherst and Generals Haviland and Murray. It shortly 
after capitulated on honorable terms, and with it all the Fiench jiosscs- 
sions in Canada passed into the power of Great Britain. 

The Windsor men in this campaign were mostly in service in this 
siege. 

By the kindness of Mr. Elihu Marshall of Poquonock, Windsor, we 
are enabled to present our readers with the following digest of two mus- 



WIXDSOK's share in the FRENCH WAR. 259 

ter-rolls of Oeneral Lvman's rogiment in this i-ampaign. One of thoso, 
evidently an orderlj-soroeant's roll, was entitled : 

" A Afuster roll of Oen" Lyman's Comjiany " in " Camp at Mon- 
treal. Sept, 4'\ 176ft." 

This we have copied, with snndry additions and items gleaned from 
the other docnment, which is ''A List of General Phinehas Lyman's 
Company of all y*" enlisted men, with the time of their several enlist- 
ments, and the time of the death of those that are dead, and that are 
deserted, or never joined; and the time of their receiving the King's 
bounty." This is drawn up in a formal and handsome manner, on a 
large sheet of paper, and endorsed on the back " R[oval] A[itillerv], 
X"42." 

General Lyman was a distinguished officer in Connecticut, and a 
native of Suffield. His company, as will be seen, was made up princi- 
pally of Suffield and Windsor men ; and, indeed, so intimate has been 
the connection between the two towns, that we have not been able to 
locate many of the names which have become so cnmmon in cac-h |ihice. 
We have therefore left that to the more abundant leisure and industry of 
descendants and genealogical investigators. Windsor, more esjiecially 
the Porpuinock district, is well represented. 



Rank. 


Names. 


Gen" 


Phinehas Lyman. 


Cap' 


Giles 'Wolcott. 


Lieut. 


Roger Enos. 


Do. 


Silas Holcomb. 


Knsign .John Strong. 


Do. 


Elihu Humphrey. 


Serg' 


Major Sam" Granger. 


Qr Sci 


g' James Harman. 


Serg' 


Moel Addams. 


Do. 


.loseph Marvin, enlisted -March 24 


Do. 


Oliver Ilanrhet. 


Do. 


Kphraim Addams. 


Do. 


Shadrack Phelps. 


D... 


.John Slaid. 


Do. 


Phinehas Sowlli%v<ll. 


Do. 


Kleazer Smith. 


Do. 


Reuben Denslow. 


Dn. 


Wm. Ross. 


Do. 


.Ion"- Allyn. 


Do. 


Philander Pimiev. 


Dn. 


Thomas .lerrit, enlisted March 2.5. 


D... 


Zi'phaiiy Snow, enlisted Do. 


Do. 


Jon"" Ik'aman, enlisted Do. 


Clerk, 


Joab Griswold. enlisted Manli 'Jl. 


Do. 


Xath" Humphrey. 


Doct' 


IIow. 


Do. 


Andrus. 


Chaiv 


HeckwilU. 



2(i0 HISTOHY OF ANCfENT WINDSOR. 

Rnnk. Nnrnt's. , 

Corp' Abiether Evans, ciilistcil i\I;inli 3o. •, 

Do. Dan. King. 

Do. Ebcnezer Plielps. , 

Do. Eli.'iha Spencer. , 

Do. Stephen Holconib. 
Drumm' Ephraim Goodrich. I 

Do. Elijah Reed. j 

Do. Sam" Marvin, de.serted Sept. 22d. J 

Privates. Daniel Enos, enlisted April l.st. J 

Nath'i Griswold, enli.sted Marrh 24. - 

Francis Griswold, enlisted Do. t 

John Lewis, enlisted March 26, deserted Sept. 1.5th. ' 

Timothy Soper, enlisted April 4th. f 

Abiether Jones, enlisted Do. 26. 5 

David Jones, enlistc-d Do. 26. '. 

Epraphras Wolcott, enlisted March 35. 

Moses Fargo, enlisted Do •: 

Jona"' Bewell, enlisted Do. 16. , 

Sam" Blackmore, enlisted Do. 25. ' 

Berijah Brunson, enlisted Do. 25. 

Elisha Pendal, enlisted March 25. 

Roswell Davis. 

Jonath" Brown, enlisted March 24. 

Richard Fitch, enlisted March 25. 

Simeon Allin. 

Austin Phelps, enlisted March 24. 

Benajah Webster, enlisted March 25. 

Isaac Crowfoot, deserted Sept. 15. 

Phinehas Hu.\ley. 

Joshua Preston. 

Ebenezer Burbank. 
Privates, Joseph Towner. 

Stephen Bn[c]kly, enlisted Miireh 25. I 

Joseph Stoughtou. . 

David Allyn. ; 

Silas Simans. { 

Tho" Newberry, eidisted March 25 

Jon"- Gillett, enlisted May 1, die<l Oct. Hd. 

Joseph Easton. 

Thos. Austin. 

David Allyn. Jr. 

Moses Warner. 

Reuben Phelps. 

John Riniingtiin. 

W"' Middlclnn. 

Marshall Stanly. 

Elias Austin, 

ITosea Brunson. 

John Alford, enlisted Manli 24. 

David Spencer. 

Ebenezer Halladay. 

Thaddeus Lyman. 

Brown Be[cjkwith, 



\VINriH;OR"s SHARK IN TIFK FltKNCII W \K. 201 

Hank. Njinies. 

I'livMlcs. Knnch Granger. 

Thus. Williams, .Jr. 

Dudley Hayse. 

.J esse Goddard. 

Jehiel Messenger. 

Richard Audor.s. 

Isaac Goff, died Sept. IStli. 

Aaron Noble, enlisted April 4. 

Moses Holcomb, died Oct. 4th. 

Shadrach Phelps, Jr. 

Primus Hills. - 

Isaac Fosbery. 

.loliu Williams. 

John Forward. 

Joseph Hinksman. 

Thos. Davis. 

Abel Norton, died Any. iTtli. 

Dan Pom[c]r[o]y. 

John Thomas, enlisted Miirrli 2Stli. 

J del Peck. 

Timothy Wills. 

AV'm. Caramel. 

John Dewey. 

Benjamin Thrall. 

Elijah Branson. 

John Thomas, enlisted March 28. 

William Harrington, enlisted March 26. Not joined. 

Thomas Parsons, enlisted May 21. Not joined. 
GiIjES Gibbs (Ell.), aged 17, was drafted and ilied, north of Crown Point, of camp- 
dislemper. 

The Fronch wur \v;is imw virtually at an end. The balance of the 
yi'iir 1760 was occujjiiMl with a disti'crtsing and harassing war between 
the Southern Colonies and the Cherokees, which was finally brought to 
a successful close. The year 1761 was mostly spent in repairing and 
strengthening lin- iiinncrnns posts gained fruin tin' Fi-cncli. ;i \\(i|-k in 
\\birli till.' ]»rii\ iiii'i:ils \M'i-e much eni])loyed. 

At the eoniiui'nci'iui'nt of 1762, England lunnd In'i'srji' in\ol\iMi in 
war with the piiin'ip:d ccintini'iital powers and the greatest pai-t (if the 
niiirilinie powei- iil' I'jiidpe. Tlie i'(iliini(>s were therefore required, as 
lieretoiore, tii I'limish men and arms fur service, and in an expedition 
uliiili was made against .Marl iiiiipie aiul the French posts in the West 
Indi.'s, in the early pai't ul' 17ti2. a iaruv number of colonial troops were 
employed. 

Shortly after, war was decdared against Spain, and a large fleet with 
some 15,000 or 16,000 troojjs was sent to attempt the reduction of 
Havana and the Spanish West Indies. A large ninnber of prn\ incials, 



Probably the old colored /);■. Primus, afterwards of East Windsor, 



262 HISTORY OF ANCIFNT WINiiMTi;. 

iindiT tlirir dwn utticcrs, jdiiii'il this iniclcitiiking. Tlie STcatest ohsta- 
ck'S of nature and art, the terrors of pestilence, and the biirninjr rays of 
a tropical sun, endured for two long months, had almost wasted and de- 
stroyed this courageous and energetic army, ^vhcu their drooping spirits 
■were revived by the opportune arrival of a rciuforcemeut from North 
America, and the loth of August, the town, thi- ship|)iug in the hai-bor, 
and a large extent of territory, were sunendered to the English com- 
mander. New England in this enterprise lost a large number of her 
sous. Slain in liattle or swept off liy the pestilence, but few ever re- 
turned to their homes. 

Thomas Parsons (W'lty.), aged about 26, died October, ITH^, and 
was buried in Cuba. 

John Egglestone (Why.), aged 34, and Eliphalet Loomis (Why.) 
aged 32, died 1762, and were buried in the ocean coming from Havana. 

Reuben Cook (Why.), aged about 36. died nt New York. De- 
cember, 1762, on his return from Havana. 

Dr. Elihu Tudor ( E. W.) was on the surgical staff. 

Capt. IcHABOD Wadsworth and Isaac Hubbard (EW.) wnc in 
Putnam's regiment during this siege. 

Benj. Pierson, son of Rimeon (Ell. ), diet! at New York, November, 
1762, on his return. 

Benj. Pinnet, son of Benjamin (Ell.), died at New York, Novem- 
ber, 1762, on his return. 

Joseph Pinney, son of Jose])h (Ell. ), died at Havana, November^ 
1762, on his return. 

Reuben Stii.es was in the expedition, ami returned safe and souad 

Sudden an<l unforseen changes in European affairs soon after turue 
the scale of fortuin' in favor of England, and enabled her to treat foi 
peace, without ri'lini|uisliing a single advantage which she had gained 
North America. Accordingly a definitive treaty of peace between Eng 
land and France was entered into on the 10th of February, 1762, an^ 
the series of long and bloody French Wars was ended. 

It may, perhaps, be thought by some that we have occupied nior4 
sjKice with this subject than is ap])ropriate in a local history. But, whe^ 
we consider how devotedly tlu^ colonies sacrificed lives and means in tl 
service of their king ; when wr remember how great a change the Frcucl 
wars produced iu the cbaracter of New England society and mannersl 
above all, when \\c irllcct that they were pre-eminently the School u 
which God was drilling and disciplining the American Colonies for tha 
greater struggle for their own indejiendence, it does not seem that 
have given it too ])rominent a place in our Windsor history. For, in th 
long Canadian campaigns, the colonial troops, fighting by the side of tl 



I 



WTNUSOr'^; SltAHK IX TIIK FDKNCH W.\n. 2C>:^ 

(lisi'i|)liiu'd masses of England's cluiiccst soliliciv, ami undiT tlii' eye of 
England's best generals, were silently learning tluir nwn defects, and 
strengthening their own powers. 

Nay, moi-e : for as they measured tlieir own success with tiie cuni- 
iieisome hiefliciency of the regular troops, they gradually leained to rely 
on themselves. .\nd when in aftiM' years, they met those same troops as 
iocs, upon the liattle grounds of American lilierty, it was not with the 
fcais ol timid no\iccs, liut as practiced athletes, wrestling with those 
whose jirowess and aliilities they had already tested in former contests. 

We a])|iend the names of some who served in the French wars, bnt 
of whose time or jilace of service we have not been aide to find the 
exact data : 

John, son of Nathaniel ami Ruth (Stiles) Tavlor (E. W.). died 
.lannary 6, 1757. 

Benoxi Stiles (E. W.) died in war, aged 24 years. 

John' and Hezekiah Bissell (E. W.) were in one or more cam- 
paigns. 

Thomas (sou of Roger) Newberry of Windsor, at the age of 16, 
went to East Windsor to learn a trade, and there enlisted under Cajjf. 
Erastus Wolcott, with whom he served several years in Canada. 

Nathaniel Owen was in one or more campaigns. 

some (east) WINDSOR WAR LETTERS. 

Originals in possession of Mrs. Hannah (Grant) Collins, of Wajiping, 
Connecticut: co])ied in Peliruary, 1873, by D. Williams Patterson: 

I. 
IIautfoud. March 29tli, 17.37. 
then William Grant, Alexander Grant, Jonathan Bement, Zcphaniah Snow, John Hipe- 
neer, Alexander Wookott Jun, & .lohn McCueu all which Inlisted Private Soldiers 
under Lt, Sam" Welles in the Company of Maj' Nathan Payson in his Majestyes Service 
for the ne.xt Campaigne on this day ofTered themselves to he mustered, and were 
accepted. 

per Joseph Pitkin. CoDoii" 
Wm. Grant, Alexander 
Grant, Jonath" Bement, Zephaniah 
Snow and Alexander Wolcot Junr 
were Impressed liy ('apt. Grant y 27th. 

II. 
Cloufereck [Ci.aveuack ]. 

May the 2 1757 hauing an opertimyly tn wryght lo you though sone after our parting 
but not kiioing when 1 slid, haue another chance losend to you I thought I wold wright 
a fue Lins and this may Inform you that I am got well into Cloufereck and am in good 
helth and fare consederabcl well and I wold not haue you be two much consarnd about 
me we dont know when we shall go from this place Some are apt to think we shall tary 
hear a month we got into this place on the 29 day of Aprel and are stashiud [stationed] 



AVil.LIAM (tKANT 



264 HISTOliY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

out :iboul ;! mils Iroiii Ihc Kivrr. \hvs lines td :,11 iiiv riviids IIimI ;iic in Wiiiilsor aspe- 
slic'ly In my l:illicr Mini .\Icilhoi-. Ilii'sc l.iiis ware wriliiii; by luc in li;isl in one of the 
Duch burns uicli is our |pI:hc ipI' l.ocjiiini;'. 

to CaplMin 

Thovnas (iiant 

at Wimlsor 

III. 

WiNHsoK May G"', 17")7. 
LouiNii i'.noTiii-.Ft \Vr U<ciuril y.iur I.<'tlcr M.-iy 51 li A- aiv Not a Little Rejoi<'e(l 
to Hear y' you are .In Heath anil fare So well and Tlirougli the Goodness of God we at 
Present are all Well — & J hope we May See Each other again in the world, but Jf God 
in his Prouidanee Hath Decread y' we Sliokl not J hope we shall have a joiful Jleeling 
at the Kight hand of him that gave ns our Beings, at Present J have nothing strange 
to Wright to you J Know of no Parson Sick amongt us. Father and 5Iothcr Bare 
with your absenc Better than J Expected I wold Not have you fail of Wrighting Euer\ 
oppcrtunity. Pleas lo Desend as far into Perticklers as you can. So J Remain your 
Most Affectionate Brother 

S. KOCKWF.LI. Gn.\NT 
P. S. My Respects to My Frinds — 

J Dont Know but J May after a while Come and Sec you. .J wold have you 
Wright what vou Stand in Most Nead of yt J fan Sui)ly you with. 

R. G. 

To Mr. 

William Grant at 

C'lawverick Belonging 

to Major Pa[y]sons 

Company of Connecticut 

with Care. 

IV. 

Clodeueck May the 10, 175T. after my Duty to my father and Mother I wold Inform 
them and all my frends that I am well and in good helth, and so I hope these Lins will 
tind you all. AVe are in expectacou of Marching from this place in a short time to 
Albiny. our fare is not so good as when at horn but it is as good as I did expect it 
would be and for the most part I am contented with my condishun. We haue no 
preching on the Sabeth but the Comishen ofisers Do C'ary on, and eury night ami 
Morning thay pray with us and for the Most part Sing a p.salm in the Eueuing, 1 haue 
nothing Strange to right to you but only that Lord Leuestou [Livingston] with a party 
of men haue had a batal with another party that Leuc [live] upon his Land and he kild 
two of them and thay wounded 5 or 6 of Lcuistons party, one of the Men that was 
kilcd was Dancl prat, he was shot into the brest if you haue any opertunity to let me 
hear from you i should be glad you wold and i do beleve you may by Leftencnt 'Wells 
that i do expect will eary this Leter to liarlford. 



AVii.r,i,\M Gn.vNT. 



We have orders to March from this place on the 11 day 
of May to a place a Letel aboue Allbiuy and below the half- 
moon and i do Supose from there to the forts. I should lie 
glad you wold pay to Alocksander Allian what Is due to him 
and tack cear [take cure] of my thing[s] as well as you can, 
to 
Captain 

Thomas Grant 

at East Windsor 

in Conectecut. 



fJintE PRKNCIt WAU SOl.niEUs' LIOTTEItS. "ilif) 

V. 
1757. Windsor, May 14th 1757 

Yours J Rec' Oue beuriiig Date May 2'', tlir ..llicr Kill. .In wlii.li .1 lia\r Ihe Joylul 
News (if your Helth. Through the Goodness Of God we ;ire at Present So at Pres- 
ent .) have Nothing strange 

Tlionias Grant at 
East Windsor in 
Connectecut plese 
to Deliuer with 
(\'ar and Spead 

VI. 

WiNDSoit June 30"" 1757. — LouiNC. Brther Yours we Re' Dated May 32' — wliarein 
wi' have the Plesiour to Hear y' you are Jn Helth. So The.se Lines all of us Through 
the Goodness of God notliing very Remarcable Except a Destresing Drouth it three 
Men at Hartford Died very Sudantly two of them ware drounded oue of whieh was 
sculing, the ore Slipt over the Pin whieh Cased him to fall over, his Name we Lost 
Dc' Langerell ventered on to Save his Lyfe ware Both Drounded. aNother Man the 
same Jnstant Dropt Down Dead his Name was Ensign — Plese to Wright all opertuni- 
tys So J Remain Your Most 

Afcctinate Brother 

Rockwell Gkant 

P. S. we have had no opertunety to send you any Dollars J Beleive y' .1 shall 
Come and see you some Time this Sunier Jf you are stationed at the fauls. Plese to 
Rite what you no Coneerning the small pox. we herd a tiling (? flying) Report, as 

though it was in the army itc 

Mr. To ' 

Wiliam Grant 

at fort Edward 

Belonging to Major 

Pason Compeny of 

Connecticut. 

VH. 

Fort Edward July the first 1757. Loding Vncle I Recued your leter Dated 

June the 18 on this very Day the 1 of July wich Jnformcd me of you and your famely 

and of my fathers famely being in good helth as usuol wich I greatly Rejoys to hear 

and hope it may be Continued to you and through the Wonderful goodness of God I 

■ am at present well in helth as euer I was in my Life a marcy grate Jndead wich I Desier 

j we may be all thanfuU for a.s we shold be and mack a good Jmprouement of tliat and 

I all other marcys that we are Daly made tlie Subicts of it is a very helthy time In the 

' Camp Comsedering th(^ nund)er of peple being upwards of Five thousand men in( auipl 

' together, generel web is lally ariued from Albeny lo Fort Edward, and a eousederalile 

Artilery of brase Canon what the Desine is I am not able to tell many hands are dayle 

Iniploid a bulding the fort and mucking a nuw Intrentment at a Desentes a fue Rods 

from the other, no moor men kild. or tacking Ijy the Indyns then I supose you haue 

heard of as 5 kild and tackin at one time and 4 kild and 3 tacking at another time; one 

kild one wounded at another time. Scouts are ofen sent out, one of about 30 men is 

I out at present and Capt. Putman is out with a party is expected in so[o]ne. two Cap- 

tiues haue bqn tacking one by Capt. Putman and one by the Mohocks, and on the 38 

I day of June tliare was 13 french men came into the Camp and Resind themselfs up and 

was thought to be some that came from Cand[a]y or Crown pint wich made us to Rejoys 

a litel while but sone found out tliay ware Some Deserted from New York of the 

Vol. L— 34 



2^6 HISTOIIV OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Niitrcls wifh mud it seme not so gooil iiuws. I liaile ben out one Sco\it my Self up to 
fort An[n] wliar was to be sene the worck of our fore fathers wieh was plesing to me. 
from fort an[n] we went to the Ch;ar Reuer, and from tliar we went to the East l)ay 
and from the East bay to the south bay and from tliere we Returned home to the fori 
and mad some Descouery of Indyins shot at some and some plunder. Xothing ninm 
att Present So I Remain your Harty well wisher and Louing Cousin 

\ViLLi.\M Gkant. 

Ple.se to give my Suteble Regards to all my frinds in Pertiekler to my father and 
mother brethren and sister and if you or they shold liaue any opertunity to wright to 
me I shold be exeding glad you wold Improue the same and if brother Rockwell should 
come up as he told of in the last I Recued Dated may the 6, I shold be glad he wold 
bring up some Chese and drid apel and a letel tee and some mony, but I wold not haue 
them be two much Consarned about me so as to put your self to troble in coming for as 
long as I am well I hope I shall not sufer but in case he should come thes things wold 
sut uery well 

This Letcr I trust will get to yon being put in the Cear of Sarg' Gil[c]s Wolcot. 

Doct" To. 

Mathew Rockwell 

at East Windsor 

in Connectecut plese 

to Deleuer with Cear 

and spead. 

VIII. 
Windsor July 4th IT.')* LoriNc; Bkother. 

After Dew Regard to yon J wold .Inform you yt. Thees Lines Through the Good- 
neft of the Eternal God Leave us in Helth as J Hope thay may find you — Thoiigh we 
are separated at a Grater Distance than Euer we ware before yet .1 hope .In God's time 
we may Behold Each othersfases with harts filed with Thankfulness But .If god Has 
other ways Determined yet Either of us must Jncounter with Grim Deth J Hope y' 
it May be our Happy portion whilst our Bodys are Moldriug into Dust our unspoted 
sols May Sore aboue The Starry Sky tt Rest in the Lotivng arms of God yt Gave us 
oner Beings there to La his Euerla.sting Praises throughout the Neverending Ages of a 
Long and Enlcs Eturnity yt this Ma_v be our Portion is the Constant Prayer of your 
Most Loving Brother. 

Rockwell Gu.vxt. 

P. S. Lord Loudon Saild from york 10 or 12 days agon with about 120 sail it i-^ 
Credbaly Reported that yt the fleet is at Hallifax. — Things upon the farm Look Mid 
iing well. Ry wheet .Indian Corn we haue Brok up about ."> acres^ Vour old mair h:i> 
got a snoty Mare Colt Dibel o.x ant [aint] Like to shed his Coat Much before the 
foil — 

>Iy Respects to all My friends Espesuly those from Windsor. Tel them .1 shold be 
Glad to Se them at Davs to Drink a litle Cherv with them 

S. R. G. 
M' T,> 

William Grant 
at fort Edward 
in Major Pasous 
Company of 
Conecticul. 

IX. 

C.KMV AT Fort Ehw.vrd .\u' i:!' 17.")?. 
D" Sert. Grant 

I have Rec'd yours whanln you Inform me you are very Sick at Green Hush; why 

Did you go over that Side; 1 have apply d to Gen'- Webb, his order is that you go 



SOMK FHENCU WAR SOIJUKRs' I.KTTRRS. 2<l7 

liinucailijltly iiitd tlii; Iliisiiilal in alliany wh^irc yoii will be vtry will liiuk'il al'lci- and 
all those that belongs to Coiinecliciilt Hegimcnl 
I hope you will soon Recover 

This from your Otfuer 

>'. Pavson. 
To Scr' W" Grant. 
(Superscribed.) To 

Sarjeant 
'VTilliam Grant 
aU 
Green Bush 

X. 

Sheffeald June 14"" ad 1758 

Sir after my Regards to I would Jnforme you that J am in good Helthe and hope 
that these Lines will find you so tow, and all the Rest of oure Companey are well and J 
hii|)e that we shall See Canaday before that J com home and plese to give my Regards 
to all our friends and J would not haue not fale of Righting to me and J will do the 
same to and plese to giue my C'omi' to mis E. G. and to all Rerest of the fameley and so 
.1 Remain youres to Sarv and sofrth 

Giles Wolcott. 
To Mr 

William Grant 
att 
Windsor. 

XI. 

Camp att Crown Pouint. 

Sir after Due Regards to you wo'' Jest informe you that J am in good helth at Present 
and that J Did arve at this plase on the 15 of this Enst October ifc all my men with me 
saue Sarg'. Fitch who J left Sicke at nomberfore and it is a genrel time of helth in our 
Camp, there is not Bout teen or twevl out of our Reg" that have Died this years, J 
haue lost three of my men sence J Left Camp — and these Desarters that Cap' Enos 
took up haue Rese"* there ponishment Rider of my company had 900 well put on. 
Conet had BOO as well put on and those that J tooke up ha'n't had there ponnesment 

yet 

and nn more at pre.-icnt Bo' J must Beg leaue to sub.scribe my Seleff your humble sjirv". 

GlI,ES WOLCOTT. 

P. S. plese to give my due Regards to your Honord father and mother Brothers 
& Sister & leel hur that J Do iiiJoy my selefT much Betcr at present than when a mong 
the Darned Lying Crue for now J Can seet long with a woman as Long as J plese and 
they onle sa that J Did it a boue fore or fife times 

G. W. 
To 
.Ml William Grant 
at 

Windsor 
pr favor of m' 
Mather — 

to Wright — J wold not Hav you faill of Wrighting all oppertunitys and Let us Know 
Jf you are Jn want of any thing y J can supply you with Jn Dew time I hope 



268 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

God in lii.s.Jntiuitc <;(HKlncss will Rfturn you tu your friends F-.-idcn willi the Expiiciiccs 
of his Goodness to you \vliic;li y" it iniiy l>i- is Ihi- Coiistniil Prayer of your .Must Afcc- 

tionate Father 

Thomas Gu.vkt 
Cast your Care on him y' Cars for you. ) 
Let the fesir of God be always before ,■ 
your Eys ' 

P. S. You NiMd not lie Consernd about your bisiicss .Pll sec .\. .\lien P'' 
Your Mother, lirotlirrs and Sister Hemeinlier their Love to you. 

To M' 

William Grant 

at Clawverick in Major 

Pasons Company of 

Coneeticut 

With Care. 

xn. 

June the 10 1757. After My Duty to my Parence I wold inform them that I am 
well and in good helth and fare as well as can be expected in a Campain, and as I 
Recev* your Leter Dated May the forteuthe wich Informed rae that you was all well I 
was very mueh Rejoys to hear of it and I hop the .same and all other Mareys that you 
stand in nead of may be Granted to you as far as is fetest and Best for you anil that you 
may mack a good Improvement of the same and I hope in Due time we may Sc one 
another again and be Inabled to giue God thanks for his wonderful goodness towards 
us and allthow the dangers of sin and of Life — some to be in more hazard yet god is 
Able to Presarue and to make all things work together for good to them that Loue him. 
tharfor I would not haue you be two much consarnd about me but put your trust in 
one that is able to Dwo for us in a far nioir abundant way and mauer than we are Able 
to do or Lay out for our selfe. 

I have nothing Remarkable to wright to you of the Afares in the Camj) Hut only 
that on the begining of May there was 4 men kild and 5 tacking within about half a 
mild of this Fort. Seoul are sent out but mack no De.scuuerycs. Capt'" Putman set out 
with About 100 men for 18 days scout and was to be .loinde with two moor Com])anys 
when thay got to the Lack [Lake George?] to go to the Norcws [Narrows — Lake 
George] as was talked of when thay went away, the 5 day of June thur was two cap- 
tiues came in too the fort one was tacken at Swngo, and the other in capt Rodgers Fight 
and they bring nuws that thar is a grat Scarety of Prouisons and that they are very 
much Descurdged and I mad Inquries abo\it Captin Noah Grant and he teld me that 
thar was nothing heard of him after he set out with Capt'° Sheperd, thes men set out 
from Moryall 13 days befor thay came to this Fort 
These Lines from your most Duteful Son 

William Guant, 

Capt'"" to 

Thomas Grant 

at East Windsor 

in Connetecut These 

to Deliuer with Cear 

and spead. 

XIII. 

Fort Edwaud, June the 12 1757 Honored father hauing writ a Leter June the 10 and 
Sent it and presently after I writ the Same Day thar was a soreful Accdent ria)iene(l 
wich I had not operlunily to put in. A party of men went out with Lcftenent Bilings 



SOME FRKNCH WAD SOLDI KRS' LKTTKIiS. :2f)rt 

nliDUl line quMilci-.s (if ii mild from the Fort ti) work and there went a jjard with tlieiii 
of aluit 1(! men aud about nine a cloek thay came in to Breakforst and went out at 10 
and had but .lest set the Sentry Het'oer the Enemy Fired upon them and kild 4 of 
ihein upon the spot and 5 or 6 moer are absent and witout Dout are kild or tackeu. 
a nimilxr of our men run out from the fort and tired at tliem but Dont no that thay 
kild any. two of the men that was kild belonired to captain Witelsics company the 
names of them was Martin Hooker and thonias Uuekely aud the other two Belonged to 
Captain Slop, one of them was Ric. Edwards, tlie other was an ludyen felow. tin; 
names of two of the men that was tucken was John Wolcot and Daved Camel and the 
other three Belonged to Captain Fitch, a Sorrowfid Sight to Behold, Martin Hooker 
w.is a Live when they found him and thay Brought him into the fort and he Lined a 
fuc minits and did. he was Shot throw with two bidets, and stabed with thar knifs 
in two or three places and scalped and a hoi cut in his neck with a batchit nuws is 
come seuee that 2 men was tacken at Lack gorge [Lake George] the day befor, but how- 
true I cant tell we seme to be Exsposed to many danger but what is Determiud for us 
God only knows. 

"VVtI.I.IAM (!l{.\NT. 

thes lius ware Sent from fort Edward the 23 day of .luiic ni> operlunyti befor thar 
is Some things if I had time I shold have writ but cant now if iliar is any opertunity to 
let me bear from you plese to Improur it and let me liear bow llic Afaresare at honi. 
thes liiis leve me well. 

Captian to 



CHAPTER XIV. 

ECCLESIASTICAl. HISTORY. — THE FIRST, OR (»L1) SOCIETY IX 
WINDSOR. 

1711-1776. 



THIS society was organized alioiit 1703. The "Ecclesiastical So- 
ciety " of New England was the necessaiy outgrowth of the division 
of a town, or of an extension of religious privileges in the formation of a 
new church congregation. Previously to this the town and the church 
were j)ractically one as regarded their material interests, and the records 
of the town embraced the history of both. But, when new parishes be- 
gan to be formed and there were two or more in the same town, then the 
State established ecclesiastical societies, defined their l)0undaries, and gave 
into their hands all the powers relative to ecclesiastical affairs, schools, and 
the care of the " Inirying ground " which the towns had pre\"iously exer- 
cised. All property within the limits of a society was taxable, on vote of the 
society, for the support of the Gospel and for schools. Subsequently, undei 
the pressure of an increasing desire for "liberty of conscience " in mat-| 
ters of faith, this law was modified. The first to be exempted from the 
tax laid liy the CongTcgational Society were meml)ers of an Episcopa 
Society, located in the southern part of the State. Later still, the ex-| 
em])tion included all jiersons who belonged to any religious society and 
wlio, by <'rrtiticati', iiiifided tlie clerk of the Congregational Society 
which they lived, iif the fact ; whereupon such persons were taxed onlj 
for the supi)ort of sucli other society as they belonged to, and thus 
directly or indirectly, all property was taxed for the maintenance of re 
ligious institutions.' The Constitution of 1818 exempted every one froB 
an ecclesiastical tax, nnloss they voluntarily assumed it : Imt the oW 
school system yet remains uncliangcd, an<l jiartics wIki inainiain private 



' It was not until near the beginning of the present century thnt men were allowe 
to " sign off " in order tliat they miglit support preaching of some other than the " ea 
fablished order." Numbers of tlie.se notes or "certificates" which are recorded, sho^ 
how unwilling many were to be taxed for the support of a ministry in wliicli tliey had 
no faith. One dated Nov., 1808, reads. " This may certify that Martin Palmer, of 
Windsor, does not mean to upliold the idea of Religion being supported by the civi| 
sword; therefore, by this lie certities that the Baptist order are according to the Apo& 
tolie plan, discarding the usurpation of llie Redo Bapli.sts, or Presbyterians, aiwl will no^ 
support them, from this date." 



EcrLKstASTicAi., ITll-lTTii. -271 

scliiMilr< iiuist still ]i;iy tlii'ir tax t(i siipjidi-f the State svstciii of |iiili!ic 
insi i-iirti(m. 

Tlu' ?,v\m\at(' jHirixh records of Windsor begin Auu'. 31, 1711; previ- 
ously to this, though, tor some few years, the east and west sides of the 
river voted separately in parish matters, both for the support of preach- 
ing and for schools. Separate books of record were not ke)it. 

1712-13. Feb. 3. " J'oled, To give the Rev. Samuel Mather this year, and also dur- 
ing his life for the future, the sum of £45 in pay, or two-thirds in money, yearly, and 
so proportionately, for a lesser term of time." 

1716-17. Jan. 30. "Voted, Thatthe south and north sides of the Meeting-house, and 
the east end be changed into pews. 

■' ]'oted, It shall be determined in what manner the said pews shall be built. 

" Vottd, That the Society shall be at the charge of making the pews around the 
Meeting-house as above.' 

It will be remembered that, in the case of similar previous altera- 
tions in the first meeting-house, they had been made at the expense of 
the individuals who were to occupy them. This vote of 1717 marks 
a progress towards equality in the house of God, " a leveling up of the 
people, not by pulling down the pews of the dignitaries, but by building 
[lews for the untitled — a venturing to relax a little the outward defer- 
ence paid to official station, a process which has been carried so far in 
our day that the Governor of the Commonwealth sits among the peo- 
ple who elected him, with no outward sign of his rank " : but for a long 
time after this, the dignitaries continued to sit in "'the highest seats," 
and tlie common people were "seated" as sliown in some of the follow- 
ing rerorils : 

Twelve years later we have the items of exjiense jiaid liy the society ' 
for " seating the meeting-house." 

"To .Jonathan Gillett for warnini pew men to meet the scaters to consider wlial to 
do. 

"To Dea. Thomas iMarshall, 5 days at 3»., seating the meeting-house. . 15«. 
" To John Palmer, Sen,, 5 days " " " " 15s. 

"To Israel Stoughton, " " " " " 15s. 

"To Capt. Moore, " " " 

"To Dr. Samuel Mather for part of a day seating the meeting-house, and a 

copy of the dignification, . 

' The Soc'y is indel)ted to Eliakim Marshall for 19 dinners to seaters of the 

meeting-house, from Feb. 23, to March la I'J.v. 

" " for drink, is. id." 



' Dr. Samuel Mather (who was also one of the conuniltee to "dignify the seats,") 
was permitted, by special vote of the society, to " have room to erect a pew from the 
Gallery stairs, going into the women's gallery, to extend to IheSoulli Guard, including 
one casement." 

The seaters were espe<ially instructed in the peiforniance of their duty, to have due 
regard to age and estate, "' none to be degraded," i. e., none to be assigned to a seat 
less honorable than thej' bad previously occupied. Also, " Voted, Those that have seats 
of their own granted are imt to \u- -iciited nowliere el.se, except they resign up their seats 
to the Societv." 



272 



SISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Also voted, '■ That tlie sealers shall not seat the minister's pew." 

" Voted to pertnit Isaac Skinuer, Stephen Palmer and Enoch Drake to have liberty 
to make a pew over the women's stah-s, providetl they till the said pew, and don't hinder 
theli,?ht."' 

December 30tli, 1718. "As to the middle pew in the gallery, the Society voted that 
notwithstanding any former right, any person had, by building or being settled, in the 
aforesaid pew, the Society takes it into their own custody, to dispose of it as they shall 
think fit. allowing those per.sons what they shall think reasonable that built it." 

"Voted, That the Society will give to the persons that built the pi'W in the ijalliTy. 
31.V. for it." 

The coniiuittee wore ordered to seat it. 

December 31, 1719. Voted " that the pew next to the pul|iil shall lie for the use of 
Mr. Marsh's family and no other." 

Ill the year 1724, the iiilialiitaiiis of the Poquouoek district were set 
off as a distinct parish, and tlie style of the "Society West of the River," 
is after this date clianoed, on the records, to the Old, or First, or Middle 
Society. 

January li'.t, \^■l\\. It was voti'd, that Deacon Thomas .^hlrsllali 
shall set the iisalm on Sali^iath day. 

April ."), 1731. ■ Voted that this Meeting-House .shall be repaired, with new win 
dow frames, sash frame, and well glazed forthwith, and clab-boarded anew where it 
needful ; also that the under pinning be well repaired and the dor?nant windows, 
called, taken ilmvii and the spare tillcil up with boards and shingles." 

At a siib.sequent meeting this vote was reconsidered, and it wa 
ordered that " the meeting-house windows shall be made in the san 
form its they now are, and that the dormer windows be unchanged." 

Feliruary 4, 1734-5. The society committee were instructed td 
"purchase a good suitable black broadcloth, which may be creditable tc 
cover corpses withall when buried, and that the same be left with MrJ 
Thoniiis Filer, so that any person may know where to take it when ani 
person is liuried ; and it is to be purchased on the society's cost, and th^ 
cloth to remain for th(! use aforesaid." 

Also, "Voted, that the Society drum be titled in good rig. and some jicrson hiretj 
on the Society's cost to beat it on the Sabbath days." 

About this time the meeting-house was seated anew, and it wa 
ordered, " that each person is to lie seated according to his age and ratesj 



I 



' In the Town Records is u " Pcwmans Bond," dat.il Dec. 19, 171S, \vhi( li lorre 
sponds with the above. It was executed by Enoch Drake, .lolin Stiles, I.saac Skinner 
Nath. Allyn and Thos. AUyn, .louatlian Barber and Daniel Griswold, for the sum of i 
each. It boiuid " all and every one of them, their heirs and administrators, to well an 
truly pay, or cause to be paid, his or their ratable part of building a Pew, which 
arc now about to build in the gallery of the Meeting-House." None were to sell ou 
their right, without the consent of all the rest; and none to sell it for more or less thaJ 
its original cost. Matthew .Mlyn afterwards sold bis right to his brother Thomas, and 
he to Simon Chapman. 



IcccLKsiAsTKAi,, ITll-ITTU. 2T:] 

:iiiii not fo hnvr iiiiy rcuMril in :inytliinii' else, luit (iiil\ iin 111:111 to lie 
sciilril liiwci- lliall lie is nnA\- sciifnl." 

Ill society CNlirilSrs, tllc lir\l yiMr, iirr tiir I'nilow ill'.;' iti'lliS : 

■■.liiliii WilM.ii, r,.r |i;ill, ijs l.-,,v. 

to luniiiii; -.1 pair of (Iniiiislicks, (i-/. 
.Insi:ili Allrii I'l.r hcMtiii;;- liniiii. 
.I.ilui 

Ill lT-'i<>, iir tlicrciilMiiits, then' si'ciiis ti' li:i\<' lircn (|iiitc ;i coininol ioii 
ill \;irioiis rliiiri-lics of tlir coluny, iicrasioliri! Iiy ;i inir hnii//i </ iiicIImhI ol' 
siuuiiiLi'. iiit rudiiiTil hy n rrrt;iiii Mr. rx'MJ.iiiKl callcMl ,SV/(<//'/(// //// /,'iil,.' 
Ill llic cliiin-li (if Wiiiilsor, its atlcinptcd iiit roiliictioii t;;i\c I'isr to iiincll 
I'M'itriiinil , (liiriiiL:' wliicli ;in iiiiiiisinLi' iiicidi'iit orciini'il, u liich is tliiis 
na'i'vcly dcscrilicd on the Socii'ty Records liy Henry Aiiyn, clerk : 

July 2il, 178(). At a society mcctiiii,' at which f"a]it. Pclatiah Allyii was inoilcrator. 

" Tho Ijvisiness of the iiiCL'ting [irocccded in the following' nuinner, vi/,, the Moiler- 
alor proposed to the consideration of the meeting in the 1st place what should be done 
resi)ecting that part of Public worship caUed singing, viz; whether in their Public meet- 
ings, as on Sabliatli days, Lectures. &e: they would sing the way that Deacon Marshall 
usually sang in liis lifetime, eominonly ealleil the ' Old Way,' or whether they would 
sing the way taught by Mr. Bial, ((ininionly called singing by Rule,' and when the 
Society li.-id discoursed the matter, the Moderator proposed to vote forsaid two ways as 
foUoweth, viz; that those that were for singing in piilillc in the way practiced by Dea- 
con Marshall, should hold up their hands and be counted, and tlien that those that were 
desirous to sing in Mr. Beal's way. called •' by Kule," would after show their minds by 
the same sign, which ni<;thod was proceeded ui)on accordingly. Hut when the vote was 
passed, there being many \()ters, it was ilillicult to take the e.xact number of votes in 
order to determine on which side the major vote was: whereupon the Moderator 
ordered all of the voters to go out of the .seats and stand in the alleys, and then tliattho.se 
that were fr.r Deacon .Marshall's [way] >h(ml(l go into the men's scats, and those that 

' Rev. Thomas Waller, a minister of Ro.\bury, Jlass., from 1718 to 1725. was one 
of the early movers toward this reform in church singing. The following is his tesii 
inony as to the condition of this part of public worship in his day. 

'About the commencement of the eighteenth century, music had been .so much 
iM -lected that few congregations could sing more than four or tive tunes, and the.se few 
liad become so mutilated, tortured, and twisted, that the psalm-.singing had become :i 
mere disorderly noise, left to the mercy of every unskillful throat to chop and alter, 
twist and change, according lo their odd fancy — sounding like tive hundred lunes 
scored out at the same time, and so litl le in time that they were often one or two wordsapart ; 
so hideous as to be bad beyond expression, and so drawling that we sometimes had to 
pause twice on one word to take breath; and the decline had been so gradu;il that the 
very confusion and discord seemed to have become grateful to their ears, while meloily 
sung in tune and time was offensive; and when it was heard that tunes were sung by 
note, they argued that the new way, as it was called, was an unknown tongue, not 
melodious as the old — made disturbance in churches, was needless — a contrivance of 
the designing to get money, re(|uired too much time, and made the young disorderly; 
old way good enough." 

A writer in the Xiw EikjIhihI Vhroniiii:, about the same time (/'. <., in 17'3;! , siiid, 
" Truly I have a great jealousy that if we once begin to .sing by note, the iieNt thing 
will be to pray by rule, and preach by rule, and then comes Poiiery." 
Vol.. I. — 35 



■274 IlISTOIiV OF AXriKNT WINDSOn. 

were for .Mr. Uc-il's way should gn into tlic woniiMi's .scats, and al'lc r many olijcctioiis 
made agaiu.st that way, which prevailed not with the Moderator, it was eoniplied with, 
and tlieii the Moderator desired that tlio.se that were of the mind that the way to be 
practised for singing for the fut\ire on the Sal)l)ath, &e. should be thi' way sung by 
Deacon Marshall as aforesaid woulil signify the sauie by holding up their hands, and be 
counted, and then tlie Moderator and myself went and counted the voters, and the Mod- 
erator asked me how many there was. I answered 42 and he said there was 63 or 64, 
and then we both counted again, and agreed in the number l)eiug 43. Then the Mod- 
erator was about to count the number of votes for Mr. Beal's way of Singing called "by 
Rule," but it was otTered whether it would not be better to order the voters to |)ass out 
of the meetinghouse door and there be counted, which method (though by many ob- 
jected against, was ordered by the Jloderator. and those that were for Deacon Marshall's 
way of singing, as aforesaid, were ordered to pass out of the Meeting-House door and 
there be counted, who did accordingly and their number was 44 or 45. Then the Moder- 
ator proceeded and desired that those that were for singing in Public the wav that Mr. 
Beal taught, would draw out of their seats and pass out of the door and be counted; 
they replied they were ready to show their minds in any proper way where they were, if 
they might be directed thereto, but would not go out of the door to do the same, and 
desired that they ndght be led to a vote where they were, and they were ready to show 
their minds which the Moderator refused to do and thereupon declared that it was voted 
that Deacon Marshall's way of singing called the "Old Way," .should be sung in Pub 
lie for the future, and oi'dered me to record the same as the vote of the sind Society. 
which I refused to do under the circumstances thereof, and have rei orded tlw facts and 
proceedings." 

At the ne.xt iiicetiiig in January, IToG-T, De;ii'i)ii ^^:M■.sll;ll!■.s nn'tliDtl 
wan ci rvjjped , nud it was "voted, that the Society wmilil sIhl: in tlieir 
public meetings, for the year ensuing, iitie |»art rif the ihiy in the oM waj/ 
of singing, as it is ealiiMl, aiicl tlie ut\u-v half 'd' thr day in the IH'W \vaj| 
of singing, called singing iiy Rule." 

At last canie tlie triiiniiih of the rehuiners. 

"Feb. 1738-40. Voted, That the way of singing in public shall be by the way 
method commonly called singing by rule, or the way Mr. B(!al taught this Society. 
" Voted, That Deacon John Wilson tune the Psalm. 
"Voted, That Deacon .John Cook shall read the Psalm. " ' 

in tlie winter of 1740-1, occurred the famous revival of religio| 
liUDWii as the Great Awakening, t'ommenciiig at N(iitiiaiH|i(iiii unde 

' Rev. Timothy Edwards, of the Second Parish (East 'Windsor), in his privaq 
account book, thus writes concerning Mr. Beale, and seems to have favored his style ( 
singing — indeed, took an active i)art in the reform. During the tive months in whic| 
Mr. Beal and his .son made Mr. Edwards' house their home, off-andon, they visit 
Hartford, Springfield, Willington, and the west side of the river, undoubiedly aboili 
their singing business. 

"March 13, 1727. Mr. George Beale and his son Matthew came to my house 
noon, and went that day to Dinner, both of them, and at night to Supper, and Lay hel 
that night and went to breakfast and dinner the next day: in y afternoon went to Hai| 
ford, viz. on Tuesday. 

" March 17. Yy both came again on Friday and Supped and Lodged here, an 
contimied here until y ne.xt Tuesday after dinner and y" went again in the afternoon^ 
Hartford. 

" March 24"'. On Friday, in the evening yy came again. Supped and Lodged he 



ECCLESIASTICAL, 1711-1776. 275 

(he jjicacliinii' i)f the Rov. Joiiathaii Edwanls, it pxtoiulfil throimlinut the 
liieailth and length of New England nntil almost eveiv rlmrcli liiid |iar- 
takrn lit" its inflnenees. The first parish in Windsor, under Mr. Marsh, 
was riilily lilrst, a.s Jfr. Edwards says, "ahont the same time as \vv in 
Niiitli;nii|itiin. uliile we had no knowledge of eaeh other's eirenmstanees : 
tlicrc has liccn a \rr\gre:it ingathering of souls to Christ in tiiat place." ' 
Aliimt this time the celehrated Whitfield preached, at least once in 
A\'indsiir. The meeting-house, which at that time stood on the Palisado 
gricii. (ipposite Dr. Pierson's, was very largo and had two galleiies, yet it 
ciiidd nut acciimmodate hundreds who came to listen to the hurning elo- 
i|iience of the man of God. 

In 1747, the Rev. JonatJiau Marsh, third pastur i)i tliis society, 
rested from his labors. He possessed great amiability of temper, with 
strong powers of mind; and ferN-id piety was ha[)i)ily lilcnded with sound 
iudgmciit. Tradition relates that not unfrequently, when the sands of 
the pulpit Imur-ulasshad (piite run out, he would turn it over, and i)reach 
almost Id till- rud of the second hour. His life was one nf labcirious 
elTdrt, and his miuistiT was attended with great success. 

His mununient, in the old cemetery at Windsm-, brars the fdiinuing 
truthful epita))h : 

"Here lies interred tlic hotly of the RcV* >!' .T()N.\.TII.\X MARSH, n fnitliful 
and successful Pastor of the first ehurch of Windsor, who died .Sept y S, 1747 in the 
39"' year of his Ministry. .Etatis Sui (!:{, Sic Transit (Jloria Miuidi." 

The love and respect with which he had inspired his {)eople, and their 
tender care for his familv, is evinced in the following society votes: 



and continued with us till Tuesday after ilinner, viz, .sometime in y aflernoou went to 
Hartford, 

" JIareh ;!I. Vy caiue a.sain on Friday eveniui: and eoiilinued here till Tuesday 
after dinner as beftire. 

"And so Mr. Beale hath been here after the .same manner ever sines, with his son, 
only y' week our Sin.sinji Leeture was, his son was here from the Friday ni,sht of the 
w. ik before all y lime to y" next Thursday after diruier. 

This was written .May 9tli. 

■July 13. Jlr, Beale and his .son went in y foicnonn to y" West side of y Hiver 
I and came home in y* evening." 

! But it is to be noticed tliat Mr, IJeal's way, eonunoidy eallcd " Sintcinjr by Rule," 

did not prevail in the Windsor Society until twelve years after he tabernaeled with Rev. 
Mr. Kdwards. showing the cxistenee of a strong, conservative force in this ancient jiar- 
ish. Under the new style, congregational singing in New Kngland wasgreatlj- improved, 
I Then, just before the Revolutionary War, Mr. William Billings arose — born in Bo.ston, 
1746, and accounted a great musicid genius — who wrought a wondrous revolution. 
Under him came ehurch choirs, fuging tunes, singing schools, the l)a.s,s-viol, etc., etc. 
llis music went through the churches like a fresh breeze." Condcnmd from Rev, Increase 
N. Tarbox's Adilnvn ok Sinninrj Customs iii. Seio En;iliii>d ('Jt)iirh(», read at the Quarter- 
Millenial of Windsor Church, 1880, 

' .Jonathan Edward's lUxt. nf t/w Greul lleciml. 



27(i HlSTOItY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

•■At ;i Mirtiiis (if Hk- 1" or Old Scicicly in Wiiiilsiir lawfully wanu-.l and assciidili-d 
in the Old JMcctiiijj Mouse in Windsor on the first Monday of October, AD 1747. to c i.ii 
sidcr what we shall do under our sore and heavy bereavement, brought on u-. in tlir 
Deatli of our Late Rev' M' Jonathan Marsh, our pastor, voted, tli.it Dracm .lolui Wil 
son, Deacon John Cook. Ebenezer Hayden. Daniel Bi.ssell. .lonatli.in Stiles, .lohn Pal 
nier. Jr.. and Henry Allyn. or the major |Kirt (jf them, be a ( 'omniillcc for tliis Sneirty 
to seek after and provide smnr niii'l I'civon to preach with us under our present rircuni 
stances." 

" Voted, to raise £2(10 for the Gospel mini.-itry. and to pay Mr. .Marslis heirs the bal- 
ance of liis salary." 

Tlio socidy, ill A|n-il, IT-IN, \,,|,.i|, in .■uti.siilcnitidii of tlic " laic <U'- 
[)ressiiiii id' iiiir <Mti'foiic'y, timl llii' rlinfac nl the ilrrnit Intciiiicnl t\\' tlio 
Rev. .Mr. .Idiintlinii .Mnrsii, mir lulc wmlliy I'nstiu', it i.s imw \ ulcil In L:r:nil 
tn llis lli'ifS £ 175 1 111 111! 'V, nil] 'I'ciiuf, ill aililitiull tn W lltit lius Ilil iirllii lireii 
-i-aiitfil." ' 

J)ill-ili,o' Mf. Mtiisirs iiiiiiistfv tlic cliiireli ami paiisii liail sitl'iciril 
t'lirtlit'f (liiiiiiiiititui liy tlic sopiifatitiii oi' r(ii|iiiiiic)ci<. ami tlic csttililisli- 
iiiciit there <it' iiii imlc)ien(lcnt ehin'cii iiml society in 17'^4, ami li\ a siiiii- 
liif liaii|)eiiiiio' at Wiiitoiiliiifv (nnw iJlooiiilicId ) in 17;'i'.l. 

Shortly alter his dciitli, and licrni-c lii.s siiccessnf had lieeu decided 
upon, the society licuiin to iis-itale the siiliject ot ;i new iiicctiiiu-liinisc, 
iind stfiiisilitwiiy hccanic iinolveil in luic of those (|iiiiinds which — iilas. 
' for poof liiiinan iiatitfc ! — are so frcipiiiit in New Ensihnid chtirchcs. the 
inalter in dispute licin;^-, as usual, the lncatinti ol' the new eililice. From 
the lirst si'tllcinenl ot lite (own, the meet imidiniisc had stood on tlicrali- 
sado Green, north of the rivulet. .V ride, \cr\ iicncrally reciiijiii/ed in 
h)eatinu' chiirches. was to lake the sum of the disltinccs from each dwcll- 
iii',;- in the parish and In Iind tlie i-iiiiiiiinii irn/rr. '• 'rims in this case, the 
distance was mctisiircd from every house on the north side ol liic ri\cr 

' In 1715, the society voted to give Kev. .Mr. .Marsh f70 lliis ye.ir; in 171s. es.", this 
year; in 1719, €90 this year; in 1730, £0.5 to be paid in niouey or grain; in 17-1, L'lOO tn 
be paid in money or grain; in 1733, £100 in money this year; in 1724, .€110 in money (his 
year; in 1737, €12.5 in money this year; in 1730, .€l;!0 in money this year; in 17;j"). €l(l(i 
in money this year; in 17:i6, €105 in money this year; in 1737, €180 in money this year; 
in 1739, €190 in moiU'V this year; in 1740, €200 in money this year; in 1741, €200, am! 
.€30 for wood; in 1744, .€241). he furnisli wood; in 1745, €250, he furnish wood; in 174li. 
•.€3(iO. old tenor. 

The town of Wind.sor, by votes b.Mring date Deeember 1713 and 171(i, did give to 
the Hev. Jonathan Mar.sh sixty acres of land wilhiii the towiisliiji of Windsor, which 
land was stuveyed out to him in 1722. 

In January. 1726. Mr. Marsh bought, for €30, of Daniel and Tlioin.is White. si.\ 
acres of land north of the rivulet. In April, 173(i, Thomas Shepard. in consideration of 
a certain stnu of money paid to him by .lonatli:ni Stiles of Windsor, ipiitclaimed unto 
the Hev. Jonathan Mar.sli all his ri;:iit :ind title to a certain piece of land in Windsor, 
containing seventy-five acres. 

In May, 1740, Rev. Jonathan Marsh purcha.sed a lot of seven acres on the west side 
of the Great Hiver; thus showing him to have in possession at least 140 acres of land. 



KCCI.ESIASTICAL, 1711-177t>. 277 

to llir Mc'tiliu-liousr. :ili(| tllr Slllll n\' tlirso (listllliccs :mMciI toovtiirl- : 
ihrli tlic iiiiiiiliiT 111' till' limisrs mull i|ilii'il liV tlir (iisl:ilicr IVmii the lliri't- 
iim-liiilisi', '■/■(( tlir Irny rii;iil,tlic rrrr\ . tlirnrr to tlir l>il\ ill Iviiw liillilliunsi', 
thru sdiitli. thriicc west tii tlic iinrth mil ><( I'.i-uail i^triTt, Mini tlir sinii of 
tlii'Sd distances aildeil to tlir I'lniiirr. 'I'lirii llir ilistaiirrs tiinii all tlir 

lioiisos on tlio sontli side to tlir umtli mil ol iiroml st irrt, and llin 

/■/.( thr l'rrr\" to tlir nioetinji'-honsr, wrrr inrasiirrd, and it was loiiiid that 
thr |(ro|ilr on thr noi-th side could rrarli IJroad stirrt with Irss tia\rl 
than tliosr on thr south sidr must tra\rl to rrarh Palizado (irrrn." — •/. 
//. Iliiii^hii. Tradition (R,r. Frnlirlr ( 'li,i i>iinin, \t. MW) says that a 
rmtrr thus olitaincil, measured hy (]ir usual |iatli of tlmsr who irsidnl 
ill uhat is now tlir Fourth Sidiool District (the \iriiiity of thr Old Mill) 
who iisnallv rainr down a road thioiiii'li the Hollow l''all and crossed the 
i;i\iilrt in tlirir own Imals, thirty or forty rods aho\r tlir |irrsmt rail- 
road hriilLir, would lia\r locatnl thr new n tinu-lionsr on thr'sitr ol 

thr old onr : hnt tlmsr wlioli\rd south and west of tlir l;i\ ulrt claiinrd 

that thosr who li\ri| in thr old mill distrirt should havr ihrir distances 

nirasnrrd via thr |iulilir hiuhway and ferry, and hy this strateuetic iiio\-e 

" those south of the Itivniet liiially carried thr day, and the society in 1754 

! ajireed to erect the new meeting-house on IJroad street.' 

j In 1755, the society appointed a liuilding committee to Imild ■■ where 

' the County Court liad set the stake" : in 175(5. tliry vofrd that thr lioiisr 

should hr t;o h'rt hy 45, and l'4 frrf in liri-ht. It was nerlrd, as wr 

Irani from the date on its corner-stone (sinrr insrrtrd in thr loiindation 

of thr present edifice) in 1757." 

j 'There is now in the town clerk's orticc m iii.i|i wliirli wns ilniwii ii|i at lliis tiiiii', 

, anil with special reference to tliis (iiie.slion of Inr.iiiiiL; llie imrl Iiil: Ihmim'. Frrm sniiie 
null-; nil ils iiiar'.;iii wr i;ntlii-r the rollii\viii<j; ilciii'^ : 
■j'lir Iravrl of tlir liiliahilaiits on thr .v"//A siilr of thr Kivuirt t.. Dr. W nlrotfs 

(llir Imusr iinw iMiii|iiril liy tllr ujilnw of 8i(iiiey Howeis). is . 112 miles. 

I he inivrl ririii Dr. Wrhrll \ In t hr iiirri inn-house, is .... 50 miles. 

KiS miles, 
[j The travel of Ihr inh.iliitaiil.s on thr i,.,rlh side of thr Hivnlrt to thr 

iiiretiiii; liiiuse. is ......... 71 milrs, 'iT>;] rods. 

Thr travrl from tlir mrrtiiig hoiisr to Dr. \Voleotfs. is, . 39 miles. 

, 111) miles, 2."):! rods. 

Making the travel of the south side iico|ilr .>S inilrs, 2.")li rods merr than that of 
those on the north side. 

• Illustrative of the custom of the day to rai.se all needed funds, however insignifi- 
cant, hy taxation, we copy a vole of tlie first society to inocure .step-stones for the 
meeting-house (south side of the river), seven years after the house was first occupied : 

17(55. " V'oled to raise two farthin,!;s (m the pound on the poll and ralalile estate of 
said society, as set in the list of 17(i-4, for the payment of the step-stones, which the nieet- 
ing-liousr ripiiunittrc had not iiioiiry to ]>ay up." 



278 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

In .l;iiiii;ii\ , IT.JS, tlir new iiiri'I iiig-liDiisc secuis to liavc lir-rn lUMrly 
i'()iii|ilct('il, for the society insti'uctcd the coniinittec "to imll dnwii the 
01(1 House, sometime in .Mareh or Api'il next, and that it he a|i|)lieil for 
tinisliinji; the new " : and the new edifice, which stood where the aeadeniy 
since stood, in front of Widow Bowers's, was never (|uite finished. 

Apiil :iS, IToiS, the society votrd. ■■ to inert for wdrship in the fntin-c 
in tlie new meeting-house," and in .Inly of the same year, it was \otcd 
'■ to iii\e the Rev. 5Ir. I{nssell that tiniher that was picked out for a liaiii, 
out of the old meeting-house timlier." There is little douht that tln' 
tradition uhieh |Miints ont Mr. Iloiari' Ellsworth's liarn as the veritalijc 
oneliuilt out of the timber of the old meeting-liouse, erected one luindicd 
and six years ago, on Palisado Green, may be accepted as true. 

The dissatisfaction, however, of those who lived north of the l\i\ u- 
let, resulted, in 1759, in the securing of a legislative enactment, author- 
izing the formation of a distinct ecclesiastical society. This was done, 
and the Seventh Soricfi/, or the Society in North Windsor, as it was 
termed, erected an cilifuT on the west side of the road, aliout one and a 
quarter miles nortli of tiir Old Church, and m'ariy opposite the present 
residence of Mr. Iliiani I'.uckhind: and, in Septemher, 17dl, were liy 
act of th»* ("onsoiiati<in of the NUrth District of Hartford County, 
solemnly set apart as a distinct church of Christ. In Octolier, 1765, 
a unanimous call was extended to the Rev. Theodore Hinsdale to he- 
come their pastor; and he entered upon his duties on the 30th of Aiiril 
following. He was a graduate of Yale College, in 17t>2, and a man of 
deep piety and excellent attainments. 

But each of these societies were weak, and each lamented the other's 
perversity in refusing to cross the Rivulet. The First Society, from their 
house on the south side of that stream, in 17(J7, only five years after the 
organization of the (Seventh) society, sent out a pathetic appeal " to the 
7th, or our l)rethren on the north side." Reviewing the successive stejis 
of the disagreement uhieli had alienated them, they allude to the e\cnt 
as one "which we then tooli to he a great misi'ortune to lioth, whieii ex- 
perience proves to lie true," and they continue. •• if the north side will 
annex themselves to us. wc will finish the meeting-house where it now 
stands at our own cost, within five years, and exempt the brethren on 
the north side from taxes to support the ministry for four years." This 
proposition shows that, after nine years occupation, their building was so 
far from lieing finished, that it would rerpiire five years more to complete 
it. and thei-c is a tradition that it ne\ei- was comph;tcd as originallv pi-o- 
pose,l. 

The only condition inijioseii upon the "7"' Society" people li\ this 
olfcr, Wiis that they shoidd •' freely and cordially" annex themselves and 
their public stock to the First Society; and that, in case of future di\i- 



K('CLEsi.\«Tir.\L. 1711-1 TTi!. 279 

sidli, cMcli wrri' t(i li;iM' tlirii- (iwii li;irk :it;:iiii : ;iiiil sucll |)r()|)crty as 
slioiilil liavc \«'rn aciniii'cil aflcr tlic i-cniiiDii should lir (lividcil liy tlid 
aiiiumit of (lirir ivs|ii'cli\<' lists at tlir time of ilivisidii. This |in(|ii)si(i<)ii, 
hdwi'xcr, was not aiTr|itc(l liy tiir Ndi'th Soricty. ami llii' ilivisioii coutiii- 
iicil lor t\\i'iity-li\(' years longci'. 

Mcaiiwhili', the First Soficty rcniaiiird witlimit a |iastoi- for four 
years after the death of the venerable Mai-sh. An invitation to a Mr. 
Graham, in 1740, and one to Mr. Joseph Fowler of Lehanon in 17o(l, 
were both declined. At length, in February, 17r)l, the society votrd to 
call the Rev. William Russell, Jr., of Middletown. TIh' eall was ae- 
repted li\ him in person, in Ajiril following, and he was orilained .Inly 
:!4, 17o4. The terms of his settlement, as ]ier socict)' \ote, were, "To 
raise ,£1,600 to give to Mr. William Rnssell encouragement to settle with 
us in the work of the Gosiiel ministry; £800 to be raised on the list of 
1750, the other £800 on the list of 1751. In addition to this an anniuil 
Salary of £67, Coined Silver money, at eight shillings pei- ounce, ami a 
suitable supply of Fire-Wood." ' 

The new ])astrM- was the son of the Re\-. William Russell of aMiddie- 
towu, Conn., and had giaduatcd in 1745, at Vale College, in which insti- 
tution he afteiwards held the office of tutor. He came to the charge of 
tiie Windsor chnrcli at a pecnliarlv' trying time, when the minds of the 
]ieople had become unsettled by the want of a regular miuistiy, and by 
the contentions and divisions which were then agitating tln' paiisb iu i-e- 
gard to the building of the meeting-house. Yet, so far as we can learn. 
he ruled his charge with mingled prudence and fidelity, and his in- 
tercourse with the Rev. Mr. Hinsdale and the new congregation was such 
as to secure their respect and affection. 

A)iril 19, 1775, the society were bereaved by the death of Mr. Rus- 
sell. In the twenty -four years of his ministry, he had ba])ti/.ed ol'.t, and 
admitted thirty-nine persons to the comuinnion of the eliurcb. •• Dnr- 



' 111 1760, it was voted " to give Rev. Williiim Russell, £13 as a pledge to be paid 
"lit of money now in Committee's bands": in December, 1762, voted " To give Rev. 
William Russell Ten Pounds more than the original Covenant was, for the ensuing 
year." In December, 1763, a similar for £12: October, 1768, salary for ensuing year, 
£G7 Ss. (id. •• Voted to get Jlr. Russell's Wood by a spell of sledding." Iu 1774, voted 
Mr. Russell's salary £57 8«. 7rf., and £12 for wood, if he will get it himself." In 1753, 
I '■•a. Samuel sold him two pieces of land, one of about IJ acres iu the Palisado [Mrs. 
Anson Loomis place 1891] on the westerly side of the old meetinghouse; the other of 
5i acres, near Kettle Brook. In 1771, his second wife, Abigail Newberry, bought an 
acre in the Great Meadow. In May, 1775, the society voted, "That the Society Commit- 
tee let out the Church land and Town Lot, reserving so much of said land as to keep 
one Cow for Mr. Russell's children if they should keep house lure this Summer, or 
hire it to be kept, if that should be thought best." :Mr. Russell had died during the 
preceding month. 



m 



UlSTonY or ANCIENT WlNDPOli. 



iiii!' liis pastiiratc, tlicrc was a slinwcr oJ' divine u'i-acc liy whicli twriity 
of the ahovr iiuiiil.rr uciv adWcil ( J/v. (_'/nirr/, /,'rr.). His loss was Irlt 
not only liy IIk' |ii'o|iic of liis own ciiarL;-!', luil liy tin.' lown : ami tlir at- 
li'mlanro npon liis fimi'i'al LiaM' cNiilcurr of a smi-ou as u i(ir-s|ii-cail as 
if was licartlrlt. He was Imiii'il on the sanu' day on wliifli tjic news of 
llic Ijaitlc of ricxiii'jlon was i-ccim\ci1 af Windsor. 



Note on Military Affairx. — The ol'licc of scru-cant-iiiajoi', crcalrd in 
1()72, tind tlu! liiglu'st nnlitary ofllcr in carh ronnfy, was licid in Hart- 
ford County by Roocr Wol.-oll of Windsor, in 17-^4. In 17n2, Windsor 
liad tlii-('o companies of infantiy, or " train-liands," onr of whicli wa> 
locatrd cast of tlie (!oniH'c( lent l{i\rr. 

In 17:'>7, Maj. I{ourr ^\'oll•o1t's connnand was callril a rciiimrnt, linl 
strictly was not so. Il conlainrd f'orfi/srriii coniiiainrs of Infantr\. 
nnndicrinu' '.\\S\) imai iind tir<i ol' tioisi', lOii men. Winilsoi' contiiljiilril 
scrrii comiianii'S, nndci- ('aptains llrnr\ .\ll\n, Trli'tiali .\ 11\ n. doscpli 
Pll<d|.s, John Kllsworlli. Tlionias CriswohKand Lirnis !)ani(d I'lllswortli 
and P(d('tia]i Mills. 

Tn 17-'>'d, rcuiincntal ori;aniy,ations were liist rciiidarly rslalilislird. 
and lliirti'cn rr^inicnls, each conunandi'il liy a colonel, weic formed. 
Win<lsoi-, which was included in the I'Mrst IJeiiinicnt of llailford ( 'oimly, 
has been commanded liy the follow iuii' Windsor men : 

17-J4-41, Maj. and Col. Kocki; WmrinT: 1777-sr., Col. Roceij Nev 
HEitRV ; nOii-HA, Lt.-Col. (M.ivKi; M atii i;i; ; ISl.VlS, Col. ,h\ut 
LooMis ; 1829-o;5, Col. Wii.i.ism II wnEN (a native of East Windsoi^ 
though a resident of Hartford ). 

In 1741, a troop of horse was authorized for each regiment; in 177(5, 
five tro()|) of light horse were formed out of the then twenty-four regi- 
ments of unlitia. The militia s\stem was radi<-ally change(l in Decein- 
her, 177l>,ili\isions and brigades heing then first organized, and tlie First 
JlegimenI came into the First Brigade. In ls7:!, there were I wcnly-se\-en 
nulitia regiments in the State, Windsor being in the 1st, and Fast Wind- 
sor in the llMh Keuiment. in whiidi the\ have since remained. 



CIIAI'TER XV. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOHY-WINDSUK TllIHI), (»R POQUONOCK SOCIETY. 

172-4-18-41. 



TIJA'J' poilidii of Wiiulsor kiiiiwii :.is I'oqiiuiicH.'k ' was scttlrd aliuiit 
lti49, at wliich time Edward Griswold and his sdus, Francis and 
Oeortio (both grown to manhood), Thomas Holconib, and John Bartlett 
(the "rivulet" ferryman of 1648) were living here. See p. 80. 
These first settlers of Poquonoek, in view of their exposed condition, 
" and nearness to the Indians," had one man on training day excuseil by 
the General Court from the military duty exacted from other settlers 
of Windsor. Gradually the little community increased in numbers, and 
its inhabitants still worshii)ed with the old church at Windsor, of which 
some became members. Benajah Ilolcomb, George Griswold," and wife 
Mary, Joseph Griswold, Hester, wife of Josiah Phelps, and Nathan Gillett, 
Seuf, united with the Windsor Church between 1685 and 1700. Of the 
j original Windsor families, fourteen became subsequently well represented 
I in Poquonoek, viz.: Barber, Clark, Cook, Deniiloiv, Gillet, G-ristvold, HiUi/er, 
' Holeomb, Loomis, Marishall, Moore, Palmer, Pinnci/, P/ieJps. Oliver Ells- 
' worth. .Fr.'s, 3ISS., 1802, says; "One part of Puwauok [Pocjuonock] 
. was settled liy the Welch, for, within the memory of those living, this 
j Powanok was called ' Wales," and a certain fishing place on the Little 
' River was naniiMl Breakneck, after (])robably) Breakneck in Wales." 

As eai'l\ as 1717 tiie iubabitauts were allowed by the Old Society, 

' The Indiau name Poquonoek, variously spelled, denotes "cleared land," that is, 
a liact of land from which trees and bushes have been cleared, to fit it for cultivation. — 
Trumbiill'n Iiidiiiu XdnieH in Conn. In 1^82. Mr. (' IV Tuiirlellc, postmaster of Poquon- 
oek, made a list of forty different ways of spillini; Ihc iiamc, cm letters received at that 
office within twelve months. 

' One line of George Griswold's descendants owned the place now occupied by Mr. 
Samuel L. Smith. The old brick house west of Mr. Smith's was built probably by a 
grandson of George, Lt. John Griswold, born in 1712. A part of the brick of its walls 
Were brought from England. It was considered an old house a hundred years ago. 

'"Wales" lies at the foot of the falls on the east side of the river, and was so 
named because John Owen, a Welchman, was the tirst settler tliere. He was in Wind- 
sor, leno, or earlier; lived about twenty years on the road leading west from tlie Pali- 
sade, and the family removed to his land below Strawberry Meadow. His house stood 
where the late Nathaniel Owen lived, and where Nathaniel's daughter, "Aunt Esther," 
the last of the Owens of Wales, died, about ls.>"i. Breakneck is not in that locality. H. 
Vol. I.— 36 



282 



HISTORY 01' ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



to \vlii<'li tliov still licloiiii'cd, tlic sum of £4: f(ir xclwoUn<i llicir nwu rhilil- 
ren ; but, tliouuh the distaucc to Windsor Church was felt to be an in- 
creasing;; har(lslii|p, several years elapsed before they attempted to secnre 
for themselves the Itenefits of an independent church organization. 

Jn January, 1728-4, however, at a meeting of Windsor West, or Old 
Society, it was " voted, that the inhabitants of Poquonnoc, with the peo- 
ple adjacent, viz., as far as Peter Brown, Jr.'s, inclusive, and Thomas 
Thralls exclusive, shall be freed from paying to the ministry here in pro- 
portion to such time as they shall hire an orthodox minister among them 
that shall preach." Bj' the same vote, the Old Society released the fol- 
lowing inhabitants of Poquonock, on the south side of the Ri\-ulet, from 
paying ministerial taxes : 



Th 



Jolin Biowu. 
Jolm Browu. .Jr.. 
Jonathan Browu. 
Peter Brown, 
Hester Barber, 
Benjamin Barber, 
Wid. Martha Barber, 
Nathaniel Griswolrt, 
Peletiah Griswold, 
Ens. Thomas Griswold, 
Thomas Griswold, Jr., 
Sgt. John Griswold, 
Daniel Griswold, .Ir.. 
Matthew Griswold, 
Ens. George Griswold, 
Francis Griswold, 

■ list of estates for 1728 amounted to .£1.570 lO.s. 



David Griswold, 
Lt. Daniel Griswold. 
Edward Griswold, 
Joseph Griswold, 
Sgt. Benajah Holcomb, 
Wid. Martha Holcomb. 
Joseph Holcomb, 
Benjamin Moore, 
S,gt. Joseph Barnard. 
Wid. Hannah Phelps, 
William Phelps. Jr.. 
Josiah Phelps, 
Lt. Nathaniel Pinney, 
Natlianiel Pinney. Jr., 
David Jlarshall. 



On the north side of the Rivulet, 

Sgt. Benjamin Griswold. 
Benjamin Griswold, Jr., 
Nathan Gillet, Sr., 
Isaac Gillet, 
Oba<liah Owen, 
Nathaniel Owen, 
Epliraim Phelps. 



Their list of (■stat( 



ul- 



Thomas Phelps, 
Enoch Phelps, 
David Phelps, 
Samuel Phelps, 
Sgt. John Phelps. 
Stephen Winchell. 

nited to £5!t0 11. S-. 



Ill .May, 1721. the Poipiouock ] jile made a t'drnial application toj 

tiie Assembly IVii- incor])oi-ation as a distinct society. This petition stateaJ 
that they number foity families, most of whom are four miles distant 
from the Old Society meeting-house ; and that they have a '■ ditticidt riverl 
to pass " in going there. The assembly granted their recpiest, and theyJ 
in October, 1724. were duly incorporated as the Tliinl Soeieti/ in] 
Windsor. 



WINDSOR THIHD (rOQT'ONOCK) S0( IF.TY. 2f^^ 

At the same time their Ijouuds were extended, which mucli 
■• firieved " the Old Society, who petitioned in vain for a reconsideration. 

The new society, by vote of April, 1725, called Mr. Daniel Fuller of 
Wethersfield," and after a trial accepted him as their pastor, and ap- 
pointed a day for settling him. From some unexplained cause, however, 
they suddenly dropped him. Whereupon (Oct., 1726), the discomfited 
minister, then a resident of Wethersfield, petitioned the assembly for 
redress, claiming that he was put to much inconvenience and expense, as 
he had been at Poquonoclv for a year, and had moved his family there. 
The Society denied that they had wronged him ; l)ut a committee, 
appointed by the assembly, decided that they had not treated him well, 
and must pay him £50 damages. This verdict the Society petitioned 
against, but found no relief. 

Of the real causes of dissatisfaction between ])astc)r ami ])e()ple we 
are ignorant, with the exception of the little light that is shed upon the 
case by the following amusing affidavit : 

"May, 1737. Cornelius Brown [a deacon in the Poqiionock c-liurcii] testifieth that 
when Mr. Daniel Fuller was at Poquonnoc, I was one of them that sought for his settle- 
ment in y" work of y' ministry there, hut preceiving great uneasiness amongst y" peo- 
ple in that affair, and particularly at y shortness of his sermons, I prayed Mr. Fuller to 
apply himself to his work, and lengthen out his sermons, that if possible he might gain 
disaffected persons. Mr. Fuller replied that he did not concern himself about it, if they 
were but orthodox they were long enough for Poquonnoc. 

" Cornelius Brown." 

In 1727, the Poquonoek Church erected their church edifice, south 
of the present " old meeting-house," on the west side of the road, and 
south of Mrs. Niles' present garden. Stones from the old foundation 
have been plowed up within a few years past. It stood for seventy 
years, serving the congregation during and beyond the ministry of all its 
pastors. 

Their first pastor (1727) was Rev. John Woodbridck, son of Rev. 
John of West Springfiehl, Mass., and fifth of a line of .Tdlms nf that 
name.^ He graduated at Yale College, 172() ; was [u-oliably ordained 
here 1727 or 1728 ; was dismissed from here in 1736 (Dexter's Annals of 
Vale Collei/e says, " prol)ably 17-37 ") and removed to Suffield, his wife's 
home. In 1742, he was installed at South Hadley, Mass., where he 
lal)ored until his death, 10th Sept., 1783, his last years being full of iu- 



' Rev. D.VNIEL (.s. Thos.) Fii.lkk. li. DedliMiii, Mass., 20 April. I<ii)!»: gra<l. V. ('. 
1721; studied tlieol., and in 1728 was ord. pastor of the ch., org., 1727, in the new town- 
ship of Willington, Conn., wliere he gained a precarious living until his death, of small- 
pox, 6 Dec, 17.58. He was, theologically, a "New Light." He m. 7 Aug., 1723, Lucy 
(d. .Jonathan and .Vbigail r'ra/M) Goodwin of Wethersfield, Conn.; had four sons, four 
daus.; inventory, £2.1-1, inchided abt. 2.1 vols, of books. — Dexter's Ainmhof Yitle ColUye. 

'And his grandson. Rev. .lohn Woodbridgc, D.D., formerly of lladlcy. Mass., d. 
about 1870, aged 8.5. 



284 HISTiiHY OF ANTIENT WINDSOR. 

finiiitics. Ilr Ij.iic the chanictcr of "a |iru(lriit ami lilaiiiclcss pastdr. 
and a soiiiul and evangelical ]ireacher." In Api'il, IT^iJO, he ]mreliased at 
Pi)(|U()noek a homestead of thirty aeros and a house ; this residence was 
on the site of Julm E. (Jriswold's present dwelling ; his neighbor on the 
the south, near ^Ir. William Barnes' present residence, was Benjamin 
Barber; on the west, Lieut. Nathaniel Pinney; east, land of Barlier and 
of Daniel (iriswold, .Jr., of whom Mr. Woodbridge bought. 

Of the organization and niembershi]i of his church, but little can be 
o-athered.' George Griswold, and Mary, his wife, had died before its 
organization ; but Benajah Holcomb, who had united with the Windsor 
Church forty years before, may have been dismissed to the new church. 
Nathan Gilli'tt was [iroliably a nienilier, and ("o-nelius Ibnwn. wlm died 
1747, aged 75 yeais, was a deacon. 

Old pa])ers eviilence that the jiulpit was supplied dui-ing tlie sununer 
of 1738 by a Mr. Rockwell, probably '-Dr. and Rev." ilatthew Rockwell 
of East Windsor. 

In January, 174t). the Rev. Samiei, TrooR of East Windsor was 
/" /Ui /'"T^'CN settled as the second pastor. He was born 

<^(X-«*o>^^Cg^^<-^ t^'y in AVindsor 1705, graduated at Yale College 
1728, and for twelve years preached in various localities. At one 
time he supplied the Fourth Church in Guilford, Conn ; in 1734 he 
was in the Highlands near the Hudson River, and was mentioned in 
the New York papers as having been pursued by robi)ers near Fishkill, 
August 12th. About the same time, also, he preached at Goshen, N. Y., 
and the congregation there applied to the Presbyterian Synod to send a 
committee to ordain him. 'riie eoniniittee which was sent, assigned Mr. 
Tudor a Latin e.xegesis and a popular sermon on Rom. xi. <I. But he was 
not ordained there, and his character and scholarship were such as to 
suggest that the dililiculty must have been in some doctrinal difference 
between the candidate and his examiners. The text assigned rendere. 
this not improbable." 

Mr. Tudor was a gentleman of very high classical attainments, 
faithful and beloved pastor, and a sincere follower of his Master. HiJ 
died Sept. 21, 1757, aged 52, and was interred in the Old Burial Ground 
of East (now South) Windsor, where not long before he had removed 
his family to a farm. His death was caused by " eamjvdistemper," or 
dysentery, comnuinicated from his son Theophilus, who contracted it in 
Canada during a French war campaign, and who died of it after his re- 

' No paper, or record of Mr. Woodbridgcs miiiisti y has hww fcuind, t\(i|it lii^ 
autograph on two documents, one of which is a ricciiil. clatiil .\]>ril IH, 17;it), f.ir t'lls 
9». on account of his salary for that j-ear. 

' Dexter's AnnnU of }'ak College. 



wixpsoi; THinn O'l^OfoxorK") i^nciKTV. 285 

turn lioiiic. Sc|it. Id. 17.")T, as also did a sistci', wlm dird two da\s lictdri'. 
'I'lic Hrv. Ml-. Tiiddi- was fatli.T of tlic rrlrhi-atcd siiruvoii, i)i-. Eliliii 
l"udnr oi East Wiudsoi'. His losideiicc in Ponuouocl< was just iiurtli of 
till- present dwelling of Mr. Cyrus Phelps, where he purchased in 1741, 
I'rom Stephen Palmer, his next neighbor north being Nathaniel Griswold. 

His death was followed by a season of trouble and disquietude. 
The people were divided in their wishes and opinions ; some o])posing the 
settlement of a minister, because they doubted if they eould properly 
sup|)ort one, while others desired a dissolution of the Soeiety. During 
this period the Revs. Asahel Hathaway, Ebenezer Guild, and Oliver 
Noble, a former pastor of Coventrj*, Conn., were among the occasional 
sup|ilies obtained at long intervals. In August, 17G3, a meeting of the 
Soeiety was called to invite a Mr. Collins to the pastorate. Three years 
later, September, 1766, a meeting was called to see if a man should be 
employed as a candidate. Three years later still, Xovember, 1769, a Mr. 
Church of Springfield was paid 20s. for preaching. 

Se]iaratists, also, "attending on what they call laymen extraordina- 
rily qualitied to ])reach,'' ijecame a disturbing element in this parish, as 
I elsewhere. Petitions to the Assembly to be annexed to Wintonbury par- 
ish, or to the Old Society ; applications to associations and councils, and 
committees, whose decisions always failed to give satisfaction to the in- 
flamed prejudices of the disputants, followed each other with ceaseless 
I rapidity, but all to no purpose. 
The only knowledge we have is the following documeut (fiu- which 
we are indebted to Mr. Elihu Marshall of Poquonock). dated in 1771. 
I fourteen years after Mr. Tudor's death : 

" We the Subscribers members of y" Second Society of Wiiidscir Ri Hcctinj; on the 
Mel:incholy state of s'' Society in tliis Very grciit Particular vi/ our bavinj; for a Long 
time and still Continuing to be Destitute of a settled minister & some part of y" time 
without a jireadied Gospel ainong us and also Kefiecting on y' great Improbability of 
ever lieing able to bring about y .settlement of a Gospel minister in y Common & or- 
dinary way y' y Gospel is settled and supported in other Societys; and also being sensi- 
ble of y Solemn obligations y' are upon us to support y" Gospel in a Regular and Ilon- 
■| curable way & manner in Tenderness to our own souls & those of our Children vt friends 
I & for y promoting outward good order among us have agreed to make one Effort more 
(| for the Quiet and peaeable Settlement & Support of y Gospel, hereafter in .s'' Society, 
I y' is to say y Supporting a sound orthodox Dissenting Congregational or presbyterian 
! Minister, it whereas it appears |to be the most] likely method to bring s'' 
! y same (luietly to maiiUaiu tt support (also l)eing of oppineon y' 

I Si.\ty Pounds l,aw[full money per annjuin sallaiy a sullieiefnt sum to sup]port& main- 
I tain a Gospel Minister among u.s) this is to Bind | ourselves] to pay according to y" pro- 
I portion we Shall Hereunto with our names anne.x according to List with those y' here- 
unto annex their names y whole of our proportion according to our Lists. In 
I consideration of what is above written we promise to pay our several proportions as 
1 Subscribed Meremuler to a Com" we shall appoint fory* use above said when & so long 
I 88 a Gospel minister remains settled among us it to be by .s'' Com" levied & Collected p' 



28fi 



HISTORY OF ANCIKNT \VINr)SOI!. 



iiiimini for y use abovcsaid liy a rate nr Tax made on all y' mcnibL-rs of s'' Soricty & 
Collerted in y usual way ifc manner as Done heretofore. 

" In witness whereof we have hereunto set our liaiiils tliis 14"' day of .January Ano 
Poiuini 1771. 



Isaac Pinney, 
Edward Barnard, 
Hez. Griswold, 
Geo. Griswold, Jr., 
Simeon Moore, 
Reuben Denslow, 
John Phelps, 4th, 
Francis Griswold, 
Aaron Griswold. 
Samuel Holeonib, 
Nath. Griswold, 
Nathaniel Owen. .Tr., 
William Plieljis, 
Kdward Griswold, Jr., 
Abel Wright, 
John Ross, 
Joab Griswold, 
Geo. Griswold. 



Ezekiel Clark. 
Joseph Alford, 
Timothy Phelps, Jr., 
Elisha Phelps. 
Isaac Griswold, 
Isaac Phelps, 3d, 
John Phelps, 
Isaac Phelps, 
John Griswold, 
Martin Holcomb, 
Math'w Griswold, 
Alex'r Griswold, 
Sloses Griswold, 
Phin's Griswold, 
Noah Griswold, 
Thomas Griswold, 
Moses Griswold, Jr., 
Alven Owen." 



Jt may he noted here, that eompariug tliis list with tiiat of half a 
century before, we find the new names of Wri</ht, Tios-s, and Alford. 

(From this ]Miint until the present time, we present the history of 
the Poquonock Clmrch, as given, from authorities not attainable by us 
when wc published the first edition of our history, in the Rev. X. G. 
l^onney's Centennial Sermon.y 

The result of this effort was that tlie following sjiring Mr. Dan 
Foster of Stafford was invited to become pastor of tlie Poquonock 
Church, and was ordained at the meeting-house then standing south of 
Mrs. Niles's present residence, Jime 12, 1771. His father, Rev. Isaac 
Foster, the i)astor at Stafford, preached the sermon, whicli was published. 

We have better means of informing ourselves concerning the third 
pastor of Poquonock and his ministry than of eitlier of the others. 
Men and wcmicn mic living who, in other parishes, saw Mr. Foster and 
heard him preach. The cliurch book kejit by him has survived the ex- 
tinction of his (dinrch. 

The cliurch iiumlieicd tweuty-fmir <>n the day of Mr. Foster's ordiua- 
liiui, all of wbdiu bad either reached or ]iasscd middle life. It was 
substantially the church which Tudor left, diminished only by thi' death of 
some. The following were the twenty-four mendicrs of the Poqiionoik 
Church one hundred years ago : 



' Centennial Sermon, conimemoratiuf/ dw Settliinent of I}<r. Ihiii F'atir, LiiM I'usli 
of the (lid Poquom/ck C/iuir/i. preached in I'miiKinoek by Hev. N. G. Bonney, June II 
IHTl. 



WINDSOR TTiinn (roQi-nxorK") soriKTV. 2S7 

Edward (irisuuld, Sr. .Mary I'liulps. 

William Phelps, died Sept. 22, 177o. Anne Phelps. 

1)k.\. John Phelps, died Sept. 1, 1777. .lerusha Phelps. 

Isaac Phelps. Sarah Griswold. 

1)KA. Joseph liariKird. Hvith Palmer. 

James Phelps. Jerusha Palmer. 

Edward Barnard. Mabel Barnard. 

Gideon Case, died 1801). Elizabeth Barnard. 

Matthe-w Griswold, died Jan. lit, 1776. Ruth Griswold. 

Abigail Griswold. Elizabeth Griswold 

Ruth Griswold. Hannah Barber. 

Zeruriah Griswold. Mindwell Griswold. 

To these names Mr. Poster adds eight others upon the first page of 
reeords : Samuel and Bathsheba Holeomb, William and Lucy Britain, 
Nathaniel and Mary Owen, Rebecca Walkley Foster (the pastor's wife), 
and Sarah Phelps, wife of Dea. John. The latter died Sept. 4, 1777. 

Six others appear to have united with the church previously to its 
adoption in 1775 of the " half-way covenant." Their names were : 
James and Anna Rogers (slaves of Lt. Noah (iriswold ), Thomas Negro, 
C'ato Rogers, Zaccheus Leonard, and Hezekiah (iriswold. The last was 
chosen deacon of the church after | the death in 1777 of Dra. Jolni 
Phelps. James Rogers died May 9, 1776. 

At a meeting of the church, held August 20, 1775, it was 

"Voted, 1st. that all baptized persons are members of the Olirislian Cliurih. and 
subjects of the godly discipline, watch and care of the same; and thai it iv lln- inrum 
bent duty of the church to treat them as such. 

" 2d. That this church does approve of, and cheerfully consent to what was rec- 
ommended concerning the discipline of the church, and of all baptized persons in par- 
ticular by the General Association of the consociated churches, in the Colony of 
Connecticut, convened by delegation at the house of the Rev. Daniel Welch, in Mans 
I field, June 21st, 1774, and that we chuse a Com" for the purpose mentioned by y« Gen 
I eral Association in their 4th article of advice." 

Octolicr 27th of that year, a meeting was held whidi unanimously 
j elected foi- tlioii' committee or elders for the innposcs afoi'esaid, the 
deacons, John I'lielps and Josei>h Barnard, ("apt. iii'zekiali • Iriswold, and 
-Mr. Nathaniel Owen, Jr. 

After the adoption of this "half-way covenant," tlic followitig pcr- 
I sons were admitted to fidl communion, namely : 

May 2G, 1776, Martin and Hannah Pinney. 

June 16, " Thomas Griswold. 

.Marcli I, 1778, .lames and Susannah Wilson. 

Isaac Phelps, :id, and Lydia his wife. 

August 30, 177S, Al)ia (wife of Eliliu) Mather. 

April 4, 1779, Sarali Barnard. 

Jlary and Medusa Holeomb, daughler.s of Lieut. Martin. 

Eliliu and Mary Griswold. 

" 29, 1781, Rosannah Griffin. 

May 20, " wid. Elizabeth Phelps. 



'2SK IlISTdHV OF AM'IKVT WTNUSdli. 

It tlius apiiears, irom tlie ircords, tliat t wcuty-uiue uiiitcil with llir 
(■luircli (luring Mr. Foster's ministry, twenty-five l»y profession, fonr by 
letter. At least twelve of the twenty-foiii- died at an advaneed ago dur- 
ing Mr. Foster's ministry. 

Of those added to the chureh, at least two, Mrs. Foster and widow 
Elizabeth Phelps, died previously to his dismissal. Thomas Griswold, 
who married Rhoda Tudor, daughter of the former pastor, died in 1805. 
While her husband joined the church she appears not to have made a 
profession of religion. The last member of the church, Nathaniel Owen, 
died, according to the date upon Ids tombstone, in 1821, aged 90. Two of 
his grandsons, one a clergyman, the other a lawyer, were a few yeais 
since men of ix'putation in New York. The clergyman, John J. Owen. 
D.D., w^as the editor of several standard classical works, and of a com- 
mentary upon the New Testament. Hezekiah Owen, father of the diviuf. 
left Poquonoek in 1792, soon after united with the Congregational church 
in Colebrook, Connecticut, and afterward removed to Kingsboro, N. Y. 
A son of the minister, of the fourth t;rni'ration fnnii Nathaniel Owen, is 
also a lawyer in New York city. 

Rev. Dan Foster was dismissed from Poquonoek Oct. 23, 1783, the 
last two or three years of his ])astorate having been years of friction with 
his people. 

It is inipiirtaut to know wlictber those thirty-six parisiiioners of Po- 
(]uonock succeeded in tlicii- attempt of 1771 : — whether they found in 
Mr. Foster " a sound (ntbudox Dissenting Congregational or Presbyte- 
rian Minister." There is no doubt that Mr. Foster, and his father, 
who preached the sermon at his ordination, both sustained the reputation 
of an orthodox minister. Mr. Foster not only came as an evangelical 
preacher, but he for several years zealously advocated evangelical doc- 
trines. The following sentences, copied from his own record, form the 
close of ifr. Foster's address to an exeommiiniratcd jierson. Feli. lOj 
1778: 

"Nevertheless, we shall not cease to pray for you, that God would have luerey OB 
you, and prevent you in your course of folly and great wickedness, by his Holy Spira 
and grace. Take heed, we admonish you, lest being thus bound on earth, you be bounfl 
also in heaven, to your eternal shame and perdition, deleave you in the hajuls of God 
whose bowels of mercy towards repenting, returning sinners, are infinite, but whosi 
wrath and vengeance towards hardened and persisting sinners are dreadful, and will 
burn to the lowest hell. 

Signed, " D.vN Foster, J'u.ito,-. 

Three years later, namely, in 1781, Uev. Isaac Foster at West Star 
ford, father of the Poquonoek pastor, in consequence of embracing and 
preaching Universalist views, was deposed from the ministry. Tin 
church at Staft'ord was greatly divided. A large minority adhered to tin 
deposed minister. Dan Foster, brought up there, seems to have retained 



WINIISOI! TIIIIM). 1)1! POQUONOCK SOCIETY. 289 

liis connection with that clmrcli. At all events, his name docs not 
a|>|ioar as a memher here. He still eoninuuieil with that church. Tliis 
lact came to the notice of his brethren in the ministry. lie was called 
to account by the North Association of Hartford County, of which body 
he was a member. The last item of business, at their meeting of Oct. 
o, 1784, a year after Mr. Foster's dismissal, is the following — I quote 
from the records, as copied bj- Mr. J. H. Hayden : 

"jrr. Dan Foster moved to this body for a recommeiKhitioii as a regular Christian 
ami Minister. Upon which this -Vssociation proposed to liim several things, by way of 
iiK|uiry as to his sentiments relative to his adhering to the church in West Stafford, as 
til terms of communion, and also relative to his ccjramuning with them in special ordin- 
ances. His answers not giving satisfaction, or appearing well to coincide with his pub- 
lished sentiments,' this Association are of the opinion that the way is not clear at jjreseut 
to grant his request, and therefore propose that the whole matter be deferred to farther 
consideration at their meeting .June next, at which time they will be ready to pay a 
farther attention to it ; provided, Mr. Foster sliall then and tliere appear to desire a 
farther conference." 

The Association met at Windsor, June 7, 1785. 

" Rev. Dan Foster, formerly of I'oquonock, a Parish in ^V'indsor, requested again 
a letter of recommendation as a minister of the gospel of .Jesvis Clirist from .said Asso- 
ciation. As the said Foster was examined in a formal manner two years ago, June, 
1783. and professed his belief of the doctrines of the gospel, called Calvinistic, and now 
before the same body affirms himself solemnly to be of the same sentiments, in this view 
the Association, confiding in his honesty, think they may recommend him to be employed 
as a regular gospel minister in the church of our Lord where Providence may call him." 

Three times he was before the Association when his soundness was 
in i|ucstion, the (irst time a few months prtiviously to his dismissal here. 
He endeavoi-ed to remove the suspicion that had fallen upon him. He 
valued and took pains U) secui'c credentials from Cahinistic ministers. 
'I'lierefore be <-(iuld not ba\(' pi-carbed Ulliversalisni while Mt Po(|uoiio('k. 
Had he done so, the reccird of the .Association in regard to him would 
have been sliorter than it was, and ditferent. 

Mr. Foster was ue.\t installed i)astor of the Congregational Church 
in AVeathersficld, Vt., in 1787. This fact woukl indicate that he made use 
of the recommendation, lu^sitating as it was, of the Hartford North .Vsso- 
ciatiou. He won the reputation in Weatluu-sfield of an evangelical and a 
powerful prcacliei'. For several years he gave general satisfaction. But 
after a long time be appeared "to swerve from the evangelical faith to 
Universalism." He became loose in oltserving the Sabbath. This 
change occasioned his dismission, which occurred in 1799. 

He went the same year to Charlestown, N. H., pn^aching therc^ a 
tuuri-id senuDii at the di'atli of (Seneral Washington, but lu' was not in- 
stalled there. He declared hiuLself a Univer.salist, but tlic condition of 

' Tradition says that he published iV boyk, 
Vol. I. — :!7 



200 IIISTOKV op ANCIENT WINDSOI!. 

tlic chiircli ill that town was such that he sii|i|iliiMl tlu'ir )iul|iil lor tlic 
most part, during tlic rciaaiiiiiig ycai-s of his life. Jlc died (Jctohcr, 
1809, and was liiiric(l in liis hist llidd of hilior. 

In lioth of liis last parishes lie kc))t a chissical scliool anil littrd 
yoiiiiu; iiii'ii for collctiv. lie had liiiiisclf nover a'raduatcd at college, hiil 
his classieal attainments and his sciiolaily reputation were sueli. early in 
his ministry, that Yale and Daitniouth colleges the same year (1774) 
conferred upon him the degree of .Alastei- of Arts. Mr. Foster's dwell- 
ing ill I'oiplolHM'k stood where .Mr. ^\'. Scott Loomis" house has since 
been huilt. lie hoiight the lioiise and four or live acres of land of .Vhel 
Wright, and sold to Freilerick W'intlirop. The house was afterwards 
burned to the ground : and in the flames perished an apprentice lio\' em- 
ployed by Winthrop. ,Mr. Foster also owned forty acres of land on 
Tinker's farm, as it was called, including land which Mr. Salisbury now 
owns. Isaac (Iriswold was the purchaser from Mi'. Foster of that lot. 

The tliinl pastor of l'o(pionock- is remeinliei-ed liy old people iu his 
later parishes as small in stature, Imt |iortly, gentlemanly in manners, a 
good man, an able classieal teacher, a powerful preaidier. 

The church and society hei-e were left hy their last pastor in an un- 
hapiiy condition. They did not i-ally from the effects of their altercations 
with him snificiently to pi-ocure aiiothei' pastor. It is understood that 
the Universalists liecame a majority in the Soi-iet\, seized the nn.'cting- 
honse (built alxait ISOU) and the funds of the Society, and used both for 
their jairposes. 

They had, however, occasional preaching. Rev. Elam Potter, jiastor 
of the Congregational church at Enfield from 17(i!t to 1776, preached 
here at intervals. Mr. Marshall states that after the building of the 
second meeting-honse, in 17!i6, the association su])]ilied its ]ail|iit one 
year. Later still, about the year 1806, Rev. David Austin iireachcd there 
a year. But the church continued to diminish until 1821 ; with the 
death of its last memlier, it vanished away. Yet a few Christians had 
their abode in Poqnonoek. !^^rs. Rowland of Windsor, now o\cr niiu'ty 
years of age, resided herefrom isfd to ;ilioiit the year 1.S22. At that 
time Christian men came from Hartford to hold ndigious meetings. 
These meetings were sometimes held with the Rowlands at the old puUlii- 
house, and sometimes with the family of Mr. William .So]>er, who, with 
his wife, Rebecca, liad joined this church at its formatiim. 

Amongtho.se who came from Hartford were the late Norman Smith, 
Governor W. W. Ellsworth, and Anson Gleason, afterwards a mission- 
ary to the Choctaw Indians. Edward Beecher once {)reacheil in those 
times in the old schoolhouse. " Father Gleason records that one of the 
most earnest and faithful laborers in Poquonock within the period referred 
to was Albert Judson, student at Yale and teacher at Windsor. Mr. 



WINDSOR THllU), 01! POQiroNGCK SOflETV. 201. 

fil(';is(iii stiiilird widi l\cv. fjukc \V(i(h1, wIki taiiii'lit a, privati' scIkiiiI ill 
tliis pai-isli. lie I'lii'tlicr writes, " We used t.i fliiuk the Kowianil rainiiy 
a kiuil of lisiiitlioiisc there. There is a i<iii(i of ehaiiu to me," lie savH, 
"in speakinsj; to any interostcd [)erson about that dIiI ]il:i(e where, if ever 
I prayeii in earnest, it was there." Mr. Glcason was a nieniber of Dr. 
Ifawes" elinreli in Hartford, as were also several others who coiniueteil 
the meetings. 

•'But these efforts were no equivalent fur the preached woinl. The 
loss to Poquonock in the absence for fifty years of a vigorous church with 
its stated ministry, was tjeyond comprehension. Even the pecuniary loss 
a million dollars would scarcely sujjply. Time was when men in need of 
capital, men from Windsor and from Simsbury, came to Poquonock to 
borrow. Here was the wealth of old Windsor, wealth which had been 
accumulated when the gos],el here was in higii repute. 

"The liiss in morals, lor example through intemperance, the loss in 
education, in |iublic spirit, in all that elevates society, the loss in Chris- 
tian ehai-aeter, in e(inse(|uence (if the past scarcity (if God's word here, 
was incalculable. Had the church been upheld, had it been kept vigor- 
(ins, society, iniproxements, business, e\ci-y interest of this community 
would have iieen widely different for the two and three generations jiast 
from what they have bt-en. The pi'cseiit chniidi, the gi-owth of a single 
generation, can never repair the danuigc which Poiiiioiiock has sustained. 
A church cannot go back and cancel the old mistakes of a community." 

Congregational preaching was ke]it up at Rainbow from 1835-1841, 
and 2d of June of the latter year a chnich of torty members was formed 
at Poqu(jnock, the sermon on the occasion being by Rev. Dr. Hawes, of 
Hartford, from text Psalms Ixxiv. 22. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

ECCLESIASTUAI,— W IN'TONBURY PARISH, OR FIFTH SOCIKTV I\ 
WINDSOR (NOW BLOOiMFIEr.D), 

1734-1891. 



A S to the time when, nr liy wlioiii. tliiit iiurtioii uf Old WindsdC for- 
^ \ nieily kimwu ;is " ( irccnlicld," then as '• Wintunlnirv Parish," 
and now as the town of Bhionificdd, was first settled, we liave no very 
delliiitc data.' Uarlier, in his Tlixt. Coll. of Conn., says tluit "at the 
period ot tlie liist settlements on the Conncctieut River the Windsor 
])eo])lc sent out a niuulier of men to exi)lore the tract sini-e named Win- 
tonbury. These men relumed and reported that there was ii-oo<l land 
sufificient for the maintenance ol' tlin'c families." It is scarcely pinliaMe. 
however, that this exploi'ation conhl have lieen at the ''peiiod of the_///-.s-^ 
settlements." 

By 1734, however, the iuhahitants of this outlying territory had so 
increased in numbers as to he desirons and able to sni)j)ort, jiartially at 
least, a gospel ministry in their midst. And the Assembly, at the Jlay 
session of that ycai'. iecei\cd a petition, signed by twenty-seven residents 
of the district known as -Messenger's Farms," in the southwest part of 
"Windsor (now called Old Farms), praying that they might be allowi^l 
"winter privileges." This, in view of the distance (si.x miles) from the 
house of worship of the Noiih Society in Windsor, was deemed a reason- 
able request, and "winter privileges" were granted them from the lirst 
of November to the last of March, and for two years.'^ At the end of 

' Edward Messi^iigrr and liis son-in-law, " Peter Mills the Dutchman," were amoni; 
the iirst, if not the tirst, to settle at " Messcneer Farms." Me.ssenf;er bou-rlit his land 



in 1661, and, in 


l(i»;ii, de.'d 


ed lo Peler Mills "as 


a free gift" twenty acres. 


" whereon 


ho has builded." 








H. 


^ Names of j 


ictitidners; 


— 






Thomas Rowel, 




Solomon Clark, 


David Grant, 




Robert Wallcy, 




Zebulon Ho.skins, 


Nath'l Cook, 




Robert Barrett, 




Isaac Skinner, 


.lohn Soper, 




Issuic Brown, 




Enoch Drake, Jr., 


Alex. Hoskins, 




D.ivid Brown, 




D.miel Mills, 


.Joseph Iloskins, 




Peter Mills, 




David Buttolph, 


Anthony Hoskins, 




.lohn Loonds, 




Abel (iillet. 


Isaac Eggle.ston, 




.lonalli.in Brown 




.lohn Hubbard, 


Daniel Eggleslim, 




Peletiah Mills, 




.Moses Cadwell, 


.lohn Eggleston. 





WINDSOR FIFTH, OR W'TXTONBUUY I'ARISfT. 293 

this time, (liiriii<>' which they probably hired a minister and maintained 
rcgnhir wDrship, another petition was presented to the Assembly, May, 
178(i, by thirty-one |)ersons in Windsor, with twelve in Sinislmry and 
eight in Farminuton, who were similarly situated, and earnestly praying 
for "])arish" privileges. Aceoi-dingly, in October, 1736, a parish was 
set off, bonnded on the north by Simsbury and Windsor Third (Poquon- 
iioek) Society; east by Windsor First Society; south by Windsor and 
Hartford, and west by Farmington and Simsbury. Of this [)arish, which 
was nearly four miles square, about seven-tenths lay in Windsor, one- 
tenth in Farmington, and two-tenths in Simsbuiy, and it was named in 
consequence from the towns of which it was composed — Win-ton-bury.' 
The first society meeting was held November 16, 1736, at which it 
was unanimously voted to l)uild a meeting-house and hire a preacher. 
They informed the Assemljly at its next session. May, 1737, that they 
had voted to erect their meeting-house on the east side of Wash Brook ; 
but fearing that they might intrude upon the prerogatives of the legisla- 
ture in the matter, they re(iuested the ai)i)ointment of a committee to 
locate the said meeting-house. The desired committee was appointed, 
and located the meeting-house near the bank of the hill, about twenty 
rods from the center of the parish, and the site was duly approved by 
the Assembly. This edifice — 45 by 35 feet — was "a plain, barn-like 
structure, unpainted, with no steeple or the slightest mark to distinguish 
it as a church. Swallows made their homes in the rafters, and squirrels 
so aliounded that it soon became necessary for the safety of the iiuljnt 
cushions to keep them over at the tavern between Sundays. A hewn 
log lay along the middle aisle beside the raised pews for the little child- 
r<'n, who generally came barefoot in the summer time ; and from this they 
would rise deferentially and "make their mamiers" as the minister 
walked among them to the puljiit. The square pews, straight-backed 
and high, were annually assigned to the attendants, according to rank 
and age. In the gallery was a high pew, set apart for colored persons. 
The tithing-man, from his post in the Singers' Seat, kept watch over the 
demeanor of young and old, and not seldom some playful or weary 
urchin was rapped with his long stick, or pointed out to notice, or even 
treated with Jiaisher measures. All the men sat on one side of the 
elmrch, and all the woincii on the other. East of the church a great 
horseblock of hewn logs stood ready to receive from their saddles and 
pillions tliose who had come mounted."'^ This building was never fully 
finished. 



'The act creating this society also created three others, viz.: Sahiioii Brook (now 
Griiiiby); Turkey Hill (now East Granby), and Simsbury, and was the termination of a 
hitter controversy of a dozen years relating to the site for the second meeting house in 
Simsbury. — Set Phdim' Hist. Simnbiiri/. 

■ Mrs. E. S. Warner in Mfiii. Ilinl. IJuiiford Co. 



294 



HISTORY OP ANf'IKNT WINDSOR. 



A church consistiuii- of (IT niciul)i'rs (31 iii;ilrs ;iiiil 8(i tVniMli's) \v;i 
organized on tlie 14th of Ffhruaiy, 17-58, and mi tin' nrxt (hiy tlic Rr\ 
Hkzekiah Bissell was ordaincil as its pastor, on which occasion tlir l>r\ 
Jonathan ]\[arsh of Windsor jircaclicd from 2d Corintiiinns, iii. ti: 1h 
\h-\. Samuel Wliitniiin of Farminuton uave the charse, and the l?e\ 
l!eiii:iuiin Colton of West Hartford tlie riiilit hand of fellowshi|i. 

The names of these oriuinid nii'iuliers, as co|iied from the Ur\ . Mi 
IJisseH's Mss. record, :n-e : 



Isaac Butler and wife, 
Daniel Foot and wife, 
Thomas Adams and wife, 
Robert Barnett and wife, 
Cornelius Gillet and wife, 
Peletiah Mills and wife, 
Joshua Case and wife, 
Samuel Case and wife, 
Solomon Clark and wife, 
William Webster and wife, 
Jonathan Filley and wife, 
John Burr, Jr., and wife, 
Alexander Iloskins and wife 
Jacob Drake, Jr., and wife, 
Nath. Case and wife, 
Enoch Drake, Jr., and wife, 
Stephen Burr and wife. 
Jonah Gillet and wife, - 
Jonathan Brt>wn. 
Isaac Skinner, 
James Ejjgle.ston, 
Timothv Moses, 



David Grant. 
Nathan Burr, 
Job Drake. 
Hezekiah Drake, 
Jonathan irubbard's wife 
Peter .Mills's wife, 
.\ntliony Iloskins' wife, 
He/.ekiah Parson.s' wife, 
Ephraini Brown's wife, 
Noadiah Burr's wife, 
Daniel Eggleton's wife, 
Abel Gillet's wife. 
Nathaniel Cook's wife, 
John Loomis' wife, 
Stephen's Goodwin's wifi' 
Enoch Drake's wife, 
John Burr's wife, 
Joseph Iloskins' wife, 
Daniel Brown v.V: wife, 
Moses Cadwell and wife, 
Daniel Rowel and wife, 
.lonallian Gillet and wife. 



— 67 



The first booi< of records of tiiis church (whicli in 1751 was Ivnown 
as the Fifth Society in Windsor) is still extant and in a good state of 
preservation, with the exception of mii' oi- mme leaves at the beginning;, 
wliich contained the hirger part of llic names of the original members — 
the balance being in \'ol. 2 of the Church Records. Within a few years 
from the organi/.ation the following', among others, were added to the 
original memliership, viz.: the wib' of Thomas lluniphrcy, Isaac Uai'ber, 
ifary Fillev, three Cases, and the wives of Samuel Webster and Thomas 
Phel])S. No fornutl creed is on recoi-d as Inning been used at the oigau- 
ization: but we have in Mr. Bissell's own handwriting — and probalily of 
his own composing — the following brief and tender Covenant, which 
was used instead: 

"We do solemnly avoueli the Eternal Father. Son ami Holy Ghost, lo be our (Joil, 
and do devote and dedicate ourselves and children to Him, pronii.sing, as He shall ena- 
ble us by His Grace to belii^ve His truths, obey His will, run the race of His eonunaml 
ments, walking Vjcfore Him and beinj; upright, exercising our.selves in y° duties of 
Sobrictv, Justice, i\: Charily, watchiiii: over one another in the Lord; and because Christ 



wiNiisoli rihTii, oi! wiNToNnruY I'Ainsii. 295 

h.illi .1 1 1 pointed spiritual administration in His house, as censures for iillcnders. (diisdlii- 
t\ow< (or the penitent, Teaeliinjrs and Quielcenings for all, such as 'I'lie Wdnl and Saeni- 
nicnts, we will truly countenance and faitlif'ully submit to the regular administration of 
them in this place, and carefully perform our respective and enjoyned duties, that we 
may all he saved in the daye of llie I,(.rd." 

'riirn^ wriH' at this I iiiir ( 1 T^SS ) (i^J laiiiilics in \\'iiiliiiiliii|-y , cuiiiiiris- 
iuu' '■'>'2i'> sduls. 

Ahmit tliis tiiiir it was Mitcd at Sdcict) iiicctin'j, " wr will aixc .Mr. 
liissfll £200 yearly I'm' tin' space of Hirer yi'ars, wlieri'of i'lOO yearly is 
lor his salary ami tlie nthei' £1(1(1 is lor hi.s sottleineiit. Hie iiidiiey at the 
]ireseiit currency."" This £100, on the tlicn existiiij;' scale ni metal coin, 
was e(|ni\aleiit U> £(10, which sum was dually ostalilisheil as his salary, 
with the addition of 3<S cords of '' ;-! font"" wood yeai'ly. 

Jn the faithfid discharu-e of tlie nndiial and pleasant relations wliich 

should e.\ist l)etween a lieloxed pastor and his ] pie, time spe(l tran- 

ipiilly on. until, in 1770, .Mi-. BisselFs lailinu- health olditi'ed him to ask 
for assistance in his ministrations. From that date his pnlpit was snp- 
jilicd until his death, wliich occurred January :.iS, 17.S:i. 

The Rev. Hezekiah Bissell was the son of Sn-f. David and Huth 
(W'ai-ner) Bissell, of East Windsor, where he was horn 30 Jaiuiary, 
171(1 11, and was |)repai-ed for college l)y the pastoi- of that town, the 
Rev. 'J'imothy Edwai'ds. He uiaduated from Yale Colleo-e 1733, l)eing 
the first of his name amoni!' the alumni of that institution. He married 
20 Nov., 1740, Mary (daughter of Rev. Ei)hraim) Woodliridge (H. C. 
1701) of Groton, (Jt. His ministerial labors in Wintonhtiry Parish were 
most indnstrioiisly performed. He bajitized 1,077 children, besides over 
100 who WTM-e baptized by other clergymen during his jiastorate, making 
an a\erage of 2G ba))tisms for each of the forty-five years of his ministry. 
The lirst child bajitized by liim was on 18 Feb., 1738, four days after 
his ordination: and on the Siinie day oc(-urred the first death in his pas- 
torate, that of Timothy (son of Moses) ('adwell, aued (I years. The lirst 
marriage he performed. 22 Sept., 17:'.S, was that of Stephen Gillet and 
.Viina Ijoomis. Four deaths ocem-red during each of the first two years 
succeeding his oidinatioii. out of a pojinlation of 32r) souls — not far 
Fniiu the hiter pidportion of deaths to the popidation. During his fourth 
year there wei-e fourteen deaths, twidvc of which were iufiints and young 
children. The only year ol his ministry in which he had as many as ten 
added to the church liy i)iofessioii was 1741, when twtdve were so added. 
From 1738 to 1783. a period of forty-live years, he records 114 received 
as church members, including one by letter. 

.Mr. iJisseH's funei-al sermon, prcaelie(| by i{ev. David S. {{owlaiid of 
^\ indsor, was priiiled, and deseribes him as "serious and judicious, 
imliiased by jiarty \ lews, ... a b'rxcnt |ireacher;"' also as "a man 



2n(! IlISTOliY OK ANCIENT WINDSOlt. 

qualiCicil for Lis (il'lici' l)y luitiiral aliility, Iniirninjr, and jrood jiKlu-iiiciit : 
a man resju'ctcd, no word liaxinji' hocu transniittcMl to his discredit; a 
man. moreover, not ulnomy lint eneourai:inL;' social intci-cunrsc and inno- 
cent piyeties." His records are written in a hand somewhat eh'uant 
and hoar indications of accurate hahits and jiood taste. 

On his monnmcnt in tlie ohl cemetery at Bloomfield is the following 
insci-iption : 

•• SiK-red I to tlic McMu.iry of tlic Ileveroud | HEZEKIAH BISSELL | His birlh was 
at ^yill<Iso^, of pious | ami reputable Parents, Yale College was the place of his | Lib- 
eral Accomplishments and the Scene | of his usefulness was extended. He was alike 
unmoved by all the Vices | and Errors of the late Times | Secure against both, his doc- 
trines & I his Life was E.vemplary, Hemarkable | Peace and good order that reigned | 
among tlie People of his Charge | During his Ministry, bear Witness | To the Prudence 
and Greatness | of his Mind, In Domestic Connections | he was truly a Consort A; a 
Father | and in Social ]>ife a Friend indeed | ,\fter the faithful Labors of 4.') | years In 
Sacred Offices his last | and best Daye arrived which was | .January 28"', A, I), IT^S, 
sEtat 72. " 

In tlie early years of his ministry Mr. Hissell had adojited tiie 
" Hall-Way Covenant,"' which admitted all jjersons of civil hehavior to 
the wateh of tlie church, and to the privileges of hajitism for their child- 
ren, without attending the Lord's Supper. Under the working nf tliis 
ruk' the nnmher of actual connnunicants in the church had heeoine very 
small. After Mr. Bissell's death, and in Septeniher, 178"), the church 
adopted a new Covenant and Confession of Faith, and at the same time 
abolished tlie Half-Way Covemiut, accompanying its aliolitidii, however, 
hy the following com])romisorv vote: 

V'jtid, That all those of competent knowled.ge in the word of God. and of regular 
life and conversation, and tliat appear to be serious and conscientious in tiie judgment 
of the church, may be admitted to Covenant with this Cliurch." 

But, as this resolution still seemed to leave it an open (pieslinn 
wlicther those who had formerly heen admitted to the Half- Way Cove- 
nant were excluded from this jirivilege, the church, on March 10, 1786, 
"Voted that those who have owned the Covenant have still a right to 
offer their children for l)a])tism, so long as they walk ordeily." 

Jluch opjiosition ensued, and the society, which was then much dis- 
turlied by Sejiaratists, as well as by ditlicidties which had arisen as lo 
settling a successor to their late pastor, was in a most uncomfortable 
state. Finally, they voted, althongli with ditliculty and by a small ma- 
jority only, to reconsider their former vote ; and adopted the lule id' the 
Stratford (,'hurch, which admitted persons to full communloii iritliont 
necessarily reqidrin;/ them to partake of the Lord's Supper. I'nder tliis 
rule, which lasted only to 1701, five persons were admitted to full com- 
rnnnion, who felt unworthy of partaking of the Loril's Su'Jijier, vi/,. : lle/e- 



WINDSOR FIKTH, OK WINTONliUHY TAIirSH. 207 

ki;ili liiitimcr, Jr., and wife Rebecca (who became hopeful converts in 
tlie ii'\ ival of 1799), Peletiah Parsons, and wife lloxy, and Dorthesias 
Ihililui'il. 

.Mcnuwliilo, a o-rcat (piarrel was [<:imi<x on in the societ_v over the set- 
tli'iiu'iit (if a pastor. The principal candidate. Rev. Solomon Walcott, 
was liillcrh opposed — several of those who were inimical to him going 
so tar as to "certify" themselves as having joined the Baptists. But 
his friends tiually trinmphed, and he was installed 24th May, 1786, re- 
ceiving no settlement, but a salary of £300 and thirty cords of three- 
foot wood. The unhappy contention, however, to which his settlement 
had given rise, was still unhealed. The church, indeed, made a desper- 
ate attcmjjt to extricate themselves from their embarrassment by the fol- 
lowing vote of loth Nov., 1790 : " This Church, conscious of their own 
iiii]ii^rfections, and of the failings of human uatur(>, and earnestly desir- 
ous to lir liuilt up in gospel order and I'cgularity, remembering their 
iinliuppy situation during the late contest, vote to forgive mutually their 
past otfenees towards each other, and to cultivate nuitual peace and 
lirotlierly love." But even this pacific measure failed of its desired effect; 
the uudcontents would not return to the fold, ami peace was only 
restored by Mr. Walcott's dismission in 1790. 

Rev. Solomon W.vlcott, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1776; 
was orihiine(l pastor at North Stamford, Conn., in 1780, and was dis- 
missed fiom there in 1786. After leaving Wintonlairy, he removed to 
Cauajoliarie, N. Y. 

lie was succeeded liy the Re\-. William F. Jliller, who was ordained 
at Wiutoubury, 30 November, 1791, receiving XlOO salary, and the same 
allowance of wood as his predecessoi". The nunnbership of his charge 
then nund)ered fifty-eight; and by his jaety, tact, and faithfulness he 
succeeded in fully restoring the harmony and tranriuillity of the hitherto 
ili\ided Hock, which was visited with seveial interesting seasons of re- 
vived. The most noticeable of these were in the years 1799 and 1800, 
wlieu liftv-two were added, and 1808 and 1809 when forty weiv added 
lo tlie church. Pievious to his settlement, the Society threw out the 
.■^tiatford rule, and re-adopted the vote? of 6th October, 1785. 'i'hey also 
voted " that the parson is only as any other church memhcr.^' ' Aiul dui- 



' "At ii Church Meeting reguhirly asseiiibU'il at Wiiildiiluirv Jlcctiiig House, by ad- 
jduninu'Mt, on the 4lh day of October, A. 1). ITill. 

■•Dea" Caleb llitclMock, Moderatoi-, 

" Tlie IJuestion was put. whelher tliis t'hurcli will sulTer the praeliee of People' 
owning tint t'ovenant. and liavingtheir Children t)apti/.ed? 

"Voted in the allirnialive, by Seven; four wcac silent. 

"Also voted that in future, none shall be admitted into full Conununiou with this 
Church except such as will attend upon all the Ordinances of the Gospel. 

"One only dissenting. 

" Voted un.iniuiouslv, that it is the Opinion of this Cluneh, t/uit it nettkd ordained 
Vol. I — 38 " 



'298 HISTtlliY (»l- ANl'IENT WINDSOR. 

ing the yciirs of Mr. MiUrr's pustorate, the church procoeded in iiu 
orderly iniimicr, and after repeated attcni])ts at conciliation, to deal with 

those meniher.s wlio, (hiiinu' tlie v 'iit dissensions had left them and 

joined the IJajitists. 

Tlie want uf hetter and nnu-e sullirieiif arroinniodations foi- pulilic 
wiiiship had lunii' Keen jiressina' upon tlie attention of the parisli : and, as 
earh' as IT'.'T. it liad lieen \iited in tlie Sneiety niei'tinir that "a suliseri|i- 
tinn paper may eiieulate tlirouiih tliis Society for raising money to 
huild a new meeting-house on Whiilwind Hill, or on the old ileeting- 
house plain.'' Nothing canu' of this resolution, however, until a start 
was apparently given to the matter hy a sermon preached in Wintoniiury 
by Rev. Mr. Stehljins of Simshui-y, whom the late Rev. Allan McLean 
alludes to in his Half-Century Discourse, as an " intelligent, shrewd, ami 
sarcastic" nnui, who not infixMpiently exhiltite(l the latter traits not only 
in conversation hut in his pulpit utterances. In this case, Mi'. Stehliins 
preached from the text, " Surely, the fear of God is not in this |ihice." 
and is re)Mirted to ha\e freely exercised his gift of sarcasm upon the ap- 
])earance of the ancimit meeting-house, saying, among other things, 
•'When you pass thnjugh a xillaue and see the elaplioards on the meet- 
ing-house hanging dingle-dangle hy one nail, you may be sure that the 
love of God is not in that pei)ple." This nuist have i)een about 1800. in 
which year the matter seems to have lieen taken uj) in earnest, the society 
voting that a meeting-house xhould I)e built, if a place could be agreed 
upon. Subscri])tions of moiu'y and gifts of tindier, etc., were prociu'ed, 
the old church was deniolisheil to make way foi- the new one, which was 
to occupy the same site; and ihiiing the summer and autumn of 1801, 
worship was held, according to the iccollection of some who were lately 
living, under the sj)reading iioughs of foui' great oaks, standing near to- 
gether — one of which still stands opposite the S. E. corner of the present 
(1890) edifice. A view of this secoml meeting-house is given in Barber's 
Hist. Coll. of Conn. It was fifty feet long and forty feet l)road, and was 
first occupied on the occasion of its dedication, December 6, 1801. and a 
sermon was jireached hy the pastor, from Mark xi. 15, 16, 17. -Not a 
pew empty al)ove, or helow. A joyous day." 

In Jiuie, 1808, the church adopted the Confession of Faith antl Cov- 
enant now in use, and, in 1811, Mr. Miller was dismissed, 133 new niem- 
liers having heen admitted during his pastorate. 

Minister, fias no greater Ant/uniti/ in t/ie Vhnrch, tluoi imy pricatc Brother, except liis 
being (of Course) Moderator, and luildiiii; a casting Vote. 

" Voted, to appoint a Committee, and appointed M' Bisscll, Pea" Hitclicock and 
M' Titus Burr in the name of tliis Cliurcli to confer with M' Miller, and communicate 
to him the Doings of this meeting. 

" Tlie above is a true Copy of Record. 

"Test llez' Bissell fhli Rci;'.' 



T\'INr)SOR FIFTH, OH WINTONIUJIiV FAIilSll. 2W 

llcv. Wtli.tam F. Miller was a ttTadiuito of Yale iii 178(i, a scliolaily 
man, nf strmiu' mental gi-as]) and ardent piety, as well as ol a noMe 
(■(iiuitenanee and hearius;-. Several of liis sei-ninns were pnlilislied ami 
can !)<■ found in the Library of the Conneeticid 1 1 istmaeal Society, lie 
was a liood ehui-eh historian; prepared for the alio\c-nieutioned society 

a vei-y u- I dio-cst of Wintonhnry history (to wliicli tliis sl<etch is in- 

dehted): and left very fnll and well-written accounts of transactions in 
the parish which immediately i>reeeded and happened durino- his minis- 
try, especially as to the origin of the dissensions which led finally to his 
inisettlement. His lahors in Wintonhury seem to merit the g'ratefnl re- 
niemhranee of this chnreh. 

He was sncceeded by the Rev. John Hahtlktt, who was installed loth 
Feiiruary, 1815, dismissed 19th ilay, 1881. He was a brother of Rev. 
Slnihael Bartlett of East Windsor; was born Kith Angnst, 1784, in Leb- 
anon, Conn. ; graduated at Yale College, 1807 : settl(>d at Warren, N. Y., 
1811; after he left Wintonljury, he was (1881-85) agent for the Bil)le 
Society : then settled, 1835-49, at West Avon, N. Y., where he continued 
to reside until his death in 1866. His ministry at Wintonhury was fruit- 
ful of g 1: forty-eight were added during a powerful revival in 1821 : 

and, by letter and ]irofession. over one bundi-ed members during his 
ministry, and a record of much religious activity. During a part of his 
]iasforate. an unusual amount of death and disease ]u-evail(>d which prob- 
ably aidi'il to(lee]ien serious impressions. A Sunday-school was origin- 
ated during his ministry, 13th April, 1827, of which Dea. Enoch Frisbie 
was superintendent, and the Congrt^gatioual Society received in 1821 
from the will of Mr. P(detiali Allyn a very considerable aildition to its 
financial resources. 

Rev. Ansel N.a.sh, installed 7tb .\pi-il. ls:ll. was dismissed at his 
own recpiest, Pcljruary 24, 1835, f<i entci- the ser\ici' of the American 
Mducation Society, leaving a record of numy additions to the church 
during his ministry. He was born at Hartford, \'t., graduate(l at Wil- 
liams College, 1809, and at Andover 'riieologi<'al Seminary: oiilained 
pastor ToUaiul, Conn., 1813-31; installed pastoi-, Bloondield, Conn., 
1831-85; agent Am. Educ. Soc, 1835-39 : preached at Rockville, Conn., 
1839-41 ; agent Am. Educ. Soc, 1841-44 ; acting pastor, Colchester, Yt., 
1845-48 ; (lied at Brattleboro, Yt., 11th August, 1S51, aged 63.— {Bur- 
fees Annah Williams College, 302.) 

Rev. Cornelius B. Everest, installed at niooudield. Conn., 22d 
January, 1886, was born at Cornwall, 1789 ; graduated at Williams Col- 
lege, 1811 ; studied theology under Dr. Lyman IJeecherof Mtchlielil, and 
l>i-. Porter of Washington, Conn.; was an evangelist for two yeais : oi- 
daiued pastor, Windham, Conn., 1815-27 ; ordained pastor First Church, 
Norwich, Conn., lS29-8t) : installed |)astor, I'.loondicld, ls;',(;. whence be 



300 HISTORY OF ANCIENT AVINDSOU. 

was dismissed, 13th October, 1S40; actiiiii- |iast(ir, Poqiumock, Conn., 
1842-52, wliere he resideil until liis i-eiiiova! (o l'liila(lci|iliia in 1H5K, 
where he d. 2Uth iMarch, ISTO, ajicd <sl. Wliiie at lUoonilicid lie coni- 
memorated (1S38) tlie Cliiirch's Cenfennial, from 1 Corinthians, ill. 9, 
"Ye ai'e God's 15uikiin<r." — (Minutes of Gen. Vunferexre, iKdll, p. 107.) 

Rev. William W. Mackus, j^rad. Yale CoHefjre and licensed ls:52 ; 
installed 24th March, 1841 ; dismissed IGth Aj.ril, 1844. 

Rev. Daniel (Jinns, actin.sj; ]iastor, 1844-o : iiraduateil :it .Middle- 
bury College, Vt. : served in the West; onrc snpiilird a fliinrli in New- 
town, Conn. : while at IJloomfield atteni|ited lo alter the C(i\ euaiit. Kut 
was stoutly i-esisted. 

Rev. Alekeu C. Raymond, installed Dee. ;5. 1s4"> : reniai 1 until 

1848 ; resides at New Haven, without charge. 

Rev. Francis R. Williams, installed 30th Dec, l.sr>l ; disnu.s.sed 
1858 ; afterwards .settled at Chajilin, Conn. 

A new and beautiful ehurcli edifice. S2 by 4S feet in si/e, was erected 
and dedicated Dec 22. IsAS, and furnished with a line l..")i;4 lb. bell 
and a clock. The steeple of Ibis ediiicc.' was blown down in Istii'. and 
rebuilt in 1872; and in lS7r) a new bell of 1,(308 lbs. weight was pro- 
cured. The pulj)it was supplicil in 1(S60 and 18G1 by the Re\'. Samuel 
B. Forbes (later in business in West Winsted, Conn.). 

Rev. George B. New^comb was ordained pastor 15th October, iSill, 
and dismissed 18G() ; was afterwards acting pastor of the Dwight Place 
Church, New Haven, Conn. : in IxsCi, was a ]irofessoi- in the College of 
the City of New Y(m1v. 'I'd a •■('entury and a Quarter"' sermon, 
preached by Jlr. Newcondi in .lanuary, 1864 (from I Corinthians, vii. :!1 ) 
and to which we have had access in manusci-ipt, we are indebteil for some 
of the details presented in this chaptei'. 

Rev. James B. Cleveland was installed :id Dec.. 1S(;7, disnu.ssed 
1875 ; since an acting pastor in Kensington, Conn. 

Rev. William A. IIallock served the church from 1st May. 1S7.')- 
.S7 ; was acting }iastor at (iilead. Cnnu., then ser\ed in Watson, N. 'i'.. 
until he returned to Connecticut. 

Rev. Eugene F. Atwood, ls,s7. 1' 

The membership of this church was, in 1738, 67: in 17'.'!, oS; in ' 
1833, 118; in 1840, 93; in 1860,100; in 1880, 137. witb a Suinhi\- 
school of 115 scholars, and conipiising 102 families. 

The church has passe<l through tlie following revivals, viz. : 1741, in ji 
which 12 memljcrs were added ; 1799,54 added (sec Fowler's account of ■' 
this revival iu Conn. Evangel. Mat/., ii. 268, 272, 285, 310); ISOS, 40 . 

addid : 1S21. 4S added: 1825, : 1832, 15 a<lded : ls:!4. 11 

added: l.s.-,)-,, II added: iSoS. 17 added: 1S64, 11 added: Isd.s. :;'.i 



THE BAPTIST SOCIETY IN WINTONBITUY. 301 

Ministers raised in this Parish. — William Case, grad. Y. C, 1821, 
and at Andovt'r Tliool. Sem., 1824 ; ordained pastor Chester, Conn., 1824- 
35 ; acting pastor New Hartford, Conn., 183r)-6 ; w. e. East Windsor, 
183(!-42: acting jjastor Middle Haddani, Conn., First Chiircli, 1842-44 : 
tcarli, T at Iladdam, 1844-46; acting pastor North Madison, Conn.. 
lS4ti-47: «. e. 1847-April 28, 1858, when lie died at Hartford, Conn., 
aged f;2. (AiuJ. Cat., 1880.) 

IIe/.kkiah (iuODWiN, preacher t)f the (Jospel, who dit'd in this par- 
ish, 1767, aged 27, was probably raised here. His name is on Rev. 
Ilezekiah Bissell's death-roll. He gradnated Yale College. 1761. being 
tlie lirst of his name among its alumni (see Kpita])h, (ioodwin). 

Jjeacons chosen : 

1738 Isaac Butler, 1801 Tlioiiuis Taylnr. 

Samuel Case. 1811 Elijah Lodinis. 

17.59 William Mauley. 181.5 Enoch Frisbie. 

1709 Reuben Case. 1816 Luther Fiteh. 

1792 Col. Hez. Bissell, 1828 Caleb Hitchcock. 

Dr. Caleb Hitchcock. 1845 Amos Gillett. 

The Baptist Societij in Wintonhunj Parish. — The. long and obsti- 
nate contention concerning the settlement of Rev. Mr. Walcott natnrally 
alienated the minds of many of the Congregational Chnrch members, 
who swelled the ranks of the " Separatists." This new sect, which dated 
from the "Great Revival" of 1740, had already made considerable prog- 
ress in Connecticut; and what tended to gain for it more proselytes in 
AVintonbury than anything else was a quarrel which occurred in Rev. 
-Mr. JiisselFs time between Abel Gillet,' a deacon in the church, and one 
.(olm Hubliard. Mr. Bissell declined to side with either party, and, this 
being construed by Mr. Gillet as favoring his opponent, he left the 
church in anger and "turned ."Separate." Many of these Separatists 
liccame Ba]itists, and arc first notic(Ml in the affairs of the Old Society, 
in 1782. In 1786 they organized the First Baptist Church of Winihor, 
and seKled as their ])astor Aslilnd (son of the above-named Dea. Abel) 

Cillct. steadily inci-easing in numlicr, they liuill a small meeting-honse 
ill 17!l5, which has since been fre(|uently repaired. Elder (Jillet was 
most highly esteemed, even by those outside of the Baptist communion. 
His prayers were supjiosed to have special power with the Most High, so 
that he was much sent for to |iray witii the sick : and if rain was needed, 

' Fallier of the late Hon. Fiancis Cillelle. 



302 msTHItV in- ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

ospefially (hirinjj; haying season, it was a coniiuoii rcmaik tliat there was 
"no use priiyinj)' for rain nntil tlie jiarson's liay was in." Sometimes, in 
seasons of iinnsuai drouulit, tlic people woiilil turn out and hel|) him get 
his hay in, and then send up tiieir ]irayers tor the needed relii'f. It is 
told of liim that lie once found a sheep straying after shearing and likely 
to perish, and that he took off his overcoat, wrapped it about the shiver- 
ing creature, and went to lind its owner. And another story tells how 
Parson Miller, wlio h.id ol'teu ridiculed the l>a])tists, strayed away from 
his home on Whirlwind Hill, in ;i period of |iartial ins;uiity, ;i little 
before his death, and made his way, barefooted, over the sharp snow- 
crust to the window of Elder (iillet's home, a mile and a half away ; and 
how the good man arose and bi-ouglit him him in, and tlevoted the rest 
of the night to warming and comforting the sufferer.' 

Elder Gillet was succeeded by the Rev. Augustus BoUes, sim-e 
whose time the church has had no settled ministry. In 1859 it was c.m J 
for by Rev. Ralph II. Maine, at which time it had aliout fifty m(>mbeis. 
one of whom, Mr. Wealthy Thrall, then aged \l'i years, was the only 
survivor of the original (twenty or so) meniliers. 

In the absence of the oi-igiual rhureh i-ecords, «■<■ gatliei', from the 
votes of excommunication and other ol'licial action of the ('onijreijtifional 
Church, the following names ol some who weie original memt)ers of the 
Baptist order in Wintonbury, \i/,. : 

W'd. Hejisibali Barnes, .losepli Filch and wife, PnidciUf, 

Mary (wife of Sauiuel) Eiio, Aaron Phelps and wife, Susannt'. 

Christian (wife of Caleb) Case, Abel Rettibone and wife. Klisabeth, 

(Jcorsre Latimer. 

A Methodld EpixcopaJ Church was organii^ed in Wintoniiury 4 July, 

1817, by the Rev. Aurora Seagar, a native of the place, wlio foi-med a 
class of three persons, viz.: Maria Palmer, Olive Iloskins, and Fanny 
Griswold. Edwin E. (iriswold, afterwards Presiding Elder of the 
Bridgeport (Tonn.) District beranie connected witli this class, March 20, 

1818. The following preachcis of tills dcnomiiuition have originated 
from this town: Aurora, Micali, and Schuylei- Seagar; Edwin E. (iris- 
wold, Ebenczcr Latinu-r, Walter W. Brewer, Reni)en II. Looinis. 

The first church edifice was erected on Whirlwind Hill in 1833, and 
rebuilt on the present location, in the center of the town, 1854. 

St. Andrews Protectant Epixcopal Chiirrh oi-iginate(l in a contio- 
versy in the Simsbury Congregational Church in 1740, and its lirst 
edifice was erected in that |)art of Simsbury known as Scotland, and 
which was aniie.xed, in 1S43, to I')loointielil. biiuiiug the northwest por- 



I Mrs. E. S. Warner in .1/, m. I/i.st H.nlun;! r, 



SCHOOLS IN WINTONItUlJY. 80o 

tidii of tlic tdwii, near Tariffvillc and the railroad. The history of tliis 
|i;irish, one of tlie oldest in the State, has been uriveii by Noah A. I'liclps 
ill Ills Hixi. iif Siiiislnirii, (rraiihii, <iiiiJ Ciinhui. 1S4.">. After a lenotheneil 
siis|ioiisioii, it rcsiiiuril scrvires in iSil:',, mid in ISCtS was nearly sup- 
|ilailt(M| bv an offslloot esfabiisiinl by siiiiir of its lucliibcrs at 'I'll riff \ ill.'. 

,SV//,»,/,s-.~ Fell. 1:^, 17'.i-"i. by ;i soi'iety vote, the parisli of Wiutoii- 
liiiry was di\ided into .seven school distriets, and H\i' sehooldioiises were 
soon built, two of whieh — one on Whirlwind Hill and onr attlioOld 
Farms — were two stories liigli, i|nite lar<i-e and convenii'iit, and siiii|ilie(| 
with bells. 'I'lic ii|)])er story of that on the Hill was bir a lon,>;- time 
used as a Free Masons' lodge-room, Imt the lodge was disbanded during 
the famous "Anti-Masonic" excitement of lS-2t). The school-house at 
the Old Farms was substantially built of brick, and is still standing. 
Its bell was jiresented to it, ami its lirst use was to toll on the occasion 
of the ilonor's funeral. On Nov. 7, IT'.'."), the soc'icty votecl that it would 

1 agreeable to have the school-house bell rung at the hour of |iulilic 

worship and also to give ncjtice of any death in the Society." 

M IS. Warner, in her sketch of Bloomfield (Mum. Hist. Hartford Co.), 
thus speaks of tlu' Wintonlniry schools an<i their customs: "The ]iublic 
schools of the jiarish wore, for a long time, under the care and control 
of the Ecidesiastical Society, and great deference was paid to the period- 
ical visits of the parish pastor. When he entered the room, the scholars 
were nil compelled to rise and make ol)eisance. Country-school educa- 
tion ill those days was mostly summed u]i in the three R's, but the 
reading, 'riting,and 'rithmetic, with the never-onntted spelling, and for the 
girls sewing on sheets, and often liedipnlts, were taught with thorongh- 
uess. The teaching of little children, in the early ])art of the century, 
began with a series of questions as to their names and those of their 
piii-ents, their age, what town, parish, county, State, and eouutr\' they 
lived ill, till' name of each jiastor of their town, the Oo\cruor of the 

State and the President of the United States Karly in the 

]i|-esent centur\' the scIkjoI had a remarkable tcacliei-, a Mr. Lucas, who 
aroused the greatest enthusiasm in his pupils, and who closed his one 
winter with a brilliant exhibition in the church, of the play of I'izari-o — 
• I'liest Miller" reluctantly consenting. The schools were generally 
kept by male instrin-fius in winter, and by female in summer. One of 
the teachers — an old gray-haired man, and college-bred, which was a 
rare thing in those days — had the habit of getting his (|ueue done over 
iliiriui;- 'noon sp.dl' iiy one of the girls of his 'fore class.' An inter- 
esting old lady, Mrs. Wealthy Cillet Latimer Thrall, who lived all ,if h<-r 
nearly one hundred years in Idoonirn'bl, used to tell lier grandchildren 
how frightened she was the morning she was proinoted to this class, 



o04 IIISTOI!Y or ANXIKNT WINHSdl!. 

wlieu tlu' master ra])])(Ml with liis niln- mi tlic desk, and aiinouiiccil licfurc 
tlie school tliat hciicL't'orth she was to take her turn at that august task. 
Her fingers trenilih'd so tliat she v.mdd scarcely tic the lilaek rilihon, as 
siie stood lieiiind the niastei-, sitting hy the big o|irii lire, keeping order 
duiiniz- • noon-spell." 'J'his same little girl had such a good memory for I 
graniniiu- — all the grammar they had in those days was in the 'fore- ] 
part" of iIh' spelling-hook — that liei- teacher delighted in taking her I 
al)out the streets and into the houses, of evenings, to show oil ; whei-e 
her listcnci's would cxelaiiu, 'What a pity she isn't a hoy I' In her last 
days, when her strong nund began to give wa}', in wandering iiack to her 
childhood, she would rejjoat sentence after sentence from those ol<i 
spclling-l)ook jiages. After she was grown and married, she and her 
husliaud kept Thrall Taveni, in the Old Farms district, for forty years, 
and in her old age she never wearied of telling how they once entertained 
Lafayette at dinner, with a hundred other guests: delighting her eager 
grandchililren with all the particulars as to looks, ami dress, and hill of 
fare. liei- hushnnil had tlie fust chaise e\-er used in IJIooudield." 

.4 Wint<inhur!j Li/irary Society was formed in .lauiiarv, IT'.i-'j. 

lii'Vii] iiliiinarii ]\iir. — \\"iutiiidiui-\'s share in this war is endii-ace<l 
within the histoi-y of the town of ^Vindso|•. ('apt. Leuuicl luihei-ts, who 
resideil within that portion of the parish originally couiprised in .^inis- 
liury, has left "A No;ite of those who marched at the Lexington alai'Ui. 
A jJi'il. I TT-"), viz. : 

C'apt. LcniiK'l Koburts, Huliia Fullar, 

Left. Abram Pinnpy, .l.-uncs Kim, 

Sgt. Aaron Pinncy, Aiiiii/i.ili I'.-irbcr, 

Corp'I Levi Pinncy, .Vlcxaiulcr M:irsli;ill. 
("mp'l Williiim .Vilams. 

'J'radition says that when tlie w.w lic'_.:iii ncarh e\-cr\ man in the 
town was drafted; and that, during the hard times following tin' war, 
there was no coffee used ami hut little tea: only occasionally a pound of 
sugar, and luit few potatoes were raised. The comuiou diet at this period 
was boiled beef and pork : childicii eatiin;' the brotli. u liich \\ as thickeneil 
up with bread and beans — given to them iii a single dish, around which 
they gathered, and into which lliey dipped \\ ith their spoons. 

'I'races of JVer/ro Slaveri/ ari' found in l\e\. Mi'. iJisscH's private 
church record — as thus, in 1754, '' died. Fortune, a negro ser\ ', ulio be- 
longed to John Hubbard, Jr., and hut a little time beloic his death was 
.Jona. Sndth's " : and, in 1772, is recorded the baptism of "Ca'sar, a ne- 
gro servant of mine." Ther(> were Inil few slaves, howexcr, and tlicii- 
hondaffc was of the mildest form. 



WINTONBURY, OR FIFTH SOCIETY IN WINDSOR. 305 

Indians. — " Traces of an Indian reservation still exist in the ( )l(l 
Farms district. A native of Bloomfield remembers how a family of Mo- 
heoans used to come and settle down to their basket-making liy Old 
Farms Brook under the hill, on his father's farm. They would say tn 
the little boys that all the land belonged to them, and they could get 
their basket-stuff wherever they liked. This was as late as 1820." — 
Mrs. Warner. (In this connection, see our note on page 130.) 

Wintonbury parish, in 1802, contained 176 dwelling-houses and abcmt 
1,050 souls. There were then four taverns in the parish, one saw-mill, 
one fulling-mill, one grist-mill, with two sets of stone, and one gin dis- 
tillery, erected that year. (For agricultural products, see chapter on 
Bloomfield.) At one period, many years ago, the Brothers Brown made 
drums, including toy-drums, and Capt. Filley manufactured tin-ware, 
which was sold by peddlers in Vermont. Among the things of Winton- 
bury's past, at one time or another, were two sash and blind factories 
and an oil well ; but, for some time past, carriage and wagon-making has 
been Bloomfi eld's only manufacture. 

The Old Burying Place of Wintonbury (now Bloomfield), originally 
a small clearing in the north end of the forest which stretched back a 
long distance from the first meeting-house, contains many exceedingly 
quaint inscriptions, of which we present the following specimens : 

U])on a low brown stone, in the extreme north corner, is this : 

' • Here lies y" 
Body of Luce the 
Daugh" of Serg°' 
Isaac Skinner who 
Died Feb'> y 23"' 
1739-40 aged 18 year 
this was y first Perso" 
that was Burried Here " 

"Mrs. Anna Meechae j Daughter of Widow | Samantha Cook, Died ,Iuly 3, 1808. 

" Sixteen years I lived a maid. 
Two years I was a Wife. 
Five hours I was a mother, 
And so I lost my life. 
My babe lies by me, as you see, 
To show no age from Death is free." 

"Mire, daughter of Widow Semantha Cook, Died Fcb'y l.i, 1808, Aged 12 years. 

"One day in health I did appear 
Xext day a corpse, fit for the bier." 

"In Memory of Hezekiah Goodwin, A.M., & Preacher of the Gospel; Son to Mr. 
. Stephen Goodwin & Mrs. Sarah Goodwin, who departed this life Jany IQ"" A. D. 1767, 
in y 27 Year of his Age. His Epitaph composed by himself, upon his deathbed is as 
follows ; 

Vol.. I. —39 



3Ull HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

"How short, how precarious, liow uncertain — is Life! How quick y Transi- 
tion from time to Eternity. A Breath, a Gaspe, a Groan & lo we are seen no morel 
And yet on this point, Oli alarmin.i; thought, on this slender point turns a yast 
Eternity." 

■ In Meniorv nf Mr. .Ionah Gillktt, who Died .Mav v' 21, 1T82, in y" 75 Yearof his 
Age. 

■ "My liindred Dear as you draw near 
Pon't thinli that Death's a jeast. 
Remember you are mortal too 
Must pass the Solemn Test." 

" This monument to the memory of Peleti.\u Allyn, who d. Feb. 5, 1821, in the 
24th year of his age, was erected by the Congregational Society of Wintonbury, of 
which he was a member. Mr. Allyn early arrived at maturity, in the powers of his 
mind, and was possessed of more than ordinary energy and decision of character. In 
the testamentary disposal of his estate, good judgment and benevolence were happily 
united. After several legacies to individuals, he gave £200 for foreign missions, 100 an- 
nually forever for the relief of the industrious poor of Wintonbury, 30 aimually for the 
support of religious p.salmody in the Congregational Society, and 200 to 270 annually 
forever for the .support of the gospel in the same society." 

Daidamia, Maliala, Lodesca, Lovicy, and Climena, are among the 
ctirious female names, and Reuel, Abi, Amaziah, Zeruiah. and Defer, 
among the masculine names found in this cemetery. 

The new cemetery was opened in 1856. 

Diseases common to the parish: these, according to Rev. ^Ir. Miller's 
3Is. Hist. Account of Wintonbury, before alluded to, were pleurisy, con- 
simiption, dropsy, slow or long fevers, bilious and nervous fevers, dysen- 
tery, and hoarse canker. According to this authority, in the western part 
of the society, on a large brook (which has a dead current, being at the 
bottom of the mountain, and its banks being boggy and of l)lack eai'th 
and coarse grass) the inhabitants dwelling on the road parallel with it 
have in some seasons been peculiarly subject to slow fever, or to dysen- 
tery, neither of which, however, appeared at the same time. In 1775, 
dysenteiy raged fearfully on this street, attacking almost every person. 
That year fifty-two persons died in the society, of whom fifteen died Ije- 
fore July 19th, when the dysentery first ajipeared. Of the other thirty- 
seven, who died between this date and the next spring, thirty died on this 
street, which then contained only tliirty -three liouses. Other parts of 
the Society suffered but little. 

In the fall of 1792, the dysentery again raged on the same street, 
and many died, while but few were ill in other ])ortions of the society 
and continued to rage until the foUowing January, despite early fro.sts 
and snows. 

From January 1, 1792-1^01, iiichit^ive, there were H>"3 deatliis in the 
y)arish. Of this nnmlii'r 



WINTOXBrRY, OR FIFTH SOCIFTY IN WIN'HSOR. 307 

48 persons died under 3 years of age. 



22 


' ' between 2 and 20 


years of age. 


27 






20 and 40 




31 

15 






40 and 70 
70 and 80 




11 




" 


80 and 85 




(i 






85 and 90 




1 
1 
1 


" at 


age 


of 93. 
94. 
97. 





Among the old citizens of the pari.sh, honorable lueatiou must be 
made of Capt. David W. Grant, " who, for many years in the early part 
of this century kept the State and town poorhouse, and left a handsome 
fortune to his son Wadsworth, who erected the rough-stone house in the 
western part of the present Bloomfield, and was known as a most liheral- 
n>inded man. Hiram Roberts, of one of the oldest families in Winton- 
buiy, was the merchant of the parish, in his day — a leading man, and 
twice a representative to the State Legislature — a man of imusual judg- 
ment and integrity. Among other leading men — several of them cap- 
tains in the War of 1812, some representatives in the Legislature, and 
nearly all established farmers, and who died at a good old age — were 
Elihu Mills, who is remembered never to have failed of lieing in his 
seat at church twenty minutes too early, and who was always the last to 
givp np the custom of standing during prayer : Eli.iah Griswold, a 
noted singing-master, and one of the two publishers of an early singing- 
liook, the Connecticut Harmony, printed about 1800, the engraved cop- 
])ei-plates and letter-press for which are still in existence; the three 
BinwELL brothers ; the Hitchcocks and Browns ; Captains Lord, Good- 
win, Fi'lley, Loomis, and Rowley (which last outlived his military com- 
patriots) who, in turn, had drilled the old militia company which mustered 
from 120 to 150 men ; and was disbanded just long enough before the 
Civil War for it to find only raw recruits." — Mrs;. Warner. 



CHAPTER XYII. 

WINDSORS SHARE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 
1775-1783. 



IT might have been presumed that the colonies, in retiring from a war 
ill wliich they had borne so conspicuous and loyal a part, and from 
which they had themselves derived but little benefit, would have received 
from their sovereign some mark of approbation, or at least of indulgence. 
But that sovereign was weak, and his ministerial advisers were unprinci- 
pled and short-sighted. They found the treasury empty and the national 
debt increased by recent wars to almost seven millions of dollars. Their 
subjects at home were already alarmed and grumbling at the increased 
burden of taxation which seemed to await them. It was then that 
Grenvillc's facile brain conceived the idea, ungenerous as it was unwise, 
of taxing the colonies by levying new duties upon their imports. This 
was the " one straw too much which broke the camel's back." The Col- 
onists, who had sacrificed thousands of their best lives and treasures, 
and whose frontiers had for so many years been constantly drenched in 
blood, could not bear this new burden. From one and all arose a unani- 
mous protest against " taxation without representation." A few wise 
men foresaw and plainly represented the danger, but their advice was 
wasted on the grasping ministers of England. The Stamp Act was 
passed on the 22d of March, 1765, and this "entering wedge for the dis- 
memberment of the British empire" was accompanied with the explicit 
declaration "that it was intended to establish the power of Crreat Britain 
to tax the colonies."' It was received in America with overwhelming 
feeling of resentment. Alarmed and abashed at the outbreak of deter- 
mined opposition which it provoked, the government of Great Britain 
repealed the act. Hardly had the rejoicings of the grateful colonies 
over this event ceased before the unwise and unjust acts of the ministry 
again plunged the country into alarm and discontent. An act enforcing 
the quartering of a royal army in their midst, and at their expense, was 
followed by another, levying duties upon paper, glass, paints, lead, and 
tea imported by them. In both these acts the principle involved was the 
same as in the Stamp Act, and was as firmly resisted by the colonies. 
These manifestations of revolt, however, as well as the iihiin words of 



Windsor's share in the REVoLtiTuiNAHV war, 1774. 309 

miiny wiso and nnlile luinds, even in parlianicut itsolf, were unheeded by 
till' blindly infatuated ministers of the British government. America was 
in constant and open revolt, but one after another these hated measures 
were forced down her throat. It is true that a bill was passed in 1770 
repealing the duty on all articles but tea. It was too late. For on that 
very day was enacting in the streets of Boston the tragedy of the Boston 
Massaci-e. Then came two years of outward quiet, but really of seething 
unrest. Again, in December, 1773, the smoldering fire burst out anew, 
and Boston harbor witnessed the destruction of several cargoes of tea 
liy a disguised but orderly band of patriots. Roused and enraged, 
the English ministry now passed the famous Boston Port Bill. This 
bill, providing for the removal of customs, courts of justice, and all 
government oflficei-s from Boston to Salem, and for the " complete dis- 
continuance of all landing, discharging and shipping of wares and mer- 
chandise at Boston, or within the harbor thereof," came into effect on 
the first of June, 1774. Its effect was instantaneous. "The utter pros- 
tration of all business soon produced great disti'css in the city. The 
rich, deprived of their rents, became straitened, and the poor, denied the 
{)rivilege of labor, were reduced to beggary. All classes felt the scourge 
of the oppressor, yet the fortitude and forbearance of the inhabitants 
were most remarkable." The sympathy of the whole country was 
aroused, for, although the blow was aimed at Boston as "the ringleader 
in every riot," it was keenly felt in every colony. And this sympathy 
evinced itself not only in words and encouraging resolves, but in substan- 
tial tokens of attachment to the sufferers. From Georgia came sixty- 
three barrels of rice and seven hundred and twenty dollars in specie. 
The town of Windham, in Connecticut, sent a large flock of sheep ; and 
from evei"y quarter contributions of wheat and grain, pork and money, 
came pouring in. Even the great city of London, in its corporate capac- 
ity, sent one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the relief of the 
poor in Boston. " The people of Marblchcad and Salem offered the Bos- 
tun merchants the free use of wharves and stores, for they scorned to 
enrich themselves at the expense of their oppressed neighbors! A com- 
mittee was appointed in Boston to receive and distribute donations, and, 
in the midst of martial law, the suffering patriots were l)old and 
unyielding." 

Liberty had her friends among the people of our town of Windsor, 
who were not unmindful of their suft'eriug brethren, and the town govern- 
ment of Windsor at this period was in the hands of men of influence — 
who were straightforward, brief, earnest, and business-like in all their 
actions. These characteristics are very plainly impressed on all the 
records and correspondence of the town during the revolutionary strug- 
gle, and are in marked contrast to the eloquent and somewhat wordy 



310 HISTORY CiV ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

style of expression wliieli is dis])la_ved in the East Windsor records. Yet 
in feeling, patriotism, and attachment to the cause of freedom, both 
towns were empliatically " shoulder to shoulder." In the correspondence 
of the committee for the relief of the Boston sufferers by the Port Bill 
we find the following letter.' It tells its own story with a straightforward 
brevity wliich characterizes the official actions of the town during this 
period. 

Windsor, March 20, 1775. 
Mr. Jonathan Mason, 

Sir: We being appointed by this town to receive donations for the poor of Boston, 
and as we understand you are one to receive them, have directed Capt. Smith to deliver 
you what grain we have collected for that purpose, viz., 391 bushels rye, 89^ bushels 
corn, and half barrel of pork. 

We are your humble servants, 

James Hooker. 
Oliver Mather. 

Meanwhile the troops in Boston were daily augmenting, until it was 
one vast garrison. Insulted by the presence of the soldiery, their rights 
invaded and trampled upon, the people of Massachusetts, and with her 
the united colonies, were preparing to strike a blow at the coil of despot- 
ism which was gradually surrounding them. Every fresh act of oppres- 
sion was met by scornful and dignified yet determined resistance. Every 
hour seemed pregnant with impending collision. It came on the 19th of 
April, 1775. In the grey dawn of morning, on the village green of Lex- 
ington, a handful of rustic j)atriots undauntedly awaited the ai)proach of 
an advancing column of British troops. One hour later, on that village 
green, lay eight patriot corpses, and from their blood, still welling out 
upon the dewy sod, there had gone forth a cry for vengeance which all 
America heard. Through the length and breadth of the land bell 
responded to bell, and watchfirc to watchfire, and everywhere the people 
were in arms. " Throughout New England the news was rapidly carried 
by horse ' express ' from town to town. It was despatched to Connecti- 
cut by the Massachusetts Committee of Safety at Watertown during the 
progress of the fighting, or near 10 o'clock of Wednesday morning, 
April 19th. 'The bearer, Israel Bessel, is charged to alarm the country 
quite to Connecticut, and all persons are desired to furnish him with 
fresh horses as they may be needed.' During Thursday, the 20th, the 
news was circulating through the eastern part of the colony. The people 
of Windham County received it generally by noon. It reached Governor 
Trumbull, at Lebanon, by eleven. It was doubtless at Hartford by 
night, at New Haven on the following evening." — Rec. of Conn. Men in 
the War of the Revolution. 



' Mass. Hist. Soc'y Coll., 4th Series, iv. 266. 



Windsor's share in the revohtionahy war, 1775. 



311 



The people of Windsor had just paid the last sad tribute of respect 
to their beloved pastor — perhaps they even yet stood by the side of the 
open grave — as a mounted messenger came "spurring in hot haste" 
from Hartford, hearing the news of the battle which had been fought the 
day before. 

It was as the first lightning flash in the api)ioaching storm, not wholly 
unexpected, but none the less startling ; and as the intelligence spread 
quickly from mouth to mouth, and from family to family, it everywhere 
awoke an instantaneous activity. The signs of grief gave place to the 
sound and bustle of warlike prepara- 
tion. Brave Thomas Hayden was 
quickly in the saddle, bearing the 
news to Suflield as fast as his steed 
could carry him. On every side there 
was " hurrying to and fro " ; in every home the agitation of sudden de- 
jiarture and the tremulous tones of farewell w^ords. Ere many hours 
had elapsed an •' alarm party " of twenty-three men, under command 

J_^ of Capt. Nathaniel Hayden, had 

L_£ji- (jj VI \ £_^.^_^ left Windsor on their march to 
t/* 'y' Lexing-ton. The following are 

L/ the names of those gallant sons of 

Windsor who fint responded to the call of Liberty, copied from the orig- 
inal pay list, signed by each member of the party. The figure after 
each name denotes the number of days in service, as given by the Hec. of 
Conn. Men in Rev. War (official); as are also those names and ranks., 
which are starred. 



X?^^7^^>. 



<?V3z.7 



Capt. 
Corp'l 



Sgt.- 
Sgt.' 



Sgt. 



Nathan'l Hayden, 
CoKKELins Russell, 
Ezra Havben, 5, 
Oliver Hayden, 5, 
Thomas Hayden, 5, 
Redben Denslow, 0, 
M.^RTiN Denslow, 5, 
John Allyn, 5, 
John Allyn, Jr., o, 
Elijah Stoughton, .i 
S.\MnEL WrNG, 5, 
Eleazur Gaylord, 5 



0, 



Sgt. Samuel Gibbs, 24, 

WiLLI.iM D.wis, 24, 
Le.muel Welch, 34, 
Ebenezer Woolworth, 24. 
Gershom West, 13 (George *), 
Oliver Lee, 5, 
William Thrall, Jr., 13, 
William Parsons, 24, 
John Roberts, 14, 
I^BENEZER Fitch Bissell, 3, 
David Thrall, 5, 
Nathaniel Stanley, 13,* 



BUGBEE, 13. 



They left Windsor about 21st of April, and the receipt is signed July 
18, 1775, which was probably about the time of their return. The ex- 
penses of the expedition were about X69 ISs. 6(7. 

The struggle for independence was now fairly commenced. The 
capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen, " in tlm name of Jehovah 



312 HISTORY OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

and tho Coiilineiitiil Coiifiress," on tlic 10th of May, and the hotly con- 
tested battle of Bunker Hill in June followini;-, inspired confidence in the 
patriot arms, and conunitted thcni to a war from which there was no 
retreat. 

In coniKM'tioii with the Ticonderoga affair we find {Off. Rec. Conn. 
Men in Rev. War, p. 32) the following receipt given by one James Eastou 
of Pittsfield, who was engaged at the capture of " Ti." and who returned 
to Connecticut for powder : 

Windsor, May 27th day, A.D. 1775. 
Tlitu I the subscriber did retcive of Henry AUyn, Esq.. five hundred weight of 
Gun Powder, on account of tlip Connect' Colony, to be transported to Ticonderoga with 
all possible speed." 

.I.iMKS Easton. 

The first item wliich aj)}iear.s upon the i-ecurds of Windsor relative 
to the Revolutionary war is the appointment, in December, 1775, of a 
Committee of Inspection, composed of the following persons, all of them 
eminent citizens and true patriots : 

Doctor Alexander Wolcott, .Iosiau Bissell, 

Capt. James Hooker, Roger Newberry, 

Capt. Josiah Phelps, Henry Allyn, Esq., 

Ensign Jonathan Fillev. Lieut. Pelatiah Mills. 
Mr. JoAB Griswold, 

The chief duty of this committee was of a peculiarly delicate nature, 
warranted only by the circumstances of the times. It was nothing more 
or less than a patriotic and searching espionage into the principles, 
actions, and private affairs of every member of the community, without 
regard to station, profession, or character. It was necessary to know 
how each man stood affected towards the war — whether his feelings 
were enlisted in his country's behalf, or whether secretly or publicly he 
was aiding and abetting the enemy. Lukewarmness in action, an un- 
guarded word, or an equivocal deed, was sufficient in those days of trial 
to excite distrust; and woe to the unlucky man. whatever his rank in 
life, who fell under the suspicion of "the people". Undoubtedly many 
innocent persons were imjustly suspected, yet, on the whole, the influ- 
ence of this Vigilance Committee was as salutary as it was certainly 
necessary. 

After the battle of Hunker llill the American army commenced tiie 
construction of various fortifications and defenses upon the heights 
adjacent to Boston, which was held l)y the British troops. Upon these 
lines, which were sitiuited on AVinter and Prospect Hills, at Roxbury, 
and from thence to the Charles River, the troops were mostly engaged 
during the fall and winter of 1775-6. Quite a number of Windsor men 
are known to have been here, under Gen. Putnam, Ijut their names can- 
not be fully ascertaine(l. 



\VIN|lS(li;'s SIlAliK IN THE UKVOU'TIdN, 17(1."). .'A^i 

Till' Miliiiitarv luiistci'iiiLi- in tin' Alarm of A]i|-il I'.Kli was s|icc(lil\- 
Inlldw,',! (Api-il-May) l.y flic first iuithoir/.i'd call lor troops. Tlic 
Assi'iiililv was comciicd. and met May (itii, and enarted tliat oiic-l'oiirtli 
ot tlic colony militia should lie forthwith enlisted. This apiioi-tioiinient 
rc]ireseuted aliout t!,000 men, who were distrilmted in si.\ i-eginients of ten 
(■om|iaiii('s each, with a full complement of field, stafl', and line ofiicers, 
and to lie connnanded liy a major-general and two brigadier-generals, 
I acli of whom was also to take comniand of a regiment, as colonel. At 
tlic duly session of Assembly two more regiments, somewhat snuillcr, 
were ordered, inaking eight in all — total of about 7,400 — term of ser- 
vice seven months — oHlccrs all appointed by the Assembly. 

Ill the 2d of these regiments (Gen. Silencer's) Rogkr Enos, of 
^\'illdsol■, appears as Lient.-Colonel. 

Ill the 8th regiment (Col. Huntington's) Thomas IIaydkn, of 
Windsor, served as Sergeant-Major; Samuel Stoughtox, of Winilsor, 
was Ensign in 4th company, of which Ebenezek Fitch Bissell was 
First Lieutenant. This company was mostly of Simsbiiry, and com- 
iiianded by Capt. Elihu IJiiniphrey. 

Ebenezkr Fitch Hissell was "a geutlcman, though not of the 
most easy and familiar turn: yet for his steady, correct attention to the 
iliities of his station he was well respected." He was advanced, while in 
camp, to the captaincy of tlie 7th company, 17tii regiment. 

Of Ensign (Samuel in oflieial roll) Stoughtox it is said: " Sickness 
detained him long out of camp. He was a tall, well-made man, and 
p<isscsscd a good military aiiiicarance." 

From Thomas HaYDEn's letters to his family we have mostlv 
gleaned the following names of Windsor inni. although they do not 
seem to lia\r been in bis coinpain : 

David Gibbs, sick, Oct., 1775. 

Hezekiah Haydex. 

Martin Denslow-, sick, Oct., 177o. 

Sgt. [Jesse] Thrai.i,. 

Daniel Brown, sick. 

Jesse Wall, sick. 

Ai.i'HEUS MuxsELL, scrvcd at Koxbiiry as an army blacksinifb. 

Mr. Roe, sick with pleurisy. 

Ki.i.iAH llosKiNS ( Wby.) ilicd in .March, in camp at IJoxbiirv, aged 
about 4l'. 

Ki.ii'IIai.I'T Eoomis (Wby.) died in Apiil, on iviuni fr.im the camp, 
aged aiiout 20 years. 

Dec, 1775, or Jan.. 177ti. Jonx Gilman ( Wby.). dic<l in camp, 
agei] about 18. (117-//. (7i. /iVc.) 
Vol, I.— -10 



314 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINHSOI!. 



The toUdwiiiii ilncuiiirnl also preserves the naiues of a iiiiiiilici- of 
Windsor men wlio ilid niililarv service during the jx""' 1775 : 

" To John Lawrenck. Es(i.. Treasurer for the State of Coniicftiiut ; 

" These luiiy Certify llial kc the Subscribers of the Civil A\ithority :imi1 select iiieii 
of the Town ni WiiHlsm-, Dn iKivby aliate to Mr. Joab Griswolil Collector of the Colimy 
Tax made \i|ii>ii tlie li>t made and cimiinited for 1775, and a Tax of 4(/. on tlie I'lmnd. 
the following iierst>ns Heads who were noncommissioned ( >IIieers or Soldiers in the 
army iu the year 1775, are as follows 



Job. Allyn 
Jonathan Loomis 
Increase Mather 
Roger Rowel 
Jacob Judd 
George Wolcott 
John Robert 
KlnathanFilley 
Klijah .Marshall Jr 
I'hineas Drake :!. 
Isaac JMnney, Jnn. - 
William !"hel|is S. 
LanscotI I'lielps 
Klij;di (iriswold 
Martin Ilolc.imb. Jnn 
Si.lonion Clark, Jun. 
James Wilscm 
Israel Warmer 
Kdward liarnard Jnn 
Zaehens I'lielps 
John May 
Lnke Thrall 
Oliver Win. hell 
Theophilns llidi^ 
Ashbcl Stiles 
Thnmas llayden 
Martin Denslow 
Sam" Wing 
K/.eki.l Thrall 
Oliver Cl.ark 
Samuel (iibb 
David Cibb 
Eleazar tiavlord 



VC"' D.a\i>e 
Alpheus Munsell 
Lemuel Welch 
William Parson 
Elias Brown 
Cornelius Russell 
Daniel Kl.'y 
Samu<"l Munrow 
Aaron Lyon 
Nath' Staidcy 
Shubel Barber 
Jesse Thrall 
Roger jMills 
Reuben Loomis 
Thomas Allyn Jnn 
William Manl.y 
Moses Cook 
David Filley 
Jonathan Bid well 
Moses Drake 
Simeon Grayhani ('I 
Stephen Fosbfiry 
John Fosbury ^^ 
Joseph Fitch -"^ 
Jouali Gillet, Jun 
Jonathan Gillel 
Kzekiel Case 
John Rowel. Jun 
Isaai- Skinner 
Thomas (iillet 
Abiel Wilson 
Aaron Welister 



'■ Being si.\ty six in number, amounting to the sum of fllJSIri. ui>on tin' Public I.i>i 
of the Poles and Ratable Esttite of the Inhabitants of the Town of Windsor, made and 
Computed for August, 1775. Which said sum we hereby abate to the said Collector. 

"Henry Allyn, Just. peac. 

" D.\NlEL BissELL \ Select men 

-IS.\.V(; PiNNEY ■- of 

Pel" Mills ' Wind.sor." 



A lifelike |iictiMc of Ihf winter encani]pinent is o'iven iiy the Rev. 
William JMiiersiin, rlia|ilain in the army, "'rhe o;eiierals. Wasliiniiimi 



Windsor's shark ix tiik RKVdHTioN, 177"). -U't 

ami [, c'c, are »])()n the lines every ilay. New (Hileis Irciiii liis cxrcllrncy are 
read to the respective regiments every luoniinir al'ler piayeis. 'I'lirst rirtcst 
ii'overiiment is taking ])Uice, and great distinction is made lietwceu iilTK-ei-s 
and soldiers. l>]very one is made to know liis plarc ami keep in it, or to 
lie lii'd ii|i and reeeixe thirty oi- I'orty laslics, acroi'ding to his ci-inic. 
'riioiisands are at work eveiy day IVoin I'oiir till oIom'Ii o'clock in the 

morning. It is snrprising how nnich woi-k has liccn done 

It is \ci-\- di\i'rting to walk among the (.-amps. They are as different in 
their form as the owners are in their dress, and rwvy tent is a poi-trait- 
nrc of the temper and taste of the persons who enranip in it. Some are 
made of linards, and some of sail cloth; sonic ]iar(ly of one and partly of 

tl tliri'. Again, others arc made of stom^ or tnif, hrick or brnsh. 

Some ale thrown np in a hurry; others are curionsly urought with doors 
ami w indows, done with wreaths and withes in the manner of a l)asket. 

Some ai'e \(iiir pi'oper tents and nianp s, looking like the regnlar (>am]i 

of the enemy." To eoni|ilete tlie ]iietni-e we will ipiote the words of a 
SinisliuiT soldier : 

" For every six soldiers there was a tent provided. Tlie grounil it covei-ed was 
al)out six or seven feet square. This served for Icitclien, parlor, and liall. The green 
tarf. covereil with a Iilanket, was our bed and bedstead. Wlien we turned in for the 
niifht we hail lo lie perfeetly straight, like candles in a box; this was not pleasant to 
iiur hip bones and knee joints, which often in the night would wake us, and beg to tin-n 
over. (Jur household utensils, altogether, were an iron iiot, a canteen or wooden bottle 
liiilding two (juarts, a pail and wooden bowl. Each had to do his own washing, and 
laUr his turn at the cooking." 

It h;is heeu our privilege to read many oi the lett(>rs written home 
liy the soldiers in this motley camp to their fiiends and ftimilies in 
Windsor. Though not of suflicient importance to jmlilish, yet they con- 
tain many hoincdikc passages of touching interest; (picries of, and kind 
messages for friends ; little hits of camp gossip and daily incident, with 
not luifrcipiently a request to l)e furnishe(l with a new \cst, or lilankrt, 
or a rliceise. And thrsi' were not minor wants or luxuries, Imt necessities. 
For at this time the army was suffering for want oi' ni(>ans and food. 
Iiccriiits came in tardily, the army itself was weakened, its spirit was 
lowered, and, as the cold weather ap|U'oached, it sorely hdt the necessity 
of find and comfortable clothing. Some regiments ate their rations raw 
for want of fuel to cook them. SiAness w;is raging in tlir camp, and, 
ilic Icriiis of enlistment licginning to expire, many of the soldiers pre- 
Icrrcd to go home. 

.\dded to these ti'ials was the dispiriting effect of ibe failure of the 
expedition against t^iieliee. In the month of .\iigiist previous a plan 
had been devised to invadi' Canada by an expedition wliieh. entering 
that country liy way of tlu^ Kenneliec ixiver. should co-opei-ate with 



?)1() HISTORY OK ANCrRXT WrNDrtOH. 

aiiutlicr, iiiiiU-r (u'li. Scliiiyler, a]i)Mi);icliiiig liy tin: iioitliciii lakes. Eli'veu 
liuiKlrod liardy men, aceustoiiieil to Iroiitier life, iii;iii\ nl them veterans 
ol' the old Freiieh \v:ir, were selected from tile iiiiny for this service. 
The chief comiiialid \vasL;i\eii to Col. neiiedict A I'liold, whose eminent 
bfaverv ;iiid ;ici|ii;iiiit:iiice with the coiiidiy to lie invaded peculiarly 
titted him for the perilous uudertakiuu-. His suhordiuate oniecrs were 
Lieut.-Cols. RooKii P]nos, of Windsor, and Christojiher (ii-(H'ne; and 
Majors Meins and IJiticlow; while the rifle corjis were eommanded hy 
Captain Daniel Morgan, famous as a parti/.an lea<lei- in the siihsccjucnt 
history of the wai-. 

Arnold's detachment marched from Candiridge on the l:!th of Sej)- 
temher, 1775, and emiiarking at Xewhuryport on ele\en lrans]torts, set 
sail lor th<' mouth of tln^ Kennehec River. .\t Cardincj- they found :^00 
hatteaux awaiting them, and in these they pushed on to Xurriilgewock 
Falls. Here hegan the ])erils and toils of a march which luis no jiarallel 
in the history of our Revolutionary struggle. The hardy voyagcurs were 
obliged to carry all their hatteaux, [jrovisions, and stores around the falls, 
into navigable water, a mile and a quarter above. This severe labor 
consumed seven days, and had to be repeated at Carremtuc Falls. At 
length, however, in spite of a current so rapid that the men waded 
through the sti'oani, pushing their boats before them, the little l)and 
reached the great carrying-place, twelve miles below the junction of the_ 
Dead River with the Kennebec. By this time their number had been 
reduced Ity sickness and desertion to about 9.50, yet their spirits wc 
cheerful and their courage unshaken. Twenty-five days' ])rovisions s' 
remained, and Arnold determined to push on to the French settleinen 
on the Chaudiere, estimated at ten days' distance. "The gi-eat carry ii- 
place was a jiortage of fifteen miles, broken by three ponds. Oxcii 
dragged the hatteaux part of the way on sleds, and the baggage and 
stores were carried on the shoulders of the men. Over craggy knolls 
and tangled ravines, through deep morasses, creeks, and ]ionds, they 
pursued their journey, sometimes carrying their vessels, and the 
vessels sometimes hearing them, until they reached the Dead Ri\er. 
The ponds afforded an abundance of delicious salmon-trout, and want 
of food had not yet been among their privations. The surface of 
'the Dead River was smooth, and the waters flowed on in a gentle current 
in the midst of the magnificent forest, now rendered gorgeous by the 
brilliant hues imparted to foliage l>y early frost. Occasional falls inter- 
ruj)ted their progress, but the labors of the men were far less severe than 
hitherto. Suddenly the monotony of the vast forest was hi-oken by the 
apiiearanee of a lofty mountain covered with snow, at the foot of which 
Arnold encamped three days, raising tlic Continental flag o\('r his tent. 

When liie cNpeilitinn moved forward ,■) heavy rain set in, which sent 



WlNDSOIt'S SlIAHE IN THE lilCVOUITKiN, ITTf). 317 

(Idwii siicli liL'iivv tonviits IVoui the hills thai (hi' river arost^ oif^'iit feet ill 
(iHc iiiizlil, u\cifli(\viiiL;- its IiMiiks and lilliiig its cliaiincls witli rafts of 
(liill-w mill. Sii siiililriii\ iliil this IVcKlu't occur that llic water canii' 
niariiiu' ilnwn Ihi' \'alley w lie re the soldiers were eiieaMi|ieil so iine\|ieet- 
eill\ anil iiiiwerfnlly lliat they had liarely lime In ivlreat (n Iheii' liatleaux 
liefiire Ihe whole plain was o\ ei-||iiwed. Se\en linals were o\ crtiiiMied 
and tlieir |iro\isions lost, ami ntlieis wci-e in iiinninent peril in the niidsl 
III' Ihe lloud. They were yet thirty miles from the head of the Chandiere, 
and lint ahoiit twelve days' provisions remained. 'I'he storm and expos- 
iii-e made many siek, and (h'S|»)iideiiey supplanted eheerfulness, I'm- tlie 
future seemed |ii'ej>:nant with misery. .V eouneil of war was held, and it 
was decided to send the sick and feehle hack, and to |iress forwaid with 
the healtli\ . Aiamld wi'nte to (Ireene and Imuis, who were in the lear. 
tn select as nian\' of their liest men as they coulil supply wilh lilleen 
ila\s' pro\ isions, ami come on with them. lea\inL;' the others to return tn 
Nori'idn'ewo(d<. Mnns, either thrnmih a false const ruction of the order 
or willful disolicdience, returned to Camhridg-e with his whole division, 
liis a])pearance e.xcited the ji'rcatest imiiiination in Ihe ('outinental camp, 
and Knos was looked upon as a traitor for thus desertiuii' his conipaninns 
and endang'erinir tlie whole ex)iediti()n. lie was li-ied hya court martial, 
and, it lieiuii' proved that he was short of |u-ovisions, and that none could 
lie procured in the wilderness, he was aciiuitted. lie iu'vim- was restored 
iu pidilic estimation, however, and soon afterwards left tlu' army.' 

In the meanwhile Arnold, with the rest of the tronps, pressed 
iiuwaril. The rain changed to snow, and ice hirmcd upon the water in 
which the men waded to push the hatteaiix as they passed the numerous 
ponds and marshes near the sources of the Dead lliver. Seventeen falls 
were passed, and on a hleak day, marching througli snow two inches 
ilce]i, they reached the Highlands which separated tJie waters of New 
Kngland from ('ana<la." 

Soon they came to Fvakc -Megantie, on whose eastein slioie the little 
army encamped to recruit from their fatiguing marcli, while .\runlil, 
with thirteen men in hatteaux and canoes, ami ( 'apt. Jlanidiel, w ith a 
party of fiftv-tivc men on shoi-e, proceeded ilnwu the ('haudierc to the 
[•'rcuch settlements, to procure provisions. The voyage was fright lid in 
llic extreme. The rapid current ]>oiled and foamed over a rocky iioltnni, ' 
and tliey were without guides, hut they lashed themselves to the liatteaux 
and emharked upon the stream. Soon they were among tiie rapids. 
'I'hrec lioats were hrokcn to pieces, their contents u]iset, and the hapless 

' Tlif circum.sUiiices of this case are most forcibly stalnl in tlic :iiliiiir:ilile ili'l'oii.-sc 
of Euos' cundiict, maile by Rev. Horace Edwin Haydcii of Willii-sbarre, I'll., in sin 
article entitled (leit. Rinjcr Kuok : A Lust Clinpter of AnwUI'ii Krjhdition to CinnHhi, 1775, 
liutilished in tlic y[ii<iii;iiu' of Aiiniiniii ilinlory. 



318 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

voyageiirs left struu<iling- with tin' watcis, liiit im li\rs ucit lost. Fur 
seventy iiiili's tlicir wiis ii constniit succession ol frills ami ra|ii(ls. with 
liii'ir arciiiiipaiiyiiiii' <l:iliu'cl-s. .\t last tlic\" I'caclicil Sart iuau, ulici'c the 
li(is|iilalilc French fiirnisheil tliciii with |ir(ivisi(ins, which weri' iiiiiiicili- 
ately scut hack to the a |i|iroachiiiir aiiiiy. They rcaclicil tlu' I roo|PS at 
ail o|i|iorliiiic inoliiiait. lor they hail slaili;litcrei| tlirir last o\ soliK' ilays 
licforc. ami hail c\rii lircii rciliiccil to the extremity of iisiiej ilo'/s flesh, 
saiiil-rools. ami the leather of their shoes ami i -casiiis, for f 1. 

i'lishiiej- on with reiieweil st i-eiii:tli, the a rmy reiniiteil at Sartiii'an, 
ami oil the '.ith of No\eiiilier, after this terrilile iiiarcli of thirty-two days 
through i^looiiiy foi'csts, oniorged at Point Levi, o|i|iosite (^»iieliec. 

'I'lieir siuhleii a|i]iearance, niysterioiis ami iinhci-ahled, uave rise to 
the most e\aL:'.:eratei| riiniors of their niiiiiliers, ami tlic Canadians were 
ill a tiiiiiiilt of alarm. Ariiohrs intention w'as to have taken advantage 
of this, ami strike a hold and i|eeisi\e lilow : hut a hea\y storm of wind 
and sleet |iie\ cnted him from crossiini' the River St. Ijawrence until the 
eveniim' of the l-ltli. 'riieii, iiiidei- the \ryy guns of a frigate which liad 
heen i)laced in tiie stream to intercept him, Arnold safely hmded his 
forces at Wolfs Cove, and scaling the heights where Wolf had ascended 
sixteen years hefore, stood at dawn upon the Plains of Ahraliain. And 
as the little hand of patriots nuistered there before the grim liattlenieiits 
looming fearfully through the gray light of morn, it is not strange that 
their hearts sank within them, and that for the first time they realized 
the full extent of tlieir own hanliliood. They numliered Imt TaO men, 
without artillery, and half of tlieir muskets were spoiled and useless. 
They learned also that new reinforcements had addeil to the enemy's 
streng-th. Arnold, Iiowcmi-. made a feint of attack, hoping to draw out 
the Eiigiisli, and ri'l\ing mi the French. 

The French. houe\er, were deterred h\ fear of the I'lnglish 'iarrisnn, 
who in turn were too wary to place the city at the power of enemies 
within hy issuing forth against the inconsiilerahle force which nieiiaced 
t hem w ithoiil . ( 'onseipieiit ly, aflei- imlnhjing in some inel'fecl iial iirav- 
ado, Arnold, limling himself delieient in stores and amimiiiilioii, and 
learning that further rciiilorcements to the enemies were approaching, 
liastily I'ctired to Point aii\ 'I'remhles, twciitv miles ahoxc t^hieliec. there 
to await the arrival of .MoiitL;dinery"s ariii\-. On the 1st of !)ecciiiiier 
.Montgomery appeared with a most welcome supply of clolhiiiL;- for 
Arnold's lialf-iiaked t roups, and, taking the chief com ma ml. the eoinhined 
forces, of lexx than I.OIM) /«(•«, again set out, in the face of a severe snow 
storm, for Queiiec. Reaching that place on the .")ih,tlicy invested tlie 
city as well as they could with so insignilicant a I'oice : and three weeks 
were spent in fruitless endeavors to intimidate tlic llritish comniandcr 
to surrender, or to hattci' down an entrance with the li'iht unns which 



WINOSOn's SHARK IX THE RKVOLUTION. IT?.'). ^llM 

tlir\ |"isscssi'il. Xiiw niutiuy mill (iissatist'jn'tinii liciiMU lo i|c\ cluii lln'iii- 
srl\rs, :iiiil the siiki11-|mix lirokc out in flic cmihii. In Ihr Imit of ;ill llirsc 
t'ciirliil lOui'iiTs ;i cdiiuril 111' WAV ilctiTiuilicil ii|iiin ii i-c;^iihi |- :issaiill. A I 
■J (i"cl(ick on \\\r niorninu' of (|||. .list oT I Jcrcinlirr, in the miilsl of ;i ilri\- 
ini; sloihi of snow, wliicli the winds ucrr wliiiliiiLi iiilo ;ihnosl iin|Kiss;i- 
lilf iliifts, tile ;itt;iL-k was L-uuinicnrnl liy tln'cr i-olininis, coniinanilril 
i-('S|icTii\ rly liy Montgomery, Ai-nold, Li\ inuston, ami Itrown, wliii-li, 
aii|iii)acliini:' tlio town by difit'crcut routes, were to meet al a certain 
point. Slowly and cautiously Montgomery's command crept n|i to the 
lower town liy the road, imder Cape Diamond. St(^alinL;' upon the littic. 
ami as llic\ hoped unjirepared, hattery, tlicy were suddenly met liy a ler- 
rilie stoini of iron hail, which I'oi- ten minutes belched forth death, and 
tlii'u ci'ased. lor ihi'i-e was none to slay. The gallant ^[ontgomery ami 
his aids la\ dead, and the lew who lived tied in dismay from the ti'rrible 
havoc. Meantime .Vrnold, at thi' lu'ad of his dixisiou. was st laigiiiing 
through the heavy snow-drifts in the Sault au Matelot, when In; i-ecei\ed 
a wdimd which obliged him to retire, and the command de\cil\cd on 
Moriian, under whom the brave troojKS stood l)attling in the narrow pass 
for three long houi's. And just as they had succeeded in storming the 
battery they were surprised by an ovorwlielming foi-ce of the enemy, to 

wl 1 they were obliged to surrender. Thus ended this lashcst of all 

rash atti-mpts to take Quebec: IGO of the American forces were killed 
and wdundcd. and 426 surrendered, while less than 800 escajied and 
rctiied to a short distance from the town, where, under Armilirs com- 
mand, they remained till the following spring. (ien. Wooster then 
came from Montreal with a large force, and took the i bii^l eomniaml. 
-\n attcm])t was made to beleaguer and occu]iy the city, which, bowcxcr, 
pro\eil futile, and the ]iatriot arms were obliged to lca\i' Canada without 
anylhin;:' to boast of I'xcept their intrepidity in a good causi^. 

Those who snii-emlei'cd themselves were kindly treated, and llnallv 
sent houii' to theii- anxious friends and families. 

It may be thought by some that we have devoted more space to Ibis 
expedition than is proper in a local history. We lia\e, liowc\cr, (diosen 
to dwell upon it because, as one of the most icmarkable exploits of mod- 
ern history, it nmst always be interesting to those who love to recall the 
brave deeds of our re\ olutionary struggle, and because Winhsoi; men 
shared the toils of that wonderful wilderness maich. faced the fuiy of tlu' 
elements, and the wilder storm of Uritish artillery, and languished in 
the gloomy depths of a IJritish prison. 

In the escalade whi(di was made by Arnold's dixisiou ('apt. .-^i:rii 
IIanchktt, of .•^idlield, ami Ki.i.iah Marshall, of Wimlsor, were the lirst 
to moimt the bariiei-. And <dear above the rattle of nmsketry was heard 
the eneoin-aging voice of thebirmcr: "Walk up, Marshall, our mothers 



320 HISTORY ()!•' ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

i 

arc ;i( lnnnr |iiMyinu' for us, iniil tlic ciu'iny cnii't liiirt us." Ayr, lliat 
was till' secret dl' Aiucrica's success iu llic Rcvulutinu : lici- cause was 
jiisl.licr Wasliiinitnn a iirayiiii:' L;enei-al, ami lier lii-a\c smis, amid llio j 
tein|itatiiius n\' camp lil'c aud tlie danuei' nl' haltle, ne\ ei- Inr'jot lliat 
luotliers, wives, auil dauulili'i-s at iii>me \\ci-e |ii-ayiiiL:' fur tliem. 

'J'Hlooi'iiiLrs lliiiE Icist his uuii and was killed iu the assaidt. 

AmiiUL;- the |iiisciners we liud the names iif KlMAH MaI!SI1ALL, | 
lielore meulioueil. Daniioe UovrF, ' (.')th ('(!.), and STEi'in-:N FosmutY (of | 
Wl)y.), wh" died in Canada, Jaunaiy 1, 177(), with small-|io\, diiriuir | 
liis iuipi-isonnu'nt, auctl 20.' | 

Althi)Ut!:li these and otlier i-everses teiidcil III de|iress the hearts of j 
America's |iati'iiitic defenders, yet tlie eneruy of Washinu'tun ti-inm|ihod 
n\('r e\ciy (ilistacle. lie \ iiiiiriinsly puslu'd f(U'ward his jirepai-atioiis for 
the sici>e of liostou, and, haviuii' secretly h)rli(led T>i)i'ch('stcr lieiiihts, 
commenced tlu; liond)ar(hnent of the city mi the ;',d and 4th of March. In 
the darkn<'ss of tlu' niulit. tlie .\meiican army had dnue its work well; 
and the sun, as it ruse on the moin of the ."ith, lexcaled to the astonished 
foe the adjacent heiiihts liristlini;' with cannon and men. Howe was 
astounded and cii.auriiK'd. " 1 know not \\li;it 1 shall do," lie exidaimed. 
" The rehids ha\ e done more in one uiLiht than m\ w hole army would have 
done in a mouth." The tallies wci'c indeed turned. ThelJrifisli army iu 
the city aud the fleet iu the hay ume iu an extrcnudy critical situation. 
Esteemiuii' " |irndeuce the hetlci- |iail of \aloi-," Howe ahandoned the 
town, aud on the l.sth tiie American army entered it iu ti-inni|iii. 

Quite a nninlier of ^\'indsor men wei'c |iresent .at this scene. Imt we 
have heeu aide toocf Iml fewnf I heir names. Sui. 'J'iiom as 1 1 \ ■! |ii:n, he- 
I'ore meutioneil, was at K'oxlmiy \vhen the ioi'lillcati()Us wia-e thrown n|i. 
and is said to liaxc const laicted some of them, a duty hir which his hnsi- 
ness of caipenler ami architect iiecnliarly litted him. IFk/eklmi II \^l)l■:\. 
Lemuel AVelcii, Nathaniel Lamherton, and lN(i;i;\sn Mathki; wciv 
also there. Ezra IIayden was at Dorclu\ster. 



' A Journ;il of tlic Ex|iediliiiii. |iulilislicd in .\iir /Cn;/. Ilisl. nud Hin. Hir/infii; vi 
129. 

= Tliis. witli ellicr ]\'iNl.>iihini/ n:iiiics, fii.m Uic Mi;iMiiscri|ils nl' llic Krv lie/. 
Bissell. 

»Wc IllMkc llic lellewiiiy- exlr.ul Irem eiic iit' liis ].llc|-s. jiililivsscd le liis r.-illii r, 
Dea. Natlmnicl Il^ivdni. datnl '■('ainp at It.ixliury, .lany :!(!, ITTO." 

" Hoiioicd Sir 11 is a .sick lime in llic caiiiii. several been carried 

to the hos])ital te (lav, and a day er Iwo past. Six I licar. arc lireko out with the Small 
pox to-day it carried to ('amliridjre hospital (supposed) to be catehcd of the Deserters- 
which conic in daily. We are in some fear from Ihe eneiiiy, our reirimenls are but about 
half full. Number is .so small and duty is so liaid it weather is so cold that we are in 
great, danger of beinj; sick. One John Oilman died last night in Capt. Bissell's oompan\ 

— one Indian man died this morning in the ho.spital — 12 until for duty in our conipaiiy 

— Windsor men are tolerably well. l!ut I blest be (ied am remarkably hcarly. Pro- 
visions is plenty aud good." 



Windsor's share in thk rkvolution, 177(5. 321 

In 1776. till' luuiilici- of Connecticut regiments in tlic lidil was in- 
crcascil iVdiu eight to twenty -seven, largely composed of re-i;nlistments 
from the men of 1775 — all enlisted men in the Continental army being 
siieeially exempted from the poll tax in the year 1776, and from arrest 
for (ielits during their term of service. 

During the re-organization of the Continental army befoi'e Boston, 
December, 1775, to Feliruary, 1776, when soldiers were coming and go- 
ing, Washington ealled for New England regiments to guard the lines at 
various points, until the new aiiiiy had lieen well established. One of 
the three t'onneeticut regiments sent for this duty was that of Col. 
Erastus Wou'OTT of East Windsor. They reached Boston about the 
end of January, 1776, and remained about six weeks. The only rolls 
jireserved are those of Wolcott's regiment, which formed a part of the 
American army of occu]iation of Boston after the British had e\aeuated 
that eity. 

After the evacuation of Boston by the British, they concentrated 
their forces near New York city. This caused Gen. Washington to call 
upon Gov. Trumbull to order the whole of the standing militia of this 
State west of the Connecticut River. His urgent request was j^romptly 
responded to by the governor, and there were not less than 10,000 Con- 
necticut militia in the service near New York, among whom were viuy 
many " Windsor boys." 

The little neighborhood of Pine ileadow. now Windsor Loeks, con- 
sisted of nine families. The heads of all but one of these families wei-e in 
the army. 

In (he disastrous battle of Long Island, August 21, 177i;. the all'air 
at White Plains, and the retreats through Westchester County, the Con- 
necticut troops suffered terribly. In the motley crowil which aeeouipa- 
nied this retreat, it is related,' was "the wife of ^lajor, afterwaids Gcu. 
Roger Newberry, in a carriage in which she had dii\i'n from Windsor to 
care for her sick husband. At one jwint her carriagi^ was disabled, and 
they likely to fall into the bands of their enemies. She pleaded iiiisue- 
cessfully with the sick man to sufler the badges of his lank to be 
removed, but he escaped with Ihein on. .Iarez ITaskell, then act- 
x/ , . y y». iiig as nurse to the si(d<, and 

<^^lyC^-<^ ^{jCL^y\,,^y^c!, ^^li" 1''t1 succeeded in hring- 
u ^r ing off a nundier of sick 

f Windsor men as far as King's 

liridge,was challenged by the guard at that |)oint, and his.pass demanded. 
Charging bayonet, he shouted, " Here's my jiass. Stand out of tlie way," 
and his invalid corps was soon beyond pursuit. One Windsor man who 

'ITiV. Add. at Windsor Ceut,i,„i„l. .lulv 4. ISrt!. l.v .1. II. llavdcii. 
Vol. I.— 41 



322 HISTdRV OF ANXIENT WINDSOR. 

was struck \>y n sprnt Imll. so inciroased his sj)et'd as to leave all his com- 
rades behind. Mail) It'll :i( llieir posts, and many, less fortunate, were 
imprisoned within- the gloomy walls of the Old Sugar House, or suffered 
the terrors of those floating charnels, the ))rison ships.' 

^ , ^x? /-\ Hezekiah Hayuen' enlisted into I 

^^^€^-CAui/C ^7A.Jfjy ^^"' ''''"•■ '''"'"*^ *^'^' ^^^ "'^ January, j 

CJ / ' 1776, and served as ;i piivatc soldier. ! 

^ Jidy 2d, Washington liad issued an I 

order to the army, portraying the perilous condition i>l' the couu- j 

try, and tlie mi^nicutous interests at stake in the impending battle. | 

Finding in this oixier what Ix'st expressed his own sentiments regarding j 
the situation. Die soldii r lopird from it until the drum-l)eat called him to 
lay aside bis pen and resume liis musket : 

" C'amp New York, .lulv 4, 1770. | 

" Honored Fatlur ,iml U.^llnr: ' ■ 

" The time is now near :it IiiukI wliitli iiuist probalily (leterminc wliillicr AiiU'ricaiis | 
are to be free men or slaves: whether tliey are to have aii_v property lliey can call their 
own; whether tlieir liouses and farms are to be ijillaged and destroyed, and they eon- 
signed to a state of wretchedness from wliieh no hvunan efforts will propalily deliver them, i 
The fate of unborn millions will now depend, \inder God, on the eourage and eoudnct 1 
of this army. Our eruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us no ehoiee but a brave resist- | 
ance, or the most abject submission. This is all we can expect. We have, therefore, to I 
resolve to eonqvier or die. Our country's liouor calls ujwn us for a vigorous and manly \ 
exertion, and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world, i 
Let us rely upon the goodness of our cause, and the aid of the Supreme Being, in whose 
hands victory is, to animate aud encourage us to great and noble actions. The eyes ot 
all our co\intrymon are now- uiion us, aud we shall have their blessings and praises if, . 
liappily, we are the instruments of saving them from the tyranny meditated against 
them, I 

" T.et us animate and encourage each other, and show to the whole world that a 
freeman contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenury 
on earth. I 

"The General iccomniends to his ofticers great coolness in time of ad ion, and to the 
soldiers strict attention and obedience, with a becoming firmness of sjiirit. 

" The drum beats, and I must turn out with fatigue men and main guard. Tis, j 
thanks be to God. iiretly licallliy in the army. ' 

•■ Your allVclionale son, 

" IlE/,EKi.\n IIaydex."' 

He was taken prisoner on the 27th August, 1770, at tlic battle ot 
Long Island, and died on ])oard the prison-shi]), of starvation, after hav- i 
ing dis}iosed of eveiylliing in his possession, even to his slecve-bnttons, 
to purchase of liis kcopoi- food enough to sustain life. He was a nati\i' 
of Windsor, ami niiicb respected and esteemed by his neighbors. 

Natiiamei- Lamherton' died on board the }irison ship, November 'Jtli. 

William I'aksons" died November Uth, in captivity at New York. 



' Ibid. 'See note, p. 323. 

' Ibid. 



Windsor's shaijk in tiik iiKviiLrriux, 177(i. 323 

iM.iiir Hknslow (s(iu ol' Saiiuicl, on West street, I'iiie Meadow) 
ilicil Sr|iteinher '.Uli, in eamp, at New York, of eani]) ilistenipei- (dys- 
eiileiT). 

('a|i(. EiiKNEZEii Fitch Bissell, Sr.,' was (ine ol' lliosi' wlio rndni-cil 
(lie horrible cruelties of the imprisoiiiiu'ut in tlic Jersey pi-isim ship, lie 
was accustoiiied to relate with luueh feelinn- I he siiU'eriiijis whirli lie wit- 
nessed and experienced at that time. 1 leseiit honn' to his faniily tVii- money. 
Sijvei' was extremely scarce, and hy dint of hard scraping, horrowing, 
and pledging, they succeeded in sending him some. But it never reached 
him, having probably found its way to the pocket of some greedy British 
(itticial. " His wife (whose maiden name was Esther Hayden) was vigi- 
lant in her endeavors to send articles for his comfort and relief, and 
oiii-e succeeded in visiting him in his captivity." ' 

^ ^ >» Samuel Wing and liis son Moses were present 

^^ ' ^^^"^^-^ at the retreat from New Y(3rk. 

/ Jonathan Bidwell (Why.), Daniel Gillet, 

.lEiti.iAii HAiii'.EK, Ohaiiiah Fuller, Elisha Moore, Watson Loomis, 
were drafted and Served in New York and Westchester in August and 
Se|,temlM'i-. 

Fredekick (son of Ez.ekiel) Ca.se (Why. ), died July 2(ith, in camp, 
at New York, in his 1.5th year. 

Oliver Case (Why."), died October oth. near New York, aged about 

S.OH'KL Aniuu's (Why.), died October otli, on return from camp, 
near New York. 

' Ti'adition does not make it clear « Ik'Hk r tliuse men died in tlir " Old .feisi'v Prisini 
Ship" or iu the old Sugar House or in a Cliurcli in New VurU. Mrs, K/.ra llavileii UjUI 
me that she wa.s present at a meeting of the father of lle/.ekiah Hayden (I )eaeon Na- 
lliaiiicl) and the mother of Nathaniel Lamberton when the news first reached them — 
Ihat Ijiiii- fears were realized, and that their sons were dead from starvation. She also told 
me llial Captain Bissell, who survived his imprisonment, used to go around among llie 
pews every day to see his starving men. Anson Hayden (a nephew of He/.ekiah Hay- 
di'ii) wlio lived in New York 70 years ago, told a Windsor frienil while passing the old 
■ Sugar House " that his Unele Hezekiah died there. And yet it was a eonunoii saying, 
when I was a boy, that Unele Hezekiah was slnrv(Ml lo death in the old .Jer.sey Prison 
Sliip. Perhaps some or all of them were at lirsl put in I he prison ship, and transferred 
to Xew York later on. A niece of Capt. Bissell said in my hearing that after the war 
her unele wouhl sometimes look wistfully at the debris his wife had cast aside for the 
pigs and say, "What wouldn't I have given, Esther, while 1 was in prison, for the 
privilege of going to that barrel." These men all belonged at Hayden"s. Cornel Kus 
scl, who lived nearer the center of the town, also survived, but so broken by his siUTer- 
ings that he could never speak, after he reached home, above a whisper. This treat- 
ment of the prisoners by the British army greatly exasperated the friends of the vic- 
tims here and elsewhere throughout the colonies. — .J. H. H.wdun, 1891. 

' .Vm. of Mrs. Fanny L. Bissell, in whose possession was preserved the sword of 
this gallant officer. 



:V14 nisTOKY of anciknt windsok. 

Joseph .Maksh dinl August lolli. ;it Mcriilcn. ciuniiiii' I'loui cauip at 
New York. 

The oreat number, as well as the Iciigtli ni tin' dralts, had seriouslj' 
interfered with the agricidliiral interests of tlic tdwn, and the crops were 
scanty and insufficient for tlir u inleiV sii|i|)l\ . Neaily all the able-bodied 
men of Windsor were absent in tlie aiiiix, and lalmr was so scarce that 
tlie liarv<'sts n\' 177f> \ver<> lilei'aily gathered by tlie women and eliiblren. 
There eanie. alsn, a time, w ben the stern law nl' necessity rei|ni['ed from 
every barn in Windsm- all the grain tliere funnd abo\f a gi\en amount 
for each membiT of tin' bousehold (b'|iendiug upon it. .Vnd again the 
cimstituted authorities went forth in searcli of lead bir Imlli'ls. The tra- 
dition which preserves this fact also mentions that not a clock iu 
the wliole town marked the lligbt of time, their wcii/htx harint/ been melted 
ihnvii iiii,l niii into Indli'tx. Tins was owing to a reipiisition. This tra- 
dition is well anthentieated. bol b in the case of this and of the sur- 
rounding towns. .Mr. Koswell Miller once related tbis fact to Dea. | 
Jabez H. Hayden. ('orroliorati\e of tliis bict. we baw bmnd, in looking \ 
over some Revobil iona ry |ia|iers of tin' town, se\ei-al memoranda, of I 
which this will serve as a speeinieu, of •■ b'ad di'liMTcd to the Towns- ' 
Mcn.lTTCi. (dock weight lead. 

C'aiitniii St(iu;;lileii. IS pimnils. David Ellswcnili, .Ir., it lieuiul.s. 

Captain Ellswortli. *» ■ J);nncl llayili-ii, 24 

Rev. Mr. Hiusdalc. V.i ■■ .Inlin Allyii, U ■• 

Jcwiah Allyii. -'S • 

There Wl're tllose, boWe\e|-, who failed lo see the eorrespomliun; j 
good. Mr. Kliakim .Matbcr, wlio lived on tlie sln^et nearly a mile north ' 
of the old elmivb. dc.daicd tlie taking of his clock weights to be an ilb- 
gal and arl)itrary act, aii(| took an oatli (a familial- practice with liini), 
that his clock should stand without weights nnlil the authority which I 
took them away retiirncil them. Tbrougb all the long lorty years of ; 
the old man's after life, the old (dock was to liini an uumo\cd witness to j 
his j)erse\('riug oliserxance of his oath : and when, at the age of eighty- j 
four, he looked bir the last time upon the bi(;e of his .dock, it still gave I 
no sound." 

Capt. ER.vsrrs W'oi.rorr was taken prisDuer, but excdianged. 

Seth FhelI's of Windsor was Jd lieuti'naiil in Col. i)iirkee"s reni- 
meiit, '20th Continental. 

AliNEI! Wari> of W'inilsor, captain in Col. Ward's rcLiiiiii'iit. 

1777. 

Karh this year, enlist men ts bi|- tlii-ee years, or during the war. were 
called for, and the quota established bir each town, 'i'his new levy was 



J. H. Hayden's .hhl ,r/ (Vi,l,„„i,il .,f Windsor, .luly 1. ISTU. 



Windsor's shark in the hkvoli'tkin, 1777. ■]2r> 

n severe test (if tlicii- |i:itri(itisiii, Iml. Iiiinli'iiril mikI o\cis1 i-:ii\ii'(| us llicv 
were, it was elierrt'iillv .-nid |iniiii|itl\ iiirt liy ^Vi^lllsol■ ami tlic (idii'i- low iis 
III' the State. Ijaro'e bounties were iirrcrcil in tlmsc wImi wmilil enlist. ami 
llicise wild, f'l'dlii any eaiise, were imt lialilr In lie rimau'cil in inililarv duly 
wcrr hiMvily laxccl Id |iay tlii' ('\|i('usi's lliiis incurred. 

As reernitiui;' Inr tlie ( 'ciuliueulal line iirniiressed Iml siduly in llie 
s)iriiei df 1777. and the ( 'duneclieul reuiuiiails w ere nnt i-eady td take the 
lield. \\'ashiujilon ur^ed the (Jovenidr Id send .a limly dl militia Id ser\-e 
f(ir six weeks at Peekskill, where (Jen. iMel>duiiall was then |i(isted with 
a sliiihl I'oree. Three regiments — ediuimsed uj' delaclmients IVimi the 
uiilitia regiments — were sent, under Cdnunand nl I!iig.-( ien. l"]rasliis 
Wdlcdtt, ami were distrilmted at White Plains, ('rdui|idnd, Fishkill, Fdit 
.Mdiilgdmery , etc. 

The Idlldwing appears on the tdwii hdciks: 

"At ;i l.iwii iiieetingof the inluibitants el llu'loun .,( WiiHJsnr, iiiwriilly w^iriicd :iihI 
lickl in Wiiiilser, tlio 22(1 of Aiiril. ITTT. Un- the |iiu-|i(isr el' .leiiig llic tuUdwiiig liusiiicss, 
viz: 1st. T(i SL'e \vli;it nu'tJKx! the town will take to i'Meouraj;c the iiriiporlidii (if soldicis 
assij;ue(-i to the town of Windsor to enlist into the t'oiitincnt;d Aiiiiy, to sujiply the 
iinota assigned to this town. 

"2d, To ehoose a eonuiiittee to provide necessiiries for llie I'aniilies of all those p(^r- 
sonsbclonsinj;- to the town of \Viiidsor that shall enlist into llie CniitiMental .Vrniy at 
the price as stated liy Law, and al said meeting Doet. Alex. Woleoll ehosen Jloderator 
fur said nieeting. 

•'To raise a Kale or tax upon the list of ihe poles and rate.-ilile esl.ile of I hi' inhale 
itaiitsof the town of Windsor, made and eeinpuled for Aii-iist 211, lITti, of so niiieli 
money upon the Pound as Will raise Thirty pound Law fnl money for each able hodied 
elTeetive man that belongs to the town of Windsor thai h.is ,ilready enlisted inio Ihe 
Kight liattalions, including what they have already received as private encouragement 
for enlisting, and arc now aetvially in service in the Contincnlid Army, or that shall en- 
list into either of the Eight Battalions ordered to be raised in the State of ("onnecticut for 
t'onlinental .Service on or before the 30th day of April instant, al 12 of the clock on Ihe 
same day. I'rovided that not a larger number llian 79 soldiers I hat shall enlist includ 
iiig the number already inlisted, the first ".V soldiers that sli.all enlist sliall receive said 
sum, which said sum .shall be paid to each S(_ildicr that has already enlisted or that shall 
enlist before said ;!llth day of April, inst. al 12 of the clock on said day. until said 
imnihir lie made up." 

.\t the next ineeling, held May -, 1777, this wicdiirageinenl was re- 
newed III all wild shdidd enlist liel'oi-e the IMh of iMay, iiist. : alsd 

'■ Voted, That the familiesof all such .soldiers, being lawful inhaliitants of the town 
of Wind.sor. who have or .shall euga.ge and go into any of the Continental Battalions to 
he raised iu this State, shall be supplied with necessaries in their absence by a commit- 
tee appointed for that purpose, at the price atlixed by Law on his or their lodging or 
remitting money to said Committee appointed for that purpose, the additional eosi to 
be paid by said town agri'ealile to his Imuor's reeommendalioii in the .iloresaid I'rocla- 
niation." 

i'<'h I. tlial Henry Allyn, ISfoah Griswold, Solomon Allyii, Samuel Denslow, George 
trriswolil, and .losiah Gillet be a Committee agreeable to the above vote, and to execute 
the same. 



326 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

"At a town mectinj; liclil by ;i(l jnuriinHiil on the lltli of JI:iy, 177T, iiiiil iipcncd .it 3 
of the clock afteinooii. acconliiif; to adjoiinmu'iit, the Mdclcnitur of the foniicr iiicclinj; 
not Ix'ing present, ('apt. Natli' I.oomis was chosen .Moilerator," "at said meeting, 
Voted, that each alilc liodicil c llVrlive man, that is an inhabitant of tlie town of Wind- 
sor, that shall inlisi into lillur of the Kiglit Battalions of Continental Troops lielongiiig 
to tlie State of Connecticut, or that has enlisted since the 22d day of April last, shall 
receive of the Selectnu'n of the town of Windsor an order ujion the Treasurer for the 
town of Windsor for the sum of Thirty pounds Lawful money, agreeable to the vote 
of this town at tlieir mcetin.g hcijdru .>m I lie '22d day of April last. Provided that each 
soldier so enlisted shall be able to .■.ccure the Selectmen, that in case such .solilicr 
.shall not pass ni\ister that he will repay the said sum into the town treasury with law 
ful interest for the same, from the lime of receiving said money out of said treasury, 
until the same l)e repai<I into said treasury, and the said order to be ilrawn upon the 
said Treasurer to pay the same within two days after sight thereof, and if not then paid 
to pay the lawf\d interest for the same after the said two days till such tinu; as the 
Treasurer shall receive the money for the purpose of paying said order and lay the same 
by for that pnrpo.se." 

The ciicoiifaui'iiu'iit of £;')0 was airaiii iviit'wril at lowii iiioctiiiL;' of 
.May 27th, aii<l it w;is also 

'Voted; that Capl. Caleb P]iel|is, Col. Roger Eno. Mr, Alex. Allin, Ca).!. Nath'l 
llayden. Capt. Isaac Pinney, Capt. Edward Barnard, Peletiah .Mills, and ('apt. .lonah 
Gillet be a Committee to prepare a Subscriiition and present the same to the inhabitants 
of this town in order to raise money b\' voluntary subscription for the purpose of pay- 
ing the encouragement voted by this town to give to those inh.ibitants of this town that 
shall enlist into the Continental Army. " 

111 ai 111 it ion to llii.s siilisci'i|ili(ui, a fate or tax of cJLilitcrii iiciicc ii|ion 
the }»)iiii(l was sclf-im|Misri| foi- (lie same iiiif|ios(', liy a \oti' of tiic town, 
June 10, 1777. 

Anil at a town iiiocl iiii;- in Sc|ilcinlii'i-, ('a|it. Cali'h Pliclps liciup; 
Modofatcu-, il was 

Voted ; that the Sileilinen nl this town purchase or procure, as soon as may lie, 
upon the best terms they can. the sundry articles of clothing as requested by tlie (lov- 
ernor and Council of Safety , -it their meeting at Lebanon upon the 12th day of Sept. 
inst.. for the Non-commissioned oHicers and soldiers raised for the (Juota of soldiers 
assi.irned for the town of Windsor, and that actually enlisted into the Continental Army 
for the term of the War or for three years, and forward the .same to the Coinmis.saries n^ 
requested, and bring in their accounts which shall be allowed and paid by this town, in 
eluding such sum or sums as shall or may be received from the Colony Treasury nr 
other way by order of the Ocneral .\ssembly in October next. 

In Ci»nt. Stuff Arcliirrn, Rcvol. War, xii. 004. wr liml an aiTonnt 
rcndei-ed hy He/.. AVyllys, ao-ainst the State of Coniiectiiiit. tmdei- date of 
Sept. 29,1777, foi- "|irocni-int;- .Man and Hoi-se to ride e\|n-ess to Win<lsoi- 
on occasion of the alaiin fidiii the Enemies of the I'nited Slates ol 
America, in s;iid month of Sc|iteinher, e.xpences for himself and iioi'se in 
the Night Season to Hidse tlie ^[ilitia to join Oen. i'ntnam at Fishkill. 
£1 OH^QiL Bill pd. Dee. 3, '7S." 

Dec, 1777.— Cai)t. Calel) IMielps, Solomon .Vllyn. Sam"! jtcnslow. 



Windsor's shark in the rkvolution, 1777. 327 

imd Noali Griswold were ;i|i|M)iiit('(l a ('(unniittcc to |ii-(i\i(lr ncccssai-ics 
I'di' sdldicrs' i'ainilit's. 

('apt. AisNEU Fhiok, belonging to the Fdurtli ('(inm rliciit Regiment, 
ami Fjieiit. Seth Phelps of Col. Diirkee's rcgiiiieut, spent sometime in 
Wiiulsiii- iliiriHL;' May. 1777. as recruiting oftieei's ; and the work of m- 
nillmeiil wciii liraselv on. Capt. Pnor seems to have enlisted tlie 
largest niunlier. The original certilicatos of enlistments, hearing on 
their hacks the owners' endorsements of £W honnty receivcil from the 
selectmen, wo fonnd preserved ( 'O in an old hairel (!) at the clerk's 
iifliee. Prom these wc have Ix^en enalded to rescue tlie names ami fame 
of many of Windsor's revolutionary heroes, which otheiwise would ha\-c 
hcen lost to })Osteritv. 

Tlie attack of the British on Panlmry, A]iril the litith, spread a 
general alarm thronghont the State, and Wimlsor sent many volunteeis, 
most of whom, however, arrived too late to |iaiticipa1e in tin; action of 
till' next day. Among those who .started in hot haste for the fray, was 
Daniel Phelp.s, m/ed eight //-four, who was accompanied hy Paniel 
(iiLLET,a yonng neighhor. Mounted on hoi-sehack, they were far on their 
way toward Danhury, when they were met with the news that the crisis 
had passed, and volunteers were not needed. Old Jlr. Phel]is was hitterly 
disappointed, exclaiming, as he turned his face towards home, '■ 1 am so 
soiiy, 1 wanted just to have a few shots at those red-coat British." On 
the homeward road they came to a ferry where a numher of impatient 
riders were waiting their turn to be ferrieil over, hut who witli one 
consent allowed the old man the preference, and on his urgent plea suf- 
fered "his boy" (^Oillett) to go with him. On arriving at Litchlield late 
tliat evening, on their homeward route, the old gentleman was so stiff 
from age and unwonted fatigue, that he was oliliged to be helped from 
ins saddle. The exertion which he had made undoubtedly hastened his 
<leath, which occurred a few days after. Such was tlie '• spirit of '7ti."" 

Cai)t. Edward Griswold of Windsor (as we learn from an allida- 
vit from his son Solomon, May, 1787), {Conn. State Archii'es, Rriud., viii. 
!^")-89), commanded a company at Horscneck this year. 

Luther Center, returning from captivity in New York, died at 
Wintonbury, Jan., 1777. (^Wby. Ch. Err.) 

Reuben Kixt; (Why.), returning home from captivity in New York, 
died January, 1777, aged about 18. 

John Wilson (Why.), died at or near New York, aged about is. 

Lieut. Samuel Wing, died at Panlmry, in the servici>, July, 1777. 
I^Rev. Mr. HimdaWs North Ch. Eec) 

In October of this year, a detachment of Pnsign l)avid i}arber"s 
cunipany of Windsor, belonging to Lieut.-Col. Willey's regiment of 



328 IIISTOIJY OF ANCIENT WINDSdlJ. 

State militia, was onlored to Peekskill. Tliey started on the titli, and 
were aliseiit alxiiit tliirty-ciglit days. Their names were as tullous: 

Kiis'ii K.wiii Uaim'.ki!, Timo. Cook, 

Sut. iMAirilN i'lWKV. (JlllEON (_'.\sic, 

Sgt. Ali:\. (Ji;is\vni,i>, Abkl Gkiswold, 

('ol-|i. /kI'II \NI Ml WkHSTRR. ElISIIA ilARSlIALL, 

Dllllll. .I(i>i:ni llnl.cuMli, OlJVEl! Phf.li's, 

I'.KN.I. M( K. 

Cdl. liocEl; Knos, of this town, coinmandril iiiic nl' tlie regiments 
raised in .M;iy nt (liis year. lie was statiniinl nn tlic soiitlnvcslern Ipdp- 
dcr III' till' Stair, near Long Tshind Sound. 

1T7S 
was a gloomy year. Enlistments went on slowly: the previons winter 
(1777-S) had been disastrons and severe : the small-pox was raging in 
several jiarfs of the eomitry, and men's hearts "lailed them for fear." 
The States, howe\ei-, came together on a common liasis of federation, 
ami, with the aid of the French ti'oops, tlii' wai- was prosecnted with 
eommendalde vigor. Some of the Windsor troops were this yeai- win- 
tered in garrison at West Point. 

Eli.iaii Hill. Jun.Mt Pinnky, and Joseimi IIolcomi!, helongiiig to 
('apt. iiarliei's company, were among the nnndier. 

The tenihle massacre at Wyoming, in Pennsylvania — a town settled 
hy and lielonging to Connect lent — proihiced lireat agitation and distress 
throughoid the State. In every connty ami town there were those who 
had dear IViends and relatives there, and when they heard of the terri- 
ble fate wliich had hefallcn fliem, there was deep soirow and indignation 
in e\ ci-y heai'l. 

Mrs. .\zui;a ((iriswold) PI'^ijkins, a danghtei- of Windsor, hai-ely 
escaped with her two children, from the infnriated savages, who had 
murdered her Imshaiid. She afterwards lived ami died in i'o(pionoek. 

l)r. Elisha N. Sii.l was also a sm\i\or of the Wwrniing massacre. 

Sami'kl Coy and Joel Denslow \>»\\\ died in camp, .Inne, 177S. 

Lieut. REi'iiEN Ellswoiith was sent, hy older of the A.ssemhly. Sept., 
1778, to Ileailqiiai'ters at Frederick laugh, witii pay-roll of Troop of 
Light Horse, in service at New York, 177t'). His hill of nine days" time, 
from Windsor to K., expenses and liorse hire for ninety miles amoimts to 
i:2t; — Idwas paiil. Ci'ini. Slitic Arch.. TievoL \\\(r. \\\. 'I'M). 

177'.t. 
The Avar Ixiing pi-ineipally carrieil on in tiie South, the Connecticut 
troops were not in very active service. Two alarms for the defense of 
Horse Neck, in Fehriiary and Jfay.and tlie great s<-aicit\ of (dothingand 



WINDf<0B'8 SHAKE IN THE REVOHTION, 1779-80. 329 

])riivisioiis in the army witc the most iiiiticcalilr evciits in the luiithriii 
(livisidii. 

At a town nicitinvi Iiclil in Jnly. it was votcil, tlnit Mr. Elisha 
StroiiL;' slimilil lie an ap'nt tn priicurc the i|iiiita of (Mothint;- assio-noil for 
the town of Wimlsoi- to cloilic tiic ('onniTrinit linr in tin' Continental 
Army. 

Auain at a town mcctinu' in the same montii, it was voted, 

" That Mr. Elislia Strong, agent for this town for the clothing of the Connecticut 
line in tlie Continental army assigned for this town to purchase by Resolve of the Gen- 
eral Assembly in May last, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow on 
the credit of this town and give his obligation therefor, a sum not exceeding Three 
thousand pounds Lawful .Alouey, payable in a reasonable time on interest, for the pur- 
pose aforesaid, and that he be accountable to this town therefor, and that he use all pos- 
sible care and prudence that the Loaners be repaid by monies received from this or 
the United States." 

This year, Joab Griswold, "lieing a ready penman," was appointed 
Collector of Military Taxes for Windsor." — Conn. Areh.. Revol.^ xx'i. 
205. 

17!S0 

was a peenliarly trying year to the American eanse. Destitntion, fam- 
ine, and want of clothing had assailed and tortured the northern army 
in their winter-ciuarters. Defeat and toryism were the fearful odds 
against which the southern army was contending. Added to this, the 
heavy drain of men and means, for the past four years, had impover- 
ished the country, and the sudden depreciation of Continental currency, 
with which the soldiers had been paid off, served to increase the general 
<listress and wretchedness. Just at this juncture, also, as if to complete 
the gloominess of public affairs, the treachery of Arnold came to light, 
filling every heart with the direst apprehension of trouble and disaster. 
Men's hearts stood still with doubt and fear, and it was with the utmost 
difficulty that Washington and the leaders of the Revolution succeeded 
liy the most untiring exertions and the most earnest and impassioned 
ajijieals, in reviving the drooping faith and energies of the people. 

The records of Windsor show that the most extraordinary means 
were put forth, by the authorities, to secure the necessary number of 
Iroijps which were re(iuired. Large bounties were offered for cnli.stment, 
and heavy taxes imjtosed to meet them. And there is sufficient evidence 
tiiat the calls, l)oth for enlistment and contributions, were respomled to 
with a cheerfidness almost remarkable, wlu-n we consider the lunnbcr of 
excessive diafls wliieli had been made on the town, and its consei|ucnt 
Weakness. 

" .\t a town meeting Iflth .Inly, 1780. Voted; that each able bodied effective man 
that shall enlist muster and l)c accounted one of the Quota assigned to this town by vir- 
tue of an act of the Governor and Council of Safetv at a meeting held at Hartford on 
Vol. I.— 42 



50 



HISTORY OF AXriENT WINDSOR. 



the 20th diiy nf .liine 1T80 fnr raising one thimsaiiil men in this State to serve in the 
Continental arniv till the last day of December next, shall receive in addition to the 
bounty given by this State the sum of 40 shillings lawful money; and that each person 
so enlisting that shall lodge with the treasurer of this town the whole or part of said 
bounty, and his wages now given, he shall receive for the same during the terra afore- 
said, the interest at 6 ]iir it williin a reasonable time. All of which shall be paid in 
Wheat at four shillings per liu.sbi 1. or an ecjuivnlent thereto in Indian corn. Rye, or 
Beefe as those articles were usually sold in the year 1774, or in money equivalent in a 
reasonable time, provided that all monies lodged with the Treasurer of this town be 
lodged within Ten days next after they shall reeeive the same." 

'I'llf iiiiliti.i nf thr tnuii, wlio sIkmiM lir (lotiirllcil tor //(/vc months' 

st'i'vict', wt'i'r iifft'f('<l ;i lidiiuty of twenty sliilliiiLjs, to be j)aid out nf tlip 
town trc;ismy in the s;uiir iinuincf ami on the same conditions as aliove 
stated. 

No\-Co.M.MissioNKii Officers and Soldiers, belongiu'i- to Eighth 
Co.. or Tiain-liand, in tiie 1st Reg. of Militia, Windsor, 29 May, 1779 
— (<_'o,ni. St.iff .ln•/^, Rerol. War, xxi. 187, 188) : 



Daniel Clark 
Philander Moore 
8am" Barnard 
Jo.seph Barnard. .1 
Eli Phelps 
Joel Wil.son, Jun. 
Aliel Griswold 
Moses C;iark 
Aliijah Kiio 



.Tames WilKon 
Calvin Willson 
John Giles (drum it Hfe) 
Abel Wright 
t)liver Phelps 
Timoth}- Cook 
Alexander Phel|is 
Juda Pinuey 
Noah Oriswohl, Jr. 



Samuel Kowse 
Simeon Moor 
John Phelps 3 
Job Phelps 
John Palmer 
Will'" Phelps, 2th 
Daniel Phelps 
liOt Phelps 
Edward Phelps. 



Another list of " Snhscribeis belonging to " same eon 
24 May, 1779, gives the following additional names and qfUr 



dated 



(Sgt.) Isaac Phelps 
(8gt.) Nathaniel Griswold 
(Sgt.) John Pinney 
(Sgt.) Martin Pinney 
(Sgt.) Moses Griswold 
(Corp'l) John Phelps 
(Corp'l) James Enos 
(Corp'l) Elisha Phelps 

Drum & fife, ' ^Hhu Phelps 

) Timothy Cook 
George Griswold, 8r(l 
Isaac Phelps, 3rd 
Elisha Marshall 
Elihu Mather 
William Phelps 
Gideon Case 
Benoni Case 
Simeon Pheljis 
Elijah Hill 



Moses Niles 
Elijah Griswold 
Isaac Griswold 
Nath'l Piney? 
Isaac Phelps 2th 
James Eno 
Michael Brown 
Thomas Xiles 
John Day 
Benj. Jloore 
Justus Brown 
Joseph Alford 
Phin* Griswold 
Elihu Marshall 
Solomon Griswold, Clerk 
Timo. Phelps, Jr. 
Edward Phelps 



WlXnsOli's SHAliK IN THK liKVOHTIUN, ITSO. 331 

Also, " \'(it('d, tliat those persons of the troop of Iiorse of the town 
of Windsor, to the number of five persons tliat sliall lie (Ictaclierl to scim- 
in till' foot for six months shall ha\e tlic saiin' rncoiiratii'inent as to 
lMiiinl\ and waa'es made good to them, iiiciiKlinii; tlie Imniity and uaiivs 

tlicy sliail n ivc of this State, as those of tlie loot of tiiis town detaciied 

for six niontiis liy vote of this town." '^I'liis was aeromiianied with tin/ 
same privilese of interest, if they shall loiliic their money with the town 
treasnrer as above. 

Ample provision was made at a snliseipirnt nn^etintito ynard auainst 

auv inconveni(>nre cir loss by the depriM'iatiim of tin ntinental enr- 

rency. 

"At ii meeting, Nov. 6, 1780, voted, tliat the Selectmen of this town with the 
assistauce of Capt. Benj. Allyn, Capt. Sam'l Stoughton, Jr., Mr. Seth Dexter, and Mr. 
Isaac Pinuey, Jr., be a committee to class the inhabitants of the town of Windsor into 
so many equal cla.sses by the list of the poles and rateable estate of the inhabitants of 
the town of Windsor, and others having estates in this town, given in August 1779, as 
the town of Windsor is deficient in their quota of men to till up the ('(jutinental Army, 
and make report to their meeting on Wednesday next." 

At thrii- next town meetina-, howcxcr, the people resolvrd Hot to 
class the town for raising their (piota of men: bnt voted, that "Edward 
Criswold. Jr., Nath'l (iriswold, Elisha Strong. Ale.x'r Allyn, Daniel Tal- 
rott, Jonah ( iillet, Jr., Jcjsiah I'lu'lps, and Henry Allyn be a committee 
To hirr tlieir iprnta of men to fill up the deliriem-y in the arm\-." They 
Were •• eiMpnw ei-ed to act their best judainent in proeurlng sald men as 
to the prii'e MJven and x\hat pay to make, ;ind if need be to borrow such 
sum of money as they shall jnibie it necessary for the purpose of procur- 
ing said men. wliiidi sums that saiil committee shall jiay out for said 
purpose shall be repaid to them with lawful interest," etc. 

The following Windsor men weic ap|)ointed ottieers of the " (Jnard 
to the Convention Troop.s," May 31,1780 : Eben' F. Bissell, Cojit., Isaac 
roniei(i\, I'll jit., Oliver Granger, Enn., Seth Hmith, Lieut., John .'Sey- 
mour, Hiix. — I'liiut. State Arch., lie I'lil. War, .\.Ki. lUl. The Convention 
'l'r(io|is wei'e those belonging to Burgoyne's army, in transit to qnai-ters 
which had iieeii assigned them. 

■■A .Memorial, dated Wiiid-sor, 17 April, 17S0, shcwcth . . . that one Troop of 
Light Horsemen and their Horses have been for about two Jlonths la.st pa.s.sed Quar- 
tered in this town and the Inhabitants have in General cheerfidly parted with their Hay, 
till they can spare no more & in a very few days the Horses will have no Ilay to I'at 
unless the Cattle now fating are turned out of the stalls & become poor. 

" Signed by Hknhv Ai.i.vn. i .Iiinliceit of 

HooKR NEwnicuHV, * Pence. 
Ebz' Fitch Bissell, , 
George Griswold, ■ Selectmen." 

JON.VII GiLI.KT, ' 

— Conn. State Arcli.. Reed. War. xviii. 118. 



332 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

From a letter written l)y CdI. Ro.aer Ne\vl)err\ to Hov. Tnunlmll, 11 ■ 

Dec, 1780, it appears that, since March, 17TS, ami l>> the (iovernor's I 

direction, a guard had lioen estal)lished over the (Jenerai Hospital Stores, j 

located at Windsor — said iriiard lieing increased or diminished, accord- j 
ingto the amount of stores in hand — and. ;it time of writing, consisting 

of eight soldiers ; that ('apt. James Hooker, who luid the charge of these | 

stores, while settling his accounts with Di'. Foster, Medical Director- | 

General at Boston, received from him verbal orders to dismiss the guard ; I 

but, as Col. N. has received no written orders, and as " under the same j 

Roof with the Hospital Stores," are "the medicines for the Eastern De- j 

partment under the care of Dr. Johonnot, with which Di-. Foster k Capt. j 
Hooker have no concern, he does not feel justified in dismissing the 
guard, without the (iovernor's orders." — Conn. State Arch.. Revol. War, 

xix. 275. j 

" To the Honourablf tlie Gt-nerul Assembly of Governni- and | Company of tlic State of 
Connecticut 1 

"The Memorials of us the Subscribers in the State t)f | ConMciti<ut, in behalf of j 
ourselves & others humlily Sheweth that the last "Winter and | the fall before we Sold 
the Publick a number | of Fatted Cattle in expectation of Immediate Payment | but 
were Disappointed, many of our Cattle we Obtained on | Credit, our Creditors call for 
their pay & we are in Danger of | being Ruined. For want of our pay we have since j 
been unable | to Procure Cattle for fatting & our Country suffers for want | of our help. > 
Large [it necessary] Taxes are Called for and we | are unalile to pay because we have I 
parted with our Substance | for the use of our Country aiid can get Xothing therefor, | 
while those who have done nothing construe our zeal to serve our | Country to be the i 
want of Common prudence. We are Chagrined | to se (by some Political Mistakes) tli- 
Virtuous punished for their Publick | spirit and the Base rewarded for tlioir B:xscne>- 
Permit us [to ask] ask | your Honors. Is Virtue a Crime? Docs a zail to Siibserre the , 
best I Interest of our Country demrre to be Punished irith heary Muletst \ Can ire hope for j 
future supjyiies rf- future scrring \ while Justiee is refused for the past? It appears to us 
that to I Refuse us pay is to Criminate and severely Punish our Virtue | and our Zeal,' j 
the Consequence is Obvious. But we have Conti | dence in your Honors Justice and \ 
Regard for the Publick Good and to | your Honors we look for that Justice that is our j 
Due & pray your Honors to take our Case into your Wise consideration & Grant | us i 
such relief in the Premises as shall appear Just and Reasonable and | we as in duty : 
Bound shall ever pray Dated at Windsor, the 11th Day of December Anno Domini, 780 

Henry Allyn Noah Griswold 

Roger Newberry Pel" Jlills 

James Hooker Solomon Allyn 

Ales' AUin Joseph Fitch 

Eliakim ilather Edward Griswold, Jr. 

W"' Thrall James Parsons 

John Gaylord Jonathan tilley 

Jo.siah Bisscll James Cadwell 

Ezra Hayden Amos Gillet 

Sam" W. Alliu John Hubbard 

Alex' Ellsworth Roger Mills 

Ozias Loorais Robert Sanford 

Criah Loomis, Jr. HezekiMli I.attimer 



Windsor's share in tiik REVOLrrroN, 1781. 333 

William Phelps Klislia Jloore 

Rogpi- Phelps Daniel Eno 

Benj» Alliii Phi"» Wilson .V. 

Daniel Taliott Isaac l>iney 

,1(ihn Filley Isaac pinney J'. 

Martin Pinney 
George Griswold, Jr. 
— Chilli. .Sink Air/i.. Ihrol. Wnr. xix. 332, 333. 

Oliver Ellsworth of the Upper House and Messrs. Wales and 
Mitchell of the Lower House of the Assembly were appointed a Commit- 
tee (Dee. 1T!^0~) to examine into and report upon this petition. 

17,sl 
lirought with it new drafts and responsibilities. Gen. Washington, hav- 
ing informed the assembly that there was an imperative necessity of 
raising 1,500 "three months" men," ami a force equal to one-sixth part 
of the State's quota in the regnlai- army, to sup])ly deficiencies, they, at 
their May session, timk measures tn srciuc a voluntary enlistment of 
-.lOO men by the 1st of July following. All deficiencies existing after 
that date were to be filled by peremptory detachment. The largest part 
nf actual service performed by these new troops was at Horseneck and 
vicinity, and guarding the seacoast fnim that place to New Haven, 
luider charge of Brig.-Gen. Waterbury, Jr. I'lu-sc drafts afterwards 
(July) joined Washington at Phillipsl)urgh, N. Y., and fur a while served 
under Gen. Heath, on the Westchester line. 

Six nuMi was the quota assigned to Windsor, who wore raised by 
tliviilinu' the tnwn into six classes, each of whirh hii-od n man for the 
scrvicr. 

At town meeting, March 27, 1781, 

" Voted, to apply to His E.vcellency the Governor, and Council of Safety for a per- 
mit to transport one thousand bushels of Indian corn to Rhode Island, for the sole pur- 
pose of enabling this town procuring Hard money to enable this town to comply with 
the act of the General Assembly relative to procuring the quantity of clothing" assigned 
to tills town for the Connecticut line of the Continental army. 

" Voted, that Capt. .losiah Phelps, Eliakim Marshall and Henry Allyn, be agents in 
lifliiilf of this town to apply for said permit." 

At town meeting, held April 3, 1781, 

"Voted, That Xath'l Griswold and Sylvanus Griswold shall lake all benetit that 
may be had by a permit granted by His Excellency the Governor, and Council of Safety, 
granting to the town of Windsor liberty to transport one thousand bushels of Indian 
com, or Rye flour ccjuivalent thereto, to Rhode Island for the purpose of procuring 
Linen Cloth for frocks, shirts and over-alls for this town's quota of clothing for the 
army, agreeable to the acts of the General Assembly, upon these conditions, that they 
lay out Sixty pounds Hard money in Linen cloth, proper, good and suitable for frocks, 
shirts and overhalls, provided they procure the same by the 10th day May next — and 
deliver the same to Mr. Klijnli Hubbard for and on account of the town of Windsor, 



384 HlSTOItT OP ANHENT WINDSOR. 

aud to have no other pay for the same than wliat saiil lluhljard shall apprize the same 
at, aud he allowed hy Pay-tahle for the same. 

" Voted, That Nath'l Griswuld have Twelve iiouiids Stale money paid to him out of 
the treasury of this town upon his proeurin^ One Hundred and eight [pairs] good, 
large well made men's shoes, aud one hundred and eight pairs of good, well made men's 
stockings, aud deliver the same to Jlr. Elijah Hubbard. Subclothier at Middletowu, by 
the 10th day of May next, for aud on account of the quota of shoes and stockings 
ordered by the General Assembly to be provided by the town of Windsor for each non- 
commissioned officer aud soldier required for this town's quota of the Conn. Line of the 
Continental Army, to serve for three years or during the war. He having no other 
demand for the same than said twelve pounds State money, and also that what shall be 
allowed by Pay-table for the same. 

" Voted. To raise a rate or tax of four pence one farthing on the pound on the list of 
polls and rateable estate of the Inhabitants of the town of Windsor made and computed 
for August 20th. 1780, to be paid iu Silver or Gold for the purpose of purchasing the 
Beef ordered by the General Assembly to be raised in this town in the months of .July, 
August, September and October. 1781, as by said act may appear, ifcc. 

" Voted, That James Roberts be Receiver of all such Beef-cattle as shall be brought 
in to him by any person or persons as shall choose to pay their four-pence half-penny 
tax above. 

" Voted, To raise the Beef assigned to this town, for this month aud the three follow- 
ing months, said beef called to be appraized as in .said act mentioned aud the person or 
persons procuring the same to have the advantage of the same according to apprisement 
and price stated, only allowing one half of one per cent for trouble to said Roberts, and 
said Roberts to have full power to purchase the whole of the beef ordered by th<' Gen- 
eral Assembly to be raised in the month of .July, August, September and Octipberby 
this town, except the beef that shall be delivered to said Roberts hy the inhabitants 

of this town, &c The town to have liberty to bring in their cattle by the 

.5th day of each of said months respectively." 

The recofils of the town (hiring tlic year 

1782 
present nothing of very special interest. 

"At a town meeting held July 15, 1782, voted. That Gen. Roger Newberry and Mr. 
Oliver Ellsworth be a committee to atteud the proposed Convention to be held at Hart- 
ford on the 16th day of July next, agreeable to the proiiosal made by the town of Farra- 
ington, there to represent this town to consull and advise what is proper and necessary 
to be done to carry into execution the Laws of the State for preventing illii-it trade and 
commerce with the enemy, and to counsel and determine upon other matters and things 
for the public good, proper for such a convention," 

The requisitions made upnn the (lillVri'iit towns of the State wnv 
very heavy, and it is doubtful if tliey coulii lia\c iniieh longer sustained 
the continued drain to which they had for so many years lieen suhjecled. 
The town of Windsor, in common with others, began to evince ii flaggin.:. 
not in her patriotism or cheerfulness, but in her ahiUty. Yet every 
nerve Avas strained to its utmost. At this juncture the God of America's 
battles interposed his strong arm to save her. The surrender of Corn- 
wallis on the 19th of October virtually cndeii the long eight years' strug- 
gle for indepenilence. The whole comitry was filled with joy and 



WINDSOR MEMBERS OF "THE CINCINNATI." 335 

thaiiksgivinu-. Pi-pliniiiuiry articles were signed at Paris in Noveniher 
Idllowing. and on tlie lOtli of Ajiril, 1783, a formal proclamation of peace 

was piililishcl Id llic world. 

Society uk the Cincinnati. 

At the close of the Revolution the ofTicers of the American army 
felt a natural desire in some way to perpetuate the long-cherished friend- 
ship and social intercourse which had bound them together during the 
many trying scenes of the contest which had ended. Agreeably, there- 
fore, to the suggestion of Gen. Knox, and with the acquiescence of their 
lii'loved commander, Washington, they formed themselves, in May, 1783, 
into a society which they called, in honor of the Roman hero, Cincin- 
natus, the " Society of the Cincinnati." 

This association was founded on the following " immutable" i)riiicii)les : 

'■An incessant attention to preserve inviolate those exalted rights anfl liberties of 
human nature for whicli they have fought and bled, and without which the high rank 
of a national being is a curse instead of a blessing. 

"An unalterable determination to promote and cherish between the respective 
States, that unison and national honor so essentially necessary to their happiness and 
tlie future dignity of the American empire. 

" To render perniauent the cordial affection subsisting among the officers, this spirit 
will dictate brotherly kindness in all things, and particularly extend to the most sub- 
stantial acts of beneficence, according to the ability of the society, towards those otficers 
and their families who unfortunately may be under the necessity of receiving it." 

Uu this basis, then, these oflicei-s solemn!}' associated themselves 
into '• one society of friends, to endure as long as they shall endure, or 
any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the collateral 
branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and 
members." 

This society was divided into State societies. Massachusetts, Rhode 
Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and South Car- 
filina were thus represented. Gen. Washington was its first President- 
tii'ueral from 1783 till his death in IT'.i'.t. He was succeeded in 1800 by 
Gen. Alexander Hamilton until iiis dratli in 1804. His successor was 
Gen. Charles C. Pinekmy, of Sonlh t'Midlina, who died in 1825. Sini'e 
then the office has been tilled ijy ,Maj(n--(Ten. Thomas Pinekney, Col. 
.\aron Ogden, of New Jersey, (Jen. Morgan Lewis of New York, Major 
Popham, of the same State, and lastly Gen. Dearborn. 

The following commissioned officers of the Continental .\iiny, 
belonging to Windsor, wei'c nieinbcrs of the Connertienl Socirt\' of (be 
''incinnati ; ' 



' From MSS., etc., relating to the Conn. Ciiuinnali, in possession of llie ( onn. Hist. 



336 



HI^^TOUY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



1775, 
1776, 

1777, 

1778. 
1780. 



Major Abnek Pkior. 
Lieut. Martin Dknslow, 

Sgt. Tl.MOTHY M.\THER (SurgPoll), 
Lieut. CORNELIDS RUSSKLL, 

Lieut. Samuel Gibbs, 
Capt. Erastds Wolcott. 

Thr 'J'liwu Treasuri'i-'s i-c|i(irt nt' tlir \c;iv 
e.xliibits II li:il;iiici- in favor of the town, of - 



Timi' of Service. 
Jan., 76. 

April, '79-Aug.. 'Sa. 
Oct. 15, '76. 
1 .Jan., '77. 
21 .Jan., '77. 



And mouey raised to hiiv sdldii-rs in addilicm. - - - - 

Balance on hand, . . . - . . . . . 

Now in the hands of the Treasurer (Phinehas \Vilson1, and cnlk-c- 

tors, £.5,151:9:10 Con'l money, old currency. 

Also. 440:18:04 State money. 



£276 
322 
586 
8.59 
.562 



:12:2 
17:1 
17:6 

:17:1 
09:4 



1781. The Treasurer has on hand as follows 



1783. On hand as follows : 



1783. On hand: 



1784. On hanil 



£1,203:12:02 Continental. 
2,109:04:11 State money. 
439:17:11 Lawful money to pur. liei I 
142:02:01 Bounty money. 

£.590:0!»;06 Continental. 
.539:07:00 State. 
643:04:09 Silver. 

£533:16:03 Continental money. 
476:12:00 State money. 
356:02:00 Silver. 

£228:12:10 Continental. 
71:11:01 State. 
356:(J7:04 Legal. 



THE HISTORY OF DANIEL BISSELL, THE SPY. 
Aiiioiiii' the iianios of Windsor soldiers in the Revolution occurs tliMt 
of Daniel Bi.^skll, aceonipanicd on the nfficial i-etnrn hv the oniinnus 
suffix, " deserter." The record was as undouhtcdly authentic as it was 
inipalatalilc : Imt eni|iiiries ainoiiir the old people suggested a probabil- 
ity that theic well' sninr extenuating circumstances, or possibly a satis- 
factory e.xplanation. Investigations were at once instituted, and finally 
we had the e.vtreine pleasure of vindicating the deserter's character, 
and of bringing to light the leconl of a lite of devotion to his country's 
interests, and of suffering in her service, such as has been seldom par- 
alleled, even in tlie roll of lirave iIihmIs wliich ennoble the page of Ameri- 
can history. 



ADVKNTl'IiKS OF DAN'IEL HISSELI,, THE SPY. 337 

For. if hdiKir ami iiTatil n<lc nrc due In liini wlm imlilly iiiaiiiiniii.s a 
just cause liy foi-cc of arms a.iul personal In-aven , how iiiiu-li nioro is it 
due to liim, who, renouncing glory's brightest dream, takes ii|Min himself 
the uueuvialile character and office of a s^^ m his coimtry's service ? 
Such a one not only subjects himself to the ignominy of a felon's deatii, 
if deteete<l, but expatriates himself from all human symjjathy. lie 
knows — and it is the most terrible thought that a noble heart can feel 
— that not only his comrades are covering his name with execration, 
hut that those who are nearest and dearest to him, are cither unconscious 
of his real character, oi-, if conscious, are dragged down and suffering 
from the conteni])! which he has l)rought upon them. For him, all hope 
of return is jtast, and the future has but one bright hoi)e to illumine his 
pathway, the hope that hin country will profit by the sacrifice which she 
demands of him. Such was Hale, whose martyr-memory is precious to 
every ]iatriot heart : such too, though more fortunate, was Daniel Bis- 
SELL of Windsor. 

The following account of bis military services and adventures is 
gleaned from a package of documents, now sacredly pri^served, in the 
keeping of his son. Dr. D. BisSELL, resident physician at the Quarantine 
on Statcn Island, New York. They are copies from the oi'iginal docu- 
ments in the Department of War, at Washington, and their authenticity 
is fully attested by the srtil of the department and the signature of the 
Secretary, John ( '. Calhoun, under date of Decendx'r 5, 1820. 

Dantel BissELL, the eldest son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Loomis) 
liissell of Windsor, was born in 1754, and arrived at the years of eaily 
nianhoiid witii a charactci- marked liy a great degree of peisonal I'oin-- 
age, sclf-rcliani:e, pi'udcnce, and strict integrity. Fpon the breaking out 
of the Revolution, he eidisted in the Continental line, where his sterling 
qualities of h(!ad and heart speedily gained the esti'cm of his comiades 
and the eonfidence of his ofliccrs. 

He served through the war with credit — was present at the battle 
of White I'laius. also at Trenton and .Monmouth : at the latter plac,' be 
was slighth wounded in the cheek. In the sunnuer of 17>i|, he was se- 
lected bv (ieu. Washington to obtain information of the eiieiuy's force 
and plans in the city of New \ i^\■k and. on Long Island. We will let 
our hci-o tell his own story, in bis own way, in the following afliibnil : 

"Slate of Ni;w York, Ontario County, .s.s: I, Danikl Bissei.i,, of Uichnionil, of 
more than sixty years of age. do testify and .say, that on the tliirteenth day of ,\n;;iisl, 
1781, Col. lleman Swift, of the 2(1 C'onuectieut Regiment, called on me early in the 
morning, and staled to me that he diiunl at Head Quarters the day before, and Ilis K.\'- 
celleney found it necessary to send within the British lines, to ascertain their position and 
force, some person, and that I was determined on for tlic undertaking, and further staled 
that His Excellency conceived that the great danger was in passing the several exami- 
uiitious. After some furtlicr convei'salion on the subject passed between us, I agreed 
Vol. I. — 48 



338 lilSTOUY OF AXriEXT WINPSOft. 

to accept the perilous tour. Col. Swift then directed me to go to a certain place near 
Head Quarters, wliere Col. David nunijjhrey would meet me. Soon after 1 arrived at 
the place appointed, the Colonel came and init into my hand a paper, retjuesting me to 
go to some bye-place and read it over, through the course of the day, then destroy it, go 
to my Regiment, get some refreshment, put on and carry with me two suits of clothes, 
wear in my watch, silver buckles, &c., which I wore in the American army, so as it 
.should have the appearance of deserting ; ' and at the time the army was on the parade 
for evening roll-call, quit the Kcgiment, go to a bridge between the army and Col. 
Schammel's Light Infantry, where I should meet Col. Swift, who would give me further 
instructions. Col. Swift directed me to call on Col. Schannncl at his marquee at nine 
o'clock in the evening; and Col. Schemmel went with, and conducted me by his Camp 
guards and sentinals, and informed me that he had ordered otT all guards and patrols 
from the North River road (until after midnight) down as far as (Proton Bridge, that be- 
ing the extent of our lines. I was then to answer (if hailed) ' friend to Britain.' The 
paper Col. Humphrey gave me was as follows, to the best of my recollection : 

" 'As Gen. Arnold ' is now in Virginia, with all the new rai.sed corps, there will be no 
recruiting parties in New York; and as the fleet is now at the Hook, consequently there 
will be no press [gangl in the city; and with the money you carry in, you can get a pro- 
tection from the Mayor or Police of the city, to go to Lloyd's Xeck, thirty miles on 
Long Island, to cut wood for the Crown. After this, you will return to King's Bridge 
or Laurel Hill, and view the works there, obtain the numberof each regiment, the num- 
ber of men each contains, by whom commanded, their several alarm posts, the number 
of cannon mounted in (••■icli work. You will view all the works on York l.sland in the 
same manner; get tlic wIkiIc niunlier of regular forces, distinguishing the British from 
foreigners; the number of the new raised corps, and also the niunber of militia enrolled 
for the defence of the city. Get what information you can of llieir works and force at 
Fowler's Hook, also that of Staten Island. Obtain the number of tihipping in the Har- 
bour, and that at the Hook; and when you have completed your business here, you will 
pass over to Brooklyn, view the works there, ascertajn their force on Long Island. 
When j'oti have got the business completed, the seventh or ninth night, be at a place 
called AVhitestone, not far from fJoyd'sNeck, where a boat will attend to fetch you oft. 
In case you cannot attend on one of those nights, you will then make your escape off at 
the east end of Long Island.' 

" Then followed all the probable ([uestions that wo\dd !»• aslied me. in the several 
examinations, together with their answers. But when I iirrived in New York, to my great 
disappointment, I found that Gen. Arnold had returned and had established his recruit- 
ing parties in every i)lace where deserters could come in; that the Britisli tieet had got 
into New Y'ork and shut out the French fleet; and that the ju-ess-gangs were in every 
part of the city; that tbe (Commander-in-chief. Sir Harry Clinton, had issued a late 
order that there should lie no more protections given to deserters. After avoiding the 
press-gang for three days, and licing attacked with a vicilent fever.^I caused my name to 
be enrolled in Arnold's regiment. I was soon alter sent to the Hospital at Flushing, in 

' Still further to avoid suspicion and secure tlie a<-complishment of the design in 
hand, Bissell was entered and published in the ollicial returns, as a deserter from the 
American army. His real character an<l design were thus known only to Washington 
and a few of his principal oflicers. The astonishment and mortification of his numerous 
friends, when they heard him returned as a lUwrkr, t-nn be Ix-tter imagineil tlian de- 
scribed; though his characti-r was afterwards satisfactorily vindicated. 

'The traitor Arnold then in the British service. 

' Mr. Bissell has been heard to say that he had ftdly possessed himself (if tlir di-tails 
of the proposed attack on New London, when he was attacked with illness, and thus 
prevented from making any use of his knowledge, as he dared not attempt tcj swim llie 
river in his enfeebled condition. 



ADVENTURES OF DAXIEL HISSELL, Till': SPY. o39 

Dc'ccmlwr tollowing removed back to York Islaml (Harlem lleiglits), put into a barn 
wliicli was their Ue,!;"'>'''ibi! Hospital, where I remained until May. Here my suffering 
was truly great ; without fire the greatest part of the time, only wood allowed for the 
pill pose of («oking our pork and pease; without attendance; but one additional blanket 
III I wo men; without shifting my clothes for three months; covered with head and body 
lice; uiKiblr to walk. Ill this situation, I was taken out of the Hospital to do Qiiarter- 
.Maslcr Srrni'aiit's duty, for said Regiment, by Capt. Robert Rowley, who acted also as 
(Jiiarler-Mastcr til the same; and thrinigh bis kind attention to my bealtli, I owe my 
escape from tliciii.' 

' Altliougb l[r. Bissell in his afHdavit has not mentioned the particulars of bis 
escape, yet tliey are not without interest. It seems that from early boyluxid he had been 
in the habit of ttdkiiiri in hin deep, and duriugthe temporary delirium of bis fever in the 
British lios])ital, he probably betrayed his secret to liis attending piiysician, who was 
also warmly attached to him. After liis recovery the doctor gave him a quiet liiiil to 
that elfect. Bissell's mind was immediately made up to Ic'ave. Taking into his confi- 
iliiice a comrade who was also desirous of esca|ic. the two obtained perini.ssion of the 
iitlicer of the guard, to leave the lines in search of a pig which, as they preleiided, had 
strayed away. Accompanied by a boy, whom the)' took along <ix n UIikI, they started 
forth. Their adventures were numerous and exciting. Coming to a small rivrr, tliey 
were obliged to swim across, Bi.s.scll supporting his comrade (who was a larger man, 
but no swimmer on his shoulders, and the boy swimming by bis side. At another and 
wilier river, thej' were at a loss how to cross, and were deliberating on the subject, when 
tliey espied a person approaching in a boat from the other side, whom tliey hailed. He 
si-imed to be-much frightened, threw overboard what seemed to be a ipiarter of beef, 
and was about paddling off in the opposite direction, when Bissell seized a small stick 
about the size of a horse-pistol, and threatened to shoot him immediately, if he did not 
come ashore. This he thought best to do, and on reaching the beach, was ordered by 
Bis.sell til [lilt tlic party across the river, and "no (piestions asked or answered." This 
the man did. and appeared to feel (|uite relieved when well rid of his load. He was 
probably a renegadv lariiier wlio was smuggling in brrf to tin- British army mi New 
York Island. 

Before they bad been long absent, their intent was suspected, and they were pur- 
sued by a detachment of the British light-horse. Luckily, however, they reached a 
large swamp, in which they hid themselves for some time, with nothing but their beads 
out of water, wliikM heir pursuers, accompanied by W"wW""/('/.<. were riding and beat- 
ing around in vain search. But the v.ater with which it abounded threw the dogs off 
their scent, and after two or more hours of the most agonizing suspense, Bissell and his 
comrades were delighted to hear the bugle .sound a recall, and the footsteps of their pur- 
suers gradually receding. They climbed up into the trees, and there cold, wet, and bun 
gry, si)ent a forlorn night. But at length their sufferings had an end. [From his Memo- 
rial to the Connecticut General As.sembly of 24 Oct., 1783, asking for a settlement due 
liiin, Conn. State Airkires, lierol. War. xxiii. 251, he says he was not able to complete 
these services and "return from them till the 29th of Sept. last." ] 

Sit]i]ilemeHtal Note. — In ray boyhood days I listened from time to time to the recital 
of thrilling incidents in the experience of Uncle David Bissell, while he was acting as 
spy. These stories were told me by two of his sisters, Mrs. John Haskell of Windsor 
Locks, and Mrs. Pember of Vermont; also by several of his nephews and nieces, among 
tlicm the late Herlebigh Haskell, who bad much to do with Uncle David when a boy. 
Tlu' most exciting part of the story to me was that of his escai)e. I'l-ocuiing a pass to 
go beyond the lines to buy a pig to eat the debris of the camp, with the boy taken as 
a blind to their real intention, they pushed on beyond the pickets, but found no means 
to cross the North [Harlem V| River, where they hoped to; and pushing on I'artber, 
knowing that lliey would be pursued and overtaken soon, they came toaswamj)y iiond 



340 HISTORY OF ANCIENT ^\^NDSOR. 

" When I retiiiiicfl fioni llio l}ritish Army t<> the American Head Quarters, and 
after lieing there two days, eomiiiittiiii;; to paper the inforiiuition wliich I had obtained, 
Col. Iliiniplirey informed metliat his Exielleiicy said that he coulfl not reward nie in 
the way and manner he iiitendeil when I went in; my being detained there so long, 
also there being so many supernunicrary nilieers. Congress had ordered there be no more ' 
commissions given; and asked me if I wished to be discharged from service. I told | 
the Col. I had been in every campaign of the War (and out of health) that my wish was I 
to continue through. I was then as'ied to join the Invalid Corps and receive a pension, j 
This I declined on the ground, that my Country was poor and it would be of no advan- 
tage to me. He said I might do duty or not as I pleased. I went to my Regiment and 
did orderly sergeant duty until May following, when I obtained permission from bis Ex- [ 
ccllency to go to Susquehannah. And on my return to the regiment I found the last I 
division of tlie army had been furloughed the day before; my clothes which I left in the 
regiment were all stolen. I found there had been a General Order for me to attend at 
Head Quarters and receive au honorary certificate and a badge of military merit. These i 
were given me by Jonathan Tnimbull, then sccrilary. ■ 

" In the year 1777 or 78, Congress passed a resoliiliiui Ihal any mom conuMissionwl : 
officer or private who should furnish him.self with clothing (regimental) should receive I 
tliirty-si.\ dollars, seventy-five cents per year. Agreeably to the resolve, I funnslied 
my.self with clothing the mo.st part of four years as it will appear by the Books of the | 
2nd Connecticut Regiment, now at the seat of Government. Thirteen months I clothed 
and victualled myself, while in actual dangerous service for my country, and sacrificed 1 
a constitution as good perhaps, as any ever entered the American service. In \\'asliing- ' 
ton's administraticm I petitioned Congress for compensation for e.xtra services, and for ' 
money paid for clothing in the War. Daniel Buck, Esq., member of Congress from the 
state of Vermont, carried forward my petition, he was to call on the President, show 
him my certificate and badge of merit. Tlie President did advise Mr. Buck to put in a I 
petition for me. Accordingly he did. Mr. Buck, (m his return to Vermont, informed ' 
me I was barred by law, this being the year the Limitation Act toolv place. James Fisk, | 
Esq., member of Congress from Vermont, carried forward my second iietition ; on his I 
return informed me that the comnnttee on claiMis, reported in favour of the petitioner; 
tliat it went to the second reading, when Mr. Talmad.ge, a mcnd)er from Connecticut '. 
moved to have the petition put over to the ne.xt sitting of Congress (and carried). 
Here the business has rested ever since. Furthermore the deponent saitli not. [ 

■' D.\NIEL BiSSELL. J 

"Per.soMally appeared DaMiel liissell, of RichiuoMil, Ontario County, State of New i 
York, and made solemn oath, that the above, within and foregoing written deposition 
by him subscribed contains tlie truth, according to tlie bcstof his recollection and belief . l 
Sworn to, this 7th of January 1818 at Richmond, before 

" Wm. ]5.\ker. Justice of the Peace." 

The Honorary Certificate,' wliicli accoiiipaiiioil tlic BadiiP of merit, 
above alluded to, was as follows : 



which had bushes in it, and there hid themselves. Soon they heard the coming of their 
pursuers. Buried to their necl^s in water, the boy became frightened and began to cry. 
Uncle Daniel said, " I shall drown you in a minute if you make the least noise," and he 
used to say, '■ I should have done it." The boy kept still until the bugle call announced 
that the pursuit was ended. ^Jahez Hasicell Havben, 18S11. 

' The establishment of this badge was announced to the army in general onlers, 
dated: 

"Head QuARTEHS, Kewbukgh, ) 
Weilne-sday, Aug. 7th, 1783. f 

" Honorary Badges of distinction are to be conferred on the veteran non-commis- 
sioned olficers and soldiers of the army who have served more than three years with 



ADVENTUKES OF IIANTEL mSSEI.I,, TTIE SPY. 341 

"I. Geougf. AVAt^HiNtiTON, C'limiiiandei-iii ('liicf nf the Airn'ricnn Aiiiiy. A:c., iVc, 
&c. 
•■ '/;, „n to irhiiii tluK,: l^irxi'iit/' .s/mll ifme, w/itht/i (hwtinij : 

'■ Whereas it hath es'er been au established maxim in the Aiiiericaii Service, thai I lie 
Kuad to Glory was open to all, that Honorary Hewanlsand Uislinetions, were llie gical 
est Stimuli to virtuous actions, and whereas Sergeant ])aniei. Bisski.i, of the Seeoiul 
Coimectieut Regiment, has performed .some important serviee, within the immediate 
knowledge of the Commander-in-Chief, in which his fidelity, perseverance and good 
sense, were not only conspicuously manifested, but his general line of ecraduct through- 



bravery, fidelity, and good conduct: for this purpose a narrow piece of white cloth of 
an angular form is to be ti.vcd to the left arm on the uniform coats. Non-commissioned 
olticers and .soldiers who have served with equal reputation more than si.v years ar<' to 
be distiniruished by two pieces of cloth set in [larallel to each other in a similar form. 
Slioidd any who arc not entitled to these honors have the insolence to assume the badges 
of them, they shall be severely punished. On the other hand, it is expected those gal- 
lant men who are thus designated will on all occasions be treated with particular conti- 
dence and consideration. 

■' The General, ever desirous to cherish a virtuous ambit ion in his soldiers, as well as 
to foster and encourage every species of military merit, directs that whenever any siii- 
gidarly meritorious action is performeil, the author of it shall be permitted to wear on 
his facings over the left breast, the figure of a heart in purple cloth or silk, edged with 
narrow lace or binding. Not only instances of unusual gallantry, but also of extraor- 
dinary fidelity and essential service in any way shall meet with a due reward. Before 
this favour can be conferred on any man, the partietdar fact or facts on which it is to 
he groinidcd must be set forth to the commander-in-chief, accompanied with certificates 
from the commanding officers of the regiment and brigade to which the candidate for 
reward belonged, or other incontestible proofs, and upon granting it, the name and regi- 
ment of the person, with the action so certified, are to enrolled in the book of merit 
which will be kept at the orderly office. Men who have merited this last distinction to 
he suffered to pass all guards and sentinels which officers are permitted to do. 

"The road to glory in a patriot army and a free country is thus open to all. This 
order is al.so to have retrospect to the earliest stages of the war, and to be considered as 
a permanent one." 

Four days later, another order was issued in explanation of the foregoing, and to 
prevent any misapplication of the badges. 

" Head QrAUTERS. NEWiiURGn, ) 

Sunday, August 11, 1782, f 

"In order to prevent misapplication of the honorary bad.ges of distinction to be con- 
ferred on the non-commissioned officers and soldiers in consequence of long and faithful 
.service, through any mistake or misapprehension of the orders of the 7th instant, the 
Gencr.al thinks proper to inform the army that thej' are only attainable by an uninter- 
rupted series of faithful and honorable services. A soldier who has once retired from 
the field of glory forfeits all pretensions to precedence from former services; and a man 
who has deservedly met an ignominious punishment or degradation cannot be admitted 
a candidate for any honorary distinction unless he shall have wiped away the stain his 
reputation has suffered by some vcr\' brilliant achievement, or by .serving with reputa- 
tion after his disgrace the number of years which entitle other men to that indulgence. 
The badges which non-commissioned officers and soldiers are permitted to wear on the 
left arm as a mark of long and faithful service, are to be of the same color with the 
facings of the corps they belong to, and not white in every instance as directed in tlu- 
orders of the 7th instant." 

(From an article by Peter Force, Esq., of Washington, in the Ilhloriail Magazine, vol. 
iii. p. 1.) At present only two others are known to have received this badge. See the 
article above referred to. 



342 iiisTuiiY or anciknt Windsor. 

out a lull;; cdUiM- ul sLTvitc, Imviiig bwii uot only uiispottuil Inil liiglily liescrving- ol 
coiiinieiidatiou. 

"^ow, tlu'irfoR', Know Ye, that the aforesaid Sergeant Bissei.l, hath fully and 
truly deserved, and hath been properly invested with, the Honorary Badge of Military 
3Ierit, and is entitled (o pass and repass all Guards and Military Posts, as freely .iiid ii^ 
amply any Coniniissimied Olllcer whatever; and is further Reeoniinended to that Xcilicc- 
whieh a Brave anil Faithful Soldier deserves from his Country men. 

"Given under my hand .iiid si'al, in the IIi;;lilaiids of New York, this Ninth day of 

May, A. I). 1788. 

" Signed. 
[l. s.] " Geohok \V.\sniK(;Tox. 

"Registered, 

"Jonathan Trumt.i'i.i., Secretary." 

This cri-tirK-iitf w:is liitilily |iii/.f(l Ky tlic i-('ci|iiciit, ami in al'tcf lil' 
carefully presorved lictwecn tiio loaves of an old family Bilile, wliicli. 
toa-ethcr with all his earthly goods, was lost liy the iitiruiiii;- of his lions. 
in Riehniond, N. Y. A <.'o])\\ however, li.id liecii iiiailc\ tlie aiitlientieit\ 
of whieh was siihsei|nently attested liy ihe lojiowinu' allidavits ami 
letters : 

"To all whom it may coneeni. by these Pre.simts be it eertitied and made known 
That Daniel Bissel of the town of Windsor, in the State of Connecticut, was a Sergcani 
in the 2d Regiment of the Troops of the .said State, in the service of the U. S.. in tli- 
year 1781. That the Comniander-inCliief, to wlumi the undersigned were then aids-di 
camp, having had occasion to employ an intelligent, faithful, and brave man to obtain, 
by personal inspection, information of the strength and position of the BritLsh army in 
New York at the time of the junction of the American and French armies, near the 
White Plains, at -the opening of the campaign in the before mentioned year, did through 
the agency of one of the undersigned, and on the special recommendation of Col. Heinan 
Swift then commanding the Regiment, to whieh the said Daniel Bissell then belonged, 
engage the aforesaid Sergeant Bissell, in this perilous and important undertaking, 
under pretext of being a deserter to the enemy, and in order to render the deception 
complete, of being returned as such, on the succeeding muster-rolls; That he did -' 
quit the lines of the American Army, about the 14th of August, 1781, and enlist in on- 
of the Provincial Regiments, so called, in the service of the King of Great Britain, an.i 
become Quarter Master Sergeant in the same, whereby he had an opportunity of learn 
ing the force of the several corps from the number of rations delivered at the Comniis 
sary's store. That having been constrained by inevitable causes to remain for nearly 
thirteen months, he did then return to the American Head Quarters with interesting; 
intelligence. That General Washington, having been well satisfied with his whole 
conduct, did give him an honorable discharge from the army, lest from any future con 
tingency he might fall into the hands of the British, and be capitally punished for the 
performance of his patriotic and secret service to his country. And the undersigned do 
further certify and make known, according to the best of their knowledge and belief, 
that the before named Sergeant Daniel Bi.ssell, did receive a highly creditable certificate, 
together with what was termed the Badge of Merit; and that they are ignorant of lii~ 
having ever received any other reward for his meritorious services. 

Given under our hands and seals, in Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, this 29tli 
day of May, in the year of our Lord 1817. 

[l. s.] Signed D. Hu.MrHKEYs, 

DAvn> CoiiB. 



AN INCIDKNT OF ITTCi. 348 

Afi'<)iii]iaii\iiig this was a letter Irdiii ^lajor Iliiiii|ilii'eys, in wliirh lie 
says: " We hasten to i'uniish you with a certilieate in ciiulorniity Id our 
joint and distinct recollection of facts, in the hii|ie it may in-iivc of some 
avail in procuring you a compensation for the perilous uniiertakiui^-, in 
which we l)clievc you engaged from motives of ])atriotism." 

This testimony was further corroiiorated hy two of his i'ollow ser- 
geants, w-ho were in the same regiment with him, and who were after- 
wards his neighbors in Richmond (^ninty, N. Y. 

Sgt. Bisscll was afterward Paymaster in Ool. Bradley's Hegiiueut in 
]T>!0, Vonn. State Archives, lierol. War, xxii. 168. Ife also served in 
the campaign against the Indians in 1799, known as the Adavix War. 
lie then held the rank of 1st lieutenant in the Ifitl) regiment of V. S. 
Infantry. 

Still later he removed to Vermont, whei'c he niaiiied a second wife. 
In 1810 he removed to Richmond, N. Y., where lie died in August, 1824, 
ageil 70 years. 

His character was that of an upi-ight, feai'less, puliiie-spii-ited i-iti/.en. 
His naturally fine constitution never recovere(l from the prixations and 
sufferings to which he was exjiosed during his ser\ ice as a spy within 
the British lines at New Ym-k : and the nudailies to wliich his after life 
was suliject nndoulitedly tended uiucii to ei'ipple his energies, and to 
thwart the success which those eneigies would otherwise have accom- 
jilished. Yet he brought up a large fanuly ol ehildicn, all of whom 
have taken resj)Oiisil)lc and useful jjositions in life. And, to his latest 
hour, the remembrance of his ])atriotic service was a soui-ce of honorable 
]ii'iile. winch I'ully compensatcil him lor all the sufl'erings which il bad 
entailed ii]i(iu biiii. 

An Incident. 

At an early pe[-iod in the Revolutionary struggle, and before the 
war had as yet fairly i^omnienced, some of the toricx (of whom there 
were a b'w in Windsor) happened one day to come across Elihvt Drake, 
then a young lad about eight years old, and, jiartlv in earnest and partly 
in a joke, endeavored to compel him to say "(rod save the King." Fail- 
ing of success, they trieil to intinndate him by threatening him with a 
ducking in the Little Hi\ir. lint the boy still stoutly i-efnsed. Becom- 
ing somewhat enraged at the tjounij rebel, Wwy ^•^vyu'i\ their threat into 
execution, and thi-nst him under water; but as they pulliMJ him out 
spluttering and choking, the only exclamation which he uttered was a 
fervent "(!od d — n the King." Again and again was the little nuirtyr 
thrust undei, but each time the same "(Jodd — n the King" was all 
whii'li they cduld extort from him, and they were obliged to ri'lease him, 
with man\ hcartx i-urses bir his stulibornness. 



844 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Tliis liltic licro \\-;is tlic sou of Adjt. Aii.uustiiic Drake, (if Windsor, 
ami aftiT\\ai-ils, at tlir au'c of twcl\(', acconiiiaiiiccl his fatlicr info the 
war, ill liic caiincity ol' waiter. 



A LIST OF SOLDIERS IN TIIK AJIEKICAX REVOLUTIONARY AMIY WHO 

WERE XATIVEH OF, OR ENLISTED FUOM, THE TOWN OF 

WINDSOR, CONN. 

Ill presenting this list in i\\Q firxt edition of this work wo stated that 
((h'sjiite tlie daim made by almost every family thiit it liad an " aneestor 
in the Rt'voliition ") we had ri<iidly disearded tradition and had relied ex- 
clusively, in its compilation, u]ion original docximentary evidence — such 
as ]iapeis in the State Archives at Hartford, the oi'iginal cortificates of 
enlistment in the Windsor town clerk's office, oflicial returns, ])rivatc let- 
ters, etc., etc. 

Fortunately, the recent publication (^1(S89) of the Record of Service 
of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service durinfj the War of 
the Revolution, 1775-1783, edited by Henry J*. Johnston, A.3L, under 
authority of the Adjutant- General of Connecticut , and published hy the 
State (1SS9) eiial)les us not only to jjrove the correctness of our former 
list, but to add materially t() its details, as to regimental connections, 
terms of service, transfers, jiromotions, etc. Facts obtained from this 
oibeial reeoril are distinguished by being In-arketteij. thus [ ]. 

Note. — The term " Continent.al Armj- " first appears upon the printed records of 
the Continental Congress in the summary of proceedings for .lune 14, 1775. where the 
form of enlistment to be subscribed by companies of riflemen is given. It was to be an 
enlistment into "the American Continental Army." On the same day a committee of 
five was ajipointcd to prepare rules and regulations for the government of this (irospec- 
tive army, which were re])orted and adopted on the 30th. On June loth, it was 
" Resolved, That a General be appointed to command all tlie Continental forces, raised 
or to be raised, for the ilefense of American Liberty." hnd Wasliiiii;ton was ini.-iMlmously 
elected. 

At the opening of the War, or for the year \'~~>, no Continental force was in tlie 
first instance organized as such by Congress. .Vs the New England colonies were 
mustering their own troops around Boston and Ticonderoga after the Lexington alarm. 
Congress adopted them as Continentals. Troops joining them from New York and else- 
where were generally recruited on the Continenlal basis. For the succeeding years of 
(be war. Congress took the initiative and raised troops for the common army under it.s 
own regulations respecting pay, subsistence, and term of service. This was org.uii/ed 
and reorganized several times and for various terms. 

These (Nmtinentals were the " regulars " of the Revolution. They formed the main 
army in the tjeUl and were the chief dependence of the Colonial cause. In arranging 
rosters of that war, accordingly, the Continenlal army occupies the central and most 
prominent placi'. All other troops raised during the war, whether State or militia, were 
to act as reinforcements of this army, or to relieve it by serving in alarms at diflfercnt 
points. {Of. /,'<>: nfC„i,n. Mm iu Ren-I. \V,i,: p. 34.) 



WINIISOI! SOLDIKUS IN TllK liKVOLUTIHNAi: Y SERVICE. i4i\ 

AbhriHidiunK unal inj'olloiriny JJkI : 

iipp., appointed. cni.. enlisted. 

coinm., coniniission or eommis,si(ineil. meinb., member. 

Cunt., Continental. prom., promoted. 

d., died. red., redueed in rank. 

due, discliarjied. ren., residence. 
deK.. deserted. 

.VD.VMS. WILLIAM (Corpl), ot Ihe Winlunbury Parish, --Le-xingtou Alarm ' \r.u\\ . 
Ms. List of Cijil. hill lid RuhertK. 

ALFOHD. .JOSEPH, [of Csipt. Griswolils Co., Brig. -Gen. Erastiis Wokotfs Brig.. 
Col. Beldeu's Heg't (militia); joined regt. 6 Apl., disc. 23 May, 1777.] For .ser- 
vice, .see p. 330. Served at N. Y., Peekskill, Fishkill, and N. Haven. 

AI.LEX. BEN.IAMIX, 1st Lieut. .Afajor Roger Newlierrys Co., in Aug., ITTG. See 
Liiiricl llr.ih in this list. 

ALLYX. ELISHA, [eid. 21 April, 1777, in Lieut. Clias. Seymour's Co., Col. Beldcn's 
Reg't, Brig. -Gen. Erastus Wolcott's Brig.; disc, (i .Tune], [was one of Capt. 
Robinson's Co.. Col. Enos Reg't. 3 mos' troops, which arrived at Saw Pitts, in 
the Hudson, 2il .Iuni\ 1778.] In orig. edit. "eul. Mar, 177S, to .Jan.. 1779." 

GEORGE, servcii .at Ilorseneck, Conn., [fnjm May, 17S1. to Mar., 1782; res. Wind- 
sor; a])plication for pension on tile, Co. Clerk's off., Hartford.] 

.1( )!!. |enl. Capt. Roger Enos' (3d) Co,, 2d Heg't, Col. Spencer, !( May; disc. 18 Dec, 
177.5; Capt. Abiierl^rior'sCcCol. E. Wolcott's Reg't. Boston. .Jan. -Mch., 1776.] 

JtJlIX, in ■• Lexington Alarm ' parly. Apl., i;7.""). Sci- p. Hll. 

JOHX', .Jr., in ■'Lexington Alarm ' party. Apl., 177r). See p. 311. 

JOSEPH, [enl. 1 Ajd., 1777, for 8 mos, in Capt. Abner Prior's Co.. .'jth Reg't Conn. 
Line, of the formation of 1777-81; disc. !( Jan,. 1778. | 

MOSES, served six mos, in 1780. [A Moses Allyn was in Capt. Roswell Grant's 
Co. of Col. Encs' (militia) Keg't, in service on the Hudson, 1778]; an E. W. Co. 

SOLOMOX (Ens. ), in Capt. Abner Prior's Co.. Col. E. Wolcott's lieg't, Boston, .lan.- 
Jlch. 1776; at Hor.seneck, Conn., May, 1781, to Mar., 1782. Sgt. of Capt. Samuel 
Granger's Co., Gen. Waterbury's State Brig,, 1781; joined 23 .\pl. ; prom. Ens. 
li» Aug. 

I'llOMAS, enl, T .luly; disc. Dec, IS, 177."); in 41h Co,, Hlh Colli. (Col. Ilunling- 
lon's) Reg. 

ANDIUS, SAMIEL (Wby.), died Oct. .'5, on relurn from camp, near Xew York, 1776, 

[.\SllFORl). JOSEPH, miMiib. sill <■,,. 1st Reg, .Mil., Wind,sor. | 

.VrWOOl), PlllL.VXDER, teamster of Supply Tran portation teams, '79-'81. 

H.VItllKK, .\M.\ZIAH, of the Wintonbury parish, " Lexington Alarm " party. — Capt. 
Lcmittl Robertu' .l/.v. IM. 
Vol. I. — 44 



346 lIISTdliV OF ANCIKNT WINPSOI!. 

BARBER, DAVID, Jr.. enlisted Mnv. ITTT, in (Mpl. .JdIiii llarmon's Co.. Col. Durkee's 
Reg't, for 3 yrs. [this, the 20tli CoiitiiiriitiLl of 'TO, wa.s Gen. Putnam's old reg't 
of '75 re-org.] 

DAVID. Capt. of 8tli Co., I'ikj. I'ari.sh, Isi l!rj;'t Mililia. Windsor. :.'0 May. 1779, 
was detached with a roMi|iany of nun from the Isl Kcjr'I on a tour of duty 
under Maj. Kent at N. Haven in An:;, .ind Sept. See jiji. :!-37, ;J2S. 

JERIJAH, was drafted and served in New York and Westeliester, in Ang. and 
Sept , 1780. Seep- 32;i. 

REUBEN, served .si.\ months in 17S(). I'roh. the Kenlien. who was | of the levies in 
Col. Bradley's 5tli Conn. Line Ueg'l. of tlie formalion of 1777-81, of which 
AbnerPriorof W. was a captain; Barber enl. .Inly 1, and was disc. 13 Dec, 
1780.] 

SHUBAEL [served in llapt. Roger Enos' (3(1) Co.. 2d Reg. (Continental), Col. Spea 
cer's 1775; raised on the tirst call for troops; enl. 7 May; disc. 19 Dec, '75; was 
of Capt. Abuer Prior's Co., Col. Era.stus Wolcott's State Reg't at Boston. Jan. 
to Meh., 1776; enl. 39 May, '77, for the war, in Capt. Harmon's Co. in 4th Reg. 
Conn. Line (Col. Durkee's), app. Corp'l 1 Sept., '77; reduced 20 Oct., '77; d. 
Meh., '78 '!]. He also bought and sent a negro into the army. ,See p. 314. 

THO.MAS, said to have served in the same eo. and reg. as Lory Drake, in lliis list. 
wliich see for particuliirs. 

BARKER, OLIVER, [res. Windsor; application for pension on tile in Co. Clerks 
oflf. at Hartf<ird.] See p. 330. 

BARNARD, EDWARD, Jk., in Capt. Ro.ger Enos' Co. (3d), 2d Reg. (Col. Spencer). 
May-Oct., 1775. 

[JOSEPH, memb 8th Co. 1st Reg't Militia, at Windsor]; said lo have enl. forllie 
war; was at White Plains, N. Y. Sec p. 330. 

JOSEPH, Jr., said to have scTved in Col. Durkee's regt. Capt. .lohn Harmon's Co., 
1777; not found on old rolls of that co. and reg't in (llfi'-i,il l!,,;,nf. 

SAMUEL, [raerab. 8th Co. 1st Reg't Militia, at Windsor;] served at N. Y., lio.ston. 
and New Haven, [enl. in Capt. Lenniel Roberts' Co. 18th Mil. Reg't in service 
at N. Y., 24 Aug.; (l(.i. Sept. 7, 1776 — the co. disc 25th.] From Conn. State 
Archives, Revol. War, xxi. 107, we learn that he also served as a wagoner 8 days 
at New Haven. 

[MOSES, was memb. 8th Co. 1st Reg. :Mililia, at Wiudsor]. 

BARNES, ABEL, [was a Rev. pensioner, res. AV. 1840, aged 86.] 

STEPHEN, served 6 months in 1780. 

[BARRETT, JEREMIAH, res. Wiiulsor; application for pension on tile in Co. Clerk's 
off. at Hartford. 1 



Windsor soldiers in tiik liKVoi.cTioNAitv skrvick. '!47 

HARZILLA, HENRY (colored), enl. in Capt. .lolni Hnnnons Co., Col. I)urkcc-.s (4tli 
Conn. Line) Reg't, 15 May, 1777, for the war. Name apiiears in Official litmnl 
a.s Barzillai Henry. 

HECKET, EZRA. (Possibly same as Btckinth below.) 

BECKWITH, EZRA Oats of Simsbury); enl. in Capl. (I)aniell Allin's Co., Col. Wyl- 
lys' Reg't [3cl Conn. Line, formation of 1777-81] for the war [Apl. 1, 1777; disc. 
25 Mcli., 1780; was a Sgt.] See Officinl liemrd, 8, 45, 482. 

[BENTON, ADONIRAM, enl. 3 Mch., 1781, for 3 yrs. as recruit in Sheldon's Dragoons; 
described as 5 ft. 6 in. high; dark complexion, light eyes, brown hair; farmer.] 
Of. lir,:, 165,281, 538, 638. 

ELIHU, served si.\ mths. in 1780; was one of the [levies; enl. 1 July, in Third 
Reg't, Conn. Line, Col. Wyllys (forni.-ilinn of ITTl-Sl), fur .short terms; di.sch. 
4 Dec, 1780.] 

BIDWELL, JONATHAN (Why.), was drafted and served in N. Y. and Westchester, 
Aug. and Sejit., 1776. See pp. 314. 323. 

9 

BISSELL. (Ens.) CORNELIUS. 

DAVID, Jr. (Lieut.) 

DANIEL (Sgt.) [in 4th Co., 8th Cont. (Col. Huntington's) Keg., 1775, enl. 7 July, 
disc. Dec. 18; enl. 1 Apl., 1777, in ('apt. Abner Prior's Co., 5th (Conn. Line), for 
war; prom. Sgt. 1 Sept., '77]; Paymaster in Col. Bradley's Reg't in 1780 — 
f'linn. State Arcliires, Recnl. Wiir, xxii. 168; [was Sgt. also in Capt. Humphrey's 
Co . 2d (Conn. Line) Reg't, 1 Feb., 1783. | His services as a .v/j.y are more fully 
given on pages 336-343. 

ELIAS (C'orp'l), served in summer uf 1780. 

EBENEZER FITCH (Capt.), [enl. 6 July. 1775, in 4tli Cn. Huntington's (Eighth) 
Continental Reg.; di.sc. 25 Nov., 1775; comni. 1st Li<ul. 4th Co., .same Reg't, 
9 July; disc. 10 Dec, 1775; re-enl. summer of '76; was Capt. of a Co. from 
VViiidsor in Col. Huntington's 17th Continental Reg't;] engaged in battle of and 
taken prisoner at Long Island; prisoner in Olii I'rison Ch.; was one of the 
capts. ajipuinted to guard the Burgoym- piisoiiers (ui their w.iy tino' Conn, to 
the Southward. See pp. 311, 323. 

BISIIOI'. J(HIX, joined Capt. Sam. Granger's Co., Gen. \Vat<Tliury's Sla'.e ]{eg't, 1 
Sept., 17SI. 

BLANCHARD. JKDIDIAII. proli. the same as the ■' [ [yer P.laMchard." of the 

Offieidl liiciiid, [who joined Capt. Sam. (Jranger's Co., Gen. Waterbury's State 
Reg't, 1 Sept., 1781]; prob also, he was the Jedidiah Blanchar, who was niemb, 
of 8th Co.. or Train-band, 1st Reg. Jlilitia in Wiiiilsor.[ — Off. H,;/. 

liiWU'E. DANIEL [was one of the levies who jniiad tlie 5tli Cunn. Line Reg't, Col. 
Bradley's, July 1; disc. 9 Dec, 1780]. 

BKISTKK, JOHN' (colored), enl. 1 Apl., 1777. in Capt. Aimer Prior's Co., 5th Conn. 
I.ini- Keg't, for the war [d. 10 May. 1777]. See p. 365, Officinl liecord. 



34S HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOU. 

imOWN, DANIEL, was in Ciinii) at Koxbury, 1TT5; [prob. the same who enl. 15 Dec, 
1 777, and was Sgt. in Stli Conn. Line Reg. of the formation of 1777-81 .] See p.SlS. 

ELIAS (flfer), enl. Capt. Uogcr Enos' (3(1) Co., Col. Spencer's 2d Rcg't, S May, dis( 
18 Dec., 177.'): 1 Apl., 1777, in Capt. Aimer Prior's Co., .'ith Conn. Line Heg. 
for the war [tran.sf. to the Gencr.il's Cnanl, 2s Mch.. 177!ll; prnin. from fifer, 
7 Sept., '81; served into 'H2. 

EZRA, served at Ilorscncek, Conn.. Marcli, 1782. to 1 Apl., 1783. 

JUDE C. (Corp'l) leiil. in ( apt. Wright's Co.. .itli Conn. Line, 9 Feb., 1777, for 
war; redneed 1 Oct., 1777]; is found, also [on rolls of 2d Reg't Conn. Line 
(formation of 1781-83), as private, Capt. Wright's Co.; enl. 1 Jan., paid to 31 
Dec., 1781; Feb. 1, 1783, is a private in Capt. Robertson's Co.. same reg.; resi- ' 
dence given as Ki/KJ/unn']. 

JUSTUS, served in Rliode Wmid and X. Y. [ninnb. of sth Co. 1st Reg. Militia. 
Windsor]. See p. 380. 

MICHAEL, served at Old Milf..rcl and N. Y. [menib. of Sth Co. 1st Reg't Militia, 
Windsor]. See p. 3:W. •' 

SAMUEL, Jr., OJlirHil I!.';,r,l.ri21. 

BROWNSON, SAMUEL. [This name was found on roll of a Farmington Co., Ca|.i 
Heart's (3d), Col. Enistus Woleott's State Reg., Jan. to Mch., 1776.] 

BUGBEE. .was one of the " Lexington .Mann " party. Apl., ^.j; 13 days' servicr. 

BURR. ASA. was [,>f Cnl. Canlield's :\Iililia Reg't at W.-st Point, X. Y.. Sept.. 1781]. 

SAMUEL, was [of Col. Caiilulds .Miliiia Rcgt at West I'o nt. X. Y., Sept., 1781. | 

THOMAS. Probably [Roger, who eld. 1 Apl.. 1777, in Capt Abner Priors Co. 
."ilh Conn. Lin<- Reg't. for S nios , disc. !l .Ian.. 177s. | 

[BURIiOUGHS, ZEBULOX, enl. Capt. Blackman's Co., Shelbourne's Reg't. I July. 
1777; trans, to Col. S. B. Webb's Reg., 1 May; disc. 1 July, 1780. 

BURXS, THOMAS [ml l;i Aug., 1777, in Capl. .\bncr Prii.r's ( o., .'iili Coim. Line 
Reg't; I'ulisted out. ; as is suppo.scd to join Georgia liallalion. Si-pi.. 1777|. 

CAIIALE, CORXELIUS. Prob. the one who |enl. 24 .May, 1777, in .-)lh Conn Line 
Reg't], and prob. in Caiit. Abner Prior's Co. [for the war]; and who was |:i 
member of Capt. St. John's Co. in the Conn Liglit Infantry, Maj. Jolm Pal.- 
grave Wyllys, serving under L.-ifayette- Feb.-Xov., 1781, in the South, and p^■^ 
ent at siege of Yorklown, Va.] 

CAMMARUM. DAXIEL, aged 20, enl. .\ug., 1777. in Ca].t. Eells Co.,('.,l, Wyll.v. 
Reg't, at Peekskill, X. Y. 

CAXNY, I'ATKICIs, served m lI..rs<nc(U. C.rin,. Mili,. i;s-,' i,. 1 .\pl., 17S3. 

CASE, Bi:.NJ.\.MIX. .Ir. 



W'lXnSdR SOLDTKRS IN THK REXOLrTKlNAI! V SKItXirR. 849 

CASE, BENONI, was at N. Y., New London, and dl.l Miir.nd |miciii1i. of sil, <;,., 
l.st Reg. Militia of Wind.sor]. Sec p ;i:iO. 

EZEKIEL, Jr., ciil T .Tuly, disc. Dec. 18, 1775, in 4tli Co., Wli Cont. (Col. Huntins- 
ton's) Reg. 

GIDEON, was at N. Y. and Fislil<ill Inicinl.. Stli f'o., 1st I{og. Militia of Windsor]. 
Sec also pii. :i38, 330. 

FREDERICK, son of Ezekicl (Why.), d. in camp at New York. 2fi July, 1770. in 
loth yr. 

OLIVER (Wby.), [was of Capt. Priors Co., Col. Erastns Wolcott's State Regt at 
Boston, Jan.-Mch., 1776] : died near camp at N. Y., Oct., 1776, aged abt. 30. 

CENTER, LUTHER (Wby.) [cnl. 7 July, di.sc. 18 Dec., 1775, 4th (Capt. Humplncys) 
Co 8th Continental (Col. Humphrey's) Reg't: wasin 2d (Capt. Gillets)Co., Col. 
Gay's Reg., at Battle Long Island, and reported missing]; returning from cap 
tivity in^". Y.' died at Wby., Jan., 1777. {Whi/. Ch. Rcr.) 

Cll.VXllLER, ISAAC, was [of Capt. Abncr Prior's Co., Col. Erastus Wolcotfs State 
Reg't, at Boston, Jan.-Mch., 177(51; ^'nl- 1'^^- <''i|'t Thos. Abbey's Co., Col. 
Wyllys Reg't, at Enfield. 

LEVI. cnl. May, 1777, in Capt. Abncr Prior's Co., oth Coun. Ifeg't, for the war. 

CIIAl'.MAX (afterwards Rev.), FREDERICK, served si.\ mos. in Col. Wyllys' Reg't, 
1780; was a iicnsioner 1840, aged 79; il. about IS.w. 

CHARTER, LEVI [prob. the one who was a Sgt. in Capt. Parsons' Enfield Co., 2d Reg. 
Conn. Line (formation of 1777-81); cnl. 15 Mch., '77, for 3 yrs.]. There was 
also a [Levi C. (Corp'l) among the levies of the rcg. in '79, for short term; cnl. 
1 Mch.; disc. 1 May, '79]. 

CLARK, BEXJAJnN, enl. (prob. in Capt. Abncr Prior's Co ) in 5th Conn. Line Rcg. 
[27 May, 1777, for 8 mos.; disc. 9 Jan., 1778] 

D.VXIEL, was one of the levies in 5tli Conn. Line Reg't; prob. Cajit. Abncr Prior's 
Co. [enl. 1 .July; disc. 9 Dec, 1780|: also |mciiib. 8th Co., l.st Rcg. Mil. of 
Windsor. | Sec p. 330. 

DAVID [enl. 12 July; disc. 8 Dec, 1775, in Col. Hun(iMg(on's 8tli Continental Reg.. 
4th Co. I 

ELIAS, served 6 mos. in 1780 [prob. the Elias who was of tlie levies; cid. in 
Third Conn. Line (Col. Wyllys') Reg't); for the short term of 1780, 1 July; <lisc. 
10 Dee.; was also a [pensioner, res. Iltfd Co., 1832]. See Offii-int limnt.4:i. 475. 

CLARK, f:ZEKIEL, served in the Continental Army, was at X. Y. and Pcck.skill; 
jirob. the one who [enl. in Capt. Sam. Granger's Co., Gen. W.iterbury's State 
Reg't. 1 Sept.. 1781]. 

EZEKIKL. Jr. [enl. in Capl. Harmon's Co., 4th Coini. Line; C.l. Durkcc's Reg., 
for 3 yrs. 15 May. 1777; disc. 15 Mch., 17S0J. It seems prob , also, that he was 



850 IIISTOIiV OF ANCIKNT WINDSOH. 

the Ez. Clark who had previously [eiil. 10 May, 1775, in Capt. Hanchett's 
(10th) Co. in 2d Coiitineiital Rcgt., Col. Spencer's, and was di.sc. 17 Dec., 1777], 
and who was of [Capt. Harmon's Co., Gen. WolcotKs State Briir. at Boston, 
.Tan.-Meh., 1776]. 

CLARK, GEORGE, enl. 5lh Conn. Line, Col. Bradley's, and proli. in Capt. Ahner 
Prior's Co. [29 May, 1777, for 8 mos.; disc. 9 Jan., 1778]. 

[IRA, res. Windsor; application for pension on tile in Co. Clerk's ollice at Hartford.] 

MOSES, was at Boston and Xew Haven. [Menib. 8tli Co.. 1st Rc?;-| Mil. at W— .] 
Sec p. 380. 

OLIVER, served in 1775. See p. :!14. 

SOL()M(_)N |enl. 9 May, 177.5, in Capt. Roger Enos' Co., 2d Coniiiunlal Reg't 
(Col. Spencer's); di.sc. 19 Dec.]. See p. 814. 

[CLUFF, ISAAC, res. Windsor; | application for jiension on file in Co. Clerk's oflice at 
Hartford.] 

COLTON. LOUIS (Wl.y.) [pensioner in 1840; a'. 70; res. BloonificLl]. 

SAMUEL, res. Windsor; iMpplicntion I'.ir pension on tile in Co. Clerk's olliee, a( 
Hartford.) 

COLVIN, DAVID. 

COLT, JABEZ [enl. 30 Dee., 1780, for 3 yrs. in ('apt. Munson's Co., 2d Conn. Line, 
Col. Swift's Reg't; Dee. 30, '80, to 31 Dee.. 1781, was of Cajit. Morri.s' Co., 
.same Reg't; was one of the balance of that reg't who were transferred to his 
new reg't (after the dishandment — June 1783 — of the R(!gular Afniy, under 
Washington) in tin; final formation of the Conn. Line, and which served at West 
Point or vicinity until di.-icliarged. 31 Dee. following. 

COOK, ABNEU. enl. in Capt. Harmon's Co., 4lli Reg't. Continental Line. Col. Dur- 
kee's Reg't [1.5 May. 1777, for 3 yrs.; d. 23 Dec, 1777]. 

[I'.KNJ AMIN. was of Col. Cantield's Militia Reg't at West Point, Si'pl., 17S1 1. 

ELI, [was of Capt. Abner Prior's Co . Col. Wolcott's State Reg't at Bost<in, Jan.- 
Mch., 1776]; detached Aug., 1778, for one mouth tour of duty in Rhode 
Island [enl. Capt. Poincroy's Co., Col. Chapman's Reg't, 3 Aug.; disc. 18 Sept., 
1778]; "provided himself with a good gun .and marched"; soon after arriving 
at R. T. was taken sick, and " his gun was lost, without hi.s fault"; his petition 
to be reimbursed the v.alne of his gun, was granted by the Gen. Assembly. 
Conn. State ArcMees, llrol. ^Var, .xxvi. 186, 189. 

JOEL. [cMil. among the levies of Fifth Conn. Line. Col. Bradley; prob. in (^apt. 
Aimer Prior's Co., 1 Aug.; disc. 9 Dec., 1780]. This may have been the same 
wJKJ |enl. 27 April, '77, and was disc. 27 Apl . '80, in Eighth Conn. Line. Col. 
Chandler's Reg't|, anil who was also a [Corp'l in 41b Conn. Line (formation of 
17S1-.S;!). (',,1. Zebnlon lintler's Reg't. enl. .Ian. 1 to 31 Dec, 1781]. 



wiNiisoi! s(i[.iin:i;s rx tiik itKvui.rTKiNAiiv si:i!VirK. 351 

COOK, MOSKS, enl. 7 .luly, diw:. Dtc. lt<, Ui'); in 4lh Co., Slli Coiit. (Cul. lluiiting- 
lon'-s) Hcs'l. 

KICn.\i;i>. pioli. the one who [eul. in dipt. Kllis's Co., ad Conn. Lini', Col. Wy) 
lys' Kriit, 111 May, 1778, for :! yrs.; disc. 1 .lau., 1778 V| and was |of Caiil. 
EelLs' Co., 1st Reg. Couu. Line, Col. Durkee (formation of 1781-83); paid from 
1 Jan. to 31 Dec., 1781]; was a Conn, pensioner, Act of 1818; res. N. Y. State]. 

SHUBAEL, [enl. 10 July; disc. 10 Dec, 1775, in Col. Huntington's (8th) Continen- 
tal Hcg't, Co. 4; was Corp'! Capt. Eldridge's Co., 1st Conn. Line (formation of 
1777-81), Col. Ilunliugfon, enl. 1 Jan., 1777, for 3 yrs.; disc. 1 Jan., '801. 

TIMOTHY, |cnl. Cai)t. Parsons' Co., 2d CJonn. Line, Col. Chas. Webb's Kegt, 2(i 
-May. '77, for 8 mos.; disc. 9 Jan., '78 1; prob. the same as of Capt. Olcotl's Co., 
Col. Chapman's Jlilitia Reg't; enl. 4 Aug.; disc. 31 Sept., '78]. See also A'<«< 
Wiiitlvir Kevol. Chapter; was also [nienib. of 8th Co. Jlilitia, Isl Kegt of 
Windsor]; served at Fishkill and New Jersey. See pp. 338, 330. 

WII.LI.VM. Tlurr were several of this name ui>on the Conn. Revol. mils, but il 
appears prob. that this one, described in our lirst edition as having " served in 
the Continental Army for3yrs.," was the W. who [enl. in 3d Co., Capt. Wyllys, 
of 3d Conn. Continent. Reg't, Col. Spencer's, 8th May; di.sc. 18 Dec, 1775, and 
who enl. in Capt. Warner's Co., 3d Reg't Conn. Line, formalion of 1T77-81, 13 
July, 1778, for the war]. 

WILLIAM, enl. May. 1777, in Capt. John Ilnnnoirs Co., Col. Durkee's Conn. 
Line, for three yrs. 

[COON (CONE), TIMOTHY, enl. and was a Corp'l in Cajit. Abner PriorsCo., 5 Comi. 
Line, Col. Bradley's Reg't, 1 May, 1777, for 3 yrs.; prom. Sgt. May, 79; <lise. 
1 Jan , 1780]. He is perhaps the same who was a Corp'l in Capt. Dickinson's 
Co., in garrison at Fort Dayton, German Flats, in 177G; cul. 15 Apl., 1776. 

COY, SAMUEL [enl. 1 Sept., 1777]; prob in ('ajit. Abner Prior's Co. [5 Conn. Line, 
Col. Bradley's Reg't, for the war; d. G Apl., 1778] in c;imp. He was from 
Pine Meadow. 

CROW, EIJAS, was prob. [of Capt. Sedgwick's Co., in the 4th Continental, Col. Hin- 
man's, Reg't, 1775; enl. Capt. Barnard's Co., 3d Reg't Couu. Line (formation of 
1777-81), Col. Wyllys, 36 Feb., 1777, for the war; was made Corp'l 1 July, 
1780; reduced 37 Feb., 1781; deserted 5 July, 1781]. 

CIFF, SAMPSON (colored), enl. 1 Jan. 1781, in 4th Conn. Line, of formation of 1781- 
83, Col. Zebulou Butler's Reg't; disc. 31 Dec, 1781; Feb. 1, 1783, was of Capt. 
Munson's Co., 3d Reg't (Col. Swift's) Conn. Line, formation of Jan. -June, '83, 
for 3 yrs. 

DANIELS, DAVID, [was of Capt. Abner Pi-ior's Co., Col. Wolcott's State Reg't at 
Boston, Jan.-Meh., 1776; enl. 1 Apl., 1777, in Capt. Abner Prior's Co., 5th 
Conn. Line Reg't, for the war; Corp'l 17 Apl., 1781; perhaps the Corp'l Dan- 
iels of Capt. Richards' Co., 3d Reg. Conn. Line, 1 Feb., 1783.] 

DAVIES. BLRDON. 

OAV'IS, WILLIAM, one of Windsor party in " Lexington alarm" of 1775 [34 days 
service]. See p. 311, 314. 



?,'r2 HISTORY OF ANCIf;NT WINDSOR. 

DAY, ISAAC, (■(.rp-l. llVns. 1818.] 

I 
[JOB, iiiciiib. Sih Co., 1st Ki'g. Mil. — Windsorl. ' 

JOHN, was at Now lliivi'ii. 

DKNSLOW, ELHir, dinl in caiiii. Sept. 9. ul N. V.. ITTC, (.f canii. .iysiMiliTy; name i 
ncit givt-n in 0/ff(v<'' h'i:r. 1I<- was from I'inc .'Mi'acliiw. ,S'i' p. :!L':!. j 

I 
EM.IAII llVnsioner in W. 1840; a-. 76]. j 

I 
JOKI, |cm1. 1 Apl., 1777, in ('apt. Abncr Prior's Vn.. in (itli Ctmn. Lini.' I!r.i;'l fur ! 
till- war]; (lied in camp 1 July, 1778. 

5IAHTIN, was in Windsor " Lfxinsrton Alarm " ]iarly, 177.5 |tivf days' .service; | 
enl. 7 July; disc. 18 Dec. 1775, in 4th (Capt. Eliliu Iluniplirey's) Co., 8tli Con- 
tinental (Col. Huntington's) Reg't as Corp'l; app. 1 Aiil., 1777, Sgt. in tlie 5tli j 
Rcg't Conn. Line, Col. Bradley's; Sgt.-Maj. 15 May, '79; Ens. Aug. 16, '79; 
contin. in '81; Ens. of Capt. Morris' Co., 2 Conn. Line, Col. Swift's Reg.; con- ' 
tin. from '77-'81; retired in '82 before June] — half-pay Lieut.; and nieinb. of ( 
the So(t. (if tlic Cincinnati. See pp. :!11, HIS. :!14. 

REUBEN, was a Sgt. in the 'Windsor party in the " Lexington Alarm." ITT.'): after 
wards belonged to Col. Hart's Light Horse Rcg't at JIatnaronecli Camp. N. V,, 
1777; at Horseneck, Ccmn., 1781. See p. mi. 

SAMUEL, Jr., served six mos. in 1780. 

DeAVoLF, ELL\S, at Fislikill and White Plains, N. V. 

DIGGINS. LUKE [memb. 8th Co.. 1st Reg. Militia, at Windsor]. 

[DORMANT, STEPHEN (Sgt.), in Capt. Wyllys' Co., Col. S. B. Webbs Reg't of TT- 
'81; enl. 25 Jan., '78, for 3 yrs.; disc. 1 Jan., '81.] 

DRAKE, ABIEL [enl. 7 May, 1775, in 3d, Capt. Roger Enos", Co., 2d Continental Reg't, jl 
Gen. Spencer's; di.sc. 19 Dec., 1775]; was in the 17th Conn. Reg't, Capt. Hub- 
bard's Co., A])l.. 1776; was a [pensioner and named as an artificer — res. Conn., 
1818]. 

AUGUSTINE. (Adjutant in llie regular line); died at home during the war. 

EBENEZER [was in Capt. Judd's Co., 3d Keg't, Conn. Line, formation of 1777-'81, '| 

Col. Wyllys' Reg't; eid. 1 July '78, for the war; was a fifer in Apl., '80; i| 

reduced Aug., '80; lifer Sept., '80]; poss. the same wlio [eul. 1 Jan. '81, disc. j 

31 Dec., '81, iu Capt. Cliffs Co., 1st Conn. Line, Col. Durkee's Reg't] and who ij 

was a [pensioner residing in Vermont, 1818|. 

[ELIHU, lifer, of Col. Cantield's Reg't, at West Point, Sept.. 1781; his application 
for pensi(m on tile in Co. Clerk's otT.. Hartford.] 

LEMUEL. His services, stated in his ;ittidavit, with claim for [lension, before pen- 
sion agent Samuel H. Parsons, of Jliddletown, Conn., were as follows; About 
15th of Aug,, 1775, he enl. at Windsor, under MaJ. Roger Newberry, iu a com- 



WINDSdl! SOLDIKltS IN TlIK ItlOVOLUTIONAli, V SKRVICE. ;553 

|i:niy o( wliicli Hen JMiniii Allen wastirst lieutenant, and Austin Phelps seec mil do.; 
icniained in service until the latter pari of Oct.. 'TO, when he was dismissed, 
being then at or near Valentine's llill, N. Y. After his enl. he was marched to 
W'ethcrsfield, and from thence sailed to New York city, where his co. was 
stationed in Little Dock street, near East River, and at the time of the battle of 
Long Island his regiment was paraded near the wharf, but were not calked into 
action. lie had a second tour of duty, from August to the latter jiart of Octo- 
ber, 1777. This time he was dnifled at Windsor in a company conunanded by 
.liin.athan \Vadsworth, of Hartford, captain, Phelps of Windsor, lieutenant, and 
( ) wen, ensign. The regiment to whicli this company belonged was commanded 
by Col. Cook, of Wallingford, Lieut.-Col. Woodbridge, and Maj. Kent. They 
marched from Hartford to Stillwater, N. Y., where he was in the battles under 
(Jen. Gates; was present at Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, N. Y.; mardicd 
to Albany, was there detailed as one of a guard (under Capt. Blake, Austin 
Phelps, lieutenant, and Reuben Wadsworth, orderly), to escort 100 pri.soners 
to Hartford. ^Vgain, in Sept., 1778, he was drafted at Windsor, to go to New 
London, where he served two or three months in the militia, commanded by 
Capt. Allen, of New London, and [Hezekiah?] Bissell, of East Windsor: Ser- 
geant, mostly on guard duty; [was a pens. res. Hartford Co., 1883]. 

DRAKE, LORY, was one of the [levies in the .-)th Conn. Line, Col. Bradley, in 17S0; 
enl. 1 July; disc. 9 Dec] 

PHINEAS, [enl. May S, disc. Dec. 19. 177."-); in Capt. Roger Enos' (:id) Co., Col. 
Spencer's Reg't; 2d Lieut. 2d Co.. Col. Gay's Reg't, 2d I'.att., Wadswortli's 
Brigade. 177G]. 

DISET. .lOIIN. 

PHILEMON. 

El )WARD ("Negro Ned '»), slave of the Rev. D. S. Rowland, enl. 2 Jan., 1777, in Capt. 
Abncr Prior's Co., 3th Conn. Reg't, for war; [died 15 Jvdy, 1778. | 

EGGLESTOX. DAVID. |.rnb. the 1). |nli,. enl. 2."i Dee., 'wo, in Ca|il. Harnmn's Cn. 2(1 
Conn. Line (formation 1781-83), Col. Swift]; res. given as of Sim.sliiiry. 

ISAAC. 

JAMES, served six niths. in 1780; [poss. the James who enl. in Caiil. AUyn's Co., 
M Reg't Conn. Line, formation of 17S1-83, 1 Jan.; (i.-nd to :!1 Dee., 1781, .and 
who was a pen.; res. Conn., ISIS. | 

JOSEPH, aged 17; enl. 177.5 in Capt. E. Eells' Co., Col. Wyllys' Reg't, for the war; 
prob. the Jo.seph (or Josiali) who [enl. Apl., '77, for tlie war, iu Capt. Eells' ('o., 
2il Conn. Line, Col. Wylly.s' Reg't, and died IS June, 'SI.] 

JONATHAN (Wliy.). 

NATHANIEL. 

SAMUEL, served in llie Liuht Il.ase ilnring the war; [enl. 23 Oct., 177<1, in ('apt. 
John Skinner's Co., .Maj. Slieldi>n's Keg't of Light Horse; disc. 4 Dec, 177().| 
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3.54 HISTORY OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

EGGLESTON, THOMAS, was in tlie battle of Long Island. His grandson (Elijah, of 
Hartford) ronietnbercd often hearing his narrative of his experiences an<i recol- 
lections. He was one of those detailed to manage the boats and barges which 
conveyed the Americans acro.ss the East River, and worked hard all the niglil 
of that memorable retreat. He was iirob. the Thomas who |cnl. in Capl 
Couch's Co., Col. Bradley's Battalion, (!cn. Wadsworlhs IJrigadc, 21 Junr 
disc. 2!) Dec, ITTO.] 

TIMOTHY, [enl. in Capl. Tliroop's Co., 
17yi) Col. Huntington, 1 .Ian., 1777 
Hubbard's Co.; ret. as a dcscitcr. 

[ELLS'WORTH. ELIPHALET, enl. in ('apt. l!la<-kman's Co., SberburM,''s Reg., 1 
May, 1T7T; disc, spring of '80.] 

HEZEKIAH, enl. 6 May, '77, same Co., Capl., and dale of disc; cr. to W.; claimed 
by Ellington. 

REUBEN (Lieut.). See ii. 328. 

ELMER, PHINEHAS, was one of the [levies of 1780, of the .Mb Conn. Line fomialinn 
of 1777-81, Col. Bradley, and prob. of Capt. Abner I'riors Co.; ml. I .Inly, 
disc. 13 Dec, 1780.] 

ELY, DANIEL, served in 1775 : see p. ;U4. 

ENDS, ABIJAII, [memb. 8th Co. or Trainband, 1st Reg't, Windsor,] 2'.) May, 1770. 

DANIEL (according to a certiticate of Col. Roger Newberry, dated lit ,I.in., 1777. 
Coim. State Archices, Itei\ War, x. 67) was in the army and was ill ; left I in 
Regt. to go to East Chester, N. \. 

ERASMUS, at Horseneck, Conn., Apl., 1782. 

JAMES, was Corp'l 8th Co., 1st Reg. Mil., \Vindsor; same record idcniically as 
that of Pliinehas Ebner. One of this name, possibly the same, was on C'lij't. 
Ja'iiuu'I Rohei-tx Mn. List of the Wintonbury '■ Le.\in.gton Alarm " party. 

MOSES (according to a certiticate of Col. Roger Newberry, 19 Jan. 1777, Conn. 
State Archiri'K, Hec. War. x. 67) was in the army, and " a sick man and should 
have recommended him for a discharge, but be was so sick as to decline it " — 
went to East Chester, N. Y. 

ROGER (Gen ), [eommis. 1st Major 1 May, 1775; aUso Capt. 2d Co. in Col. Spencer's 
(2d) Reg.; prom. Lieut. -Col. 1 Jidy, 22d Reg. — was in Arnold's Quebec expedi- 
tion of that year; tried by Court JIartial on the return of that army, and was 
"honorably acquitted." Disc 10 Dec, '75. 3Sd OJinal liemrd. SH . Jan. IS, 
1776, he resigned as Lieut. -Col. (then of the IGth Conn. Reg.), and, -May, 1777, 
was one of a Windsor enlistment committee engaged in obtaining recruits for 
the service. Afterwards he commanded one of the Conn, regiments raised in 
the S. W. part of the State; but in I77i), resigned from the Conn, service and 
removed to Vermont, where, iu 1781, he was comm. Brig.-Gen. in command of 
all the Vt. troops tlien in service. After tlie war he became a Maj.-Gen. of 
the N'ennoni Militia. See /lifuj. in h\ Uciuiiliyy. 



WINIISOU SOLTITERS IN TIIK TiVn'OLUTTONAr! Y SKIIVK'K. Vi.^^) 

FILER, IIOKAC'E, eul. 1777 in Ciipt. Abiier Prior's Co., [5t,li Comi. Line, Col. Uriulley's 
Heg't]; was also at Horsenecli, Conn., Mch., 1783, to Apl., 1788. 

JOHN. fill. 27 M;iy, 1777. in Capt. Mmcr Prior's Co., |.-)lli Conn. Line, Col. lirnl 
ley'.s Kcg'l.forS nios.; disc. V) Jan., ll'iH.] 

NORIIAX, [cnl. 21 Apl., 1777, in Capt Prior's Co., 5th Conn. Lim;, Col. Bradley's 
Reg't forSmos.; dcscrtfd.] 

FILLEY, IIEZEKIAII, served in summer of 1780, [enl. 26 Ang., 1777, in Capt. .Tona. 
"Wadswortir Co., Col. Tliad Cook's Militia Reg't; iirob. Ilie .same II.] 

JONAH, [joined Capt. Sam. Granger's Co. of Gen. Waterbiu^'s State Brigade, 21 
May, 1781]; served at Horseneck, Conn., May, 1781, to Mch., 1783. 

DAVID, was in service in 177.'). See p. ;!14. 

ELXATIIAN, was in service in 177."). See p. 314. 

MARK (stands in our tir.st edition with a query). 

MOSES (Wby.). was of Capt. Abiicr Prior's Co., Col. Wolcott's Reg. State Troops 
at Boston, Jan. -Mch., 177G. 

FITCH, JOSEPH, was in the service in 177.->. See ji. 314. '"' 

FOSBURY, STEPHEN (Wby.), [enl. 7 May, 1775, in 3d Co. (Capt. Roger Enos.) 2a 
Continental, Col. Spencer's Reg't; disc. 31 July, 1775]; Sgt. in Arnold's Que- 
bec Expedition ; was captured at the assault 31 Dec, '75, and died there. 
See p. 314, 320, 

JOHN, was in service in 177.-1. See p. 314. 

[FOSTER, CIIAUNCEV, eul. Blacknian's Co., Sherburne's Reg., 6 May, '77; ilisc. 
spring of '8(IJ; cr. to VV.; claiineil by Ellington. 

ZACHARIAH. 

[WARIIAM. Lc.\. Alarm party from Ellington; Capt. Simon's Vo., Col. "Wol- 
cott's State Reg., Boston, Jan. -Mch., 1770; Sgt.-Maj. Col. Sherburne's Reg't; 
app. Sgt. G May, '77; prom. Sgt.-Maj. 1 Jan., '78; contin. into '80; cr. to W.] 

[FRANCIS, WILLIAM, res. Windsor; application for pension on lile. Co. Clerk's off., 
Ilartf.ird.l I'o.ss. the "Frank (colored)," of our first edition. 

FILLKR, Ol'.ADlAII, was drafted and served at New York and Weslchesler, Aug. 
and Sept. of 177G. See p. 323. 

REUBEN, named in C'l/d. Lemuel Ihhcrtx' Mi<. List of the AViiilonhury Parish 
" Le.\ington Alarm " volunteers. 

GAYLORD, ELIAKIM, served six mos. in 1780; [was of the levies enl. for 5th Conn. 
Line, Col. Br.idley's Reg't, 1 July; disc. 2 Dec., 1780;] prob. of Capt. Abner 
Prior's Co. 



356 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

GAYLORD, ELEAZUR, was of the Windsor Lexington Alarm party. 1775; and |enl. 
Capt. Roger Enos' (3d) Co., 2d (Col. Spencer's) Regt, 7 July, disc. 18 Dec, 
1775; of Cajit. Abner Prior's Co., Col. Waterlmry's State Brigade at Boston, 
Jan.-Meh., 1770.] 

GIBBS, DAVID, was at Roxbury (^anip, 1775; [enl. 2d Co., Capt. Pitkin's, 4tl) Conti- 
nental Reg't, Col. Hinman's, 19 May; disc. Dec. 20, 1775. This co. .served at 
the siege of Boston; enl. Sgt. in (':ipt. Allen's Co.. :!d C<jnn. Line. Col. Wyllys' 
Reg't, 1 Apl.. 1777, for 3 yrs ; disc. 1 Apl.. Sil; pens. n-s. llrfd Co., 1SI8.1 

RUFUS, served 6 nios., 1780; [enl. in levies raised for short terms in 1780, for 3d 
Conn. Line, Col. Wyllys' Reg't; enl. Oct., '79; disc. 11 Jan., 1780; was hired by 
the town of Windsor, 21 May, 1781, joined Capt. Samuel Granger's Co. in Gen. 
Waterbm-y's State Brigade, raised for defense of Conn, seaeoast, 21 May, 1781; 
was prom. Sgt. July 18; ])cns. res. W. 1840.] 

SAMUEL, Sgt. of Wind.sor Lexington Alarm party, Ai)l., 1775; [24 days' service]; 
prob. the Samuel [enl. Capt. Beardsley's (9th) Co., 5th Continental Reg. 25 May; 
disc. 9 Dee., 1775]; com. Lieut. 1 Jan., 1777, in 3d Conn. Line, Col. Wyllys' 
Reg't; trans, to Invalid Corps 1 Nov., '80; disc. 33 Apl., 1783; he was disabled 
or w<ninded; his name is on a list printed by the 23d Congiess, 1833-34; memb. 
of Soc. of the Cincinnati; he was prob. the Samuel Gibs of Capt. Keeler's Co., 
Bradley's Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade; enl. 2t June, 1776; disc. Jan., ITTT; 
was a pens, (as Capt.) 1818. 

JOHN, (proli. till' .Tohn (Ulex below.') 

GILES, JOHN, (drummer) 8th Co., 1st Reg. Mil., at AVindsor, 2<) May, 1779. 

GILLET, ABEL, [enl. Capt. Skinner's Co., Ma.]. Sheldon's Reg't Light Horse; enl. 23 
Oct.; dis. 4 Dec, 177(5. This command, in whole or in part, accoin])anied 

Gen. Washington in the retreat through N. J., Dec, '76.] 

AARON, [enl. with Capt. Prior, in Col. Wolcott's State Reg. on service at I'.ostoii. 
Dec, '75-Feb., '76]; went to White Plains, N. Y., 2 July, 1778; [enl. 21 Apl.. 
1777, in Lieut. Seymour's Co., Brig. -Gen. Erastus Wolcott's Brigade, at Peeks 
kill and other places near N. Y., Mch.-June, '77]; was [of ('apt, Hoswell 
Grant's Co., Col. Roger Enos' Reg't on the Ilud.son, 1778.] 

DANIEL, was in the service in 1775, see p. 314 ; was drafted and served in New 
York and Westchester, Aug. and Sept., 1776 ; volunteer to Danbury. Seep. 
327. 

JONAH, Jr. (drum major), enl. as drummer Capt. Iltiniphrey's (4tli; Co. of Ei.ghth 
Continental (Col. Huntington's) Reg't, 6 July; disc 18 Dec, 1775; was ('apt. 2d 
Co., Col. Gay's Reg't, in 2d Battjilion, Wadsworth's Brigade, Conn. State 
Troops, 1776. See p. 314. 

JONATHAN, was in service in 1775. See p. 314. 

THOMAS, was in service in 1775. See p. 314. 

GILMAN, JOIIX (Why.), |enl. 7 July; dis. 18 Dec, 1775; ('apt. lliiMi|.lnvy's (llh) Co . 
sill CnntiiicMtal (lIuiilinglon"s) Kig.;] d. in camp, aged abc.iil is, IVe., '75, or 
Jan., ■;(■, ( lI'Ay/. Ch. /;,,-.) 



WINIISOR SOLDIERS IN THK HKVOLHTrdNAltV SEHVIfE. ?)J)( 

GItAIIAM, , his wife JEMUrA, pens.; res. l,S4(l. in Windsor, a.iriMl s", ; ],„ss. the 

Simeon (iniif/uim mentioned on p. 314. 

GKKEN', AMASA, [res. Windsor; Mpplicatioii for pension on rile in Co. Clerli's olV., 
Hartford.] 

(ililSWOI.L), ABIEL, [memb. 8th Co. or Train liiind, Ist lie-. iMii., Windsor]; was at 
New Yorli and Fishkill; enl. foi- 8 yrs. 

ABEL, member of 8th Co. or Train-liand ; poss. sanK^ as A/itd above. 

AU:XANDER (Corpl), at New York and Fisldvill ; Sgt. of Ens. David Barl)er's 
Co. on detached dnty, 1777. See p. 328. 

EDWARD, Jr., was app. Captain of 3d Co. or Train-band in 1st Reg. in W., May, 
1776 — Col. Rer., xv. 3-16. From a memorial made by his son Solomon to the 
Gen. Assembly, May, 1787, we learn that Capt. Edward G. eommanded a Co. 
in Col. Ely's Reg. at Horsencck in 1777. — Voiin. Stnic, AiT/iia's, viii. S^-SO. 
Served at New York, West Point, and New Roehelle. 

KLl.JAH, memb. 8th Co., 1st Reg. 3Iil.; res. Windsor; [enl. 7 July, disc. 18 Dee.; 
Capt. Humphrey's (4th) Co., 8th Cont. (Col. Huntington's) Reg't; application for 
pension on file, Co. Clerk's oil., Hartford.] 

ELISHA, was [of Col. Canfield's Jlilitia Reg't at West Point. Sept., '81.] ; memb. 
8th Co., 1st Reg. Mil. at W., 29 May. 1779. 

FRIEND, was at New Haven. 

GEORGE, Jr., [1st Lieut. 4th Co., Capt. Pettibone, Col. Mott's Battalion, State 
Reg'ts in Northern Dep't, 1776]; re-enl. Continental service in '77: appears in '76 
as 1st Lieut, of Col. Ward's Reg't, serving at Ft. Lee, at White Plains, and at 
Morristown, N. J., until exp. of term. May, '77; wasjijip. Lieut, in 5th Conn. 
Line, Col. Bradley's Reg't, formation of 1771-81, but did not serve; was jirob. 
the sjune Lieut. Geo. G. who was of Capt. Harmon's Co., Col. Wolcott's State 
Reg., at Boston, Jan.-Mch., '76; poss. the Geor.ge Griswold of Bolton who was 
an Ensign in the Provisional Regiment, ord. by Gen. Assembly of Conn, to " be 
raised and put in readiness to march on the shortest notice, in case His Excel- 
lency Gen. Washington shall call for them," in 1781; niiMub. of Sih (!(>., or 
Train-band, l.st Reg. Mil., town of Wind.sor. 

ISAAC, was at New York. 

JGAB. was Ens. 8th Co., l.st 3Iil. Reg't, at Windsor. See also p. 320. 

•Ion A 11, was at Fishkill and New York. 

MOSES (Sgt.), served in summer of 1780; was at New York. Fisldiill, and in Xcw 
Jersey; |enl. Capt. Alden's Co., Col. Sam. B. Webb's Reg. (a<lditional inf. 
reg't of the Contin. Line), 1777-81, 23 Jan., '77, for the war; Corpl Sept., '80 ; 
Sgt. 1 May, 1781; was Corp'l 1 Jan., 1781, to May 1, in Capt. Bidkley's Co., 
3d Conn. Line, Col. S. B. Webb's Reg.] He was prob. the same M. G. who 
was [Trumpeter to Capt. Skinner's Co., Maj. Sheldon's Reg't Liglit Hor.se; enl. 
23 Oct.; disc. 4 Dee.. 1776,] and [memb. Sth C^o. i.v Train banil. 1st Reg't :\Iili- 
tia, Windsor.] 



358 HISTORY OF ANHKNT WlNDSOTl. 

GRISWOLD, NATHANIEL (Sgt), ciil. f(ii- H yrs.; u.is -M New Vork; |inLiiib. Sth Co. j 
or Trainband, of W., 1st Keg. Militia,] | 

i 
NOAII, Jr. [memb. 8tli Co. or Train-band, in Windsor, 1st Reg. Militia]; was at j 
New York, and on diity .swarding tbe Burgoyne prisoners. 

THOMAS (Cornet), in ]\Iaj. William Ilai'fs Reg. of Liglit Horse, org. May, 1776. ( 

I 

PHINEHAS, [nicm. 8tb Co., 1st Reg. Militia; res. at Windsor, 29 May, 1779]; enl. | 
May, 1777, in Cajit. Harmon's Co., Col. Purkee's Reg't 20th Continental, 1776- I 
77, for 3 yrs.; was at New York, and guarding tlie Burgoyne jtrisouers. j 

SILVANUS, (Poq.) Lieut. Sth (to., 1st Reg. Mil. at Windsor, May 20, 1779.— 6fe«». 

iState Airldeei, Rer. War, 186, ct alios. I 

I 

SOLOM<JN, (Poq.) Clerk of Sth Co., 1st Reg. Mil. at Windsor; was Sergt. and ' 
(Juartermaster of C'o. in detached service. See Dand Ihrher. 

HALL, WILLIAM, cnl. a.ged 20, Aug., 1777, in Capt. Eell's Co., Col. AVyllys' Reg't, , 
Peekskill. [The Official Htmrd gives a Wm. Hall, wlio was of Capt. Church's 
Co., Col. Sage's Re.g't, 1776; enl. 17 Meh., '77, for 8 yrs., and rfcs. 7 Apl.. '77, 
from Capt. Watson's Co., Col. Webb's Reg't add. inf.; enl. 27 May, '77, for the 
war in Capt. Allen's Co., Col. Wyllys' Reg't, and (ks.; enl. from Middletowu, 
Conn., in Capt. Sizer's Co., Reg't of xVrtiflcers, 5 Feb., 1776, for the war.] i 
If these rcc. belong to our Wm. lie must have been what was known in the 
Army of the Civil Rebellion as a "repeater" or "bounty jumper." 

HALSEY, PHILIP (lifer); pens., res. in AVindsor, 1840, aged 80. 

HAMOND (colored). 

HAYDEN, EZRA, one of the Windsor " Lexington Alarm " Party, Apl., 1775 [5 days' 
service; of Cajit. Abner Prior's Co., Col. Wolcott's State Reg't at Boston, Jan. - 
Mch., 17701. See pp. :ill. :i20. 

HEZEKIAII, one of Windsor " Lexington Alarm " Party, Ajiril, 177.'5; [was Sgt. in 
Capt. Eben Fitch Bisscll's Co., Col. Huntington's 17th Continental Keg't, in , 
camp at Roxbury, Mass., 1776, and with the regiment engaged in battle of j 
Long Island, 1776, and reported as "missing "]. He was captured and died of 
starvation in the "old Jersey Prison Ship," the "old Siig;ir House," or the 
old " Cliurch in New York." See pp. 313, 322. 

LEVI, [enl. 23 Oct.; disc. 4 Dec, 1770, in Capt. Skinner's Co.. Maj. Sheldon's , 
Reg't Light Horse]. .! 

NATHANIEL, Jr. (Capt.), commanded lb.' Windsor " Lexingloii .Marni- Party, 
Apl., 1775 [5 days' iicrvicel; went to Wisi Point in iDrninand of 42 eid. Windsor 
men, June 27, 17S0. See p. 311. 

OLIVER, one of Windsor " Lexington .\liinn ■ Party, Apl,. 1775 |2 days' service]. 

THOMAS, Sgt. in Windsor " Lexington .\I;iimi ' I'arty. April, 1775 — 5 days' ser- 
vice; app. Sgt.-Major in Sth (Col, Jcdcdiab lluntiiiglon's) Reg't (Cont.) foot, U j 
Aug,, 1775; was Adjt, in same (tli.n the ITth Cont,) Keg't, 20 Oct,. 1776; 1st 



WINDSOR SOI.IIIF.RS IN ■i'llh: K K\nl,rTH)N Al! V SICK \l(i:. :!5'.' 

Licvit. ill ;!il ('iiiiii. Line. C'lil. \\'\ llys (commission sillied liy .loliii lluiucicki 
(•(iiiiiij. 1 .hin., i;;; |nsimi<'(l !.■) .\|.l., 1T7'S|; 2d Lieut, in Ciipt. lIuljIiMnls ( '..., 
17tli Hct;'!; :i|'|i. Adj'. to Col. Zcliulon Butler at Daiibury, Conn., S Apl., 
KTI; was at Windsor Aug.. 1T77, enlistinif men for Capt. Kclls'Co., Col. Wyl- 
lys' Keg't; llien at Peekskill, N. V.; took the oath of allegianee 14 Apl., and 
was di.sc. 25tli, 1T7S, at West Point; was one of the lieutanants named by Gen. 
Assembly to ollieer the I'rovisloiial Kegiinent, to be raised and held in readi- 
ness to inareli on n-i|uisilioii of (!en. Washington, KSl. See pp. :!ll, 314. 

HASKELL, JABEZ, at JS'ew York, lITti. See p. :i'.21. 

HAZE (HAYS?), THOMAS, le. 21; enl. Aug., 1777, in Caiit. E. Eells' Co., Col. Wyl- 
lys' Reg't, then at Peekskill, N. Y. 

HIDE (HYDE), THADDEUS. 

THEOPHILUS [was in Arnold's (iuebue Expedition, and lost his gun in the 
assault]; see p. 320; enl. June, 1777, in Capt. John Harmon's Co., Col. Uurkee's 
Reg't; had res. in W. for two yrs. previous to his enlistment. 

HILL. ELLJAH, was at West Point; [enl. 1 July, 'Sil, amongthe levies for .short terms, 
of the 2d Reg't, Conn. Line, of formation of 1777-81. Col. Chas. Webb's; disc. 
9 Dec, '80]; may have been the same, also, who [enl. in Capt. Case's Co., 18th 
Reg't Conn. Militia; on duty at New York betw. 19 Aug. and 23 Sept., 1776; 
and also who was of Capt. Warner's Co., 3d Reg't, Conn. Line. Col. Wyllys; 
enl. 29 May, 1777, for 8 mos.; disc. IJau., '78]; was also [meinb. of Sth Co., 
1st Reg. Militia — Windsor]. See pp. 328, 330. 

J(.)IIX, [enl. July, 'SO; disc. 9 Dec, '80, in Short Term levies for 2d Conn. Line, 
Col. Chas. Webb's Reg't, formation of 1777-81]; may also liave been the one 
who [enl. in Capt. Durkee's Co., 1st Reg't. Conn. Line, Col. Durkee's, forma- 
tion of 1781-83, 1 Jan., 1780 — |iaid to 1 Aug.. '81]. 

REUBEN, [enl. 1 July; disc G Dec, '80, in Short Term levies, of 3d Conn. Line, 
Col. Chas. Webb's Reg't, org. of 1777-81; enl. 1 Feb., '81, for 3 yrs. in Maj. 
Sheldon's Light Dragoons; described as a farmer, o ft. 8 in. high; light com- 
plex, and eyes; brown hair]; 1st edit, says he was in Maj. Walbridge's Reg.; 
served at West Point. 

IIOI.COMB, AMOS, [enl. 1 Aug. for 8 mos. in Capt. Prior's Co., Sth Conn. Line, Col. 
Bradley, formation 1777-81; disc. 9 Jan., '78; enl. 2 May, 1778, for 8 mos.; 
Capt. Judd's Co., .3d Conn. Line, Col. Wyllys' Reg't; disc. 31 Dec, '78]; prob. 
the same as was also of Col. Cantield's Mil. Reg't at West Point, Sept., 1781. 

KLIJAH, enl. 7 May; disc. 19 Dec, 1775, in 3d (Capt. Roger Eno.s) Co. 2d Conti- 
nental (Col. Spencer's) Iteg't; or was lie the E. who [enl. 14 July, and disc 18 
Dec, 1775, in Capt. IIum|)hrey's Co. (4th) Sth Continental (Col. Huntington's) 
Reg.] •;• 

JOSEPH, (served from 22 Aug. to 20 Sept., 1776, as Sgt. in Lieut. Joel Hays' Co., 
18th Conn. Reg't Militia, at New Y'ork; was of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., Col. 
Roger Enos' Reg. of Militia, on the Hudson, 1778]. A Joseph [enl. 27 Nov. '78, 
in 4th Troop, Maj. Sheldon's Light Dragoons, described as farmer, 5 ft. 7 in. 
high, dark complex., eyes and hair. This one undoubtedly from Wind.sor; 
prob. same as above. See also Joseph (drummer), p. 328. 



3tJ0 HI.STOIIY or ANCIKNT WINIISUll. 

IIOLCO.MI!, MAKIIX, .Jr., served in 1775. See p. :il4. 

MATTIIKW, |riil. Ciipt. IlaniKiii's Co., ■Itli Keg., Conn. I. inc. luriM.itidii ..1' 1777- 
1 ;sl, C.il. Durkee, 17tli Mcli.. 77, for the war: died 21 Meli,. i;;s| 

HOLLIDAV, DANIEL, Sen., at llorseiieek, Cimn., Mdi., 17S2, to I Apl., i:s3. 

DANIKL, Jr., diltd. 

IIOLLIS, EFllKADI, .if ('apt. .lames Slddilard'sCu.. C.eii. Watcrlnirys Stale liriiia.k', 
17S1 ; joined 2 Sept. 

UOOKEU, DANIEL, [was of Capt. Ozias Bissell's Co., Col. Roger Enos' Militia Hegt, 
wliieh arrived in camp ou Hudson 23 June, 177^; pensioner; a". 79; res. Blooni- 

tield, 1S40]. 

IIOOLBOD. ALVIN. 

HOSKINS, ASA. 

ELIJAH (Wliy.). I was of Cnpt. Aimer Prior's Co., Col. Woleolfs State Reg. lit 
Boston, .Tan.-Mch.. 1771)]; died in eain|i at Roxluiry, ;v. al)t. 42. 

PEHE, 

TIMOTHY, [enl, 16 iMay. 1777, in Capt. Aimer Priors Co., .5th Conn. Line, Col. 
Bradley, for tlie war; enl, 21 Dee,, '80; paid to 31 Dee,, 1781, in 4tli Conn, Line, 
Col. Zebulon Butler's Reg't, formation of 1781-83]. 

ZEBULON, [enl, 16 May, 1777, for the war. in Capt. Abner Prior's Co., .ith Conn. 
Line: was of Capt. Chapman'.s Co., of the 2d Reg., Coun. Line, formed from 
.'ith and 7th Reg'ts, in formation of 1781-'83: paid from 1 Jan. to 31 Dec, 1781; 
and with that co, had a tour of service at the Southward Feb. -Nov., 1781. under 
the Manjuis Lafayette], 

IIOTCHKISS. SIMEON, [was of Col, Cantield's Militia Resi't, at West Point, N. V . 
1781], 

IIURLBURT, ALEXANDER, private in Cajit, Edw' Griswolds Co., JIa.i, Newberry s 
Jlilitia Heg't, Col, Chester's Brigade; on duty at New York one month and six 
days in Aug. and Sept., 1776, where he became ill; was e.xamined by sursreon 
and reconunended for a discharge; by some mistake his name was not put on 
list of discliarged, and supposing that he was disch. he returned home; consc- 
sequently was returned as a deserter. By vote of Assembly liis jjetition for 
wages, etc., smd reinstatement as a loyal soldier was granted by the A.ssembly. 
Oct., 1777.— 0«iH. StiitcAri-h., lind. Win; viii. 85. 

ALVIN, enl. May, 1777, in Capt. John Harmon's Co., Col. Durkee's Reg't, for the 
war; was of [Capt. Heartt's ''•■ 1 -fei;-. Conn, Line, Col, Durkee, of the forma- 
tion of 1781-83]; paid from Jan 1 I)"'- '.1,1781, 

JACOBS, WILLI A.M. |was of Col. Cantields Militia Reg. at West Point. N, V,, 17sl,] 

KING, HF.riiKN ( Wliy,), was [of Capt, J, Wells' Co,, Col. Wol cot fs State l^g't, at 
Boston, Jau.-Mch,, 1776]; died returning home from eajilivily at New York, 
Jan., 1777, aged abt, 18. 



WINHSOI! SOl.DIEUS IN TIIK KEVOLUTIONAI! Y SEUVK'K. -M 

KKA'I'()N, .lOHX, [('111. as a fanicr, 1 Jan., SI, for the war, as a recruit to Maj. Slid- 
don's Light Dragoons: is described as a blacksmith, 5 ft. 7 in. high, light com- 
plex., gray eyes, dark hair. | 

LAFLEK, JOHN; [applicant for pension; res. Windsor — Co. Chrk'n office, Jlartjind.] 

LAMBERTON, OBED, Jr., [was of ('apt. Abncr Prior's Co., Col. Wolcotl's State Reg. 
at Boston, Jan.-Mch., 1776; enl. 1 Apl., 1777, in Capt. Abner Prior's Co., 5 
Conn. Line, for the war; was "missing" Oct. 4, '77; mustered in May, '7>S; 
transferred to Invalid Corps 6 Nov., '80; made up to 6 Feb., '80; joined Invalid 
Corps Nov.. 'SO; was in service in 'S2; pensioner res. in New llamiishire. 1818]. 

NATHANIEL, was prob. the Nath. who was one of the Ei(Jiikl ' Lexington 
Alarm " Party, Apl., 1775;. was at camp in Uoxbury, 1775; in Arnold's attack 
on Quebec, see p. 314; captured at the battle of Long Island, and died of 
starvation in ]irison. 

WlLLIA^r. was at New York at battle of Long Island; died in prison 

LATTIMEU. AlIALIAB (Why.), served in summer of 1780. 

GEORGE (Why.), draftcil for S mos. in summer of 1776; was at New York at time 
of retreat from Long Island. In or about March, 1777, was again drafted for 
3 mos.. and went to White Plains, N. Y , and was there at the time Danbury 
was burned; enl. as wagoner in Capt. Daniel Jones' Co., 15 July. 1777, for 3 
yrs. ; term expired 1780; enl. again at Hartford, went to Pomfret. where he 
was one of 10 men in charge of ammunition wagons; ret'd to Hartford; was in 
N. Y State at Red Hook and Fishkill {offidm-it f)efore Sttm. II. I'antom, I'ciix. 
Af/i'iit, Middleto]rn, Conn.) 

LAWRENCE, AMOS (Sgt.), enl. 19 May, 1777, in Capt. Abner Prior's Co., 5th Conn. 
Line, Col. Bradley's Heg't, of formation of 1777-81 . for the war; deserted 1 Jan. , 
1781; disch. produced dated 11 July. '81, signed by Gen. Parsons. 

AMOS, Jr. 

LEE, OLIVER, was of the Windsor 'Lexington Alarm" Party, Apl.. !77.'i. |5 days' 
service.] 

[LEAVITT, MILLARD, enl. Stanton's Co., Shelburne's Reg't, 10 Sei>t.. T,; traiisf. 
to Col. S. B. Wells' Reg't; dta. 19 Sept., 1780.] 

LOOMIS, ELIPHALET (AVby.), New York; died Apl., 1776, im return from camp. 
X. abt. 20. 

GEORGE, enl.. May, 1777, in 4tli Comi. Reg't, Capt. Abncr Prior's Co., for 3 yrs. 

GIDEON. 

JONATHAN [enl. 8 May, disc. 19 Dec., 1775, in Capt. Roger Enos(3d)Co.. 2d 
Reg't, Continental, Gen. Silencer's]; served in summer of '80. 

STEPHEN, Jr. 

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362 HISTOHY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

LOO.MIS, WATSON. |-'(1 Lieut, ('ai)t. Roswell (Jniufs Co., ('(.1. K.igir Eiius' Militia 
Rcs't oil the Hudson, 1778, wlicri' tlioy iirrivcil i'J .Iiini']; wasdnifleil and served 
at New York and Westeliesler in .Vujr. and Sept., 177G. 

[BENJAMIN, res. Windsor; aiiplieation lor jiension on lile Co. Clerk's office, 
Hartford.] 

LOTER, EPHRAIM. 

LOVELAND, LEVI, [was anion.i; llie " ndssin;;" of ('apt. Elien F. I3i.ssell's Co., Col. 
Huntington's {17th Continental) Reg't. after the battle of Lg. Lslaiid, 1776; and 
he may have been the Levi L. of Gla.stonbury, who was among the Am. pris- 
oners paroled or exe. at Quebec in Aug., 177(>; he enl. 21 Feb., '78, in Capt. 
Barnard's Co., 3d Conn. Line (C'ol. Wyllys') Ueg't, for tlie war; was transf. 1 
Aug., '78, to Capt. E. Eells Co.; prob. was tlie same who was of Capt. H. 
Welles' Co., Col. Wolcott's State Reg. at Boston, Jan.-Mch., 1776; and was of 
Capt. Chester Wells' Co., Col. Belden's Reg't, Col. Erastus Wolcott's Brig., at | 
Peekskill, N. V.. 1777. from 10 Apl., to >[ay 2-2]; ret. as di'serler. ' 

LOVEWELL, EPHRAIM. 

LYON, AARON, was in service in 177r). See p. 814. 

MACK, ANDREW (a Hessian). [Pensioner; res. Hartford Co., 18:52. | 

MANLEY, WILLIAM, served in 177.-). See \\ 314. 

MARSH, JOSEPH, d. IS Aug.. 177fi. at Mcriden, coming from c.-imp sit New York. \ 

I 

MARSHALL, ALEXANDER, named on Ctpf. Lfmi,,/ I{.,hert.-<- .Vx. /.('.v^ as one of the ( 

Wintonbury Parish " Lexington alarm " volunteers. I 

ELIJAH, [enl. 7 May; dis. 31 July, 1775, Capt. Roger Euos' Co., 3 Continent. (Col. j 
Spencer's) Reg't]; was one of those belonging to Capt. Oliver Hanehett's Co., | 
Arnold's detachment, who were taken pri.soners at CJnebec 31 Dec, 1775, and he 
was held 9 mos. [Pens. 1818, and res. of Colebrook, Conn.]; said also to have | 
served in summer of '80. Sec pp. 314, 320 ; also for Elijah, Jr., prob. the same, 
p. 314. 

[ELIHU, was memb. of 8tli Co. or Trainband in Windsor, 1st Reg't]. 

ELISHA, memb. of 8tli Co., l.st Reg. 3Iil. at Windsor; was at Fislikill and Nlw 
London; [enl. Capt. Abner Prior's Co., 5th Conn. Line Reg't for war; died 1 
May, 1778, at Valley Forge, N. J.] See, also, p. 328. 1 

JOSIAH, (according to a certificate of Col. Roger Newberry, 19 Jan. 1777, Conn. I 
State Arc/tiKs, licp. War, x. 67; was in army ill, and was recommended for a 
discharge.) 

SAMUEL, Jr., enl. in 4th Conn. Reg't, Capt. Abner Prior's Co., for 3 years. 

MATHER, KLIHU (Sgt.), enl. 1 Jan. '81; p'd to 31 Dee. '81; in 4th Conn. Line (Col. 

Zebulon Butler's) Reg't, of which Abner Prior of W. was .Maj., in Oct., 1781; ' 
being destitute and in .great want, by the deficiency of public clothing, was 



WINDSOR SOLDIERS IN tllE REVOLUTIONARV SEUVICE. 3^3 

jrninted 8 days' leave of absence to go home aud i)roc-ure clothes; was taken ill 
and lay at home for a long time, and was attended by Drs. Chaffee and Wol- 
cott, whose bills are still on tile in the Windsor Town Clerk's ofHoe, Eliliii >f., 
prob. the same, was of Capt. Griswold's, Col. Belden's Reg., Gen. AVok-otl's 
Brigade, at Peekskill, N. Y., Jlch.-Juue, 1T77. 

JIATl lEK, INCREASE, was of Suffield " Lo.vington Alarm " Party, April, 1775, 8 days' 
service ; enl. 3d (Capt. Roger Enos') Co., 2d Continental (Col. Spencer's) Reg't, 7 
May; disc. 19 Dec, 1773; then enl. while at RoxburyCamp, 177o,for 12or 14mos.; 
was there when the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought; abt. the middle of Nov. 
enl., with consent of his captain, in another cc. commanded by Eben. F. Bissell, 
(•apt.; Lieut. Humphrey and Ens. Richard Goodman in Col. Jedediah Hunt- 
ington's Reg't, from which he was disc. Jan., 1777. During this service he was 
on duty on Long Island, in 1776; was in several skirmishes there, and in the 
retreat from L. I. through Westchester. From July, '76, to January, '77, lie 
served as Sergeant. Affidavit before Pension Agent Samuel H. Parsons, of Mid- 
dleloiru. Conn. 

JOHN. [(Quarter-master of Col. Sam. B. Webb's Reg't, 1777-81; conim. 1 Jan., '77; 
died Nov., '78] in camp at Kingston, N. Y. 

SAMUEL; [pens.; res. Hartford Co., 1832.] 

TLMOTIIV (Dr.), [comm. 1 Aug., 1778, Surgeon's Mate; prom, to Surgeon (Hce 
Graham)! Jan. '80; retired Jan., "81, in 7th Conn. Line (formation of 1777-81) 
Col. Heman Swift's Reg.]; served throngli the war. 

MAY, JOHN, served in 177o. See p. 314. 

McLHAX, NEIL. Jr., enl. May, 1777, in Col. S. B. Webb's Reg't for the war. 

-Mil, LARD, JOSEPH (Wby.), [pens. res. Bloomtield, 18111, x. 77.] 

MILLER, JOHN, [enl. 9 July; disc. 10 Dec, 1775, in 4th Co., Capt. Elihu Humphrey, 
8th Continental (Col. Huntington's) Reg't] ; .served through the war. 

ROSWELL, [Pens.; res. Hartford Co., 1832; res. Windsor. 1840, :e. 80] ; served as 
guard at Windsor. 

MILLS, ELI.IAII. Jr., [cnl. 1 Sept., '80; di.sc 13 Dec, '80, among the levies for 5th 
Cipim. Line (Col. Bradley)], aud prob. in Capt. Abner Prior's Co. 

ROGKR, served in 1775. See p. 314. 

.MITCHELL, OLIVER (colored), [res. Hartford Co.; pens. 1832]. 

.MoORE, ASA, served 6 mos. in 1780; [enl. among the levies in 5th C!onn. Line, Col. 
Bradley's Reg't], aud prob. in Capt. Abner Prior's Co., [1 July; disc. 10 Dee., 

1780.] 

BENJAMIN, was at New York and FishkilL [miinh. sth Co. or Trainband at 
Winilsi.r, tst Reg. Militia]. See also |>. 328. 

[KLDAD 1!.. numb. 8th Co., 1st Reg't Mil. of Windsor.] 



364 HISTORY OP ANriENT WINDSOR. 

jMOORK, ELISHA, was ilraftod. and serveil in New York and W estilicslLT Aufi', and 
Sept., 1776; Quartermaster in '77, nf tOl. Enos' Ke.u't. 

PIIILANDEli, [momb. nth Co. Mil. al Wirid.sor, 1st Ueg.J; was at IJostoa and in 
New Jersey ; Pens. IHl.s. 

SIMEON, [incndj. Stli Co., 1st Keg. Mil. at Windsor] ; prob. tlie Si„„jn of our first 
edition, who enl,, May, 1777, in Col. Durkee's Keg't, Capt. .lohn Harmon's Co., 
for 3 years. 

MOUKIS. JAMES (Sgt.), at Horseucck, Conn., May, 1781, to Meli., 17S2; [enl. 5 May, 
1781; hired by Town of Windsor; Sgt. Capt. Sam. Granger's Co., Gen. Water- 
bury 's State Brigade, 17S1; joined 5 ;\ray.I 

MUNUOE, WILLIAM (tifer), [enl. 13 July; dise. 14 Dee., 17S1, among the levies 
raised for 4th Conn. Line (Col. Durkee's) Reg't], and prob. was of Capt. Seth 
Phelps' Co., and is very likely the W^m. M. who was [of Capt. Ed. Griswokl's 
Co., Brig.-Gen. E. Wolcotfs Brig., at Peekskill. N. V., where they arrived 6 
Apl., and were disc. 23 May, 1777.] 

SAMUEL, served in 177.'). See p. 314. 

MUNSELL, ALPHEUS (corp'l), [enl. 7 May; disc. 19 Dec., 1775, Col. Boger Enos' Co., 
(3d) Col. Spencer's Continental Heg't]; was at Koxbury as an army blacksmith; 
•served in summer of 17S0. 

NEGUS, ISRAEL, was at New London. 

NEWBEUKY (Gen.), was com. Major of 1st Heg't of Horse and Fool of Colony of 
Conn., Nov. 4, 1775; prom. Jlay 39. '77, to Col. 1st Mil. Heg't of Slate of Conn.; 
app. Brig.-Gen. of 1st Brigade to succeed Gen. Wolcott, 14 March, 'SI; served 
during the war. See Bii»/. in iV'. (rtiic<ilfif/i/. 

NILES, MOSES [mend), Sth Co. or Train-band of Militia in Windsor, l.sl Keg't]; was 
at New York and in New Jersey. 

THOMAS, [memb. sth Co., 1st Heg. Mil. at Windsor.] 

NOBLES, ROSWELL, b. 24 Oct., 1758; enl. for one yr. as drummer at Simsbury, 
May, '76, in Capt. Noah Phelps' Co., Col. And. Ward's Heg't; dism. from ser- 
vice near Morristown, N. J., May, 1777. [Pens. 1833; res. Hart lord Co] 

OWEN, ALVAN, [enl. 1 Jan.; disc. 31 Dec, 1781, in Capt. James Morris' Co., 2(1 
Conn. Line (formation of 1781-83), Col. Swift; was in Capt. Chapman's Co. of 
same reg't (formation of Jan. -June, 1783); is put down as having enl. Feb., 'T'.l, 
for the war; was a Conn, pens.; res. N. Y. State, 1818]. 

PALMEH, JOHN, memb. Sth Co. (1st Heg. Mil. at Wimlsor). May -'0,1779. Cm//. 
St((te Air/i., Jier. War, xxi. 186, et alios. 

PAHSONS, 1'KLI-;T1AII. served in .summer of 17S0. 

WILLIAM, was of Windsor "Lexington Alarm" Parly, Apl., 1775. [34 days' 
servic'e; was a Sgt. in Capt, Hubbard's Co., Col. Huntington's (17th Continen- 
tal) Heg't and rep. " mi.ssing " alter the Battle of Long Islan<l, 1776]: died in 
New York, a |insoner, Nov, 9. 



WINDSOR SOLDIERS IN TIIIC I!KVOU:TION.\IiY SKI! VICE. 305 

PAliSONS, THOMAS, [enl. 1 Apl., TT, in Ciiijt. Alk'ns Co., Ijd Conn. Line, formation 
of '77-81), CoL Wyllys' Reg't; prom, lifer 1 >Iu.v. '7S; Sg). July, 'W); reduced 
Jan.,'fS2; deserted Oct., 'S2.] 

I'ICHKINS, AARON, [enl. 76 iu C:ii)l. Durkee's Co., Wyoiuinir Valley; was in skir- 
mish near Millstone, N. J.; subsequently served ngt. tlic lndi:His|; aiiplii"ili<in 
for pension on file Co. Clerk's off., Hartford. 

I'lIHLPS, ALEXANDER, [enl. May, '77, forSmos.; disc. 1) .Ian. '78, in Capt. Abner 
Prior's Co., oth Conn. Line (Col. Bradley's) Reg't, formation of 1777-81; re-en. 
in levies for same reg't, 1 July, 1780; disc. 3 Dec, 1780]. He may have been 
the same A. P. who was [of Capt. Sedgwick's Co., Col. Chester, 6th Battalion, 
Wadsworth's Brigade; engaged iu Battle of Long Island, Aug., 1776]. He 
was [memb. 8th Co. Militia, Windsor, 1st Reg. Mil.]. 

AUSTIN, prob. the [Lieut, of Capt. Wadsworth's Co.. Col. Cook's Reg't; engaged 
at Battle of Stillwater, Aug.-Nov., 1777]. 

lASAHEL, enl. 1 Apl., 1782, for 3 yrs., Col. Sheldon's Light Dragoons: described 
as a shoemaker, 5 ft. 8 in. higli, light conijile-X., grey eyes, brown hair]. 

CORNELIUS (Corp'l). 

DiVJSflEL. Sen., volunteer in Danbury Alarm. See p. ;i27. 

D.VNIEL, Jr., in Aug. and Sept., 1776, was a private in l.st Reg. Conn. Militia, tlien 
in service iu N. York State [New York and New Rochelle] ; was taken ill, 
returned home by advice of surgeon and with consent of his captain; but was, 
by mistake, returned on the lists a.s a deserter. This error was rectified by 
vote of Assembly, May, 1778, and he received wages and mileage while iu 
actual service, and expense of his return. — Omn. St<(tc Airli., Eie. War, x. 2.')6. 
He was in service from 14 Aug. to 12 Sept., 1776 ; was ill for a long time after 
he returned home, and as soon as liis health permitted, enlisted in Col. Enos' 
Reg't in the winter of 1777, where he .served faithfidly. — J hid, p. 257. 

ELI, memb. 8th Co., 1st Reg. Mil. at Windsor. 

ELIJAH. 

ELISHA, [Corp'l 8th Co., 1st Reg. Mil. at Windsor] ; hired I'm- il,,. war; was :il 
New York, New Rochelle, Pcckskill. 

(EDWARD, nu-mb. 8th Co., 1st Reg. Mil. at Wiiidsor. | 

EIJHU, (fifer) [8th 1st Reg. Mil. at Windsor.] 

ENOCH, was at New York. 

ISAAC, [Sgt. of 8th Co.. 1st Reg. Militia, Windsor.] 

IS.\AC, 2d, |of 8th Co., 1st Reg. Mil., Windsor.] 

JESSE, [was memb. sth Co., Isl lieg .-Nlil., ;,t, Windsor; ofCapl. Eells Co., Col. Sage's 
Reg't, 3d Ballalion, (Jen. Wadswoi-th's Brigade, lT7(i] ; .served iu N. Y. and on 
Lons Island. 



360 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

PHELPS, JOB, iiiemb, Stli Co., 1st lie,-. Mil., :il Wiiidsiii'; prnli. ,,1 |C:ipt. IJi-nwu's Co., 
18tli Conn. Mil., iit New York, i:;(i|; \v;is :ils,, :it New Ituc-helle ami New Lon- 
don. 

i 

JOHN, [Corp'l Sth Co. Mil. or 'rnuii-buml iu Windsor, 1st Keg.]; was at New Y'ork | 

and ill New Jer.sey. | 

JOSIAH, at (_)ld Milford. I 

TIMOTHY', Jr., enl. May, 1777, in Capt. John llarnioii's Co., Col. Dnrkee's Reg't, I 
for 3 yrs. i 

LAUNCELOT, mcmb. 8th Co., 1st Reg. Mil., at Windsor, was at N. Y'ork and ! 

Boston; served in 177o, see p. 314, where lie is called [.niiHOtt; [oul. 8 May; j 

disc. 19 Dec, 1776, in Capt. Roger Euos' (3d) Co., 2d Cont., Col. Spencer's i 

Reg't]. I 

I 
OLIVER, [mcmb. 8th Co. Mil., at Windsor, 1st Reg't]; was at Fislikill and in New I 
Jersey ; pens.; res. Hartford Co., 1832. See also p. 328. 

I 
SETH [(Capt.), 2(1 Lieut. 20th Continental (Col. Durkee's) Reg't, 1776; com. l.st 
Lieut. 1 Jan., '77; prom. Capt. 25 May, '78, 4th Conn. Line (Col. John Durkee's) 
Reg't; the Light Co. of this Reg't, under Capt. Phelps, was detached to Meigs' • 
Light Reg't, and took part in the storming of Stony Point, 15 July, '79, in which j 
action he was severely wounded in the arm; was transf. to Invalid Corps., 26 
Oct., '80; disc. 1782; was a life invalid.] 

WILLIAM, [Corp'l of Capt. Roger Enos' (3d) Co. of 2d Continental (Col. Spencer's) J 
Reg't; enl. 7 May; disc. 19 Dec, 1776; was Sgt. in Capt. Hubbell's Co., in Col. j 
Silliman's Reg't, 1st Battalion, Wadsworth Brigade, 1776; was engaged at 
Battle L. I. and in retreat through Westchester; he enl. for 3 yrs.; was also a ; 
memb. 8tli Mil. Co., 1st Reg., at Windsor.] See p. 314. 

ZACCHEUS, served in 1775. See ji. 314. 

PICKP:TT, PHINEAS, was of [('apt. Arnold's (!)tli) Co.. 1st Continental (Ccl. David 
Wooster's) Reg't, 1775; di.sc. in North. Deji't 28 Nov., 1775]; prob. dl'ld. from 
militia, as he was (ace to Hayden's dentenii. Wiiulsur Add.) at the night retreat j 
of Am. array from L. I., after Battle of L. I., one of tlie guard stationed at the ' 
Brooklyn shore to prevent the overcrowding of the boats. Pens.; res. In lltld. 
Co. 1832, and 1840 in Windsor, iC 83. 

PINNEY', AARON, named on (hpt. fMtinel Rulierts' J/x. Liiil as one of the " Lexington \ 
Alarm" volunteers from Wintonbury Parish; enl. 6 July; di.sc. 14 Dec, 1775; I 
Sgt. in Capt. Humphrey's 4tli Co., 8tli Continental (Col. Huntington's) Reg't; 
enl. as Sgt, -Ma.], in Capt. Lemuel Koljcrts' Co., 18th Conn. Mil. Reg't, at 
N. Y'., in 1776. where they arrived 24 Aug , and were di.sc. 25 Sejit.; enl. 10 
May, for the war, in Capt. Abncr Prior's Co., 5th Conn. Line, (Col. Bradley's) 
Re.g't, formation of 1777-Sl; killed 4 Oct., 1777, at Mattlc of (ierinaiitown]. 

ABKAM, named as Left, of the Wiiitonbuiy Parish ■■ Lc.vington Alarm " Party, on 
('apt. Ltiiiiid li„hert« Ms. l.iSI. 

ISAAC, served in 1775. See p. 314. 



WINIiSdIf, SOI.PIIOKS IN 'I'lIK I;KV(IM1T](INAI;V SKIiVlCK. 3R7 

PINXKV. .lOlIN (Si;!.), pn.h. Ilic |,l<,liii I'. « ho was Sgt, of ac(ini|.:niy win. " iiiiirclicd 
Irorii Sundry I'liici's" in llii' '■ l.i'xiiigton Alarin ", Aiil., 1775, mikI " uni; 
formed into an IndoiiendL'Ut and Kan.i^injL!; Co. al l!i>\liiny"; lie was 2 nio.s. 13 
days in service, lie was .S.tft. of tlie Windsor TralM hand or sili t'o. Uvix., 1st 
Mil. I ; was at New York. 

.lONATllAX, |eid. K! M.li., so, in .".111 Troop, Col. Sheldon's I,i.niit Dra.i^oons; 
desrribeil as havin,- dark eoin|ile.\., .ijray <'yes, dark h:nr. | 

.Il'D.V, |enl. 7 May: disc. 1!) Dee., 177.-., in Capt. Ho.s'-er Enos' (Sd) Co., 3d Conti- 
nental (Gen. SpiMieer's) Ueg't; was S.u;!. in Capt. Koswell Grant's Co., Col. 
.Moseley's Mililia Keg't, in serviei' on tlie Hudson in '7S; arrived in camp 3 Jidy; 
also a niendj. 8tli Mil. Co., 1st Ke,!j;-., of Wimlsor], hired U,i llu-ee yrs; was at 
iioston. West Point, N. Jersey. 

LEVI (Corp'l), named on Cijil. I.nimd l!„h,rtg .l/.v. /./.v? as one of the " Le.xin.^lon 
Alarm " parly from AVintonluiry Parish. 

MAKTIN (Sgt.'), Po(i., was mendi. of Stli Co. Jlil., 1st Ke.g.; res. Windsor; was 
(Juarter Master's Sgt. on detached duty— See Ihirid liiiH>cr—\\\ N. Y. and 
Fishkill. See p. 328. 

NATHANIEL, [enl. 6 July, disc. 18 Dec, '75, in 4tli Co., Col. Iluntinirton's (Sth 
Continental) Reg't] ; was at New Y'ork and in New Jersey. 

NOAH, [joined 1 Sept., 1781, Capt. Samuel Granger's Co., Gen. Waterbiiry's State 
Brigade] ; .served 6 nios. in 17.80. 

[PIIYLASTER (late of Sim.sbury), was, in 1776, of Caiit. Harmon's Co., Col. Wol- 
cott's State Reg't, at Boston, Jan.-Mch,, '76; later of Capt. Lemuel Roberts' 
Co., ISth Militia Reg., at New Y'ork, wlicre they arrived 24th Aug.; disc. 27 
Sept., '76; enl. 5 Apl., '77, in Capt. Harmon's Co., in 4tli Ccmn. Line (Col. Dur- 
kee's) Reg't, for 3 yrs.; prisoner 28 June, '78; rept. present July, '78; Corp. Aug. 
1, '79; disc. 5 Apl., '80.] 

I'l i.MEROY', JONATHAN; prob. the Jona. P., [who was of Capt. Hanchett's Co., Idlh 
Co., 2d Rgt. (Col. Spencer), 1773. This co. was in the Quebec Expedition. | 

I'OKTER, DANIEL, enl. 1 May, 1777, for the war, in Capt. Prior's Co., .■|th Conn. Line 
(Col. Bradley's) Reg't; [was of Capt. Morris' Co., 2d Conn. Line (Col. Swift's), 
Reg't, formation of 1781-88; paid from 1 Jan. to 31 Dec, '81; was in Capt. 
Munson's Co., 1 Feb., 1783, same reg't; was of Capt. Prior's Co., Col. Wolcott's 
Slate Reg't, at Boston, Jan.-Meh., 1776; pens.; res. Htfd. Co.] 

DANIEL, Jr. 

I'KK )H, ABNER (Capt.), [ccmimandcd 2d Co. of Col. AVolcotfs State Reg't, Jan.-Mcli., 
1776; was a capt. of Col. Ward's Reg., raised in Conn, on reqiusition of the 
Continental Congress, to serve one year from 14 May, 1776; joined Washing- 
Ion's army in Aug., '76, and was at Ft. Lee, White Plains, and in N. J., taking 
part at Battles of Trenton and Princeton, and encamped at Morri.stown, N. J., 
until expir. of term. May, '77; comm. 1 Jan., '77, S Conn. Line (Col. Bradley) 
Reg't, formation of '77-81; prom. Maj. of 1st Reg., Conn. Line, formation '77- 
81, 37 Aug., '80; coutin. in '81; Maj. of 4th Reg., Conn. Line (Col. Zebiilon 
Butler), fornuition of '81-83; resi.gncd 28 Dec, '81; memb. Conn. Soc. of 
Cincinnati] ; disc with rank of Major, and half pay. 



368 lllSTOItV OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

I'laol!. AM.YN, [tiler in Capt. Abncr Prior's Co., Col. Wolcolfs State Hejr., Bcslcn, , 

.lan.-Mcli., '76; lifer also in Capt. Koger Eiios' (3d) Co., 2(1 Rcg't, Contincnlii); j 

cnl. 8 May, disc. 24 Atijr.; ciil. iMay, 1777, in 4tli Ccinn., Capl. I'rinr's Co , fm- i 
3 yrs., (Col. Zobiilon IJuHcr's) Keg't; as Sgt. in saniL, was paid fnmi 1 Jan. to 

;n Dec, '81.] ! 



ABXEK. .Ir., was Sgt. in Capl. Abner Prior's Co., Col. Wolcolfs Ucg't, at Boston, 
.Tan.-JIcli., 1770. 

PUIMI'S (■■Doctor"), coloreil. 

PROVIDENCE (colored), eid. May, 1777. in Capl. Jolm Harmons Co.. Col. Durliec's 
4tli Conn. Line, formation of '77-81. 

PLYMOl'l'll (colored), [eul. 26 :May, 1777, in Capt. Alincr Prior's Co.. nth Conn. Line 
(Col. Bradley's) Reg't, formation of 1777-81, for the war. | 

lUCE. DANIEL, [cnl. May 4, 1775, in Capt. Solomon Welles' (otli) Co., 2d Reg., Con- 
tinental, Col. Spencer's, which was detached to form part of Arnold's force at 
the attack on Quebec, where lie was captured.] 

ROBERTS, CLARK, [was of Capt. St. John's Co., 2d Reg't (Col. Swift's), Conn. Line, 
formation of 1781-83; paid from 1 Jan. -81 Dec, '81 ; name found on Capt. 
Humphrey's Co., 1 Feb., 1783, same reg't, formation of Jan.-^Iune, 1781-83, as 
enl. 1 Feb.. '77, for the war.] 

JOHN, was one of Windsor "Lexington Alarm" party, Apl., 177.'); [14 days' service]; 
was prob. the Jo. R. who was enl. in 2d Co. (Capt. Pitkin), 4th Continental j 
(Col. Ilin.sman's) Reg't, 22 May: disc. 20 Dec. 1775; served at siege of Boston; 
was prob. the Jo. R. of Capt. Prior's Co. in Col. Wolcott's Stale Reg. at Bos- ■ 
ton, Jan.-JIch., 1776; enl. Capt. Roger Enos' (3d) Co., 2d Continental (Col. i 
Spencer's) Reg't, 8 May; disc. 19 Dec, 1776; enl. Capt. Allen's Co., 3d Conn, i 
Line (Col. Wyllys') Reg't. 15 Mch., '77, for 3yrs.; disc. 11 Mcli., '80; poss. the 
Jo. R. of Capt. Jlill's Co., Col. Bradley's Battalion, Wadsworth's Brig., raised 
May, '76; enl. 24 June, disc 16 Nov., '76; prisoner at Ft. Washington, N. Y., j 
and of Capt. Wadsworth's Co. (Col. Cook's Reg't), engaged at Stillwater, N.Y., ! 
Sept., 1777; and of ('apt. Ru.ssell Grant's Co., Col. Johnson's Mil. Reg't, enl- 
10 .Jan., '78; named as from Hartford; i)ens. 1818.] See p. 314. i 

LEMUEL (Capt.), 'commanded the Wintonbury Parish volunteers for the • Lexing- 
ton Alarm " in 1775. He resided in the Simsbury portion of the parish; possi- I 
bly he and his men were credited to that town. [He, with Capt. E. F. Biss^ll I 
and Chester Wells, were in command of an escort to Burgoyue prisoners en nmte 

to the South through Connecticut.] 

PAl'L, was at Saratoga. 

PETKR (\Vby.), [eul Capt. .'Morris' Co., 2d Conn. Line (Col. Swiff.s) Keg., formation 
of 1781-83; paid from 30 Dec, '80, to 31 Dec, '81; is on Size Roll of Capt. 
Ilmnphrey's Co., 1 Feb., 1783, same Reg't, formation Jan. -June. 178:1, as enl. 
for the war; on rolls of same reg't its linal formation. June-Dec, 1783; liim' 
c\ p. Dec. '83] 



WINIISOH SOLDIERS IN THE liEVOLUTlONAUY SEUVJCE. ;!t>0 

KdWEL, DANIEI. (prol). of W.), [was of Ca))!. Prior's Co., ("ol. Wok-otfs State Ifcg. 
at Boston, .Ian. to Mcli. 1776.1 

.]Oll.\, .sanu; record as tliat of Daniel. .loliu. Jr., (prob. .same) was in .service in 
I ;:.-). See p. 314. 

P]1I1,.VXI)ER (Win-.), .same record as Daniel and John. 

ROCKK. in service in 177'i. See p. 314. 

KdWl.EY, JOB (Wby.). r.n]. ('apt. Baruards Co., 3d Conu. Line (Col. Wyllys') Keic't, 
28 Feb., '78, for 8 mos.; (deserted 1 Jan., '79; poss. the same .lob R. who eul. 
Li. Seymour's Co.. Col. Belden's Mil. Reg't, Col. Wole,,tt's Brigade, 21 Apl.; 
disc. 6 June, 1777.] 

JOIIX, |enl. 10 July; disc. 18 Dec, '7(i, in ('a]it. !Iuin|direy's Co., 8th Continental 
(Col. Huntington's) Keg't; prob. enl. 1 Jan., 81, dis. 31 Dec, '81, in 4tli Conn. 
Line (Col. Zebulon Butler's) Keg't; prob. enl. ('apt. AVadsworth's Co.. Col. 
Cook's Mil. Reg't ; engaged at Stillwater, N. Y., marched 36 Aug.; disc. 3 
Nov., -77.1 

SILAS (Wby.), [pens.; res. in Bloomtield, 1840, agi-d 7!». 1 

I!0\VI,.\NI). O.WIl). 

SIIKKM.VN, (son of liev. David Sliernian I!o\vlan(l)enl. 14 Fel>., 1T77, tor the war, 
in ('apt. Abuer Prior's Co., .5th Coun. Line (Col. P.radley's) Keg't, formation of 
1777-81; [was of Capt. ilorris' Co., 2d Coun. Line (Col. Swift's) Keg't, fcirnia- 
tion of 1781-83; paid from 1 Jan. to 31 Dec, '81; was in Capt. Minison's Co., 
1 Feb., '83, same reg't; pens, 1818.1 

KOYCE, DANIEL, see p. 32(1, was of the tiuebec E.xped., 1775. in r,lh Co., Cajit. llan- 
cliett; was taken prisoner. 

]{<i\VSE (Royce ■!), SAMUEL, was of 8th Co.. Isl Keg. Mil. of Windsor, 2!) Alay, 177!(. 

lU SSELL, CORXELIUS (Lieut.), was Corp'l of the Windsor " Lexington Alarm " 
party, A))!., 177i5, [.5 days' service; was of ('apt. lioger Enos'(3d) Co., 2d Conti- 
nenta! (Col. Spencer's) Reg't, 1775; enl. 7 May; disc. 1!) Dec; was Sgt. of ('apt. 
Eben F. Bissell's (;<)., 17th Cont. ((.'ol. Huntington's) Reg't; engaged in Battle 
of Long Island, ami rep. among the " missing"; enl. as Sgt. in Capt. Sanford's 
Co., .")tli Coun. Line (Col. Bradley's) Reg't, formation of 1777-81, and prob. in 
Capt. Prior's Co.; comm. as Ensign, 1 Jan., '77; prom. 2d Lieut. l'> Dec, '77; 
Isl Lieut., 1 Apl., '79; continued in '81; 1st Lieut, of Capt. Weed's Co., 2d 
Conn. Line (Col. Swift's) Reg't, formation of 1781-83; was one of the oHieers 
detailed from that reg't to officer the Ccmn. companies in Col. Hamilton's 
I'.altalion, which was attached to Lafayette's Light Division at siege of York- 
tiiwn, Va., 1781.] Memb. of the Society of the Cincinnati. At end of war re- 
tired with rank of Lieut, and half-pay. See, also. p. 314. 

CORNET, (son of Samuel,) taken prisoner al Battle of Long Island; imjirisoned in 
Old Jersey Prison-ship; released, but never recovered his voice, anil was never 
able after to speak above a whisper. (Haydeu's Wiiulmr C'cnleu. AtMnxs.) 

JOHN, |enl. among the 1780 levies of 5th Conn. Line (Col. Bradley's) Reg't ; i>rob. 
in (apt. Prior's Co., 1 July, '80-3 Dec, '80.] 
Vol. L — 47 



370 HISTORY OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

[ST. JOHN, [ eth]. joiiififl 5 Sept., 1781. (';iiit. Sam. Griinger's Co., Gi-n. WaliT- 
bury's State Brigade.] 

SEYMOUH, JOSEPH, eiil. Capl. Il:niii,.n-s Co,, Ith C.imii. Line (Ceil. Durkce's) Keg't, 
formation of '77-'81, 5 Apl., '77, for 3 yrs ; [pnuu. Sgt. 1 July, 'IS; disc. 14 Feb., 
'80; was of Capt. Harmon's Co., Col. Wolcott'.s Stale Keg't, Jan.-Meli, 1776, at 
Boston; pens. 1818.] 

JOHN, (Eu.s.,)see p. ;«1. 

WILLIAJI (Why.), pens.; jrcs. Blcxmitifld. IS-IO, ag.'d 7'.». | 

SHELDON. REMEMBRANCE, |enl. among levies of 1780, .5th Conn. Line (Col. 
Bradley's) Keg't, formation of 1777-81, prol). in Capt. Prior's Co.; enl. 1 July, 
'80; (lise. i) Dee., '80 ; in Capt. Morris' Co., 3d Conn. Line (Col. Swift's) Reg'l; 
enl. 1 Jan.; paid to 31 Dec., '81; was among the men remaining in same reg't 
who were transferred to Col. Swift's new reg't of the tinal formation of the 
Conn. Line. June-Dee., "83; on list of 1818 pens, as Sgt. and res. R. I.| 

[SILL, Dr. ELISHA N., of Gen. WoleotfsDet.uliment, at Saratoga, N. Y., 1777; pm- 
res. Windsor, aged 79, 1840.] 

SKINNER, ISAAC, was in service in 177."). See p. 314. 

[SLED, ABNER, in Blaelvman's Co.; enl. 7 May, '77; prom. Corp'l 6 July, '78; prom. 
Sgt. Maj. 17 Mch., '79, in Col. Sherburne's Reg't, 1777-81; claimed by Ell.] 

SMITH, ELIJAH, [was in Col. Wyllys' (23d Continental) Reg't, at Battle of Long 
Island, and rep'd mis.sing. 37 Aug., 1776; enl. 1 May, 1777], in 5th Conn. Line 
(Col. Bradley's) Reg't, Capt. Abncr Prior's Co.. for 3 yrs.; [disc. 1 May, '80.] 

JOHN (4th), res. Windsor; application for pension on tile Co. Clerk'soll., Ilartfdrd. 

SETII, (Lieut.,) see p. 331. 

SOPER, TIMOTHY, [pens. res. Hartford Co., 1833.] 

SPERRY, AMBROSE, [was in 4th Continental (Col. llinmans) Keg't, 177.5; ili.se. in 
North. Dep't, 3 Sept., '7.5; enl. Cajit. Ilaninn's Co., 4lh Conn. Line (Col. Dur- 
kee's) Reg't, .5 Mch., 1778, for 3 yrs.; d. 10 Oct., 1778.] 

STANLEY, NATHANIEL, of Windsor " Lexiugtim Alarm " party, Apl., 1775, [13 
days' service]; enl. 7 May; di.sc. 19 Dec, 1776; Capt. Roger Enos' Co., 3d Conti- 
nental (Gen. Spencer'.s) Reg't. See p. 314. 

[STANNARD, , wife ELISABETH, aged 93; pens.; res. Windsor, 184(1.1 

ST ARKS, ROBERT. 

STILES, ASHBEL, was in service in 1775, see p. 314; Ijoined 5 May, 1781, Capt. 
Samuel Granger's Co. of Gen. Walerbury's State Brigade); was at Ilorseneek. 
Conn., until .March, 1782. 

STOUGHTON, ELIJAH, was of the Windsor " Lexington Alarm " party, April, 177."i, 
[5 days' service.] 



WINDSOR SOLPTKRS T\ THK RKVOT.T'TTONARY SKBVICE. 371 

STOUGIITON, SAIMIEL, was Ens. of 4tli (Capt. Hiiinplirey's) Co., of 8th Continental 
(Col. Huntington's) Hog.; comm. 6 July; resigned 25 Oct., 1775; was con- 
ductor of .Sujiply Transportation Teams, '78-'80; .see p. 313. 

TAYLOR, SA:\IUEL, cnl. 20 Apl., 77, in Capt. Savage's Co., Col. .Slicll)unie's Heg't ; 
disc, spring of '80. 

JOHN, enl. 3 Apl., '78; disc. Apl., '80, in Capt. Blackman's Co., Col. Shelburne's 
Keg't; cr. to W.; claimed by Ellington. 

STEPHEN, [poss. the S. who enl. in 8th (Capt. Hubhell's) Co., 7th Continental (Col. 
Chas. Webb's) Reg't, 13 July; disc. 19 Dec, 1775; and who enl. 25 Apl., '78, in 
Capt. Bacon's Co., 4th Conn. Line (Col. Durkee's) Reg't; disc 1 .Tan., '70.] 

■\VILI.IAM. [may have been the Wni. who enl. 7th (Capt. Pettibonc's) Co., 2d Con- 
tinental (Col. Spencer's) Reg't, 5 May; disc. 18 Dec, 1775]; enl. Capt. Prior's 
Co., 5tli Conn. Line (Col. Bradley's) Reg't, 1 Apl., '77, for war; [mustered in 
Aug. Roll for '77; enlisted out; supposed to join Georgia Battalion.] 

I'l'lIOMl'.sQN, ELIJAH, eul. 14Mcli., '80, Gtli Troo]i, Col. Slicldon's Light Dragoons; 
described as farmer, 5 ft. 10 in. higli; light comiile.x. and eyes, red hair; exe- 
cuted for desertion.] 

THRALL, DAVID, was of AVindscir "Lexington Alarm" |iarty. April. 17T."i, [5 days' 
.service]; cnl. Ca]it. Prior's Co., ."it h Comi. Line (Col. Bradley's) Reg't, 2 Apl., 
1777, for the war. 

EZEKIEL, was in service in 177.'). See p. 314. 

ISAAC, .same record as David's, except as to " Lexington Alarm." 

[JESSE, was of Capt. Caidield's Mil. Reg. at West Point, N. Y., Sept., 17S1; prob. 
al.so the Jes.se who enl. Capt. Humphrey's (4tli) Co., Col. Huntington's 8th Con- 
tinental Reg't, 10 July; disc. Dec, 1775] ; .see pp. 313, 314. 

GILES, [enl. 35 .July.; disc. 9 Due, 1780, among " short levies " of 7th Conn. Line, 
formation of '77-'80, Col. Heman Swift; was of Capt. Matt. Sndtli's Co.. Gen. 
VVaterbury's State Brigade, 1781, for defense of Conn, seacoast]; was liin-d as 
a s\il)stitute by Tim. Phelps for 6 mos. service, for £9 l.*. 4d. 

Ll'KE, in service in 1775. See p. 314. 

WILLIAM, [drummer in Capt. Hopkins* Co., 3d Conn. Line (Col. S. P.. Webb's) 
Reg't; paid from 1 .Ian. -31 Dec, '81; prob. the Wm. T. of ('apt. Skinner's Co., 
Maj. Sheldon's Light Horse, 23 Oct., to 4 Dec, 177(i]; was one of Windsor "Lex- 
ington Alarm " party, Apl., '75; [18 days in service, and prob, who was of Capt. 
Case '.s Co., Col. Hooker's Mil. Reg't, 12 Apl. -May 27, I77T; pens., 1818. | 

IToMINA, PETER, enl. 10 June, 1781, in Capt. Chapman's Co., 2d Conn. Line (Col. 
Swift's) Reg't, for 3 yrs. ; was on the roll of those of this reg't who were transf . 
to Swift's (new) reg't, in final formation of the Conn. Line, June-Dec, 1783; enl. 
:!il .lunc, 'SO ; time expir. .June 30. [ 

TROY, TIMOTHY, aged 19, Col. Wyllys' Reg't, Capt. E. Eells' Co., Peekskill, N. Y., 
in Aug., 1777. 



B72 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR . 

VAXnEUSEN, THOMAS, [enl. 2G Jan., 'HI. for war {l)lacksmitli, .i ft. G in. l.i-l., ilark 
complex.); recruit to Col. Sheldon's Light Dragoons, 1777-83.] 

WAKEFIELD, PATTESHALL, enl. May, 1777. in Ca].! .Tolm ITarnion's Co., Col. 
Diirkee's Rcg't, for 3 yrs. 

[WALLACE, ABRAHAM, cnl. V, ApL, 70; disc, spring of 'Sn, Blacknians Co., Col. 
Shclburue's Reg't.] 

[.JOSEPn, <litto; cnl. 7 May, '77.1 

WALL, JESSE, Ro.xbury Camp, 177."); was sick there, p. 313. 

WARD, ABNER (Capt.), Col. Ward's Reg't. 1776. See ]). 324. 

WARDWKI.L, ISAAC, [enl. 1 July, '80; disc. 2 Dec, '80; among the short term levies 
tor ."itli Conn. Line (Col. Bradley's) Reg't; prob. in Capt. Prior's Co.; prob. the 
same I. Wardwcll who was of Capt. Roswcll Crant's Co., Col. Roger Euos' 
Mil. Reg't, on the TIud.son; arrived in ( innji, 3 Jidy, 1778.] 

EBENEZER. 

WARNER, GEORGE. 

ISRAEL, was in service in 1775. See. p. 314. 

LOOJIIS. [pens.; res. Hartford Co., 1832; res. Windsor. 1840. a>. 83.] 

WEBSTER, MIC All; enl. Capt. Prior's Co., .Itli Conn. Line [Col. liraiUey's Reg't, 25 
May, '77, for 8 mos.; disc. 9 Jan., '78.] 

AARON, was in service in 1775. See p. 314. 

TIMOTHY, [enl. 28 Feb., '78, 8 mos.; disc. 1 .Ian. '79. in Capt. Eells' Co., 3d Conn. 
Line (Col. Wyllys') Reg't, formation nf ■77-Sl.| 

ZEPHANIAH, [Corp'l, enl. 1 Jan., '78 ^from llartfonl). in 4tli Troi>ps ,,f Col. Shel- 
don's Light Dragoons, 1777-83; described as farmer, 'i ft. 9 in. liigli, light com- 
plex., grey eyes, light hair.] Sec also p. 329. 

WELCH, EBEXEZER, [cnl. in Capt. Champion's Co., 3d Conn. Line (formation of 
1777-81, Col. Wyllys', 14 Oct., '77, 3 yrs.; jirom. lifer 1 Feb., '78; reduced 21 
July, '78; corp'l 1 Sept., '80; paid as corp'l from 1 Jan. -31 Aug., '81; as pri- 
vate from 1 Sept. -31 Dec, '81, in Capt. Erastus Wolcott's Co., 1st Conn. Line 
(formation of 1781-83), Col. Durkee's Reg't. It may have been the .same Ebcii. 
W. who marched 24 Sept. and was disc. 2 Nov.. 1776, in Capt. Lathrop's Co., 
Major Barker's Reg. of Light Horse, .-uid who was a Conn. i)cns.; res. in Ohio in 
1818.1 

LEMUEL, was of the Windsor " Lexington alarm" party, Apl., 1775, [24 days ser- 
vice; was corp'l in Capt. Prior's Co., Col. Wolcott's State Reg't at Boston, 

.Tan.-Mch.. 1776. | See pp. 311, 314. 

WEST, GEKSIIOM. (see ji. 311), was of Wind.sor " Lexington Alarm" parly, ir.r,, 
[13 days service.) 



WINDSOR SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY SKRVK'E. 373 

WKSTLANI), JOSEPH, [eiiL Capt. Hichanls' Co , 2d Cdun, Line (Col. Swifts) Kog., 
formation of Jan. -June, 1783; enl. 3 Jan., 77, for the wai. | 

AJrOS, Jr., |t']il. in Capt. Prior's Co., CoL Wolcotfs State Keg't, at Boston. Jan.- 
Mfh., 17T(i.] 

liOlJEPT, [cnl. Oct., '77, for the war, in Capt. Munson'sCo., 2(1 Conn. Lino (forma- 
tion of Jan.-June, 1783)„ CoL Swift's Heg't. Pens, of 1818.] 

(WHEELER, HEZEKIAH, enl. Capt. Blackman's Co., Col. Shelburne's Rcg't,::!Mch., 
'78; transf. to Col. S. B. Webb's Keg't, enl. for war.] 

JOJIX, [prob. the one who enl. 10 Aug., '7'J; disc. 15 Jan., '80, 2d Reg't, Conn. 
Line (Col. Chas. 'Webb), formation of 1777-81; enl. 16 July; disc. 2d Dec, '80, 
in short term levies of 5th Conn. liine (Col. Bradley) Reg't; prob. Capt. Prior's 
Co., and prob. the same who was of Capt. Bulkley's Co., 3d Reg't Conn. Line. 
Col. S. B. Webb, of formation of '81-83, and pd. from 1 Jan. to 31 Dec, 1781.] 

WHITING, JOHJf, [prob. the om- wlio enl. in short term levies of 5tli Conn. Line (Col. 
Bradley's) Reg't, and prob. in faiU. Prior's Co., 1 July; disc 13 Dec, 1780, and 
pens.; res. Hartford Co., 1832.] 

WILSON, ABIEL, [ens. in Capt. Samuel Granger's Co., Gen. Waterbury's States Brig. 
1781; joined May 24; app. Q.M. 2d Batt., Aug. 28, 1781; pens-.; res. Windsor; 
perhaps the A. W. who was capt. in 4th Co. (Capt. Humphrey's) 8th Continental 
Reg. (Col. Huntington'.s); enl. 7 .Inly; disc IS Dec] ; was in the service in 
1775. Seep. 314. 

CALVIX. was of 8th Co., 1st Reg. Jlil. of Windsor, 2i( May. 1770, .see p. 330, at 
N. Y., Boston, Saratoga; [in Ojf. liec. named as of Windham (?) and of ('apt. 
Potter's Co., 1 Feb., 1783. 2d Conn. Line (Col. Swift's) Reg't, formation of 
Jan.-June, 1783.] 

JA>IES, poss. the one who was [of Capt. Royce's Co., Col. Gay's Reg., 2d Bait., 
Wadsworth's Brigade, 177G;] belonged to 8th Co., 1st Reg. Mil., at Windsor, 
•>9 May, 1779. Oct. 1777, was drafted in Capt. Hayden's Co. of Col. New- 
lierry's Reg. to go to Peekskill; on reaching Waterbury was inca])acitated by 
a fall from his horse which " misplaced the bones of his foot" — was disabled 
for sLx weeks and "had to pay the Surgeon si.\ shillings." Petitions for 
reimbursement 26 Jan., 1778 — Negatived. Conn. Stittc Airh., Her. War, x. 153; 
was in service in 1775. See p. 314. 

JOEL, Jr., was of 8th Co., 1st Reg. Mil., at Windsor; [wasof Col. Cantiel.I's Mil. 
Re^'t at West Point, Sept., 1781.] 

.MOSKS, [was of Capt. Prior's Co., Col. Wolcotfs State Reg't, at Boston, Jan.-.Mch., 
1776; app. lor pension on tile Co. Clerk's off., Hartford.] 

S.VML'KL, [wasof Capt. Samuel Granger's Co., Gen. Waterbury's State Brigade, 
1781; joined June, '81; was at Horseneck until Mch., '8"J; prob. the pens, of 
that name; res. Fairfield, Fairfield Co., 1832, and 1840.] 

.KillN (Why.), [irob. the one who [enl. Capt. Prior's Co., Col. Wolcotfs Slate Reg't, 
at Boston, Jan. -Mch., 1776); d. at or near New York, -.v. aht. IH, 1777. 



374 HISTORY or ancient winpsou. 

WINCilELL, JOHN, [prob. the one who ciil. (Mpt. llaniions Co., Col. Wolcotfs State 
Reg. at Boston, Jan.-Mch., 1776.] 

JOSEPH, enl. 1 Apl., 1777, in ('apt. Prior's Co.. ;->tli Conn. Line [Col. BradlrN s 
Reg't, for 3 yrs. ; died 16 June, '77.] 

OLIVER, was in service in 177o. See p. 314. 

WING, JOSEPH, Lenl. Capt. Prior's Co., Stli Conn. Line (Col. Bradley's) Reg't, 26 May, 
'77, for the war; died 5 June, 1778. | 

MOSES, [was of Capt. Griswold's Co., Col. Beldon's Militia Keg't, Gen. Wolcotfs 
Brigade, at Peekskill, N. Y., Mch.-Junc, 1777; joined Reg't 6 Apl.; disc. 23 
May.] See p. 323. 

ROGER, [was of Col. Canfield's Mil. Reg't at West Point, N. Y., Sept., 1781.] 

SASIUEL, was a Sgt. of Windsor "Lexington Alarm" party, Apl., 1775, [5 &.• 
service; Corp'l of 10th (Capt. Harmon's) Co., 2d Continental (Col. Spencc i - 
Reg't, 1775; enl. 15 May; disc. 17 Dec, 1775; Ens. of 2d Co., (Capt. Gilletfs, 
Jr.), Col. Gay's Reg't, Second Batt., Wadsworth's Brigade, 1776; Sgt. in Capt. 
Abner Prior's Co., 5th Conn. Line (Col. Bradley's) Reg't; enl. 1 Apl., 1777, for 
the war; nm.stered]; d. at Danbury in the service, July, 1777. (X. Ch. Bee.). 
See pp. 311, 314, 323. 

[WOOD, SOLOMON, enl. Blackmaus Co., Slielburue's Reg't, 6 Mch., '77; disc, spring 
of 'SO.] 

WOODWARD, OLIVER, enl. Capt. Abner Prior's Co., 5lh Conn. (Col. Bradley's^ 
Reg't, 30 Apl., '77, for 3 yrs.; [disc. 30 Apl., '80; Conn, pens.; res. Ohio, 18ls.] 

[WOODRUFF, SAMUEL, a pens., ;e. 80; res. in Windsor, 1840.] 

WOOLWORTH, EBENEZER, was of Windsor " Lexington Alarm " party, Apl., 1773, 
[24 days' service; was of Capt. Abner Prior's Co., Col. Wolcotfs State Reg't, at 
Boston, Jan.-ilch., 1776; enl. Capt. Abner Prior's Co., 5th Conn. Line (Col. 
Bradley's) Reg't, 1 Apl., '77, for the war; was of Capt. Morris' Co., 2d Conn 
Line (Col. Swift's) Reg., formation of 1781-83; enl. I.Jan.; paid to 31 Dec. , M ; 
was of Capt. Munson's Co., same reg't, formation Jan. -June, 1783, Feb. 1, '83.J 

[WOLCOTT, ClIUISTOPIIER, Surgeon's Mate in Col. Enistus Wolcotfs State Reg't 
at Boston, Jan.-Mch., 1776.] 

GEORGE, was in service in 1775. See p. 314. 

WRIGHT, ABEL, [Corp'l Capt. Griswold's Co., Col. Beldcn's Reg't, Gen. Wokotls 
Brigade, at Peekskill, N. Y., .Mch.-Junc, 1777; was a mend), of 8lh Co., 1st 
Reg. Mil., 29 May, 1779, at Windsor.] 

YOUNG, EBENEZER, [enl. Capt. Weed's Co.. 2d Conn. Line (Col. Swift's) Reg't, ' 
formation of 1781-83. 31 Mcli,, 'SI ; .Use. 31 Dec., 'SI |; was in Ma] Harts Kcg't 
of Light Horse at Mamaruncck Camp, N. V., 1777. 



Windsor's sii.\i;k in tiik kkvoij tkinahy wai!. 375 

'I'lic I'lil 1(1 wing uaiiiL'd rcgiinciits I't'ccivcd iu;iiiy ciilistiucnls iVuin 
Wiiulsur: 

Col. lliiiiiin Sirift'K Second Jieg't of the Conn. Line — was the lliinl in the third foniiatioii 
(if the Line, Jan.-Jvuie, 1783; was composed of the 2d and 3d Brigades of the 
previous formation; was in camp at West Point and vicinity 1 Jan., 17S3, until 
earl}' in June, when it was disbanded. 

Col. Elinha Sheldon's Light Dratjoons, 1777-S3, of the Continental Army — served generally 
on the East side of the Hudson River, although detached companies served 
occasionally elsewhere, as at Germantown, with Gat(^s, after Burs^ojne's sur- 
render, etc. It generally mustered in Connecticut. 

Col. WiliJi'.i Ikf/iinent, 1771-Sl — served on the Hudson; 1778 in Rhode Island; in 'T!t liiid 
winter quarters at Morristown, N. J.: were in battle of Springfield, N. J., in 
1780. 

Vol. BnuUeji'x Fifth Conneclinit Line — raised for the war, 1777; went into cami) at 
Peekskill, N. Y., spring of '77; in Sept. sent to Penn.; was engaged in battle 
of Germantown 4 Oct., '77, and suffered losses; wintered at Valley Forge 
'77-'78; June 38 of '78, battle of Monmouth, N. J., then camped at Wliitc 
Plains; wintered at Redding, '78-'79; acted under Gen. Heath on E. side of 
Hudson River, '79; wintered at Morristown Huts, N. J., '79-'80; following 
summer on the Hudson; wintered, '80-'81, near West Point; were then consoli- 
dated for the formation of '81-'83. 



CHAPTER XVITI. 

ECCLESlAsriCAL IIISTOHY. —FIRST SOCIETY OF WINDSOR. 

1776-1890. 



0\ tlir i^Ttli of .\I;iirli, 177G, the Rev. David Siikioian I{()\vla\ 
was installed ns pastor of this church and society. He was :i 
native of Fairfield, Conn., where he was born in 1719; u-raduatod nt 
Yale (joUege, 1743, studied theology for a brief season, and \v:is 
licensed by the " New Light" Fairfield Association August 1"J, 1744, ami 
began preaching in the N. W. Society of Sinisbury (now (Jranby), Conn 
The society was about to settle him as pastor in Hejitember following. 
but delayed matters in obedience to the advice of the Hartford Xmili 
Association, which was suspicious of his New-Lightism. In June. ITli;. 
the subject was again l)efore the Association, which confided his exaiuin 
ation to a committee for the [lurjiose of seeing if he would be loyal to tin- 
Saybrook Platform and would repudiate the excesses of Whitfield ami 
other revivalists. By this means his }>ermanent settlement in that loial- 
ity was prevented, although he continued to preach there until Augiisi. 
1747. He next began preaching at Plainfield, Conn., where, acconnii'.; 
to Pres. Stiles (^Ms. Itinerary, Yale Coll. Library), he " installed himsrlf 
in the presence of two or three ministers." The majority of the town 
were Separatists, and it was only by stratagem that a vote was obtained 
for his settlement. He entereil upon his charge there March 17, 1747-^. 
but, owing to dillirultics wiiicli had arisen during the time of lli^^,pl■ed' - 
cessor, the Rev. .loseph Cuif, the church had become so divided and 
affected as to tlimw obstacles in the way of Mr. Kowlaiid's su|iport and 
usefulness, and to necessitate his removal. lie parted on excellent 
terms with his }ieople, from whom he took a dismissal May 6, 17<)1, and 
we next find him settled, without installation, in October, 1762, over the 
"Presbyterian or Congregational Church" in Providence, R. I., wlieie 
he i-anked very high among the clergymen of that day, and was equally 
admired for his talents, and i)elovcd for his amiability of temper. At an 
early day he liecame recognized as a firm and zealous defender of the colo- 
nial liberties against foreign oppression. So obnoxious did he make him- 
self by his bold and ])atriotic defense of these liberties from the pulpit that, 
when the town of I'rovidence was invested, he was obliged to flee, with 
his family, in a sloop, and, during the darkness of the night, he escaped 
through the midst of the enemy's fleet, and went ujj the Connecticut 




Rkv. David S. Rowland. 
I Fioni H miniaiiirc in the poi»:*e88ion of Mrs. Mary <'. Willcox of Lowell, Ma^t-.j 



ECCLEsiASTicAi., 1776-1890. :>77 

|{i\rr. ITc iiol Hilly iin|i;iirc(l liis t'oi'lmir in the cause of our cdmit ry. 
lull ciiiiipiMMl :i son :iii(| sent him into tlic lirlil, where he cnnlinucil in 
srrxice dnrinu' tiir whole war. 

Wlien Ir'ciuiu' tn Winiisui- iir \\;is pMst tiic nicriili;iii of litr iind in 
full Niii'or of his iiowei-s. '• lie was a powerful anil eloi|nen1 |ii-eaclirr. of 
eonuuanding presence in the pnlpit, and of line elocution," and his inliii- 
euce in Windsor was widespread ami licnelicially exerteil.' 



^From ErrUxid.'i/irdI S-n-iitif.-^ /.'«■. — Aiigusl 14, 1 ;;.■), voted —" Tlial lliis Society 
give the Kev. Mr. David Slierinaii Uovvland, for liis eneouragemeiit in talking tlie Pas- 
toial care and cliarge of tlii.s (,'liiircli and Society, Uic full and sole nse of lli<^ Clnirch 
Lands and Town Lot .so called, according to the design of the Donor, and in addition 
llurcto, the sum of Sixty pounds Lawful money and Thirty-five cords of wood for liis 
annual Salary so long as lie continues liis pastoral relation to this Clnircli and 
Society." 

Mr. Kowlaud's reply —■■ To llic First Soriely in Windsor, Gciil.— Your vole rcl.-i 
five to the stipulated sum and other considerations particularly expressed in said vole 
as encouragement for my taking the pastoral care and charge of your C'liiiii li .iml 
Society, I have endeavored maturely to consider and must think them inadei|iiatc for 
the proposed purpose. But relying upon it that you mean and intend a Decent and com- 
fortable support and considering your profi'S.sed unanimity, I do hereby accept of your 
invitation and close willi your proposals. Cheerfully taking upon me the pastoral rela- 
tion of your Church and Society depending upon the power of Divine Grace, the aid 
and assistance of the Blessed Spirit of God, to enable me- faithfully and impartially to 
disiliarge the respective duties of a minister of the New Testament to which oflice I 
have solemnly been set apart according to Apostolic direction and am yours in the 
faith and fcllowsliij) of the Gospel. 

Dated Windsor, Oct. Kith, A. D. 17To, David Kowi,.\nd.' 

Oct., 1TT6, Voted — "That Elisha More and Austin .Phelps, or thither of them, 
iiis|icct the Wood brought to Mr. Ilowland the ensuing year and see that its good wood 
anil good measure." October. 1778, Voted — " That the Wev. Mr. liowland's Salary for 
llir year should oni'-li.-df be paid in Provisions, or other necessarys, viz: Wheat at o.t. 
pi T bushel ; Rye 3.v.-6i'/. per bushel ; Indian Corn at 2».-6rf. per bushel ; Pork at :irf. 
per pound. Beef at two pence half-penny per pound, and other things in proportion." 
Nov. 11, 1779, Voted — "To pay unto the Hev. Jlr. David Rowland the sum of Ten 
Hundred pounds, Continental Money as it now iias.ses, for his Salary for the year 1779, 
in lieu of the Si.xty pounds money due to him for his Salary 1771), or to be paid on the 
2')lh day of Jan. next, — Provided nevertlieless that if any person shall choose to pay 
his |iroportion of .said Sixty Pounds in Wheat, Rye, or Indian Corn by .said 20th of 
Jan. next, at the price as stated by law by tlie General Assembly at their session at 
Middletown ; or in any other articles of food or clothing that Mr. Rowland shall want, 
to be computed at said stated price and to be paid by said lime, such ])ayments shall 
be in lieu of all the moneys voted before this time, for the payment of said Sixty Pounds 
that shall be due to Mr, Rowland for his Salary for the year 1779." At the same 
Society Meeting, Voted,— " That the So<:iety Treasurer shall not receive in, any more of 
tlic principal of tlic money due for the support of Schooling in this Society, or any 
other use ; and that tlie Society will bear what loss shall be, on account of any jiart of 
said moneys due to .said Society that has been or shall be tendered and not received." 
This vote indicates that some of the holders of greenbacks, in those days, did not antici- 
pate their permanent use and value, and were anxious to pay their loans speedily. 

In Oct. 1780, Voted — "To raise Sixty Pounds, hard money, for Mr. Rowland's 
Salary." From this time onward to the date of his death, Jan. i:!, 1794, the Society 
voted sixty pounds annually for Mr. Kowlaud's salary. 
Vol. 1. — 4S 



378 HISTOHV DF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

After the close of tlie Revoliitiouarv war, and mainly liy tlir cmt- 
tions of 01i\ci' Kllswortli. Roger Newherrv, James Ilookn-. ainrnllicis of 
those linlili'-iuillileil eiti/.eiis of Wilidsoi-, wlio hail lieeii sn strnip^ly idi'ii- 
tified witli thai patriolie stniLitile, a miioii was elTecteil licn\ceu tlie Iwn 
societies. Tliat under the (diaruv of (he l\e\. Mr. Hinsdale had, liy tlic 
separation of East Windsor fi'om the old town, heeome the l''(}iirth Soi'i- 
ety of Windsor, and the plan of union |iid|iosed ( .\hiy, 17'.':^), Iietwcen it 
and the First Society, contained the follow inu' |iro|iiisitions : 

1st. TliMl thr |.in|i, Tly .it l».lh ^liduld 111- iinit.-.l in ;i .■..Minimi si,.ik 

•2i\. TliMl :i liri.lyc iiii.l .iiiisi-nv ;iy sli..nlil hi- liuill .111. 1 Iv.-pt in ..;i.i.il ii-p.-iir ■• in 111. 
new hiffhwiiy lately laiil .ml lr..Mi lli.' ihvi'llini; ..1 Dr. .\li'\:uiilir W.ilc.lt lo C.ipl. N:. 
thaniel Ilowanl's barn." 

M. That the cenler (if travel f..r all 111.- inlialiitants williiii tin- limits ..f Ih,' .\, - 
Society should be asccrtaincil and ccinsi.lcr.cl as Ihc lucalion f.ir tlic new inccliiii;-lions. . 
with this proviso, that it slioiilil be no farther south than the location of the First Society^ 
meeting-house, nor farther north than "the first suitable ground" on the north .side d 
the Kivulet. 

4th. That the New Society should assume all conlracls between the sai.l iw.. 
.societies and their |)astors, e.\eept debts. 

5th. That the lands given to the First Society for the supjiort of schooling sli.nil.l 
be applied to the support of a good .school on the opposite side of the Rivulet to thai ..n 
which the new meeting-house should be Imill; and tlnil the said selio.il slmnld !»■ tiv. 
to the inhabitants on eilher side nt tin- sIiimmi. an.l in .-in .■i|ii.illy aee.imm.nl.-iliie.' 
jiositiou. 

These jirojiositions united all partii's: liie meelinu-liouse and th.' 
academy were iialaneed one aji;aiiist another; and a eomniittee (("apt. 
James Hooker of tlie 4th Society, ami Gen. Roger Newlierry of the First 
Society) was a])|)oiiited to apply to the (General A.ssemlily for an act ol 
incorporation as one society. This was granted under date of Id .May, 
1702, and its provisions fully complied with hy 24 Sept., M'M. 

In January following Mr. Oliver ilather and Chief Justice Olixer 
Ellsworth, as Building Committee, entered into contract with Ehenezer 
Clark, architect, for the I'rection of the new nieeting-hoiise, which was 
locateil just north of the l\i\iilet. near tlie old liiirying-grounil, where --- 
with some niodilications and ri;pairs — it still remains, in constant use. 
The ste])S of the old mi'eting-house were iiseil for the new, and the date 
of erection of hoth, 1707 and 17St4, are to he seen on the underpinning 
stones. 

" But to l)uild the causeway was looked ujion as a great work, too 
great for the town to build ; so the State was asked for a charter for a 
Grand Lottery, which was granted; and it was then considered the duty 
of every gooil citi/en to work out the price of as many tickets in the lot- 
tery as there were members in his family."' — •/. II. Ilai/Jeu ; who also says, 
'•'■ My gnindfatber came down here day after day with his team and his 
negro slave, I'oni, and earned enough to buy one ticket for each (jf his 
household — all of whom drew blanks." 



ftfTI.ESIASTIf'AL, 1 ?7(!-18iH). 379 

111 the same year (1794) Mr. Hinsdale, pastor of tlie Fointli (c,l<l 
Ttli or North) Society, was lioiidit oft' tor jiSOO, in three annual |)a\- 
niriits. \i\ the New Society,' who rctaincil the Rev. Mr. Rowland as tiieii- 
pastor, ill tli(> Raptisinal Recoids of the Windsor Chnrcli occurs tlii^ 
followini;- I'litiy liy Mr. Rowland; •'ITHo — ]>aptisiiis in new meeting- 
house and ((/(i'^ijf/ parishes;'" the first baptism following is that (Janu- 
ary 4) of a daughter of Samuel Allen. 

Perhaps no one act of compromise ever secured to a town so many 
real advantages as this iniion. jilan of Windsor. A new church edifice, 
n commodious ac'adeiny, two new and convenient roads, witii a liridge 
and causeway, were among its \isililc results. In addition to this was 
a very ai)])ri'cialil(' ecouoniy which resulted from the union of the two 
parishes, and wliicli was gi-ateful to a. people who had just emerged from 
ii long and exhausting war. ]5ut, more than this, and al)ove all eartlily 
rstimate, was that serene and ha]>py influence which pervades a coiii- 
iiiiinity who lia\-e agrcecl to forget their former animosities and live 
together as lirethivii. 

Ahoiit the same lime (Fehriuiry 3, 1794), the principal citizens of 
Windsor suhsrrilied the sum of ■fl,'2^0 for the su]>port of the gospel min- 
istry in the New Society, while the funds already in the treasurer's 
liaiids were to be used for the support of a good school on the south side 
of the Rivulet. 

Jfr. Rowland, wlmsc strength had been failing for sonu.^ years past, 
from a sjioek of paralysis, diecl on tlu^ 13th of January, 1794, aged 75. 
His iiiiiiistry had been faillitul and prolitalile to this communit\'. J)iir- 
im;- bis pastorate :i<)7 had been bapti/.ccl and f, ailmittiMl lo Ijic b'liowsbip 
of tiic eliiirch. His gravi'stonr in liie obi cemetery of Windsor bears 
tlic billowing: 

"Rev. Davids. Rowland, O. 1! l:! .Imii. 1794, /E. ">, niinislcr 47. His dcop 
knowledge of the Sfrii)lim,'S and the huiiililr Irrvor wliich he iircachcd \\u; Oracles of 
(ind weri' manifested in the eon.scieiiees of all who heard him. A natural sweetness nf 
teMi|per. improved by a pure christian a ll'eel ion, made him dear tn the people of (Uu\. 
and 111 a inimcrous survivin.;; family. 

"They th.it turn many \n Kiiihle.iusMe.-..-, .shall shine as the stars forever." 

.\t a mec^ting of the first Society, March :'>, 1790, Voted — "To 
iu\ilc> .\Ir. HioNRY Augustus Rowi...\Nn to settle in the \\n\-k dI' the 
iuinislr\- in this Socioly as ( 'olloagiie with tlu^ Rev. Mr. luiwbiiul our 
|irosciit I'astoi', pro\ idcil tbo ('buicli shall <li'sir(! the same and agree 
wilb him upon the plan ol' ( 'linrch ( bivernnient and i>iseipliiie, and in 

' The 4lli .Society had now e.\isled [or thirty-three years under his paslorate, and we 
may fairly presume tliat it would h.ive e\istc>d longer if there had been, durinj: that 
lime, a sntlieienl in<rease ol' population lo sustain 1 wo congregations. The history of 
the Society, un.lcr Mr. Hinsdale's charge, will he found in .Vppendi.\ E. 



a»U HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

(•;is(^ lit- sliiiU iicccpt lit' this iuvitiition ;iii(l lie rriiiilai-ly ordaiucil, Minister 
iind iiastor of tliis ('luirch and Society, wc i)y tliis vote covenant and 
aoTcc to give him, durinif the lifetime of iiis father, our present Hc\ ricnd 
Pastor, Fifty Pounds, Lawful Money, jier annum, and Twenty Pdunds 
per annum for the term of ten years, to eommence on the deatii nl' our 
]iresent Reverend Pastor, for, and in lien of settlement, and we fuitlier 
covenant and agree with him that after the death of his said fatiier his 
annual Salary from this .Society shall he Eighty Pounds, Lawful Money, 
(exclusive of his settlement and the use of the Parsonage Lands, to wit : 
the ILjit's MeaiJDW and the Town Lot so called,) during his relation ;is 
Pastor and Minister of said Ohurch and Society." 

Tlie liilliiwing are the titles of Jlr. Ilowhind's puhlished sermons: 

1. MiNiSTEKs OK CiiHiRT frcH'd froin BIikkI G\iiltiiu'ss, liy ilispciisiiii;- all the Cduii 
scl of (Joi). A Farewell Sermon [from Acts xx, 2.1-37J, preached at Plaiiitield, Ma\ '■'■ 
ITGl. Occasioned by the long differences that have there sub.sidcd. Published at tin 
Desire of many that heard it. By David S. Rowland, A.M. "Am I therefore beconir 
your enemy, because I tell ;you the Truth." — Paul. " They who oppose the Attem|ii~ 
of some, to introduce Corruption and Confusion in tlu- Church, will have numy .ni 
unkind Reflection thrown upon them, and experience the Severity of Censure, for ;i 
conduct which merits the justest Approbation. — They fondly mistake the voice nf 
Prejudice for that of Con.scieuce. — W'liile some, with a pitiable Mixture of Arroganc v 
and Ignorance judge one another, and us, we are concerned rather to secure that I'mi-^i 
of God, which will ln' ln-nrd and felt, by the Soul, with the highest Rapture, and sileiin' 
every Eclioiif Iiuhkim Applause or Censure." Doddbidgk — Boston; Priiilci! lit/ Men in 
mill Jlecom. at thr New Printing OfBce, near the Town Iknim. 8°, p. 43. 

3. Divine Puovidknck illustrated and improved, A Thiinksgiving-Dl.scouisc 
preached [from Ps. cxxvi. ;i] in the Presbyterian, or Congregational Chiu'ch in Pro\ i 
dence, N. E., Wednesday, Jime 4, ITCG, being His Majesty's Birth Day, and Day <.t 
Rejoicing, occasioned by the Repe.m, of the St.vmi'-Act (Published at the Desire of llir 
Hearers), By David S. Rowland, M.A., Minister of said Cliurch. The Lmil reignctli. 
let the earth rejoice. — IviN(i David. As free, and not using your lilurly lor a clo.ik 
of .Maliciousness, but as servants of God. — Fear God — Honor the King. — Ap. Pktki: 
Providence (New England), printed by Sarah Goddard and Company. Hvo., viii, HI 
(Dedication "To the Right Honorable Henry S. Conway, Es(i.; I'rincipal Secretary "1 
Sl.ilc and one of His Majesty's most Honorable Privy Couii.scllois: with all those wlm 
have distinguished themselves the Pntmnx nf IJInrtjl. 

:i. ('\riioi.i('isM; Or. Christian Churiti/ Illustrated and Improved in a Discocusi;, 
from Elih. iv. lo, IC; Delivered before the Congregational Ministers of the Colony ot 
Rhode Island, in New Kiigland, W their Convention in Bristol, ."May 20, 1772. I'.y 
David S. Rowl.nul. .M..\.; Minister of tlii' l'resl)yteri:iii or Congregational Clnncli in 
Providence. 

Providence; Printed by John Carter, at Shakespeare's Head, mdcclxxii. 

Published at the rcipiest of the Convention, and republished in Boston, tiic saiin' 
year, 8°, 75. 

4. >IlNlsTEi{i.\i, Xkckssitv. in the Discharge of till' Gns|H'l ICmbassy. Illustrated 
and Improved, in a Sermon, from 1 Corinthians, ix. t(i — "Necessity is laid, Ac' 
Delivered, iMarch 27, 1776, By David S. Rowland, .M.A.; .\t his Installnuiit. in (lie 
First Church and Society in Windsor. 

Hartford: printed by yibcn Watson, near the Great Biidge. nidcclxxvi. 



ECrLESTASTIfAL, 177(]-lS!tO. • " 881 

5. Th,: Ihnusihil, (I'a.) Demornit, No. 31, vol. :!, dale of 1-1 April. \><W. contniii.s 
llic lollowiiiL; scrinoii : 

DkSI'OTISM Il.I.rsTUATKI) AND ImI'UOVKD KltOM Till', CeI AHACIKK ol' ItlOlloliOA M ; 

A Discourse (IclivciTcl at Wrcntliani. Ilic Proviiico of Massacluisults Bay, in New lOiinland, 
on a ilay of Fastiiij; and I'raycr, ota-asioued by the distressed situation of ludilii- alVairs. 
July U, 1774. l)y David S. Rowland, V.D.M.. Pastor of the Presbyterian or Con-ri'sa 
tional Chureli, Providence, U. I. Text, "My little finder shall be tliicl^cr llian my 
Father's loins." — 1 Kin.irs, .\ii. 10. 

Tliis is republished from the oriuiiial manuseriiit in tlie jiossession of liis grand.son, 
Kcv. Henry A. Rowland, of Newark. N. .1,, who says, in a letter accompanying it: 
"The time at which this discourse was preached was one of ,!i;reat jiolitical excitement. 
It wa.s one year before the Battle of Bunker Hill, and about the time when the privi- 
leges of Boston wen! taken away on account of the destruction of tlie tea. The ques- 
tion of separation from Britain was not then determined on. It was lioped that lenient 
measures would yet prevail, and tliat Great Britain would still accord justice to her 
colonies. Those who are acquainted with the facts of history will find a close parallel 
drawn with a fearless and patriotic hand between Rehoboam and (teorge the Third. . 
. . . . The Hon. Judge Daggett, of New Haven, informed me that lie was present 
when tlie discourse was delivered, and that it produced a very ureal e.vcitement." 

(i. lIisTomcAL Remakks, with Mouai, Reflections. A Sermon [from Ps. c.xxiv. 
3, ;!. O] Preached at Providence, June 6, 1779. Wherein are represented The Remarkable 
Dispensations of Divine Providence to the People of these States, Particularly in tlie Rise 
and Progre.ss of the present War. I'rov. so, |ip. ;«. -'A really valuable historical 
iiinqiilation." — Dcvtci-. 

7. Hekesy, Detected and Exposed, in a brief Narration of the unhappy Dis- 
putes that have arisen in the second Society in Stafford, with the judgments of several 
Councils that have been called. Published by David S. Rowland and Theodore Hins 
dale at the Desire and Request of the Association. Hartford, 1781. 8°, pp. 68. 

8. The faitukul sekvant of tliiitiST call'd up to (Glokv. A Discourse [from 
Kev. iv. 1], Delivered at Wintonbury, January 30, 1783. at the Funeral of the Kev. i\Ir. 
Ile/.ekiah Bis.sell. N. London, 1783. 8°, pp. 38 (?) 

it. An Ki'froMK of Ecci.ksiasticai, Histokv, By I)a\ id S. liowlaml, [.ale Minis 
ter of the First Church in Windsor, Connecticut. Being "A Coiiipendicnis repri'senta- 
tionofllie Cliurcb; tlu^ linilyof lliin who is the Head, even ClirisI; Tlie (JariUai of Kdeii; 
The Adaniical dispensation in a dark shade; also, the dill'ereiit dispensations till the 
.Messiah came — the channel of the Church with the dark shades of errors which 
obscured its lustre: The running off of the Man of Sin: — The .s('veral channels in 
which the more importan't truths were conveyed: — The various sectaries: — IC vents 
before and since the Christian Era; Prophetic Periods; — The most noted Councils; 
witnesses for the truth in every age; & a summary description of the lejidin.g .sectaries." 
This was a Chart, 3Gi by 2Gi inches in si/.e — ' ' Entered aceordin,g to Act of Congress 
the 5 Day of March A.D. 181)0, by William F. Rowland, of the State of New Hamp- 
shire, and lIcMiiy'A. Kowlaiid. of the State of Connecticut, as Proprietors," and was 
"Engiaved anil I'riiilcil for thi' Proprietors by Amos Dooliltle, New Haven. ISOIi." 

.Mr. Riiwlaiiil w;is succeeded liy his smi, tlie l\ev. IIiiNttv A. I>ii\v- 
LANii, wild liiid Im'cii iifdiiiiied as colleague with his latlier, .\hiy ■">, IT'.H). 
Tiiis p'litli'iuiiii was linni in Providence, R. I., Jan. 13, 17i)4, o-radiialed 
at |);iitiu(Hit]i ('cilhvi;-e, 17S."), and was pastor of the elitifcli of AVindsor 
tor toft\-six \i';ifs. He \v;is dismissed in duly, and died Xo\-. lis. Is:!;), 
aueil ~-l veafs. In his dtivs, (lie iiiitiihei- of ;idinissiiiiis lo llii' eliitfeh 



^8^ HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Wiis 201, iiiid •")41 li;i|)tisiiis. His i-clatiinis with tlir people of liis cliargo 
wert! of the most tiieiidly and hap])y nature; and in all the relations of 
life he sustained the <haracter of a true Christian pastor. Jfr. Row- 
land's personal appearance was unusually ])repossessing. Commanding in 
figure, and dignified and polislied in manner, lie carried in the e.\i)res- 
sive features of his face, the indications of a strong iutcdlect and a sym- 
pathetic heart. In all the relations of social life he is remembered as .-i 
faithful pastor, and a sympathizing friend and counsellor. His ])reachinij 
was plain, earnest, impressive, and, as a natural conse(pience, chxiuenl. 
Sin never passed him unrelniked, and rei)eutance found in him a friend 
and guide. His salary was continued on the l)asis of his original call in 
1790, until Dcccmher, 1801, when a society vote is recorded, whieli gives 
evidence of some dissatisfaction. " If the Rev. Mr. Rowland will relin- 
quish his present contract with this Society, the Society will give him 
five hundred dollars a year in coin, during the term of liis ministry with 
them; subject, however, to a deduction of one-half for such ])art, or parts 
of said term, if any, as he shall not be able to supply the pulpit." 

Whether, or not, he accepted this proposition, we are not informed. 
That financial affairs were not entirely satisfactory, appears from a vote 
at a society's meeting in Deceml)er, 1803, as follows: 

" OliviT Mather, Hcnjainin Allyn. .Tames Hooker, and Levi Ilaydeii, were elioseii a 
Cominittee to consult with Kev. Mr. Kowhind and see on wliat terms he will he satis 
tied, and to see what the nei.nhborini; Clersy have for their Salaries and the amount lljc 
several Lists are in this Parish." 

Sine(^ Jfr. Rowland's ordination the |i;n'ish had greatly changed, the 
<leinand upon his pastural lahoi'shacl multiplied, and the ability to pav a 
iai'ger sahii-y had in<TeaseiL 'I'iie revolt, al'fei- a g|-owtli of thii-ty vears, 
had been lovingly sulidued : and the ejinrch and society north ot' the |-i\- 
nlet had retni'nedand united with the lirst clinreh and society. I!ul this 
union had init been secured without nmni'V and la.xation and pledged 
iinles. ^\ new meet ing-lioiise had lieen built and a union si-bnol-house 
provided. Rev. .Mr. Hinsdale, who had been pastor of the ehuivii north 
of Little Hiver, was liought oft, and disciiarged the First Ecclesiastical 
Society from further obligations to him on the receii)t of notes for £-'r2i>. 
and an order on their treasurer for £55. A bridge and causeway had 
l)oen built nominally by the tomi, but mostly at the expense of (his first 
society ; as another bridge was Iniiltat Po(piono<;k at the same lime. In 
1804, voted — " To give the Rev. H. A. Rowland 'I'wenty I'onuds in ad- 
dition to his i)ermanent Salary, during tlic pleasure of said Society." ' 



• " The ladies of the lirst parish in Wind.sor assenihh.-.l i>n the l.")th insl. .May. ISOO. 
at th<! hou.se of the IJev. Mr. Rowland, and i)ri'sented Mrs. Uowlanil with 124 nin.s of 
linnen and tow yarn, and also provided a hand.sonie entertainment." — Conii.Citiirniit. 

" .laiinary 20, 1808. A number of uentlemen of the lirst Society in Windsor. 
!is.sembled at the house of the Hev. Mr. Rowland and made him the handsome and lib- 
eral present of tweuty-tive loads of wood." — lliid. 



1630 until death, 1670. 



Ili3!l until death, 1644. 



1G42. 

1642. 

Elder J ^ 

1642. 

I Pastor of the new 



Ord. colleague 1G6T ; pastor until 1679. 



Pastor of the new 
church, 1668 to 1681. 



iWrnft i>la./>e<w-. 



1683 to death in 1727. 



Ord. colleairue '1700-10 ; pastor 
from 1727 to his death in 1747. 



Ord. 1754 ; died 1775. 






Insl;illr,l ITIC ; (lii'd i;!»4. 



Colleai;ue pastor, 1790-1794 ; pa.stor until ls:;5. 

Pastor of ■'4th," or •'7tli," or North Hocietv, 1765-1794. 



Facsimile AUToeRApns of windsok i'.vstoks, 1636-1885. 



EccLKsiASTiCAL, 177r.-lS',iO. 383 

III ISlii. th.' Society voird " tc. ^ivr I lie Wry. 1 1 . A . Id iwhiiid. ill 
MiMilioii til wlml saiil Siirii'tN now uivc liiiii, llir rciiiMimlcr nl' tlir liiln- 
cst nil till' Miiiistrrial Fiiiiil ill saiil Sncirty, iliirilm- tlir iilcnsiirc nf s:iiil 
Sdcictv, al'tiT tlic ilrlit ilili' III till- lli-irs n\' Olivrr Kllswurtli. ilrrrascil, is 
iiaid in lull." ( rri-lia|is it will siii-|irisr siniir aiUdratrs nl' an aKi'rnnoii 
lii-cacliinsi- scrvit'i' In hrar irail I hi' loUnwiiiu- : N'olcil — "'J'hal (his Snri- 
ctv (Id rccoiiinirliil to tlir llr\ . llciiry A. Hiiwlaiiil tn have liiil iilir rxcr- 
cisr nil Siimlays, trniii Drci'iiilicr 1, isiO, to Marrli 1 , iS'il, and the saiiir 
to cniiiinciicc at lialf an luiiii- |ias( Eleven u'elock." )' 

In Deeenilier, 1,S:!4, fjie society voted — '• To rescind the (wo votes 
C'ivinjj to j\Ir. II. A. Rnwlaiid an additinn to his Salary, which \otes were 
passed in 18<t4 and iSl:^."" This seems tn ha\e lieeii a nnt \cry uciitle 
hint tn the |iaslnr, that al'tei- lnrt\-l'nui- years of ser\ice he was worthy of 
ail liniinralile retireiiieni on liall'-)iay. In Mairh, 18:>"), the society vnted 
— ■• Tn aiithoi-ize Iheii- Coiniiiiltee to e\|iend a siini not tn exceed two 
hundred dollai's tor |ii'nciiriin;' ninre ministerial aid during the year." 

Ill the following June (hey instructecl their cnmmittee (n offer .Mr. 
How land $1,250 as tlic condition on wliicli he slimild reliiniiiish his 
|iastoral rcdation to this ]ieo|ile. Jlr. Rowhmd accepted this offer, and 
was soon after dismissed In a cnuiicil, July 15, 1835. 

This arrang'enient was not made and executed without some dis- 
agreeable friction in the society's action and sjiirit ; and, aii|iarentl\ to 
avoid the like in the future, the society, in January, 1836, voted — "To 
give the Rev. Charles Walker an invitation to settle in the ministry, on 
condition that he is to receive the annual interest of their Funds and 
the rents of their lands, and that his Salary he $650 |ier year, provided 
the deficiency of said ■'f'650 be paid hy Subscription, or w ithmit any Tax 
iipnn the Society, and that said Contract be dissohed wlieiiexer Mv. 
Walker nr the Society give six niniiths' notice thereof." 

This contract was dissolved after an existence of ahniit mie year ; by 
whose notice, the record saith not. 

During Mr. Henry A. Rowland's ministry we find, in 1802, the liist 
luention on the society records of a singinij-master. In 1804, the fust 
mention of a bell, which was presented by Henry Allyn. Ks(|. : and, in 
IK'cember, 1805, the society voted that, as a token of respect to 
the memory of the late Henry Allyn, Esfp, the bell which he gave to 
this society be tolled one hour at the setting of the sun. on the Nth day 

' If the Cliurch and Pastor accepted the " recommend" of the .society the experi- 
ment was sliiMt lived, for I was nine years old at that time, and have no recollection of 
mis.siiig the " niiontiine." All tlie discussion 1 remember was relative to the continu- 
ance of the winter intermission of one hour through the summer. My father chose to 
drive home at noon (three miles) and the usual two hours intermission in summer must 
have been more acceptable to the majority, .J. 11. II. 



384 IllsniltY HI' ANTIKNT WlNDSOPv. 

(if .M:iv. ill I'licli yc;ir |irr|irtiially — tliat liriiii;- llic day (if liis drcras.'. 
riv\i(iuslv til this, thr "lily licil in town was that mi tlic schnol-hnusr. 
u-ivcii liy Mr. .Vhv\aiHl<T .\liyil. aliout the hittiT part of the |iivvioii> 
century. 

Henry A. Kuwlainfs imMislieil sermons were : 

1. A Discdursc. (.lolivi'ivd Noveiul)er 27, 1800; a day obscrvcil iis an Aniii\ri-^a! \ 
'riianksniviiis, By llynry A. Rowland. Pastor of the Firet Churcli iu Windsor, I'lili 
lishfd liy ilcsire of liis licanTs. Hartford: printfd by Hudson & OoiidwiM. isill. TiM 
P.salni, (-.xlv. 10. p. 20. 

2. A Scnnoii, occasioiuMl liy thf dciitli. and dflivcrcil at the ruiicral of llir llniiin: 
hie Oliver Ellsworth, Esij., LL.D., who died November 2<), ISIIT, in llic (i:!d year of hi- 
aire. By Henry A. Howland. Pastor of the Fh-st. C'linrcli in Wind-or. HarlfMil 
printed by Ihid.son tt Goodwin, ISOH. 

" To'the bereaved widow and alllieted children, the tnllowinj: disecmrsc, preaelu d 
at their desire, and published by their re. piest, is iiiscrilied liy their syinpatlii/in;: friend 

•• Till', AiniKiK." 
Text. I'salni .\.\\i\. !), p. 15. 

lie was siiceeeiled liy the Rev. Ch.xKLES A. Wai.KKI;, who was in- 
stalled .Maivh It, l.s:!(;. lie was ;i iiTadiiate of naftinonth College, IS'J:'.. 
;ind had lieeii previously settled at New Ipswieh, N. II. The society, 
however, were iu ti state of luii-est : and, his health lieiu.u- extremely deli- 
cate, lie withdrew just one yetir tifter his settlement. He died at Croton. 
Mass., October, 1S47, aged 51 years. 

On June 1-2, 1.S39, the Rev. SpOFFOitn D. Jewktt, |irevioiisly settlrl 
at Griswold, Conn., was installed as ])astor of this church, on an annual 
salary of ^(i.^O. lie was ilismissed 31 Oct., 1843, and afterwards wa> 
settled at Middlelield, a ptirish in Middletown, Conn., where he w;is lor 
many years postmaster, and died there. 

The next pastor was the Rev. Theoikiki-; Adg.vte I.,eete, horn at 
Guilford, Conn., May 20, 1814; graduated at Yale College, 183'.t, and 
at Yale Tlieol. Semimiry, 1843; sup]ilied the pulpit at Brotid IJrnok. l], 
W., for a while ; was ordained at Windsm-, 24th Septemher, lS4r): dis- 
missed 1st October, 1859. Me afterwards siipjilied and organized tin' 
church in Florence, Mass.: was acting pastor at DIandford, ^^ass . 
1864-1870; acting jiastor at Thorndike, Mass., 1870-75; organi/.eil ilu 
Union Evangelical Church in 'J'hree Rivers, Mass.; acting jiastur in 
Orange, Conn., 1877 to fall of ^H: and at Northford, Conn., 1880-'8:!. 



' Mr. Allen had drawn, or iiartly drawn, a will shortly before his death, in wliirli 
he had provided for a bell for the ehureli, with a eondition tliat it should forever It 
tolled one hour on the atiniversary of his death. The will was not executed, and con 
sequently had no legal force, but his heirs consented to the appropriation and the bell 
was procured and tolled at first agreeable to this vote. But afterwards the friends con 
sentcd to (and I think desired) its discontinuance, 

[This story was told me by the late Herlehigh Haskell, who was at the time (I8o."ii 
an active ineinber of the society, .1. H. H.wiiknI 




KIUST CONOKKOATIONAI, CUUUCH EDIFICE, WINDSOR, CONN. 
Erifliil 1794 : Kcconstructed 1M4. 



ECCLKSIASTICAL, 1 77<'i-1 Kill). :3S5 

111 cvi'iy [laiisli ulirrc lie lahoiHMl the (■luircli ruccivfd many additions . 
lie dic(l at liis lidHic in Loiiffmoadow, Mass., April 28, 1886. 

He was sMcwcdccI liy l^■v. IJioN.rAMiN Pausons, |)rcvi()usly a missiou- 
aiy in Tnrkcy, under tlie A. I'.. ('. F. M., as stated supply, 1860 ; and as 
]iast(ir tVom May -'K Isill, (n .Inly 1, 1865 ; afterwards preached in New 
York and .Miclii-an, and now resides (1891) at Seattle, State of Wash- 
iuiiton. 

Tile pivseiil pastoi', K'ev. (JowEN ('. WiusoN, t^raduated at Colliy 
L'niversity (now VVatervilie College), Alaine, 1857: taught nearly two 
years in the Hallowtdl (Me.) High School ; jjassing the winters of 185G 
-57 and '57-58, as elerk in ollice of Secretary of State ; entered Bangor 
Theological Seminai\ spring of 185tl; graduated in class of '61 ; settled 
at Wintcrport, Me. (where he had i)reachod as a supply most of previous 
year); was ordained t(j the ministry, October, 1861 ; was dismissed in 
the spring of 1866, having sjient two months in fall of 1864 in service 
of United States Christian Commission in \'irginia ; his service at 
AVindsor, Conn., eoinincnced 1st Mai'ch, Isdd, as a supply ; he was set- 
tled here 20th Noveniher, 1S(;7. 

The first hearse in this society was i)ni-chased (together with a house 
for its keeping) by a tax of live mills on the dollar, a(UH)rding to a vote 
of 26th Septeml)er, 1814. A newhearse and house was ordered in Octo- 
iier, 1844; and, in 1847, one was ordered for AV'indsor Locks. 

In 1844, the church edifice was thoroughly repaired and altered to 
its jiresent appearance. Tin' change on the outsider, at the front end, in- 
volved the removal of the sijuare tower and cujjola (as seen in the ac- 
cunqjanying picture, from I'arber's Hist. Coll. of C'onn.j published in 
1836), which stood on colunms over the Ijelfry. This architectural 
crown of thi' house was biiiU, as, perhaps, was the rest of the structure, 
from plans procuicd ( ai'cording to the statement of the late Herlchigh 
Haskell) by Chief Justice Ellsworth from the architect of the meeting- 
liouse in Pittsfield, Mass. This reconstruction was the occasion of a re- 
drdication of the edifice, held 24th Sept('nd)ei-, 1845, at which time Mr. 
heete was ordained as jjastoi-. 

A Conference-house, or chapel, was erected, in 1822, south of the 
IJivulet. A few years ago, it was moved back from the road, a second 
story added for a Women's parlor and kitcluMi, and the whole put in 
excellent I'onditiou. In I8il0 Sundaj/schoul rooiiix were added in the 
rear of the elmieji edifice, connected with doiu's opening into it, and 
nicely iurnished and carpeted. A chajiel at Hayden Station in 1876 
was Ijuilt by private subscription and deeded to the society. 

In 1852, a neat brick />arxon(i(/e was erected at upper end of Pali- 
sade Creen, and was first occupied by Pastor Li.'ete and I'anuly 1st 
September of that year. 
Vol. I. — -19 



386 HTSTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOIt. 

Mr. .IiiIk"/. II. Ihiydcii rciucliilici-s when starrs wrvr first imt into the 
Wiiiilsiir Cliiircli, Mild, though report says that in iii.niy |ilaces the iniici- 
vation iiu't with much o]i]iosition, lie testifies that •• tlie pedple of Wind- 
sor took kindly to them, only laiiieiiiiii',!' tliat tlie stoves iiad not lieen 
invented sooner." As it would al'l'eet tlie linaiircs of tiie soriely. lib- 
erty was given to the advocates of tliis iniio\ation to put in sto\-es 
without expense to the society. However, in 1.^22, Decemlier, it was 
voted — "That two Stoves be purchased for the Mceting-House in tlil~ 
Society." Previously to this, mothers and grandmothers iiidniged in 
tlie liLxiiry oi foot-stoves, the children, of course, sliaiini!' tlic warmth. 
These foot-stoves were filled with coals from the liearlli. ro\ered witJi 
asli(^s,and retained their warmth tlirongli tlie morning sei-\icc: the eoal> 
were renewed at noon liy some generous friends iii'ar tlie elinicli. 

This ancient cliuivh celebrated on the 30tli of .Maivji. Isso, tlie 
250th anniversary of its organization at Plymouth, iMiglaiid. previous to 
sailing for Dorchester, Massacliiisetts 15ay, in 111:')*). I'lidei' tin' exeeijeni 
arrangements of a committee ajijiointed by tlii' church, consisting ot 
Dea. J. B. Woodford, Dea. Daniel Payne, Samuel ]}. Ilayden, William 
Bailey, Dr. Samuel A. Wilson, and the jiastor, Rev. (!oweii C. Wilson, tlic 
occasion was one of the greatest interest, and its happenings have liecn 
embodied in an interesting |)amphlet of 104 pages, published by tlie 
church, entitled, A Record of the Services held at the C'on(/re;/ii//(i)i(il 
Church of Windsor, Conn., in celehration of its Two Hundred and Fiftieth 
Anniversary, March 30, 1880. The services of the day opened at 10 a.m., 
at (he old church, with a prayer of invocation, by Rev. S. D. Jewett (a 
former pastor), followed by hymn No. 24S, from " Songs of the Sanctu- 
ary " ; an address of welcome, by the present jiastor ; reading of the 
Scriptures (Psalms 107, and Rev., 1st and 'id chapters), by Rev. Tlieo. A. 
Leete, a former pastor (the Bible used being that of the time of Rev. Jlr. 
Rowland's pastorate), and followed with a prayer. A jiaper on The Old 
Windsor Meetin(/-House, was then read by Dea. Jaliez H. Haydeii of 
Windsor Locks ; and a paper on The Financial Condition and Histurij of 
this Church and Ministry, by Dea. J. B. Woodford. Between these 
papers the 340tli hymn was sung to the tune of " (^)l•ollation," with (lie 
" Doxology " following. The benediction was pidiionnced by Kev. ilr. 
Jewett. 

After dinner, the audience reasseniMed, and services were resiiineil 
at 2 P.M., by the singing, by choir, of " .l(>insalem, my glorious lionie," 
followed by prayer by "Father" (ileasmi. The pastor. Rev. Gowen ('. 
Wilson, read a pajier on tlie History of the Church frn„i tlie Firxt. In the 
middle of this paperthe choir sang Mvs. lieman's old bynin, " 'J'lie Ini •al<- 
ing waves dashed high," etc., and al its close. Dr. II. lionarV liyniii, " Kar 
down the ages now." 



KfTLKSIASTICAL, 177()-1890. 3H7 

Ilcv. Dr. Lronanl Biicdii of New Haven (who lii'ty-six and :i liiili 
years hclm-c liad i-eci'i\r(l lici'c his ordination to the ministry hy the 
Consociatiou), deii\ered an extemporaneous ad<h-ess, and llev. I. \. 
Tarhox, D.D. (an " East Windsor boy " ), icad liis poem written lor tlir 
occasion, "OW Windsor, Conn., 1630-1880." 

Prof. William Chauncey Fowler, D.D., a descendant of Pres. Charles, 
father of Nathaniel, second pastor of this church, and William Frederick 
llolcomb, M.D., gave short addresses ; and the exercises closed with the 
sinuinu' of a part of the 90th Psalm, from the Sternhold & Hopkins 
\('rsion used liy the fathers — it being " lined off " by the deacon and the 
<'oniiregation singing two lines at a time to the tune of "Dundee." 

The evening services, at 7 i'. .m., ronsisted of an address (after tlie 
singing of " Old Denmark "), by Rev. Dr. Tarbox, on Sinying Ciisfonis 
in the New England Clinrches, and several addresses were made Ijy ex- 
jiastors and other friends of the church, closing with the singing of the 
original hymn simg at the dedication of the present church edifice in 
1794. 

Th(> Deacons of tlic eliureli liave been : 

William (iaylord, died 1G73. 

William Rockwell (according to the Mist, of Dorchester, Mass., 
which says that he and Mr. William Gaylord were the _^Vs< deacons of this 
cliiin-li at Dorchester. Mr. Rockwell, however, does not figure as a (l(%i- 
eoii on llui Windsor Town or dhurch Records). 

John Moore, ordained 11th Janiiary, ir)51-2 ; ilied 1(177. 

.(ohn Looinis, died l(i88. 

Joseph Skinner, died 17'.i4. 

Thomas Marshall, died 17:55. 

John Cook, died M.'A. 

.loliii I'alinci-, died 17")l'p. 

John Wilsnii. died 1774, aged 89. 

Nathaniel Drake, died 17(i9, aged 84. 

William ('(M.k, died 1780, aged 85. 

ivlward M -e, died 1798, aged 89. 

Klcazer (laylord, li-ft town 1820. 

J..lin Sargent, died lS-i9, aged r>H. 

Klijah Mills, did 1S:!1, aged 70. 

Daniel (iillel, died 1S;!7, aged S'.l. 

Alvey Knwiand, .lied 18o7, aged 91. 

Roger I'lH'Ips, died 1.S64, aged 84. 

Jaspei- .Morgan, died 18(')9, aged SI. 

John n. Woudlord. died ISIH, ageil 7(_;. 

John II. naii.er, die.l IST:',, au'ed (M. 



388 HISTORY OF .\NOIENT WINDSOR. 

l>:iiucl P;i}lic. 

Lemuel T. Fristtee (chiiscii: left W. liel'oic lie Imd served). 

Strong H. IJiiilicr. 

William liailey. 

Tlie Church Fuml. — The i)rincii)al source i)f revenue has lieeu tax- 
ation direct, down to al)out 1840. This tax was laid Ijy the town until 
1712, when the Ecclesiastical Society records hegin. And these rerords 
and ])resent fund bear testimony to the deep and lonng interest in ii- 
])ermanence and growth, felt by many of its earlier members. The finul 
j)rol)ably had its beginning in the bequest of Mrs. J.iXE IIosford, widuw 
of Henry Foukes (Folkes), who died in Windsor, September, 1640, and 
left to his widow twenty acres of meadow and swam]) adjoining in the 
lower end of the second meadow. " This land was reserved to herself in 
her own propriety and Dispose," when she married the widower William 
Hosford. After his death she returned to England. The following is :i 
copy of her will in part: "July ■23d, 1655. This is the last Will and 
Testament of Jane Ilosford, the Wife of Mr. Wm. Hosford — I, l)cinu 
gomg after my Ilusliand into Old England, and not Knowing when God 
may take me out of this life, do dispose of my Goods as followeth : 
Imp"'. I do bc(iueath and it is my will that after my decease the Churcli 
of Windsor, of which 1 am now a member, shall have and forever enjoy 
that piece of Meadow Land which l)elongetli unto me called Hoytes 
Meadow, for the use of the Pastor or Teacher as the Church shall sec 
most need, and when one dead to go successively always." Rev. John 
Warham was one of the three witnesses to this will. Mrs. Hosford aftei- 
wards gave the use of this land to her stepson, John Hosford (during 
her life), who, claiming that be bad no knowledge of her death in Eng- 
land, held on to the use of that land, until legal proceedings, instituted 
by the society, compelled him to re]ini|uish it in September, l<i!t5.' This 



' " On the 15th .laii., 1671, bfiiig the 23d year of Charles the Sd. Jlrs. IIo.sforil, tU' 
scribed as 'of Tiverton, in the county of Devon, widow,' made licr will, of which lici 
son Stephen Gayloril, .John Witchtield, ami Walter Fyler of Windsor, were api)ointeil 
executors. She devised certain moneys to Esther (or Stephen) Samuel and Sarah Gay 
lord, and to their children; the rent of a meadow to her sons-in-law .John Ilosford. and 
the three above named, durin,s the life of the testator. After her demise, the meadow 
(about 20 acres of meadow & swam])) was to go and belong to the ' Old t'lniiih of 
Windsor' forever (l.nmix, vol. i p. !H), Omn. Archices). On 13"" of Oct., 1692, com 
plaint was made to the General Court, by petition from the Windsor Church, that th<\ 
were kejit out of the right and use of the aforesaid land, it being yet in the hands nf 
her heirs, who say that she is not yet dead. And the Court, considering that she w.is 
aged when she returned to England and has been there 40 years or so [she went in 16o."d, 
and not heard from lately, declare her to be (k(td in law, unless it could be pmreil thai 
she was alive or had been heard of within 7 years jiast " (Jhim. in Conn. Air/iirts). The 
land was fully eonlirmed to Ihe church, Sept. 3, l(!!r>. 



tlCOLESTASTICAL, 177G-1890. g89 

lucMiliiw-linid \v;is sold, in iStilJiv tlio society, to tlic Tlirall lirothors for 
?i:i,000, and the iiitcivst tlicrcot is still :i]iiilird to the suiiport of the 
pastor. 

The Rev. Jonath.\n Marsh, also, fourth pastor of Windsor, devised 
his iiropcrty, after his wife's death, to the Windsor ehurch for gospel 
and school i)urj)oses. 

Previous to 1740, Lieut. Abraham Phkli's, l)y will, gave £20 for 
the use of schooling, to that part of the society north of the Rivulet. 
Henoni Bissell, who died in 1761, after certain bequests to relatives, de- 
vised his estate, both real and personal, to the First Society, " to be sold 
in a convenient time as the Society shall agree, and the money that the 
same shall sell for, to be loaned out by said Society, and the interest 
thereof to be used and improved yearly for the sujiporting of schooling 
in said First Society forever." Most of the pi-esent union school fund 
(.•8!2,080) is the result of this gift. 

Dr. Timothy Mather, who died April 5, 178!-!, provides in his will 
as follows : He gives to his wife Roxanna his house and the land on 
which it stands, so far as it l)elongs to him, and her heirs forever. Also 
one cow and the whole of his household furniture, and one-third part of 
all the remainder of his personal estate. To his son Timothy all the 
residue of his estate, and if this son die before the age of twenty-one 
years, then he gives to his wife the use of one-quarter of the son's portion 
while she shall remain his widow, and the other threenpiarters he gave 
to the First Ecclesiastical Society in W^iudsor, to be loaned, and the an- 
nual interest thereof ajjjdied to the support of the minister of said soci- 
ety. And the saiil (juarter given to his wife during her widowhood as 
aforesaid he gave to said society, for the purpose aforesaid, after she 
shall marry or die. This son died in 1792 or 1793, six or seven years of 
age, and the widow married in 1802, when the son's entire portion of the 
estate belonged to this church and society. Dr. Jfathcr's whole estate 
was inventoried at £1,>582 IS.s. 

JosKl'li JfAiisii, a son of Krv. .lonatlian Marsh, in his will gave the 
use of all his propei-ty to his wile Klizalieth during her life, and after 
her decease he gives the same to tlic Society of North Windsor, whcie 
he then lived, to be improved by them for the support of the Gospel 
ministry ov schooling in said society, as they judge best. The inven- 
tory of his estate amounts to £205 lis. Id. 

In 1794, after live conditions or articles of agreement for the uiiiou 
of tlie First Society and the Society of \'orth Windsor is the following : 
" These conditions being performed, wc severally engage to pay or secure 
to l)e paid, to the treasurer of the First Society for the sole and jierjictual 
use of supporting the (Jospel ministry in the same, the sums respectively 
ailixed to our mimes, provided however that the bonds we may give shall 



390 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



lint lie lialilc til lie siicil so loiitr US WO sliiill aiiiuially pay six ]irr cent, in- 
tercut uu tlic s;iiiu',;iii(l staml ruaily to giv<' siirli t'urtlier rcasoiialili'sccuritv 
as may at am time \>r nMiiiestcd hv said Society's Coininittco." 



IIcz'' C'halT<'c, 
Horace 1 locker, 
Alex. Wnle.itt, Jr., 
He7.i> ChalTee, Jr., 
Josiah Allyii, . 
John'i-Ellswcrtli, 
Elijah Mather, 
W"- Kussell, . 
Sam"W. Allyii, 
Giles Ellsworth, 
Roger Nowherry, 
Oliver Mather, 
Ozias Lonii.s, . 
Roger Pheljis, . 
Gideon Barbir, 
Daniel Gillett, . 
Sirajali Looniis, 
Chas. Woleott, 
Abel Strong, . 
Austin Phelps, 



eiio 



Oliver Ellsworlh, 
Janii'S Hooker, 
Jerijah Barber, 
Daniel Phelps, 
Asa Moore, 
Increase Mather, 
George Phelps, 
George Looinis, 
Roger >Ioorc, 
Edward Moore, 
George Warner, 
Phineas Wilson, 
John Filley, . 
Eliakini Marshall 
Elisha Jloore, . 
Elihn Drake, . 
Benj. Allyn, . 
Elnatlian Filley, 
Philip llal.sey," 



tloo 
Kill 
Kill 
25 

12 
1(1 



The aboye was the last coiitrilmtion to the fund for the sii]i|Mirt ol 
the ministry, and the entire fund for tliis |iiii|iose now (ls',il ) amounts 
to !|12,.500 (fii!3/)00 for music, and ■"I'liOO for Sunday-school included;, of 
\vliich #1,700 is invested in the parsonage, and the remainder, -tOj^S^, is 
loaned on mortgaged security. The interest on the above, and about 
•'11,000 received annually for the rent of slips, now furnish the means of 
paying the ordinary expenses of this p]cclesiastical Society. Incidentals, 
repairs, and improvements require an occasional subscription-paper and 
the ingenious devices of the Ladies' Society. 

December 25, 1871, Gen. Willi.\m S. Fiersdn proposed that he and 
his sister Olivia woidd jdaco an organ in the church of the First Eccle- 
siastical Society in Windsor, and give it to said society on condition that 
a fund to be called "The Music Fund." of at least •'?1,500, should be raised 
and paid to said society in trust, etc. A fund of #1,555 was raiseil l>y 
subscription, and an o.Kcellcnt organ now in use is a permanent testi- 
monial of the fidelity and generosity of the donors. Gen. Pierson also, a 
little ])reyious to his death, in his last will added #2,000 to this music 
fund. The chandelier in the church is the gift of Mr. Oliveu R. IIol- 

COMH. 

Jliss M.\l!V A.\N II.VVDICN, lieforc her death, manifested her deep in- 
terest in the Sabbath-school l)y giving #200 as a fund for its hciu'lil in 
furnishing suitable books for its library. 

The chiircdi is without dclit : its edifice in good repair: it lias a par- 



KCCLi-siASTicAi.. 177ti-18no. 301 

sonagc ViiliK'd at •'?2,5U0, a fund of N'.l.OdO for .support of tlu' luiuistry, 
and one of •f:i,oOO for iiisurau<-i' ami repairs on organ. It contributes 
from *700 to -tLOOO annually to lirncvolrnt causes outside of its own 
field. 

Tliis chureli luis enjoyeil tlu' following revivals : 

1(>S8 — thirty niniilHTs adduil (Am. (Jmir. IS-IS — thirty-four memliers added. 

/fertcw, iv. 2i».")-2i)T). 1866 — eleven 

1735 — "iivery great ingatliering " {Tni- 186T — tliirtcen " " 

(•(/, 13). 18Ta — ten 

1834 — (ine hundred and eight members 1876 — thirty -eight " 

added. 1877 — twelve 

1841 — fortj'-seven members added. 1883 — one hundred and eighty-si.x mem- 
1847 — ninety " " bers added. 

\o revivals since l<SSo, liut additions of a nioii' permanent sort than 
those of that year. 

Ministers liaised in this Town. 

Rev. Isaac StiU's, pastor at Xoitli Haven. 1T:24-I7il0, father of Pres. 
Stiles of Yale College. 

Rev. Ahel Stiles, brother of Re\-. Isaac, pastor in ^Voodstock, Conn., 
1736-1783. 

Rev. Hezekiah Bissell, pastor at Wintonhury, Conn., 1738-1783. 

Rev. Jonathan Marsh (son of the Windsor pastor), pastor at New 
Hartford, Conn., 17.59-1772. 

Rev. Jedidiah Mills (liro. of Rev. Gideon ), pastor at Ilinitington, 
( Ripton), Conn., was proliahly a native of Windsor. 

'( Rev. Jlliakim Marshall, pastor at North Canterbury, Conn., 17.59- 
1768. 

Rev. Azariah Mather (son of Rev. Samnel ), pastor at Saybrook, 
Conn., 1710-1732. 

Rev. AUyn Mather, pastor at Fair Haven, Conn., 1773-1784. 

Rev. Nathaniel Gavlord, pastor at West Hartland, Conn., 1782- 
1841. 

Rev. Solomon "Walcott, ])ast(u- at i'.loondicld, Conn., 1786-1790. 

Rev. Henry A. Rowland ''. \ 

Rev. James Rowland. | Si'i- (xenealogies. 

Rev. Oliver Wolcott ^Mather. ) 

l{.'v. Frank v. Mills (s. .b.hn .Mills), emd. Ham. Coll.: slu.lied 
Union Theol. Scm. and Hart. Theol. Seni. ; ord. in Windsor, 1882 ; m. 
Kate C. (dau. Dr. S. A.) Wilson, and has been seven years a missionary 
of the Prcsby. Board in Ilong Choii, China.' 



' His clas.smatc. Hev. .Junius 11 .ludson. m. .leniui- II. (dau. Horace H.) Filley, a 
niemb. of the \V. Cliureh, and for i)ast ten years have l)een missionaries at Hong Chou, 
t'liina. 



392 IIISTOIIY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Rev. Williniu W. I.rrtc, lidrn ill Windsor. 1S.")4 : urailiuitcil .Viiilicrst 
College 1S77: Viilc Tlieol. Sent. ISSU: now settled over :i ehiiivli in 
Rockl'ord, 111. : sec (renctiJniiii'y:. 

It is .proliidile tiiat sonic ministers were raiseil in Windsor lictuccn 
1G3") and 1724 : also, that this list is incomplete. 

liojithtx hi Winds,,,-. 

Ahoiit the middle of the last reiitlirv, illirin-- tlic (h;;it A>r,i/,r,ii,. 
which conmirnci'cl in New jMiglaiid under the jireaehiiiL;' ot the ccli 
bratccl Whitlield. sexeral IJajitist churches were formed. One of tlior 
was at Windsor. Of its history, however, we have no authentic reeori|>. 
There were two cUisses of iJaptists at that time — one consisting of thos. 
who were "soltei- dissenters" from the orthodox form of worship in tin 
colony : ami the other of those who helievcd in tlie "indulgence of tlicii 
inward frames, in noise aTid outcry without restraint," in dreams and 
trances, andinthc superior ellieieney of " lay exhorters." This lattei-ida>^ 
were termed Separatists, and, from the fraiznieiitary farts which ha\i- 
ccmie down to us, we infer that ihey witc nuiiicrous and influi^ntial in 
this town. Mr. Marsh's last days were inueii emiiittercil hy their 
extravagances and ci>niniotions. TrKmhull, after mentioning the ■■ fan- 
atical spirit," wliicdi prevailed in certain counties in the colony. add> 
that "there was also sometliiug of the same spirit in the County il 
Hartford, in the towns of Windsor, of Suftiekl, anil in Middletown. 
The sejiaratious began, and principally prevailed, in these counties." 

The history of the Baj)tists in Windsor, as in every jiart of the 
colony, is mainly a record of persecution. The storm of opposition which 
overwhelmed them, served only to intensify their devotion to the pecu- 
liar principles which they espoused, and, together with the civil judg- 
ments which were lirought to hear upon them, causeil them to run into 
the extremest lengths of folly and aVisurditv. Sej)aratis)n was. undoiiht- 
edly, the legitimate result of unwise and unwarrantable legislative inter- 
ference with the rights of private judgment; and any odium which at- 
tai-hes to it should not attach to the Bapti»t denomination. I>iit the 
multitude, as well as the law, in that day, made little or no distinction 
between the two (dasses. ilr. Ebenezcr Frothingham of J[iddletown, in 
a book printetl in 1767, and entitled, ^-1 Key to Unlock the Door tJutt 
hddx in to take a Fair View of the Religioux Constitution established hji 
Law, in the Colony of Connecticut, after affirming that the opjiositioii 
was not directed against the Separatists alone, says : " Young Deacon 
Drake, of Windsor, now in Hartford prison, for the J[inister's rates ami 

liniJding their meeting house, altho' he is a l>aptist is 

accounted a harmless, godly man, and he has plead the jirivilege ol a 
JJaptist through all the courts, and been at great expense, without 



BAPTIST AND .METHODIST riirRfHES. 393 

relict, until ;it hist tlic Assomlily lias uivcii him <i mark in Jns hand [a 
bramliiif;;], and iiotwithstaiuliiig this, tlicy have thnist him to pi'isou for 
former rates, with several aggravations, whieli I shall omit. IJut as to 
what the Constitution does to relieve the poor Deacon, he may there die, 
and the ery of hlood, blood, go iij) into the cars of a just God."' This 
was evidently a hard case of treatment, hut it will serve as a fair expo- 
nent of tlie s})irit of the times. In the genealogy of the Marshall family, 
in another portion of this work, our readers will find some interesting 
notices of some good and jiious men, famous in the annals of the Baptist 
denomination, to whom old Windsor gave birth. 

The Haptist church in Windsor lias become extinct within the recol- 
lection of those now living. The Rev. Frederic Chapman was its last 
minister — a man well remembered for his ]iecnliarities of manner, as 
well as for his jtiety and kindly disposition. 

Their old house of worship stood upon the I'oipionock road, near 
the site of the present Fourth District school-house. In 1886, there was 
a Baptist Society in Windsor, which occupied a hall in the second story 
of the First District school-house, and was led by Bro. Horace E. 
Cooley : it had no church organization, but yunday services and .Sunday- 
school held regularly in School District No. 1, next to Hartford. 

In this denomination in Windsor, there were raised the follomng 
ifinisters: 

Rev. Abraham Marshall. 

Rev. Daniel JIarshall. 

Rev. Joseph JIarshall. 

The Methodigt Epm-opal Society. 

The Rev. George Roberts was probably the first Methodist ju-eacher 
in Windsor, about the year 1790. Under his preaching was converted 
one Ethan Barker — a ])ious and devoted man (who entered upon the 
books of the First Ecclesiastical Society of Windsor the following "cer- 
tificate," 10th Oct., 1793, " Know all whom this concerns, that 1 have 
joined a society of Methodists, in Windsor"), and who formed a class, 
consisting of himself, as leader, Jorusha Barker, Moses Mitchell, Miriam 

'Dea. Nathaniel Drake, Jr., of (East) Windsor, 2d Society, in a petition to the 
Assenil)ly, in 1763, testifies that he " is a sober dissenter from the way of worship and 
niinislry established l)y the law of this Colony, and for more than si.K years last past 
liath so soberly dissented and been of that tlenomination ealled Baptists, living within 
the limits of the said Second Society, the whole time aforesaid he hath joined to a 
Society of Bajitists, and hath attended [lublie worship with them under the ministry of 
a Baptist minister." Tlie cause of the Deacon's trouble was that he refused to pay the 
tax which was levied i>n him by the Second Society, for the building of the new (ortlio- 
dox) meeting-hou.sc in ITGl. The constables distrained for tht^ amount, and his troubles 
commenced. — SUitc Anhicex, EcclasiasUoil. 
Vol. I.— 50 



394 hist(ii;y of anctent Windsor. 

I^i'liiictt, :i Mis. .M;iis1i. ;iihI .M:iitlia .M;itlier. Two years after. .Ml'. 
Barker reiimvccl Id I'ittslield, Mass.. \\ lieic lie reiiiaine(l four vears. iliir- 
iug which time tiie class at Wimlsor, fi-nin want of a ]ii-o]ier ieaijer, iaii- 
iruislied, ami linally liecaiiie extinet. I'lion Mv. I!ai-ker"s r<'tnrii to 

Wimlsiir, he aii'aiii gathered tlieiii tn^etlier: and the little haml, i 'tiuL; 

regularly at his residence, increased in nuniliers until the year iNttT— ^. 
About this time they were re-organizcd. l>y the Rev. Lahaii Clark, into a 
class or society, consistinii' of Ethan Barker (Loader), and Jerusha his 
wife, Jloses Mitchell, Miriam I5eniiett, Martha Mather. Samuel, Xani'y. 
and D(dia Stiles, Walter (Jillesi.ie, Ruth Piielps, and ahout lifteen 
others. 

This society worshiped ai-ound, mostly in school-houses, until ISiii!. 
when a church e(|ilice was erected. 42 hy 37 feet, and two stories in 
height, whore the present one now stands, on Broad Street (J roen. It 
was built by donation, some furnishing the material and others the labor. 
and its cost was about .tl,200 to fl,500. Its first board of Trustees 
organized June 13, 1823, at the house of Elisha Strong, comprised 
Elislia Strong, Eli Wilson, Ethan Barker, Abel Barl)er, ami Hiram 
Pheliis. In 1845 the church edifice was altered l)y moving it back, 
adding some oigliteen feet to its front, and erecting a spire, at a total 
expense of about #2,200. Suljseqnently it was again remodeled, and is 
valued at -fSjOOO. In 1890 the society renovated their (diurch, and 
received from Hon. E. F. Mather of New York city, and Frederi(d< 
Drake, Esij., of the First Congregational Society, the gift of a liiu' liell. 
which was rung just before Now Year's Day, 1891. 

T/it' Protextant Uplscopal Sorieti/. 

Religious services after the Episcopal form were occasionally held 
in Windsor by the Rev. Arthur C. Coxe, then riH'tor of St. John's. Hart- 
ford, now Bishop of Western New York. 

The Episcopal Parkh of St. Gabriel was organized 14 Doc, 1842; 
its original vestrymen being Isaac Underbill, George Spalding, Fitch 
Bissell, John Spencer, Alonzo M. Smith, Quarles Bedortliy, Samuel (). 
Loomis, and Henry A. Bliss. The corner-stone for the first church eili- 
tice was laid on the 6th of Nov., 1843, and it was consecrated 15 Janu- 
ary, 1845. The Imilding (which is the same as now owned by the 
Roman Catholics), a little south of Broad street, on the Hartford road, 
was about 48 feet long by 28 feet wide, with transepts. Its cost, exclu- 
sive of the organ, was about *2,000. 

Later, the name of the parish was changed, by legislative enact- 
ment, to Grace Church; and for a while it was cared for and .supplied 
by the professors of Trinity College, Hartford. In October, I860, Rev. 



i'KOTKSTANT El'ISf'OlWL AND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES. 396 

Reuel H. 'J'lTTLE licciniic its lirst rector; on the 2r)tli December, 1863, 
he uiiide the society a th;uii<s<>'ivina' offerinj>' of •ifSOO u])on the recovery 
of his (lausiliter from a sei'ious ilhiess, for the improvement and beauti- 
fying of the cliurch edifice. l>ut the society at once moved to increase 
(lie sum sufficiently to f)uihl anew, and a beautiful stone edifice was 
erected on tiie southeast corner of Broad street, costing -f 25,000 ; and 
this was consecrated l)y Bishoj) Williams, 13 September, 18G5, the corner 
stone having l)een laid 2 August, 1864. The Rev. Mr. Tuttle resigned his 
rectorship -4 July, 1870, bnt officiated until his successor. Rev. Benjamin 
.luDKiNS, accepted the charge, 13 April, 1871. He resigned 6 January. 
1880, and was succeeded, October 1, 1880, to October, 1885, by Rev. 
James B. Goodrich. The present rector, Rev. F. W. Harriman, came 
in May, 1886. This year (1891) the society are just completing a Par- 
ish House in the rear of their church. 

The Iloman OatJiuJics purchased, in 18()5, the chnrcli-liuilding just 
occupied by the Episcopalians, and have since held regidar services in it. 

Revs. James Smith, Michael McAuley, Michael Kelley, James O'R. 
Sheridan (resident at Windsor Locks), officiate to an average member- 
siiiii of 125. 



CHAPTER XIX. 

THE SCHOOLS OF WINDSOR. 
1636-1709. 



"XT OTHING is luorc indicative of tlic sterling character and aims of 
_L\| the first settlers of Connecticut than their appreciation of the 
importance and claims of jjopular education. It was indeed inwrought 
with the whole fabric of their social and ci\-il policy. The very nature, 
also, of the civil organization, making all civil officers elective, and gi\- 
ing to every freeman the right of voting, rendered, as has lieeu ajitiy 
said, " universal education identical with self-preservation." 

But, above all, those deep religious convictions, for the better enjoy- 
ment of which they mainly had sought these shores, could only be firmly 
established and secured by the influence of education. 

Nor can we forget that the members of the Connecticut emigration 
were mainly of an intelligent better class. Most of them could read, 
and, as the Windsor records testify, could write. And the leaders of the 
colony, the Hookers and Warhams, the Ludlows and Wolcotts, men 
whose fervent piety, ripe experience of life and business, social position 
and wealth, gave them the controlling influence of the comnumity, were 
men of refined and cultivated tastes, who had received in the free selioois 
and even universities of England the best education which that day 
afforded — God 1)C praised for that — God be praised, too, that aniiil the 
trials and hardships of a new settlement, they did not forget the educa- 
tion of their children; and that here, in the scarcely cleared openiui/ii of 
a jjrimeval forest, they established at a very early date puhlic schools, and 
that too they not only enti-eatei! all, Imf made it nhl/i/afon/ on nil, lo send 
their children to school. 

The lack of the AVindsor records, prior to lOoO, leaves us (piite in 
the dark concei-ning the history of its schools during the first twenty 
years. But enough cotcmporary evidence remains to show that tliere 
were probably schools here, and tliat its citizens were neither unmindfid 
nor neglectful of tliis ••nursery of eliineli and state." Hartford luid a 
school in 16-42, and we cannot sup|)ose tliat Windsor, with her wealth 
and intelligence, the home of Ludlow, Rossiter, Warham, and Wolcott. 
was l)ehind her sister plantation in jtroviding for the rising generation. 
We know that in September, ir.44, when the Rev. Mr. She])ard presented 



'THE SCHOOLS OF WINDSOI!, 1 ti3(i-170'.i. 897 

to tlie coiniiii.ssioiiors of the United Colonies a jiroposition " for tlie main- 
tenance of poor scholars at Cambridge," suggesting tliat each faniHy 
" which is able and willing" should yearly contribute " but the fourth part 
of a bushel of corn, or something equivalent thereto," the court approved 
the proposition and apjjointed two men in each town " to receive and sea- 
sonably to send in what shall thus he given by them." And William (Jay- 
lord and Henry Clarke were appointed for that purpose in Windsor. 
This contribution was continued for many years by the Connecticut Col- 
ony, for the " School of the Prophets " was very near to the hearts of the 
settlers. 

In May, 1650, a Code of Laws, which has been previously alluded to, 
was comjileted. It contained, under the titles Children and SchooU, the 
following important enactments, which remained, with only such trifling 
modifications as contributed to their greater efficiency, until the act of 
1792, and the revision of the school law in 1801. Read them, ye Wind- 
sor men, with honest j)ride that these, with other enactments of the 
Code of lti.50, were the work of Roger Ludlow, a Windsor /a?/«er, ami with 
a sincere a|ipreciation of the Christian wisdom therein displayed. 

CHILDliKN. 

" Forasmuch as the goful eilucalion of children is of siiii;ular behoof ami bciietit to 
any commonwealth; and wliereas many parents and masters are too indulirent and neg- 
ligent of their duty in that kind. 

"It in therefore ordered by this Court and the authority thereof. That the selectmen of 
every town in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant 
eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see, first, that none of them shall suffer so 
much barbarism in their families, as not to endeavor to teach by themselves or others. 
their children and a])prentices so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the 
English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws, upon penalty of 20s for each neg- 
lect therein; also, tliat all masters of families, do, onc(^ a week, at least, chatechise their 
children and servants, in the grounds and jirinciples of religion, and if any be unable to 
do so much, tli.-it then, at the least, they jirocure such children or apiirentiees to learn 
some short orthodox catechism, without book, tliat they may be able to answer to the 
questions that shall be propounded to them out of sucli catechism by their parents, or 
masters, or any of the selectmen, when they shall call them to a trial of what they have 
learned in this kind; and further, that all parents and masters do breed and bring up 
their children and apprentices in some honest, lawful calling, labor or employment, 
either in husbandry or some other traih; profitable for theni.selves and the commonwealth, 
if they will not nor can not train them up in learning, to fit them for higher employ- 
ments; and if any of the .selectmen after admonition by them givc^n to such masters of 
families, shall find them still neglectful of their duty, in the particulars aforementioned, 
whereby children and servants become rude, stubborn and unruly, the said selectmen, 
with the helj) of two magistrates, shall take such children, or apiirentiees from them, 
and place them with some masters, — boys till they come to twenty-one, and girls to 
eighteen years of age complete — which will more strictly look unto and force them to 
submit unto government, according to the rules of this order, if by fair means and 
former instructions they will not be drawn into it." ' 

'The same wise and careful forethought which devised this admirable Code, did 
not neglect the interests of the poor Indian. As, however, it does not particularly (con- 
cern the pmpose of our history, we .shall not discuss the matter. 



398 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



It being one chief projeft of tlmt okl deludcr Satan, to keep men from tlie knowl- 
edge of tlic scriptures, as in former times, keepinjr tliem in au unknown ton,!j;ue. so in 
these hitler times, by persuading tliem from tlie use of tongues, .so that at least, the 
true sense and meaning of the original might be clouded with false glosses of saiiil 
seeming deceivers; and that learning may not be buried in the grave of our forefathers, 
in church and commoiuvealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors. 

It is therefort' ordered hy thin Court and authority t/iereof. That every township within 
this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of 50 householders, 
shall then forthwith appoint one within their town, to teach all such children as shall 
resort to liim, to write and read, whose wages shall be paid, either by the jiarents or 
masters of such children, or by the inhabitants in general, by way of supply, as the 
major part of those who order the prudentials of the town shall appoint; provided, that 
those who .send their children lie not oppressed by paying more than they can have 
them taught for in other towns. 

And it ix further ordered. That where any town shall increase to the number of 100 
families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the masters thereof being 
able to instruct youths, so far as they may be fitted for the university, and if any town 
neglect the pi'iforniaiuc hereof, above one year, then every such town shall pay fnc 
pounds per annum, to the next such school, till they shall perform this order. 

Tlie first <lirect ;illusii)ii td the existenee of a scIukiI in Wiiidsor is 
on the town records. 

Fehruary, 1050-7, "it was voted (liat Mr. IJi-auker should have £5 
paid to him out of the next town rate toward his inainteiiaiiee of n 
school." ' 

In au aeeonut of town debts, Febrnarv, 1000-1, occurs au item nl 
" .£4:10 to Mr. {'(iruisli for schooling."'' 

In 100t)-7, we nnist chronicle the erection of the Jirist school-house 
in Windsor. Deacon Moore charged the town with " 8«. -iJ. for iron- 
work for school-house." Frohahly up to this time school was " kept " in 
some private dwelling, or at the residence of the teacher. 

In 1672, the town had so increased in population as to he liable 
under the provision of the statute requiring the establishment of a gram- 
mar school. For we find that, April •2d, the town of Windsor was fined 
£5, " for not procuring and niaintaiiiing a grammar school, said line to 
be paid over to the Hartford grainniar school. 

"November 13, 1673. This day was a town meeting to read some orders (irderc<l 
to be published by the General Court in October, and also discourse about setting up a 
school in Windsor, and it was agreed to, and four men more [added] to the present 
townsmen, which [were] Corporal Marshall, .John Bissell, .John Porter and (Jeorge 



'Mr. .John Bi(.\nkkr was a resident of Windsor as early as 1640. We know liut 
little about him, except that he was a gentleman of good education, estate and reputa- 
tion, and the frst schoolmaster of Windsor. Ue ocaisionally delivered the "weekly 
lecture" before the church. lie died May 39, 1662, and his widow Abigail married the 
l{cv. Mr. Warhani. 

'This was probably .Iamks Cou.Nisii, whom welind mentioned at different times and 
l)laces along the river as a schoolmaster. He was for some time a resident of \Vinilsor. 



THK SCHOOLS OF WINIlSOli, 1 ti'iO-l 709. -399 

Griswolil. ■piirsL' Willi tlic Iciwiisincii |:irc| In iiiccl nii Friday, tlir ilsl diiy of lliis 
iiKiiilli, ami 111 s|ir:ik willi Caiilaiii C'larl<r. anil In sit wlial way In nnlrr for tlir setting- 
up of a school." 

Nov. 19, 1674, "the Town iniTtins cnnsiilti'd aliniit llir si-linol prniiosnl to be kept 
liy Mr. Cornish." His terms were £30 per year. Sonic wislicd tlie cliildren to pay 5.f. 
per qimrtcr, others wished the town to pay llir whoh' rxpmsr. lie was to keep tive 
lunnths smith and .seventh months north of the Kiviilrl. Two nr tlirri' montlis later, it 
was derided '■ llial the sehnlars .sliall [lay .Mr. furnish.' ' 

111 1675, iit tlie tinio of King Philip's wiir, John Fitch of Windsof, 
liriiiu- culled ont iigainst tlie Indians, made the followinir will : " 

■■ These may testify that I, John Fitch of Windsor, being to go forth and not know 
that I may returu, do desire to commit myself to God, &c. 

"As for the small estate God hath given me, I dispose as followeth: first, that my 
just debt.s be paid out of it The rest, both land and goods, I give for the promoting of 
a school here in Windsor, to be disposed of in the best way as the County Court and the 
selectmen of this Town shall see meet, for the end aforesaid. 

■■ In testimony to the abovesaid, I hereto set my hand this iiOth day of August, 1670. 

■•John Fitch." 

He, with other Windsor men, M-as at the Swainji Fight, in the attack 
on the Narragansett iovt.' 

The town records show that at a town meeting after his death 
(August 15, 1676), " it was propounded, to the com])any met concern- 
ing John Fitch's will, that what of the estate after his death, and all his 
just debts be paid is to go for the town of Windsor's use for the maintain- 
ancc of a school, and therefore we pro])0iindei) to the company that in 
case all his moveables of his estate shuidd imt reach to pay his del)ts, 
they would not allow something nut of ;i town rate, and it wtis Ijy all said 
a vote [that] they would [add] iiiitn [the btihtnce] the sum of 3 
Poinids." ' 

In December, 1676, Windsor seems to litive iigain been destitute of 
a school teacher, for " the town voted that they are willing there shall 
lie fi schoolmtistcr be got and the town.snien were to get one and the child- 
ren to ])ay as to Mr. Cornish, and the rest by the town." 

February 18, 1679, the town voted Capt. Clarke to keep .sclionl in 
Windsor for a year, six months on each side nf the Ki\iilet, ami In- en- 
gaged also to attend to the town iinsiness in making out fiites, lists, A'c., 
for all of which he was allowed £40. 

' It is probable that the amount thus received was insufficient to defray expenses, 
as in May, 1675, " the townsmen agreed that Mr. OornLsh should have something out of 
what we have in hand of the town rate, whicli is in I)ea. Jloore and John l.oomis' keep- 
ing. [He, Mr. C, is] to take it in tlie kind it is brought in." 

' Probate Ilecords, Hartford, Conn. 

' He was probably mortally wounded there, but died after his return home. 

' The inventory which acconiiianies the will, states his property at £iO l.i., aud 
debts at £11 1.-); 8. 



400 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOIl. 

Nearly ten years later, Windsor eould hoast ticu teachers, for, " at a 
iiieetiiiu' of the towiismeu, Deeeiiilier 20, KiS/i, it was ordered that the 

I'liiLi- |ii)mi(is paid to the town liy Tahaii < iiaiit for tin' rent of John Fiteli's 
house for tiie two last years past, sliail lie paid to tin' two present sehool- 
masters; vi/, : to Mr. Coi-nish :!0 sliilliut>s. and to Mi. .lolin Looniis 50 
shillinu's." 

In lli'.K), llif follow inti' enactment was made: 

■■ This ('(lurf ebsiTviii,!,' that iinl withslaiicliiifr Ihc fDniicrenU-rs made for the i-du. 
tiim of children and servants, tlieie are many persons unable to read the Knglish toii:^i. 
and thereby unable to read the Holy word of God, and the good laws of this Colon , 
and it in Iiereliji orduincd, that all parents and masters shall cause their children and mi 
vant.s as they are capable to read distinctly the English tongue, and that the grand-jiii \ 
men In each town do once in the year, at least, visit each family they suspect to negln i 
this order, and satisfy themselves that all children underage, and .servants in such su 
pected families, can read well the Engli.sh tongue, or in good proceedure to learn iIh 
same or not, and if they find any sucli children or servants not taught as tlieir years .in 
capable of they shall return the namesof the parents or masters of the .said children i • 
the ne.xt Court, when the said i)arentsor masters arc to be lined 20 shillings for each chiM 
or servant whose teaching is tlius neglected, according to this order, after tlie order nl 
1690, unless it apjiears to the satisfaction of the Court that tlie said neglect is not volun 
tary but necessitated by th(^ incajjacity of the parents or masters, or their neighbors in 
cause Ihem to be taught as aforesaid, or the incap.-icity of the said children or servant 
to learn." 

The ne.Kt year the town of Windsor voted i-^U a year for a school. 

But the town was enlary;in.<i', (|uite a settlement had sprnnji' ii]) on the 
east side of the (ireat River (imw Ivist and South Windsor), and t]ie\ 
also had children to educate. So in April, KIOS, we find the town agree- 
ing to hire a schoolmaster ; and school was to be kept three, iwowihi^ on 
the east side of the Great River, and tiine months on the west side, ludf 
on the north and half on the south side of the Rivulet : eaidi quarter of 
the town to provide a snitahle school-house without any charge to the 
town. The nutster to receive £20, "besides that which is gi\en of 
gift-money." The Committee were Lieut. Hayden and Lieut, ilattliew 
Allyii. They made (April, IG'J.^) the following contract : 

"Agreed with Mr. Samuel Wolcott to keep a reading, and writing, and cyi)liering. 
and grammar school for one full year, to begin on the twelfth day of this month [.Inly |; 
to take none but such as are entered in spelling. His salary is to be thirty five pomids 
in country pay or two-thirds of so much in money. The school is to be kept at llic sev- 
eral places agreed on by the townsmen. 

D..NIEL IlAYDEN, /. Select.nen. 
Matthew Allyn, ) 

Sa.miel Wolcott. 



SCHOOLS IN WINDSOR, 1700-1891. 401 

1700—1891.' 
WEST OF THE CONNECTICIT lilVEK. 

Ill till' \(';ir 1700, the town of Windsor was represented l)y its 
wortliy iniuisti'i-. Ilie l!r\. Sa.mukl Mather, at tliat memorable j^atherint;- 
of clei'ii'N iiirii who I'slalilislied Vale Colleu'c. nce|ily iniliiied as they W(!re 
witli tlie iiii|icirtaiice ol' their iiiidei'tak iuu', and u itli a iirophetic assiir- 
iiiiee of its uitiiuate sureess, they could not tlieu liavc foreseen th(^ 
iiiiiiiense iufiuriiiT wliieji it was, in less tlian two centnries, to olitain ; 
nor tlic posit ion if now iiolds as the croirii of Coiineetieut's e(hieatioiial 
system. 

.\lioiit the eoimneiieement of the last century (1701 ), the conuuon 
s<'ho(il system of (^onneetieut emhraeed the following particnlais : 

1. All oliliuation on e\ery ]iarent and guardian of children, ■' not 
to suffer so iiiucli liarliai-isiu in any of their families as to have a single 
riiild (Ji- appj-ciitiec uualiic to reail the holy word of God, and the good 
laws of till- c-ciliiuy," and also '• to liriiig them up to souk- lawful calling 
or eiuployiueuf ." under a jienalty for each offense. 

2. A tax of foi-ty shillings on every thousand [loiuids of the lists 
of estates, was colliM'tid in every town with the annual colony tax, and pay- 
able proportionate!) to those towns only which should keep their schools 
according to law. 

3. A conmion stdiooi in e\cr\ to^vn Jiaving over seventy families, 
l<ept throughout the year; and in every town with less than seventy fam- 
ilies, kept for at least six months in the year. 

4. A grammar school in each of the four head county towns to fit 
youth b)r college, two of which grammar schools must be free. 

5. A collegiate school, towanl which the general court made an 
annual a])propriation of £1'20. 

G. Provision foi' the religious instruction of tlie Indians. 

The school thci-efori' endiraced every family and town, all classes of 
cliildirii and youth, and ail the then recognized grades of schools. There 
were no select or sectarian schools to classify society at the roots, but all 
children were regarded with (Mpial favor, and all brought under the 
assimilating influence of early school associations, and similar school 
privileges. Here was the foundation laid, not only for universal educa- 
tion, but for a |iractical, political, and social ecpiality, whicdi has never 
been surpassed in the history of any other State. ^ 

' After 1702, the control of scliool mutters became gradually vested in the eiclisi- 
astical societies or parislies — and wo shall therefore treat the history of the Windsor 
schools under their separate parochial divisions. The school history of Poquonock and 
AVintonbury parishes, in the absence of any official records, cannot be written. 

' W'f have licrc i(Uoted the language of Hon. Henry Barnard of Hartford, Conn., 
fiirnicrly superintendent of [lublic instruction in this State; to whose admirable digest of 
Vol. I. — r,i 



402 HISTdHY OF ANCIENT WINDSOIi. 

April 14, 17()T. " 11 was voted thai the inhaliitaiits on tlic iicirth siilr (jf the Rivuk'l 
shall have lihcrly to set up a .school house on the iiieetiiij;-hoiise sreeii ' upon their own 
charges for the bcnetit of learning to the town in general." 

"Also [the] same liberty granted to the inhabitants on the .south side the Kivulel." 

Jli ITOS.thr Icgislatill-i' clliictfil tlliit tlic Cdlisttililrs slioiiM dolivrr 
tlio "-iO.s'. upon the £1,000 of tlu- list," to tlic niniiiuftL'e for the schools 
in snch towns where the eommittoe are, or in (lefe<'t of such officers, to 
the selectmen. This is the first intinuition we haw of ;i school eom- 
mittcc. 

In Decenilier, 1711, it Wiis ordereil hy the town of Windsor tliul tlicic 
sliuil lie " ii constant school kept in the town."" 

In 1712, it was ordered, " that all the jiarishes which ;ire alread\ 
made, or shall hereafter be made hy this Assembly, slnili hiive to the 
bringing iqi of their children and miiintainiinee of a school in some fixed 
pliice within the honnds of their jiarish, thv f'orti/ xhilUni/x in every fJinK- 
>i<iuJ /loiniiJy tirisinu' in the list of estates within said parish.'" This 
is the ilrst recognition of jiia-ixh or I'cclegiaxtiatl tiutliority in school mat- 
ters. Althongh by this act the ]i;irishes were simply iiitido school dis- 
tricts and subordinate to the towns, yet in course of tinu' they usurped 
the place of the latter. After this date the history of the Windsor 
schools is mainly to be found in the records of the " Ecclesitistical Soci- 
ety of Windsor." 

February 3, 1713-13. The school Committee clio.seii were t'ol. .Matlliew Allyn, 
('apt. Abraham Phelps, and Daniel White.-' 

Also voted to give Mr, Ebenezer Fitch .t'lO money, out of this Society, loeiicoura;:r 
him in the work of the school for the space of five years annually, or per annum. 

At the next annual meeting, Feb. 14, 1713-14, " it was then also proposed, wlielhc r 
Mr. Fitch's salary (annually) shall be made up by, or out of the Society, e.xcmpting tlir 
children that shall go to school, and this shall continue for the space of seven years 
Voted in the alDrnuitive." His salary was li.xcd at £38 |ier annum, and he was to keep 
school eleven months in the year. The next year, February, 1714-1.5, it was resolved 
"to grant Mr. Ebenezer Fitch's, .Ir,, jietition. viz; that tlie rent of the school lands as 
let to Mr. Eleazur Gaylord, during the time of his keeping school here, sliall be paid to 
him. the .said Fitch," 

the " History of Common Schools in Connecticut,'' published in the Amencuii Journal "f 
Education for 1858, we acknowledge our indebtedness. We may also be permitted, in 
this connection, to express our obligations to him for the many pcrs<mal favors he has 
shown us during the prosecution of our work. 

' Now known as Palizado Green. It was then a parallelogram with the meeting-house 
about in llic center of it, and directly in front of the General Pier.son place. 

• Up to the year 1717, towns of seventj' families had been obli.ged to keep a school 
for eleven months, but at that time the same obligations were imjioscd on parishes or 
.societies having that number of families. Parishes having a less numlier of families were 
required to maintain school for six months. The householders in the parish were em- 
powered to lay taxes for the support of schools, to appoint collector, and transact busi- 
ness relating to the siime. They were also to choose annually a clerk, and a school 
committee of three "able and discreet " persons. 



SCHOOLS TN WINDSOR, 1700-1 Sitl. Kt:*, 

•■1714, April ',. Tlic srluKil house was raised on I ' other hill" {Timot/,i/ I,„omi« 
Cuiniiioii-phin'hwk). 

Taking Timothy Looniis's then residence as a stan(I]i(iiiit, we shimld 
ini'er that he had reference to Stony Hill, as "f other liill.'' 

Jannary 31, 171o-16. The school committee were empowered to 
" raise h\' way of rate ,£4 to he disposed of for the schooling of Pocpif))!- 
noe people's rliildiTU." Tlie sunie anmunt was granted tlie succeeding 
yea r. 

The first achddhiiixtrcxs named on the records was Sarah Stiles, in 
1717 : and the next year it was voted that the " schools shall he kept iiy 
women" [in] the summer until October." 

December 30, 171S, " Our neighliors at Poipionnoc " were allowed 
to improve towai'd llirir own schooling, all they paid towards it in llie 
County tax. 

Jlr. Ebenezer Fitch was released from the charge of tlie Windsor 
school in December, 1719. 

Tlie next year, December, 1720, " it was voted that tliis Society will keep schools in 
a manner following for two years next coming, viz, a tixed sehool on the north side, 
and also on the south side of the Little River, the months of November, December, .Jan- 
uary, February, and March, by two good schoolmasters to teach our children, Heading, 
Writing, and Cyphering, and the rest of the montlis improve women to instruct chil- 
dren in Heading, provided the General Assembly do allow and accept, in lieu of the 
eleven months now stated by law. and that our Deputies be desired to pray the As.sem- 
bly to allow of it, and tliereiipoii have our school monev as other towns and societies 
have.- 

Their ai)plieation to the assembly was, however, rcfuscil. 

January, 1720-1, the school committee were empowered to lease the 
school hinds for fourteen years. 

And ill Decembi'r, the committee voted to raise money in the society 
lor maintaining S(diool the next year, in conjunction with the coiintv 
nioiiey, to which ])rojcct Mr. Matthew Allyii, .Jr., entered a caution. 

In Decendier. 17'22. £30 was rtiised on the society list for schooling: 
iind the town voted lo dixidr the school money according to the lists of 
estates on eiich side of the Rivulet, and to tipply to the assembly for a 
division into twii school societies. 'I'heir petition was presented in the 
.May following, but was opposed by a remonstrance from twenty-llirci' 
persons, who allc'^i'd tliat : 

1st. '■ One scb<H,l :it two bouses, as berelobn-e, is pnd'erred. 2d. 
<»iie master can teach all the .scholars. :!d. .M ultiplicalioii .d' scho ils 
will iui-rease expense. 4lb. Xi'W school-houses will have be built. ."■)iii. 
It will open a door bir the inultiplicatioli i>[ school societies." 

-V petition, however, signed hy sixty-one persons, was presented in 
-M;iy, 1723, and, liy an ai;t of the same session, Windsor was dividcnl into 



404 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

two scliool|(li.stricts, unc mi llir iKirtli ;inil tlir otlicr on tlir sciiitli siilc of 
the Rivulet. 

1722-23. .Mr. Ilciny .\llyn uas schoolmaster. 

1731. John Allyu was schoolmaster for ten weeks. 

1735. Jol) Loomis. 

1735. Also Mvs. Deborah Moore, Widow Kstlier Kii-ti-lcston, Kiinicr 
Marshall, Grace Rowell, schoolmistresses. 

Deeeml)er, 1742. "Voted that there he hut oiic scliool l<r|,t m, 
south side of Rivulet this winter. 

'• Voted, that said school shall he kept at the school-house near ('n\. 
Allyu's, till last of March, aud then to have women's scliool set up."" 

Decemlicr, 1743. The school lands were ordered to he leased Im 
999 years. 

Also the iuhahitants of Pine Meadows (Windsor Locks) wen 
allowed to use their own portion of school money. 

1759. One scliool and master, to be kept half the year toward the 
south (!nd, and half the year toward the north end of the First Society. 

17G0. A school was established in Jeremey's Lane. 

1762. A scliool was established at Moses Barber's house. Alsn 
one at Mill Hill, for I'our months, and one "at the lower end" oT the 
society. 

1768. It was decided " to drop either of the said schools, if thev 
have not lifteen scholars or more in a general way." 

1773. The society was divided into Three Districts. The Nortl, 
District was to take in John Roberts and all Cook's Hill. The Soiii/i 
District was to extend from the south end of the society up to Josepli 
Loomis's. The MidiJle District included the remainder of the society. 

1784. The three districts into which the society was divided, were 
as follows : Xnrlli District, "all north of Widow Mary Rolierts and hei- 
house, and Cook's Hill (or lioston, so eaih'd ) as far as Amos Filley. 
Tlicophiins Cook, and Itiidley Di'ake's. South District, from Jerijah 
Loomis' all soutii to iliirlfnrd Line and Pi|iestave Swamp. 'I'he lialaiiee 
of the society form.'d llie Ml,l,llr District. 

1797. Windsoi-, nortii of tlie Little Rivei-, was divided into tlie fol- 
lowing school districts : 1st. From Suffield line, south through Pine 
Meadow (Windsor Locks) to the lirook next nortli of Gaylord Deiislow "s 
house. 2d. 'I'lu'iice south to the lu'ook in'ar Jacob Osborn's house, in- 
cluding Da\id aii<l Jesse 'J'lirall. :5d. Soutli to the south of Taylor 
Chapman's home lot, including Fliakim and Samncd .Mathei-. Itli. 
Thence to Windsor Little River. 

This year was noticeable in the educathti'd history of Windsor, 
for the union which took ))lace between the first and fourth ecclesiastical 
societies, wlii<-li lieiu'efoith liecamc the First Society of Windsor. As 



SCHOOLS IN WINDSOR, 1700-1 S'.ll. 405 

liiis lnH'ii stated ill the ])ro\ioiis flia])tr'r, one of the main Icaturcs uf the 
union compact Ijctwccn tlie two societies was tlie erection of an arailemy 
soiitli of the Little River, on Broad Street Green. 

'I'his academy was built mostly liy snlisiTi|itiiin in IT'.'S. \ci\enili<T 
25, IT'.KS, the Union School, as it was termed, was " Dnlered to he set up 
iin June next, and kept till the interest of the scIukiI iiniiiey li)aiied to 
tlie soi'iet}- be expended." In 1802, it was "voted, that the committee 
l)e empowered to exclude any scholar that shall not carry his share of 
wood for use of the said school." Also voted, " that if any scholar should 
do any thing to the school-house, they shall make it good, or be excluded 
from said school, after a reasonable time lieino: allowed for the damage 
to lie made good." 

This academy at one time enjoyed a high and wide-spread reputa- 
tion, and is recollected with pleasure and pride liy \cry many who now 
occupy prominent and responsilile positions in life. 

" In about 18-15, the old building had become much out of repair, 
and those living at a distance, with some others neai- Ijy, made an 
attempt to annihilate the school by jietitioning the legislature to dissolve 
the contract as far as the school was concerned, and divide up the fund 
among the districts. Two hearings were had before the legislature, and 
one trial before the superior court, and all decided in favor of the school. 
In 1853, a committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions for building 
a new house, if the means could be raised in that mannei-. After can- 
\assing the society, with a great deal of hard work, it was found that 
aliout $1,500 was all that could be raised. Mr. Henry Halsey, who was 
chairman of the committee, with the hope that certain of the earlier recipi- 
ents of this school, who had gone abroad and been successful in business, 
luiglit have some sympathy for the old school, widte to them, asking for 
tlieii- donation. The following gentlemen res|ionde(| (o tlie call: Hon. 

E. I). .Morgan, (!eii. F. E. ilather, and H. I!. Loomis, Es(p, of New York 
city: Hon. James Hooker, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.: the sons of the late Levi 
I laydeli, Charleston. S. ('..and X. Y. : lion, .lames ('. Loomis. Ilridge- 
jioi-t, Coiiu. : Will. S. I'ierson, .Inn., Esq., Sandusky, ( tliio : R. (!. and 

F. \. Drake, Es(|s., Hartford, ("onn.. and Columbia, S. C. Witli this 
aid. and renewals of subscrijitions ami the avails of the sale of tlie old 
iioiise,' the rcMpiisite sum was raised, the new academy built and linisheil, 
and till' school started in 1X51, clear of ili'lil. Its dimensions are 4(1 by 
28 feet, with 2ti-leel posts, and its cost, including i:round, outhouses, 
fences, school-i-oom furniture, etc., etc., was #2,878. S'.i. 

' TIk! old academy building was moved off the ground, and was afterwards (witli the 
:iildition of an under story of brick) occupied as a boarding-house by tlie operatives 
in tlie Sc(|iiassi)n Factory. 



406 HISTORY OF ANflENT WINDSOri. 

The Sr/tool Piiiid, |i()ssil>ly, (■oiiiniciiccd with tlio lc_u-;icy of John 
Fitch, in 1675; •certainly was incrcascMl liy the legacy of Lieut. Joseph 
Stiles, who lived just north of the present Judge Ellsworth place, and 
whose intended lu-ide was drowned shortly before the wedding day. ITc 
consequently remained single, and his house, during his lifetime, was :i 
pleasant resort for all the young j)C0ple of the neigh])orhood ; and, at his 
deatli, he left aliheral lieipiest for the benefit of the schools of his native 
town. 

8gt. Abraham Phelps, who died in 1728, was the next who 
becjueathed a generous legacy for the same ])urpose. After him Ca])t. 
Benoni Bissell, who died in 1761, left another gift to the school. His 
monument, yet standing in the old cemetery, was " Erected by the First 
Society of Windsor in Orateful Remembrance of his generous Gift for 
the support of their school." The present (1891) amount of the Union 
School Fund of the First Society in Windsor, which is now used to liclp 
out the town's appropriation for High School, amounts to ■'ji2,050.' I'hi'ic 
are at this time (1891) one high school and 10 school districts in the 
town, and 14 school departments; and 695 children enumerated between 
the age of four and sixteen years. The annual appropriation from town 
treasury in 1884 was #5,000 : from Sciiool Fund and State a|ipropi-i;i- 
tions, #1,563.75; from Town Deposit Fund, #199.90: from Union 
School Fund, #124.80 ; total, #688.45 ; total receipts from all sources. 
#10,261.61, and the total expenditures, #9,949.72. 

The Voioiff J^adien Institute \k a private enterjirise, estalilislieii in 
1867, by the Hon. H. Sidney Hayden. There are two Imildings, oiu' on 
Broa.d street for the boarding pupils and teachers, and another on 
Ma])lc avenue containing the schoolroom and Seminary Hall. From its 
inception it has l)een conducted by Miss Julia S. Williams, as )ii-ineipai, 
and Miss Elizabeth Francis, assistant, with an eHicient corps of teaebeis: 
average number of scholars about sixty. 

Loomis Institute. In 1874 James ('. Loomis, Hezekiah I!. Looniis. 
Osljcrt B. Loomis, H. Sidney Hayden and his wife, and John Mason 
Loomis were constituted a body corporate under the al)Ove name. This 
Institute is designed for the gratuitous instruction of persons of the age 
of 12 years and upwards, and is to bi; located on tjie original boniesteaii 
of Joseph Loomis, on the Island (an island only in times of high 
freshets). The homestead is situated on ele\ated ground on the west 
bank of the Connecticut River, and commands an iniconimonly liui- view 
of the river and valley. This site, since Joseph Loomis's death, has i)eeu 
in possession of his lineal descendants, and it is the design of (he corpo- 
rators to do what they can to endow this institution: in wbicb purpose 



' We do not understand whet lier the money derivnl rioiii llic s;ilc nl' Die Wt-steiii 
lands in 1720 formed a part of the above school fond. 



SCHOOLS IN (kast") windsoi;, 1(;08-176S. 407 

thcv li)i)l< Ini- Die (•(i-(i|icr;itii)ii ol' tlic Lomiiis raiuily, tluit tlic iiistit ill iiiu 
niav licciiiiic a lasting iiiomuuent tu tliu uieniory of Jost'jih Louniis, tlic 
eiiiigraiit auci'stor of the naiiu' in Anierit-a. 

East of thk Connecticut River. 

Second Society, or Eaat (nou< Soufli) WiiKhm-. 

'I'lio fii-st niiiitii)n of schools on the east side of the Connecticut 
Ri\cr was flic t(i\\ 11 vote of April, 1698, already referred to in the former 
jiai-t of this chapter. 

About 1700, however, the cilucatioual interests of the town east of 
the river seem to have passed into the hands of the Society there under 
the charge of Rev. Mr. Edwanis. 

On their records, under date of Decemlier 15, 1702, it was " voted, 
also, that there shall be a school, and divided as it was last year ; voted, 
also, that the committee chosen shall pronde a man to keep school." 

Ill 170.S, 1.S-. and 8d. was paid to John Stoughton " for keeping 
school one day," and in ilay of the same year " Mr. Roger Wolcott was 
chosen to make apiilication to the Honorable General Court to be holden 
at Hai-tford this jn'esent month : that we the above said inhabitants on 
cast side may have the school money out of the country rate which is 
jiaid l)y ourselves every year. We desire that it may be improved among 
ourselves for the lienefit of our children, that they may learn to read and 
write; and that it may lie confirmed to us by the H(_inorable Court, 
anmially. 

" Vote<l, also, that Jlr. Roger Wolcott should be |,aid for his time 
waiting at said court, and also for what money said Mr. Wolcott shall 
[lay out for the petition." 

December, 1712. Toted, " that the school money should be divided 
into three parts," one above Scantic River, another from there to Sgt. 
.loseph Newberry's Brook, and the third from there to Hartf<u-d Line. 

Provision was also made for masters and school-houses. 

January 28th, 1~17-18.- '"Voted, that we will raise monej- to add to the country 
money that is granted by the Court." " Voted tliat we w'ill raise so much money that 
will, with the Country's allowance, amount to £30 for a school. .Joseph Kockwell, Sgt. 
Daniel Bissell and .Joseph I^helps to hire a schoolmaster." 

" Voted, that ('apt. Thomas Stoug-hton, Samuel Rockwell and I^t. Samuel Bancroft 
should be visitors to see the well ordering of the school." 

December, 1718, it was voted that schools .should lie kept in two 
111 aces. 

December, 171!'. A similar vote is recorded. One of the schools 
to l)e located lielow, and the other above the meeting-house. 

Decemlier, 1721-22. A similar vote for three schools. One to be 
■■ near this place " (probably the meeting-house), another half-wa); 



408 HTSTOKY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Ipi'twiTii tlicic mill till' Idwrr ciiil: the tliii-il li;ill'-\v;iy liclwcrn ■•tliis 
pliicr" ;iiiil Eiiliraiiu liuiu'nil't's lioiusc. I 

I)('cciiilier, 1722. School to lie kc']it iis lid'urr in ihree placrs. anii ' 
"the t'ai-iuors of IJissoll's Farm [Wapiiinii- '.'] tn lia\c flirir |iart." 

.lainiary a^<, 1723-:!. " \Vc will ruisc sii iinu-li niinicy In siippdrl ii schipiil ;iii ,l' u- 

uilli \vli:it tlic country allows to makf tin- siiiii nf t';i7 In liirr .-i NclinnlmastiT to ki-i'\< a 
jirainiiiar s<linol till Di'ceiiilior next." ] 

hY'hniary. 1728-4." " Voted, that we will kce]i a rcailiiiif and writing school all 
this year." 

Doecinlier, 1724. Schools in six places, one liolow Podiink Urook. 
second at a "place called IJissell's Faiiiis [Wa|i]iiii.oV]," thiid, at (ii-eat 
llai-.sh.and the (itlicf three from Poiliiiik Urmik iini-fli. ci|iially di\ idci] in | 
length. i 

In January, 1726-7. i-4 was veiled to the farmers at Ijisseil's 
Farms, for the eneonrairiMnent of a selniiil aiiniiio- them. 

1740. It was voted Id add £70 to the cnimtry school mmiey. AIsu 
to employ mastei-s in the \\ intei-. and xi-lnml ilatm-x in summer. 

Decemlier, 1741. "('apt. .John Kllswortli. Joseph Loomis, and Roger WipUoti. ,Ir , 
were chosen a coniniitlce to take can- of the money given for the .several towns lately 
laid out ill the Western land, to be disjjosed of, and improved for the support of School 
ing in the several towns and parishes of the Colony, as mentioned in the Act. pas.sed in 
.May, .Viino Doiii, 1711. liy the General Court, or Assembly." 

Dei-emlier. 1742. Scdmols were eroated in /'";//■ pitices ; one lietweeii 
llartfoi'd line and Newlierry's Brook; second, from there to Scantic 
l>i\er: tiiird, to a center line between Scantic and the nnrth line of the 
tow 11 : and fdiirtli, from the said line to the north end. 

In 1742, Windsoi- received from the colony, as a sclionl fund, illdd 
12.<., of which the Secimd Suciety's share was ^84 3.1. '.'J. 

December, 1749, it was voted that "those families thttt live out ;it 
Hockaninn, viz., Robert White, Charles Thrall, J<iseph Hawkins, Havid 
Smith. Joseph Stedman, Jr., Stejihen Stechnaii, iind Jdhn Sea lies." should 
htive their own school money. 

In 1750 it was resolved t<. add .£2(K) to the country scl 1 fund for 

schoolinii'. 

From this date to that of the separation of the towns, in 17GS, we 
luive no record. 



ciLvrrKR XX. 

r.UKIKS, INNS, STORES, TRADE AND COMMERCE, HOUSES, SLAVES, 

MANNERS AND CONVENIENCES, WITCHES, COLONIES, 

PHYSICIANS, LAWYERS. ETC. 



i;/.v.sr/r.s- iV 



n-y. 



THE siiliject of a regular ferrv across tlie Connecticut, at Windsor, 
seems to have been first agitated about January, 1641-2, at wliieli 
time the court decreed that if the town of Windsor provide a fei i y bo:it 
to attend the river, they are to be allowed three pence for a single pas- 
senger, and two pence a person when they carry more than one at a 
freight, and twelve pence a horse.' 

No definite action, however, was taken in the matter until January, 
1 t34S-H, when the court concluded the following contract : 

".lolin Bissell undertakes to keep ami carefully to attend the Ferry over the 
Great River at Windsor, for the full term of seven years from this day, and that he 
will provide a sullicieiit Boat for the carrying over of horse and foot upon all occasions: 
And that if his own occasions should necessitate bim at any time to go out of call from 
his house or Ferry, that then he will provide some able man in his room to attend that 
service; for which tlie said John Bissell is to have of those that he ferries over, eight 
pence for every hor.se or mare, and two pence for every person that goes over therewith, 
or that Iialh another passenger to go over the said Ferry at the same time; and three 
pence for every person that goes over the said Ferry alone, single, or without any more 
than himself at the same time." 

"And the court prohibits all other persons (except the inhabitants of Wind.sor, who 
have liberty to carry over tliemselves or neighbors iu their own canoes or boat), from 
currying over the said Ferry any pa.s.senger or passengers, when the Siiid John Bissell or 
his assignee is present, or witliin (-ill of his liouse or Ferry as aforesaid, to attend that 
service. And if any person or persons as aforesaid shall at any time during the afore 
said term, go over by Indians or English that have not boats orcjinoesof theirown, that 
they pass over the said Ferry in, they shall as truly pay Brf. for every horse or mare, and 
'id. for every person, as if they went over with him. And the court also gives the said 
John Bissell liberty to relieve (J. e. — entertain) such .strangers and pas.scnger.s as can 
not go the ordinary, and take of them convenient and reasonable recompense for the 
same. This was consented to bv John Bissell in Court."' 



' CM. liee., i. 71. 

■'a»l. ftr.. i. 174. 

^ There isa traditi(m in the BissKt.l. family, that in l(!;j(i-7, this John Bissell was 
Milt by the colony to England, to procure a new supply of cattle to replenish the heavy 
los,s<>s which they lia<l sutTered from the exceeding .severity of the preceding winter. — 
that he returned with " 17 cows and a bull " — and as a reward for his services received 
the iiioiiitiHAy of this ferry, from the court. The tradition is strongly marked, both i>y 
its prevalence and its uniformity of detail, among all the different branches of this large 
Vol. I. — .-,3 



110 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Tlir iDiiil I'roiii the iiuiiu street, ill Wiiidsoi', to the oriLiiiial Uissell's 
FeriT l:iy along the south side of tlie |ireseiit home lot ot the heirs of 
Hezeldah Hills, about GO roils north ot the Chief .lustiee Kliswortli 
plaeo. 'I'lic laiidiiio' place on the caxt siih' of the Coniieetieut Ki\er was 
near the j)rescnt wharf use(l liy tiie (^narr\ Coinpany. The road theuci' 
east, following the present I'oad to a point of the Meadow Mill, at a 
considenihle distance from the street, wheie it aseeuded the hill healing 
away to the northeast.' 

The lease luiving e.\]iired, was again renewed May lo, l(;,5t», tor 
one year, on the same terms as hefore, with this addition, that troops 
shall have free passage for man and horse, '• so often as the said troopers 
shall with their listed horses tra.vel witli them to Spi-inglield town or 
beyond." '■ 

Again : 

May l(i")T. .lolm IMssell's lease of tlic rnuiitry tiTrv was ri'iicwcd for mic year ' iii 
his old house,"— CW. Rec, i. 398.= 



and widely e.\tenderl family. Yet wc are disiiieliued to believe it; 1st, because in the 
official colonial records there is not the slightest allusion to any such circumstance 
2dly, because we have very serious doubts whether .John Bissell was here in Winilsm 
at so early a flate. Tt is possible that he may have come here about 1639 or '40, ami ni.iy 
have brought some cattle with him, but we have been as yet unable to conn<it tliem 
with the ferry. 

'■'This road continues, east of the river, te day, over n<arly its ancient courM' 
and extends from the main street in East Windsor, from opposite the Quarry C'o.s jirop 
erty to their wharf at the river; altho\igh the old ferry was long ago removed to Ibr 
mouth of the Scantic. where it still retains the name of its original owners. Near tin 
quarry wharf .stood the first house built east of the river, luid occupied by a Bissell, anil 
there was also erected a fortification, or block house, of stone (and which was still stand- 
ing in 1800), and evidences of tliesc structures were very distinct forty years ago. " .John 
A. Stoughton's MHiidsor Faniim, p. It."). 

' (M. liec. i. 381. 

'.Tohn Hissell. Sen., the original ferryman, bought the Ludlow lot on the east svh- 
of the C'onnccticut, below the mouth of the Scantuck, after the <leath of Mi 
Whiting, 1649, and had evidently built there before 16.57, and liad proposed to Iransfn 
the ferry to that place ; but we find that the court in extending his lease another year 
specified thai it should be kept "at his old house." John Bissell, Jr., kept the fen\ 
"to entire satisfaction " Ih.il year, and March 11, 16.")7-8. the courts agree with John, 
Jr., to keep the ferry Hi years. Tin' young man married and his father gave him " lli^ 
old house," the old homestead ; but we find six years later, 1664, John, Jr., asks to be 
released from the remaining four years of his contract. -Vfter the e.\i>ir;ilion of !!»• 
contract, 1668, wc find the Townsmen of Windsor consulting with Xathaniel Bissell 
about keeping the feriy. 8i\ \ears before this, 16(W, John, Sen,, had deeded to bis son 
Nathaniel, for his marriage iiortion, ■■ one-(|Uarter of his land at Scantuck. with a 
(|uarter part ot all bis housing, dwelling hou.se and out liou.sing," with another ipiarler 
at the death of his father; and Nathaniel was living there at the time of King Pliilip^ 
war, 1670-6, when the council ordered "a garrison of not less than six men kept at i1h 
house of Nathaniel Bissell, at Scantuck." The ferry was leased to him in KiTT, bni 
had probably been removed to the mouth of the Scantuck (a mile below tlie old plai ■ 
ill ir>l>S. The Landing place on tlie east side was at first above the mouth of the Siaii 
lui k. 'I'he lii.s.sells did not build on the cast side of lh<' river at the old ferry place. 

J. H. Havdkn, 1891. 



WINHSdl! KlCIililBS — Till-: DISSIXL KKltltY. 411 

Maicli ll,lt)57. Jciliii IJisscU, Jr., h;ivini>- manai;;e(l the country 
tVrrv at Wimlsor, tncutire sat isl'actidu, received from the court a renewal 
tliereol' I'lir ten yeai-s, \ i/. : 

■■This i-dui-l (loth u-nuil to ;niil Hiiwr with John Bissell, Jr., of Windsor, that the 
frrry there, over the (ireiit Kivcr. shiill l)c and liclong to him for thi' space of 10 years 
next iMisuinn'. u|ion tlie limitation and terms hi^reafter c-xpresacd, to which he doth in 
eoiM-t airree and en.n^age to attend : 

■ 1. 'I'hat Ihere shall be always maintained in readiness npon all occasions, an able 
and siillicient boat and man for the saf(^ passage of horse and man. 

■■2. Till' said John Bissell shall have Sil. a head for any beast, and 2rf. a head t<«^ 
any ppr.son that cometh with them, and 'M. for any single person. 

■' 3. That each Trooper listed and allowed iu the Court, and the horse he rides, is 
only freed from the ferriage going to Springlield Town, or as far as Springfield Town, 
or further. 

'■4. 'I'hat no person of 'Windsor sliall have lilu'rty for to help over any person or 
heast of any other town, liul tliey sliall then p.iy thi^ ferryman as much as if they were 
carried over by him. 

■■ .■). I'pon eiiiisideration with the inhabitants of Windsor, they are to go over the 
feriy at hall tln^ I'orementioned price, mdy that single ]iersons .shall pay 3^/. per head for 
their passage, as before." ' 

In March, l(i6o-4, .Idlm IJis.sell, Jr., :ip|ilie(i {<> tlie cdiirt Un- a re- 
leasi' IVdiii liis ciintract. It was jiTauted, " if the Assistants " at Wiml- 
sor, shoulil |ir(i\i(le "a sufficient man" in liis |)hice.° 

In .May, Ilitis '■Tlie court leaves it to the deputies and townsmen of Windsor to 
agree and scuttle a Kerrymau there to keep the ferry over the Great River for T years, 
proviiled there be no charge come thereby to the county." ' 

'I'iiis iiriler hail not liccn attended to hy th(! subsc(ineut session of 
tlie .■emit in Octiilicr. tor tlic Windsor authorities received a very brief 
an<l sunnnary order to tittcnd to it " without dehty." ' 

October -51, liiti.S. Tlie townsmen consulted with Nathl. Bissell 
iiiiiMit keepino^ the ferry (supposed t(j be the one across the Connecticut, 
as in tlu' same meetinji, they engage "a rope for the little ferry" ), but 
tiicy cdidd IK it iigree as to terms, and the snl)ject was deferred.' 

.May ID, 1677. Nathaniel Bissell received ti lease of the Ferry for 
seven ye;irs from date: •■he was alwa\s to keep a Iniat and nu'u ready 
to iittcnd the service, and to take lor liis |);iins sixpeui^o [for] a horse 
and man iu sii\cr |iresriitly paid [/. e., in caah^, or iu other pay eight 
pence a horse and num."" 

' Ool. liec, 1. 310. 

' Col liec., i. 394. 

' C',l. Ree., ii. 183. 

* Col. Her., ii. 9,5. 

' hi 169.'), the court, in conseinicnee of some overcharges of ferry-rates which had 
ociurred. established the following tarilT of fares: A man, horse, and load, nine pence 
'"/"'.'/. or live jicnce in money; single man three pence in pay, or two pence in money; 
a horse live [lence in pay, or three [lence in money. (Coi. lice.) 

' Col. liec., ii. 314. " 



412 HISTORY OF ANCTKNT VVqNDSOR. 

The fcny siilis(M|ii('ntly rcvrrtcil to the tnwii. 

Jfiirch Is, 171G. At a tiiwn nicctiiii;'. tlic ('oiinccticut River Fcrrv 
at Seantic wms ui'ant<'(| tn .lonatliaii llisscll am] Aiiiini 'I'liinilinll. uii cdii- 
(lition they slmiilil caiTV i)\rr the sclcctini'ii ami cDllrctois tVcr, wlirii 
they were iiikhi Inisincss, ami Idnt-iiasscnuci's in\ Irdiiir ila_\s. 

In Feliniary, 171M-20, the selectiiicu were iii-(lcrc(l to irasc it aiiain. 

Joseph Bakei- had the ferry in 1724-5. 

In 1726, the terry was granted to Jonatlian ami l>aviil IJissell fur 
seven years. They engafred to pass over all who li\<'(l miith of the Rivu- 
let in Windsor, or those who lived north of StoiiLilitoirs I'.rook in Easi 
Windsor, free on Salihath and lectnre days. 

January, 1730. It was voted hy the town to raise a sum not exceed 
ing ,£20, for the purjMjse of having a free ferry at Scantic, but it dm ^ 
not apjiear with what success. 

The next year, however, Jacoli Munsell was the frirynian. and prti- 
tioned the legislature for a license to keep aeeoininndatiou and "sti-oiiL: 
drink for the accommodation of travellers." 

■■ Al a meeting of the Inlialjitants of the Town nf Windsor, l.c^ally wariUMl, lliM 
in Windsor, April 37th, 1731. Vouted to raise money (not lo exceed Twenty I'outmKi 
in order to have a free ferry, Crost the Great River at Scanlick, for all the Inhabitinits ul 
thi.s Town, for the year Insning, Said Ferry to be kept from daylight to daylight. Tin 
t'omm"" chosen to look after said affair, are Capt. .Job Ellswortli, 1/ Sam" Bancrult, 
&, Capt. Thomas Stoughton. A Question proposed. What was Intended by those words 
in the foregoing vont (from daylight to daylight). Voiited and Resolved that it slioirld 
lie kept from Brak of day, to Evening shut." — Winehi'r Fdninx, ll.~). 

1780. A lease was authorized with Jonathan Rolierls '• to koi'p a 
good ferry where Scantie ferry is now kept." 

1782, February. A siniilar least' was grtnited to A/.ariah .Matlici-, 
Jr., for twenty years. 

('iipt. '• Donf (.ronathan] Ellsworth " kejit tlir Icriy at one time. 

27(6 Wolcott, or Huiley Ferry. 

In October, 1735, Roger Wolcott, being in need of a ferry for his 
own pur])oses, petitioned the assembly for leave to establish a doublr 
Iriiy, from the landing place in Plymouth ifeadow, across the Rividd 
and the Connecticut River," to his own laud on the eastern bank of tlir 
liitter, the East Windsor landing lieing at rear of the present Enoch Pel- 



' Originally the Tunxis or Rivulet emptied into the Connecticut con.siderably belnw 
its present mouth. The ferry, landing about where the Rividet now empties, neeessi 
tated another ferry across the Rivulet to reach Plymouth Meadow, and then to "the 
I.sland," otherwise the passengers must drive across the foot of the Great Meadow to 
ford, or the ferry about half a mile above. Tradition says that Gov. Wolentt dug a 
channel tlirough tlie neck of land (the present mouth of the Rivulet) to enable him to 
land his passengers on Plymouth Meadow, or Great Jleadow, as they preferred. 

J.ii. H.\YDEN, 1.S91. 



WINDSOR FERRIES — Til K WOI.COTT KERRY. 413 

Idii's |irip|i('rt_v. I<'r(iiii this Irrry \\;is hiiil mit a i;Tcal liitiiiway, twi'iily 
rods in widtli, as li'adilioii says. cNlriidiiiL;' casl In 'rnllaud, and kiinwii 
tVdiii its projector as tlic " ( Hucriinr's K'nad."' Ilr (iflri-cd to uiakr iaiid- 
iiiiis and passways on tlir cast sidr. at iiis owni-ost. His rO([U('st was 
i;rant('d and the conrl nrdri'ed llie town to make tiiree highways, for 
whicli (March, 172li) tliey wciv assessed i;i5S ll.s-. The town jn-ntested 
ajrninst tliis, alleii-inii' tliat the Liranl was iil.ddii chiinat;-e to (In'in, and 
oidy lienidited Woleott. ('(insi(hTidile liti:jaliMn lulldwrd,-' hnt the l'nfni-e 
ii'o\ cnior was a rising ni;in, ami liis inthicnrr cnaliled liini to liold his 
dwn: and. it is hnt just to say tliat lliore is e\ idenre that the fen'\ was 
well kept aiul attended. 

In Jainiary 27, ITSS-HG, the town " voted thai tliere he a ferry set 
U]i aerost the Connecticntt i{i\fr lu'cr against the Ijittle Ferry, at the 
phice called NewVieiries lianiling phice." \ eomniittee was also chosen 
to op] lose the petition of Mdward Wolcott at tlie county court, "for a 
way from the ferry o\ci- the Jjittle River through the (ireat ^Iea<low to 
the point to the feriT that ci'osseth the Ci-cat River." 

.Inly 1."), TT'O. Sei-gt. William Stongliton. Lien). Thomas Sfoiighton, 
and Lieut. Wm. Thrall were chosen a committee to negotiate with Majoi' 
Wolcott concerning his ferry, and to Iniv his ferry-house and hoat, if they 
judged it hest, and to "take an ac(|uitt;>nce of him of his grant of the 
ferry. Also, to purchese a way, from the River to the County Road, on 
East side of the River, to accommodate the ferry lately voted to be set 
u]> at Newberrie's Ijanding for the Town's use and to erect and set up s'" 
Ferry and have the ordering of it, for the current year." — Stoughton 
Mss. One year after, July, 1737, the town voted to move the '■^ JVew 
J'crri/ lately set up at Newberry's Landing." 

In April, 1738, it was voted to reimburse the .Inly 15, 173t), commit- 
tee for the amount (i;i92 V^x. 3-/.) which tlnT had expended in the 



'The okl Wolcott hoiis(! was on premises now(lS88) occupied by Burllioloincw 
McGiiire ; a stone-walled well alone marksthe spot. 

'The following iinihitnl doctnnent, anionjr the Thnman Stmiyhton Mmi., imilialjly 
refers to this: 
"To the Honourable llie Covenowr ('oinucll and Kcprescntativcs in (Jcneral Court 

As.sembled. 

"We your memorialists bunihly move to lliis llonoin-able .\sscmli|y lli.it tliry in 
tlieir wonted Goodness would <}rant unto llie Town of Windsor, a |)attent of the.Vntient 
Ferry in Windsor, over the Great Uivcr at the place known by the name of Scantic ferry 
that so it may be under better Kcpulation (lian now it is, or can bee while it is onely in 
the hands of Any and Every person that will lake it, and your memorialists are Incour 
a^'od to ask this favour and privileu;c of this liiiiniuralilc ,\s,sembly since they have 
Lately .granted the like favour and privijcire to the Worsiiipfull Roger Wolcott, l-;s<i.. 
in Windsor, and licrcliv vour iiiemorialisls will be obliged as in Duty bound Ever to 
Pray. 

" ISHAEL STOOOnTON, * a l . 

,■ Select iiicu. 
Sa-muel Stkong, ) 



414 IlISTOItV OK ANCIKNT WINDSOI!. 

|iiircliasc 111' .Miijor Wcilcuti's Icltv lioiits and Irrrv grants, ami |iiiiclias- 
ing a way Inr a IVrry al Nrwlicrrv's Landins'. 

In 1741. Wiilcnit iililaiucil I'roni the asscnilily a rcni'wal nl' liis 
I'linurr urant nT a I'cTi-y a<-r(iss tlir Ciinnc'cticul ami Lilllc l{i\('i-s. 
'•uliri'i' lie lonui'i'ly lind il." Tliis was I'cindnst I'ati'd au'ainsl liy tlir 
town. 

In 174."), the assrnilily regulated the fares at this ferry, liy the iol- 
lowiiig tarilf : Across liotli ri\ers, l:ii/. old tenor, for eaeli single iiasseii- 
g(M- ; 6'/. for each single horse: neat cattle, 8(7. per head. .\ei-oss Coii- 
nccticnt TJix'er only. man. load, and horse, 10'/.: single [lassenger, 5(?. 
Jn 174ti tlu' i-ate was reduced: man.Uioi'Sc, and loail,4i/.: single passen- 
ger, 2(7. In 174'.i the ferry rates on this as well as the Scantic Ferry 
\V(!re again reduced hy legislative action, as follows: Man. horse, and 
load, 3'?. ; single passeuiicr. 1'/.: Ixnsc. 1'/.: neat cattle, i^-/. per head : 
sheep and swine, .?'/. per head. 

In 17()9 Erastiis AN'olcott petitioned the legislatui'e Inr an increase nl 
fai'c, inasnuich as the ri\i'r was considerahly widened. His petiliim was 
gi-ante,l. 

Sduietime prc\ious to the i-e\ iilut ionary war this l'ei'r\' passed into 
the hands of the liigley famil)'. liy whose name it was afterwanls I<um\\ u. 
It has long lieen iliscontiuucd. 

Till' llinili't Fi'i-nj. 

The histciry of this fei'i-y. prior to 1700, has lieeu incidentally pre- 
sented in the prexidus chapters of this work. The liist item we ha\c 
concerning if. su I ise(p lent to that date, is a town \ otc. in 1 •ccemliei-. 1710. 
to approjiriate £'l't^ for the pui'pose of liuilding a ncii' ferry house. 

In ]\far(li. 1732, we learn Ircun tlie Ecclesiastical Society's Records 
that ".lacoli ^[misell ilesired this society will allow him to set in tlu' 
west oi- lower end of the east flanker seat on the men's side so long as 
hi' shall continue I'erryman here, and -he may also make a door in the 
cast end of the said seal." Tlie reipiest was granted, 'i'his \\ as e\ i- 
deutly for the purpose of getliuu;- out ipiickly in case of a call to .■ilteiid 
the [i'v\-\ during Sunday service. 

In .iuly, 1737, Lieut. William Thrall made a ])roposal to liuild a 
hridge "across the Rivulet at the ferry," and a committee was chosen to 
consider the matter. The lieutenant was somewhat dhriiil of his moie 
conservative neighhors — as we find no further mention of a hridge until 
.\pril. 174r), at which time a town meeting was warned to consider 
"alioul the Ivivnlef fcri'y," and "aliout a hridge there." The latter was 
again negatived. In .\pril, 1 74S. however, the snhject again came hefore 
the town meeting, and it was then agreed that any j)crson or persons 
unght have liherty to liiiild a hridge, provided thej did .fo at tJfir nwn 



WTNDSOU FERRIKS THE RIVTILET I'ElillV. 4l5 

ij/ici/yi'. (dill inuile it a free hrlrji/e forever'! Sai(1 persons were Id leave 
their names with the town cleik witliiu one year I'nim date.' Ju I>eci'iii- 
her tollowiiiu-, Pelotiah Allyn, Daniel Hissell, Isaac llmi-, and sundry 
dtliers,"' annunneed t(i the tnwn clei-k tlieir intention of acceiiting tliis 
extremely lilieral ol'ler. Aeeordini^ly, in 174!:!, they erected a good cart 
hridge — tlic lirst evererected across the Tunxis — and made \tfree.' In 
1759 it needed repairs or rebuilding, hut the town voted "not to liuild in- 
repair."' Whereupon (December, 17511), the original builders of the 
bridge i)etitioned the assembly tlia.t they "would older tlie town of 
Windsoi' to rebuild or make such re|iairs as were necessary."' 'Ilie as- 
sembly did so order (May, 1700), but the refractory and illiberal town 
merely contented themselves with making a few slight and temporary 
repairs;* and thus tlie matter I'ested until 17<i:i, when the necessity of a 
good, new, and substantial bridge becami' too imperious to be any longer 
evaded. 

We now lind the town of Windsor ( ^farcli, 1 7b- ) petitioning tlu> 
assembly for a /-//cr//, to enable them to rebuild the IJivulef bridge. 
Tliey state that it is the most costly bildgc in the iid\ crnmcnt, being 20 
I'ods long, and -■'> b'et posts: that money is scarce, owing to the expense 
of the war: that societies in the town arc <lestitutc of ministers, and 
three ai-c buililing meeting-houses; and that jjcrsons stand icady to take 
tickets bir jilank. The assembly therefore authorized a lottery of £i'.')0 
for the bridge, and =£30 for the expense of the said lottci'y, and appointed 
William, Erastus, and Alexander Wolcott, and ('apt. .bisiali i)issell, as 

' 7nir„ Ar/.i, iii. rs. 

'Tlu; muiics uf tlicsu bridge ImililcrMif \W.) sliould lie pivscrvcd in gnitufid ivinciiv 

lirauce. Thoy arc cojiiud from tlie origin.-il pclilicni in llic S/iitr Air/iirex nt UiwiUn-d. 

{Triicel, i. 373, 370.) 

Caleb Phelps, Amos Fillej-, Ed. Moore, 

Nathl blather, Beiij. Ellis, Seth Youngs, 

Josiah Looniis. Paid. Bissell. .Iiiseph .Moore, 

Timothy Liiomis. Isaac Burr, iieiiedict Alford, 

John Warner. Daniel Pbeliis, Wm. Cook, 

John Palmer. Henry Allyn, Josiah Cook, 

David Barber, Nathl. Loomis. Alex. Woleott, 

Gideon Barber. Job Drake. Peletiah Allyn, 

John Roberts, I'.enj. .\llyn, Josias Allyn, 

John Gillet, Phinebas Drake, Samuel Eno, Esq. 

Nathl. Filley, 

■■'The liixt vote in regard to the ferry was in Sepleiubci-, 1 ;.")."), wlien the selectmen 

wi re (irdi-red Ui "take care of, and dispose of Ihe ferry bousi\ I'i'rry boat, and rojie, for 

llie besi advanlago of the town." Toirii Arl--. iii. »'>. 
'Sliitr Arrliim, Triirel, ii. 869. 
'■Sliile, Arr/iiri:i, Trim!, ii. 370. 
'The town ordered that the .selectmen shoidd repair the bridge across the Hivulel. 

■■ i,"t urmilinij tia." Tnien Acts. iii. 89. 



416 IIISTOKY OF ANCIENT WINDSDU. 

iii;iii;ii;i'rs.' 'I'lic (li-awiiiu' took pliicc Ocfolicr 1 , ITliii, ;iii<l tlic liiiiliic u;is 
sDoii at'tci' linilt.-' 

It stdoil until .l;iiiiiary 1, 1767, when " liy a siiililrii Call of rain, the 
ice ill tlic rivrr and lirooks in this colony hroko up on a sudih'ii ami 
Misheil loruaid with smli iiiijietuosity as to destroy ahnost evinTthiiiii 
that stood in its way, so tiiat very few hridgcs in tlic cohiiiy couhl with- 
stand its vaj^c, the like of which lias not happened within tlie memory of 
man, at which time ahont one-half of said hridge was cairieil away witli 
the ice," and the other half left standing." 

Again the town refused to repair it, and 31 individuals petitioned 
tlie assemhly, May, 1767, to "order the town" to Iniihl anew. Tiiey 
were accordingly so ordered, and rehictantly complied.* 

Again, in the winter of 1782-3, this hridge was carried away l)y a 
great freshet, and again the town refused to replace it; so 10 i)etitionci> 
pray for assistance from the assemhly.' That oinni])otent hody alsn 
received a petition from 43 inhahitants of the Po(|iionock District, in 
which they state (May 7, 1783) that the hridge was Imilt on a sandy 
foundation, and has been frequently carried away: and that Poquonock 
Society has built a bridge making a nearer road and lictter acconunodat- 
ing the travel to .Suffield. Therefore, as the lower bridge is "now down 
by the ice" and about to be rebuilt, and (in their oiiiuion) little needed, 
and obstructs navigation, they recjuest that it may be icbnilt as a xiriiKj 
hridffe.'^ Another jietition from 16 jiersons says that if the i'i\ci- wimv 
kept open for navigation to Pminonock, it would save inueh land rai- 
riage.'' Nineteen masters of coasting vess(ds also testify that they eau 
pass u|i Windsor River as lai' as Po(|uono(d<, and ol eoui-se pi-elcr tlir 
lower bridge to have a swing." 

All these petitions were relei'red to a eomnutlee, who repaired to 
Windsor, examined the facts ol the case, and reported as follows; that 
the road through Po(|iionoek was ] of nnle and liO rods, that it will not 
answer for wet seasons, and "tlie present lo<'ation is the best: that the 
swing liridge is needed In the First and l'"oui-th Societies, ami that ai 
high water vessels ('an pass up to Po(|iioniioc, hut it' these two soeiet ies 
ar(! compelled to build the hridge, they ought to he at the expense of a 
draw. Piirtherinore, that the town hiul \i)ted to di\idc the town into 
districts, as Po(pioiinoe and Wintonliury had maintained theii- own 
bridges, and were urgent, and the others l'eare<l that otherwisi' no \o|i- 

'Petiliiiii iu ,'<l,itc .l/v7(//v.v. '/nir,/. i. ;i7a, 37:1 

■• Marcli '.), 1762, ■'it Wiis voU'd lli;it the Irnni will t.ike :ill I lie lIcUci- el tlic Inlli-rv 
fur lliu liiiilge, not sold by the 1st of ()ctol)er next." '/;•»•// Aifs, iii. !U. 
"Petition in State Airhieen, Ti-ard, ii. 275. 
*By a vote of 51 atlirinative to 44 negative. 'J'tntii Aeln. iii. 
'■'Stiite An-hire«. iii. :«!, 332, 333, 33.5, 337. 



INNS AND innki:i:im;iis. 417 

,(,nl(l lir ulihiilinl (() hiiild :is (ndnrd, .M:i\ , 1 7<17." On the wli.)l(\ tlie 
(■(iininiltrr wnr ol' I lie (>{iiiii(iii lli;i( it uniilil hr better to take carc' nl' ,/// 
Ihr liii(li:vs uilliiii thrii- limits. 'I'lic assciiililv ( June, 1 7^3) onlcicd llic 
tiiuii t(j liiiilil tlir liiwcr liiidp' sii as to let M'ssi'ls pass, ami lirrcal'tri- td 
sii|i|iiirt llir iilhrr liriilizi's in tlirir limits. 

Ill 17'.' I a liriiigi! and ciiiisewciy were erected us part oi' the union 
cdutracl lirlwcrn the First and Fourth Societies of the town, as more 
fully descriUed in Chapter XX^' III. On its site another bridge was built 
— about is:!;') — and beiut;- carried auay in the freshet of 1854, was 
replai-i'd li\ tlir [in-si'iil one. 

Inns were first rstaiilislicd li\ the tollnuiiiu ruder of the court, dated 
.hme 4, 1644: 

" WlincMs iiiMiiy strangers and passcnin'rs lliat upon orrasicni liavu recourse to these 
towns, anil are straitened for want of entertainment, it is now ordered, tliat these .sev- 
eral towns shall provide among them.selves in eaeh town one siitlieient inhabitant to 
keep an ordinary fur provision and lodging in some comfortable manner, that such pas- 
.seiigers or strangers may know where to resort; and such inhabitants as by the several 
towns shall be chosen for the said service shall be presented to two ma,gistrates, that 
tliey may be judged meet for th,i.t employment, and this to be effected by the .several 
towns within one moiilli. uudi-r tlie penalty of 40s. a month, each month either town 
^hall negleet it." ' 

Tlic duties of tlir innkeeper were very fully delined by the Code of 
lt)50,' for tiie court justly remarks that, althouiih there is a necessity of 
liouses of coiiinion entertainment, " yet i)ecanse there are so many abuses 
<il that law till liberty, both by persons entertainino- and persons enter- 
tained, there is also need of strict laws and rules to reoulate such employ- 
ment."' So landlords were forbiddi'ii to sell any guest more than 
half a pint of w ine at a time, or to allow them to " continue tippling" 
over half an Injiir, or later than nine o'clock at night. All the recognized 
grades of drunkenness, from sli'.ibt mellowness to downright beastly 
intoxieation, were threatened uilli liiii's o| piopijrt ioiiate severity. Sec- 
ond olfeiises .alwaNS doiilih' heinous ill the eyes ol I'nrilaiiie jiistii'e — 
Were \ isited with I nl'lr lines, and w oe to the imliieky eliap u bo eoiild not 
" loik o\er tlie eash," loi' be was llieii nnei'ii'iiionioiisly whipped, or elsi; 
I'lappeil into the stocks "for three bonis, wluai the weather may not 
lia/.aiil his lile or limbs. " 

'I'lie innkeeper was also spei-iall\ iiisliueted in I'l'izard to m.aking 
proper provision loi- tic " ImmsIs" of tia\elers an<l guests. In ItiSt; the 
eoiirt enacted a strong law against gaming, dancing, and singing in 
taverns. 



'Col. Ri-r., i. 103. 
'OjI. AV.-., i. 533. 
Vol, I.— r,3 



418 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

'J'lic first iiiiik(M')ii'is ' ill Wiiidsur, of wlmrii we li;i\i' ;iiiv rrc<ir(l, 
wi'iT ;i|)|ii)iiitcil ;it ;i town iiirctiii'.:- ill DciTiiiliiT, ITIT). 'J'liey were 
SiiiKni ('liii|iiiiMii ' Mini I'liiakiiii .M;iisliall nii {]n- /rvsf ; ;in(l Nathaniel Co()i< 
and tlic wiiliiw ( iriiiM' ( li:iiit on tlir r^ixt side of tlir ('oiiiicetinit liivci. 
Of Messrs. ('Iiii|iin;in. .M;ii-sliidi. and Cook uc lia\c no iiifonnat ioii. .Mi>, 
Ciraut, however, ki^jit taveiii in Ea.st Windsor until alioiit 17o-4-5, when 
it passed into the hands of her son, Elienr/.i'i- (iiant, siilis(M|nently lietter 
known as ra|it. Oraiit. the leadinu' mi'irliant of tin' east side of the 
town. 

The other innkeepers on the east side of the river, before its iiieoi^ 
poration as a distinet town, were landlord Nathaniel Porter, whose ])lai ' 
was on the west side of the street, a little sonth and opposite to tJic 
South Jfiddle District School-house. 

( 'aptain Joel Lonniis also ke|)t tavern about forty rods south of tin 
Middle School-house, on the west side of the street. After his deatii hi-, 
son, ('apt. (Jiles Looinis, succeeded him in the business for many yea is. 
lie built an addition to the house for a Freemasons' Hall. The ta\iin 
was tiie reii'ular rend(r/.\oiis for the train band — ^ and on these occasion>. 
says an aued friend, "there would be a ijreat crowd C(_)llected, and ean!- 
playinu' and driiikiiiu' were not neulected." 

(If tile ancient taverns of A\'indsor jiropi-r we ba\e rolieeted Imt lew 
facts, and those mostly Ironi the eoh-wclilied memor\ of 'garrulous "/i/ 
J'lt/kx. .More than a hundred years atzii Serucaiit Samuel llaydeu ke]it a 
ta\ern at tln' house now oi-cnpi<'d by the family of the late licvi Hayden. 
The olil oak under whieh bis weai-y niiests found a iiiatefnl shade is still 
a thrifty wide-spri'adini;' t ri'e, liiLibly pri/ed liy certain iiidi\ idiials whose 
ehildhood's home is sheltered by it. Tradition whispers that Chief .Iiis- 
lire l'',llswiii-tli, before he became know 11 to fame, oi-<-asiona lly clacked 
jokes and cat apple pie at Si'rL:eaiit Sam's with tli<' xdiiiiiiiueii of his 
lime. 

Ill later years Pickett's 'J'ax'ern, which stood a b'w rods from the 
b)rmcr, ac(piired a widi'-sprcad fame. 'I'liese taverns were located but a 
ipiarter of a mile from Windsor Plains, across which lay the <ri-eat tlior- 
oiiLilifa re between Hartford and the north and east. Here the highway 

' There are several notices of licenses granted l)y the court to various pcr.soiis to .xell 
wine and liquors, but it i.s uncertain wliether they were iiui/tei /iii-s. In IWA the recoril 
says; "This court grants Sam'l (libbs a license le sell nine nr hn i|ii,-nler ca.sks of wim- 
by the gallon to his neighbors or lho.se Ihal will imy il , ami he lifrly |ireseiits the coarl 
with an anchor of tlie lies! of his wine, wiiicli llic ceiirl ilesiivs liiin n. Iiave willi llic 
governor." 

In the lease of the i-ountry ferry at Windsor lo .lohn liissell. in I(i4s, is a clause 
granting him the privilege of entertaining and receiving recoini)ense fmiii such !ra\cl 
CIS as may not iind it convenient to go to the onlinary. 

'He was asses.sed, in 1730. ,£■"> lor keeping tavern on llie norlli side of llie Kivulel. 



INNS AND INNKKKI'IOItS. (I'.t 

leaves (lie i'Imt, to a\oi(| hriilgiiig the sti'i'Miiis, ami passrs iictwrcii tlir 
heads 111' llie liriMiks wliieli flow on one side into the ('iiiiiieelient, and nn 
till' iitlier iiitii liie I\i\ idef . Not a stream crosses the i'<iail in IJie dislam-e 
(if ti\'e miles : and, alter risiuif the hill, the road was almost |iei-lee(ly level 
and strainlit, \\ illioiit a, house upon it. Midway, at a spriiiii; lieside t he 
roiiil, stood an old oak, known fai' and widi' as the < »ld Smoking' 
'I'ree. Here tra\ idei'S, and espeeially teamsters,' made a halt in summer 

to water and f 1 tlieii- cattle and smoke their pipes. Forty years ago 

an old man, hearing a knapsack marked U. S. A., who had preferred the 
old familial- track to (lie New Road, stopjied at the house whieh in\(x 
liore .Sergeant Sam's sign, to ask a little refreshment hefoie asei'nding 
the plain. While partaking of the (dieer set hefore him he asked many 
ipiestiiins ahout tln' Idealities he had known long \-eais hefore. When 

t.ild that the OhI Smoking 'I'lve had I n eut down, llie iiv of Ihe old 

veteran was roused, and the deep curses he uttered against the \anilal 
who cut it witnessed that the fatigues of another revolutionaiy war 
would have heen eheerfidly undergone to hring the authoi- of so grievous 
an outrage to eoudign punishment. 

.'Vli tr.i\elers, with one notable exception, whether going north or 
south, stopped !it Sergeant Sam's, and, after his day, at Pickett's, for 
I'efieshmeul , wIu'IIkm' Ihe I'laius lay hefore (hem ov were already jiassed. 
The exeepi i(jn to this geneial rule was ( leu. (Jeorge Washington. On 
the 21st of October, niS'.l, Washington, then Preshleni of the I'uited 
States, ])assed through Windsor on his New England (our, and the follow- 
ing seuieiiee appea rs in his jouiiial of that date : " Uet w ecu Windsor and 
Sullield you pass through a lex el, barren, uueultixated plain busexeral 
miles."" We think it unfortunate for tlu^ Plains that he did not stop at 
I'iekett's as he wiadd then have had a fresher start : anil, we faue\ , w nuld 
have onnlled the woids A.//vv//, iiiiciilllr,il,;l : and, lookiu'j beyond the 
shrub-oaks whicdi skirled the road, would ha\c seen (with propbelie 
eye, at least), large fields of Indian coin and rye, or might have 
sweetened the luinillii'alcd lields with the mention of st rawberries, and 
the wood with w hortlei)erries. lint be had that nioining breakfastt'd 
with his old fi-iend, Judge Ellsworth, a mile or so below. We would not 
have the reader infer that we haxc any doubts .about the breakfasi : it 
w.ns a good, substantial one, the best the times affonli'd, but it is iiol un- 
likely that they both iliseiissi'd the aflairs of the nation with more inler- 

'A liuiulrcd years ago imicli of tlic pnxluce from tlic norlli wliirli Inuml -a niMrkct 
at Hartford was conveyed over tliis and other roads by o.\ teams. 

'Rev. Samuel Davis' .loiirnal of a Tour to Connecticut, in aulunui of 17811 (,1/.'.i.«. 
UM. i^oe. Proceed. lSOO-70, pp. Vi, 14), also mentions '•Pickett's Inn, 18 miles from 

Springfield Hetwecn Sprin.irticld and Windsor there is a lonif trad of pine 

woods, timmnh whieli tlie road leads, a Ln-owlji of wood very eumrnon to tliis region, 
I lielieve." 



4'JO HlSTKRV OF ANCIENT WINDSni;. 

est :iliil siilicilndc IIkiii tliry diil tlic caliililrs \vlii<-li tlir .1 iiil'iv's arcdiu- 
plislicil lailv hail srI Im'Ioiv llinii. 

"('a|it. Ddiit [.Idiial linn I h'llsw uitli," kc|it loi- inaiiy vcarsa faiiiuiis 

taxciii, liair a mile imilli lA' llir i tiiiu-lKPiisr. <j|i tlir s|Mit iinu- iiwiicd 

In lUr heirs (.r llir lal.^ .I...I 'riliall. 

Ill later (lays tavenis lia\r Ijceii at xarioiis liiiirs l<i'|il at the jilaccs 
now o.vii|m.d l,y Mr. 'riia.l.l.ais Matlirr, .Mr. llay.l.'li Fillry, .liid-,. II. ] 
Sill, and Mr. Lfnuud Wcldi. 'riicic was also a ]!issi'ir.s Stage House ahovc 
Major KUsworfh's place, ami a halt-way house on the road between { 
Windsor and Ilartfonl, kejit liy the father nt the jiresiMit mayor of the 
latter |daee. 

The snlijeet of taverns is suggestive of the folhiuinii- alieeilute. illlis- i 
trativc of tin; men ami manners of days gone hy. Tlieie uas a eustoni I 
among the young people, in the early days of Connecticut, (jf x/eaJiu;/ th, 
l>)-i(/c, as it was termed. When a young couple were to he married, those 
of their ac(iuaintance wliii Well' nn/ invited to the weilding would some- 
times conihiiie, go stealthily to the house whi'i'e the ceremony was cele- 
brating, and, watching tor a favorable op|iortiinity, rush in, seize the 
bride, carry her out, and placing her upon a horse Ijchind one of the 
party, gallop off with her to some neighboring tavern, whei-e nuisic, suji- 
]iei\ etc., had been l)espol<en. If the capture and flight were successful, 
and the captors succeeded in reaching their reiide/Mnis at the tavern 
without being overtaken by the wedding party, the night was spent in 
dancing ami leasting «/ l/ir {■.i/niix,' nf th,- }>r'i>liijriii'iH. .Mr. I'llisha (!ri>- 
w (lid, ol' Siinsbni-y , a descendant of Old Windsor, nseil, in his later years, 
to relate with much glee, (he particulars ot one ol these bride-stealings, 
in which he was a principal actor. It seems that a certain couple were 
to be marrieil in Simsbnry, and .Mr. (Iriswold, with others of llieii- 

ac(piaintancc who bad not I n honoreil with an imitation, resohcd 

upon i-elaliatioii by stealing the bride. .\ ccoidin'jh , on the evening of 
the wedding, having first ordere(l a nice siippei- and eiiLiageil the music, 
etc., \ery jirivately, at a tavcin at 'I'lirkev 1 1 ills, himselt with two or 

(hr thers went into the neigliboi-hood of the bride's icsidenee. Here 

the\ reconnoitered, but, as the pait\ was large and the rooms crowde(|. 
they were obliged to watch lor some lime bdore the laNdiable opportu- 
nity presented itself. .\t leimlh. howe\ei-, the evening lieing waiiii and 
beautiful, tlie company gradually withdicw IVoiii the house and dis)iersed 
tliidiigh the grounds and garden which sniidiindeil it. Tlirough a win- 
dow they could see the bride, distinguished b\ her biidal dress, almost 
alone in the parlor. Now was their cliaiiee. ( >ne or twnot the surprise 
parly .piietl\ entered (he dwelling by a liack dooi'. To seize the blide 
and liear her (Jiit to where their coid'e(lerates were holding the horses, 
and to pla(-e her behind one of the party on hoi-seback. was but the work 



(II. I) \VKI>l>iNi; CPSTDMS — TUKKS. 421 

III' Mil iiist:iiil. In niiiitlii'i- iminiriil tlicv urri' s|ii'c(|iiin- iimt tlic inail tn 
Tiirkc) Hills willi ;i swil'tlii'ss uliicli mImhisI (Idicil |iui-siiil. I'.iit toljirii- 
siir|irisc, I lir wliiili' ui'ildiii'i piirlv scniiril .■ilso In li;i\c s|iriiiiL;' In llicir 
snilillfs, anil \\ri r mIiiiusI ininirili;ili'l\ in |iiiisilil . :is I liri i' lunil \ uirrs muiI 
till' rli'iil- lini:- III Ihrii- liiiisrs" lioiils liiii |il;iinlv lulil. 'I'lli' larr Wiis r\- 
citinu ; tliril- hiliniini; liuisrs sriMlli'il mil In 'j:iin mir inrll iin tlirir |inr- 
siicrs : liiil ill l;isl llir\ iimi-IiimI I lir I ;i \ ciii , i I isiiH Hill Ii'iI, r:i nii'i I flicir fair 
|irizi' intii tlir liall, ami had just time tn aiiau<di' the dance when the 
wcddin;; |iaitv aiiivrd. Tlii;> music struck up, the dance began, but the 
astonishment nf the gallant captors can scarcely lie imagined when they 
ilisciivi'ied tor the first time that the supposed bride ivore mens hoots^ 
and that Jier steps and mii\ nui'nts were altogether too masculine 
and antii' to comport with tlie dress and known refinement of the real 
iiiiilr. It then flashed upon them that they had lirni awfully sold ; the 
wliole wedding party now came rushing into thr hall, laughing and ex- 
ulting with the greatest glee. It seems that the friends of the bi-ide had 
suspected or learned of the attempt to lie niadr upon her, and had pur- 
jiiisely dressed iiponi' nf tin.' yimiiu' nini and left liiin rx])osed in the parlor, 
liaxing tlirii- horses also in instant readiness fm- pnisuif. The hilarious 
sceiii' tiiat followed the denouement was amusing. Tlie wliole thing was 

taken in prrfrrt g I hniiini-, till' dain-ing and siip|ier were very highly 

rnjiiyril, and thr runipaiiy linikr np and disprisi'il at a very late hour — 
t\u' /.i'/iiii/i/ii rs /iiii/iii;/ ii// c.r/Kiiscs. .Villi fur yrars after they had to 
licai- llir laiejhs and ji.krs .if tin- iiri-lilmrii I fur having the "lobby 

tlllllrll llpnll tlinil." 

\Vr lia\i' lii'.ird 111 aiiiitliiT instaiii-e in uliii'li Ihr jiiker illiexpeetcilly 
lii'caini' Ilir \irliiii. 'j'lir lniili- ill this ease was the heroine of the story. 
-Mis. ( '., Ill Mast \\ iiiilsiir. on Inr wedding night was stolen from her 
liiisliaiiil and frirmls, plaeril in .a sleigh (fur it was winter season), and 
ilri\i-ii by hiT al.iliirlnis to a distant ta\i'rii. While tlii'y were at talilc 
she I'liiil livi'il ill siiiiii' liiaiilirr In rluilr their nlisei\ at inn U>y a lew 
liinniriils, li't hrrsclf iMil nf a liark wiiiilnw. went In tlir liarii, lirlped her- 
self to a linrsr .iiiil riitli'i'. and was far mi lirr liniihinir:! inad lirfnrr her 
captors i'\cii ilri'aiiiril that shn w.as alisrlit. 

Tn',x. Thr nlilrst I rr, in Wiiidsnr. prrhaps, is the nid cedar, the 
stiinip nf uhirh iinw stands in (hi' dnnr-yanl nj thr Chief .lusti(a' lOUs- 
wiiith plarr. Tiaditinii says that it wasnin- nf tiin niiginal forest trees : ' 
and tiial. Inr srvnal nf tlm liisl •jvinaalinns nf srtlli'rs. it was Ihr rally- 
iii'j- split fm- thr limiti'is w hrii lliry iiiadr a iiiii,i-ii} Innii . High in its 
liranrhrs liniii; an iinnirnsr pairnf iIimt's antlris. w hirli disa]i])eared some 
tifty years since. Lieut. Jnsepli Stilrs's liniise sliiiid a little north of this 

' See also, page 14.^), for refereuce to original forest trees on Km ky Hill. 



422 HISTOUT OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

triT, Mini its riiiiii(l;itii>iis wi'ic ilim' ii|i liy tlic |ili)\v in llir siuimirr of 
IShS. 'I'liis liTc \v:is lilnwn ilowii in X(>\ ciiiliri-, 1x77, ;iliil its ii\ ailalilc 
wiioil was caii'l'iilly liiisliainlrd ami inaiiurac(iirc(l into i-liairs ami otliiT 
articles of use ami ni-iiaiiirnl , lo l.c ilist rilnitnl aiiioiiM- I lir iiicmlicis of the 
Ellsworth family. 

Till' Ipcaiilifiil rliiis ill IJioail 8tivft were set out in 17;").")' hy a 
respeetalile citizen of W'imlsor, who afterwards /t7/ />"/// i/nii'f hy reason 
of dissipation, ami was |iiililirly wlii]iped, on two several oeeasions, at two 
of his own trees. The peenliai- indiiinity of the ]mnishnient rankled deep 
in his memory, ami suhseqiieiitly. when in want of wood, he tlireatened 
to cut down the trees at whieh he had been punished. Afterwards, in 
his drunken moods, he used to threaten the destruction of the remain- 
ing trees, but was always bought off liy old Pqiiire Allyn witli a cord of 
wood and some cider. 

The "Old Smoking Tree" and the " Hayden Oak," both relics of 
the primeval forest, have already been alluded to. Whih^ on the tojiic 
of trees, we cannot refrain from presenting an extremely interesting 
article by J. Hammond Trnmlnill, LL.D., of Hartford, wliicli was fir.st 
published in the Hartford Preg!<, entitled : 

Early Appknund Old Cklir — -4 Windsor Orchard in. 1(150. — .lossclyn, mi liis lirsi 
visit to New Ensrland in 1638-9, found " not one apple-tree nor pear plautcil vil. inn.' 
part of the country, e.\cei)t on Governor's Island in Boston Harbor, where he procurcil 
half a score of V(Ty fair pippins," In the account of his second voyage, some thirtv 
years later, he says that " our fruit trees prosper abundantly, ajiple trees, (|uince trees. 
cherry trees, plum trees, barberry trees," and he "observed with admiration tlial tlir 
kernels sown or the suckers i)lanted produce as fair and good fruit, wilheut grafflns;, a^ 
the tree from whence they were taken; the country is replenished with fair and large 
orchards." On his return to England in 1671 he was told by Mr. Henry Wolcott, of 
Windsor(who was a fellow passenger), that " he made five hundred hogsheads of Syder 
out of his own orchard in one year." "Syder," adds ,Iosselyn. "is very plentiful in 
the country, ordinarily sold for ten shillings a hogshead." 

Mr. Wolcott's apiile orchard was one of the lirst, and, for many years, was proba 
bly the largest in the Cnnnrrlicnt Valley. It was in bearing before 1649, and his cider 
presses were at wnrl< in lll")0 For twenty years afterwards he supplied young trees. 
summer and winter apples, and cider by the hogshead, gallon or pint, not only to his 
nei.ghbors at Windsor, lint to other towns in the vicinity, and occasionally for I'xiiorla 
tion to other colonies. The account book in whieh he entered, year by year, the produ( i 
of his orchard, the sales of treesand grafts, the times of making cider >fcc,, is still extant 
To save paper, or to conceal his profits from the eyes of prying neighbors, these accounts 
were kept in short-hand. From this book are derived the following particulars, which 
may not be without interest to our agricultural and horticultural readers. 

The tirst entry is : 

"A note of several .sorts of apples I had grown, 1()49," under which the i|Uantity 
gathered from each tree of the old and new orchard is carefully entered : "Of tin- 
earliest apples, 1 bushel; of 2 early sorts of sour apples in the new orchard, 1 bushel; of 

'The date of erection was cut on a sni.ill iron plate and allixeil to one of the trees. 
which was afterwards in its old age blown over, and the plate was then placed on .an- 
other in front of the residenci' of H, S, Hayden. 



TREES AND FHUIT CtlLTUHE. 423 

the suiiiiii'T pipiiiii. by wi-11, 4 biisliel; of the Hdllaiicl pi|iiHM, 11 Imslicl; of the P.^r- 
inaiii, 1") biislicl; of the 4 trci'S of winter apiilcs (of the tree nr\l John Loomis's 3i 
bushel, the next (ii); lit bushel; of the 4 trees of Bellybomls |a.s Mr. Woleott si)elled the 
name of an old favorile; lli/l/l>„ii,' was the Knsilish form of llie French /A7/.' c> /"unti], G 
iHishel and 1 peek; of the I,oiid.Mi pippin. 11 bushel, of Mr. Allen's green apple.s, in the 
lower side of the orehani, 2 bushel," iVc. 'I'olal. for ItilK, 111 bushel. 

In l(ir>(), the orchard yielded 212 bushel, the greater part of which was made into 
cider, which was sold at U Sd [wr gallon, and £t 4.1 per hog.shead; the apples bringing 
from ti.v to 8.V per Inishel. Three bushels were "«•>/■/ at the. Faire," for ,£1:7. 31 gallons 
of tiiiitid cider .sold at 2-'.- (W. This year, a half bushel of iiuinces is charged at \n. 

liiisli. producin;? intludinix Cider. 

In 111") I. . . 4!)(i t:llT:13 £40; 5 

•■ Ki.V.', -,-..- 4.52 !I2; 18 72:10 

■1653, -------- 1127 19:10 

■ 16.54, -------- 1588 

The i)rice of apples had gradually fallen from 8«, in 1650, to 2« 6rf, and 3« in 1654; 
and of cider from \x Srf, to \s 4rf per gallon, or £1 10.1 per barrel. [In October, 1674, the 
(Jeneral Court ordered that no iunholder should ask more than Ad a quart for cider; so 
the retail price seems to have remaini'd nearly constant, from 1650; though Josselyn 
tells us it was sold, in 1671, at lO.i a hogshead.] 

In 1653, wheat sold at 4i, rye at 3.i, and Indian corn at 3.i per bushel. By these 
standards, it is easy to compare the prices of apples and cider, or other luxuries, of that 
day with this. Occasional credits on Mr. Wolcott's book show that he exchanged a 
piirt of the produce of his orchard for sack [SpanLsh wine] at (oa per gallon, white wine 
at 18.1, strong water at 3« per quart, &c. Venison at U (ki for a quarter, of 9 lbs. and 
8.1 lOf? for one of 16 lbs.; 32 lbs. Sugar (a rare luxury), at 7rf per lb. " The forbearance 
of £24 for one year" is charged at £1 18.i, or at the rale of l.i "id per pound (7f per 
cent). 

Here are a few entries of sales from the nursery and orchard, .showing that Mr. 
Woleott was doing a tolerably large business in trei's anil fruit at this early period. 

16.50. July. To Mr. Gisbert [Gysbert op Dy<k, i)erhaps — who had formerly been 
commander of the Dutch Fort, in Hartford], .50 bush, apples. £1! 17.v 6rf. 

Oct. 18. To the same, WO lunre trees, £.5. 
1651. Aug. 33. "George Phelps bought lialfe my thousand of young trees for which 
he is to pay me two pence per tree to be jiaide halfe in wheate and halfe in pease, in 
March " ice, £4. 3.i id. 

July 17. "Sold Joseph Magget [Mygatt, of Hartford] a parcel of young trees," 
'-•■-'2 10.1." 

Sept. To the same, 500 trees, £4. 

1652. Sept. 14. Sold to Mr. Goodycare Ithe <lei)Uty governor of New Haven], 100 
bushels of apples, to be delivered prescmtly, £20. 

20 blls. cider, to be delivered the 10th of October next. £40, 

16.53. Wni. Edw'ards "owes, for n <;,ir, :!3 eider barrels to be delivered at the land- 
ing place, by Sept. 121 h." 

F<)r Miiulit \\r know, sm I .Mr. W'uli-ntt'.s .-ipiilr iir |ic;ii' trt'cs are 

yet ln'iii'iiig iViiil ill tlirir scasdii. 

From iniix \\r iiatiiially olj,!,. jniu the cotruak' siilijt'ct of 



424 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOU. 

Storcx, Tniil(\ Cii ,11 III free, etc. — Fur, in tliosc cjuly days, iis hkw 
tavcrn-k('i'|iiirj anil Iniiliii^' wi'l-e iit'tfii i-ai-rinl ou hy tin; same ]icis(ii,- 
The iKitcs uliich \\r lia\r Liatlii'lTtl rrlati\ r tii tliis sul)jfct aiT exccrdin'jl \ 
sran(\. \r\ snftirii'iit to show ns cnnchisivcly that WiiuJsor, in tlic r;\r\\ 
rnjiiiiial ila\s, was a h'ailiiiL:- i-uniiniTcial tnun and |i(iit ul' entry. 'rhi> 
position it held until sidise(|iieiit t<i the levolution, wiien its nei;ihlMir. 

Hartfon/,'- \ni<k a slai1 "' and h'ft |io<ir Windsor (piite in llii' lpaeki;r hL 

The WuLi'oirs were |uolialily the liist and most extensive meieliani- 
here, es|ieeiallv lli:si;Y Wiil.cnlT. -hi. JoSIAH WOLCtiTT was a hil'je 
nifirhanf in KJSl. lie had iaml "laid out hy .Samuel (Irant, Toun 
^Ffasiirer, :^() t'cet square, on whicii to set a warehouse, on the hillside 
adjoinini; Wiii. ^Slarsliail's I'enee, heing on the North end at the \Ve>i 
side of liie uraiit — whc^re an old t-ellar stands that was huilt hy Oeo. 
Fheljis Ijy [/. e. near] the Wid. ^Jaishall, her warehouse." 

Michael Hi'mphrey was quite a merchant as early as liiiii'. 
Among the jiapers in the State Archives are many inventories, etc., of 
goods slii|p|Md liy his lirotlu'rs Samuel and Henry Rose, merchants of St. 
Malo, 

Cajitain NEWi!Ki;i;y and (iEuUGE (iRiswoi.D had warehouses iiei-e iu 
1679 on the north side of the Rivulet, near the ferry : and, ahoiit the saun 
time, George and Christopher Saunders were trach'rs to Kngland and 
the West Indies. 

Ill 1720 Matthew (jIra.nt, on the east side of tlie river, wa- 
assessed £40 "faculty and vessell" ; Captain Timolhy Thiall was 
assessed i^40, and Cajitain Daniel White £20 for "trading." IJolh 
resided north of the Little River. 

Timothy Loomis makes tin' following entry in his ('i>nuii"ii I'l.i., 
Book: " 1739, I sent 221 weight of tohaeco to Barhadoes in the sloop. 
The Windmr, whereof 20 jionnds was my son Timothy's." Half a nnle 
helow Hayden's Station was .Mastei- John liayden's shi]i-yard ; and 
another at the Rivulet ferry. 

Mr. James Mackman was a very eonsideralde luerehant from alioul 
1690 to ItiOS, when he died: and. aliout sanii> time, and later. .Mr. .Ioiin 
ELIOI', w h allied his wi(|nw. 

Still later, t 'apt. K'uGKR Newherry was a prosperous mendiant iu 
Windsor, oil the place now owned bv Dr. Prestou, of Hartford. .Mier 
his death in the Ciilia I'Apedition, in 1740, his widow reeeived a pension 
from the llii'jlish '.^ov cniment, w liieli she iuid transmitted to her in goods 
instead of inoiiev. ami so eoiiliniied the store nuniy years aftei- her liu>^ 
hand's de<-ease. Hei- aeeomil hooks are yet preserved in llloomiiild. 

Prior to and iluring the revolution — or in other winds duiiiij 
Windsor's |)almiest mereaiitih; days — the Pnlimdo Urnii was IIm- 
"commercial ei'uter" of AViudsor. Here was the Lireat lirm of Hookii; 




CAPTAIN JAMES HOOKER, 



STOKKS. TKAHE. OMlMKliCE. 425 

<V Chafi'RK, known tliri)iii!'li tlic lcin:'lli ami liri'ndtli of the cuiind-y I'nr 
its extensive dealinsi's and its liigli niercaulilc Imnnr. The lollowinir 
sketeli of tins Windsor firm has been iiirnished for our paiies by EnwArtD 
IhiOKEU, Ks(|., Coninianch'r U. S. N. See also the Hooker Goiea/ni/j/ in 
tlie o'enealou'ieal |inrti(in of this work. 

■■.Iiiinrs Mill! Ili.racc Hooker, sons of Nathaniel Hooker, of Harltord, reeeived Iheir 
I'lirly mereaiilile Irnining in tlicir father's business liouse ; and al an early age lliey eom- 
mencod business at Windsor, vcrj' probably at first as an extension -of tlieir father's busi- 
ness, in whieh lliey always retained an interest. After his death they alternated in the 
superintendence of the Hartford house, and went baek and forth with such regularity 
lliat some wag gave them name of the "Two Burkets," alluding to the custom of put- 
ting the well-rope over a wheel and attaching a bucket at each end, so that when oni> 
luicket was coming up the other was going down. 

"Soon after coming to Windsor they associated with them ilr. John ChafTee. and 
the firm of ' Hookers & Chaffee ' became an exceedingly prosperous one, and widely 
known through all the regiou around for its prompt and energetic business hal)its. its 
high moral standing, and its strict and unswerving integrity. 

" Their ships — principally in the West India trade. b\it someof them going to other 
commercial points, — discharged their cargoes upon the Windsor wharves, and luade 
commercial life and activity upon the ■water front. It was largely through the iiitlu- 
cnce of Mr. James Hooker that Windsor was made a port of entry.' 

" Previo\is to the revolutionary war this firm was one of the greatest and most exten- 
sively connected of all the bu.siness houses in this part of the country, and its mciiibeis. 
all coin-tcous and genial gentlemen, and . highly esteemed by all who knew them, 
were renowned for their ardent patriotism. Mr. James Hooker sold out his interest 
to the other iiarlners, though his fortune still remained largely in the hands of the firm. 

" When the ' IJoston Port Bill ' was iiassed they o|ienod their stores for the reception 
of ]irovisions and material in aid of the Boston people: and Mr, James Hooker was 
a]ipointcd by the town one of a committee for collecting aid for the distres.sed city. 
When the war commenced their .stores were made a depot for collection of supplies for 
the army. Mr. James Hooker was commissioned a captain in recognition of his active 
services. They promptly responded to the calls for financial a.ssistance, and freely 
advanced their money to help the government in its hour of need, while the families of 
those who had shouldered the mu.sket found ever helpful friends at the great store. 

"When llie war came to a close these jiatriotic men found their bu.siness almost 
ruined. Iheir funds gone, and the fact foreilily presented to them thai they must eom- 
iiiencc life over again, and tuiild up their tr.iile .mew. ( 'lieeifiilly and with prompt 
energy they set about the task, wliieh, finin the iniiioverlslied eoiidition of the country, 
was rendered a much more diflieult one than it had licen in tlieir younger days. Their 
liigh character and inercantile integrity were greatly to their advantage, and their 
prospects for success were bright and cheering, when the ' French spoliations' fell with 
remorsele.s.s weight upon them. Their ships were swept away, and the great firm, 
crushed by the weight of adversity, succui\ibed lo overpowering misfortune and passed 
out of existence. 

"The setllement w;is .•ntriisted to Mr. ChafTee. and Mr. llor.-iee Hooker removed to 
western New I'ork. and finally found a home at Sacketfs Harbor. Without doid)l Mr. 
James Hooker aide<l Mr. ChafTee in the settlement and the work of honoralily closing 
the business affairs, and saving what could be saved from the wreck; and, though 
even to this day the money advanced to the governineiit. .md the losses by the French 



'Windsor by the Acts of U. S. Congress (viz.; 1 August, 17!H), and 2 March, 17!l!l), 
was made a Fort of Entry.— K E. Mather. 

Vol. I.— 54 



426 mSTOKV 1)1' ANCIENT WINDSOU. 

I 
spoliations lias iicvcr liccii ii'|i:ii(l. the .ilV.iirs nf llic j^rcat linn wen- hiiniii:ilily ami s:ii j 

isfactorily adjuslcil. I 

"Mr .lames l!..nkir srtllcil (l..unto (iiiict bnt activr pallici|ialion in pnlili. 
ilnlics. 'I'll Mil- iiic.l\ and unlorliinale lie was ever rcailv In tiivc ciinnsel anil advic i 
in llicir lidiililcs, and such nioii' sulislanlial aid as In- cindd liistow; and lliiis, in 
|ir.Hc anil iiiiii'l, with love and rrs]u'cl t'nmi all, his yi'ars sprd alnn;; nnlil 1 )ci lanlua- In 
ISO."), wlirn hr 4iiii-lly iiassrd away, sincrrrly mimrni-d by all. Imt by nnnr niiiiv sn llian 
by till' .i;ri-al army of llir imnr tn wlmm lie had bciai sii truly a friiaid," 

'J'hc Cliiirirc auil lliiiikcr Ikhi.scs nrr iinw staiiiliii^- on tlir castrrn 
siili' III' llir ( iiTi'ii : llic foi-iiu'r retains iniicli iil' its prist inc a|i|ira ranee : 

tlie lallei lias I li siiineuliat renioileleil anil iniii|enii/ei|, ami is oeeii- 

pieil li\ Deaei.n \ViM),|lnril. iXorlli ol' tliis. and a little liaek Iriiin the 
street, stiiiiil tlie iilil store, packing liimses, ete. 'I'heii' triiile was lara'e. 
From every portion of the eonntry there was I'onstantly )ioiiriiijj,- in lar-jv 
sui)plies of horses, lieef eutth', wheat, and prodnee ol all and e\eiy sort. 
The (ireeu was often heaped with goods ol' all kinds wliieli had lieen 
reeei\i'd, oi- wei'e lieing shipped. An eye-witnoss assures ns that Iroin 
licr window she li;is eoimted as many as tliirtji tcvuns in tlie road waitiii'j 
their turn. Old people e\i'n now lo\c to dwell npon the theme. •■They 
sometimes retailed a houshead of molasses in a simile day." "They did 
a larger business Ilia n a n\ limise in Hartford at the time." are some ol 
the expressions which fall from their lips. 

Nothing seemed to eome amiss to their mill: notes al thirty da\s 
were given in exehange, and always promptly paid: while nnder tin 
iiank of the I>iltle lli\i'r near hy,' lay many — sometimes six oi- se\en — 
coasting vessels, :ind geni'rally some larger English or West India \es- 
sels. A letter from Oliver Welles to Mr. Peter \'erstille. menhant al 
iloston. dated Windsor, 1:2 April. 177:1. says: - Kzra Wel.h is imt yel 
heard ol' : the rest of onr sea \cssi'ls are all returned, and it was really a 
pleasant sight to see .v,rr// (from our steeple) mmiii;/ Ki'dn-"' llh iiir,i,l,,ii' 

at once, all near at (■(/iki! illx/mirfs." Tlieir trade to Li\er| 1 and the 

WesI Indies was at that lime \i'i'y extensive, and during some parls ol 
tile yeai' the Little l.'ixer was ipiile full of vessels, loading and unloading, 
and the (u-eeii was li\ely with heaily si'a-eaptains and In-oii/.eil and joll) 
sailors. .''^c-\cral of these captains resided here, ainonig whom was ('apt. 
Natiiamkl IIowaui), I'aliier of the late Major Howard and of William 
Howard. He always hroiight home a little .stock of line silks and choice 
goods from his \arions voyages, and his wife kept store in the hnililing 
now occMipii'd liy the Misses Stiles. It is related of hei- that she was 
remarkable for drcssiiii;- well, which excited the env\ of some ol her 



'There bcin.s at Ihat time nil bnil:;v .It ITartloril tn nbstrurt the navii^'aliim nl lln 
river, Windsor was a ]iiirl nf cnli-y. .and West India and other .i;iiiids wia-e, during: 
l.arl i.r the year, landed al the Kivulel feny. 



STOHES, TUADK, CO.MMEUCE. 427 

less l'oiluii;ilc iicinlilmrs : ami tliat when (lU cine (iccasiiiii slu' s|mii-1ci1 i(ii 
Kiiihrrlhi. uliicli tlic caiitain liail liroimlil IVdiii fitrrin lutrlx. and whirli 
was llic lirsf articio dI' llir kiiiil r\iT scrn lici-c, she was lollowrd liy srv- 
I'lal 111' lii'i- rclliiw-eiti/.L'U-esscs, in a s|iiri( ul' ilcrisiim, caiTx ini;' sicoeit 
.'lr\alcil on tlir tops of brooiu-lianillrs, rtc. I William llowani al'tcrward 
liadrd line, and ki'|i( tlic iiosl-oHicc. The linsincss had previously licen 
r:iiiii'(l on ninlcr the name of llowaid .V Alt'ord. 

At MATSt)N's store, which stood a lew rods IVoni I'iekeft's Tavern, 
a eomparaHvcly lai'ge bnsiness was done, down toahoid the iiejzinning ol 
the eentni-y. A lew years lieloi-e this the anionntoF linsiness was •ii^40,00(> 
pel- annum. They dealt larticly in Tnrk's Island salt, whieh, durin.u- hiii'h 
watei' in the Couneeticut, was hindcMl diiiet IVom tlie West Indies and 
exehaimvd for northern produce. 'I'he old salt-room of the store is still 
I'niil and damp. 

Tlii're was alsi.i a store (Imilt liy .Major El-LSWiiin'H ) ou the site of 
l>r. WilsoiTs loiinei- honse. Lieut. Jonathan Ellsworth, son of .losiali 
and -landfathei- of .Indue Oliver. Ii.iiai in KIG'.t, and died lo Sept., 1740. 
ill the Slst year of his aue. resideil in an old house ( wliicdi had been pidled 
do\vii liefore IStlli). and upon the spot afterwards occupied liy his urand- 
sou, Lieut. i>a\id t'dlsworth. lie kept there a tavfru for many years, 
and also a small store of West India u'liods, rum, etc. lie was an euter- 
prisinu man. and much coneerneil in pnlilic affairs. He was a man ot 
verv sound sense, and also noteil for his sharp wit, which li'ained him the 
name of •• iiector " Ellsworth. His dcatji was caused liy being thrown 
from his horse while riding in Windsor street. In person he was very 
tall, large, and of strong constitution. 

One SriioNc; fradeil on the site of the second lionse south of the 
-Misses Stiles. 

r.ut the palin\ days wcri' destined to pass away from Windsor. 
Ill addition to the failure of the Hookers, the erection of a bridge across 
the ('oiineeticiit al llartbird also damauol the interests of Windsor, and 
she gradnall) fell lieliind in the i-ace. 

Few vessels came iipalio\e llartlord bridge after iSiiO. .\ n amus- 
ing story of the last davs of the (piarrcl lietween Windsor and llartbird, 
to which this liridi;!' ga\i' rise, is still told. It seems that the lirst firidge 
erected there had a draw in its center, luil. being destroyeil l)y a freshet, 
it was icplaced li\ another bridge ha\iii'_: its draw (a <lroji draw) at the 
Western end. next to the city, .lust below the draw. L\iiian"s wharf c\- 

lended intollie ri\er, at whii-h \cssels were always loadinuand mil I- 

ing, so that Windsor vessels were mucli hindered in getting throiiuh the 
gap. (Ill one occasion .Mi-. .VMord, of the llnii of Howard .V Albird. was 
d|-oppiiei down the st ream in one of his \essels, and, comiuD- t o the lii-idLi'e, 
was refused passage li\the bridgeniastcr. on the uroimd that the way 



428 IlISTOUY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Iirldu the liriilLiV w:is Mdcknl ii|i liy vessels at Lviunn's \vh;irf. AH'onl, 
liii\\r\ci-, insistnl 1111 the (li;i\v liciiii!' raised, sayiiit;' that lie would loiik 
(lilt lor a |iassai;e. In- emild iict aliiiiu'. Filiall)', ii|i went the draw - 
All'tinl di-(ip|ieil dciuii thestieaiu, liiit just as lie had i:<it in tin- ./</// under 
the lirid'^e, he sli|i|ied all aiieliiir, and loudly deelai'ed he eoiildiTt li'o any 
I'lirther — e\eii it he did '40 tliroiit:li the draw — that the \va\- wa> 
ohstriieted \\\ the \cssels lielow. Till' liridilV keeper swore and ruined, 
the draw eoiild not lie droppt'd so lonu- as the vessel was tiiiiler it — tin' 
eiiri-eiit ot teams and passeiiu'ers across the lirid^'e was olistrueted, and 
heeoniiin:- e\ei\ inonieiil more impatient and nuineroiis — imt iinpertiirli- 

alile skipper A U'ord, as cool as a eiieiuiiliei-. h(dd his plaei protesliiej 

liis williuiiuess, but his iiiaiiility to liudge an inch further. Fiiidiiiu- him 
lirni, the Hartford folks made it convenient to move some of their vessels 
out into tlie stream, and then the Windsor eaptaiu floated down the ri\ci 
exulting. 

In 185'.l the only stores in Windsor were If. S. Hayden's (foiinerly 
Loomis & Sheldon's^ and originally Col. James Ijoomis"), on IJroad 
Street Green, and a little shop in the southwest eorner ot the I'alisado 
Green, kejjt hy Mr. Fentou. 



SIiip-Buildiiii/. — Timothy fjoomis's Common-place hook records 
that, ''The iirxt slooji raised in Windsor was on the l(*th day of Deeem- 
lier, 1728. Mr. .1 ' W', Master Workman. Said sloop was lanclit May 
7, 1724. The lioat helongiiig to said sloop was launehed May 2S, 1724." 

Havdeii's shipyard, owned hy Mastei- John Ilaydeii, who eanie 
from Essex, Coini., alioiit the (dose of the revolutionary war, was situateil 
at the present old red house, half a mile from Ilayden Station. There 
was also a sliip\ard at the Rivulet terry, 'i'liese, together with three yards 
on the east side ot the river, at Warehouse Point, the mouth of Seantie 
l{i\er. and at Higle\"s Ferry, were iiseil tor ship-liiiildiiej nnlil 1s2'l, or 
Ihereahouts. From (ieiieral F. F. .MaIIIKI; of New 'N'ork city we learn 
thai --alioiit iSld Allyii .M. Mather Imilt a ship iieai- the ' Stone r.rid-v" 
on the Island i-oad : later I loward .V Allord iniill one at -the Itivulet 
Ferr\ "."" The /niair/iiiii/ of M'ssids from any ot these yards was always 
(piile a mallei- of iiilei-est to the townsd'olk, who repaired in large niimliers 
to witness the st'ene. One old gentleman, however, was wont to e\(daini 
that he eoiildirt see what there was so wonderful in a ship laniieh ; as 
for his part he "«•««/(/ ju)if as lief sec a turtle xliji "tf' an old hiij into 
the iraler." 

In this eonneetion we present some interesting facts eoneeniiiig the 
rarli/ navii/ation of the Connecticut above Hartfor(l, eondense(l irom a 



EARLY NAVIGATION ON TIIK CONNECTICUT. 429 

]ia|i('r liv our tVirml, Mr. .Iiilicz II. llavilcii of Wimlsor Lnckf;, |iiil)li,slicil 
in tlic HartJonI Chimin/ of liCtli May, ISSC, : 

111 UiaCi. tlinr years :itti-r (_':iplaiii Holiiies, Mr. I'vihIkim ( iiiii'iiccd llio selllc- 

iiioiil of S|irinj;li('Ul, ;iinl tlie vessel, with his supplies, sailed up six miles further, to 
the foot of Eiilielil Falls, heycmd wliicli his vessel could not be taken. From this point 
land carriage was provided to .S|irin,i;licld. fourteen miles; and when he afterwards built 
a warcliDUse to facilitate unloading and loading his vessel, the landing was known as 
Warehouse Point, a name .still retained for that locality. .Mr. Pynchon's vessel was 
here on the breaking out of the Peijuot war, May, 163", and the General Court of Con- 
neeticul pressed it into service. " It was ordered that Mr. Pincheon's shallopp shall be 
employed [in this design.]" 

When larger boats than Indian canoes were lirsl used above the falls is unknown, 
hut there came a time when they made llat-boats (scows), which they were able to take 
over the rapids and pass and repass by water from Warehouse Point to Springfield. 
One hundred years ago much of the freight for the up-river towns was re-shipped from 
sloops at Warehouse Point, and thence sent forward by scows. A warehouse was then 
standing about forty rods south of the new britlgc, and all the evidence tends to prove 
that that was the site of Mr. Pynchon's warehouse. 

A jierson born at Pinemeadow, now Windsor Locks, in 1776, told me that she on 
one occasion counted .sixteen sloops at Warehouse Point . During high water in the spring 
three or four at a time were not unusual, .\tter tlic bridge acrcss the Connecticut was 
liiiilt at Ilartfciril in ISillt. it proved so serious an olislruction that fewer .sloops went 
beyond Hartford, and soon nearly all the up-river freight was stopped and resliipped 
at Hartford. As late as 1820 it reqnircil many boats to supply all the towns along the 
river in Massachu.setts, Vcnuout, and New Hampshiiv. These boats carried u square 
mainsail and topsail, which was only useful before the wind. When the wind was not 
favorable they proiielled their boats along Iiy the shore by poling, a slow and tedious 
process. 

At night the boats were " tied up"; the men wriil on shore and sought food and 
lodging at .some farm house The capacity of the boats was from twelve to eighteen 
tons. A boat arriving at Warehouse Point discharged all above fifteen tons of her 
freight when the wind was favorable, and all above twelve tons when there was a head 
wind. The fallsmcn, employed at one dollar each, added to the crew, made one man 
per ton of freight when a boat was poled over the falls. The freight that had been taken 
olT at Warehouse Point to lighten tin- boat was carted around the falls by teams to 
Thoinpsonville, when' it was again taken on board. The boatmen sometimes remained 
at Hartford, wailing for a fair wind, until there was (juite a fleet of boats. I have 
conntcd more than thirty of llieiu in a single day, ruiiiiiiig u]i to the falls before a south 
wind. 

In IH'Zi a charter was granted for the Farmiiigton canal, to run from New Haven 
to the Connecticut river at Northainpton, with a view to supjily that place and the 
towns abov<' on the river — leaving Hartford out in the cold The business men of 
llarl Colli well' unwilling to icliiiciiiisli thc'ir " up t he-river trade," and in 1824 they, loo, 
nblaiiuil a charier lor a cmikiI. Theirs w.is the Coiiiii:clii-iit Rinr Compiini/, with 
authorily to luiild a canal around Kntleld Falls, and, with the co-operation of Massa- 
chiiselts, V<'rmonl, and New Ilainpsliire. " to improve the navigation to the .sources of 
the Connecticut Hiver and Lak(! .Memphremagog in Vermont." The passenger busi- 
ness on the Frie canal had judved a success, and to show the feasibility of establishing 
a steamboat line for freight and passengers along the Connecticut, the Connecticut 
IJiver Company contracted in August, 1824, "for a steamboat to navigate the river 
above this place " (Hartford). This was the .steamboat Jitnief. launched at New York 
September 2 i, whii-h arrived at Hartford November l.!. About a week later the tir.st 
steamboat that went above Hartford steamed up to Warehouse Point. I was out gun- 



430 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

niiig tlmt ilay uilli aiinilic r l:iil oT luy own age (fourteeu), and a man who Imii drivm 
up from IliirHnnl Id lla\(l(ii slaiidii Idld us that the steamboat was cdminu WC 
reacliril llir ri\{T in giidil time, and awaitcil her arrival. There was a I'usilade of mus 
kctry licliiw 111! Iinili sides n\' ihe river. We tried to make our guns speak as huully a 
cannons, ,nid Imrned ,ill mir p.iwder in lieavy charges while the boat was i)assiug, and 
llic < Tiiwd nf men ,ind Imys wlai li,iil joined us shouted themselves hoarse. One man 
walked along llii' shore some disianee, and found that the boat went against tlie .stream 
" almost as fast as a man could walk." The c.\haust steam from the engine was heard 
from a great distance. One Hi lie lioy in our crowd, supposing it a thing of life, said 
to his mother when he rcachcMl hoiin- ; ■• It was .so tired that it pulTcd. and it pntTcd 
and couldn't hardly get along." A like cntlmsi.aslic rccc|)ti..n aw.aili'd llie Ijoal to tin 
highest point rcaclieil on the river. 

The first ellorl t.i gel llie /!,i,,„ l nyrv Hie falls Was a failure. It left W.aielioiivr 
Point well-manni'il. and willi mueli labor it was carried nearly up to the island, a few 
rods above the railroad bridge. II then returned to Hartford, and on the -'Tth of ,N,. 
vember again steamed up to Warelnnise Point, and the ue.\t day, with a scowboai 
lashed on each side, well tilled with fallsmen (thirty) with their poles, they .set fortli 
and this tinu' were successful, and the boat reached Springfield that night. The boji 
reached Brattlcboro, Vt., December 13th, and set out on the return to Hartford on tin 
14th. anil ,irri\cd i>n Ihe Itlth The successful trip had demonstrated all that was an 
tieipaled. ami the event «as celebrated by a great supper at Jlr. .Tohn Morgan's cotlVr 
house, many guesis from Springfield and other towns being present. Still New Ha\en 
believed that the K.iiinington canal was to be the gateway to the sea. 

In the summer of 1S3S the steamboat Blditchard was built at Springtield. Ihe 
first CO stern wheel lio.-il. Slie made her liial trip u|i the river in .\ugusl. (In Ihe 
10th of Seiitcndier the /.V,//„7„/,,/ arrive.l at llarlfonl with aliout fifty p.issengers, and 
left on her return nc.M m(irMiii,g at !) o'clock. There was no line of ]iassen.ger boats \n- 
tween Hartford and Springfield before the canal was opened. When that event w.i^ 
celebrated, November II, ly2!». the steamer lihiiii-lini-a brought a party from llail 
ford, and others came in carria.ges to the leaver locks, where they were met by gentle 
men from Springfield and elsewhere, who (amc down through the canal on the sleann i 
Vcnii"iit ( •■recently returned from her (xcursioii to Windsor, Vt."). After locking tii.' 
steamer lliriiugh into the riv<'r, they locked her back. Two scow-boats had been titled 
up for the e.\eursion lljiougii the canal, and horses provided. I well remember the re 
quest of Mr. Thomas Hlanchard of Springfield, the builder of the boat, when we «ere 
expecting to be invited to come aboard. He politely invited us young men not to i una 
on the steamer bee.iuse he w,inle(l room for all I he stockholders of the canal, to show lln-m 
that the stern wine! sleiimer w.is .nl.ipled to use on the canal ■" because it did ni>l wash 
the banks." Tlie .steamer led Ihe procession, followed by the two scows well lill.d .\l 
the head of the canal the \', nn.Hil sli'.imed on to Springficlil with thi' eomp.iny -h. 
brought, and the stockholders M-luimil with us to Ihe lower locks. There were' sixteiii 
freight boats p.-issed Ihrougli that lirst day I In' e.inal was tilled. 

The steamlioal M,i.-^s,irhiis,lts;\\ one lime ran as a ])assenger boat ; it was loo large 
to pass through the locks of the canal, but iiowerful enough to run up over the falls 
Later the steamboat Ar/iiirniii. t'aplain Peck, made daily trips between Springfield and 
Hartford, landing and taking on i)asscngcrs at the stopping places between. The 
A:/,iir,,,„ and herconimanihi- were made famous by 1 tiekeiis's a<idnnl of his passaL;e in 
her from Springliehl to I la il bird, l.-< 13 ('.'). If Dickens's 1 rip had been iipinsle.id of .h.wn 
the river, he ndght h.ivi- had another item to add. 1 have seen ('a]itain Peek when Ihe 
water was extremely low step over int<i the river on Scaiitic bar, and w illi a lever lifi 
upon the boat to carry it over the sand into deeper water beyond. 

The comi>letion of the railroads soon ended the freighting and passenger husiness 
by water, except a few large boats of about 75-ton capacity still bringing some heavy 



(il,l) AMI NOTAItl,!'. IIOUSICS. 431 

freight 111 Wiiiilsiir LcmUs mikI Win-cliousc I'ciiiit, 1ml i-oulil not lie iiiii up or dowu over 
till' ImIIs in rxlrciiir low uiilcr. 



Olil Ilouxeis. — The dwollino's ol' llio lirst settloi's were muldiilitcdly 
, /«//-«'((/.'< (sec p. 38), SUCCoedcil simui hy Idif-fuhiiix, nw]\ :is tlic western 
eiuiiil'aiit of to-flay erects (Hl his new ehiiiu. 'I'Ik'Sc were I'lilliiwed, ;istlH' 
eireuiiistaiiee>s of their owners ini|irci\ed, li\ a better class til' lionses, two 
stories high, containing two si|uai-e laige rooms above and ludow, with a 
chimney in the center, and stee|i roofs. Some of these houses had a 
|ioicii in front, aljont ten feet S(|nare, of tiie same height as the main part 
of tile building. 'I'his poreh formed a room overh(\id. and the lower 
|iai-t was either enelosed or left open, .-ind siippoited by pillars, aeeoriling 
to the fancy of the occupant. ( )f this descrijition was the house of Rev. 
iMr. Hooker, of liartfonl, and of Rev. Timothy Edwards, of (East) 
Windsor. At a later period, as the necessities of growing fVanilies 
increased, and they needed more room, the sciiiifx or Icnii-to was added 
to the I'car of the house, leaning towards the npright ])art,and continuing 
the Idol down to the lieight of the first story. This afforded a kitelien, 
linttcr\, and bedroom. Tins, with an addition to the chinniey of a fire- 
|ilacc, for a l<itcbeu, became the established order of domestic architect- 
mc. Ei\am]iles of this kind of house will be found in the old JfoORF, and 
Alkyn houses, which stand nearly o])]tosite to each other on l>road 8trcet 
tireen. The former, of which we pi'esent a likeness on the opposite page, 
taken from a drawing made some years .since, was built by old Deacon 
.lohn Mooie, and presented — so says tradition — to his son John as a 
sr/-<ni/ on his marriage day, A.D. 1G90. It was in its day, and even 
within the i-ecolleetion of some now living, a line house, hut finally 
served as a kitchen to a more modern house which occupies its original 
site. Still sonic of its ornaments remain — sufhcient to hint of its former 
glory. The lady to whom we are indelited for its portrait, and who is 
liciscU a descendant of the old luHise,' wi'ites us as follows: "I have 
|ioiuted out the dun r for //if ciU, for. at that early da\', it was considered 
a very necessary accommodation to so important and prixilegi'd a mem- 
licr of the household. The old song, you know, sings of him, who, when 

' He m.'ide a greiit hole for the great cat to go thro', 
A little hole made, for the little cat too.' 

.My ancestor was not quite so provident ; bid be it known that in 
every door of the old mansion was a jjassagc for puss, that she might 
pursue her vocation from garret to cellar without let or hindrance." 
We may remark, also, that the old (dm which overshadows the house 
always possessed as nmch interest as the dwelling in the hearts of the 

'.Mrs. Faiinv L. Bissell. 



432 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

OCCUjiailts — ln'inu' mir nl' the iildrst Mini llliisl lic;iutil'ul llri'S ill (lie 

town. 

Tllr olil Al.LYN IIOUSK. lillilt liV tllr first Si|llilv .\ll\li. Mild Mt'tcr- 

wards occiijiicd by his son, tlic scl'oikI squire, was considered, in its 
day, the grandest lumse in town, if not in the "universal Yankee nation." 
It was painted red, and the old jieople yet relate the aneedolr of m ci'itMiu 
child, wlio, havinsi gone down to witness the training on liroMil Street 
Green, saw, for the first time in his life, the AUyn Iloiisi'. In n;irrating 
the day's adventures to his parents, on his return lionie,he assei-ted, with 
all the naivete and innocence of childhood, that he had seen "Heaven, 
the big house where the angels lived! " Here was the center of the best 
society of the times, and here, also, was justice dispensed by the sipiire. 
" How changed the scene ! " When we went over it, in the spring of 
1859, we found naught but emjity rooms; garrets filled with broken spin- 
ning-wheels aiid«anti(iue furniture; and in the "best room" a party ot 
negro wenches prejjaring pies and cookies to be peddled off Mt mii m|i- 
liroaching ''Lection Jot/. It has since lieen totally demolished. 

Next to this old iioiise stMuds the elegant modern dwrliing of one 
of Windsor's wcMltiiirst Mud most liberal-minded citizens. Judge 11. S. 
Hayoen, to wlioiii, MS well as to other memln'is of his family, we 
arc indebted for uimuv acts of ptM'Sonal kindness, and for imirli of flic 
value and interest which tliese pMges may possess for tliosc who rcMil 
them. 

Undoubtedly the most liixforic house now stMuding in Windsor is 
tlie Chief Jisttik I^llswouth Mansion.' Under its stately idms, its 
exterior ]ilMiii but commanding in appearance, it has always seemed 
to us peculiMily cliMiacteristic of its distinguished iuiilder. who, with all 
the honors uliiiii be gained (honors which mcMiit so iiiucli more thin 
than now) \\ms ever the plain, (piii't, good citizen — putting on -no 
frills" — a ]iiire, strong iiiiml, Miid m sinci'ic CliiistiMii. \Vi(liiii, every 
ro(mi is filled with memories of the iioiile p.-i(riot ; the [iMper on the 
walls, brought fi-om PrMnee:tlie vMrious souvenirs of his visit MliroMil; 
the old-fashioned, elegant, Mud substantial fiuuifiire; the great pMiiiting 
which covers nearly m wall of the ]iarlor, representing the Chief Justice 
and his wife, life-size, with a view of the exterior of the house ajipearing 
through a window behind them, these and many otlier things render it. 
perha]is, the most remarkable house in Windsor. Much ]iains has been 
taken by its present occupants to keep it in the same state as when the 
Judge himself was alive. 

'Gen. Wiishington, ou the orcasion of his visit to this mansion (sec p. 410), is said 
to have greatly (Iclightrd llif .Iiulgc's ehililren, especially the boys, William and Henry 
Leavitt, by sinfiing to them "The Darby Ram," holding the youn,!,'er boy, the while, 
upon his knee. 



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TITF. CltlKF-.inSTICE ELLSWORTn MANSION, WINDSOR, CONN. 




KAHLY IXIMESTIC AlKHITElTrifK. 433 

IJiit to i-('tiini to our synopsis of the onlrrx of New Eiiulaiiil ;iiclii- 
tcctiirc: till' next sl('|i \v;is the cmitn iiil;" of the snnn' form of lioiisi- up to 
tlic si'cciiiil story, iiiakiiig what is i-alicil an ii/irl(/}if honse. 

'riic form of root' was also oi'ten cliangcd to that peculiar liumphai k 
foiin. kn<i\vn as the gamhrcl-roof, of wliich many speeiniens are yet 
remainini;. 'J'lie ohl hriek lionse on east side of Palisado Green, know n 
as "the Chaffee House," is a line specimen of tliis styU' of roof. 'I'liese 
were sueeeedeil liy houses with two chimneys, and a hiruc lial! in tiic 
center. These were more elegant in form and arrangement than tlieir 
predecessors, l>nt have sometimes been objected to becanse the rooms are 
apt to be small and the house cold. Since then the orders of architect- 
ure have become sadly confused, and all sorts of dwellings have arisen — 
varying according to the whim, the convenience, the means, ami the 
tastes of the occupants. Yet, taken as a whole, the arrhitectural elTect 
of Windsor is pleasing, and its dwellings evince prosperity as well as 
taste. (In connection with this subject reference is made to the jilrasant 
chapter on "Architecture in Hartford," liy Wm. C. BroeklesUy. in /Lirf- 
forJ Memorial Counfj/ History.) 

In the olden time it was the custom for young men who were about 
to lie married to lirst build ■' a nest for their bii'd." Thcramngoi a 
new house was always, to a greater extent than now, an occasion of gen- 
eral hilarity. All the neighbors and friends were invited, and work was. 
succeeded by frolics, games, and feasting. It was a custom, also, for 
the bride-elect to drive one of the ])ins in the frame of her future home. 
It is related that, about 1771, a certain young man residing in Pink 
street, who was about to be niairicd, had a laising, and during the joy- 
ous occasion, become somewhat more elevated than his alhaneed thought 
liro])er. So, although she had ;ili'eady comjilieil with the custom of driv- 
ing the pin, she soon after took occasion to break off her engagenuMit. 
She afterwards, however, niairied a young man of tlie same luime, who 
purchaseil the house from her former lo\ci-; and so'- llicy li\<'4l and died 
in jieace " in the house which was built for her. 



Slaves. — In ev(M'y New Mngland village church tin' 'A//-Z7V.V ha\(' a 
corner in the gallery, and anothei- corner in the village graveyard, 
where ant-hills ami tangieil \iues ami wccds struggle for the honor of 
bedeckiug their humlile and unliontucd graves. So we, also, nuist give 
a passing notice to the sabli- inhabitants of ancient Windsor. 

When sla\-ei-y was lirst introduced into Conuecticut we do not 
know,' nor doi'S it seem e\er to \vam- I u directly estalilished by law. 

'Jliittlicw Grant's Old Cliiircli Records mentions among the deaths in 1044. "one 
Eager." If. as Is prolialjle, tliis was meant to l)i? the same as llmjnr, it would .seem to 
have lieen a negro woman, possibly an Indian. 
Vol. I.— .5.5 



434 HISTOKV or ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

;iltli(iiii;li iiidiii'clly sani-t iniird li\ li'Liislat i\(' ciiiicl niciils. Mini riT(|Uclil l\ 
irco.uiii/ccl liv tlir cimrls. In Mas. ICiiiO, llic cimiiI .Irc-ivcl •• Ili:it 
neitlicr lii(li;iii iicir i/n/ur xirrin/lx sll.-ill lii' |-r(|iiiiiMl tci t rain, w :ilrli. nr 

^V!1I-(1."" " 

llcniT Wi)lc(iH, Jr's, iiivciidirv, in 1 USO, naiiirs Cyiu's, \ aliicil at 
£'-UK 'I'liis is tile llrst sla\i' in Wiii<lsiii- (and |ii-(ilialily ill ('uiiihtI iciil ) 
ol' uliiidi \vr lia\i' any rccoi-il. We lia\r alsii srrii a deed iil salr (iT a 

iK'gi-o lioy nai I I'llM.ll', ill Id'.'l, to l']li'a/,cr (Jayldid, of \\'inils(ii-. iVnin 

Andrew r>clclici-. ol' IJoston. In 17:^(1 .luliii Anderson, on the east side 
of the lixer, was assessed lor a netiro man. TJie i-eeord of liiirials in the 
Ohl liiiryiini' (Jidiind of South Windsor 'j-ives the deaths ( Iml iKit Ih.' 
nnnies) of f/riiili/-('iic iieuni shncs hetwcen llie years ll'-U'i and 17ti^. 
Eleven of these helonu- to tlie Woleods, tliree to the Mlmers. t \v< to th.' 
Ro('k\V(dls, Iw.i to the Coolss, one to the KUsworlhs, and two nnknowii. 
So that [lortion of .\iieient W'indsoi' appears to have lieeii alinndanth' 
silppliecl. for lliat day. with slaves. 

The imporlntioii of slaves into the Slate, however, was never verv 
larii'c, an<l in 1771 was pi-ohiliited altoecther. In llie l!ev ipliitinnarv wai-. 
freedoin was uranted to all slaves who enlisted and serve(l throndi thi' 
war. Si'veral siieli will he fdiind in the list of Windsor soldiers in that 
war. Till' last rnlnrcil siiiv iver el tlii' Itev olntioii, who dwelt in Windsor, 
was ()l.ivi:i; .M iTriii:i.[,. who diecl. as was supposed, frnin a lit, in his huat 
in whieh he had lieeii to Hartford for the purpose of drawiiii;' his pensimi 
in.iney,in .March. ISfl). 

In 17S4, the leeislatiire, assiiminii' that "Policy reipiiri'S (hat the 
ahiilitimi el slaverv shonid he ell'eeteil as soon as inav lie ennsislent with 
the iIliIiIs of iiidiv iilnals and the pnlilic safely and welfai'e," enacted 
that no iie-ro er nnd.itfe (diild h.irn after the lirst day ef .March in thai 
yeai-, should he hidd as a slave after they had arrived at the ai:e et 
twentv-live years. .Maslei's ni slaves were alsn permitted to release 
them, on applicalinii to the sideetinen of the towns, pi-ov idi'd such shives 
were in -jimmI physical ami menial condition, and lietween the aires of 
twenly-live and fortydive years. In 17SS. a statute was passed, ohliLiiin;- 
all masti'is, within six months after the liirtli of eaidi slave, to diilv 
liotil'y Ihe town clerk of such liirlli, etc., on penalty of seven dollars for 
each month's nei;lect. This was intended In uaiard aiiainst the illegal 
holdinu', hy imscriipiiloiis masters, of those who were entitled to their 
tVee<lom. Ill 1707, it was enacted that the (diihlreii of slave mothers 
horn after Auiinst of that year, shniild r<'ceivi' their freedoin at the aiie 
of I wentv-iiiie. .Vt the same time, the carrv iii'j of slav es out of the .'-^lad' 
for sail! was prohiliiteil ; and thus 'jiadiially the inst itntion of slavei'v 
dccrea.scd, and linaliy disappeaied, in ISfS. In a formal act of aholilioii. 



,»Col. Rec, i. 349. 



TIIK SLAVES OF WINDSOIt. 435 

'I'lir Inlliiu iii'^- iiiiecilotc is iii-('si'i-\('(l ill rdiiiicct ion witli tlir iilicni- 
liiiii (iT shiM's. An :i'^c'(| ami raitlil'iii Wiiidsdr s]a\r, udrl^iiiL;' in llic licld 
willi his niaslcr. was (ilisrrvcd Id lie \ci-y iiiiioijy ami silcul. At li'ii'j,lii 
lir lii(j|<c llic silence liy sayiiiu llial siicii a iii'iiiJilMjr liail ni\i'ii iiis slavr 
liis I'lcciliini, anil iiindcslly simucslcd lliat •• Massa nrt to L;i\ (■ /y/c I'rci'- 
doiii." 'riir inastrr (|iiii'll\ rc|ilicd, "Well, Tom, \ on mav lia\r vonr 
rircdom."" ■' May 1, Massa -- wlic-ii '.' " " Xow," was the reply. "What, 
now, .Massa, ri'jlil away 'f" e\ehiiiiied the siir|irised sla\e. " Yes, Toin. 
yon may sticl< n|) your fork where yon are, if yon elioose, and lie free." 
'I'oin stood lookim;- ii|ioii tlie i;roiiiid more moodily than e\fr, while his 
master went on with liis work. .M'ter a liall'-lioiir's consiiler.at ion, Tom 
resnmeil his lalior, i-emarkint: with a kiiowinu hiok, ■' No, .Massa, yon 
ha\e de meat, now yon may piek t\r lione. 1 no l;o and take eare old 
Tom niysell'."' 

Those who released slaxes who were loo far advaneeil in lite wlieil 
the ael was passed to he le^-ally afleeted hy it, -enerally look the preean- 
tioii to ol it a ill a release from the anihorit ies of the tow n from all responsi- 
hility lor thi'ir fiilnre niainteiianee. .\nioiiua family of slaves release(| 
without this preeantioii. some meniliers who had ri'ino\ed to Ivist W'iml- 
sor lieeame poor ill their extreme old aL:i', and the authorities of that 
town, lindimj- that they iiad not heeii le.jally liherated, ohli-eil Hie heirs 
of Iheir old iiiasler(llie family of the late Uaiiiel I'iiiney ) to support 
them. 

Those of w liate\-er an'e, who were ineompeteiit lo support themselves, 
were still sla\cs unless the town eliose lo ndease their owners. Sneli 
was Old Namk, whose death reeenlly oeciirivd ill the family of Col. 
■ lames Loomis. She was horn on ( I i-eeillield Hill, Fairliold ('olllily, 
Conn., and remained in the family ol liezekiali l!l'a<lley nntil she was 
fill II' \ ears old, w hen she was 'ji\ en to ( 'harlolle liradley ( 'lialTee, wile of 
Itr. Ile/ekiah Chaflee of Windsor. .\l his death in iSiil. she heeame a 
household Liill and eliarue. eominendi'il lo the esperial eare of his 
daiinhler. .Mrs. .Vlii'jail Sherwood i,ooinis, in whose laiiiih slu' was most 
kindly i-ared hir to the day of her death in lS;')7,aged 82. 

The llrsi i-eeord of iii'uro shnery in ('onneetient a|ipeared in the iu- 
M'liiory of Henry Woleolt , .1 r., in l<>><n. Old .Naiiee, perhaps, closes the 
r id within half a mile of the spot where the first one lived. 

l'"or main years pre\ ions to the .\iiierieaii l{e\ iilution, and as latoas 
|S:^(I. Ill- tlierealiollts, it was the eilSloin of tile Coniieelient noLiroes -in 
that spiril of eiimlation ami iinilation wliieji is peenliar to iheii- raee and 
the inonkev Irilie - - to eleel a u;.)vernor for Ihemsehes ; and not a u'ov- 
eriior only. Imt a deputy, stall' olVu^crs, sherilf. and sipiires or jiistici's of 
the peaee, who were all eleeted witli iniieli diserel ion, pomp, and eere- 



-i:J6 HISTORY 01' ANCIKNT WINPSOIl. 

iniiiiy. ;iii<l I'xcrtrd tlir s;ilii<' liinctiiuis aiiioiiti- those' iif tlicii- own coliii- 
;is tlicir iiKirr lunlly |i|-iit()(\ |ics nf the white r;n-c. 

X,</rii ,l,i-li,,ii ,iihl I'iiru'li' 'jvui'i-ally v.wnr nlT dii the S;iliir(l;iy silc- 
ccciliim- llic rli'didii ihi\ 111' llir whiles, :iiii| w:is |i:i rl ici|i:itiMl in hy tlmsc 
who caiiic lip III llir rii|iil:il uilii tlirii' iiiaslrrs, anil siieji nlhri's as wi'i'c 
ahlr to lir |ilrsrllt. •" Tlirx of riiiiise Uiaile tlirir (•Irctioll, lo a lai-iic r\- 
(I'lil, ilr|iiitati\cl\ , as all roiilihiot lir |iiTsciit, lint nnil'ornily yirhlcil In it 
tlirii- assrnt. . . . 'I'lir |irisiin ihry scK'ctfd i'or tin- oIliiH- in i|lirstion 
uasiisiialK our 111' nnirh nnlr anioiiL; tlifuiselves, of ini|M)sinu- |ii-rsi'nfr. 
sti-cna'th, lirniucss, ami \ oliiliilily, who was quick to diTiilr. ready to 
coniniaud, and ahlr In IIo'j-. II he was inclined to he a little arhitrary. 
h(don!i'ed to a master of distinction, and was ready to pay IVeely hir 
diversions, these were eiieiinistances in his favor. Still it was necessary 
he slioiild he all honest neLii-o, and he. or appear to he, wise aliove his fel- 
lows. . . . 'I'lie preeise sphere of his power we cannot ascertain. 
I'rolialih it eiuhrareil ' nialters and tliinii'S in general ' anioni;' tlie hlaeks: 
morals, manners, and eeremonies. lie settled all urave disputes in the 
last i-esorl, ipieslioiied eoiidiiel . and imposed penaltii'S and piinishnielits 
sometimes for \ ice III- niiseondiiet. lie was respected as ^/ii/n-n/nr. say 
nian\- oM Lieiillemcn to us, hy the ncm-ocs throiiiiliout the Stale, and 
oheycd aliuost ini|ilieit ly. 

''His parade da\s were marked hy niiicli that was showy, and hy 
some things that were ludicrous. .\ trooji of hlaeks, sometimes a hun- 
dred ill iiumlier, mandiing sonielimes two and two on hint, sometiines 
mounted in true military style and diess on liorsehack, escorted him 
through the streets, with drniiis heating, colors tlyiiig, and lih's, liddles, 
claiionets. and every •sonorous metal' that could he found, •uttering 
martial sound." .Vftei' marching to theii- content, lliey would retire to 
some large room which they would eULiage hir tlie pur]iose. for refresh- 
ineiits and delilieralioii. This was all iloue with the greatest regard to 
eeremoin. Ills chon) excellency woiilil pass through the liles of his 
procession, siippmied li\ his aids, with au air of eonsnminale digiiily, lo his 
ipiarters, and there ri i\e the congratulations of his friends, and dis- 
pense till' fax or of his sal III a I ions, his opinions, and his appoint men Is." ' 

The hillowing aniiisiug story is related coiiccniiiig one of the occa- 
sious at Hartford. ilinner was duly set. the dignitaries had niarched in 
and taken their places around the " groaning hoard." the gii\ ernor at the 
upper, and the deputy L;o\eruiir at the lower end of it. when the latter 
with delicate icL;ard for the proprieties of the occasion, exclaimed, •• .Mr. 
(iiilinor, seems to me dere oil to he snnitliili said on dis 'easion." •• Will 

' Srd-ra'n lliirtfunl in the Okhii 'J'iiiic, wliiisi.' cliapKr im tlic iiogrogovenmis ut Il.irl 
foril is excecdiiigl.v iMinmreus atul vivid. 



ANCIKNT NKCHd (TSTOMS. 437 

Mr. nc|iiily s;iv siimlllill ? " n•^S|»llul(•cl ilis Ivxci'llcnry. 'I'lirrriiiiou the 
I)c]iiitv s])1t;i(1 liiiiiscll' and began, " Tundcr aliovf dc IJclx'ns, Litnin on 
di' cartli. Shake de tops of de trees. Talile spread afore us, no eat a'vet, 
eat a'liiiiieliy. lor ( 'hrist's smIvc. .\iiieii." "Well done," exelaiiiicd llic 
l;o\ I'l'iior. "uell ildiie, .Mr. I'epiilv : 1 no idee you such alile man in 
prayer." And straightway the eonipany fell \ igorously to work upon 
the ohjeet of the nieefinu-. 

We do not know that Windsor e\('r ga\c hirth lo a negro govei-noi-. 
Xe<iro Tnii/tiiii/x were also eoininon. At one time siilise(|Ueut to the 
Revolntion, tra'miini was lu'ld at I'ickett's Ta\-ern, alioul half a mile 
ahove llayden's Station. (General 'I'l, a shive heliaigiiig to Capt. Jomi. 
Kllswiii'th. eiinnnanded on that oeeasion. His master, lieing a- captain of 
the c-a\ airy, furnished him witii his own uniform, aeeouti'ements, alul 
uali-h. to the chain of wln'eli he adiled se\-eral huge seals, and set liim 
upon his own war steed. So (Jeneral 'J'l rode forth that da\, " tlie oli- 
serveil of all ohser\ers." Sucli exhibitions were a source of no little 
anniseiuont to the whites, who often visited (iicm to witness IJie c\(ilu- 
tions and perforniauces of tlieir sable competitors. On this occasion, as 
we learn from an eyewitness, the general was i^arly on the ground, and 
lieconiing somewhat imimtient at the tardiness of the soldiers lielonging 
to the Pine Meadow (Suffield) Disti-ict, he ordere(l up his horse and I'ode 
through the crowd to take a survey of the lielil. and things in geiu'ral. 
Pulling np his horse in the innneiliate vicinity of Esijuire iiissell, ami 
other ]U'oniinent Wiiulsor citizens, he exclaimed, "•Wonder why de 
troops don't conu^ on from de north." Tlic siiuirc. who was a iiil of a 
wag, with a sympathi/inii' air. impnri'd, ■• What time is it, (n'neral '.' " 
l'rop|)ing till' liridle rein, lii' dicw up his wati-li, hand over hand, and 
lioldinii' it out. exclaimed with scoiidul dignity, " Fjook foi- yom'self, gem- 

nicn. Ii\ ," which not ;i little amusecj the sipiire and his fi-iends, 

who hiippcncd to know that the iicncral coulil not tell thi' time himself. 

When tile al tempt wms made to f(irm the revimenl. 1 heri' was no little 
diflicully in arraiuiiuL;' the soldiers so as to make the best appearance — 
for most had some liit of uniform, but no two alike. Theg'ein'ral,an.\ions 
to put till' best biot fiu'ward, hit upon a ]ilan, an<l issued his orders ae- 
coiiliniih. Rising ill his stirru|iS. he shouted, " .\11 you what got white 
stocca. rocker shoe, stand in ile fi-out." This ordei- was icadilx imdei-- 
stdiul, ;ind the I'ronI rank was soon foi'mcil uf lliose who ucre e(|uippe(| 
with shoes and stockings. 'I'licn came aiinihcr order frnm the chief, 
"• All \ ou uhat got rocker shoe ami no while stoci-a, stand in ile real'" ; 
and Iheii. with the .self-satislied air of one who b-lt that he had " uone 
and done it." the t;eiieral cxclaiined, •• Now you niggers what got no 
white stocca. and no roek<'r shoe, stand out of de way." 

During some of the evolutions of the day, which were badly per- 



438 HISTOHY OF ANCTKNT WINPSOR. 

tnriiiiMl. tlir ti-ciii'rar.s |i;issiiins l;i)I tlic lictlci- nf his diuiiitv, ;ili(l lie cx- 
(■hiiiiic'il, uilli lic-irl iVIl liittci'ucss, '• A uiuii'ii ;illus will lie :i iiin'^ii, dcin'l 
liiiii\\ iiiiliiiii, :ui(l alius dill." 

C.VTO, ulsu, is ri'iin-iiilicriMl hy soiul- of our oldest citizens as ii sell- 
appoiutod tythiiin'maii, who cxcrtod himself on the Sahliath to keep the 
liiiys in Older, and attended fo the rinu'ini;' of the hell. He was aeeiis- 
tiiMied III v;() around the town regularly to I'ollecl his reuunieratiun Im 
his ser\ires as liell-rinfi'er, and when any oni' rel'used his or her mile In 
the \iilnntai-y eontrihution, he would say, '' Well, no pay, shan't heai- uiii 
hell." 

.\t the eonnneneeuient of the jiresent eentury, and tor sunie tinie 
alti'i, t here \\ei-e many iH'iiTocs in AVindsor ; hut they all seem to ha\e 
lieen, or to lia\e ultimately hecome, a poor, shiftless, la/.y set of free 
neiirocs. 



No town in New Knuland ean lioast a worthier aneestry than 
.Vni-ieiLt ^Vinllsor. In soeial position, intellectual culture, sincere and 
l'er\enf piety, and stiirlinji' inteii'rity of character, her settlors weie 
eipialled hy few, and surpassed hy none. They were not mere i-andom ad- 
\entui-ers, seeking some fairy Utojiia, and hound togethei- hy tlimsy honds 
of selllsh interest, hut a high-minded, large-hearted Christian lirotherhood 
• — selected with I'ousummate tact and larr jialLiiueut from the wealthiest 
and most cultivated counties of England hy the nuister mind of l{ev.,lohn 
White, who, when he saw them set sail from Plymouth harhor, felt tliat 
lie was casting forth u])on the waters /meionx bread, which, with (lod's 
blessing, was to enrich and beautify the ends of the eailh. There was 
W M,'H AM, •• a famous preacher," and JI.\ vekh'K, with a reputation equal 
to his yeais. There was WoLC'OTT, wjiose ancestral antecedents, wealth. 

and personal chai-aetei- would have conunanded i-es| t in any com- 

ininiity, and Lnu.iiw, with legal abilities, and ideas I'ai- in ad\anee ol 
the a^e ill which he li\ed. Mason, also, wit li a re|iutation aiiioiiL: the 
best warriors of the continent. PllKLl'S, RocKWioi.i,, (iAVi.oun, and 
others, all i>li-kc'l men. each jiossessing some trait oi- \aluable ipiality 
essential to the welfare of the whole community. Woman, too. was 
there, uilli her sustaining and cheering influences, herself upheld by that 
deep current of religious faith which underlies the eharacler ol her sex. 
And in e\ery heart — to a degree which we perhaps can iie\er experi- 
ieiicc. and therefore can never fidly understaud — ilwi'lt that glorious 
li'jht of Christian love and truth which luakelh free. It sustained them 
ill the hour of trial, it humbled them in the hour of p|-ospcrily. it rc-u- 
hited their every action, it deselii|ieil the exercise of every \iilue and 
talent, it softeiii'd the thousand nameless little asperities of individual 
character and social life, and thus eon( ributcd to the perb'ct and liar- 



A WORTHY ANCESTRY. 439 

iiiiiiiioiis wiirkiiiM (if the wliiilc siici:il |Milit\ . Siirli u;is the cliainctcr iil' 
{\\c Jirxl ;iciiiri(t'(iiii. 

I!u(, ;is Ikis Ik'cu clscwlicri' :i|ill\ s;iiil, tlir ciuiLliMlidU rinm n ri\ilizc(l 
to ;i new ciiiiiitiv is lU'ccssarily it step backward iiitu liailiarisiii. Tiic 
.■<,i'(iN(l (/ciicnil/iiii did not fill the jilaces of the t'atlici's. Ivcarcd amid 
llic ti-ials and daiiii-ers of a new settlement, they wci-e in a nical lucasiiiT 

o * • * 

ilc|irivrd 111' liic advantasi'es, both social and cihicational, wlTudi (iicii- 
|iari'iits iiad cnjiiycd. Nearly all nf Ihc rurnicr could write — which can 
II. il lie said of their children. Xeitln'r <lid Ihc latter possess that de|(tli 
of reliiiioiis fccliiii;-, or earnest practical piety, which distingniished the 
first coiners, lleligion was to (hem less a matter of the heart than of 
social pri\ ilege, and in the half-war covenant conti'oversy we liehold the 
liiadiial '■ lettino' down of the bars" lietween a pure t-hiircli and a grasp- 
iiiii' world. 

The l/i/r.l (/rxerallon followed in the footsteps of their predecessors. 
'I'hen (ainc war : and young New England brought from the long Cana- 
dian campaigns stores of loose eamji vices and recklessness, wjiicji soon 
llooded the land with inilnorality and infidelity. The chiircli was 
iiedected, drunkenness fearfully increased, and social lib' was sadly 
corriipteil. Bundling — that pernicious custom which pi-evailed among 
the young, in some ))ortions of New England, to a degree which we 
•■an scarcely credit — undoubtedly tended largely to sap the foiinlain 
of morality.' Next came the American Revolution, which merely 
prolonged the evil; for war, even where necessary, is always an c\il. 
So that not until the connnencement of the present century can it be 
said that any return was made to the ])urity of the first generation. And 
il is oiir solemn conviction that all those who croak the romantic tunc of 
■•Alas! the good old time," will find, on careful examination, that in 
every respect, politically, morally, religiously, the jirescnt world, with 
all its vices, is no worse — nay, that it is infinitely better off — now than 
then. 

We would not, however, be understood as saying that piety, nioral- 
ilv, or education ilie<l onl altei- the first generation, or was wanting 
among Iheii- descendants, 'i'lie history of Windsor evidences tliat re- 
ligion and education were always dear to her childri'ii. and that in e\cry 
generation tlu;re have been many whose li\i's and cliaracters come down 
to us as a blessed legacy. These good men possessed a marxclously 



'Certain strictures made upon this .statement in our first edition led llie author to 
investigate the sul)jert more fully, with the result of hi.storieally establishing the wide- 
spread prevalence of this eustmn in Cnnneeticut. iMassachuselts, and elsewhere. Ilis 
researches wen' published, in a limited cdilion, cnlitlcd. IhiiiiiliiKj ; iix Onijiii, Prunirux, 
iii.il Ihrlhi, in Ain.rir,,. hi) Ihiin/ It. Slil,s. M.I)., UV. \mh. bv Joel Minisell. Allianv. 
X. v., 1SG.J. 



440 IIISTOHV OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

strolit;- laitli ami liclii'f in x/hrlnl /irnriJcurcs. KvcMits wliirli uc sIkhiIiI 

:\tl i-iliiitc III natural causes were liy tiicni i-rlVrrcd liiifctly to ili\inc 

]i(iurr. \Vars. prst ilrnccs, victiii-ics. ai-i-idcuts — in slmrl. all tin- 

tliciiisaiid ami mic incidents wliicli make ii|> the lile of a nation or oT an 

imli\idual — were considered as so many direct interpositions and 

rcvoliitions of (iod's will. Tlie\ iiraNcd with a i'ei-\i-ne\ wliich '_;i-cw 
• . I . 

out of this intense I'aith in (iod's power and williminess to answer 
])i-ayei-. .Vnd in New l'aiu:laml Instory tliere are many instances in 
which we can liardh donlit that flieir pravfr.s and tailh weie sinunlarix 
answered. 

'J'he I'olhiwint^- Wiin/sor leuvnd is (piitc to the point: 
'•Once njion a time" — as all i;'oim| story-tellers commonco — tlie 
1^(10(1 ]ieoph^ in Windsor had sidTered for a lont;' time from an oxcessive 
drouiilit. until at last, vitfwinji- it as a judgnicnt of Uod upon them lor 
some III their sins, tlnw resolved to hold a fast day, to he spent in 
Innniliation aiul ])rayei-. In tlie lower |iai-f of the town dwidt a eodly 
man by tlie name of IJarlier. to whom some of the ]ieople from /'/- /"'''// 
extended a very pressini:' in\ itation to join tliom in tiiis day of prayci'. 
Mr. IJarlxM- ha,|ipene(l to have a tireat qnantity of liay cut at the time, 
and felt that //<■ needed dry weathei- just tiien, and could scarcely spare 
tile time to jn-ay, while so much of it was ciif. Uiit, witli ti'iie Chiistian 
good feeling, he consented to join his lii'cthi-en at tlie uppei' cud ol the 
town in their )irayers for rain. When the time arrived ^Mr. liaiher 
appcari'd at meetiie^-, with his overcoat on his arm (although it was 
cleai-, hill, scorchiin;- wealhei), and on heini:' wondci'iiiiily interroii-ateil 
as to his motixe of lirint:iiii;- it, replied that lie ■■ c'ame to piay for rain, 
and he cNpeclcd it." Ilefiire the ilav (dosed the rain did come, sure 
eniiinih, and, still more wonderi'id to relate, in passiim'. as it did pictty 
generally, oxer the town, it ]iassed (inniih/ Mr. IJarlii'r's lainl, and left 
Ills Iiay uniniured. 

Among some of tlie Rev. Timothy bJdwards's manuscripts we II ml : 

"A Rfcord of Seine I{ciii;irk;ililc ;uiil Gnuious answcis of Prayer, liiiicn i^.lllll■ 
|l'rnviilriici-s| .-iiid soMic ellicr lliinijs nt m Spii'il ual Nature I liave met uilli in tlie 
ei.ms.,,! inv \aU\ ami liist nf Kem.arkalile Deliverances, IJeenveries." 

.\ few cxtrticts will show our readers the iialnreol tiiese remtirk- 
ahli^ incidents : 

•• 1. When I was a lillle eliilil (as I have lieeii telil by my Kalher as 1 ivmenilier^ 
I fell iiilii a Till) of Water, an y pni\ iilence (if (Joil sent one In my Relief and y' 
.slrangoly. who passing l)y upon Occasion, Saw me and took nie out almost dead. 

"2. When I was a School lioy I took a gun Tn my hand, which was anindi.in's limit 
ing Gun, and as lie said y' was y owner of it, a gun that Seldom or never missed lire. 
This gun was ehartred with a brace of Imllets. 1 hi'ld it out againsi one of my school- 
mates. John TTunter hy name, who was old Goodman Mitchells Serv'. I aimed at his 
breast pulling my liaiid toy pricker, lie being al about 8 foot distance, and said these 



1!K\'. TIMOTIIV KUWAKDS' SI'ECIAl, I'KDVinENrKS. 441 

wil" ;is I nMiiriHlirr. ' < )|i, lliiritiT. il' voii \V(_Tu an (.'iicinv niiw liciw I ((luld sliixit yim 
ilowii,' tliiiikiiig no lianii :it all, not being awaro y' y" j;'"" "■'** cliarijvcl or if it liail 
licrn that tluTc was any (lander of its goin;;- off, Init lh<> cock being half biiii. \miiI 
ilown. anil il cilhrr tired or as slanders liy allirnied tiaslicd in y" pan, and yel no harm 
ensued. Those Ihal slood by wei'e amazed to see how narrowly Ihe boy eseaped. and 
so was my lather, being lalled in out of y' Sliop. togetlicr w illi y Indian, bol h w lioiu 
\ery nineli wimdered when Ihey heard how it was. Jly Father looked ti|>on it as a 
lillic less than a miracle anil .said 'If Mr. Mather's Hook of Heinarkable Frovidenees 
had not been o\it liefore. he wonld have lii.-it put ill ailiongsl them.' I was also iniieli 
aina/ed and alleeb-d with (iod's woiidertnl goodness lo me in kee]iing of nic so | | 

niiraeidoiisly rr.>ni wanlonl\. though | ] killing one of my neighbors, and llieiel'oie 

I I to keep y Ueeord of it by me." 

<>ii uHiitlii'f iicr;isiiiii 111' tiiiiilili'(l (ilT a I'lirrrv tfor ami liknl (n liavo 
liiiikoii Ilis iioi-k — oiil\ 111' iliilii'l : ami aiiaiii ho eaiiic mtv nrai- lumiil: 

illulor llir irr w liilo sktitiliii- — Wsii Uir liail md eallril tii liilii. ami 

raiisoil liiin to stii|i. Ami tlicli lir iTiiiriiiln'is lliat, wlirli a Imy ill llio 
ii'raiiiiuai- srlmol at 1 la lil'dl-il . lir mir day |m'i riifiiiril siiliir \cl-y Imilisli 
loats of rliiiiiiinu- nil a rlirrry Iroo, li\ way of •• liravailii In slinw snmo nl' 
my mates (niir n|' llii'iii. at least, viz., Thos. t)lc()tt's son) how vriitiifr- 
sniiir ami linlil 1 was, ami yet (!o(l safely lifouglit me down a.uaiii,"" on tn 
tlir snlid raitli. uliieli was a siiiecri' c'aiiso of oratitiidi' to this ]iiniis man 
ill all altn- lil'r. 

Wo lia\r fnolii i(U- lull nili' llinfo cxailllili' ol tlio l{('\ . 'rillint liy's 
liairhrctidth cseaiios: 

" When I was a school boy, as I was eating some |very j mellow peaches, the stone 
of one [sli|iped| down as [I was] sucking of 'em, .-ind stuck in [myj throat, and [ j 

speech and my breath so [ ] neitlicr I strove [ ] couldn't, the boys seeing how it 
was clapt nil! on the liack. but all would not do. 1 .saw plainly that I could not help 
myself and if God didn't help I should surely die. I was very apprehensive and much 
afraid of death; my thoughts then I think I can remember pretty exactly, and they 
were these : ' Now, if God don't wonderfully and miraculously help (which I inwardly 
desired him to do) I shall die bye-and-bye. Death is a coming towards me apace. I 
am not far off from it. I have heard of dying, but now if God be not ver_v gracious I 
shall quickly know w hat it is, and I am afraid God will not. help me. I have .so sinned 
against him, but, oh. that he wimld though!' Thus being very sensible of my dying 
and dangerous condition, 1, seeing straining and striving was to no purpose, I was 
ready to despair of help tlunigh as I remember I had some little hope at least in the 
power and mercy of God. Only (me thing Ihe boys adx ised me to do. and that was to 
go down to the river and drink, which was .so far olf, lli.it if God had not bellied me, I 
should have dropped down dead long before I came there. However 1 was willing lo 
make any experiment or take any likely course lo save my lite, for which I was .so con 
ccrned in my mind, that I did not think of the impossibility of getting any help by 
doing as they advised me. Accordingly I went to my master to ask leave to go out, 
and by the time I came half way to him I thought with myself, ' what do T go lo ask 
leave for? I can not speak and besides my life lies upon it. I have need to make all 
haste I can, I may vcnturi' lo go out, without leave lo .save my life,' and so I turneil 
hack again before I came to him and run in a fright and in ha.ste towards the door so 
as to go down to the river, and when I came lo the door, unexpectedly without any 
straining or striving at all. w hen I had not many moments more to live, Ihe peach stone 
Vol. I.— 56 



442 insToiiV OP ancient windsoi!. 

came (Uit as tboii-;!! it wi'iil of iiMir. (Jod, liy liis imwi-i-, liiniiirlil it dui lidiii tmc :iiiil 
.savi'd my life; he licl|u(l iiic when I (duldnl lul|i rjivscll', yi;i. :ni(l wlicii :ill I he iiicii 
ill tlir w..il,l cdiildii-t ludp iiir, wlhii I uMs Mlincist \<n>t liilp, lii-iiiir just :d d.-nlli's ddor. 
Thru I was 'as a lifaiid pliukc-d nut n{ [Ur liuniiii;;.' ■ 

A/>/'r<iiti<Ts/ii/i. — 'riic i'dlldwiiiu' Ilidi'tiliifr. jdiiiiil niiicilii;- llic Th'iiii- 
(IX StiiitijlitoH J/x.v., iiffofd a j^ood illiistiMtiiiii (d tlu' iiicMt caic taken in 
an-iinginii' tlu' terms of ajiprentiiryhips in (lie nMcn time: 

"This Indenture witucssctli tliai .TiMiatliaii Slougliton, son nf Thomas Stdii.^litoii 
of AViiidsof ill the (■(Hiiily of liaitlonl lEiid (nloncy <^^ Collect icut in new ensrland. witli 
his fatlici's ec.iiseiil lintli jiiit liiiii srlte an ap)irrnli(r to Natjiaiiday of llie alioue sd 
Windsor coiinly and r,.lonr\ : IiIk ksniilli and \vliilc sinilh l.i Lrani liisart, tiadi-..i 
iiiistery after the' mailer of an Aliprentiee to seme him until he the s'' Joiiatlian Stou,i;h 
ton atlaines to I lie aire of twenty-one years, diiriiifr all w liieli lime the s'' appr"liee his mas 
ter faithfully shall seme, his .secrets keep, his I.awfiill commands -ladly oliaye. he .shall 
not do any damage to his s' master nor .sec it don liy others without .iriveiii.!; notici 
tlicreof to his s'' master, he shall not waste liis s' iiiaster's ;;oods or Lend them unl>au 
fully lo aney. he shall not commit fornication nor coiiliaet in.it rimoiiy within thes' 
terme. at cards, dice or any other unlaw full iraim- he shall not jilay wherehy hiss 
master may safer damage, he shall not absent liimself day nor night from his master's 
service without his Leave, nor hunt ale houses, Tavcraus or playhouses butt in all 
things behave him selfe as a faithfuU apprentice ought to do during y" s'' terme, and 
the s'' master shall do his utmost to tea<li and Instruct the s'' apprentice In the lioiic 
mentioned hiaeksmitli and while smiths trade and mistery and to teach or cans tlies' 
apiiienliee lo lie Tau.irht the art of Arilhmatick to such a dc.srce that he m:iy be able \" 
keep a book "n-ell, and provide for him meat, ilrink, apparel, washing and Lodgiii.;; and 
phisick in sickness and liellli siitable for such an apprentice during Ihe s'' teriiie. and all 
the end of s' leriiie the s'' master shall furni<-h the s' appreiitiic w itii two good ne« 
suits of apparel lioath wciolin.!; and linin.;; for all parts of his liod.v sntable for such an 
apprentice besids Ihal apparel he earieth with him. .and for the perforinance of all .and 
every the s'' covenants and a.;;reeinenl either of the s'' parties bind Iheiiiselves unto the 
olher by these presiaits in witness whereof Ihey ha\e intcrclian.srcably jiiit their hands 
and seals this lirst day i>f Seplcinlicr in the year of our Lord god. 1727. 
sincd, sealed and dcliui red 
In presence of N.mhan ]1\y (s) 

.loXATllAN STOtUillTON (^ 

Daniel Stoiighion 
Tim". Stoiighton 

Millilicrx. ('ntimiiriiccs.rfc. Ffnin llii' .l/.v. iif OLIVER KlLSWOHTII. 

.If., son of llic Cliii'l' .In.stiro, ami uiittcn in \Si\-2, wo .uloan the t'ollow- 
iiiii' inlrrosfiin: ilmis conmiiini;- Winilsm- in llio |ar\i(iiis ccnttii-y : 

" Kvi 11 by coincrsiiig with those who li\ed but tifty or si.\ly years since, one is 
astonished to liani llic changes in the manners, &c. which have taken place iu this 
town, within h.df a (cntiiry. My father, who is now 47, .says that, when he was a 
boy, the families in A\'indsor, or at least in his neighborliood, all ate upon wooden 
trenchers; and what is still more surprising, he says, that when he was born, he does 
not suppose that lliere was such a Ihin.ir as a privy or neces-sary-house. in the town. 
He says, as I can well believe, that the manners were then coarse and such as would 
now, in many respects, jirove disgusling; that the men. in AVindsor. formerly assem 
bled to.gether in each other's houses and would drink out a liarrcl of cider ill one 



MANNEH.^, ((INVENIENCES, KTC. IN OLDEN TliME. 44:') 

iiiglil. As to cavriMjrt'S :iiul divss. Ww clnmjjc li:is been no less astoiiisliiiii;'; for, by I'oii- 
vorsiug with I'Ulcrly pco|ilc, 1 have li-anii-il llial ."iO yivirs since llicrc was lianlly such a 
Ihing as a coninion two wliccl ianiai;r in llic touji ,i( Winilsoi-; at least, in\ falbei- 
says, that siiiee he ean lenienibur, there was lint one in town, wliieh lielonncil to Capl. 
Wadsworth, a trailer; whereas now {ly03-:!)a larij-e in-oportioii of tlie people in Wiiiilsor 
((•.<■.. of the families in Windsor street, both North and Soiilli of the bridge) possess ora-. 
The change in dress has liUewise been j;ri'al. My inollier, who Ills now lived in Wiml 
sor street 30 years, says th.al when she lirsl i-anie here to li\e there uiae bijl one or lui. 
nmbrellas, ami bnl one or two broad elnth eloaUs in the town; lei any one uitw 
see the wianen at ineetinj; laii- u inter and one snniiner's day, lliey will almost beliexe 
lids im-redible ■' 

•■ Willi regard lo grafting of //-...v, a singular instamc oeiairreil in Windsor in gr.ilt 
ing apple Irei's: ;i person took a I wisj of an early apple tree, when the tree was .act iially 

blowinj; out and ,!;'rafted tliistwi,g with its blos.soinson .■ Ihertrec'; llie graft suceeeded 

well, the season being moist and favorable, these blows prodneed fruit the first summer 
in 1S02." 

••OhlCapl. rainier related tlo tli.' Chief .histieel thai he reinembere,! when ■ f/i, 
lsl„:„r was lb,' thickest settled part of Windsor — the road to llarlbird tlien ran 
llironuh il ,ind be remembers seeing warehouses, malt-houses, stills, etc." 

•■ Mr. .lo.-iah liarlier tolil (the Chief Justice) that settlements along the Little Kiver 
were made at an e;irly date North, towards I'onuonock, as well as upon the Mill l5rook, 
near which he had found remains of one old fort or house, in which neighboring old 
people who were born in begimdng of Ifith century (old Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert) told him 
they liad lain .some nights."' 

Coachoi and oilier Vehicles. — In ITlMi, of coaches ta.xed at $17, East Windsor had 
three: in 1799 Windsor shared with Hartford " the highest dignity on wheels, having a 
coach ta.xed at ^84; and in 1820, Windsor hail si.iifi and East Windsor sixty -six riding 
carriages." — ILiitford Co. Metii. His/. 

"Two-horse business wagons were eontnion, but little used for ordinary travel, 
both men and women rode on horse-back. The tirst one-horse road wagon ever seen 
lure was made in I'ineineadow, by David Birge, an elder brother of Horace, about 1800. 
lie lived to see the street, nearly half a century after, tilled with one-horse ]ilcasure car- 
riages."—./. //. J /„,/,/., I. 

" S/UIh were probably iiUroduced in Windsor soon after the lirst settlement. .Mr. 
Thomas Stoughton, Jr., used stills in manufacturing eider-brandy." In 1819, Windsor 
had 4 stills; in 1820, 21; in 1828, 17; these were cider-brandy distilleries. 

I!iie/i- and t>tone Houses. — In 1840 there were only 22 '' brick and stone houses," of 
which I'MSt Wiiulsui; Windsor, and Welherstield each held one. — H<(rlford Co. ^fe„l. 
Hist. 

Iron )|-„c/.-.v — As e.irly as 1710 there were iron works along the line of Sullield 
■ind Windsor — making the iron from bog ore. The iron maniifacture carried on 
within the present limits of Vernon and Hockville, ('I. — 1737-1750 — touches upon 
Windsor history, but our limited space forbids more than reference to two interesting 
articles upon the subject, published by Ai.i.VN S. Kei-LOOG, of Newtonvillc, jMass., in 
the lloekeilk Juuriuil, dates of Nov. 14 and 21, 1889. 



444 



HlSTOIiY 01' ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



{KI.A'riVI'-, Pol'CI.ATION (IF •IMIC \\ IMlsnu 'riiWNS. Al'l'dnlilll 

fnim 1706 to ]8SI( — Taken Inim Ihirt1<.ril Cmintji .)/</ 



Census l!c|>. 
'ill lli>.t.„ii. 





1156. 


1174. 


1782. 


1700. 


1800. 

fi 

2,773 

7 

2,76(i 


1810. 

5 

3.SC8 

4 
3,0«1 


1820. 
8 

:i,oii!^ 

:i 
3,400 


1830 


1840. 


1850. 

4 

3.294 

9 

2,633 
19 

1,412 

18 
1,638 


1860. 
I.l 

2.27s 

IS 

2.."i80 

20 

1,401 

1,789 

1(1 
1,587 


1870. 
11 

2 7s:f 


1880 


w 


M.lsi 
si W 

xinil 

itli 

n,ls( 






3 
4,220 


11 _ 
2,999 


10 
2,HS2 

7 

;5,2:!: 


5 

3,714 

7 

2,600 


4 
3,220 

.3 
3,r)3G 


10 
3,2S3 

3 
3,(i00 

20 

986 


10 

3.0.">S 


i;a 
p.l 


inds 
1-1.1. 
Win 
ir L. 


or, . . 


10 11 

2ss2 3,019 

21 21 
1 473 1,346 


Sii 


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K'ks, 


















18 18 
1 (■881.902 


w 




















11! 14 

2 1.54 2.332 





























NoTK. — The small fissures rcpre.seiil the relative size of each town (as compareil 

In other towns in the State), aeeordini;- to iiojiulation. 



iitiiiii 1n lliis sulijoct, I vent lire fi> rr|iiii 
il Id (lie Hartford Ercihni I'.ist ,,f .lul\ 



]Vltr]„'x 111 Whulxor. In iv 

iliUM' :ni artirlc w liicli 1 ciiiil liliiit. 
2!l, 1SS5. 

Sir : I have .seen fre.iuent allusions in your paper, ol' late, to ■' Windsor Witehes"; 
and I wonder not that this is a subject of great interest to yonr Hartford i;entlenien 
Being myself of Windsor and Hartford descent, and being, withal, much given to anti 
quarian researches. I have the liest of reason.s for knowing that, for the past 2.")0 years, 
the llarlford witch liunters have taken genuine delight iu the pursuit of Windsor 
witches. And, iudi'cil. it could not be othervvi.se; for to my knowledge and to yours. 
Mr. Editor, so winsome have ever lieen the features, form, ami neiiuic'rs of the genuine 
Windsor witches, that no one. knowing the nature of man. enuld l)lame the men of your 
town for going beyond " Hartford bounds " in the pursuit of suih fair game .\n'l 
knowing, as we do, Mr. Editor, the virtue, discretion, and " faculty " (to use ;i gojiil nlil 
New England term) of these Windsor witches to be e.pial to their other cli.arms. wr can 
better appreciate the life long joy. peace, and dnmeslie liliss uliieli many .a llarllord 
man has en.sureil to hinisidf by securing and domett iiating one .if lliem. .\iid. since tlie 
genuine breed is by no means extinct in Windsor (.as I ha\c had ample mc ansof juilginu 
within the lasl few days) 1 wonder greatly at the folly of some who are nou tryiiig In 
dig up a specimen more than two hundred yi-ars old. Surely Iliis (when one of tin 
present generation, sixteen years old. is so nuuh more hew iwliing and salisf.ieti'ry in all 
her winning ways) is a uiltiil despising of 'Ihe good whicli I he gods prmitle." It 
somewhat reminds me of Hunyan's " man with the nnnk-raUi'. " moiling and grubliini; 
amid the dirt and c;isl-otT rubbish of the earth, and totally unobscrv. ant ami blind to I he 
brightness and beauty of the world around him. Still, as such a " wilch hunter ' is now 
afield with Ins r.ake, and seems disposed to produce for our iiis|iertinii a m r\ s|i:ilil>\ 
and altogether doubtful si)ecimen of the witch genus, which he woidd credil In \\ iiid 
sor, I feel impelled in defense of the good name of the real witches of that gondly toun 
to examine the evidence. 

In '/'/'< Coiiini-liriit I'<,.sl of August 11 and IS. 1S,S:1 under the headings of 'A 
Witch of Windsor," and " Our Witch Histories," a|)peared a couple nl .irlicles which, 
as we believe. Sllixed a nn)st unjust stignni upon that ancient tow n. The writer having 
chanced upon a hint that one Mary .Johnson, who w.as exeiulcd .it llarll'oiil .iboiil HMS 
for witchcraft, was a resilient of W'indsor, proceeded to " interview ' l!e\ . .Mr. W il.son, 
the present pastor of tlu' old church of Windsor ; and .getting but lit tie satisfaction from 
that gentleiiian, he wandi-rcd into the Windsor .graveyard, apparently expecting In lind 



WITCHES IN WINDSOR. 445 

llii'iciii llic ;;i:i\rstoiic iiC Man .loliuson as proof of his tlieoiy. Ho foiijui it not, Inil 
forluiiali'ly lor liis proiioseil article, he found enough quaint and interesting epitaphs to 
enable liiiii lo ncl oil' a column or more on general antiquarian topics. In the succeed- 
ing wccli's issue II lie I8tli) lie returned to the charge with another column of matter 
ahout the old gallows Iree at Hartford, the indielineiit and trial of Mary Johnson, and 
sonic rcinarks on llic lilcrature of Councclicut wilclicraft, all treated in the usual loo.sc, 
disjoinlid lashion of siK'li sensational articles. The totally irresponsible character of 
Ibis " iiilrr\ icucr" of Mary Johnson's ghost is especially manifest in his statement that 
■• Dr. Stiles, in his history of Connecticut, deliberately asserts that there were no trials 
nor executions " for witchcraft in the State. We may remark that Dr. Stiles wrote the 
history of Windsor, not of Connecticut; and that he made no such statement as the 
above. Hev. Dr. Trumbull, however, in his history of Connecticut, said that "after 
the most carcftd researches, no indictment of any person for that crime, nor any pro- 
cess relative to that affair, can be found." 

Our own iminediate business, however, is not with the general subject of witchcraft 
in Connecticut, but with the statement which endeavors to tix upon Windsor the equiv- 
ocal honor of having been the residence of this Mary Johnson, 

We call then upon the Hartford "witch-hunters'" to prove that Mary Johnson 
belonged in Windsor. 

"Mary Johnson, for theucry. is to be pr'sently wliipjied, and to be brought forth a 
month hence at Wethersfield, and there whipped." See the records of a court held August 
Ilie21. IGIG, in Trumbull's P"i//<' liiconh „f llw Coloin/ ,.f Gwinrtinit, Vol. I., ]i. 14:i. 

No better proof is needed that her home was at Wetherstield, and not at Windsor. 

Was Mary Johnson the first person who was hanged as a witch in New England "? 

She could not have been hanged before the action of " the particular eourte, this 
Tth December, IG48," which action is thus recorded in Col. Rec. of Conn.., Vol. VnT..\^. 171 : 
"The .jury Muds the Bill of Tiiditeinent against Mary Jonson, that b}' her owne confes- 
.sion slice is guilty of familiarity «ith the Deiiill " 

Having li.xed her home at Wetherslielil, and lixed .1 date before which .she could not 
have been hanged, her history, if it has not abciidy been sutliciently told, may well lie 
left to the witch hunters of Hartford. 

What aulliorily can be found for the asscrlioii Ihal Mary .loliiison, or any other 
witch, belonged in Windsor'/ None, so far as history .goes, except in Wi/tt/iropn Jour- 
iitil, or Winlhrop's History of New England (edition of 1858, Vol. H., p. 374; former edi- 
tion, p. :iOri. as follows: "One |blaiik| of Wind.sor arraigned and executed at Hartford, 
for a wilrh," This asserlion, wilboiil date, without name, without any statement of 
antlioiiiy ; iioi made al llir liiiir of the alleged occurrence, nor in the regular sequence 
of the journal, bill in a blank space formerly left therein, by a writer in Boston, one 
liiiiidred niiirs from Winilsor, and wholly iiiisiipporled by coiilcmporarj' records or 
slaleincnts, is all lli.il has bei^ii brought against the good fame of Windsor in that respect. 
.\iiii wc ivspecifiilly suliniil Ibnl il is no more to be acceplcd as historical truth tli.ui 
wniilil be a siiiiil.ir ibarj;r made Ijy a p.-ira,i;r:ipli wriler ill a IJoston newspaper, under 
similar cjrciiinstaiices to-day. 

What have ot/wrx said about the "tirsi case " '.' Dr. llolines, in his Aiiicriniii. 
Ai(ioth(\.. -.U'r. second cdilion, I., iH7-'.'8S,) under dale ir,.t8, .lime, says: "The first 
instance of capital piiiiisliiiuiit for w ilclierafi in New lOngland, occurring in cohuiial his- 
tory, was ill this year. .Margaiil .loiies, of ( 'liarleslow n, was indicted for a witch, 
found .guilty and executed, ' 

II is evident Ihal he lonsi.leicd (iovenmr W'iiilhiops allusion to Windsor, a year 
earlier, as too vague to liu\c any force or v;ihn', :iiid who can say that he was in error ':■ 

lliil)hitrd'.t New KikjIjuhI (published by the Mas.sachu.set Is Historical Society in 1815) 
page 530, says: "In June, 1G48, one Margaret Jones, of Charlestown, was indicted for 
.1 witch, and executed for it. " 

Iliiti'liliisoii (id edition. 'J vols., published ill Lomliui MiicccLx) vol. I., page 1511, 



446 HISTORY OK ANCIKNT WINDSOI!. 

Siiys: "The first instance I find of any i)t'rs(>n executed for witclicraft was in June, IGls 
Margaret Jones of Cliarlestown was inilioled for a witeli, found guilty and executed. " 

Drake, in •Wiinnlx of Witrhnuift in 3V(p Kinjliiiiil. ISi;:)" refers to each of tlie^. 
llirec cases, but makes no comment on tliat mentioned l)y Wintlirop against WindsiT 
except: " No circumstances liave lieen found, nnr llie miinc of tlic sulTcrer." lie pul- 
it under the year 164G. 

What was the dietiun of Judge Savage in the case '.' In coinrneiiling on tlie vagiir 
statement of Winthrop, he said: " Nothing of this is found in the ' History of Connec I i 
cut" by Dr. Trund)ull, yet it is deserving of miOanclioly comiucrnoration as the fii-i 
instance of delusion in New England, too soon infectious. We may presume the uii 
happy woman was tried as well as arraigne<l before execution, if the wretched ccreiMM 
nies in such cases deserve the name of trial." Sec Trund)ull, I. S, in preface, where Iji 
says: " After the most careful researches, no iiuliiimcnt i>f any person for that crim. 
nor any process relative to that aflair can \\v lonnd." Pi'riiaps then^ was sense enougli 
early in the colony to destroy the record; liul, ,il least. \\r know th.it in IGTO the co\irl 
after conviction of Catharine Harrison, of Wellierslieid, fur thai capilnl crime, had tirni 
ness and cuiming in their decision ti> dismiss hei' from her imprisonnu'nt. she paying hi i 
just fees: willing her to mind the fultillmeiit of removing from Wethersticld, which i- 
that will tend most to her own safety, and the contentment of the people who are h< \ 
neighbors. The Connecticut hiw, Decemher, 1(143, may be read in three lines of Trum 
bull's Col. IUt.,\., 77, including the authorities from Exodus. Leviticus, and Deuteronomy 
Massachusetts borrowed every letter ami figure of the text and comment. 

Keturning to the subject, in his Gciiailoiiii-dl D/rlioiian/ of Xnr Eiij/IhihI, (11.. ."i."i!i, 
article Johnson), Judge Savage says: "The (irst person in New England guilty of lln 
impossible crime of witchcraft, and executed at Hartford, was a Johns(m of Windsor 
and one of the most distinguished was Kev. Sanuicl Jolmson, born al Guilford. I4lli 
October, 1G96, the first President of Kings College at New York, who died Gth .lanu 
ary, 1772." 

In the same volume, page 56S, he says: " Margaret .lone>, the woman exeeuleil :i- 
a witch, 15 June, 1G48. was the second example of suili infalualion in New Kiiglaml, 
the tir.sl being at Windsor a year before." 

Wonderful wisdom. In vM-h of the referenees he e:dls I lie Wind.sor case the lirsl, 
though Winllnii|i had said no s\uh thing. In tin- lirsl lie liaillcarned the .sex. and in 
thi^ si'cond the name of the person in ipiestion. tliougli Winthrop had given neither, ami 
though she whose name he gave belonged in Wetlicrsliclrl, nol Windsor, and was iini 
tried, and so certainly m)t hanged, till six months after the well aulhenlicaleil case nl 
JIargaret Jones, the first, though Savage makes her the second. "Melancholy com 
memoration," indeed! If he meant to clas.'?Rev. Samuel Johnson as " the most disiin 
gui.shed person in New England, guilty of the impossible crime of witchcrafl. " he 
ought to have given some evidence of his guilt. If he really meant to call him llie 
most distinguished of the Johnsons, he should nol thus have groupe<l him with the 
most unforlimale. 

Wcndil not his purpose have been just .is well sciv<'d if he had cli.irgeil upon 
Wimlsor the responsibility for Goodwife Kli/ahelli Johii-ioii. who probably siilfenMl in 
U;.V_' for committing one of the twelve eiimis wliieli were e;ipitally punished under 
Connecticut laws. And who can tell which he really iliil mean V The anacronism i^ 
scarcely worse in one ca.sc than the other. And who can tell why all cases of oU'endcr- 
except for murder, under those twelve capital laws, should be called casi's of wilclicr.iri 
by the modern witch-hunters ? W liy did .liidgc Savage attempt to reverse the ili-eisinn 
of those hi.storians who had preecdc'd him '.' Perhaps because they had left tin- iniro 
duction of witchcraft into New England to appear as a "Boston notion," the trial and 
execution having taken place there ; and he, a Boston man, desired to shift the doulilfiil 
honor upon the peo|ile of some other i)lacc. 

A later historian. Ucv. Samu<l Orcult, in his J/i'ton/ of Strotfonl, Conn., gives ;i 



WINDS! >li WITCH RS. 447 

cliiiplcr oil ■■wilclics and witihrr.il'l." in wliicli (iil pa.ue 1511). luulcr tlio licailiiig, 
" Wilclicraft ill Ci)miectiiut — Aulliriilic liecoids." lie ivpcals tlic cndiicdus stalcincnls 
iilicady made. 

Mathti-'x .\f<ii/jiiiliii (Boole six, iliaiitcr seven. '■ Tliainnatcijriapliia Pncumaticii," or 

■ Wonders of the Spirit AVorld "), gives as llic "eiglitli example" a history of Mary 
.lolmsoii. wliieli the Hartford wit ch-liu liters have read in that hook, but it is eurious 
llial he gives it no ilale ; while his lirst example was that of the Oreensmith woman in 
Hartford, who. in ir>6'.J. so troubled "Ann Cole, a per.son of .serious piety," that she 
eoiild only be '" happily delivered from the extraordinary troubles wherewith she had 
been exereised " by the exeeution of Mrs. Greensmith, or, possibly, as shown by 
the llhtorji of Striitf"r(/. by the execution of both Greensmith and his wife at Hart lord, 
and the lliglit of the two others "from the country." 

W..uld it nol III' well for the Hartford witch-hunters to work out a full history of 

■ (ireensniith and his wife," and of the "two others" who "fly from the country" in 
ICil!','; as well as of Elizabeth Seager of Hartford, who, in 1605, was found guilty, but 
escaped by an informality in the verdict, — before hunting too much in other towns '.' 

They loiglil then restore Mary Johnson to W'ether.sfiehl, look up her full history, 
and .ilso Ihal of Catherine Harrison, who, in 1070, was convicted, "but allowed to pay 
costs .and leave the town." Tt might al.so be pertinent to iii([uire if Dr. Savage was cor- 
rect in his identilicatioii of Nathaniel Greensmith as the " husband " of the woman there 
executed for a witch in 1002; and to show, if he was not also executed, why his own 
conveyanee of his property might not have been allowed, instead of appointing Mr. 
Samuel Willys. Captain Tallcott. and the secretary to convey it to Andrew Benton. 
The projierty can probably still be identitied, and it would be pleasant to know if Ben- 
ton or his successors have ever suffered inconvenience from the visits of the sijirits of 
the witches to their former haunts V 

When Hart ford and Wetherstiekl shall have been full}- worked, the experience there 
gained may help in the Windsor hunt. This ought not to be seriously difficult, for 
Matthew Grant, the first town clerk of Windsor, who.se veracity has never been ques- 
tioned, was in the habit of putting on record every occurrence which was of interest to 
Windsor jieoplc. If his records, either public or private, fail to show such facts, then 
the inference will be that no such facts existed; but if he did make such records, then 
\vi' must accept lliein .as true, even if they involve the best families of tlu^ colony. 

H. U. S. 

Since tlic iiliovc w;is wi-ittcii, T liavc Iic.-iid Hint, ii|iiiii tlic iiisiilc dl' 
tlic cdvci- of u cli:ii\ kc]it liy .M:itllicu (li-;iiit. ;iiiil in liis own liMiid- 
writiuo-, is :m ciiliT to the criVct tinil, (in ;i cntiiin (hiy in 1(!47, ^'■Acltxali. 
)'"(^w//.>.- W!is liiiiiu'i'il For liciiiL;' ;i witch :" ;in(l tiiat flic ii;it(' t'OffOSjionds 
with iihoiit \\li:it would he (lie (hitc intimalrd in ll7;;////vy/'.'< cnl ry in his 
.loiMii;il ( \dl. 11.. |i. ;'.74 ) ;iImi\c' irl'i'rrcd to — wlii(di would seem to lie 
IVoiii thi' contrxl, in .Minvli. 11147. N.S. .<iicli ;i record. I ly ^fiillhew 
(Ifanl. o'iviim- (he nnuic t>'i the |iersoii executed, with a chile rittino- in 
«ith the iin|iiTfect reeoid of \\'inllll'o|i. w iiilld he qllile eolielusivo: //' 
oin- iiiloniKilidii :is to the (;i;int record was I'nlly satislaetory. 

We know th;it ;i .lohii 'N'oungs hotiii'lit land in Windsor, of William 
lluhh;iril, in jiill. which he sold in lli4!t: and iliereaffer disaiiiiears 
from record. \\r may h;i\e heeii (ho hnshand or fatlier of " Achsali," 
tho witch: if so. it would iie most natural that lie and his family should 
leave Windsoi-. 



448 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

11 is lillt f;iir to Miliuit, Iihwcmt, tliat thclT dues sci'iii (u li;i\c liiH'li 
;i"\\ili-li case ■■ wliii-li may lie riillycicditcd tn Wiinlscir : ami i( was 
with till' i|rsit;ii nl' dlitaiiiiiiu', if |ii>ssiMc, iiKirc iiil'nriiiat idii aiioiit il tliat 
the aliiiNr letter was written. In tlie lack of any I'nrtlier testinidiiy, we 
|irneee(l tn tell what we knowconcernint;' tile yvv// Winilsoi' witch ease, 
which, h(iwi'\er, dales as late as lli."):')-4, and th<'relni-e does not help the 
cas<' of the '• I lartl'oril and other witeli-hnnters " w ho are t ly ini; In fasten 
the .Mary .lohnsou case npon Windsor. 

'I'his " |-eal. oriviinal," W'indsoi- witch case, the antlior is happy to 
say, is iidiniati'ly connected with the history of his own aiicestry. The 
Stileses, ncM'r liaving Inid e\en a " family 'j:\ioM " to prop their ancient 
grcatni'ss, can at least (daini the honor of an ancestor kilh'd h\ a w itch ! 
Smile not, n'cntle readci', at what to yon may seem a siniiiilai- and a lii- 
fiing resting-])oiiif for family complacency. J]ut liundreils of " high-lioiii" 
families have h(;l(l themselves aliove tlicir fellow creatnics, for sncccssi\e 
generations, on much slenderer grounds of self-respect. 

lIi'iNKY Stilks, the eldest of four Stiles hruthers who came to Wind- 
sor in 1(]35, a earpenter hy trade, and a bachelor, was killed Oct. ■), Iti.")!, 
at tlie age of 5<S years, by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands 
of Thomas (son of Mr. Matthew) Allyn, of AVindsor, ami, as tradition 
avers {/'res. Stilex Mus.), "in a military Train waiting upon (!ov. Win- 
Mirop when he was ein])arking for Mngland to ju'ocure the Connecticnt 
charter, which he olitained 16(12." The recoi-ds of tlu^ Pai'ticular Couii 
( \'ol. 11., fol. 'J!! ), which met at Hartford on the first Thui'sday of Decem- 
bei-, l(i.")l, contain the following proceedings of "The Grand Impiest 
upon the death of Ifenry Stiles," — the jury being Edward Sfchbins. 
John Drake, .lohn White, Humphrey Pinney, Will Gibl)ons, Steph. Terry, 
.lolin Aiooi-e, Anthony Hawkins, Richai-d Cioodman, i'eter 'i'ilton: 

" iNDrrEvMKNT OF 'I'llONtAS .\|,1.YX. 

"Tliomas Allyii, llioii art indited liy tlic uaiiic oi Tlioiiias .\llyu tlial not liaviiiLi 
that due fear of God before thine eye.s for the preservation of the life of thy nciyliber 
didst suddenly, negligently, carelessly coeU thy piece, and carry the piece just hehiiid 
thy neighbo' w'' piece being charged and going oil in tliinr liainl, slew lliy nciglilie' 
to the great dishono' of God, breach of the |)eace. and loss of a iiiiiulicr ef llir ( niiiMieii 
wealth, what saist thou, art thou guilty, or not guilty '.' 

" The InditeuuMit l)eing confessed, you arc to Incpiiic wliclhn- you limji- llic lart li' 
bee man-slaugliter, or lloniiside by luisadventure. 

" The said Thomas Allyn. being Indited for tlic fa<l, the .lury limls llic sainc to lir 
Honncidc by misadventure. 

•' The Court adjudge the said Thomas Allyn to pay to the CNiuiity as a fyae L'-'O f(.r 
hissinfull neglect and careless carriage in the premises and that hce sh.all be bound to 
his good behavior for a twelvemonth, and that hee shall not lieare .\rmes for the same 
termc. 

■•iMallliew .Mlyn Ackiiow l.'dgeth himself bnuial to this CnmmnMu rail h in .-i Kceoi; 
ni/aiu-e of .till, that his sonne Tliomas .\llyn sliall cirry his good behavior for the spase 
of a yeare ue.\t ensuing." 



WINDSOI! WITCHES. 449 

IIi'lUT Stilrs"s iinciitdi'v of cstiitc \v;is ;ilsip prcsciitcil to flic same 
I'liiirf, aiul (listril)ufi(iii ordcrcil. 

SulisciUK'lifly, as ii|)|i('ars frciiii llic i-ccdrds of "A i'articiilar ('(iiirf, 
licld at P('(ju(>f(, 24tli of March, 1653-4" (folio nl, same vol.) an atlcuiipt 
was made to fasten the lilaiue of this accidental death of Henry Stiles 
upon /n'tr/ii'rd//, and the following' indiclnienl was presented against one 
Ijydia (JiUiert, who was ]ii-olialii\ a nirmliei' of the family of Thomas 
(JiUiert, of Windsor. 

" Lydia Gilliurl, tlimi arc liercin intlitcd by that name of Lydia GilV)urt, that, not 
having tlie foarc of Ood before lliinc eye.s, thou hast of late years, or .still do.st give En- 
tertainment to Sathat[an], the great Enemy of God, and mankinde. and by his helpe 
hast killed the body of Henry Styles, besides other witchcrafts, for which, according to 
I he law of Ood, and the Estahlished law of this Coinmonweidth, thou deservest to 
dye." 

It is not al)solutely certain whether the court which tried her was 
that held the first Monday of Septemher, 1654, or that of Novemher 28, 
1654. ]f the former, the map-istrates were Mr. Wells, Mr. Wolcott, Mr. 
Clark, and Mr. 'I'alcott. 'I'he names of the grand jury at either court 
are not given; Imt there is the grand jury list of the coiii-f hehl fii'st 
Thnrsday (7th) December, 1654. The charge to the grand jury preced- 
ing the record of Lydia Gilbert's indictment is: 

" You shall swear by the ever living God that you will diligentl_v encjuire and faith- 
fully present to this court whatsoever you know to be a breach of any established law 
of this jurisdiction, so far as may conduce to the glory of God, and the good of this 
Commonwealth, as also what criminal offenses you shall judge meet to be presented as 
you expect from God in Jesus Christ," 

The record further says : " Yc; party al)ove mentioned isfoiuiiJ;piil/i/ 
of tvitclicraft by ye Jury." But of the subsequent issue of the ti-ial, <ir 
the fate of the unhajjpy Lydia, no further mention is to be found. It is 
a part of that mystery which seems to envelop the history of all cases of 
witchcraft in the Colony of ('onnc'cfiiid. 

S(mie items of the "Account of debts due fi'oiii iieiiry Stiles, Si'., to 
Thomas (Jilliert, " which accompanied tiie iuvcutory of Sfiles's estate, as 
]il-esenteil to the Court, throw a little light ujion the connection of Lydia 
with Stiles's death. They show that Henry Stiles, being a liacln'lor. 
hoarded with Gilbert; that the last settlement made between tlii' two, 
jirior to Stiles's death, was on March 25, 1649, and that he was then pay- 
ing ( iilbert " three shilling per week for diet." (iill)ert had also charges 
fni- hi.s own service "about building his [Stiles's] cow-house," 28 days at 
Ix. 67.; also one-half the services and half the diet of John Burton 
[proh. Stiles's ■ hired man '] since A]iril, Itiol . and for dieting harvesting 
hands, two harvest seasons, etc Gilh<'i-t was li\ing in a housi' which he 
had purchased, in 1647, fmiu .Mi-. frauds Stiles, and wliicli was separ- 
VoL. I.— 57 



460 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOIi. 

;itc(l only by an 18-rod-\vi(li' lot ( Win. (Jnylonl. Ji.'s ) Ironi Henry Stilus's 
lot. Kvidciitly Stiles and (<ill)ort were intimately as.soeiated in tlieii- 
daily work and interests, and it is quite possible that Lydia (iilbeit ina\ 
have taken some (il'lense with their boarder, and that this i'eelinir was 
sutheiently known to their neii^bbors to In'inu; her nniler the sus|)icioii 
(so coniinon in those days) of having invokeil the aid of witeheraft to 
compass his death. What relationslii|) she liore to Tbonias ( Jilbert we 
do not know, for he seems to have liad no ebiblren boi-n to him at Wind- 
sor, nor mention of any wife. She nia\ have Ijceii bis sister; but, who- 
evei' slic was, we are left to infer that she bore not the l)est of reputation 
in the ('(nnmnnity, since the record of her indictment says "thou hast, of 
late j/('(irx, and still dost give entertainment to Sathan . . . and iiy 
his help hast killed the body of Henry Stiles, licsidr.'! other witcJioniJ't." 

Shortly after this trial Gilbeit sold his pi-opi>i-ty in Windsor to 
Thomas Bissell, and moved to Hailbn-d, where be liad brothers, in a 
few years (lti59) be died : and in a letter reeeixcd from Hon. S. O. (iris- 
wold, of Cleveland, Ohio, October, 188(), he says, as the result of a close 
examination of records, etc., "In the settlement of his debts, as given in 
the Probate records, the distribution of his estate appears, with the 
names of his children, among which that of the alleged witch does not 
a]i]iear. Slie must have died, either hy a natural death, or was executecj. 
1 tbiid< the reasonable proliability is that she was haugeil." 

WINDSOR, AS REl^KESENTEI) IN THE HKNCH AND 15AI{ OF 
CONNECTICUT.' 
The General Coiut, tlic first iu tlie tolony, cousi.sted of eight gentlcnipii cum- 
missioned by tlie Geiirnil Cein-t nf Massacliusetts, March, 163o-0, "to govern the jieo- 
ple at Connecticut for tlic space of a year next ensuing." Two were from Windsor, viz. : 
UooEU LuDi.ow, first-named in the eoniinission, and tlierefore presiding judge : and, 
virtually Governor of the new Colony, and Wri.i.i.XM Piiiu.rs. This court was legisla- 
tive, judicial, and executive in its character. 

The P.\UTicni,.\u Court, the highest .stiictlv ju<licial body in the colony, existed 
fniMi lt);58 until 1665, and consisted of two branches — the first composed of magis- 
ti-dtrx eh'cted by the "freemen" at large, and presided over by the Governor, or 
Deputy-Governor; the other branch consisted of dipiitien sent by the several towns. Its 
sessions were held at Hartford, and of the thirty-five who, at one time or another, occu- 
pied its bench, the fiillowing .Miif/iKti-dtes were from Windsor : 

Allyn. Matthew, 1658-1)2. ■ 

Clarke, Daniel, 1659-(i(l. 

Clarke. Henry, 16.50-5H, .jiMi','.'' 

Ludlow, Roger. 1689-04. 

Mason, John, 1642-62.' 

Phelps, William, 1639^3, .56-62." 

Wolcot, Henry. 1643-56. 

'Indebtedness acknowledged to Slicrni.m \V. .Vdaiiis, Ks(|., nf llartleni — in 
Memoriiil lll«t. Udi-tfiiril ('"inili/. In this list \vc have iic(css;nily included citizens of 
Kiixt W'iiiilMjr. 

'Until superseded by the iliarlci-. 



Windsor's .njD(iES and lawvkus. 451 

Tlic CoruT OK Assistants, coiisistiii!;- of ;il 1c:ist seven members siltinj; at a ses- 
sion, eliosen from the assistants in tlie General t'ovirt, was established in 166J); its jurisdic- 
tion extended to hifrlier matters than those in the jiirisdietion of its predecessor, the 
Partienlar Court. Of the fifty who served on its bench the following were from 
Windsor: 

Allyu, Matthew, 2d, 1710-;i-t. 
Clarke, Daniel, 1662-64, 66-68.' 
Clarke, Henry, 1662-Octol)er, '62." 
Ellsworth, Oliver, 1780-85. 1802-08. 
Newberry, Benjandn, 1685-90. 
Newberry, Ro,ser, 1790-1809. 
Wolcott, Erastus, 1786-90, East Windsor. 
Woleott, Henry, 1662-81.8 
Wolcott, Roger, 1714-18, 20-42. 
Woleott, Roger, Jr., 1754-60. 

At the Court of Sessions at Hartford, 1687/8, during tlic Ani/ruK (iiircriiiin at, 
among- the justices present was Benjamin Xewbery of Windsor, and thi- following 
Windsor men were on the Orand Jury : John Bissell. John .Monre, Uetiun Strong, 
and Nathaniel Loonns of Windsor. 

The SuPEniou Court OF THE Colony, established 1711 (colonial to 1776; State to 
1798; since then a County Court) ; after 1819 it became a single-judge court : 
Governor Roger Wolcott of Windsor was a chief judge of this court. 
Governor William WoUoll Ellsworth of Windsor and Hartford. 

SuPiuiME Court of Eiiuors, constituted 1784-1806 : 

Governor Oliver Wolcott. Jr., East Windsor and Litchtield, chi<d' judge, 1787-1790. 
Governor Oliver Ellsworth, Wind.sor, 1785-89. 
General Erastus Wolcott, 1789-92. 
General Roger Newberrj', Windsiir 

Governor William Wolcott Ellsworth of Windsor and Hartford, associate judge, 
1847-61. 

Prosecuting Officers : 

(King's Attorney) John Bissell of Windsor, 1727. 

Peletiah Mills of Windsor, 1728. 

Roger Wolcott, Jr., of Windsor, 1731-1753. 
(State's Attorney) Oliver Ellsworth of Windsor, 1777. 

Lawyers from Windsor : 

Governor Roger Wolcott, Sr . admilted to the bar. 17IIS; the first regularly adnut 

ted in the townshiji. 
Samuel Moore of Windsor. 1709. 
Captain Thomas Stcmgliton. (East) Windsor. 1714. 
John Bissell of Windsor (later of Bolton), 1714. 
Peletiah Mills of Windsor. 1719 (jirincipal inn keeper of Windsor). 
Roger Wolcott, Jr., of Windsor, 1730; appointeil luidc r a l.iw limiting the number 
of attorneys in the Colony to eleven, three bein.g appointed to Hartford county. 
Bildad Phelps. Windsor. 17i;'o. 
Roswell Welles of Windsor, 1764. 
General Roger Newl)crry, Jr., of Windsor, 1765. 
Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth of Windsor, 1777. 
.\le.\ander Wolcott, Jr., of Windsor, 1781. 

'Named in the charter. Sec Coiinceticiit Ugiddtirc Moniinl. 



452 HISTOIfY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

In 1783 the present Hak Association nf ILirlfonl county was pstalilisluil. Tlii' 
following Windsor names appear on its roll ; 
Oliver Ellsworth. 
Roger Newberry. 
Hezekiah Hissell. 
Gaylonl Griswolil nt Wimlsnr, inliiiitli-l to bur, ITiM); removed lo New York about 

1793; was a rciuvscutative to V. S. Congress. 
In the Crjiiin f/ifii/ lliyi.xtir List of "Practicing Attorneys" of Hartford County 
(numbering, at that liiu<-. only 17) appear the names of : 
1789. Roger Newberry of Windsor. 

Alexander Wolcott of Windsor. 
1793-1802. Hezekiah IJissell, Jr , judge of County Court, from Windsor and 

Hartford. 
1797-1829. John Sargent, practiced at Windsor. 
I'^dO-lSKl David Bi.ssell, Jr.. East Wind.sor and Hartford. 

Samuel Woodruir. Jr. , removed from Granby (wbi-rc lie liad lieru Judge 
of County Court) to Windsor about 1827. and practieeil there about 
three years. 
1S()4-1S07. Roger Newhery, 3d, at Windsor. 

ISIKVISIG. Samuel Putnam Waldo, practiced at East Windsor; was llie author 
of several volumes, including a Life of Piexidrnt Jdckiuin. the 'l\iiir if 
Prexidc lit Monroe tlivourih U. S.; compiler of IxdIiIiuik' Jonriidl. 
1805-184(t. Grove Griswold, at Granby and Windsor. 
18();)-1825. Joseph H. Russell, at Windsor. 
1 808-1 81 (i, Sherman Everest, Canton and East Windsor. 
1809-1821. Godfrey Scarborough, at Suffield and East Windsor. 
1811-1813. Guy Gaylord, at East Windsor, and, with him, 
1811-1813. Charles Reynolds, at East Windsor. 
1812-13. Thomas S. Sill (of Wind.sor). at Hartford ; rem. to Erie, Pa., and rep. that 

district in U. S. Congress. 
1814-15. Sidney A. Grant, at East Windsor. 
1814-36. Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, at Windsor. 

1813—. John Milton Xiles, at Suffield and Hartford; born in Windsor. 
1816-1818. Al,gern(m S. Grant, at East Windsor. 
1816-1817. Ebenezer Lane, at East Windsor. 

1820, or earlier, and for about .5 years later. John AVatson, 3d, at East Windsor. 
1823-1824. Apollos D. Bates, at Windsor. 
1823-45. Horace H. Sill, at Windsor. 

1825-73. William Barnes, at Wareliou.se Point, East Windsor. 
1826-38. William H. Perkins, at Windsor. 
1827-31. Selah B. Treat, at East Windsor; became a clergyman and secretary of 

the A. B. C. F. M.. and a contributor to periodii-als. 
1827-31. Thomas R. Holt, at Windsor. 

1S30-78. j:rastus Smith, first at Windsor, then at Hartford; in early life a teacher; 
noted for his wit and inattention to personal appearance; often held 
court as U. S. Commissioner; died 1878. 
1833-38. Richard G. Drake, at Windsor; after 1839 associated with Ciiarlcs Cliaii- 

man, Escj., of Hartford. 
1834-35. Henry R. Buckland, at Windsor. 
— 1859. George Griswold Sill, ex-Lieutenant -Governor. 
Albert W. Drake. Sec Dnik-e Geianhxiy. 



wiNDsnu's piiYsiriANS. 4;i:' 

Winilso?- I'JijjxiciKHx. — Dr. IJiiAV ' RossKTER was till' lii-st physician 
(if Windsor. His father, Mr. Edward Rossetcr, wlio is (h'scrihod as " a 
g idly man <if u,()od estate," ° belonging to an excellent family in the west 
of England, was ime of the Assistants of the Massachusetts Colony, and 
a eliicf |i!-(iiniiti'r and nKMnher (if the Poi-ehester Company, which came 
in t'lc Mill-// II ihl -/'Jill, lint tiic life III' Imniir and nscfnlncss which 
seemed opening to inni in this trans-atlantic sphen^ was cnt slmi't hy 
death, which came to him at Dorchester Octolier 28, 1630. 

Doctor liray Rossetcr. his son, was one of tlie jirincipa! men amom;- 
tliose gentlemen who connneneed the seltlemi'iit of Windsor in lii:5(i. 
[le was a well-educated gentleman, and had piohahly Vieen trained in the 
liest schools in England. Shortly after ]iis arrival he was admitted to 
]iractice hy the General Court of Connecticut, " heing first tried and 
approved by [Rev.] Mr. Hooker, [Rev.] Mr. Stone, and old Mr. Smith, 
of Wetlici's'ieid. in tlie face of the said Court." " He served in Windsor 
as ^lagistiate, ami as Town Clerk, which office he held nntil 1652. 
About this time he received a very pressing invitation from Mr. Leete 
and other |)rincipal inhabitants of Cuilford to settle there as a physician. 
He accordingly removed thither and ]iurchased the jiroperty of Mr. Samuel 
Dcslionrough, who was about retnrning to England. "At a General 
Court. Oetobei- ID, 1651," say the (JuilfonJ Rrnmh; "Mr. Rosset(>r 
[was] admitted and apjiraised a planter here upon the purchase of Mv. 
Dcsliou rough's accommodations :" anil in .Iinie following " Afr. Rossetcr 
fur his own person was freed from watching, living here as a jthysician 
in practice." In Jan., 1655-6, the town of Hartford granted <£10 
towards [the Rev.] Mr. Stone's charge of Phissick which he hath taken 
of ifr. Rossetcr." The next year Mr. Stone gave as one reason of his 
projioscd rcmoxal from Hartford that "we have no Physician at Hartford 
or near at hand," etc. We liinl him, the next year, engaged as I'nwn 
Siii'vcyor, an otlice which he had also Ullcd to a considei-able extent 
while at Windsor. "At a (ienci'al Court, held tiie Md day of the 1st 
Mionth [A]ii-il] 1653; Mr. Rossetcr hath agreed, and imdertaken forth- 
with, to survey and stake out the whole of every man's particulai' pro- 
portion snfliciently, for ilie sum of £5, all men's land to be laid out in 
two pai-ts." During the dillicnlties in the church at (iuilford, which 
lulliiwcil i;e\. Mr. 11 igginson's departure. Dr. Rossetcr remoxed to Kil- 
linu'woitli : liiil when peac(! was restored by the settlement of the l\c\-. 
•loseph Elliot in li!64, he returned to Guilford, and resided thereuntil 
his decease, in Sept. 30, 1672. (^S"*'*' Genmloijlcx.^ 

'Or Hryaii. There socins to be cqiuil nulliority fur both names. 

''Dudley's letter to Countess of Liucdbi. 

'Extract from hi.s own letter to the Governor, dated Guilford, June 28, 1669. It 
was customary in those early days for the medical examining committee to be composed 
wholly, or in part, of clergymen, who were always more or less skilled in iiudical lore. 



4o4 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

'J'lic first /i".yf-t/iortfm cxiiniiiiMl inii iiuulr in the Cnlonv nl' ('ininci-ti- 
iMil was maili' \iy Dr. Ri)ssoter, !it tliat tiiiir a resident i)f (iLiiifonl. 
.\laicli 11. Itiiiii-.',, I lie ■■ Court allows imfo .Mr. Rosseter, twenty pounds, 
in reference to ii|ieninii' Keliie's ehiid : ' and his pains to visit the l)e]i. 
Governor, and iiis pains in visitinu' and adniinistorinjr to .Mr. Talcot. 
Of tills twenty pounds, lie hath already received 11/ l.v 4</. He is to 
make no further demands of any particular peisons." 

For some time after |)r. Rosset(a-'s remo\al (o (luilford there seem-- 
not to ha\e lieen any piiysician at Windsor, 'i'liey. as well as their s>- 
ter towns upon the river, had to (h^peud ujion !)r. Loril. wlio resided at 
Hartford, and whosi' fees \\e|-e renulateil hy a session of tile (ienerai 
Court in I larfford. tiie :'Otli of June. Idoii, as follows : "Thomas Lord. 
liaxiiiLi' eniiau'iMl to tiiis Court to eontiiiue hi.s aliode in Ilai'tford. f(U' tli'- 
next ensuing \('ar, ami to iiiipi-o\e ids liest skiii aniouust tiie inhaliitaiils 
of the town upon tiie ri\-er witliin tliis jurisdiction, liotii lor settiim- nf 
iioiies and otlierwise, as at aii times, occasions, and necessities may oi- 
sliali leqiiire; this Court doth grant that he .shali lie paid hy tiie count ly 
the sum of fifteen pounils for the said ensuing year, and they do declaic 
tiiat for every visit or journey that he siiail take oi- make, lieing sent for 
to any iu)uscs in Ffartford, tweixe pence is reasonahle : to any lioiise in 
Windsor, live .shillings: to any house in Weatlieislield, tiiree sliiliings: ti> 
any house in Farniington, six shillings: to any iiouse in Mattaheseek 
[Middletown], eight shillings, (he having promised that lie will reipiiic 
no more): and that he shall he freed for the time aforesaid fr'om watcii- 
ing, warding, and training; lint not from finding arms, according to 
law." ' Dr. Lord .licl in 'Wetherslield in 1G62. 

In Octolier, lil54, one Daniid Pinter was ''allowed and paid out of 
the puliii(' treasury," tiic salary of xix poxiidf: per year, with "six shil- 
lings to each town upon tiie ri\cr, to exercise his art of surgery.'' ■ 'I'liis 
encouragement was coiitiiiiie(l to iiim the following year. Also as late 
as l()til-2. In lt)74, one Rohkut IIowaud, of Windsor, is mentioned as 
a |iiiysieian. 'I'he ])eriod of his practice extcndeil from ahout the year 
liitid to tile tiiiii' of liis deatli in IdS-l. He was not educated a jihysieian, 
liut was early a millwrigiit. In his imeiitory are to lie found inedieal 
liooks. surgical instruments, etc. Howe's Ciiii-iirgery was of the nimilier. 

' This may possibly have been .some iintciii'irtfni surgical operation; " but," .'fays Dr. 
W. -V. J[. Waiinvrijrbt. of Hartford, in the Ildrtfarif Oi. Mcnmniil. "if it was post-mor- 
tem, as is most probable, it was the first autopsy made in New Knj{lan<l of which any 
record has been found, antedating by a do/en years the one made in Boston in 1()74, an 
account of which is given by Dr. Green in liis " History of .Medicine in Ma.ssachii.selts," 
and said by him to have been "one of the earliest recorded instances of a post-mortem 
examination to be found in New England." 

■Vol. lie,:, i. 2-U. 

' Col. lier., i. 279. 



\VlNnS(tI!"s PHYSICIANS. 4').^ 

As will lie seen Uy the recdrds, ilil'I'erent enses of siii'ti-eiy witc (il'tcii scut 
(itf (at town expense) ii]) to Hiidley, Ilatlirlil, mid nlhci- towns in ^Iass;i- 
c-lmsetts, to lie jiliiced undei' tlie ciire of lanioiis |ilivsiriaHS ulio rcsiileil 
tliiTc. Aniont;' the Wolcotf Paperx in the Lilirar\ of tlir Connerlient 
llistiirieal Society we find the following letter addressed : 

■' For His ni\uli Kespected Friend. 

Mr. IIiMiry Wi-lccll. 

.It His Hollsr 

111 Wiiiilsdr. 
" Respected S' 

" My service lieiiig preseiiled to you mid to y iiest of my Masters; lliese iii;iy 
acquaint j'ou tliat I have, tlirougli God's blessing-, jierformed a cure upon (jodnian 
Denslow's lad, tlioug'li witli a good deal of ditliculty, care, and trouble; it Keniains 
therefore on your part to perform what you have Ingagcd; his Diet and dressing at 4 
shillings per week, amouuts to ten pounds, si.\ shillings. What I liave expended in 
medicines and otherwise, of which I shall give you a true accounl, amounts to twenty- 
seven pounds. 1 desire you to take some effectual course that I may be jjaid; for I can 
truly altirni that I am at least Indainaged ten pounds by y lad. though I sliould not (as 
1 hope 1 shall not), meet with dilHculty in gettin.g what is my due; 1 purpo.se to see you 
y' next week, and if it may be, I desire tliat my pay may be ready a.gainst I come down. 
I have not at present lo add but that I am 

S' 

Your Friend ct Servant, 

TnoM.\8 H.\sTiN(;s. " 
llattield. Deeemli' y- 11th, KiS,"). 

June 5, 1702. ^£12 were paid to Doctor Jacoli Reed [of Simslmry] 
and Oliediah Hosford for the care of Mary (Jaylord. — Toirn Recordx. 

Doctor Samuel Mather, the son of the Rev. Samuel Mather, wtis 
liorn at J3ranford in 1677, graduated at liarvaid (%)llege in Ifi'.iS, at tlie 
age of 21, and was licensed to practice tnedicinc liy the (Jencral Asseni- 
lily in 1702. This license is as follows: 

[l. s.] Conn', ss. 

"At a General A.ssembly llolilen at Hartford. :\Iay 14, i;il'2. ujioii the recommenda- 
tion of the Kev. Jlr. Samuel Mather, Doctor Thomas Hooker and Mr. .John Fisk this 
Assembly doth license Mr. Samuel Mather, .Jr., of tlie town of Windsor, to be a Practi- 
tioner of Physick and Chyrurgy, in this Colonie " 

" 111 testimony that the above written is a true copy, T have caused the seal of his 
Majesties Colonic to be hereunto assigned and subscribed. 

Ei.F..\zii{ KiMi;i-:iu.Y, Secy." 

Alter a life of professional usefulness, during wliieh he held various 
civil and military offices of trust and honor, he died Felj. 6, 1745, in I lie 
lii^tli year of his age. He was the father of Mr. Nathaniel -Mather, of 
Windsor (who lived upon "the Island "), who was the father of Elijah 
.Mather, and also of Col. Oliver Mather, l.iie of Windsor. 

Ilocrni; Alexander Wolcott, the s m of (iovernor Roger, and 
great-grandson of .Mr. Henry Wolcott, the Emigrant, was horn in East 
(now Soutli) Windsor, January 7, 1712. He graduated at Yale College 



45.6 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

in 1731, anil shorlly alter ln'canir a student of nieilicine at tlic ollice of 
Dr. Norman Mon-isnn. then a distiniz'uislieil pi-ael itjoniT in Ilartfoi'd. 
Here tlie same talent and enei-jy wliieli had leudeied him, at collogo, 
distineuislied for his elassieal attainments - enalile(| him to li'ras]) the 
great |irinei|iles and explore tlie m\steries of the healini;' art with more 
than nsnal rajiidity and success. Ilavinii finished his c()urse of medical 
study, Dr. Woh-ott (about 1740) conuneneed |irai-tiee in liis native town, 
and soon attained a distinguished rank in his itrofession. He served 
with ahility as surgeon at the capture of Louisfairg, in 1745, and in 177t) 
he was, l)y ap|)ointment of tlie Assembly, placed at the head of the Exam- 
ining Committee for Surgeons and Surgeons's Mates in the Continental 
Army. The records of Windsor during the rexolutionary struggle show 
that Dr. Alexander Wolcott was a lirm friend to the cause of America, 
and always active, both in pri\ate and in public, to promote its success. 
He rcjjrcsented the town in the (Jeneral Assendily many times, begin- 
ning in 1757. In 17!'5 he died, full of years and lionors. lie was tliiiee 
married, and had thirteen children, two of whom were physicians. |lr. 
Christopher, Jr., succeeiled his father at AVin<lsor: and Hi'. Snioy 
Wolcott removed to New London, and, in 1702, was one n|' the fomiders 
of the Connecticut Medical S(x;iety. 

Dr. Wolcott's residence in Winds(.)r is now occupied by the widow of 
the late Sidney Bowers. 

" His library," says the late Dr. Sunnier, in an adilrcss before the 
State Medical Society, " was large and well-selected, and its array of 
folios, mostly in Latin, which would make a student, of this day, shud- 
der with apprehension. Yet in such foiin were the works of Bonetus, 
Senertus, and Morgagni, while in less ponderous shape, but in the same 
langiuxge, were found the lirst iMlition of the great woik of Sydeidiam; 
and Dr. Wolcott was in the practice of reading these ponderous tomes 
of Latin and Greek, though one of the sons, to whom they lU-volved, 
looked upon tliem as excellent waste |iapcr, and as such employed 
them." 

Fortunately. liowe\ei', a remnant of this s|ilen(lid library was saved, 
and, falling into tiu' hands of Dr. Sunniei-, whom wc have just quoted, was 
liy him presented to Trinity Collegi' at Hartford. There this unique 
collectiou of some 200 volumes, many of them bearing the (Latin) anno- 
tations of Dr. Wolcott, is carefully preserved, and is easily accessible to 
the curious, and more knowimi, but less learned medical men of this 
generation. 

Doctor Eliiiu Tcdor,' son of the Rev. Samuel and iircat u'l-andsou 



'In his commission as Surgeon's .M:itr, in tlic 4:i(l Kcgiiiiriit iif Fiiot, (l;Uccl in Sip 
tember, 1763, liis name was by some inist:il<c written F.ilir.ml 'I'udiir. As lie liad nlways 
disliked Ids name of Kliliii. lie e\er al'lerwai'd wrote and drew liis pension under the 
name of Kdiranl. 



avindror's PHYSirr.ws. 457 

of Oui'ii Tiiiliir, a first .settler iif Wiiulsiir, was Imrii in that lnwn Feliru- 
ar\ :!, IToi'. He graduated from Yale Coll(\u;c, wlin-r lie was esteemed 
an <'\eelli'iit, (ireek seliolai-, in 1750, and studied nie(licine under tlii' 
then famous Di'. Benjamin (Jale.nf KilliniiuiH-tli. lie entered the arinv 
sei'viee dnrin"' tlie Pi'encli wai-, proliahly in August, I75!t, as Hnrgeon's 
Male, with the i-ank of a lid lieutenant. Kailier's Hint. Col. 6Vm«., ]>. 54. 
In tliis ea]iacity he served with Oen. Wolfe in Canada, and at tlic capture 
of Ifavana. From 17ti:2-17(i4 he seems to have lived in London, engaged 
in the hospitals and the active pui'suit of liis professional studies. 
Iveturning then to his native land, with a mind richly stored hy research 
and observation, he established himself in practice at (East) Windsor, 
llis first introduction to surgical pi'actice, as we have been told, was on 
the occasion of the accidental Idowing np of the Hartford school-house, 
on the 8th of June, 1766, on the day of I'ejoicing for the RejM^al of the 
."^tanip Act. The skill displayed by him in treating the sufferers by this 
deplorable accident gave him an excellent start. In the following year 
we lind in the Connecticut Oourant, under date of June 15, 17li7, the fol- 
lowing advertisement: 

"Doctor Tudor, Lately from London, Begs Leave to acqaaiut the Publick, that 
lie sets out the 23d Instaut, to visit the Jlineral Springs at StalTord, in Connecticut, 
wliere he will lie ready to jjfive his Advice to those that chodse to consult him in drink- 
ing the Waters." 

T'|ion the liri'aking out of the Revolutionary War, Doctor Tudor, 
who was a pensioner of the IJritish government, and favorable to the 
I'oyal cause,' fell under the suspicion of his neighliors at (East) Windsor. 
His popularity declined, and his practice, which was chietiy surgical, 
was, in his later days, not very extensive. 

His rc|)utation as a surgeon was af one time equal, if not su|)erior, 
to any in New England. In person he was of medimn height and upright 
form, ninir-sighted, always very neat in his dress, wearing riinics, line 
silvei- liuckles, and a nosegay in his button-hole. He died in ISiiii, ;it 
th.' ad\anced agc of 93." '' 

l're\ious to his death, in 1700, he receive(l from ilartmouth College 
the deuree of Doctor of Medicine, wlTudi in that day was a compliment 
;nid honor which can scarcely be ajipreciated in these days of indi.scrim- 

' It is related that he used to have ttro tcd-pota, one of which was lillcd willi ^miji-tra. 
ilir (illicr with real tea, which could be used aeconlinj; to the coiiipaiiy he had a1 his 
table. 

'It is saiil that the British (Jovernment, tldnking the doctor was stn'lching out his 
life to an unconscionable long length, actually sent an agent over to see as to the facts 
of the ease. It is a remarkable fact that very many of the pensioners of Kngland lived 
to such an advanced age as to induce suspicions on the part of the llonie'(!oveniinent 
that there was some trickery in the matter. 
Vol. L — .58 



458 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

iiiate (lipliiiiia-giving. lie was one of the fdiiiulcrs ami smiinl Vice- 
President of the Connecticut Medical Society. 

"Doctor" Primus was originally a slave, lielonging to Doctor 
Alexander Wolcott, to whom he acted as eseurt and hody-guard in his 
visits to his nmncrous patients, and as an assistant in the preparation of 
medicines for the sick. "In this Prinnis and his master lived on for 
years, till it occurred to the latter that the old negro should lie released 
from bondage. " Primus Manumit," as he afterwards wrote his name, 
WHS free, Init he did not waste months in doubts respecting liis future 
course. He immediately removed to Kast Wiudsoi-, and was at once 
recognized as a doctor, and as su<li frcipiently employed. On one 
occasion he was requested to visit a sick child at Po(iuonoek (in West 
Windsor). Primus obeyed the sunuuons. On his way home he rapped 
at the door of his old master, who came out to impiire what was wanted. 
"Nothing particular, master; I called to say that I was sent for to sec 
a child of our old neighbor; found it to be a very simple case, and said 
to the mother it was not necessary to send so far for a doctor, for you 
would have done just as well as any one else." — Dr. Sumner\ Address. 

The following "return of flour, grain, and meal" made by him to 
the Selectmen of East Windsor, during the Rev(ilutionary War, accord- 
ing to a Public Act of the Assembly, shows that "Doctor" Prinuis had 
not only picked up some of his old master's knowledge of physic, but 
also some of the Latin terms used in his written prescriptions : 

Sir iu obedencc to your Directions I Present to your lioner | tlie ;u((iuiit nf llu,' 
Neseseres of Life I am Now in | Possing of I have the Hour that Come out | of two 
Bushels of Wheat and a Bushel and | half of wheat half a Bushel Proiuis to doet (?)— 

Hockwell one Bushel of Ry Promis to drake | live Bushel of Corn Prmnis to Capt 

Aaron Bissell : tot inn est: 

dated East Windsor .July 1 : 1780 

Primus manumit 

Qii.Hitiiiii : Sufficet: 

Dr. Primus lived in a small ctiliin on tlic west side ol liic sti-cd. at 
the top of the hill north of Stoughton's lu-ook, in the ]ircscnt town of 
South W^indsor. He was a hirge, good-looking man, quite genlli'iiianly, 
and had considerable ])ractice. 

Doctor Timothy Mather died April o, ITss, ageil ;'>4 years: of 
whom it is well said that "his life was a lelief to the disf resseil." 

Doctor Charles Mather, the son of Natlinuiel ami Kli/.alieth 
(AUyn) Mather, graduated at Yale College, ITii;!. He lived iit East 
(now South) Windsor, in the house which Dr. Elijah F. Reed aftei w.irds 
occupied. About 1795, Dr. M. moved to Haitlord. He was esteemed 
an excellent physician, especially in teniale comphiints. lie w.is noted 
for his long visits, never in a hurry, staid a long tiuie al'ter he got up to 



Windsor's physicians. 450 

go. He died in 1822. His oldest sou, Charles, who graduated a1 Yale, 
1783, was also a. plwsieian in the city of New York. 

PocTon riinisToriiEK Woloott, familiarly called "Dr. Kit," was the 
s(in i>f l>r. Alrxaiiilci- Wolcott (already noticed); was an intellin-ent, 
though somewhat eeeentric man, whose long and well-spent life in Wind- 
soi' contributed his full share to (N)nfer lustre upon a name which lias 
lieen distinguished in more than one ])rofession. He was one of tiie 
founders of the Hartford County Medical Society. 

In Windsor, also, the Doctors Chaffee, father and son, practiced 
with good reputation. And here the father, Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee, 
died in 1S19. aged 88 years. 

IIer(% likewise, Dr. Abel Simmons, a native of Ashford. in this State, 
and a physician of much i)romise, found an early grave in 1818. 

Here, also, the Doctors Sill, the father, Dr. Elisha N., and the 
son. Dr. Theodore Sill, were Ijoth located. In the premature death of 
the son the ])rofession and the community eacli suffered heavily. 

Dr. Charles Woodward, now of Middletown, and Dr. Graham 
Lee, afterwards of California, practiced for some years in Windsor. 

William S. Pierson, M.D., a descendant of the Rev. Abraham 
Pierson, the first Rector of Yale College (1701-1707), was born at Kil- 
lingworth. Conn.. 17 Nov., 1787; graduated at Yale College, ISOS; 
gra.luated M.D. from Dartmouth College, 1813. He practiced a few 
years at his native pince, and then removed to Durham, Conn., whence, 
after four years, he removed to Windsor. Here, after a long and emi- 
nently successful professional career, he died 16 July, 1860, widely 
esteemed and lamented. His residence, on Palisado Green, afterwards 
the home of his son, the late Gen. William S. Pierson, whose widow now 
occupies it, still kee|)S alive the memory of " tlic lieloved physician'" in 
many AVindsor liearts. 

Albert Morrison, M.j)., fiorn at Hebron, Conn., 13 March, 1826; 
graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, 
1847; enjoyed a large practice in Windsor and vicinity : was accidentally 
killed on the railroad at Windsor, IS July, 1873, and "was biu-ied from 
the chuich which he so dearly loved. The atteniling crowd lioio witness 
to the iionoi- and res|iect in which he was held." 

Samuel A. Wilson, M.D., born at Windsor, 9 Sept., 1828; gradua- 
ted from the Yale Medical School, 1853 ; practiced for nnuiy years 
in Windsoi-; but has now mostly retired from active pi-ofessional woik. 
His resitlcncc is on the Palisado (ireen. 

The ])rcsent practitang physicians of Windsor ai-e Newton S. Hixl, 
M. !>., and Adolf Schlosser. 

Dr. .f. N. Dickson is at present jiracticing in Pocpiomick. 



460 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WIND.SOU. 

The list ol' Wuiilsnr mm who h;i\e rcprrsriitcil the Town in tlir 
United States ami State tiovEUNMENT will lie tniunl in A|i|icii(li\ F. 

Thv 01(1 Cemetery of Windsor, on thu liigli Imiik at tin- nortliwi'si 
corner of the old Palisado Green, overlooking the "Little Rivulet" 
(Parniinsi-ton River), is certainly one of the most heautifuUy located 
and historically interesting burial jilaces in New England. Its area, 
within the jiast twenty-five years, has been considerably enlarged : and 
the quaint dignity of its old-time tables and headstones is sharjily con- 
trasted by the loftier and more elaborate monumental glories of tin- 
" new portion." 

(!en. Frederick Ellsworth Mather of New York city, whose in- 
terest in the old burial jilace is evinced by the three handsome monu- 
ments which he has erected to his Mather and Wolcott grandfatheis. 
et(!., secured the passage by the State Legislature of an act, dated dau- 
uary, 188it, authorizing "the First School Society of the Town ol 
AVindsor to receive Donations for the Care and Preservation of its 
Cemetery and Burial Lots." 

But the Windsor Cemetery Trust Fund does not accumulate \rry 
rapidly, and the intentions of its far-seeing and generous projector bid 
fair to be thwarted by the apathy and jealousies of others, who should 
be equally interested in its W(dfan\ Such provision is greatly needed. 
for the benefit, especially, of those non-resident fannlies which have n<i 
living representative residing in Windsor, to take care of thrir interests 
in this res]tect. 




Jonnefticut toroes in 



Capt 



Capt 



f/TT^ Ciimmniider of the Ci 
' ^^ I he Pequot fight, 1637. 

Killiil in tlic iilluck on the Xarmgiiusett fort. 1675. 
Died iu the Havana Expe- 



^<^/^^'^^^c.rr-^ 



''^,--^'~ (liiionof 1741. 



,j!?^efc^ c^^i^^^Lt.-<^.v.^^^M/.o#- 



Served in the Havana Expedition, 
1741. 



" The Spy,'— Revolutionary war. 



Major-General, second in com- 
mand of tlie Lewisburg Expedition, 
1744. 



(lyl/%,^ !^er\ed in the French and Uevolu- 
tionarv wars. 



t^<^^^.i^C^ 



'^ktc^ ji <^^ ^«-^ C'^ 



Served in the Rev 
--^-^^^» ohitionary war. 



Served from the Lex 
ington Alarm of '"i to 
1782; retired as a half 
pay Lieutenanl. 



Gen. 




v^i^r^^^.^^^<^^^^ZJ (^?o. 




?o^ 



Colonel in the 
Connecticut, and 
Brigadier-General 
in the Vermont 
Revolutionary ser- 



Fnmmilf .\utographs of somk ok windsou's " valiant men of war." 



CHAPTER XXI. 

WINDSOU. 1, SI 10-1 SOI. 



ANCIENT WINDSOR covered lormrrlv an aiva of some 46 sipiare 
miles: lint, liy se|taration ol' several tdwiis from its limils, has 
Iieeii L;reatl\ short! ul' its laii- |iri)|Mirliiiiis, ami is imw licunideil luirlh li\ 
Wimlsdi' Lucks, east hy the Coiuiectieiit River, south liy llartfoid and 
llliiiimlield, ami west by Uloomfleld and East Graiil)y. Its surl'ace may 
be eonsi(h're(l as divided into three ])lanes, or levels; llie first, lich, 
liroad meadow-himl, skirted by the river; west of this a hit;lier le\cl, on 
wln'eli llie \ illasie is mainly built, and west of this a still hi,i>'her ehnatiou, 
coxcred with woodlands, etc., extendinj!; back towards the hounds of 
liloomlield and East Ctranl)y. The soil is vai'iable, but all of it good. 
New Eniiland contains no jdeasanter town or society than Old Windsoi'. 

The oHicial description of Modern Windsor in tlu^ Ciiimectifnit State 
R-!/i.^f,T for 1889 is as foUows: Population, 1880,3,058; children be- 
tween 4 and 1(] years of age, Jan., 1881, 787; Jan., 1888, 594. (iraml 
list, 81,429,953. Indebtedness, $25,683.98. Rate of taxation, 11 mills. 
Princijial industry, agriculture. Is reached liy the N. Y., N. H. & Hart- 
ford Railroad; station at Windsor, with flag stations at Wilson's and 
Hayden's; by stage daily from Hartford. Post-otilices, Windsor, Po- 
qnonock, and Rainbow. 

The history of Windsor, since the year 1800, has been simply that 
of a quiet agricultural town, and unmarked by any event more? startling 
than an occasitmal flood. The town has li\cd and giowii, but of the 
/ifoc'xx of its growth tliere are but few traces left. 

Windsor was somewhat agitated l)y the political events which led to 
the War of 1812; and, from an Orderly Book belonging to the late Daniel 
Pinney, wo learn the names of those who volunteered from this town to 
go to tli(! defense of New London. In this list we have also included 
some names (designated by an asterisk) found on a list of privates, in 
the possession of H. H. Barbour, Esq., of Hartford. 



462 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



"Fort Trumbull, February 13, 1813. 
above date to Jlarch 1st. 

Capt. Blaiifhard 
Lieut. Jas. K. Halsey 

" Samuel White 
Ensign Jos. Smith 
" n. Rawdon 
Sargt. Abel Strong 

" Cyrus Bissel [Corjior'! under Moses 

Goodman, Jr., 18 Aug. to 34 Oct., 1814.] 
Eliphalet G. Allyn 
Levi Markhani 
Morris Gillespie 
Pyramus Holcomb 
Jolm Smith 2d 
Ethan Merril 
Samuel Stiles 
Sgt. Charles P. Hempstead [under Geo. 

Roberts, 36 Aug.. 1814.] 
Sgt. Calvin Adams 
Corp'l Richard Allyn 
Augustus Hoskins 
Timoth}- Wilson 
J. F. Phelps 

|eiil. under Ilez. Webster, 
1813] 



Amasa Bailey 

Sept.-Nov. 1 
Avery Parsons 
Wm." Thrall 
Henry Clark (named as driimiin'r on 

Barbour's List) 
Chauneey Alford [served Aug. 3-16, 

1813] 
Samuel Hathaway 
Alfred Sikes 
Nathaniel Snow 
Joel Loomis 
Daniel Marshall 
Fredus Griswold, 3(1, [eul. 4 April, 

in 25th Inf.; d. 19 Nov., 1819] 



H. H. 

Sept. 



Provisions drawing for 60 men, from the 

Jonathan Kent 

Roswell Cook [enl. under llez. Webster, 13 

Sept. tol Nov., 1813] 
Chester Soper 
Wait Hicox 
Thos. W. Stephens 
Philip Barnes 

Augustus (Gustavus ?) Stebbins 
Austin Hall [enl. under Ed. Woleott, 3 

Aug. to 16 Sept.. 1813] 
Roswell Brooks 
Oliver Roberts 
Stephen L. Wilson 
Aaron Smith, 1st 
Zenas Clark 
Jasper Peck 
Luther Lewis 
Harlow Case [Sgt. under Isaac Pheljis. 18 

Aug. to 35 Oct., 1814] 
Richard Allen 
Zenas Sikes, 3d 
Horace Sikes 
Samuel Huntington 
Joseph Dilson 
Timothy B. Strickland 
Samuel Tucker 
Cyrus How 
ApoUos Owen 
Wm. Porter 
Wareham Griswold. 2d 
*Hezekiah Griswold 
*Wm. Allyn, 3d 
*Ethan Barker, .Ir. 

*Elihu Newberry, of Wintonbury,./(/<'c. 
*Timothy Townsend." 



From other sources we glean the names of 



David Pinnev, of Pine Meadow — Orderly 

Sgt. 
Reuben Cook, at New London, under Paul 

Hervey, 1 to 16 June. 1813 
Shubael Cook 
Frederic Chapman (afterwards the Baptist 

preacher) 
Grove Ellsworth 
Maj. JIartin Ellsworlh, under Lt.-Col. E. 

Sanford, 10 Sept.-l Nov., 1813, — at 

New London, Ct. 



Maj. William Howard, in U. S. Army; 

mustered in 13 Mch., 1813, 2.5th Inf.; 

Lt.-Col. 1st Inf. 3 Oct., 1814; di.sbanded 

15 Jime, 1815 
Philip Halsey 
Increase Mather "1 
Oliver Mitchell ; 
Wm Mack i 

Chauneey Porter J 
Harvey Stoughton [served under Moses 

Goodman 18 Aug.-24 Oct., 1814.] 



Graves decorated on 
' Decoration Day " — as 
'Soldiers of 1812" 



WINDSOR'S SHARE IN THE WAR OF lSl-2. 463 

When Xew Loudon w;is threatened, 1813, a draft was made from the militia oom 
pany at Wiutonbury parish, which made ready to go out, under Captain .laims l.ord, 
but ultimately their services were not required. — L. A. Roberts. 

Tlie following arc credited to Windsor, in the U. S. War Dejiait- 
luent, as liaving served in the War of 1812 in the Regular Arm}-. Some 
were probably from Easst Windsor and from Wintonljiiry jjarish. 

Austin, Elijah, eul. 12 Aug., '13, under Thomas S. Seymour. ^."> Inf.; dropped from 

rolls 30 .Tuue, 15. 
Barnard, Erastus, enl. 2. Jan., 1.5, under Maj. Dan. Ketchuni, 2.") Inf.; disc. 23 Jlcli..'!."). 
Barnard, Harlow, eul. 13 Feb., '1.5, under Maj. Dan. Ketchum. 2.5 Inf. ; present lOMcli ,'1.5. 
Bartlett. John, enl. 24 Dec, '14, under Slaj. Dan. Ketchum, 2.5 Inf.; disc. 23 Mch., 10. 
Beit, Charles, enl. 12 Dec, '14, under D. Crawford, 11 Inf.; present IG Feb., '1.5. 
Billings, Elkanah, enl. 11 Feb., '15, 25 Inf.; on rolls '15 in Feb. 

Bradshaw, Stephen, enl. 2 Feb., 15, under Maj. D. Ketchum, 25 Inf.; disc. 24 Mch., 15. 
Brownson, Wm. A., enl. 18 Jan., '15. under JIaj. D. Ketchum, 25 Inf.; disc. 24 Mch., '15. 
Burland, Aaron, enl. 6 Aug., '12, under Festus Cone, 25 Inf.; dis. 31 Jan., '16. 
Burr, Allen, enl. 13 Feb., '15, under Maj. D. Ketchum, 25 Inf.; dis. 23 Jlch., '15. 
Butler, William, enl. 27 Mch. '13, under .John Smith, 4 Inf.; transf. to 5 Inf.; disc 1 

June, 1815. 
Cadwell, John S., enl. 17 Aug., '12, under John B. Murdock, 25 Inf.; disc, from fi Inf. 

17 Aug.. '17. 
Chaffin, Lyman, enl. 22 Jan., 13. under Peter Bradley, 25 Inf.; disc. 21 Jidy, 14. 
Chatham, William, enl. 14 Feb., '15, under Maj. D. Ketchum, 25 Inf.; trauf. to 6 

Inf. '15. Des. 31 Oct., '15. 
Clark, Penuel, enl. 10 Mch., '14, under Maj. D. Ketchum. 25 Inf.; dis. 17 May, 15; 

tm. exp. 
Coburn, Jonathan, enl. 1 Mch., 13, under Festus Cone, 25 Inf.; died 17 June, 'l:!. 
Combs, Sylvester, enl. 18 Jan.. 13, \inder Fetcr Bradley, 25 Inf.; disc. 17 May, '15, from 

Capt. Thomas S. Seymour's Co.; tm. e.\p. 
Cook, Aaron, eul. 2 Mch., '14, under D. Ketchum, 25 Inf.; d. 23 Sept., '14. 
Cook, Nathaniel, Jr., enl. 20 Jan., '15, under D. Ketcluuu, 2-5 Inf.; disc. 24 iMch., 15; 

tm. exp. 
Day, Squire S. (Why.), enl. 18 Sept. '12, under John B. Murdock, 25 Inf.; disc. 18 Sept., 

'17; tm. exp. 
Dexter, Jacob, enl. Mch., 14, under I). Ketchum, 25 Inf.; wd. 5 .luly. 14. at Chippewa, 

U. C.; disc. 28 Mch.. 15. 
Dewitt, Charles, enl. 1 Nov.. 14, under I). Ketchum, 25 Inf.; name i>u mils 11) Mch , 

15. 
Drake. Elijah, enl. 14 Feb. 15. under D. Kildium. 25 Inf ; dis. 24 .Mch,, 15; tm. exp. 
Kllswortli, James, enl. 22 May. '12, uniler Maj. Geo. Howard, 25 Inf.; d. S Dec. '12. 
Fitch, Charles, enl. 21 Jan.. '15, uniler M.-ij. D. Ketchum. 25 Inf.; name on rolls 19 

Mch., 15. 
Fox, Charles, enl. 15 Feb.. '15, under .Maj. D. Ketchum, 25 Inf.; name on rolls. 19 

Mch., 15. 
Frisbie, Nathan, .'ul 9 Feb.. 15, under Maj. D Ketchum, 25 Inf ; di.se. 24 Mch., 15; 

tm c\p. 
Fuller, Joseph, enl. 17 .Ian,. 15. under .Maj, 1), Ketchum. 25 luf; di.s. 24 Mch., '15. 
i; o.e. Jacob, enl. 23 Mcli., 13, under Ed. White, 25 Inf.; disc. 17 May, 1815; tm.exp. 
Howe, Urial, enl. with JIaj. Dan'l Ketchum, 25 Inf.; absent in arrest, 19 Mch.. '15. 
Hills, E/ekiel, enl., 28 Jan., '15, with Maj. Daniel Ketchum. 35 Inf.; disc. 25 Mch., '15, 



464 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Hills. l):iTii,l, .Ir.. iiil. S Jan., 'l.";, with Ma.]. Daniel Kctchum, 2") Inf.; n.iinc' ..n mils 

111 Mcli,. 'I.">. 
(liisHol,!, Krcdus (3d), enl. i Apl,. Ki, under Peter Bradley, 25 Inf.; d. 19 Nov., 1:1 
l.iinriiin, Iluraec, enl. 4 Feb., I'l, under Slaj. Dan. Ketelmra, 2') Inf.; transf. to ti Inf ; 

di.si'. 20 .Ian., '21; tm. e.xp. 
Lewis, Samuel T., eul. 23 Feb., l:!. imder Peter IJradley, 2."-) Inf.; wd 11 Nnv., l:;, 

Clirystlers Field, V.C; tnin.sf. to ('apt. Ed. White's Co.; dise. 17 May. l'); Ini e\p 
l.iltlelield, .lolm, enl., 30 Dee., '12, under Festus Cone, 25 Inf.; wd. and ea|>t. 20 .June, 

'lo, Stimy Creek, U. C; exch. 15 Apl., '14; disc. 25 Mch., '15; tni. e.xp. 
Lucas, .lolni, enl. 1 .Mch., '13, Festus Cone, 25 Inf.; trausf. to Capt. I). KelchuMi's i\< . 

disc. IT .May. ITi; tni. exj). 
.Marsh, .\/.el, enl lit Mch., 13, umler Festus Cone, 25 Inf.; d. 17 July, 13. 
iMason, Jo.scph D . enl. 2 Feb., '15, under Maj. D. Ketchum, 25 Ini'.; name cm mils, '.i 

Mch., 15. 
Mathews, Daniel, enl., 9 Mch., '13, under Maj. D. Ketchum, 35 Inf.; wd. and capt. fi 

June, '13, St(my Creek, U. C; e.xch. 15 Apl., '14; disc. 28 Mch., '15; tni. ex|>. 
Merrill, Ethan, enl. 10 Mch., '14, under Maj, Daniel Ketchum, 25 Inf ; d. 10 May, 14. 
>Ioore, Orson, enl. 30 Jan., '15, >inder Maj. Benj. Watson, 35 Inf.; disc. 22 Mch., 15; 

tin. ex p. 
Norton, John, enl. 13 Mch., '13, under Joseph Kinuey, 25 Inf.; killed 11 Nov., Dl, 

Chrystler's Field, U. C. 
Parmelcr. Nathaniel (Sgt,), enl. 21 Dec, '12, under Peter Bradley, 25 Inf.; disc. 23 

Mch., '15, from Capt. Thomas S. Seymour's Co. 
Patterson, John, enl. 1 Aug., 1813, with Geo. Howard, 25 Inf.; wd. '14; disc. 17 

.May, '15, from C'apt. Ed. White's Co. 
Peck, John, enl. 24 Feb., '13, under Festus Cone, 25 Inf.; disc. 17 May, 15, fn>iii 

Capt. Ed. AVhite's Co. 
Perkins, Uector. enl, 9 Jan., 13, under Peter Bradley, 25 Inf.; wd. — date and action 

not .ifiven; disc. 17 .May, '15, from Capt. Ed. White's Co. 
Pierce, Luther, cid. 14 Aug., '12, with Festus Cone, 25 Inf.; disc. dis. 24 .Inly, l.'i, from 

Capt. Thomas S. Seymour's Co., 6 Inf. 
K.ibbins, Daniel, enl. UFeb., '15, under Maj. Benj. Watson, 25 Inf.; on rolls 19 M.li . 

■l.">. 
Roberts, Oliver, enl. 24 Feb., '14, under .Maj. Dan. Ketchum, 25 Inf.; d. 22 Dec, 1 I 
Squires, Sherman (Sgt.), enl. 13 Feb., 15, under Maj. Benj. Wat.son, 25 Inf.; must. 

Priv. ; prom. Sgt.; name on rolls 19 Mch., '15. 
SIcpliiMs, (icorge, enl. 6 Meli., '14, with Daniel Kclclium. --'5 Inf.; dis. 17 May, 15, 

I'roni ('apt. Jesse Beach's Co.; tm. exp. 
Taskcr, .lolin ('., enl. 11 Feb., 1813, with Peter liradli'V. 25 lid'.; disc 17 M.iy. lf<15. 

(ni. r\p., fniin ('apt. Edw'd White's Co. 
Taskcr, Jonathan, enl. 15 Feb., 1813, with Edw'd While, 25 lid'.; killed 25 July, IsM, 

Brid.i^ewater, U. C. 
Tennant, Eli, enl. IS .Mch., 13, with Festus Cone, 25 Inf.; disc 17 May. 15. ini. exp. 
Tennant, Kufus, enl. Mcli,, '13, with Festus Cone, 25 Inf.; d. 15 .May, ISl:;. 
Whiting, Caleb, enl. <) Jan.. 15, with Maj. Benj. Watson, 25 Inf. ; name on rolls 11) 

Mch.. 15. 
Wig.gins, Josiab, enl. 1» .Mch.. 13, with Festus Cone, 25 Inf.; d. 10 .May, 1S13. 
Winchell, Shaylor, enl. 2 :\Icli , 11, Daniel Ki'Iclium, 25 lid' ; d. 27 Sept . It. 

In the Mexican WitrWw t'i)llo\viiio; citizens id' Wiinlsor Vdimitccicil 
in the IJ. S. service : 

Chapman, Edw'd D., must. 18 Aug., '48, Co. A, 2d Dragoons; disc. 19 June, '48 
(sic. •:') 



CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT WINDSOR. 465 

Fillcii, Tiiiuilliy, iiuist. Apl. 6, '47, Cos. A and G, 16 Inf.; disc. 5 Aug., '48: tin. c.\p. 
Ilalsey, Chnstoplicr II., must. 6 McU., '48, Co. E, 11 Inf.; disc. 14 Aug.. '48; tm. e.xp. 
Scott, Cbas. W., must. 5 Nov., '46, Cos. A luid D, 4 Inf.; disc. 5 Nov., '01; tm. exp. 



In the " Contonnial Year," 1876, Windsor celel)rated the Fourth of 
July in a manner highly creditable to the oldest town in the State of 
Connecticut, liy a grand Centennial Picnic on Broad Street Green. The 
programme of the day's exercises was as follows : A National Salute of 
tliirteen guns on Plymouth Meadow, under direction of Col. E. N. 
Phelps ; Music, " Hail Columbia " ; Invocation, by Rev. B. Judkins, 
rector of Grace Church; Music, "Old Hundred"; Heading of the 
Declaration of Independence, hy H. L. Soper, Esip, of Poipionock; 3Iitsic, 
•'Yankee Doodle"; Historical Address, Jabez H. Hayden, Esq., of 
Windsor Locks ; 3Iusi(; ; Centeimial Ode, hy Rev. R. H. Tuttlo ; Music, 
and Dinner. This was served, and well served, on tables more than 
'2,000 feet long, besides side-tables, set upon the Green, " and the nndti- 
tude were filled." The exercises were then resumed by a Blessing, 
invoked by Rev. G. C. Wilson; Music; the Orator of the Day, Lieuten- 
ant-Governor George G. Sill, a native of Windsor ; Address, by Hon. T. 
C. Coogan of Windsor : Reading of Letters and Short Speeches, by 
invited guests and citizens of Windsor. A line display of fireworks 
on the Green in the evening concluded a day wliieli had l)een made 
thoroughly enjoyable to all by the unanimity with wliicli all portions of 
the town united in its arrangements, and by the complete manner in 
which every detail was carried out liy the marshal of the day, ilr. E. S. 
Clapp, and his numerous aids. The Report of the Oentennial Celebration 
of the Anniversary of our Independence at Windsor, Conn., July 4, 1876 
(8', 48 |ip. ), printed "By Authority of the Committee of Arrange- 
ments." at the press of The Case, Lockwood k Brainard Company of 
Ilartfoi-d, 1.S76, presei-ves all the details of this most interesting occa- 
sion. 

Ou tbe ;!()tli of March. 1S80, the Fii'st Clinreh of Windsor cele- 
lii-ale(l the (.Miartei-Mjllenial Anniversary of its organization in Plymouth, 
Knuiiiiiil. .\ lull account of tliis was published, and has been referred 
to in its appnipi'iate place in Ciiaptei- Will. )iage 386. 

When the citizens of the State of Connecticut held a Quitrter- 
<'entennial of the State Constitution at Hartford, January ■!■[, ISS'.I, tbe 
Town of Windsor sent the following rei)resentatives of the town's first 
deputies, viz.: 

Horace iJowers Cdescendant of Deacon William Gaylord). 

Hon. II. Sidiu>y Hayden (descendant of Thomas Ford). 

Vol,, I. — .-,!) 



466 HISTOUY OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

Jnliu A. Stoiightoii (^ai'si-fiidaiit of Mr. Stougliton ). 

Jahez 11. Ilavdfii (descendant of Mr. Henry Wolcott, Sr.). 

And (on a general ticket with Hartford and Wetliersfield ) the IuIIdw- 
ing representatives of the early governors and magistrates: 

Timothy S. Phelps, representing Mr. William Phelps. 

Thomas W. Lnimiis, representing Mr. Roger Ijiidlow, wlm had no 
descendant. 

Windsor continues to l>e mostly an agricultural comuninity. thongh 
there arc several residents who do business in Hartford. Within a 
comparatively recent period streets and avenues have been laid out, and 
between thirty and forty new buildings erected. The Hon. H. Sidney 
Hayden has succeeded in the enterprise of supplying the village (south 
of the Rivulet) with the purest of water from the Crystal Springs, which 
arc on a high elevation west of the center, with a running capacity of 
15,000 gallons a day, and which has never failed during the severest 
drought. He has also laid large pipes from the large factory-pond, which 
is abundant for manufacturing purposes, and furnishes an unfailing 
supply in case of conflagrations. This individual enterprise resulting 
successfully in so great a public benelit, and paying imt a low rate of 
interest to the projector, is duly appreciated. Ice-houses have lieen 
erected near the pond, an<l I'onsunieis aie furnished daily Ijy the ice- 
man. Windsor is but twelve minutes' ride liy railroad from Hartford, 
and there are fourteen or sixteen trains sto})])ing here each day. 

The churc/ies, Hchuols, etc., of Windsor have been descril)ed else- 
where. 

Mdinifid-tiiri's. The Sequassox Woolkn Company was started in the 
spring and snnnner of 1853, under the name of the " Windsor Knitting 
and Manufacturing Coin])any," intending the production of stockinet ; 
but, owing to private difficulties, the property was assigned and sold 
before any goods were made. The jn-esent company was then formed in 
the spring of 1853, with a capital of •'i<26,000, owned by twelve individ- 
uals : William S. Pierson, M.D. , PrexiJetit ; E. N. Phelps, ^fn'^ary ; 
F. M. Brown, TreaHurer ; William A. Lovell, A;/)'iif. Its first goods 
were sent to market Decenil)cr <i, 1855. The mill was a substantial 
edifice of brick, four stories high, located a little noirjicasl of the present 
railroad de{)ot, and contained three sets of m nliinery. driven l\v steam. 
The annual proiluction was about ij<75,000 ; animal (|iiaiitity of wool used 
about 80,000 lbs., and about forty-five to fifty hands emiiloyed. This 
mill was destroyed by lire in March, 1873. Its site is at present occu- 
pied by a new building, 200x50 feet in size, of the Si>enckii Arms Com- 
pany, manufacturing the noted Spencer guns. Tiierc is also the Best 



POnrONOrK AND RAINROW MANI'FArTritES. 4fi7 

.\rANrFACTruiNr, ('(iMi'ANV,ciii:;igv(l ill the niakinu' of cigars miuI loljaeco; 
and tho large plant of the KnoY Elkctuic ("o. In tlie whole town, in- 
eluding Poqiioiioek and Jiaiiihow, there are two Town i falls, two grist 
and saw-mills, three hlaeksniith shops, ten stores, seven ehurehes, 
twelve seliool Imildings, and two hotels. 

Toirn Halh. Windsoi- has /«•» Town Halls. That at Windsor, 
erected in 1878, of hrick, is 40 x80 feet in size, two stories high ; contains 
the Town Clerk's office, and that of the Judge of Prohatc, an upper 
and lower hall ; and cost #8,000. The Town Clock in this building was 
]ircsented by Mrs. Ahhy Loomis Hayden. That in Poquonock, erected 
in 1883, is of briek, and is 45: 80 feet in size, two stories high, con- 
tains an u|iper and lowei- hall, and cost ■'!!9,000. Both are handsome 
structures. 

Foquotiock, (u- Second .Society, situated on the Farmington (Wind- 
sor, Tunxis, Rivulet, or Little River), is a jileasant corner of the old 
town. The river was formerly navigable to this jtoiuf, ami now affoids 
al)uudance of good water ])Ower. Much of the lantl about Pmiuonock is 
what is termed ^Zam lainl — sandy, jiartly covered with wood: when 
new good for raising rye ; well supplied with muck-holes (/. «'., upjjcr 
crust, twelve to fifteen inches deep, pulverized by the action of frosts 
and rains) ; and needs only energy to cart the muck on to the sandy 
parts to make them capable of bearing good crops — since chemical 
analysis, as well as the experience of some Pocpionock farmers, proves 
this muck to be equal to good barnyard manure. 

At Poquonock, in 1859, were the Franklin Paper Works, consist- 
ing of two mills — one then owned by Buckland <fc Co., and containing 
seven engines, and one 62-inch Fourdrinier machine; the other then 
recently sold to E. S. Goodrich of Hartford and A. C. Goodman of New 
York, having six engines, and one 84-inch Fourdrinier machine. 

At the same date (1859) A. M. Hathaway it Co. had here a cotton 
mill, making cotton warps for carpets; Alexander Clapj) a grist mill for 
custom work ; and Harris & Co. a cotton mill, with about thirty looms, 
manufacturing jirintiiig cloths. 

Rainbow is the name given to that portion of Po(|uonock whei'c the 
river makes its most graceful curve ; and here, in 1803, Roger Griswold 
conceived the idea of building in the bend of the stream what he named 
the Riinbow Mills. The scheme, which seems to have been a family 
'■ntei-prise, was strenuously opposed by his brother, the late eminent 
liishop Griswold, but at last his consent was olitained. Roger, who 
possessed much mechanical ability, as well as a sanguine temperament, 
commenced the enterpiise ; but hardly had the mill, dam, etc., been 



468 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

eroded before a heavy freshet swept away the enihaiiknieut, earrieil nlf 
a hirge quantity of kiln-dried grain, and |iroved a serious iinancial 
disaster to the Griswohls. 

At this })hice, in 1859, Charles Denslow had a wire-work null, 
cmpk)ying about twenty hands; Hodg'e ct Co., two pajier mills, eight 
engines and two machines, employing about thirty hands ; Denslow & 
Chase, a machine shop, ]>rincipally employed in millwright and jiaper 
machinery. 

There are at Rainbuw two jiajx'r mills, the Congress Mills, two 
two-story buildings, 45 x 200 feet on the groxmd ; erected about 1859, 
rebuilt 1866 by Mr. D. Buck, and afterwards purchased by the present 
The Sprin(;fieli) P.\per Company, which manufactures white and colored 
printing papers, and special goods of that descri|)tion : having a work- 
ing capacity of 3,000 pounds jxm- day. and handling aliout 2,000 tons 
weight of material a year. 

The mills of the Hartford Paper Company are at Rainbow and 
Poquonock ; (-apital stock, •'3<150,000 ; manufacture various kinds of 
paper, with an average capacity of 9,000 jjounds a day. The Rainliow 
mills were erected about thirty years ago, and that at Poquonock in 
1870-71 ; cost, *180,000. 

In 1873 Austin Dunham & Sons of Hartford began the manufacture 
of worsted yarns in the old stone mill called the Tidiris Mill at 
Poquonock, to which, in 1875, they added a much larger building ; and 
again, in 1880, their business had so increased that they took on the 
Poquonock Mill, erected 1856, and up to this time used as a woolen mill. 
Tlie Tunxis Worsted Company, which to-day comprises these interests, 
was formed July 1, 1880, with a capital of #162,000; and manufactures 
all kinds of worsted yarns, and prepares and sells combed wool for 
worsted spinners. Their production in 1881 was 291,295 pounds of 
worsted yarns ; combed wool sold, 148,749 pounds. 

Fish-raising. Here are located the works of the Fenfon Trout 
Brcediny Company, and the hatcheries of the State Fish Commission, of 
which Henry J. Fenton is superintendent. 

The early ecclesiastical history of Po{|uonoek has been previously 
given. See Chapter X\'. 

The Congreiiational Church at Po(|uonnoc, designated at its 
organizati(m " The Second Church of Windsoi'," was formed 2d July, 
1841, with 39 members. The field was hard to cultivate, and discourag- 
ing to look upon. Univcrsalism and infidelity had not only killed the 
ancient church (sec pages 290-291), but had sown the seeds of a moral 
and religious lethargy which had so deteriorated the character of this 
beaut if id portion of Windsor that it was familiarly spoken of in the 
surroiuuling country as Soiloin. In 1830, however, through the efforts 



THE CONCUEGATIONAL flURClI AT POQrONOCK. 409 

of ;ui ciuiiu'ut triii|iri;iiu-r lecturer, ^fr. Hunt, a temiici-aiico society was 
organized, enrolling 80 names. Mr. Sannicl 0. llollister, who procured 
Mr. Hunt's services, had jitirchased the (former) Niles A- Mai-shall ])a|)er 
mills there, and learned, to his great disai)])ointment, the nature of the 
spiritual desolation into which he had removed. Tiie lack of I'egular evan- 
gelical [ireaching occasioned at times painful inconveniences, and it was 
an incident of this kind which finally led to the securing of evangelical 
preaching. Under the action of a committee of the Ecclesiastical 
Society (Messrs. llollister, William Super, Elihu Marshall)^ the pulpit 
was thenceforth supplied with tolerable regularity by ministers of 
various denominations, though the pretercnce of those interested was, 
])erhaps, mostly Congregational. This preaching in a ptdilic hall, from 
1S35 to 1841, embraced the efforts of students from the Theological 
Institute of Counecticut at East Windsor (among whom was Rev. Dr. 
(iale, lately of Lee, Mass., who is said to have jireached his first 
sermon here) ; a year's supi)ly i)y David Austin Sherman, a graduate 
and tutor (1804-1810) of Yale : and others. But the forces which gave 
birth to the church organization culminated more decidedly midiM- the 
l>reaching of Rev. Mr. Hempstead of Hartford, 1840-41, resulting in a 
religious awakening and several conversions. 

He was succeeded by John R. Adams, who preached a part 
of the time at the school-house at Poquonock, as well as at 
Rainbow. Finally, on Juno 2, 1841, a church was organized 
with 3'.i members, of whom 18 were by letter. This organization 
was largely due to the efforts of Josiali Smith and Charles W. 
Denslow, who became the church's first deacons, and Samuel 0. 
llollister, who was elected the second deacon, but declined to serve. Of 
the original meml)ers fen had died luu-e l)eforc 1871, viz.: Jlrs. Denslow, 
1850; Deacon Josiah Smith, 1851 ; Mrs. Clemons, 1852; Mr. demons, 
1853; Mrs. Jerusha, wife of Deacon Josiah Smith, and Mrs. Rebecca 
Soper, 1854; Miss JIartha Moore, 1857; Mrs. Selina Griswold, 1865; 
Mrs. Maria Griswold, 1800 ; Mrs. Dulcena Moore, 1808. Twenty-one 
were dismissed to other churches, one was exconnnunicated, four 
a))sent, and three living — Mrs. Maria Soper, Mrs. Hathawav, Jlrs. 
Doyle. 

Piistiir.s. Rev. .John R. Adams is t'ntitled to be considered as 
the church's first minister, though he remained less than five months 
after its organization. He was a brother of Rev. Dr. AVilliam Adams of 
New York city ; was born in Plainfield, Conn.; graduat(>d, Yale College, 
1821 ; at Andover Seminary, 1820 ; pastor at Londonderry, X. H.. 
1831-38; after he left Po(iuonock was settled at Gorham, Me., and 
diiMl at Northampton, Mass., 25th April, 1806 ; age 04. 



470 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Rev. Chauxcky Rick ])i('ached, after Mr. Adiuns, until about the 
]8tli February foll(j\vin<i-, supplying about as long as Mr. A. had done; 
was afterwards pastor of Congregational Church at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Rev. Cornelius B. Everest (see page 299 ) was acting jiastor here, 
1843-lst August, 1852. The majority of the congrcgatidu in his time 
seems to have been resident at Rainbow. 

In 1843 he had a congregation of 150, there was no ecclesiastical 
society, and they w(>re able to raise but about >?300 among them. Dur- 
ing the last two ami a half years of Mi-. E.'s ministry a separate service 
was held at T(H|iionocl< in a ball Iniilt for the pni-pos(> by ^fr. Daniel 
Buck — in Franklin Hall, as it was calliMl. I'cv. Mi-. IJi-iicc and others 
preached several months in the iattn- part of 1S49. In January, 
1850, Mr. Thomas IF Rousr, who had ln-cn laboring six months at 
Feeding Hills, exchanged with Mr. IJrucc, preaching a semi-centennial 
sermon, and the congregation were so favorably impressed that they 
desired to hear Mr. R. on the next Sabljath — with the result that he 
was engaged to siip|yly in the hall until the following May. For two 
years he ministered to a congregation unconnected with any church 
organizatitm, until in 1852 it was united with the elnurb at Rainbow 
under Mr. Everest, and Mr. Rouse became the pi-eaeber to the new 
church — for whose better accommodation, through his eainest efforts, 
a new eliurch edifice was soon erected, and dedicated in the spring of 
1854. On the 18th July of the same year he was ordained pastor, 
serving as such until 7th October, 185t). 

Mr. Rouse was a native of Pittstown, Rensselaer county, X. Y., 
and baptized there in the Dutch Reformed ("hureli, of which his 
mother was a member. Aliout 183(] he commenced the study of medi- 
cine, but his conversion led to a change of plan, and be entered and 
graduated from Williams College: studied theology two years at the 
Connecticut Theological Institute, and one at Union Theological Semi- 
nary, New York city ; came to IVxiuonock, 1850 ; dismissed, 1856 ; 
installed pastor, 8th January, 185 /, Congregational Church at Jamestown, 
N. Y.; dismissed June, 1868, owing to failing health. Resumed preach- 
ing May, 1869, at San Mateo, Cal. During his ministry at Potjuonock 
89 were received to church membership, 9 of whom were by letter. 

Rev. Henry J. Lamb was next invited to the pastorate of this 
church, but, from considerations of age and health, declined instal- 
lati(m. He supplied, however, for two years from 1857, fourteen being 
received into the church at one time (4th July, 1858) as the result of 
a revival attending his laliors. Sixteen were received in all, one of which 
was by letter. 

Mr. Lanili studied theology at Andover and IJangor Theological Semi- 
naries : spent thirty-six years in the ministry : was six years post-chaplain 



RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES IN I'OQUONOCK. -tTl 

in the United rotates anny : was ]iastor at West SutVield, 1853-57. lie 
spent the closing years of his life in S|ii-in'ilirlil, .Mass., where he died, 
30th Oetohcr, 1862, aged tH. 

Rev. OuDEN Hall, previously a settled jmstor at Hartland. Conn., 
labored with this church nearly two years, 18."9-(il. He preached at 
Holland, Miss., and later resided at Chatham, Mass. 

Rev. Charles H. Bissell first occupied this pulpit in the snnuner 
of 1S60: graduated, Williams College, 1858; preached for Mr. Hall 
several times, and while yet a student at the East Wind.sor Theological 
Seminary, where he graduated, 1861, had two engagements of three 
months each with this church, and was ordained here as an evangelist, 
12th June, 1862. In the summer of 1864 he spent two months in the 
service of the U. S. Christian Commission in the army in Virginia; 
returned home to suffer from a fever contracted there : and resigned his 
]iulpit in April, 1865, for a sccimd and more rosjtonsible engagement 
with the Commission. Prevented from this, however, by death in his 
family, he assumed charge, October, 1865, of the church at Harwinton, 
Conn.: thence he went to Owosso, Mich.; compelled by illness in liis 
family to remove, he went to Independence, Iowa. Under his labors at 
Po(pionoek twenty were received, fifteen of whom were iqion iirofession. 

l\e\. .losiAH Peabody succeeded Jfr. liissell. He was born at 
Topslield, Mass.; graduated, Dartmouth College, and in theology at 
Audover Theological Heminary ; i)reached at Bolton about two years, 
beginning 1839 ; embarked, April, 1841, in the foreign missionary 
service, and labored fourteen years at Erzroura and five at Constantino- 
jde. until his health failed. He supplied Poipiouock from 1865 to 1868, 
a period of three years ; and during tliat time eight were admitted to 
the church, five of whom were on iirofession. 

Rev. Nathaniel (1. Bonnky ' was ordainccl pastor 1st duly, 1868- 
1873. 

Rev. William 11. Puiei's. 1873 1877. 

Rev. Silas Ketchd.m, appointed pastor 1877-79: pastoi- installed 
1879-1881 : died in otliee. 

Rrv. William Howaud, apiiointed pastor since 1880. 

The ehiirch edifice is a good brick building, and the society also 
owns a very good parsonage, valued at •¥3,000. a fund of «ii(IO, and no 
ilelit. ilembership about 100. 

BaptiHts, in Poquonock, under Mr. Geo. L. Hodge, sustained prayer- 
inectings and occasional ))reaching previous to 1867, when regular pub- 
lic worship was sustained by the 2d Bajitist church of Suflicld : and Rev. 
W. F. Ilansell, D.I)., became jiastor in April 1870, and died 26 Nov., 

'To whose Seniwii at t/ie Thirtieth Anniren<try of tite Uoiiz/regntioiml Chun-h, I'n- 
•I'l'iiUKk, preac/ied 4th June, 1S71, we are largely indebted for tliu liistory of this cliurch. 



472 HIRTOIiY OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

ISTo — a clmruh i)i-uauizati(in liaviiifj iiicaiiwhilo liccn fonually rocoo- 
nized by council. Rev. W. R. Dcau becaiiic pastor 1st July, 1876, 
served until 6 June, 1878; was followed by Rev. A. S. Burrows, Oct. 1, 
1878; then Rev. CI. W. Hinckley, Nov. 1, 1881. A new church edifice, 
valued at •ii!5,000 was dedicated free from debt, 8 July, 1880. 

Town Olfrks- of Windnor, Conn. — Bray Rossiter, ltJ36-lti52: 
Matthew Grant, 165-2-1677 : Timothy Loomis, 1723-1 740 ; 

Henry Allyn, 1803: Elisha 
X. Sill,lS0:!-ls:n ; .hnnes Newberry, ls:!l-1832; Ans(m Lo.miis, 1832- 
1836; William Howard, 1836-1847 : Sidney Bower, 1847-1856; Horace 
Bower, 1855-1878: John B. AVoodford, 1878-188(i : Samuel E. Pheljis. 

Windsor furnished 2 three months' men, 71 foi- nine months, 184 
for thi'ec years, or an equivalent of 203 three years men; and paid for 
bounties, commutations, and supjiort of families of soldiers, 834,700.00; 
estimated amount paid by individuiils for bounties to volunteers and sub- 
stitutes, ¥5,225.00: Crand List, lor 18ti4, *1,421,333. 

LIST OF SOLDIERS FURNISHED TO THE L'. S. SERVICE IX TIIK WAR 
OF THE CIVIL REBELLION FRO.M THE TOWN OF WINDSOR, CONN. 

ADAMS. SOLOMON II , enl. recruit Co. A, T Cdnn. Vols.. 2.". Aug., 1862. 

ALLEN, GILES D. (Corp'l), ciil. Co. F, 22 Conn. Vols.. 29 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 .Tuly, 

186:1 
ALLVX. CHAUNCEY .M., eul. Co. H. 1st Squad Conn. Cav. (2d X. V. Cav., Co. D), 

21 Aug., 1861; re enl. as Vet., 21 Dec., 1863. 
AI.LYX, IIENUY W., enl. Co. B, 1st Squad Conn. Cav , 21 Aug., 1861 (Co. D, 2d X. 

Y Cav ); died 17 June, 180:!. of wds rcc'd at Aldie, Va. 
AUSTIX. FRANK, oul. Co G, i:i Conn VoLs, 22 Dec , 1861. 
ARCHEU, CHARLES B., enl. recruit Co. D, 11 Conn Vols., !1 JIaieli, 18(i4; desciled 

20 Jlay, 1864. 
BAILEY, GARRET T.. enl 11 Conn. Vols.. Maicli 29, 18G4; deserted 12 April. ISlit, 
BALDWIN, WILLIAM il .enl. Co. C. 2.-) Conn. Vols., 8 Sept , 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 

1S(!:!. 
BARBER, EDWARD L , eul. Co. 11, 25 Conn. Vols., 8 Sept.. 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 

186;^. 
BARNES, GEORGE W, (Sgt.), enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols.. 18 Aug.. 1862; luoni. 2d 

Lieut ; disc. 7 July, 186:1 
BARTinVICK, WALTER, enl Co. A, 23 Coun. Vols, 20 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 

186:!. 
BALGII, EUGENE, enl. Co. a; 22 Conn. Vols., :W Aug., 1862; disc. T Jidy, lS6:i. 
BRAMKJEK, JOHN. enl. recniit Co. C, 11 Conn. Vols.. 19 Mch.. 1864. 
BRANDT, HEXRY S., enl. recruit Co. K, 7 Conn. Vols.. 4 Aug , 1862; died of wds., 

14 June, 1864. 
BROWX, WILLIAM E, enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols.. :W Aug., 1863; disc. 7 July, 

1863. 
BUCK, I). WINTHROP (Corp'l), enl. Co. A, 22 Conn Vols.. 25 Aug., 1862; died 9 

Jan.. 1863. 
BUCK, F. CLAREXCE. enl. Co. A, 21 Conn. Vols., 7 Aug.. 1S(!2. 
I5UMSTEAD, JOIIX W., .nl. Co. A, 32 Conn. Vols, 19 Aug., 1863; disc. 7 July, 

186:!. 
BURKE, RICHARD J . .id. C... A, 32 Conu. Vols., 23 Aug.. 1862; disc. 7 July, 186:1. 



Windsor's soldiers in tiik civil war. 473 

BIKNS, .lolIX, Jr., fill. Co. U, 16 Conn. Vols., Aug. 6, 1862. 

CAHNEY, JOHN B., cnl. Co. E, 10 Conn. Vols., 30 Sept., 1861. 

CASE. EDVVAKI), enl. Co. D. 3 Conn. Vols., 11 May, 1861; flisc. 12 Ausr., lufil. 

( ASSIDY, IIUGII, cnl. rccniit Co. H, 11 Conn. Vols., 28 Moll., 1864. 

(HASH. WILLIAM, enl. Co. G, 29 (col.) Conn. Vols., 23 Dec, 1863. 

CLAHIC, AN8IL B., enl. Co. A., 21 Conn. Vols., 6 Aug., 1862; disc. 6 F.b., 1S63. 

CLAHlvE. SAXFORD, enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 19 Aug., 1863; disc. 7 July. 18G3, 

(I.AUKE, WAUREX G., enl. recruit Co. A. 1st Art , 28 Nov., 1863. 

(LAKK. GROVE, enl. Co. H, 12 Conn. Vols , 22 Nov., 1861; d. IT Sept., 1863. 

(LAY. lUGlI, cnl. Co. A, 21 Conn. Vols., 30 July, 1862. 

CLINTON, HENRY, enl. recruit 2d Light Batt., Conn. Vols., 18 Feb., 1864. 

CONROY, JAMES, enl. Co. A, 23 Conn. Vols., 20 Aug. 1862; dis. T July, 1863; cnl. 

recruit Co. A, 8 Conn. Vols., 23 Feb., 1864. 
COOK. EDWARD W., enl. Co. F, 22 Conn. Vols., 29 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 Jvdy, 1863; 

cnl. recruit Co. F, 21 Conn. Vols., 5 Jan.. 1864. 
COOPER. ERWIN L., enl. Co. B, 1 Conn. Cav. (2d N. Y. Cav., Co. D), 21 Aug., 

1861. 
COOPER, GEORGE A., enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
CORBIN, WILLIAM, enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 19 Aug ,1863; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
CUMJIING, WILLIAM, enl. recruit 1 Conn. Cav., Conn. Vols., 9 April, 1864. 
DANIELS, CHARLES, enl. Co. A. 22 Conn. Vols., Sept. 9, 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863; 

enl. Co. A, 1 Art., 9 Dec., 1863, recruit. 
DANIELS, HORACE, enl. Co. A, 22 Conn Vols., Sept. 9, 1862; disc. 7 July, 18G3. 
DAY, ORSON, enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 20 Aug., 1863; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
DELANEY, WILLIAM, enl. Co E , 10 Conn. Vols., 30 Sept., 1861. 
DORMAN, ELLIOT L., enl. Co. D, 22 Conn. Vols., 9 Sept., 1862; disc. 7 July, 

1863. 
DOWD, JAMES W., enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols.. IS Aug., 1862: disc. 7 July, 1863. 
DRAKE, WILLIAM H., eid. Co. B, 16 Conn. Vols., 13 Aug., 1862; disc, disab., 9 

Jan., 1863. 
DUTTING. HENRY, enl. Co. C, 11 Conn. Vols., 2.^) Nov., 1861. 
ELLSWORTH. ELI P. (Sgt.), enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 18 Aug., 1862; proiu. 2<1 

Lieut.; disc. 7 Jidy, 1863. 
ENSIGN, ROBERT E., 2d A.sst. Surgeon, 6 Conn. Vols.; ajip. 13 Sept., 1861; res. 3 

Jan.. 1862. 
EVEREST, WILLIAM C. (Corpl), enl. Co. C, 12 Conn. Vols., 20 Nov., 1861; disc. 14 

Jvdy, 1863. 
FARNELL, JAMES, 2d, enl. recruit Co. G, 11 Conn. Vols., 29 Mch., 1864. 
FEXEY. WILLIA.AI F., enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols.. 21 Aug , 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
FENTON, GEORGE A. (musician), enl. Co B, 6 Conn. Vol.s., 13 Sept.. 1861. 
FEXTON, JOHN M. (musician), erd. Co \, 23 Conn. Vols., 18 Aug., 1862; dis. 7 

July. 1863. 
FINN. JOHN, enl. Co. I), 10 Conn. Vols., Oct. 1. 1861; re-enl. Vet., 1 Jan., 1864. 
FLORANGE, MICHAEL, cnl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols.. 21 Aug., 1862; disc. 27 Feb . 

1863. 
FLORANGE, PETER, enl recruit Co. A, 1st Art., Conn. Vols., 31 Nov., 1863. 
FOOT, GEOR(JE W., enl. Co. A, 33 Conn. Vols., 19 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
FOX, HIRAM S,, enl. Co. F., 12 Conn. Vols., 26 Mdi., 1864. 
FRENCH. ALLEN D., enl. (1st Lieut.) Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 18 Aug., 1862; i)n)ni. 

('apt.; ilisc. 7 July, 1863. 
GETTE, WILLIAM, 'enl. recruit, 9 Apl., 1864, 1st Conn. Cav., Conn. Vols. 
GLADDIXG. ADXEY B., enl. recruit Co. B, 10 Conn. Vols., 21 Mcli.. 1864. 
GOSWELL, PHILIP, enl. Co. B, 16 Conn. Vols., Aug. 7, 1862. 
GRAHAM, WILLIAM E., enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., Aug. 20, 1862; disc. 7 July, 

1S63. 

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474 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

GREEN, EDMUND I!., ciil. Co. B, 16 C'onu. Vols., 7 Aug., 1863. 

CRISWOLD, EDWIN .1 , iiil. Co. A, 7 Coiiu. Vols , 5 Sept., 1861. 

GRISWOLD, EVERETT, <iil. ivcniit Co. D, 2d Art., 5 Jan., 1S(;4. 

(JRISWOLD, NORRIS. ciil. Co. A, 23 Conn. Vols., 23 Auf;., lsr,3; ilisi-. 3il Mc li . 

1863. 
HALE, (CHARLES ()., fiil. Co. A, 31 Conn. Vols., 11 Avig., 1863. 
IIALSEY, HENRY A., cnl. Co. A, 23 Conn. Vols., !) fScpt., 1862; disc. 7 .Tnly, 1863. 
HAMLIN, NOAH C. (Corp'l), Lm\. Co. IS, 6 Comi. Vols., 12 Sept.. 18(11; imiI. U. S. A., 

25 Feb., 1863. 
HARPER, GEORGE, I'ld. recrnit 1st Conn. Cav., 9 Apl., 1804. 
HARRIS. WILLIAM, ('nl. Co. C, 30 Conn. Vols, (col.), now Co, D. V. S. V. (col.V IT, 

Mch,, 1864. 
HARVEY, HORACE L. (Sgt.), cnl. Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols., 24 Oct., 1861; incin Isl 

Lieut., 11 May, 1864. 
HARVEY, .lAMES H , cid. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 19 Aug.. 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
HAYDEN, LEVI (Corp'l), cnl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 5 Sept., 1862; disc. 
HODGE, JAMES L.. enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 23 Sept., 1863; disc. 20 Au.ir., 1863. 
HOLCOMB, MORTIMER, eid. iccniit Co. I), 2d Art.. 5 Jan., 1864; deserted 7 .Mch.. 

1864, 
HOLCOMB, PLINV .\., cnl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 19 Aug,, 1862; di.se. 7 July, 1863 
HOLLISTER, EDWARD U , cid. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 10 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 

1863. 
HOLDERS, CII.VRI.KS II., cnl. Co. A. I Art., 28 Dec, 1803; d. 11 .\iil., 1n04. 
HOLT, MOSES P., cnl. Co. P., C(jnn, Vols., 12 Sciit., 1801; mi.ssing Ft. Wagner. S. 

C, 18 July, 1803. 
HOUSE, JAMES H., cnl. Co. B, 1st Squad. Conn. Cav. (2d N. Y. Cav., Co. D). 21 

Aug., 1861; rc-enl. Vet., 31 Dec, 1863. 
HOUSE, WILLIAM A., enl. Go. A., 7 Conn. Vols,. 5 Sc,it., 1801. 
HOSMER, ALBERT, cnl. Co. A, 33 Conn. Vols., 19 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863, 
HOWARD, WILLI.\.M E., cid, Co. A, 22 Conn, Vols., 9 Sept., 1862; dis<-. 7 July. 

1863, 
JOHNSON, BARNEY I., (musician), enl. 1 Oct., 1861, Co. D, 10 Conn. Vols.; re cnl. 

Vet., 1 Jan.. 1804. 
JOXES, JOSEPH J., eid. Co. B, 10 Conn. Vols,, 7 Aug., 1802. 

JOXES, FRANKLIN, enl. Co. A, 33 Conn. Vols., 18 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, ls03. 
KAPSER, AVILLIAM. enl. recruit Co. D, 2 Art.. Conn. Vol.s.,,1 Jan., IS04. 
KEENEY, BUELL, cnl. Co. E, 14 Conn. Vols., 13 July, 1863. 
KIRK, EDGAR A., cnl. Co. A, 23 Conn. Vols., 19 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1803. 
KIRK. HENRY E., enl. Co. A, 23 Conn. Vols., 19 Aug., 1802; disc. 7 July, 1803. 
KIRK, RODERIC, enl. Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols., 24 Oct., 1861; d. 28 May, 1863. 
LAWRENCE, JAMES, enl, recruit 1st (>)nn, Cav., 31 Dec, 1863, 
LINNEN, JOHN, cnl. Co. K, 1st Art., Conn. Vols,, 33 May, 1801; deserted Feb., 

1863. 
LONDERGAN, JAMES R., enl. Co. H, 22 Conn. Vols., 20 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July. 

1863. 
LOOMIS. EDWARD W., enl. Co. A, 23 Conn. Vols., 18 Aug., 1803; disc. 7 July. 

1863, 
LOOMIS, G. GILBERT (Corpl), cnl. Co. A, 22 Conn, Vols,. 19 Au,;:., 1802; disc. 7 

July, 1803. 
LOOMIS, SIMEON, enl, Co. A, 33 Conn. Vols., 1 Sept., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1803. 
LOOMIS, JAMES L., enl. Co. A, 22 Conn, Vols., 18 Aug,, 1862; disc. 7 July, 1803, 
LYNCH, JAMES (Sgt.), enl. Co. B, 9 Conn. Vols., 13 Oct., 1861; re cnl. Vet., Feb. 28, 

1864. 
LYNCH, JOHN, enl. Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols., 34 Oct., 1861; re-enl. Vet., 12 Dec, 1863. 
MACK, HENRY C, cnl. Co, A, 22 Conn. Vols., 19 Aug., 1862; disc 7 July, 1S63. 





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Windsor's soldiers in tiik civii, war. 47') 

jMAKBLK, A.MOS M., ciil. Co. A, 12 Conn. Vols., 20 Nov., 18()1. 

MASON, JAMKS, lmiI. Co. A, 31 Conn. Vols,. 6 Aug., 18G2. 

McCAI.L, JABEZ B., enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 18 Aug., 1862; disc. IT Jan.. lS(!:i. 

MfNALLY. PATRICK, en!. Co. H, 5 Coini. Vols., 2:! July, 18G1; deserted 1 Apl., 

1862. 
-MILLEU, FHAXCIS I)., crd. Co. 15, 16 Coiui. Vols., 6 Aug., 1863. 
M1I,LER, JIO.SKS M. (Corp'l), enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 19 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 

186:i. 
.MIl.LKH. KICIIAlil), 1!) :\rcli., 1804, Co. F. 31 Keg., U. 8. V. (col.) 
.MILLS, ALFKKl) W., enl. Co. A, 1st Art., Conn. Vols., 22 .May, 1861; disc. 21 May, 

ISC.I. 
MOFF.VIT, UUSSKLL A., cid. Co. A, 23 Coiui. Vols., 21 Aug., 1863; disc. 7 July, 

1863. 
JIOXUOE, WILLIAM, enl. Co. A, 13 Conn. Vols., 30 Nov., 1S61. 
MOONEV, JOHN, enl. i-ccrait Co. F, 11 Conu. Vols., 7 Mch.. 1864. 
MONTGOMEKY, LEWIS ()., enl. Co. A, 23 Coiui. Vols., Aug. 18, 1863; disc. 7 July, 

1863. 
MORGAN, JASPER, Jr. (Corp'l), euL Co. A, 32 Conn. Vols., 19 Aug.. 1863; disc. 7 

.July. 1863. 
MORRISON, SYLVESTER P., euL Co. A, 32 Conu. Vols., 31 Aug., 1863; disc. 7 

July, 1863. 
Ml'RPIIY, CORNEI.irS, enl. iccruit Co. II. 11 Conn. Vols., 16 Mch., 1864. 
.MrUPIIV. TIMOTHY, enl. recruit Co. II, 11 Conn. Vols.. 16 Mch., 1864. 
OKEEFE, FRED. I., enl. 3d Light Batt.. Conu. Vols., 18 Feb., 1804. 
PALMER, OSBEKT H., eul. Co. B, 16 Conn. Vols., 6 Aug., 1863. 
PARSONS, HENRY N., enl. Co. A, 31 Conn. Vols., 7 Aug.. 1803; d. 30 Dec. 1863. 
PECK, EDWARD 1., .-nl. Co. A, 13 Conn. Vols., 20 Nov.. 1861; re-enl. Vel. 1 Jan., 

1861. 
PEDRO, JOHN, enl. Co. G, 14 Conn. Vols., 15 Sept., 1863 (deserted or missing). 
PERKINS, WILLIAM M., enl. Co. A, 23 Conn. Vols., 18 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 

1863. 
PETTENGELL, STEPHEN B., enl. n-cruit Co. K, 7 Conn. Vols., 4 Aug.. 1863. 
P1IELP.S, ELIZUR D., enl. Co. A, 33 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1863; di.sc. 7 .Inly, 18(13. 
PHELPS, ELLSWORTH N. (Lt.-Col.), 33 Conn. Vol.s., 13 .Sept., 1863; disc. 7 July, 

1863. 
PORTER, EDWARD, enl. Co. A, 23 Conn. Vols., Sept. 10, 1863; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
POTTER, (ilLBERT W., enl. recruit Co. E, 8Conn. VoLs., 23 Feb., 1864. 
PRINCE, AMASA T., enl. recruit Co. A, 7 Conn. Vols., 16 Mch., 1864. 
RADCLTFF, CHARLES G., enl. reiu-uit Co. C, 12 Conn. Vols.. 39 Feb., 1864^ 
RAYMOND, JOHN W., enl. Co. F, 33 Conn. Vols., 29 Aug., 1863; disc. 7 July, 1803. 
RECOR, GEORGE D.. enl. recruit Co. C, 10 Conn. Vols., 3 Dec, 1863. 
REED, WILLIAM, enl. recruit, 1st Conn. Cav., 9 Apl., 1864. 
REYNOLDS, WALTER, eul. Co. B, 16 Conn. Vols., 13 Aug., 1,802. 
ROCKWOOD, NEWELL P. (CorpD, enl. Co. K, 14 Conn. Vols.. 14 July, 1862; proui. 

1st Lieut., Co. D, 11 Nov., 1863. 
R0I)(;ERS, HARVE V G., enl. Co. A, 22 Corui. Vols., 25 Aug., 1802; disc:. 20 April, 1863. 
RODGERS, WILLIAM F., enl. Co. F, 16 Conn. Vols., 8 Aug., 1863. 
ROOK, WILLIAM, eul. Co. H, 3.1 Conn. Vols., 11 S.'pt., 1863; disc, disab. 11 May, 

isil;',. 
ROWLAND, GEORtiE C , enl. Co. 15, 6 Coiui. Vols., 13 Sept., 1861; disc, cid. I'. 

S. A.. 1 Nov., 1863. 
SARSFIELD, JOHN, enl. Co. C, 35 Conn. Vols., 33 Oct., 1803; disc. 30 Aug., 1.803. 
SCALES, SAMUEL .1.. enl. Co. I), 10 Conn. Vols., 36 Oct., 1861; disc, di.sab. 13 

Dei-,. I.S63. 
SEMPLE, JOHN W., (111. 21 Aug., 1.801, Co. B, 1st Scjuad. Conn. Cav. (2 N. Y. Cav., 
Co. D). . ' 



476 HISTOHY OK ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

SEKGEANT. ALBERT, enl. 11 Conn. Vols., 29 Mch., 1864; deserted 13 Apl.. isa4. 

SEVERAXCE, MELVIN A., eul. Co. A, 21 Coun. Vols., 6 Aug., 1862. 

SHARP, WILLIAM, eul. (dftd. or subs). Co. F, 14 Reg.. R. I. II.v. Art., 21 Aiiir., 

1863. 
SHELTON, GEORC4E T,, enl. C). A. 22 Coiui. Vols., li) Aug.. I.SW; disc. T .luly. 

1863. 
SHANZ, BALTAS, eul. Co. E, 14 Couu. Vols., 4 Aug., 1862. 
SHINNERS, JAMES, eal. Co. A, 8 Couu. Vols., 30 Sept., 1861; re-eul. \'et. 24 Dee.. 

1864. 
S.MITH. BENA.JAH E., enl. Co. A, 21 Couu, Vols., 3 Aug,, 1862. 
SMITH. CHARLES, enl. recruit 1st Coun. Cav , 19 Apl , 1864. 
SMITH, GEORGE O , enl. recruit Co. B, 1 Art., 31 Dec, 1863. 
SMITH, JOHN, eul, recruit Co. A, 7 Conn. Vols., 16 Mch., 1864. 
SMITH. JOSEPH M., enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 18 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1803. 
SMITH, PETER, eul recruit Co. K, 11 Conn. Vols., 29 JIcli., 1864. 
SNVDER, PHILIP, enl. 1st Conn Cav. recruit, 9 Apl., 1864. 

SOPER, EDWARD B., enl. Co. C, 22 Conn. Vols., 3 Sept., 1862; disc. 7 July. ls(i3. 
SOPER, HENRY L., enl. Co. A, 21 Conn. Vols. (Sgt.), 29 July, 1862. 
SOPER, WILLIAM A., enl. Co. A, 22 Couu. Vols., 18 Aug., 1,862; disc. 7 July. l.S(i3, 
SOTHERGILL, ROBERT, eul. recruit Co. K, 2d .Vrt,; killed at Cold Harbor, Va., 1 

June, 1864, 
STEAMER, JOIIX, enl. Co. A, 22 Coun. Vols,, 20 Aug., 1862; disc, 7 July, 1863, 
STIRMMER, CHARLES, enl. 1st Art., Couu. Vols., Co. A, 23 May, 1861; re eul. Vet. 

16 Nov., 1863, 
STRICKLAND, SIDNEY E,, enl, Co. A, 22 Conu. Vols., 18 Aug,, 1862; disc, 7 Jvdy, 

1863. 
SULLIVAN, JAMES, enl. recruit Co. G, 11 Couu. Vols., 7 Mcli,, 1S64, 
SWAN, GEORGE P., enl, Co, B, 21 Conu, Vols., 14 Aug., 1862. 
THAIN. CILVRLES H., enl. (wagoner) Co, A, 22 Conn. Vols., 20 Aug., 1SG2: di.-ic. 7 

July, 1863. 
TENNANT, CHARLES J., eul, (2d Ass. Surg,), 21 Couu. Vols., 21 Feb., 1862; prom. 

1st Ass, Surg. 9 July, 1863. 
THIRLKELL, THOMAS (2d Lieut,), eul, Co, A, 22 Conu. Vols., IS Aug., 1862: iiroui. 

, 1st Lieut.; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
THRALL, EDWARD F. (Corpl). <id. I'.l Aug,, 1S62, Co. A, 22 Couu, Vols.; disc. 7 

July, 1863. 
TRUMBULL, GEORGE H., eul, Co, A, 1 Conu, Vols., 2(1 Apl.. 1861; disc. 31 July, 

1861. 
TURHUNE, JOHN, enl. Co. C, 25 Coun. Vols., 9 Sept. 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863, 
VIBERT, GEORGE, enl. Co, A, 7 Conn. Vols., 5 Sept., 1801; killed at Proctor's Creek, 

Va., 16 May, 1864. 
VURNAN, EDWARD, eul. recruit Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols., 15 Mch., 1864. 
WARNER, FRANCIS R,, eul. Co, A, 33 Conn. Vols., 18 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 .July, 

1863. 
WARRINER, WILLIAM D.. eul. Co. B. 11 Couu. Vols., 14 Nov.. 1861: d. 15 Oct., 

1862; wd. at Sharpsburg, Va. 
WELCH, MARTIN, enl. Co. F, 16 Conn. Vol.s., Aug. 11, 1802. 
WELLS, FRANK, enl, Co, A, 32 Coun, Vols,, 30 Aug., 1863; disc, 7 July, 1863. 
AVILSON, WILLIAM, eul. Co. A, 21 Couu. Vols., 6 Aug,, 1802: died 14 Nov,. 1862. 

Notes on Winihor^s Vulonlex.' — As o\w of the three oriiiiual '' mother 
towns " of Connecticut, Windsor has reason to l)e [)roml of her ehikh'en. 



'These pretend to be nothing but notes and /(('h^s concerning a subject which, if 
time and space permitted, might be expanded into a very interesting chapter. 



COLIIM/.ATION FKdM WINDSOR. 477 

Faiiu'iklh was licr fust-lioni. In Oct., 163!t, Mr. Roger Ludlow, 
Deputy GoveiiKir. ;iiiil then a resident of Windsor, made a journey to 
New Haven; and llience — mindful of the beautiful coinitry through 
whieh he, with others, in 1637, had pursued the flying Pequots — to 
Pci|uannock, Stratford, and Uncoway [Fairfield], where he located some 
cattle and laid out lots of land "for himself and others." Upon his 
return there arose some misunderstanding as to what he had done; liut 
he was active in furthering the settlement at Uncoway; which, by April, 
1()40, was estal)lishcd as a town, and in that year, probably, he became 
a resident there. He took with him several families from Windsor, 
among whom were John Banks, n lawyer; George Hull (about 164*)), 
Thomas Bassett, William Hill, and Sinum Hoyte (about 1653). 

SiMSBURY was Windsor's si-roxij eldest-born. In April, 1642, the 
court granted the Governor and Jfr. Haines " liberty to dispose of the 
ground vppon that jjarte of Tunxis Riucr cauled Massacowe, to such 
inhabitants of Wyndsor as they shall see cause" Aljout 164;!. .Inhn 
Grifl'en and ^lichael Humphrey came to Windsor and engaged in the 
manufacture of tar and turpentine, and in this l)usiness became acquainted 
with the ])iney wilderness of Massaco, of which Grifhn subsequently 
became the ])ioneer settler. But, one day, ilannahanosee, a Massaco 
Indian, having "wittingly" kindleil a fire in the woods, which consumed 
a large quantity of Griffin's tar, was arrested and brought to trial in 
Hartfoid. The "payment of oOO fathom of wampum," which was 
imposed upon him by the court as line for his misdemeanor, (in default 
of which he was " either to serve, or to be sliij)i)ed out, and exchaw/ed 
for neagers, as the case will justly beare,") was so e.vcessive that to escape 
the penalty, he was obliged to give (Jriffin a deed of ilassaco. And to 
help liim in his trouble, the other " Indians, the proprietors of Jfassaco, 
came togetlier and made tender of all the lands in Jlassaco, foi- tlic 
redemption of the Indian out of his hands, lieing they were not alilr lo 
make go(.(d the payment of li\e inindred fatliom of wam|ium for llic 
satisfaction." 

Fn>m Simsburi/ 1st Bk. of Deal.i : " 'riidmas Bancroft, ;v ;i6 jrs, or tliereabouts, Tcs- 
lilieth upon oath that when lie and his brother .lohn Griffin wer at ]\Iassaco tliey went a 
Hunting for JIoosi; & lii'ing at a Huntiiij; Wigwam tlicy went witli -Manuinto, who 
desired liberty of my Brother Griffin to plant at Weatauge Steadow; my brother gave 
him liberty, and he the said Manautoe did tlieii acknowledge John Gritlin to be the true 
owner of the lands of Massachoe and upon that account he desired liberty to plant in 
the meadows at Wetaug: he further Testifieth that he heard pawnsattaquam at Massaco 
say tliat John Griffin was now the sachem of Massaehoe & the Indians liad no right to 
any of these lands to whom Tunxes bounds; for they had wliolly made out their right 
to John Griffin and further sayeth not. Taken upon oath 11 of March 16()1 in Hartford. 
Memomndiim, pawmattaquam excepted two acres; this was taken upon oath before me, 
Matthew .\llyn, March, IG61," 



478 HISTORY OF AXCIKNT WIXnSOR. 

'J'liis. siilisci|uruily known as "(Jriliin's Lnnlsliiii," was, in liiTJ, 
rrlrasi'il liy (Irilliu to the projirictorw of tlui town, in considcratiun of a 
uiant inaik' to liinitin 1()63, of 200 acres north of the fulls (in recouni- 
fion of lii.s liaviiii!' Iiccn " the first to perfect tlie art of making pitch and 
tarii' in tlicse parts "), as well as of anotlicr later grant of a mile and a half 
sipiaic. ilr was a |ieruianent settler there in ]ii(14; in ItltJG, the then 
iimlividecl lands at .Massaro were laid out to srvrral Windsor men; and, 
again in lt!()T, liy a eonnnittee — Simon \Volrutt, ( 'apt. Newherrv, ami 
i>racon Moore, in Oct., 16(i8, aliout twcnty-iixr men asseniljled at thr 
iKHise of John Mooic, Jr., in Windsoi', adjnste<l tlie tcians of settlement 
upon their several allotments at Jfassaco, and within twq years were 
nearly all settled thereon. i>y a retnrn made to the court, 1()()9, weleain 
tlie names of those who were then "stated inhahitants of ^lassaeo, and 
have lieen fi-eemen of Winilsoi-,"" vi/.. : 

'riidMiiis HiirliiT Michael llumiiluy Samuel I'iiincy 

.loliii Case .josua Hokum!) Joseph Pliclps 

Samuel Filh'y Thomas Maital John Pettibone 

.lohn Grimii Lulu' Hill Joseph Skinuer 

P.1,1- ISuell 

To which list may lie ailded the names of 

Jehu lirooks (1G8-'|. Jehu IJarllcll (1069). 

Thns. 15arlier(lfi7()), Nalh'l Cilldl dCTO). 

John Terry (lOi(i). 

This " Appendix to AVindsor," as it was ollicially termed, was finally 
createil a town, on the petition of its inhahitants, lilTH : and its name 
was declai'cd to lie .<nnisiiri!Y — possilily in recogniti<in of .<imon Wolcott 
(familiarly called "Sim," u son of .Mr. Henry Woleotl. and father of 
(Jov. Roger Wolcott), who was a prominent man in hoth town and 
colony. 

To the settlement of Fai!M1N(;t()N, 1i;40-16.55. Windsor conri-ilmteil 
Thomas Orton. Anthony Hawkins (liefore 16ll:2 ), Jojin Portei', l?iehaid 
Weller. 

II.VDLEY, Ma.ss., settled IdoO-CiO, though a direct ontgrowth from 
ilaitford, aided hy Wetherslield, drew from Winiisor some of its hest 
men — i'etcr Til ton. ^vho liecame a magistrate theic: Oca. Ifcnry ("larke, 
Aaron ("ookc, and others. 

NouTH.UMrxox, settled lti54-(i, attracte(l, among others, Thos. l>as- 
comh (1()5()); Capt. Aaron Cooke: Josiah Dewey (liii!8); Thos. Ford 
(before 1672); AVilliam ilannum, \Vm. II iililiard, Xath'l Phelps (1(1.")7); 
KItwood P(nneroy (liefoiv ICTl ): Lieut. Oaviil Wilton, tieorge Alexan- 
der, .loshna Carter, John llillier, Jr. 

Si'inxcni'XD, Mass., John j'.arlici- (1(171). John Dnndileton, and 
others; DiOKUFiELD, Mass., Arthur Williams. lii.'>7-S; Nouwai.k, Matt. 



COI.ONIZATIilX KKDM WINIiSOK. 47i) 

Sessiiius : S'l'AMi'niM), Tlids. 'rii(ii'iitiiii ami liis snii-iii-law , .lohn Sti-diiii', 

it;.")4. 

" ilr." Edward ( Jriswnld. wlio caiuc to W'indsdi' in Itl;]',!. i-cinuvcd 
tliriico ill l(i68 or l(iti4 to tlic new sctticniriit of Haiuouosc(!tt,*of wliii-li ln' 
wa.s a prominent founder, and to wliicli he .uav(? the name of IvKNii.woitTH 
(later corrupted to Killinuworth), after his own Enj>;lisli liiilliplace. 
He was accompanied thitlicr liy William Hayden, the eniitirant ancestor 
of the Windsor Haydens : Sanuiel Dnell. l(ii;7. In Itii'i:!, the following 
Wiudsoi' names found on |ii'titiiins {State Arch., 7'iiriix and Landx, Vol. 
/., hi'fiire lOyC) relative Id the faiins at Ilammonoseett, ai'e suflieiently 
indicative of Wimlsor's interest in that ent<M prise, \'iz.: 

.loImOwun Kclwnid Kliu.iiv Is:iac 1-'1k'1|is 

William Hillier Stevcu Tailor iSamiiel Rockwell 

Edward King Samuel Grant Thos. Gunii 

Thomas Burnbam Timo. Bucklniid .Tolin i )sl»>rii 

Colchester, settled 1G9'J, ami pmliaMy mimed liy (lox . Fit/-.lohn 
Winthrop after the English town of the same nami'. iinmlicrcil aimmiiits 
early settlers the following fi-oni Wimlsur: 

Saiiuicl Liidinis Evan .loiics 

Nathaniel l.txiinis Shubael Rowley 

.Tosiah Oillett. Sen. and Jr. .Mieael Taintor, and others. 

Hebron was settled in fTtU, and incm-poratrd 1T<I7-S. liy a cdni- 
pany, nf whdui the principal men and the greater numlier of settlers 
were fnini Windsdr. 

Tolland, purchased from the Indians hy two promim'nt Windsdi- 
men, was largely settled hy an nverfldw from Windsdr. and was incor- 
porated in 1717. It was pniliaMy named in luiodr of Mr. ileiiry AVul- 
cott's Engli.-^h liirthplaei^. 

IIardam was settled, l(i(i<S, liy twenty-eight young men from Wind- 
sor, Hartford, and Wethersliidd. It was prohaljly named in honor of 
'Jov. llaynes, whose family estates in England were at (ireat Haddam, 
Hertfordshire. 

lloLTON, where settlenumt liegan aliout 171ti,and organization 17:iO, 
drew very largely from Windsor; among them — 

Timothy Stanley Charles Strong Joel While 

•Iiihn Bissell David Strong .lenisha White 

Jloscs Thrall .lonathan Story I.cmncl While 

I.haliod M.irshall f.oomis 



480 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

The Wextern Land (rnnifs. — Fnnii an article ijulilislicil in the Ilnrt- 
ford Co. Mnti. Hist. (i. 7t!) liy Miss Mary K. Talcott, we extraft tin- 
followini;- wcll-diiicsti'd statonient of the cailicr colonizations in which 
Winilsoi- and llaitford were concc^rned. Speaking of the Peace of 
Utrecht, which had gixcn the colonists a resi)itc from warfare and a 
chance to suhdue the wiklerncss aroimd thcni, she says: 

"The pcopk' of Hartford and Windsor liad Ix'gun even earlier to plan new tnwn- 
sliips on the land grants to these two lowns by the General Assembly in 1686. This 
grant was a hasty measure, adoi)tcd in anticipation of the coming of Sir Edmuml 
Andros, when it was feared he would att. apt to sequestrate the unimproved lands 
held by the Governor and Company of Conn- cticut, under the charter of King Charli - 
II., as well as to annul the charter itself. The grant to Hartford and Windsor consi.stiil 
of ' tho.se lands on the north of Woodbury and Mattat\ick, and on the west of Farmins 
ton and Simsbury to the Massachusetts line north, and to run west to the Housatunnuck 
River (provided it be not, a part of it, formerly granted to any particular person), tn 
make a iilantation or village thereon.' After the (light of Andros, in 1689, when tin 
charter government was resumed, no action was taken in regard to the lands. ' It is 
probable that the General Court, while composed mostly of those who voted the grant, 
were unwilling by a revocation to incur the imputation of having made a tictitious dis 
posal of the lands; and that the grantees, while the well-known intent of the grants was 
fresh in their remembrance, were slow to repudiate the implied trust, by any overt act 
of ownership." (7i<.yrf'.'i Hist, of Wiitelustir.) In ITOT, more than twenty years after tin- 
grant, and after most of those then on the stage had passed away. JIaj. William Wliii 
iug, Mr. Xathaniel Hooker, and Mr. Caleb Stanley were appointed to survey this tract 
of land in conjunction with a committee from Windsor. The .same c(mimittee, with the 
addition of Mr. Hichard Edwards, were ajipointed, Jan. 19, 1708, to treat with Jlr 
John Heade of Stratford, and other claimants to these lands, to settle the boundaries, 
and to adopt legal measures, if necessary, in defense of the rights of the two towns. 
Here the matter seemed to rest for a time; but, Xov. 2, 1713, after jieace was declared, 
Capt. John Sheldon, Lieut. Cyprian Nichols, and Mr. Sedgviick were appointed a com 
mittee to take account of the quantity and quality of the lands, and to ascertain the 
nature of the Indian claims to the territory. Two years later, hi 1715, Col. Wm. Whit- 
ing, Ens. John Marsh, and Ens. Thomas Seymor were appointed in conjumtion with 
the Windsor committee to lay out one or two towns in this tract of land: and in pursu 
ance of these directions, in 1717, the town of /.itr/ijidd, at first called New Bantam, was 
laid out. Certain considerable jiersons in Farmington having obtained, by purchase, 
the native's right to a portion of this township, after some negotiation, one-.si.\tli part 
of it was set apart for them, provided that they release and convey to the two towns 
their claims to the western lands. In Jlay, 1719, the assembly confirmed the rights of 
the settlers of l.ifchfield, but with evident disapproval of the proceedings of Hartford 
and Windsor, appends this declaration, that the whole tract north of Litchfield and 
Woodbury 'shall lie for the further disposal of the A.ssembly.' This appears to have 
been something of a check upon the plans of the two towns, and made it ncces.siiry for 
them to go through the form of requesting the assent of the assembly to their next pro- 
ject, — Maj. Talcott, Capt. Cook, and Ens. Seymor being appointed, Dec. 14. 1719, to 
ask leave of the assembly to settle one or more townships on the remainder of the west- 
. em lands. There is no evidence that any such consent was ever received; but, in 1720, 
Ens. Thos. Seymor and Sgt. James Ensign were appointed to purchase the territory of 
the natives; and later in the same year it was voted that a list of the inhabitants of the 
town, purchasers of the western lands, be made so that every purchaser should receive 
his prop(n-tion. Dee. 19, 1721, Capt. John Sheldon was charged with the resi)onsil)ility 
of selecting a i)lace for another ' plantation.' The next year .lohn Si ymor, Samuel Cat- 



Windsor's western land grants. 481 

liii, anil Win. HaUcr, of II.. were apiuiintcd, with Tlios. Jlore and .Job Ellsworth of AV.. 
' to tako a further view of the land in order to settlmg another town.' April 1, 172iJ, 
this committee reported the laying out of a town of 67 allotments, and it was voted that 
the allotments be disposed of at £6 eash. The General .\ssembly was at last aroused, 
and at its ilay session ordered the King's Attornej' for the Count}- of New Haven to 
arrest the Hart fonl and Wind.sor eoramittees, who had the matter in charge. Public 
feeling ran so high in Hartford County that civil process against the trespassers could 
not be executed; .so the New Haven officials were called upon to act. Hartford and 
Windsor responded by appointing a committee to appear and explain before the assem- 
bly their proceedings with regard to the lands, and to propose a compromise, dividing 
the lauds by a line drawn from the northwest comer of Litchtield north to the Mass. 
line, the colony taking the western division; the eastern to be confirmed to Hartford 
and Windsor. This was not acceded to' ' and finally, after a long and careful ex- 
amination of claims by the committee of llie assembly, in 1726 they proposed that the 
whole tract of land in question should be equally divided between the colony and the 
two towns, — the colony to have the western portion and H and W. the eastern; also, 
that Litchfield should not come into the division, but should belong to the proprietors. 
This territory ceded to H. and W. embraced the present towns of Gnlrbrmil:, ILirtlnud, 
Torriiigtoii, WiiicJiester, Bnrkltamstetl, New UaHford. and ILirinnton, — an estimated area 
of 291,806 acres, to which should be added the township of Litchfield, covering 3.5,000 
acres more. The Government «as probably actuated by an earnest desin? to have these 
valuable lands thrown open for .'settlement, as could not be well done while this conflict 
continued; for, although called an equal division, the quantity of land reserved to the 
colony was only 120,000 acres. Notwithstanding this concession, the compact was not 
fully ratified until Aug. 20, 1729, when the patent was duly executed, and received the 
colony's seal. The next year the General Assembly annexed all the western lands 
belonging to IL and W. to Hartford County. Capt. Thos. Seymor and Lieut. Roger 
Nev. 1 erry were appointed in May, 1731, to make a division of these lauds, and Mr. Kim- 
herly made a survej', from which it was calculated that five towns might be laid out 
eastward of the Housatonick River, four north of Litchfield, and one between L. and 
the river. The deed dividing the lands between the two towns bears date Feb. 11, 1732, 
and the proprietors of Hartford became the owners of Hartland, Winchester, New Hart- 
ford, and the eastern half of Ilarwinton; while Coh-hrook, Bnrkhamstcd, Torriiuitoii , 
and the western half of JUinrinton were assigned to WiNnsou. The assembly pas.sed a 
law that each taxpayer of the tw-o towns, on their lists for 1720, should own a share, in 
proportion to his list, in one of these new townships, at the rate of not more than three 
acres to the pound of his list. The lands belonging to the colony were sold, and the 
proceeds were devoted to the support of .schools, this money being divided among the 
towns then settled, to remain a perpetual fund." 

"With the exception of i/(Ov/-(«^«(, which was settled quickly, and of Xcir Ildi-t- 
/■'I'll, settled a few years later, these new townships were not occupied before 17o0. 

" During the period of those Western land troubles W'ind.sor and Hartford had also 
other claims, the adjustment of which led to nmch active excitement in the two com- 
nuuiilies. It seems that Joshua. Sa<hem of the Niantics, by his wilt (1676), gave to 
certain jicrsons of Windsor and Hartford large tracts of land in the present counties of 
Windham and Tolland. His title was questionable, and it was with much hesitation 
that the will was admitted to probate; and then only on condition that the legatees 
should ' submit the dispose and improvement of the said lands to the General Court's 
ordering, to make a plantation of.' In 1706 the Hartford legatees received a grant of 
township privileges for Coventry, and in 1715 those of Windsor were authorized to 
lay out TiiUtiiid. But, previoiLsly to this, Capt. Jeremiah Fitch of Norwich had pur- 
chased a large tract in Coventry, deriving his title by deed from a Windsor settler, 
who had bought from one of the AVindsor legatees; and a part of his farm, being 
within the tract reserved by Joshua for his sous, was willed by the last survivor, 
Vol. I. — 61 



482 HISTOIiV OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Aliimolecli. to Major Joliii ClavUc ami Hcv. Tlioiiias Buckiiigliani of Saylirook. 
Clarke', in May. 1721, brought an action against Fitch, in tlic Superior Court, to rucovor 
possession of tliese lands; and judgment was given in his favor, and execution granted 
for the costs. Capt. Fitch was obdurate, and the execution was returned unsettled, 
and the captain was imprisoned. His neighbors were aroused by what they considered 
an outrage on their rights — for most of them were living on farms to which there 
were conflicting titles; and they decided to demonstrate their opinion in \unnistakalilc 
terms. On the 22d Oct., 1722, a party of about fifty from the Hop River country, 
joined by some from (East) Windsor, crossed the Hartford Ferry, and proceeded to tljr 
jail, where they demanded Capt. Fitch's release. This being denied, they batteriil 
down the door, carried the captain off in triumph, and effected a general jail-de 
livery. Col. Wm. Whiting, High Sheriff, with such a.ssistance as he could at tlif 
moment secure, pursued and overtook them at the river-side; but, after some blows 
and scuffling, the invaders got the best of him, and escaped across the ferry. The 
General Court ordered a special court to sit at Hartford, May. 1723. at which fifteen of 
these offenders were tried and convicted; but Capt. Fitch was fully acquitted of all 
participation in the erneuie, the court not considering that he did wrong to walk out of 
jail when the doors were open." 

TORRINGTON, Said, iit tlic time of its cession to Windsor, in 1732, to 
contain 20,924 acres, was granted to JIatthew Allyn and Roger Wulcott, 
Esq's., and the rest of the Windsor ]iro|)rietors, 10(5 in number, who held 
their first business raeetinsr in Windsor, Sept. 10, 1788. Its survey was 
completed in 1784 ; its first family settled in 1787 ; it was ineorporatiMl 
1740, and its church organized 1741. Its settlers on the west side of 
the township were from Windsor and Durliam; those on the east side 
from Windsor. The following Windsor men were settlers at Torringtim 
before 1757, viz.: 

Nathaniel Barber (grandson of Thomas, the emigrant) and wife; David and 
brother John Birge (fourth generation from Daniel, the emigrant); Benjamin Bissell; 
Shubael Case; John Cook, made a deacon in 1755; Thomas and brother Abraham 
Dibble; Shubael Griswold; Nehemiah Gaylord (third from Deacon Gaylonl of Wind 
sor), and wife: William Grant; .loseph Hoskins; Jonathan Gillett; Joel. Kbenezer. Idia 
bod, Aaron, and .Tames, descendants of Joseph Ijoomis, the emigrant to Windsor; 
Thomas Marshall (third from Capt. Samuel of Windsor); Charles Mather (grandson of 
Rev. Samuel of Windsor); John Phelps (grandson of Mr. William, the emigrant to 
Windsor); Josliua, in same line; Rev. Nathaniel Roberts, in 1743. married a daughter 
of Rev. Mr. Marsh of Windsor; Jacob Strong and wife (descendant of Elder John of 
Windsor); Joel and David Thrall (descendants of Timothy of Windsor); Ebcne/.cr 
Winchell. See also. ()rc\itt's Ilixl. nf 'I'lirriniit'iit. 

B.MiKH.\MSTKi), containing at the time of its cession, in 1782, 20,r>81 
acres, was granted to Capt. Thomas ifure, fjieut. .Toiiathan Ellsworth, 
and the rest of the proj)ri(^tors. 

CoLEBROOK, containing at the time of its cession, in 1732, 18,l!t'.t 
acres, was granted to ('apt. Sanmel Wheeler, Henry Wolcott, and 
others. It was surveyed and laid out in 17110 into 79 rights, the number 
of the original proprietors. Si.xty acres were laid out as a " minister's 
lot": 100 for the i»arsonage; 100 for a school lot : ami 10 as a parade. 



WINIlSOlfS SHARK IN TllK WKSTERN KESEKVE. 483 

(111 wliicli to (UH'ct a lueetiiig-liiiiisr. Tlu^ (•(innuitfcc who laid out the 
town were Pelctiali Mills, Josiah Piu'lps, 2(1, James Rockwell (fourth 
generation from Deacon William), Ejihraim Wolcott, and Nathaniel 
Filley. The first settler was Benjaiuin Iloiton, and Dec, 1765, Joseph 
Rockwell, from (East) Windsor, and family ; Joseiili Seymour, Jan., 
ITtid ; llien Joseph Seymour; Nathan Bass, who married Anne 
Rockwell: Samuel Rockwell — hoth these last named from (East) 
Windsor. 

Noi!F(:iLK was begun in 1744 hy Windsor and Hartford men. 

The J'fniis//lrania Settlemcntx. In 1753 the Susquehanna Company 
was formed in Connecticut to colonize the Wyoming Valley, then 
claimed by Connecticut under its aiuicui cliaiter, and the Indian title 
was secured tea large tract there: and in 1757 another Connecticut 
company purchased and located on the Delaware River. Emigration 
from Connecticut jioured in apace, lint the IVnnsylvanians opposed the 
new settlers ; and from this time to the close of the Revolution the 
whole Susquehanna region became the theater of conflicting land titles, 
of embittered local controversies, of terrible massacres and widespread 
devastations by Indian and Euro[iean warfare — eiilminating in the 
massacre of Wyoming, in which many Windsor men liore a share, and 
liy which many a Windsor family was driven from its home liack to the 
old home in Ctmnecticut.' 

Windsor had its share in the peojiling of X'ermont — a State where 
lietween 40 and 50 towns licaring Connecticut names e\idence the share 
which tlie latter State has had in peopling it, ami where Windsor names 
are of common occurrence. 

Settlement of the Western Reserve. But Windsor men have been 
further afield tiian the limits of New England in their search for homes. 
The charters granted to the different American colonies by the British 
Crown during the 17th century were given with no clear definition of 
the ipiantity of territory, or of the running of boundary lines, which 
they involved. They were all framed, like that of Connecticut, to border 
on certain Atlantic seacoast limits, Imt to run westward " to the South 
Sea" — a then unknown point — but which would, according to our 
jiresent knowledge, extend to the I'aeilie. These charters, especially 
those of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Penn- 
sylvania, were ultimately found to conflict with one another ; and upon 
the cstalilishment of a General Covernment of the United States, at the 
close of oiii- Uevnliitionarv struggle, these conflicting claims had, in 



'See note on p. 49, on tUe PeniKimite and Tiinkee War; also Miner's IlUt. of Wywn- 
iiaj; Lossing's llhiMrated hHdd Honk of the Aiiancdii Ii,r<ih,lioi,, i. 343; aiifl an article on 
Karlji Coniurlic:it Cloiiim in /'riiiixi/lraiiia. by T. .1. Cluipmiui, in -)/"//. Am. Ilixtiiry. 
1884, 238. 



484 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOK. 

some wiiy, to !»' iKljiistcMl. Finally a coiniironiisr was cftVctcd, hy wliicli 
the dit'fcrciit states ccmIuiI to the Genei-al (loveniiuent their western 
land; and, under tliis arrangement, Connecticut, in 17S6, ceded her 
western lands under her old charter, to the United States, reserving, 
however, an area of 3,300,000 acres, included within the present State 
of Ohio, and covering the present counties of Ashtaluila, Trunil>ull, 
Lake, Geauga, Portage, Cuyahoga, Medina, Lorain, Huron, Erie, and 
north part of Mahoning and Summit. The transaction was finally rou- 
cluded lietween Connecticut and the United States in 1800, and tlie 
right of jurisdi<'tiiin in the ceded lands conveyed l)y (Congress to the 
State of Ohio. 

The disposition of this immense area, and of the funds which 
would arise from its sale, now became the great puldic question of the 
day in Connecticut, and finally after much and violent agitation of the 
subject in the legislature, the press, and the church, it was decided by 
the State that such funds should be devoted to the jjurposes of a perma- 
nent State educational fund — a fund which, with its accretions and 
additions, now amounts to over #2,000,000. As soon as this land was 
open to purchase, it was bought by a syndicate of wealthy men in the 
State, who purehased the whole territory, and immediately opened offices 
for its sale to emigrants. " For years this work went on, and for years 
the long procession of emigrant wagons were making their weary jour- 
ney from Connecticut to Ohio. These moving crowds were followed by 
the Connecticut Missionary Society, with religious teachers and 
preachers, who might form churches and schools, and fix the population 
on the old-fashioned New England foundations. Of course, the emigra- 
tion to the Reserve was not wholly from Connecticut. The emigrants 
came from many quarters, iiut the dominant stream flowed from the 
' Land of Steady Habits ' ; and the older generation used to like the 
name Netv Connecticut Ijettcr than any other." Oliver Phelps (son of 
Charles), a native of Windsor, where he was born 1758, and I'emoved in 
early manhood to Suffield, was the leader in this enterprise, its largest 
subscriber, and chief manager. He took #168,185 of its stock in his 
own name, and, with Gideon Granger, Jr., of Suffield, another •'i!80,00(), 
the total amount of stock being fl,200,000.' Among the names of this 
syndicate occur those of Newberry, Phelps, Fjoomis, King, and Mather; 
and one has oidy to consult the genealogies of this History of Windsor 
to see how thoroughly and extensively Windsor was identified with this 
great exodus from Connecticut. Scarcely a family, if any, within the 
linuts of the towns once comprising Old Windsor was unrepresented 
amid the new villages of the Connecticut Reserve. 

' Dr. IIiMirv Bainanls IlUt. „f tlie School Fund of Cmi., 1853 (Legislative Doc), 
p. KIT. 



MIGRATIONS TO THE CENKSKK COUNTRY. 485 

The PheJpx and Gor/iam Purchase. Mr. Oliver Plirlps had also 
1)6011 the jironioter of a similar, tlioug'li I'arlici', ciitcrjirisc. ^lassachu- 
sctts, having ceded the title for her western lands to the General (lovciii- 
ment, had received as eompensation a large tract of land in " the 
Genesee country," in tlic present »State of New York. In company with 
^Ir. Nathaniel Gorliam of Massachnsetts, Mr. Phelps had purchased a 
large tract of this land, now embracing the whole of ]\I()nr(ie, Ontarin. 
Ijivingston, Yates, and Steuben counties, the largei- purtioii of Wayne 
and Allegany, and lesser portions of Orleans, Genesee, and Wyoming 
counties, comprising altogether 2,200,000 acres, purchased partly from 
Massachusetts, and partly from the Indian proprietors ; and this new 
field of opportunity drew many Windsor families from their old homes 
beside the Great River — as one will also see by eonsultiug our genealo- 
gies. 



CHAPTER XXII. 

BLOOMFIELD.' 



THIS town, incorporated May, 1835, comprises the old parish of 
Wintonlmry and a ])orti()n of Poqnonock Society of Windsor, to 
which was added, in 1S40, the territory known as Scothind parish, in 
SinislmiT. As tliiis constituted, the town of Bhjonifichl is lioiinded north 
and east by Windsor, south hf Hartford, and west by Sinisl)ury and 
Avon, and avcratjes four miles in length and breadth. On its eastern 
bordei- a forest extends tlic whole length of the township; on the west is 
the range of hills known as 'I'alcott Mountain. Through the l)road, un- 
dulating valley between run three large brooks, uniting in the south part 
to form Woods' River, which meeting another small river near the Hart- 
ford line, forms the Little (more recently called Park) River, which 
flows through the city of Hartford and empties into the Connecticut. 
These three Blocmifield streams are of slow current. fn'i|uently over- 
flowing their Ijanks and enriching the soil; and it is a singular fact that, 
on the opposite sides of these brooks, in many places, there is an entire 
difference of soil. The eastern i)art of the town is quite level, with a 
warm, sandy soil; the middle, from north to south, principally ;i clay 
soil, covered with rich, deep loam, esi)ecially good for grass; and as the 
land grows higher, even to rolling hills, to the westward, it is chiefly red 
loam, particularly adajited to I'liiit culture. Another factor in the town's 
adaptability to agricultural purposes is its naturally warm climate, yield- 
ing rain here when tbrre is snow u])on and beyond the mountains. Its 
timbers of original uiowlli are elm, butternut, walnut, chestnut, and the 
oaks. As a whole, Bloondield is a remarkably excellent agricultural 
town, yielding large crops of the linest grass, as well as of superior 
apjiles and pears. Formerly it also produced cherries and plums, and, 
at certain periods, peaches in the greatest perfection. 

The region also abounds in birds. A former resident of the town 
remembers counting forty-six kinds about her home, among which were 
the scarlet-tanger, cuckoo, rose-breasted grosbeak, kildeer, and indigo 
bird. It was always the home of the fringed gentian, and of almost 



'As to the topographical and geographical features of the town, especially, w(' 
have quoted from Mrs. K. S. Waunkk's sketch, piililislied in the Miinori.d lli^lin-;/ cf 
Hartftml (hiiiiti/. 



STATISTICS OF ULOOMlTia,!). 487 

OVL'IT i)tln'i- wild lldwcr of soiitlicru Xow Enu'laiid. IJiirlici- says ( Hixt. 
Collect. C'vnn.^ "the iiihaliitiuits arc t;ciicrally aLirieiilttin'sts and I'cinark- 
al)ly free from tlic evils of litig'atiou." 

Rev. William Miller records, in 1801, that wood and liay were the 
ehief marketable products of Wintonbury parish, and that "cider, cider- 
lirandy, and apples arc considered market articles; also that 1,500 meat- 
casks (hogsheads, barrels, and tierces) were made and marketed in that 
year. It is still within the memory of some who are now livinii- that 
corn was i-aised here for exportation to the West Indies. A uTcat cjiange, 
howc\cr, has taken place in liloiimriehrs products within tlic last forty 
yea IS, owing to tobacco having usurped the place of grass and grains. 

No better evidence of jirosjierity is needed than the generally neat 
and well-ordered ajipearance of the houses and farms throughout the 
town, which abounds in so many roads as to give rise to the saying that 
" in Bloomfield every man has a road of his own to Hartford." 

The early eoclesiagtical, educational, and military history of niooiu- 
field is included in our chapter on Wintonbury and Poipionock. 

■In the Mexican War, Sherman Brown enl. 3 May, 1847, in Co. F, 
9th Inf. : was left sick at the City of Mexico 26 Dec, 18-t7. 

The population of Bloomfield, 1840, was 980; 1850, 1,412; 18(30, 
1,4(11; in 1880 it was 1,346; numljcr of children between ages of 4 and 
IC), in January, 1881, was 273; in January, 1888, 250; grand list, *743- 
341; indelitedness, funded, «74,00O,()0: floating, •-^5.000.00; rate of ta.\- 
ation, 16 mills. 

The Connecticut Western Railroad furnishes a connection with 
Hartford and the outside world l)y its stations — Cottage Grove, Bloom- 
lii'ld, and North Bloonilicld — and has largely aided the recent develo])- 
lucnt of the town. 

The town has two post-olliccs — Blooinlicid and Xorth IMoomllcId. 

Among its prominent citizens, we may nu'utiou the lati' IJ. S. Sena- 
tor, Francis (son of Elder Ashlx'l) Gillette (see Gillette Gen.); the 
excellent and widely-loved Jay (son of Ca])t. Oliver) FiLLEY, who spent 
his last years in Hartford, and wliose sons arc prominent men in the 
West; Samticl R. Wells, the well-known iihrenologist, lecturer, and 
author; James G. |;attki;son, president of The Travelei-s' Insiiraiiee 
Company, and of the New England Granite; C(unpany,a pioneer of aiei- 
dent insurance in the United States, a man of great energy and piililic 
spirit; and Lestek A. Roberts, a man of wide intelligence and some 
liteiaiy note, now a resident of Brooklyn, X. Y., but who still nuxkes 
iiliioiulield his summer home. 

To aid in su]ipressing the rebellion of the Soutliern States, liloom- 
lield sent one hundred and ninety-two men, being thirteen more than 
her ipiota; expended for bounties, commutations, and support of soldiers' 



488 IIISTrtRY OF AXCIKNT WINDSdU. 

families, #39,235 ; tlic cstiiniitcil aiiiduut paid liy iiniiviiluals for liouii- 
ties to Volunteers and Sulistitutes, was ••jl.OOO: tlie txi-dmi list of the 
town tor 1SH4 was ••i!833,529. 

LIST OF SOLDIERS FURNISHED TO THE U. S. SERVICE. IX THE WAR OF 
THE CIVIL REBELLION, BY THE TOWN OF BLOOMFIELD, CONN. 

ADAMSON, JOHN. enl. Co. H. Q2 Conn. Vol.s., 4 .Sept.. 18G2: disc. 7 July, 1863. 
ALDERMAN. HENRY C. (Corpli. cnl Co. I). L« Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; disc. 

16 Jnn , 1863. 
ALLEN, EDWARD ().. cnl. Co. F, U Conn. Vols., 28 July, 1862; deserted 1 Oct.. 

1862. 
ANDRUS, FRED. ^[., cnl. Co. D. 22 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., '62; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
ASHWELL, SAMUEL, cnl. 6 An;;., 1861. Co. A, 1st Squad. Conn. Cav."(Co. C, 2d 

N. Y. Cav.). 
ASHWELL, WILLIAM, enl. Co. F, 14 Conn. Vols., 7 Aug., 1862; trausf. Invalid 

Corps, 1 May, 1864. 
BOLTON, JOHN P., enl. recruit Co. II, 1 Conn. Vols. Cav., 12 Dec, 1863; deserted 

12 Jan., 1864. 
BRADBUIIY, THOMAS E., enl. Co. E, ID Conn. Vols., 22 Oct., 1861; d. 28 June, 

1863. 
BRAINARD, TIIOS. J., enl. Co. F, 14 Conn. Vols.. 31 July, 1862; il. 3 July, 1863, at 

Getty.sburg. 
BROWN. CHAS. D., enl. Co. I), 22 Conn. Vols., 29 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
BURR, CHARLES E.. enl. Co. I). 22 Coiui. Vols., 20 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
BUSHENHAGEN, FREDKKIC. enl. Co. D. 22 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug.. 1862; disc. 

July 7. 1863. 
CADWELL, CHAS. S., enl. Co. I), 22 Conn. VoL., 25 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
CASE. CHESTER W., enl. Co. H, 16 Conn. Vols , 35 Aug., '63. 
CASE. WILLIAM WIRT, enl. Co. D, 22 Conn. Vols., 30 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 

1803. 
CLARK. GEORGE I., enl. Co. 1), 22 Conn. Vols., 3 Sept.. 1862; disc. 7 Jvdy, 1863. 
CO.MBE, FOSTER \V., enl. Co. C, 10 Conn. Vols., 22 Oct.. 1861; re cnl. Vet. 1 Jan., 

1864. 
COSSETT, ALFORD, enl. Co. D, 22 Coiui. Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
COWLES, ED. C, enl. Co. F. 14 Conn. Vols., 30 July, 1862. 
COWLES, MARTIN D.. cnl. Co. F, 14 Conn. Vols., 28 July. 1862; not heard from 

after 3 July, 1863. 
CROSLEY, JAMES E., enl. Co. F, 14 Conn. Vols.. 2> July. 1802; disc, disab. 24 Apl., 

1863. 
DAVIS, WILLIAM, enl. recruit Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols., 17 Mch., 1864. 
DLAX. CHARLES, enl. Co. D, 16 Conn. Vols.. 13 Atig., 1862; disc, disab. 12 Feb., 

1863. 
DOR.MAN. CHARLKS A., cnl. Co. I). 22 Conn. Vols, 30 Aug.. 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
DUDLEY, EDWAKl) K. (Corpl). enl. Co 1). 22 Conn. Vol.s., 23 Aug., 1862: disc. 7 

July. 1863. 
ELMKR, ORRIN E.. cnl. Co. I). 23 Coiui. Vols , 25 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
ELLSWOKtll. JAMES B., enl. Co. B., 21 Conn. Vols., 15 Aug., 1862; d. 25 Feb., 

1803. 
EKO, FREDERICK H. (Sgt.), enl. Co. F. 14 Conn. Vols., 2!1 July, 1862; killed, 

Sharpsliurg. Md.. 7 Sept., 1862. 
FAIiRALL. JAMES, enl. recruit Co. G, 11 Conn. Vols., is Feb., 1864. 



IJLDO.MriKLli SUUUKliS IN TllK CIVIL WAR. 489 

FKIJCISOX. (iKOKUlC. fill. ('(1. A, 1',' Comi. V.ils.,-.'0 Nov., 18(il; rcciil. Wt., 1 .luii.. 

ISIM. 
FIKLl), KDMIM) 1., nil. (o. I, 11 Comm. Vols., 7 An.-., 1S(W; killed. JSliiiipsljuii;, .Mil., 

17 Sfpl., lWi'2. 
Kll.l.KV. ALliKKT 1)., cnl. C... D, •-'•: ('mum. VoK,. ',>:! An-.. l>^62; ilisr. 7 .hily. \»m. 
K1LI,KV, I.Ol'IS J., ml. iiiTiill Co. A, 7 ('..iiii. Vols., 1-1 Aii.y., 18(ii. 
FI.OWKli, AlKU'STTS, i-iil. Co. I. 14 Conn. Vols., 1 An-.. 1S(W; ilrsiTtwl a:i Sept., 

1S(!2. 
CAVIN, .lOlIN, cnl. Co. F, 11 Conn. Vols., 4 An.-,. 1S02; Ininsf. to Invaliil Corps, \r, 

.Ian., I.SIM. 
GIPSON, UOBKKT A., cnl. iccrnit :2!) (Col.) Conn. Vols., 12 Dec, l.s(;;i; d. rjFeb., 

I»i4. 
(il.AZIEK, HENRY, cnl. Co, U, 29 (Col.) Conn. Vols., 24 Dec, 1803; il. 4 June, 1804, 
GOODWIN, DAVID W., enl. Co. C, 22 Coun, Vols., 30 Aug., 1802; d. 4 July, 1803. 
GKAN'P, .lOSEI'H W,, enl. Co. D, 22 Conn, Vols., 9 Sept., 1802; disc. 7 July, 1803. 
GRIMES, JOHN, enl. recruit Co. A, 7 Conn. Vols., 20 .Tan., 1S04. 
GRISWOLD, MOSES G., enl. Co. A, 10 Conn. Vols., 21 Au.-., l.S(;2; disc disub. 31 

Jan,. 1803. 
GRISWOLD, WOLCOTT, enl. Co. D. 22 Conn. Vols., 27 Aug., 1802; disc 10 Jan., 

1803. 
II.VMBLIN, GEORGE C, enl, Co. D, 2 Coun. Vols., 7 May, 1801; di.sc 7 Aug., 1801. 
IIEAI.V, JOHN, enl. recruit 20 Conn. Vols., 18 Feb., 1804; deserted 9 Mch., r804. 
HENRY, MINGO, enl. 20 Dec, 1863, Co. G, 29 (Col.) Conn. Vols. 
IIERIJKY', DANIEL, enl. Co. D, 22 Conn. Vols., Aug. 25, 1862; disc. 7 July, 1803. 
HICKEV, JOHN, enl. Co. D, 22 Conn. Vols. 25 Aug., 1862; di.sc 7 July, 1803. 
HILL. BENJAMIN A. (Corp'l), enl. Co. A, 7 Conn. Vols., r, Sept,, 1801; re-enl. Vet., 

23 Dec, 1803. 
HILLS, ADDISON M., enl, Co. D, 22 Conn. Vols, 25 Aug., 1802; disc 7 July, 1803, 
HITCHCOCK, JOSEPH (Corp'l), enl, Co. D, 22 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 18C2; disc 7 

July, 1803. 
HOLCOMB, LAMBERT E., enl. Co. D, 22 Conn. Vols., 28 Aug., 1862; disc 7 July, 

1S(J3. 
IIOLCO.MB, VICTOR, enl. Co. F, 14 Conn. Vols., 7 Aug., 1802; di.sc disab. 4 Feb., 

1.8(1;!. 
IIORTON, JOHN A., enl. Co. G, !» Conn. Vols., 20 Sept., 1801; d, '25 Nov., Is(i2, 
IILBBARD, CHARLES E., enl. Co. D, '22 Conu. Vols., 23 Aug., 1862; disc 7 July, 

18()3. 
lU'MPHREY, EDWARD (!. (Sgt), enl. Co. D, 22 Conn. Vols., 20 Aug., 1802: disc 

7 July, ISO;!. 
IIVDE, DAVID, enl. Co. G, '29 (Col.) Conn. Vols., '24 Dec, 1803. 
JONES, GEORGE E , cnl Co. D, 22 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1802; disc 7 July, I8()3, 
KELLY, ANDY, enl. recruit Co. G, 7 Conn. Vols., 18 Feb.. 1804. 
LANDRINE, ABRAHAM, enl. 2 Jan., 1884, 30 Reg. Coun. Vols. (Col.) now Co. I), 31 

V. S. V. r„l. 
1..\T1MER, EDWARD A., enl. Co. D, '22 Conn, Vols.. Aug. 26, 1862; disc 7 July, 

1803. 
I.ATIMEU, AVILLIAM R., enl. Co. F, 14 Conn. Vols., 1 Au.g., 1862. 
LAWRENCE, CH.VRLES B., enl. recruit Co. L, Isl Conn. Cav., 5 Jan., 1804. 
LERMAN, WENDAL, enl. recruit Co. L, 2ii Art., 8 Feb., 1864; deserted Feb., 18(>4. 
LYNCH, THOMAS, enl, recruit Co, G, 7 Conn. Vols., 18 Feb., 1864; deserted '2-1 Apl., 

1864. 
MALONEY, JAMES, enl. reernit 5 Conn. Vols , 10 Nov., 1862; never .joined regiment. 
MANDEVILLE, ENOS, cnl. Co. D, '22 Conn. Vols., 28 Aug., 1802; disc 7 July, 1,S03. 
Vol.. 1.— 62 



490 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

MASON, DEMPSTER ll.,(;nl. Co. F, 14 Cumii. Vols.. -J!) July. 1S(!--'; disc, disah. .'0 

Feb., 186S. 
McCriHE, JOHN, eul. rciruit Co. E. 5 Conn. Vols . 9 Fcl... isii4; ,|,s,tI(i1 1-,> Mi li , 

1SG4. 
MEACIIAM. GAYLOlU) O. (Sgt.), cnl. Co. C, 10 Conn. Vols.. .'-J Oil.. 1801; disc. 7 

Oct., 1S64. 
MEACIIAM, J[ORRIS O., ctil. Co. D, 22 Conn. VoLs., -'S Au.ur.. 18(i-'; disc. 7 Julv, 

18(W. 
MICIvEL, JAJIES, cnl. Co. (i, ->i»lCol.) Conn. Vols., •.'(> Dec, 1S0:{. 
MORGAN, JOHN, cnl. icciiiil 5 Coun. Vols., .'.Jan., 18G4. 
:M0R0NEY. \VII,L1AM. cnl. recruit Co. A, 1 Art., 2 Jan., 1804. 
MORRISON. WILLIAM, cnl. recruit Co. II, 1st Conn. Cav.. 12 Dec., 180;!; d.sciied 

12 Jan., 1804. 
MVRRAY, PATRICK, <nl. recruit Co. L, 2d Art., 8 Fd,., 1S04; descried Feb.. Is04 
NEAKINU, HENRY T., cnl. Co. 1), 22 Conn. Vols, 25 Aui?., 1802; disc, 7 July, 180a. 
NEWIIOUSE, IIENHV, cnl. Vo. I), 22 Conn. Vols., 28 Aug., 1802; di.sc. 7 July, 1803. 
NEWHOUSE, FREDERIC, cnl. Co. I), 22 (;onn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1802; disc. 7 July, 

1863. 
PARSONS, IIE:MA:N', cnl. recruit Co. A, 14 Conn. Vols., 28 Sept., 1803; d. 2') Dec, 

1803. 
PINNEY, GEORGE 1!., cnl. Co. D. 22 ( onn. Vols., 30 Aug., 1862; disc 7 July. 1803. 
PIXNEY, SAMUEL 11., eid. Co. 1), 22 Coun. Vols., 23 Aug., 1803; disc 7 July, 1803. 
PINNEY, ORATOR L.. cnl. Co. I), 33 Conn, Vols., 30 Aug., 1863; disc 7 July, 1863. 
RAYNESFORD, W.M. II., cnl. Co. D, 23 Conn. Vols., 35 Aug., 1803; disc 7 July, 

1863. 
READER, CORNELRS, cnl. Co. C, 39 (Col.) Conn. Vols., IS Nov., 1S03. 
RICE, NELSON, enl. recruit Co. A, 16 Conn. Vols., 30 Nov., 1803. 
RILEY, JOHN, enl. recruit Co. G, 30 Conn. Vols., Feb. IS, 1804; des. 24 Apl., 1804. 
ROCKWELL, GEORGE L. (C'orpl), enl. Co. I), 22 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug.. 1801; disc 

7 July, 1868. 
roster! JOHN, enl. Co. II, 22 Conn. Vols.. 25 Aug., 1802; di.sc. 7 July, 1803. 
UV.VN, PATRICK, enl. Co. I). 22 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1802; di.sc 7 July, IS03. 
RYAN, JOHN, enl. Co. G, 13 Conn. Vols., 22 Dec. 1801; reenl. Vet. 8 Feb., 1S04. 
SACKETT, NORMAN A., enl. 1st Light Rait., 15 Oct., ISOl; traiisf. lo Invalid Corps. 

7 Feb., 1864. 
SlIEPARD, LEV^I L., enl. Co. A, 8 Conn. Vol., 3ll Sept., ISOl. 

SHEPARD, TIIERON, enl. Co. D, 23 Conn. Vols., 30 Aug., 1862; disc 7 July, 1863. 
SEIEPPION. DAMEL, enl. Co. B, 21 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1863; killed near Drury's 

Rlull", Va., 16 Jlay, 1S04. 
SHERIDAN, EDWAKI), cid. Co. H, 22 Conn. Vi>ls , 25 Aug., 1S«2; di.sc. 7 July, 

IS03. 
SMITH, J. FRANK, eid Co. F, 14 Conn, V.>ls.. 31 July, 1S02; disc disab. 2S Apl., 

1803. 
SPENCER, LMRI A., enl. Co. F, 14 Conn. Vols., 2S July, 1S62. 
STARR, GEORGE, enl. Co. I), 23 Conn. Vols., 21 Aug., 1803; disc. 7 Jidy, 1863. 
SWAIXE, JAMES, enl. Co. F, 14 Conn. Vols.. 2 Aug., 1S02; di.sc. disab. 4 .Mcli., 1S04. 
SWAINE, JESSE W., enl. Co. 1, 9 Coun. Vols., 1 Oct., l.><01. 
TAYLOR, CHARLES 1... enl. Co. C, 10 Conn. Vols., 22 Oct., ISOl; re cnl. Vel . 1 

Jan., 1864. 
WATKINS, W1I,I,1.\M i; . inl Co. D, 22 Corwi. Vols., 30 Aug.. 1S02; di.sc 7 .IuIn. 

1863. 
WELCH, PETER, enl. recruit Co. M, 2 II. An . Feb., 1S04. 
WESTLAND, CHARLES U., enl. Co. F, 14 Coiui. Vols., II Aug.; missing, Fn'der- 

icksburg, 13 Dec, 1863. 



BLOOMI'-IKI-n SOLDIEKS IN THE CIVIL WAR. 4111 

WiriTOX. I.K.STEK. ciil. (Isl Lieut.) Co. 1). 23 Conn. Vols., 28 Au.s., 1882; disc. 7 

July. l.s(>;i. 
WHITO.N. TI'DOH. onl. Co. I). 22 Conn. Vols.. 2S Au.-., 18(12; disc. 7 .lul.v, Isi;:!. 
WILCOX. \VILLL\.M I' , cid Co. I). 22 Conn. Vols., 20 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July. 

is(i;;. 
WILLIS, A.NDKKW. <'id. Co. I), 22 Conn. V(J.. 27 Aug.. I8G2; disc. 7 July, lS(>:i. 
WINCIIELL, JU.STIN' II.. cnl. Co. A. 21 Cotui. Vols., 2 Aug.. lS(i2. 
WISE. MARTIN W., cnl. Co. G. 20 Comi. Vols., l.") Aug., i\-i. 



CIIAPTKU XXI II. 

'niK IIISTOUV OF 1M\K MEADOW. NOW WIXDSOlJ LOCK; 
1(570-1890. 



Till', iiorlhi'rn purtinn of Anciont Winrlsor. west (if llip Coimrrticnt 
Rixcr — known Ironi r:irlirst limes ns /'///c Mcitilmv — \v;is willmnt 
value to till' lirst settlers, except n tract iif meadow lanil, eontainini;' less 
than a hundred acres, which lav alonii the river at its southern border. 
It was more than a mile beyond the nearest house in Windsor, Init a 
road was opened to it, and it was early put under cultivation. Winds(n' 
had its Plymouth iVfeadow. Little Jfeadow, Great Meadow, and Seipies- 
tered ^leadow: and this meadow jirobably received its name from the 
Pine forests on its borders. It was set out to individuals (among whom 
was fJov. riaynes of Hartford) before llUO. at which time the lois an^ 
described im the reconl as lyin<;' in Pine Afcadow. Its first settlers were 
called " Pine -Meadow people ■■ : when a public school was established 
here it was known as the Pine Aleadow District. Wiien the Enfield 
Falls Canal was completed in 1829, the Connecticut River Company, 
anticijiatinii' the building of a manufacturing village, desired to associate 
their work with the name of the coming town. 'J'he upper end of the 
canal, with iis head-lock in the lo\\n of Sullield, and the lower one. 
with its scries of locks in Windsor, siigii-csted tin' name of Winpsoi; 
Locks — oHicially recognized by the establisbincut of a post-oHice here 
in ISo.". and conlii-mecl by tlu' incoi-poration of the town in L^.")4. The 
Indian purchase of this tcri'itory. and sucb Indian histoi-y as connects 
itself therewith, has been given at pages 111. 1l'4. 

Tbe town of AVindsor Locks is aliout three miles in extent aloui;- 
the ri\cr. which bounds it on the cast, and it extends to about the same 
distance to the west. Its nortlieasi portion, on which the \illag<' stands. 

' Tlic eiii;iii:il cliaptcr on WiiHlser I.oiks, ;is i;ivcii in diir first edition, is here liirsel y 
repl;ui(i liy :i reprint of Mr, Iluvdtn's uiliiiinililc Ceutciniial SUetcli, entitled. Wimhin 
hirhx; itD Kiirlij Settlers unit 'f/iei'r Siiree»<ir)i: Their S>eiiil, Ciril, iind lieliijioiis IJfi. 
published at Hartford, 1880, 13nio. ]). 04, and map (also here rejiroduced in redueed 
size). LH. H. S.l 



THE FIRST SKTTLERS OF PINE MEADOW. 493 

has a luiiilciatcly iiniiltictivc soil, and the lacaddW land a( its sonllieast 
comer is siilijrit ti) innndations by the annual spring freshets of the 
Connecticut. The western ])ortion of the town is a sandy ])lain, with a 
liu'hl soil, and dui'ini;' the lirst tliird of this centuiT was mostly undei- 
cnlti\a(i(in. prdducini;- fair crojis of corn and rye: Imt of late many of 
the lichls lia\c liccn allowed to grow to wood again. "The I'lains." as 
this section «as furmcrly called, are seame(l witli ravines, in uhieh rnn 
the clearest hrooks. well stocked with t rout. Over the Plains, and along 
till' heads of these ra\ines. ran the " old country road," the lirsl road 
opened on the west side of the (4reat River hetween the Massachusetts 
and the ('oiniecticut settlements; laid out thei'i' Wecause it rei|nired no 
lii-idees, and luit little lahoi- to work it. F'or live miles across these plains 
there was not a hill to clinih, or a stream to ford. Sullield was then a 
wilderness, ami the most feasible track across that territory was foinid. 
with<iut much reganj to dii-ectness. This remained the great thorough- 
hire to the north foi- nearly 190 years. When, during .lelfersoii's ad- 
ministration, Snilield furnished a U. S. Postmaster-tJenend, and Inid I la 
ilixiril'utinfi office (and not Hartfiu-il ). this road was cai-efull\ measured 
hy tlie P. 0. Depai-tnient. and .some of the mile-stones then eivcled are 
still standing. 

Those \i'{ living i-emeinliei' when there were two well-worn tracks 
nearly all the way across the |ilains: now. in places, the remaining single 
ti'ack is partialh ovei'grown with weeds. 

'I'he liist distribution of land was made by the ( Jeneral Court behn-e 
Id-tO.' A (juarter of a mile in width along tlu' ri\-er, cNtending from 



' This distribution is said to have been pro rtdn to the (;ontril)utions of tlie several 
jiartips concerned towards the general fund raised, before tliey left Mas.sach\i.setts, to 
meet tlie expenses of their emiiiration. etc. But it was mainly based on tlie " jierson '" 
of the settler .-uid the eslati- he hail to invest liere. 

The original dislriluition, beginning on Pine Meadow Brook, was (o Gov. .Tohn 
Haynes of Hartford, "about 10 acres, bound south and west on the brook" ; next, 
John and Thos. Iloskins. 45 rods on the river; Nicholas Den.slow (father- of Henry), or! 
ro<ls on the river, 80 rods to the west ; Thomas Ford. 400 rods to Kettle Brook. SO rods 
to the west ; Thomas Ford, 200 rods north of Kettle Brook, SO rods to the west. 

When such land.s had been set out to the tirst settlers as they needed for cultiva- 
tion, for fuel, and timber, the inidivided lands, or "commons." were held in common 
by the town: and as, from time to time, wanted for cultivation, they were granted by 
vote of the town, l-'or scmie reason this course proved un.satisfactory. and AVindsor 
and many other towns transferred the title of the commons to the proprietors. The 
proprietors were all the inhabitants or taxpayers in the town, and the share of each 
proprietor, his heirs and assigns, was in proportion to his or her tax-list. In 1722 a few 
lots south of Mrs. Webb's, lying west of the SO ro<ls originally laid out next the river, 
bad been set out by the town, but none of these lots extended as far west as Center 
street. In X'iii a conunittcc of the proprietors .set out nearly all the remaining land in 
this town to the original proprietors or their heirs. 



494 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. II 

I'iiir MniddW l!i-(M,k, nt tlic s.nitli end iiF the mciniow, to Kctllc I'.niok,' 
500 i-ods, tluMicc 200 rods to l)oct..i- l!iinuii)'s. :i little above tlie lailioiid 
station ; and (iOO rods of tlie iioitli end ot this sti-ip of land was set onl 
to Thomas Fold of Windsor, which iueluded neai'ly luUf the meadow, 
and all of the mill-sites and the main street of the present villaiie. 
Tliirtv acres of the meadow he sold licfore lt350 to William (iayloid. i 
Ji\ (which lot lieeanie the home of the first Gaylord family lieic), j 
and, Feb. 7, 16(13, he sold the hahmce of the lot (540 rods) to llemv 
Denslow (son of Nicholas Deiislow, a first settler of Windsor), wlm 
built his house (on the soutli point of the hill overlooking the meadow . 
about 50 rods south of Air. Fi-am;is' |iresent residence) and broutibi 
his family (a wife and seven children) here proliably the same yeai. 
Their nearest neiijhbor was William Hayden, fully two miles away. 

Tradition tells us that the Denslow family returned to Windsor 
after the breakini;- out of King Philiji's war, and that Air. ])ensliM\ . 
venturing back to his farm, was captured and killed by the Indians. 
This was probably .March :j.'>th, 0. S. [April 4th]. IbTb.- After 



' It is not known \vh;if lliis slrcnni look its name from. It lir.st ii|iiii'ni-s on lln 
Colonial Kcconls in Ifilifi, rnarkinj; llic north bounds of Windsor. Sul)sc(|U('nlly onr 
boundary line was carried noilli, wljcrc it now remains, separating it from Sullicld, 
which for many years remained under tlie jurisdiction of Massachusetts. Tlie line !"■ 
twcen the colonies was not detinilely fixed for about a century after tlie scttlenienl ol 
Pine Meadow. One survey by the JIassaehnsetts authorities struck the river aboui 
half a mile below Ilayden Station. In 1751 Daniel Hayden, aged 84, and Ebene/i r 
llayden, aged 70, testify that tliey live about three miles south of a stream called 
Kettle Bnmk, and they always understood that it was about the south biniuds of Mass.i 
chuset.ts ; that they remember when " the artists (engineers) came on from Boston 
[1702], tliey ran across .lohn Bissell's chimney, tlie rpinains of which are to be seen le 
this day. They took the height of tlie sun at noonday, and .saiil tliey were sevenil 
miles too low" [down the river]. 

"From the Oniiiin'/ Jmirniil, 1676, we learn that Major Robert Treat was onicrcil, 
on Saturday, the 3.'")th of March, to take about 100 of his men. and nial<i' the best k' 
his way to Norwich; but ini Monday, the 37th March, the Council, having reeiived lie 
telligenee of "ajiarty of Indi.-ins that, on the last Salil>atli day [/./"., on the previous 
day, the 36tli], did doe disjioyle there, and on Sabbatli night burned a great part of 
Sinisbury," and, also, "a man carried away from Windsor by skulking parties el 
Indian.s," etc., etc., recalled Maj. Treat and his command. In August following an 
Indian prisoner, being examined before the Council, was asked, " Who killed lleiin 
DeuslowV" He named seven Indians, and added, " and these were those wlio burind 
SinLsbury." The " man c.irried away " was undoubtedly Henry Dcn.slow, and his eMp 
ture being coupled with the burning of Sim.sbury, as the cau.se of recalling Maj. Tren 
it seems probable that Denslow was captured on Saturday, while the Indians were • 
route to Siinsbury. The Council at Hartford could scarcelj' have heard of it. if it had 
occurred on Monday, the day of their meeting. Assuming that Henry Denslow was 
killed on Saturday, the 25th of March, O. S.. and adding ten days to reduce it to our 
present new style, and we have the anniversary of his eajiture and probable dcalli, 
April 4. 1676. Through the exertions of Mr. Jabez II. Hayih'ii. the site of his house 
has been detinitely tixed by excavations which uncovered the lower iioriion of llic 



EAIiLY SETTLERS AT I'INE MKADOW. 495 

llir u:ir his w iiliiw :iiiil cliildrrii ri't nninl. His \c)mii;csl ihuiulitci', 
l-;ii/:ilirlli. iHirn lllli Frlu-iiM |-\ , ^6{>f), \v;is |)i-<ili;ilii\ llic llisl uliilc 
cliilil liiiiii ill lliis louii. S;iiniic'l, liis only son, wlm was 17 ycai's (ilil 
ilt tlir linic 111' liis I'iiflii'r's ilratli, s|icn( his ihi\s here, ami uas siir- 
j^ ri'cilcil liy Iwci sons, Saiillirl and .liisr|ili. .Iiisr|iii 

^^^pf/j /^-ffftyf/^^ '■^'^^ tlio ra.thei' of Martin, ami uiamHatlii']- oj' 
*^^ ^ J"^ ^ Carlos, the father of Jfrs. Mvroii S. Wrhh, who 

nuns sonic of the original Henry Di'nslow imrcliasc, including tlu! sitc^ 
of tlu' oiiginal house, which has remained continiionsly in the family. 

The next settler here was Natii ANIKl, ( i A Yl.iilMi, son of William, 
.li-., and grandson of f)ea. AViliiain of Windsor. lie was an infant 
"hen ids fadicr died, and the Pine Meadow lol was rcserxi'd for his 
portion, and gixcn him when he attained his niajority. lie niari'ied 
in fi'iTS, and it is |irol)ahle that he then came hei-e to li\c, two 
ycais after the death of Henry* Densiow. He Iniilt his house on the 
high gidiind at the extreme west end of his lot, say forty or fifty 
rods soiithcasl of the present Gaylord house. Tliis house was stand- 
inu- in 17.')7. The site is on the brow of the hill, (dose to the south 
line of (lie |ircsent home lot. He aftei-wards olitained, by pundiase and 
grant fimn the town, lands lying west and north, and in 1711 deeded 
1o his son, Xathaniid, Jr., cerhiin lands with a dwelling-house standing 
thereon. This house stood on or near IJic site of the present (laylord 
house, and was prolialil\ Imilt for Nathaniel, .Ir. His descendants 
rcniaininL;- on iln' |iatcinal estate lunc lieeii Kliakim, Ithinian, l']liakim, 
and ^'illicit, the present occupant.' 

cclhir wmII :iI i:|(1i of llic <'()rncis. niiil :i 1.011.V Hint limvldcr ot iiiuiv lluiii M luilt' Icn'.s 
wiMM-ht (fiiiiMil nil liisewii I'.niiil, tills Imtm |i1.-i((mI o\ rr llic iiorlliriist conicr. willi the t'nl- 
lewiiii; inscriplicii: 

10(1;!. !(;;(), istb. 

Tins STONTO MAUKS THK SITE 

OK THE I'lllST nODSE IN 

PINKMEAnoW, UUU.T 1068 I'!] 

BY HENRY OENSLOVV, CAI'TUREI) 

HEIIE AND KILLED HY THE 

INDIANS, APKIL 4th [?], lOTO. 

'The lillc ilcnl unveil Niilli'l ( cin lent is mi iiilcTCSting spcciincii el' ijn- ..lil liccenlcr, 
SI:ittlicw (Jniiifs ii:iliil, wlicrc eccasiciii iv(|uiiv(l. of disciinliiifr Icclmic.-il |ilinisc(il(i.i;-y. 
ami niiiiiiiig oil' into fuiuily liistdiy. It contains ilalo of father's dcalli, birth ot the 
,!,'raiitcy, and other ilcni.s of family history, report of ovcrsocrs or jciiardians. and I heir 
authority; l)t'.si(l(;s tellinj; us that tli(^ portion of the lot lyiuir in I'ineineadou . 10 
aerus, was fenced, and that lyin;; witlioul was wooded. 

■'March 8, 1077, Jaeoli Drake and John (iaylord. Sen., sent a iinie In JIallliew 
Grant, with their Imiids to il, by Nath'l ({aylmd. who was son of William (iayhml (hat 
died Dee. 14, 165G, and his son Nathaniel was liorii the September before, the (iiird 
(lay. and now last September lie had ecuiiplelid his 'Jl years of ago ; and, therefore, 
•lacnli Dinkc' and .loliii (iaNlord who were appoinlid overseers by the court to sec to 



496 HISTORY OF ANX'IENT WINDSOR. 

Tliii-ty yrnrs later AnUAHAM DlHISLK, iiramlsoii nf Tlionias, ulsn an 
ol'igiiial srtt Irr of Wiiidsiir, canic, and tlic town iii-anlcil liini a Int in ' 
170S-;i lyin-- north (if tlic ( layl.M'ds and west of llic Dcnsldws. 'I'lic 
ditcli, 4H lods, marking \hv stinlli line nf ^ ^±2 ^^ . 

tliis lot, is still In Im- seen along the noitli Ci&^a/ui^, ^ \2i^6lj 
si.l.'-liill oi' '• nibble Hollow." The lionse rTia^^ 

stood at the northwest, eoriier of the lot, a little soiithcMsl of .Mrs. Wehl.'s ' 
lohaeeo harn. In 174o ^Vlirahani T>ihhle eonve3"ed tills land, with the 
'■ .Mansion |)\\ clling-l louse and harn standing thereon," to his son Tlioiiias, 
in consideration of his "maintaining me and my wife during oui- natural I 
lives." Nine years later Thomas Dihhle sold the iireniises to .loseph j 
Wiiieliel. and moved with the tide of emigration to tlie then far west, the 
town of Torrington, about thirty miles distant. Wineiiel sold to 
Natlianiei Copley, wlio was living here in 1757, and was prohalily the last , 
occupant, thougli the title to the hvnd ])assed tlirough otlier hands liefore 
it passed to tlic Denslow family, about twenty years later. 

In 17r)7 a new meeting-house was to be built in Wiudsoi' : and. to 
ascertain where th<' center of travel would locate the new house, the 
distance fi'oiu each dwelling-house was m<'asured, and at the same time 
a rude map was made, showing the location of each housi'. This map 
gi\cs tlie two(!aylord houses, the Dililile house, then occupied liy.Mr. 
Copley, and the two Denslow houses, oiu^ of which stood nearly north ol 
the Dihhle house, about lifty rods northeast of ■\[rs. Webb's. This house 
was built lieioic 1732 l)y the tii'st Samuel, son of Henry, and was occu- 
pied by the family of Joseph, a grandson of IIeni-y: the other house, 
which stood at the '• head of the spring," west end of the cemetery, was 
occupied i)y Samuel, a, brotluu- of Joseph. 

These live houses were all thei-e were standing, within the present 
limits of this town, 122 years after the lirst settler. 'I'hirty years later 
the Denslow htaise does not apjieai' on the map, and had douiilless 

tlic pri'MTviii,;;- (if lliccsl.-itc until tlicy >li(.iil(l cniHr nf ;i,-c, te incivr lliiir |iuilioii>; 
and new llirir ilcsiiv is tlirU 1 weulil ciilrr upiin tlir rriinil :i pMicrl ,i| l.ind w liirli liny 
rrscrvcd I'nr NMtli:niii-l (iaylenl ler his pmlien eul ut his lalluTs cslnli^. he h.'iiiL; imw 
(if M-c. The land li.'s in I'inc Ulcadew, and Wdo.llMnd ;idj(.iiiinn M,-;niisl Ihr inc;id<.\\ , 
piM-chasi'il dl' Tlionms Ford, all the inctulmv within the Iciicc, licini;- 1(1 in res, and all 
the: iiphind behind it, according to the bounds 01 rods, and bounds in the meadow 
and in length l)ack from the river 80 rods, north by Widow Denslow. east liy tlu' 
river, .south by Nicholas Denslow." The ••meadow within the I'enee " is mentioned in 
Fonfsdeed to Gaylord {before December 14, lfi.50). proving that I'ine Meadow was 
open .Hid "tit for immediate cultivation" at tirst, and was early improscd liy the 
ow ncis though llicy lived about three nules away. They made ii roml i\rry eioiiked on 
aeeounl of swamps) from Wm. llayden's to it. The Indians hail eultivat<d this 
meadow so recently that the forest trees had not grown there: but the Indians were 
gone, their graves only remaining. They probably had dii'd from the small pox, (ii 
di.sea.se introduced by Europeans before the Pilgrims came to I'lyniouthi and lilt 
without iuliabitauts the opeu meadows our fathers foiuid there. 



KAliLY PINK MEADOW liOAltS. 497 

ociisi'il to lie (HM'U|m'il ;is :i ilw I'UiiiL:', anil lU'oliahly liail Iiitu ii'inoM'd or 
(Icnidlislii'il. Two oilier limiscs appear on the map, one where our ]iar- 
sonaLi'e slands. tlie olheron West st I'eet : hnt, for oh\ ions I'easoiis, Ihey 
innst lia\e lieen aildeil to the map se\eral years lalei-. 'I'lie lirst roail to 
I'ine Meadow ( wlial now icmains ol' it is eaMecl ■• thi' I;ane '" ) was ilonl)t- 
less linilt ii\ tlie parties to whom tlie meaihiw Innl hei'n set (Hit as early 
as 1040. They lived in Windsor, hnt there was no land ■•lit hir euliiva- 
tiou," at first, except the meadows from wlneh the Indian eultixators 
had died out. 

The " old country road " ' across the plains two miles west of us, w as 

'.\l this point (Gunn's lirenk. mI Ilnyilcii Stiilioii Cliapel) the road Icl'l llic ri\<Tlo 
aviiiil liriilgiiig tlic strcains. tinnrd west llinni.uli what is now liuowii as I'hik street, 
anil on acioss the jilains, throusili Christian sin'ct, aial Crool^ed Lam-, Snlticld (wliicii 
town rcniaini'il witliont settlement nearly half a ccntiii'v liecause it had no river 
meadows), and on to Northampton. This was called the Old Country Road, and con- 
tinned to be the great thoroughfare and mail -route to and from the north down to about 
1820. (During Jefferson's administration the Post-ollice Department had their distril)- 
uting office at Suffield, not Hartford.) Twenty years after the first settlement of Wind- 
sor the highway is defined as four rods wide from the Palisado, north as far as the 
upper side of Wm. Hayden's lot (near Hayden Station Chapel); from thence "a way 
tnrneth northwesterly to Norwoct " (Northampton). In 1729 this road across the plains 
is again described, lieginning " near Pine Meadow Gate," at Hayden Station Chapel. 
It shall be ■ tliice rods wide through the lots " (the lots set out to individuals, and 
probably aiider cultivation), but on the Commons (about one-fourth of a mile beyond) 
it should be ■'ten rods wide" (1152, it was made four rods wide). The "Half Way 
Tree," afterwards known as the Smoking Tn^e, and the head of Kettle Jirook, are 
designated in the lay-out of 1729. Smoking Tree was half way .across the plains. It 
was a line spreading oak, standin,g on the east side of the way, about one-fourth of a 
mile south of the road now leading from Windsor Locks to Poquonock. Near by, on 
the opposite side of the road, was a never-failing stream of good water. Nowhere else 
in all the five miles across the plains was water so near the road; and not only 
those who went on foot, but numerous teamsters from Western Massachusetts and be 
yond, most of them with o.v teams, halted here for rest, water, feeding, and to sit 
under that tree and smoke tlieir i)ipes. There appears to have been a house of some 
sort standing near by in 17.W. belonging to .Jonathan .\lvord. The Proprietors' (Com- 
mittee mention it in their description of the lot set out to Edwaril Griswold. There 
were no pre-erai)tioii laws in those days, and he |)robably disposed of his house, if it had 
a marketable value. Half an acre was reserved "around the Spring for a convenient 
watering place." Smoking Tree was widely known during at least three generation.s. 
It stooil until about 18111. 

The I'ine Meadow road left the country r<iail at tiunn's Hrook, t'ollo\ved its present 
course, makin.g a long detour to the east to avoid a swamp which lay in a direct line, 
continued thence north in or near the present highway nearly to Broderick's house, 
when it bore to the west and crossed the brook a few rods below where the railroad 
now crosses it. The stones now lying in the brook were a part of the " Stone Bridge," 
which was in use and good repair within my recollection. After Hein-y Denslow settled 
here the town ordered that the owners of lots in Pine Meadow "should a,gree among 
lliemselves wheri' the road slio\dd run through their lots to lleiu'y Den.slow's. at the 
higher end of Pine Meadow." 

The upland road. Center street road, was first ilefined " from the county road to 
Sutlield, " as far up as the "Pine Meadow path," the present north path to the Gay- 
VoL. I. — 63 



498 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

oj)on iis early as 1656 to reach Xoitlumiptou. The first mail ii|iini'il t(i 
Spriugru'ld was on llic east side dI' tlic river fi-oiii iJisscll's Ferry, and 
continued ti> be the ureat thdrniejlilare I'm- uorfliern travel <iii\vii to 
within my own recollection. That roail was not lornially laid mil iiidil 
1737, when it was described as "ten rods wide." Under the last dale a 
highway was laid out to aeeonnnodate the Pine J[eadow |ieii|ile uitli an 
"upland" road, for use in freshet-tinie. This was more than seventy 
years after tlie settlement by Henry Heiislow. and doulitless there was 

lords; tliCMCC it bore more ciistcrly uiirlity roils U. ;ilinut tin' iinrllirMst rnriier nl' N:itl)l 
Fox's liniili' lot. Tlirii tlir l.-niil previou.sly gniiili'il, iinil nwnril by llie (!;iyliiril IninilN 
was rc:i<-liril. Mini tin- rrnprirlors' Committee, wlm li;iil liiiil it llius bir i>ii " tin- Cnni 
nion," were not :uitliori/.eil to jjo farther. From the end of this roiiil :i trespass roa. I 
leil across r,ient. Nalh'l Oaylonrs lot to l)ibl)le Hollow, tliroii.!;li wliieh, and beyond 
it reaeheil Alirahani Dibble's house (a little southeast of Airs, Welib's tol)aeeo liarni 
thence nearly north to the house of Joseph Dcnslow, tbrine to Saiiniel Denslow's. al 
the west end of the eenietery. Thenee, passins east and down the hill near the present 
entianre In the cemetery, it rrarhed the sawmill aTid the forilini;' place on the river al 
the iiH.idh nt Kettle Brook. 

Very early, a road branched oil near the house of Aliraham Dibble, runninj; oui 
into thr iiinimons to the iiortliwest. It passed several rods south of Mrs. Webb's 
house, thenee more northerly through the pr(^sent woods, where this path is still open. 
on and across Add 's Brook at " the Old llock " (.south of Cxco. llolcomb's brickyardV 
and intersected with " Saw Mill Path. " near tlm south end of West street. Traces of 
the road are still visible on both banks of the .\dd's Brook. There is little doubt thai 
before lTr)2 a road had been ojiened from near the house of Abraham Dibble, ruiinin;; 
S(mthwe.st until it jias.sed the head of the first spring;, thence more southerly until it 
entered the present CiMiter street ro.id. mar .lohn Fowler's house, and thence where tin 
present road runs into " Pine Meadow I'alh," where it connected with the laid out high 
way, and the old road across Dibble Hollow w.as discontinued. The road through tin 
meadow was continued from the original Henry Dcnslow house north and west, and 
formed a junction with the upland road at .Joseph Denslow's. The track of this road 
is still plainly marked in Mr. Francis' paslinv south of South street, and was kept open 
until after 1812, when the present highway was oiiened from Ilayden Station tlnnugh 
our Main slnret to Sullield. 

When the Proiirietors' Committee laid out our present Center street, prcparat.ory t.' 
dividing the Commons, they rested the south end ou the load then running from ne.ir 
Dibbles to and past the " Old Koek." The north end rested, as now, on our North 
.street. .\11 the lots on the first tier, lots lying next west of Center street, were bounded easi 
on higliway between our present North street and the .smith side of Mrs. Webb's gar- 
den; sniilli 111' tliis point the lots on the first tier extended about forty rods farther cast, 
anil bmmded cast on lots owned by Dcnslow, Dibble, Gaylord. and others, and a reserve 
was made in each grant for "a highway near the east end," until the highway at Pine 
Meadow [lath was reached. There is no reeiml of this reserved ro.ad from Pine Meadow 
path to Mrs. Webb's, but w Inn it was opened it was carried west to give an easy place 
to cross the brook; and. for sunie unknown reason, instead of running from the jioinl 
where it crossed the brook to the end of Center street, as originally laid out, it was con 
tinned <m, on such a course that it formed a junction with the already existing Center 
street, several rods north of the end of it. 

After the new road had been opened, and that part of the old lay-out for a road 
where Mrs. Webb's house stands had I)eeii discontinued because no one had occasion to 
\ise it, Capt. Martin Dcnslnw built tli.at house (.about ITltOi, and he set it partially in the 



PINE MKAPOW IN 1776. 499 

iVoin the llrst ;i liri(ll('-|i;itli liy wliii'Ii llicy coiild rcMrh Wiiiilsm- when 
tin' frcslii'ts inadi' it iiii]>r;ictic;il>l(' (o l;(i there liy llie way nl the meailuw. 

Down to (lie year 1752 all Ihe hinds within the |iresent limits „i 
this (iiwn, exee|il eiti'litv rods in width on the ri\ cr, and a lot iiranled 
hy vote of the town to the Cay lord I'aiiiily. and a lot to Ahrahani 
I'ililile, Were held in •■ eoiiinioiis." ,\lionl (weiity years hefore this 
the title to llu'sc roiuinons was transl'erfed IVoni tlie town to the pro- 
|irietois. In 17.')2 a ODinniittcc ol' tlic propi-jctors set out the hiiiliways, 
and dixided these "■' conmions " anionii' the indi\idiial |iro|irietors of 
Windsor in |M'o)ior(iou to tlic amount of (ax or taxes which had liecn 
paid hy tlie individuals or their families, on tho grand list of 1720. 

Xinotoon years after the date of the maj) referred to, and twenty- 
four years after the general distrihiition of the lands, brings us down 
to the ]ierio(l of the Revolution. The families living in Pine ifeadow at 
tliat date were JrAirrm Di'INSLOw, great-grandson of Flenry, and his wife, 
Noiiis AViard of Farmington, SamuI'X Denslow ' (iMartin's cousin") and 



nlil liijihway to bring it forward to llio tnivclod path. Tliis ex plains tlie reason why, fol- 
lowiug tlu; original lay-out of Center street, we run directly through the front end of 
Mrs. Webb's house. Ten years before Center street was laid out Mr. Samuel Denslow, 
who owned all the land widiin eighty rods of the river between School street and Dr. 
liiirnap'.s, sold one-half of his saw'-niill and iirivilege in the deed for a right-of-w-ay out 
to the Commons, to get logs for the mill " between the two brooks " (Kettle and Add's). 
This path w-ent up the hill fartlier south than it now runs, but follow'ed Elm street 
west of Center street: and, when the Pro))rietors' Committee divided the Commons, the 
first lot north of Kim street, extending from Center to Wi^st street, was bounded 
• south en Sawmill I'ath." The .signiHcanee of " Saw-mill I'ath " is belter understood 
iiy an extinct from the record-book of the proprietors of the Commons or undivided 
lands, dated sixteen years before the date of this deed, when the i)ropriet(ns ap])ointed 
a comnuitee " to license persons to cut timber on the Commons : " " Persons who shall 
own they intend the boards and timber they get out for the use of the inhabitants of 
this town," Another paragra]ih jirovides that " persons making coal or tar shall pay 
the treasurer two shillings a load for wood put into a kiln or kilns, to Ik' jiaid hack for 
so much as he shall make it appear he has delivered the coal to smiths living and work 
ing in this town." 

This .saw-niill path was declared a iiublic highway, two rods in width, from Center 
>iii'et west to the old county road. From the north end of Center street another high- 
way running west, nearly parallel with Saw-mill Path, our present North street, also 
extended to the county road. A reserve for a two-rod highway, extending south from 
North street, was nuule between second and third tiers, and between third and fourth 
tiers. These north and south highways have never been more than partially opened. 
A few rods between third and fourth tiers are now traveled ou the road to Poquonock. 
A two-rod highway was laid through the second tier, and a reserve throvigh the tirsi 
11 on the lot south of Mr. Gaudy's, to intersect with Center street road. 

' Samuel Denslow was a son of Samuel, son of Henry, who built and lived in llic 

I lid House at the head of the Spring," west end of the cemetery. He built the 

■ use about 1732, and prol)ably died there. His death occurred in 1T(>3. The third 

>aMuiel bought live lots on si'cond tier, (now West street,) from the parties to whom they 

were .set by the Proprietors' Comndltee, 17.52. The first bears date December, 1759, 

the iitlicis early in ITtiil in nil. tiiinMv :iin-^ :ii an as'erage price ot' about *4 per acre. 



500 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



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liis wife, IlaniKili Loavitt, of Siillii 

on West street; Eliakim (Jaylord _;^ 

and his -wife, Eliza1)etli Hayden, at tlie _ 

(la.vlon! place. ^ ^ 

'I'iic next ill the Older of time of set- 
tlement were I']/.i:kii;i. TiinALL ' from 'I'ur- 
i<ey Hills and his wile, Kli/.al.etli M.'Mo- 
rau, of PntVudd : Samuel Coy- fmni Ellington and his wife, Sarah ; Jahkz 
Haskkll" from Roeliester, Jlass., and Ids wife, Elizaheth Bissell, of 
Windsoi- : Sktii Dkxtkr* and |ti;r.ui;Aii Uaskki.I; from Roehest(>r, 

lie probably built his houst' soon after; the premises constituted his "' home lot " in I7()2 
In 1785 the property passed into the jiossession of his scm-in law, Martin Pinney. The 
old house was taken down recently, and a new one lnnU on its site. This place and 
farm is now owned by S. McAuley. 

' Ezekiel Thrall's house stood on the site of our present parsonage, corner Center 
and Elm streets, lie bought the lot of Isaac Ilayden in 1765; it extended on Center 
street from Elm to about the north line of C. A. Porter's lot, and on Elm to West 
street. He i)robably built immediately after; was certainly living there 1769. After 
the death of his wife, in 1776, he sold to a Mr. BoUes. who sold to Daniel Ela. 1781. 
The house, originally one-story, had another story added by Mr. Ela about 1800, and 
when our jjarsonage was built by Taleott Mather the old house was removed and re- 
modeled, and now stands next west of the parsonage. 

■Samuel Coy bought his lot in 1766, and prob.ably built his house at once. Tin- 
names of himself and wife appear the .same year on the church record. He " died in 
camp, " 1778. His place was sold, 1783, by Seth De.vter. administrator to ,Tal)c/. Has 
kell. The family removed to Massachusetts. The widow of Oliver Ilawley and Mrs 
Hervey Phelps are granddaughters of Samuel Coy. 

^Ephraim Haskell and Seth Dexter of Rochester, Ma.ss., bought the land lying 
east of Center street, and from School street on the south to Grove street on Main, and 
.still fiH-t her north on Center street, 160 acres, for flUO. |!7.0S per acre, including the 
saw-ndll and "old house." The eastern portion of this lot was originally .set to Thomiis 
Ford, who sold it in 166:i to Henry Denslow. From thence it passed into pos.session of 
his .son Samuel, and his grandson Samuel, who sold to Daniel Ilayden halt the saw 
mill, and the privilege of turning a little stream into the mill-pond to add to it, i .died 
"Add's Brook," in 1742. Soon after, 1744. the land north of Kettle Brook had been 
sold to Daniel and Isaac Ilayden, and before 1752 all south to School street. .Vfli'r 
Center .street had been set out, 1752, the " Conunons" lying east of it was added to 
Dainel and Isaac Hayden 's lot. Haskell and Dexter bought of Isaac Ilayden, and the 
creditors of Daniel Hayden; Haskell and Dexter divided their purclia.se, Haskell taking 
two-thirds of the .saw-mill, all the land south of Elm street and east of the west line of 
the Oliver Hawley place, and all north of the smith line of the present Harris Haskell 
place. Ephraim Haskell deeded his share to his son. .labez Haskell, who came up llie 
.same year, and in November married and occupied the old house at the head of the 
spring. In 1774 he built and moved into the house now standing on the corner of 
Main and Elm streets. A one-story addition was liuill on the west side, about twenty- 
live years later, and a second story was ad<led to il in ls.-i(i The south extension was 
built about 1K20. 

'Seth Dexter bought of Ezekiel Thrall, in ITTo, Ww w.iter privilege, "with right 
to repair dam. and nxmi near the road for mill and shop, and convenient room ar<iiin<l 
them," for 1'5 (.'5;16.66). This was on the site of the present II.>lliroi.k mill. In 1770 .Mr. 



'^i/dL^'cJ J^i 



PINE MKA1>0\V IN 177<'>. r>01 

ifass.: Pki.atiah IJirci: ' lium Windsor and 
'//•^^ his wile. .M:ir\ (Ii-ant, rnnu Kliinu'tdn : :iiid 



J 



wile. Ijvdia, widow cif .Nfailin Moses, of Sinisliiir\ . 

Fai-niint; and domestic niaiinractiiri's ucrr alnmst llir oulv occupa- 
tion of the people 100 years a,i;-o. The men enlti\ated the liehis and 
pi-epai-ed the lla\ and wool, ami th<' women spnn and wonc tlie niateiaal 
\\- ulneli tile faniily were ciotiicil.' 'I'heir tahles were alimniantlv 

Pcxtcr ilccilcil his interest here to his son Seth. who was also a rlnlhicr, and wlie set np 
111!' tirsi ■' clolhicr's works " in this vicinity. He moved his laMiilN licie Aug. IT, 177(1. 
In 177;! he exchanged a small lot on flie corner of Center and Elm streets for more ae- 
eomniodation around the mill. His first house, in which he lived about eighteen years, 
was built near his mill, in connection with his shop or finishing-room. About 1T8S he 
hnilt the " old Dexter hou.se," now occupied by William Anderson. He died in 17!)7. 
The business was continued by his family until 1S17, when it was sold, with the house 
and land on Center street, to Timothy Mather. The third Seth Dexter, grandfather of 
E. D. Dexter, retained his father's interest in the saw and grist-mills, and the lands 
now held by the family, and also lands .south of Elm street and west of the Hawley 
place. 

' .leremiah Birge of ^Vindsor bought a lot of l.nnd on the " half mile tier," north of 
T^ortli street, in 1700, and some time before 1772 had built a house on it, and was living 
here. Mr. Horace Birge, his nepliew, says that liis uncle .Jeremiah became so home- 
sick after he came here to live that he offered such inducements to his father, Pelatiah 
I'irge. that they exchanged places, and .leremiah went back to the old homestead in 
Windsor, the late Roswell Miller place. Soon after a Mr. Carter (?) began a hou.se 
near the present ten.ant-house of .Tames Coogan, on West street, but he abandoned it , 
and Mr. Pelatiah Birge Irought and enlarged his house with it. In 1876 the old Birge 
house was pulled down. 

''Samuel Wing and his wife .loanna (sister of .labr/. Maskcll and Airs. Seth Dexter) 
from Rochester, Mass., were living at llaydcn Station as early as ITGO, probably. 
Mrs. Wing died there, and he afterwards Tuarried l.ydia, widow of Martin Moses, 
of Simsbmy.* In 177.5 he bought of .Joseph Barnard the lot set out to him on the first 
tiir by the Proprietors' Committee in 17.52. It was twenty-five rods wide, and extended 
from C<iilcr to West street. Mrs. Horton occupies the east end; the houses west of 
hers, on the s.iulli side of Spring street, all stand on the Wing lot. Mr. Wing built 
his liou>c nil Wi'st street, a little to the rear and west of the present liouse of .John 
Cnshinan. lie died in the army Aug. 14, 1777. Mo.ses Wing, son of the above Samuel 
anil .loamia Haskell, married Hannah, daughter of Samuel Deu-slow, and built a house 
and shop on the c.ist end of the above-described lot, known of late as the Luke Fish 
house, recently ninoved from the corner of Center and Spring streets. I remember 
Ills little shop standing in the street nearly in front of Mrs. Ilorton's house. He was 
called a goldsmith. He made brass clocks, .some of which arc still excellent time- 
keepi IS, silver teaspoons, knee-buckles, .shoe-buckles, etc. His first wife died 1792, 
.and he niarrie<l a daughter of Capt. Martin Denslow. About 180.5 he removed to 
Worcester. Mrs. Oliver Woodford of Hartford is a daughter of his. and lie has a son 
and other descendants living in the Western States. 

' A tailoress was brought into the family a few days each autumn to make up the 
winter's slock of clothing for the men and boys, especially for their "go-to-meeliug 
clothes." It must have marked an era in the progress of the art of domestic nianu 
faeliires when Seth Dexter brought up from Eastern Massachusetts the art of cloth 
dressing. 

The slioeinakcr was also brought into the house to make up the shoes for the 
family. For some whimsical reason, this industry was called " whipping the cat." 



502 



HISTORY OF AXriENT WINDSOR. 



SM|i]ilir(|. Ipiit with la |- less varii'ly tliaii we liavc. Salt |>ro\ isiuns were 

iiicirc iisrd lliaii MOW, anil sliail ami sal ii wnc aliiiinlaiil ami clicajj.' 

Ilirail was made Irciiii 
rvc, UToiiml at llir near- 
est mill, willi a lilllc 
wlicat I'lir cxli-a dccn- 
sions: ami cornniral 
Avas S('r\('il lip in a \a- 
rictv (il u a\ s. 'rnrni|is 
lari:i'ly sM|iiili('il the 

|ihlC(' nl' ]i()ta t lies,- 
which were ahncist nn- 
known a lew ycai's lic- 
fore the l^cxdlntiim. 
Puniiikins wcic iist'il 
tin' sam-c as well as 
tor |>irs. .\|i)ilcs were 
aluiiiilant, ami ciilcr 
was a t'ouunon drink. 
Di'unkonncss was not 
imknowu, but almost 
no alcoholic drinks 
wrrc nscil cxcciit on 
l'rsli\c oi- ntlicr extra 
occasions, or when ex- 
tra labor was sii])]H)SC 
to be liditened by the 
stimulus ol' alcohol. 

lid ween 1 77b and 
ISUO iherc were eiiiht 




.'// -J J'lMia/ai-s <>/ Milnoiial lIMorij of 
Ilailfonl County. 



new houses ' built, and tlire<' disa|i|ieai'ed, leaviniii' biurtecn houses, a 

' railci- ihilc of 1781, on :iii eld ;i.ieuiil li.KiU, we liiui lilty sliii.l di.iryca at -V. (:ii 
(■(■Ills) cacli. !Uh1 ten yi-ars hilcr siiii;lc sliml at C(/. (S cents) each. Indi'cd. shad were not 
cstcciiiod a hixury in the olden time. Mrs. Haskell, burn 1T48. u.sed to tell of a dis 
pute between two school girls in Windsor, where one child lannled the; other witli the 
poverty of her family, who ■'eat shad." 

•The same !\Irs. Haskell, daughter of Dr. Daniel Hissell of Windsor, once said 
in my hearing that the first |)otatoes shc^ ever saw were three small ones her fallier 
brought home in his saddlebags. My great-grandfather, wlio died 1S03, agird 94, never 
learned to love potatoes. Me told my father that when they were first introduced 
it was .said that if a person ate freely of potatws they would not live over two years. 

■'The tirst house built here after 1776 was probably the "old Gaylord house," in 
17S0, still standing on Elm St., bet. Center and West Sts. The lot w:is orig. set out to 
Danii-I and Isaac Ilayden, and ext. from ("enter to West Sts, They sohl the lot to 
Kzekiel Thrall, 1705, who built :i house where the parsonage now stands, and in 177:! 



. The silc of tlic K 

iJ^LCCr V *^ \^^^ '^ till' tinvii. Tins 



PINE MEADOW, 1770-1812. 503 

sold the west pail of tlie lot to Eliakini IJaylord. In 1789 Eliakini Gayloril deeded tlie 
lot to his son Elea/.or, "with the honsc standinjf thereon"; the honse had pi'oliably 
licen bnilt several years; 1780 he is eharued on .labe/. Haskell's account book to sawinj; 
ipak for frames and joist, boards, clapboards, and four summers; probably nsed in this 
honse. 

In 17S1 Klijah Ili.-ley sold to Alexandi'r Allen --the house, barn, and shop partly 
biiill." and ■ half llu' .;:rist mill, the i>lher half belonijing to Ensign Eliakini Gaylord.' 

The site of the grist-mill is now occupied by 
Mill, ill tlie south part of 
lis property passed into the 
hands of .laeob Rns.sell about 1785; theiiec, 
about 1S13. into the li:inds of Oiilcoii Dnike, some ineiiibers of whose family still oc( iipy 
the house. 

1784 .Tabe/. Haskell and Seth Dc.xler built a .grist-mill and store below their saw- 
mill. The mill now stands east of the canal, and is used as a portion of the stock honse 
for the De.xter Paper Mill. The store or salt house stood a little south of it. It is 
inrntioncd on Jabcz Haskell's aeconni book as " the store" in 1781 and in 1788. There 
rr some charges in that account book of various articles usually found in country 
-.tores, and it is not improbable that an assortment of goods were kept there for ;i 
time, besides Turk's Island Salt. After a few years it was known as the " inilUa-'s 
house" ; removed 17itfl to the west side of the saw-mill yard; and Miss Eliza Dcnslow 
says that .she heard Mrs. Levi Looniis. the tlieii miller's wife, com|ilain about 1Sl:! be 
rause her chamber floor was so wet in rainy weather. Mrs. H.askell told her that when 
vessels came up in the spring they .stored salt there, and the floor took n|) .so much 
salt that the damii weather melted it. There was ji dilapidated building stamling. 
when I was a boy, at Ilayden's shipyard, two and one-half miles below, called the Old 
Turk's Island salt store. Ninety years ago the Matsons kept a famous store at Hayden 
Station. The building is still standing among the out-buildings at the Levi Hayden 
place. One room in it was always called "the salt room," and was ver}- damp. 
Every w(dl-to-do family had a salt-mortar. Tradition brought some of them from Eug- 
laiiil with the first settlers. I remember my youthful efforts at llu' salt-inortar, pre- 
paring "coarse salt" for the table. They were also called samp-mortars, being used 
by families who lived far from grist-mills to pound tlu-ir corn in. The old Penslow 
hoiLse. now standing in the rear of E. D. Coogan's store [pulled down 1S78] was origi- 
iiallj- a salt store, and Mr. Horace Birge says that he has been told that a general assort 
iiieiit of goods was also kept there. 

The lot on which it stood was bought of .labez Haskell in 17se by Oliver Chap- 
man and .las. Steele, " 10 rods square for tlO (!il33.3:{i)." It stood near the north end 
of the Medlicott Mill, "the same distance from tlu- water as the ohi ferry house, 
now standing on the o]>positc of the river" [since burned]. The land was bought 
the same year that .las. Chamberlain jietitioned the (ieneral .\.s.senibl}' to grant the 
ferry. 178.5 5Ir. .Tas. Chamberlain bought the land. " with a store standing thereon," 
for too (^200>. 1703 .las. Chamberlain. .Ir., bought the ferry and lot. "with .store 
standing thereon," and the stiine j'ear sells "the lot and .store" to Samuel Denslow 
for t'4."> ({{;150). This was the fourth Samuel (his fatlier lived on West street) ; he li.id 
lived in the Miller's liou.se. and " tended " grist-mill for Haskell and Dexter until KiC!. 
Samuel Den.slow's account book, under dale of 1794, has a charge against JIartin Moses, 
son -in law of .Tabez Haskell, for the "rent of his store." Martin Jlo.ses, ,Tr.. who is 
still [l.SSO] living at IVekskill. N. Y., was born in the old Denslow house. Dee, Hi. 
1798. Miss Eliza Denslow has a tradition that Www. was a family lived there before 
her father bought it. 

The ".TefTerson flood." 1801. the highest then known (though exceeded by the 
flood of 18.54), came into the chamber of the Denslow house, and the family move<l 
out; bnl Mrs. Chamberlain, who lived iu the ferry house on the opposite side of 



504- HIHTOllY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

saw-niill, a uiist-iiiill, and a clotliicr's works. A I'crrv ' across the Cim- 
iK'cticiit had liccii cstalilishcd. and (\v(i liitilnvays Ironi renter sireet to 
it lia<l heen (i|iened. 

In ISll a i-in-distillery was established liere liyll.A 11. Ilasi<ell, 
and was Haanclally a success. It was then cstcenuMl a hiudahh' enter- 
liiise. and a |)ul)lic bciietit; hnt the revival of 1833 convinced the owners 

the riviT, tliiniglit there liad been a lii.i;lRT tii)cHl. because she reMiciiibcrai wlieii 
her amlirous lioated out of the fireplace, and they did not in 1801. In (he spring 
of 1811, or 1812, the ice crvished in the basement story of this house, the family 
flying in the night to tlio Miller's house, or Mr. Haskell's, the only houses then cast of 
Center street. 'I'he upper story of the house was then moved back to the present 
east end of the canal bridge. When the canal was dug it was rcnioveil to the 
northwest, on the ferry road, and was again reninvcd to its present position. 

There were two other houses or cabins, tiiiiiiinary structures — one tmilt before 
the Revolution; the other during that period, or smm after. Tlie lirst was ou 
Kettle Brook, west of the farm of the late ('apt. S. S. Ilayden; tlie rrllur Imle re- 
mains. 

The other (built by the Samiicl Dcnslow who lived on West street for his hired 
man, Heudrick Koddemore, a- Hessian soldier) stood on the S.W. corner of S. Mc.Vuley's 
farm, about fifteen rods north of Spring street, and ninety rods W. of West street. 
Roddemore continued to live in it until his wife died, Dec. 25, 1790. He then removed 
to Windsor, .south of the little river, where he married again, and, with his wife, \niited 
witli tlie church, 1792. The brook, ou the north bank of which his cabin stood, is still 
called Hendricks brook. He belonged to a Hessian Regiment which was captured at 
Bennington, Vt., 1777, a little before the surrender of Burgoyue. 

' A charter for a ferry was granted by the Gen. Assembly, 1783, to .lames ( lianilicrlain; 
title passed 1793 to his son James; and 1801 it was sold to S,unucl Dcnslow. At the 
same time Kbcnezer Collins, wlio had " improved the terry." rcliniiuislicd Ids claim to it; 
in 180G it was .sold to .labez Heath for ^50; in 181.') to Solomon Terry, witli two scows, 
mortgaged, for $300; in 181G to Erastus Reed and Daniel Stocking for ^300, with boat 
mortgaged; in 1819 to Epraphas and Charles Phelps for |325. Then for many years 
Mr. Chapin owned and ran it; then B. M. Douglass took it. In 1788 .Tabcz Haskell 
deeded laud for a road, " to begin for the S.E. cor. at the N.E. cor. of Ca])t. Chand)cr- 
lain's store, at his ferry, ou the AV. side of Conn. River" ; it cros.sed Spring near the 
head of Chestnut St., and entered Center a little N. of Oak St.; a trespass road was 
continued from Center to West St., opp. the farndiouse of S. JIcAuley. The same 
year tlie road from the parsonage to the Haskell house, and a pent-way from there to 
the river, was made a [lublic highway, and prob. a road opened to connect it with the 
ferry, though not recorded. When the road from nay<lcirs Station to Sulticld was laid 
through, 24 years after, but one rod widtli of land was bouglit from the uiill down to 
the ferry, proving a public road there. 

When tlie saw-mill was liuilt (1742, or before) the bed of Ki'ltle Brook was so deep 
that it was not practindilc lo draw the timber growing on the north side of it to the 
south side. The mill was built on the south side, and an earth dam built, doubtless 
broad enough to drive a team across it. When a public road from the ferry became 
necessary, it was laid along the river bank — .say three-fourths of the distance to the 
brook — when, to save the cost of an expensive bridge, they were allowed to cross on 
the mill-dam. 

On this ferry, except when they had a favoring wind, the ferrymen propelled 
their boat by poling, or rowing. About 1838 a pier was built above the ferry, about 
midway of the river, from which a wire connected with the boat, liy which the latter 
was swung from side to side of the stream. 



FUNERALS AND SCIKIDLS IN I'liNK iMlOAIKlW. 505 

iIkiI it was in)l so, and llirv :iliaiii|i)iic(l it. (»m IIh' ciiiiiiilcliDii u\' llu' 
canal (^l.Sli'.t) wator-jjower (tlic lirst taken IVom tlic canal) was I'nrnislicil 
their works. After distillinu' liad lieen al)an(l(ineil, ami in iSoS, Haskell 
A llaMlrii eiinuneneeil tlir liianulail iiir uf silk, anil the liusincss is still 
oiiiiinued on the same lii-nnnil li\ .Mi-. I»wi!ilil Allen. The oriii'iual 
iiuililinLis well' linineij in IS-lS. ami iinnieiliatelv leliuilt on its site. 

In lSl:i the hiuliwa\ limn llavilen's Station to Snllielil was laid out 
throngh Main street to tlie top of Clay Hill: theiiee to SiiHield line. 
The i^ost (o the town was to lie so u'reat that lint one man in the whole 
town advoeated the liiiilding of it. The road from Pine .Meadow I'.rnok 
was laid along the v'lwv bank, except at a single point to and lieyond 
the leri\ . when it tnrued westerly and on a single course ran to the top 
of Clay Hill. The road as laid and traveled twelve to lifteen years did 
not pass over the hill where Mr. Jabcz H. Hayden iiow^ lives, luit ran 
hetweeii the river and the distillery (then standing where tlu' silk-mill 
now does) leaxiiiL;- this lower terrace and gaining the higher ground at 
the east end of the canal bridge. The dii-ect course was to rnn cast of 
the saw-mill, where the canal now rnns; but, for the same reason that 
the ferry road already crossed the mill-dam, the new road also made a 
detour around the saw-mill to save (!.\pense, the committee making a 
reserve of the mill-dam, which, if they had condc'umed for public use, 
would probably have been nujrc expensive than a bridge east of the saw- 
mill : ■■ reseixc to the said Haskell ami Dexter the right to alter or 
re|iair the llnme in their mill-dam." Mr. Herlehigh IFaskell, \Yho was 
an advocate for the road, related me that the op|)onenls of the road used 
that reserve argnmeut against the acceptance of the conunittee's report 
••because the road ran over private property, and the travel wonld be 
lialile at any time to be obstriieted." The canal was opened IS'JU. 

I'ine Meadow w^as a qniet neighborhood; the people were scattered 
and b'w; industrious and frugal.' 



Fiiiirridx ill those days arrested the serious attention of all the eom- 
nuuiily. .Mr. Setli Dexter died in IT'.'T. The distaiu'e from the bui'ying- 
ground was so great that the remains were placed in a wagon and carried 
down Center street two miles below* Mrs. Webb's to Pickett's, where the 
procession was met by men from Windsor, who took the remains mi theii- 
shoulders ; and, by frequent changes, the carriers bore him to his grave 
the lemaiuing three miles. Less than twenty years later Hci'lehigh Has- 
kell shocked the people of Windsor by pro])osing in the School Society 
meeting to ha\e the Societ\"s eominittee procure a hearse. It was pre- 

' Twelve and ii half cents for " cutting and basliug " was all that it insl a jfirl fur 
the making of a calico dress less than sixtv ycars'ago. 
Vol. I. —64 



'T, 



506 HisTony of anciknt Windsor. 

dictril tliat witli the usi' nl' a liiMrsc men would cumc fn frcl thai tlifv 
could rrudcr uo assislaiicc al liiiu'rals, aud liy ih'<ji-eos ni'u-lcci (licm aud 
their Irssuus, aud fail to jiay [irii]icr respect to tlic dead, hi time Ih. 
peoi)le Itecamc i-ecoiiciled to the proposition, and the hearse was pro<'ured. 
The remains of Peletuili Birge, in 1815, were the first ever carried on it. 
The results anticipated liav(( eerlaiuiy i'ollowed, Init the use ol' the hearse 

has I u only one of the causes. 

It was also a matter of common remark in those (hiys that the I'ine 
.Meadow families were more regular in their attendance upon chui-ch than 
th()S(! from other i)arts of Windsor, rdetiah Bii-ge, after he ItecauK' an 
old man, retained his hahit of attending church often on foot, although 
the meeting-house was, after 1704, ahout six miles distant.' 



/ScJwols. — 'J'he lirsl school here was kept liy the widow Samuel 
Wing, on corner of Spring and West streets. Ahont 177<i, .lahe/. Haskell 
and Seth Dexter huilt a school-house on their own land, and largely at 
their own cost, on the gi-ound where Mrs. Talcott Slather now lives ; and, 
in 1 777, we find in Jahez Haskell's account book a charge of Id. to Sanniel 
Wing " for schooling your children." Before 1800 there were children 
enough to make a school of respectable nnnibers. An incident which oc- 
curred in this school in the winter of 1799-1 SOO, shows the outside esti- 
mate of the wealth of this conununity at that time. Old Mr. Warner, of 
Windsor, ixide post, bringing a few (;opies of the Weekhj Couraiit to this 
place, and continuing on to Sultield. On a cold day he slopped at the 
school-honse to leave his ]ia]pers for Pine Meadow and warm himself : and, 
on looking over the school with sunie sui'prise, he askeil: '• Where do all 
these children come from ■.' " On ln'iugtold that they ail lielong<'(| in the 
disfri(;t,he exclaimed, ••Well, 1 always noticed tiiat poor people had the 
most children," — a reniaik he thought licst to (pialify when he saw its 
effect on the childi'cn — "or, 1 notice that is the case in mir pari of the 

' Horace Birge. liorii 17N4, still rciiicmliurs seeing his fatlin- .iml iiKillirr sci mil ler 
iiiceting on horseback — his fiither ia the saddle, and his inoilicr on I lie iiillioii bclilMd 
hini. Previous to 1T!)4 they went i-iii Center street, llayileii .Station, .iiid Main slrccl, 
AV'indsor. After the present nieeting-liouse in Windsor was linill lliey visnally wi'iLt 
down along the plains, past Powell's marsh, (tiinsturn; down Sandy Hill, not unU riii;; 
Main street until they reached Palisado Green. But Mr. Birge often went the whole 
distance ou foot, accompanied by his boys. Hi.s youngest and surviving .son. Horace, 
says he remembers walking to the old meeting-house to attend public wfirship, llioUL'li 
ho was but ten years old when the present house was built, and afterwards he allended 
at the present house of worship. Previous to the organization of the ehurch in Siillii Id. 
1698, several persons living there united with the Windsor church, and tradition tells of 
one Sullield woman who was a regxilar attendant at Windsor, and sometimes walked 
the whole distance. 



THE CANAL AND MANUFACTrTRINr, ENTERPRTSKS. HOT 

town." Mr. 8etli Dexter was, at tliat time, reputetl tlie richest iiiaii, his 
estate (1797) being ai)i)raiscd at .£1,600 — 16,333. 

Fifty (ir sixtv years ago the school-honso was mnved t'nuii tlie smith 
coi-nei- <it' VAm ami ('eiit(U' streets to the luirtli enriier, wliere it stood 
until alioiit 1S44. when th(^ village was divided into two disti'irts. and so 
remained until ISliS. when they wore again consolidated, and tlii' present 
school-house was huilt at a cost of •'si32,000, accommodating six schools.' 
The Soutli school-house continues to he used as a primary school. The 
eiunneration of scholars is ahout G'jO children Itetween the ages of four 
and sixteen; ahout 550 of these attend al least three months in the year. 
( )ui- annual exjienses for the suiiport of our sidiools is ahout >!4,00O. 



T/if CiiiKil. — In 1824 the ("onnecticnt IviviT Couipany was char- 
tered to hnild a canal at Eudeld Falls. The promoters of this enteri)rise 
were jirincipally husiness men of Hartford, who were engaged in trade 
with the Mp-rivcr towns. Previous to the introduction of railroads 
freight could he delivered at any of the river towns by water cheaper 
than by land carriage, even from Boston. When the u])-river merchants 
bought their goods in Boston, tliey were shijii)ed r/n Hartford and Ware- 
house Point, where the goods were transferred to scows or flat boats, 
and thus delivered at Springfield, Northampton, and other towns above, 
IJarnet, Vt., being the highest point. The ca|)acity of the boats used 
was about 18 tons, and they were of light draft, to pass the sand bars 
below in time of low water, and not so large as to he uumanagealde on 
the rapids. But 10 or 12 tons could he carried over the falls, and tlie 
excess of freight was carted around by ox-teams and reshippcd at 
Thompsonville, more than five miles above. Except with a favoring 
wind from the south, it required as many men to "pole" a boat over 
Enfield Falls as there were tons of freight on board, and the time recpa- 
sitc was ahout one day. At the time the canal was built there were 
probably GO or more boats which had occasion to pass and repass these 
rapids several times in each season : and a numiier of uu-m residing at 
this point made it theii' business to join the crews here, to helj) them 
woik the boats o\cr the falls. The stated price for this service was one 
-loUar. 

The chaiter of the Connecticut River ( 'onijiauy contemplated not 
only a canal at Eidield Falls, but the consolidation of the im]n'ovements 
already made at South Iladley, Bellows Falls, etc., and the improvement 



'In 1868 this Wiudsor Lock.s school, by request of the maniifjulurers, bejiaii the 
system of giving certllicates of attendance to tliose scliolars luuier 14 year.s of age who 
had (•oni|)lied with the rc(iuirenuMils of the law iesi)ecting the employment of children 
HI factories. Since then the State has incorporated this feature into its school laws. 



508 HISTORY OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

of all the rapiils and shoals to Jxiriirt, Vt., iirnvi.lcd the States of \\-\- 
moat, New Haiiiiishirc, and iMassaeliusi'tts ae'(|uic'sc('d. Vennont con- 
sented, lint the othei- States i'aikul to ratify the project, and the company 
confined its o])erations to the linilding of tlie Enliehi F'alls Canal, on the 
west side of tlie river, at Windsor Locks. Tliis was opened with a puli- 
lic celelirution Nov. 11, 1829. Thoiijili the improvement of navigation 
was the ]iiiniary ohject of the projectoi-s. yet tliey considered tlie water- 
power thus created to lie a \ahialile part of their francliise. When the 
canal was opened the capacity of many of the l)oats was increased two. 
three, and even fourfold. A daily line (^and a ])art of the time two lines ) 
of passenaer steandioats ran lietween Hartford and Spriniifield. and 
marty of our readei-s w ill rememlier these (|iie('i- lookinj;' - stern-wheelers."" 
the Ai/iiiriiiii and l'/iii)ii.i\ which, liowexcr, soon jjave way to rail- 
roads. 'I'lii' llai-tford »V Spi-ing(ield Railroad began to nni its trains 
over a eonipleted road Dec. 1, 1844, and boats gradnally disaiijiearcd 
from the river. 'I'liree or four fix'iglit boats and a steam-tug now ply 
betwi'cn llartfoi-d and IJolyoke, and about the same number of large 
scows which bring coal and heavy freight to the Locks. 

Tlie nianuracturing establishments now (1881) receiving their water- 
]iower I rom the canal at Windsor Locks are. The Seymour Compatui 
(pap(>rj; The Wimhor Lorki< Machine Company ; Vonverse Iron Foundry: 
The E. Horton jf- Son Company (lathe chucks); J. R. 3Iont(/omery <f' Co. 
Mill, Noil. 1 and 2 (cotton warps): Dwixjht ^ Co. (wool scoui-ing): Thi' 
31eJUcott Mill, Nox. 1 ami 2 (knit goods): C. H. Dexter <f- Sons (pajier): 
C. H. I)e.rter jf- Sons c/riKt and »air-niins : The Haskell .f- Ilayrhn Mill 
(silk): Whitllesey Mill (paj)er): The Farist cf- Wimhor Company (steel 
rolling) MilJ. 



3fannfiirfuriny Infere.^tx. 

The system of manufactures has 1 n entii-ely changed witliin the 

last si.xty or seventy years. Previous to that time most families I'aised 
their own wool and flax, and spun and wove the mati'rial for their own 
clothing. Girls were ambitious to learn to spin wool, linen, and tow. 
and to attain such ]U'oficiencv in the ait that they could do what was 
accounted "a (lay"s work before the iiiiddle of the afternoon."" 'I'o 
acquire the skill to put in a warp and weave dillicult patterns reipiired 
signal ability. Tlie flax was prejiared by spreading it on the pasture 
and leaving it to " rot " in the rain and sunshine. When the woody part 
had become biittle and the (ibre easily sc] in rated from it.it was gathered 
again and subjecteil to the process of breaking. — done on a somewhat 
ponderous im])lement, worked by a strong man. The next )iroeess was 
"swingling." after that " liateheling." What remained after this latter 



WINDSOR LOfKS MANOFACTURES. 509 

]iruccss was tlicu ready U'V tlic distalT, — tlic low, the taiigleil iiiasfi iiuulc 
liy the liatchcl was canlcil and sjniii uii tlir great wheel (^iised also tor 
wool) and made into tow-cloth tor the men and hoys, " every -day " snni- 
inei- wear. It was nearly 150 years after the settlement of the eomitry 
licl'oie the woolen cloths manufaeture(l in families were snlijeele<l to 
another |ii-oeess al'tei' coming from tlie loom. 

'J'lie liist niill liei-e for cloth dressing was set u|i, ITTfl, on Kettle 
r.rook (where the C. W. llolhrool< mill now 
"^/l^^eAL^^ stands) liy Seth Dexter, who hrongiit tlie ait 
^ from the eastern part of Massachnsetts; and tlie 

elothierV art addeil niucii to llie i|iiality of the home-made wool<>ns. 
Wool carding liy niacliincry was prolmlily introduced somewhat later. — 
relieving liy so mnch the lahor of the women, and giving them lielter 
rolls to spin than conhl lie made l>y haml-carding. The |)e\ter cjotiiicr 
uorl<s were run iiKn'e than Inilf a centnry: and young men who learned 
the traile liere were instrnm<'ntal in estalilisliing otlu'r mills elsewhere, 
as the tide of emigration rolled on. and long after the trade here had iieen 
sii]ierse(led hy tho factor//. 

Water power was first used to run a saw-mill on Kettle Brook, the 
mill lieing l)iiilt, or rehnilt, on the site of the present saw-mill of C. IT. 
Dexter & Sons, in 174:2. It had lieen owned hy Sanuiel (grandson of 
Henry) Denslow. who. at atiove date, sold half of it to Daniel llayden, 
of llayden Station. Later on Henslow sold the remaining half, and 
llayden with another partner extended his business np tin' ri\cr, was 
unsuccessful, and tln' mill passed into other hands in ITiil. In ITli'.i it 
was pni'chased in. Haskell i^" D(>xter, who ran it jointly for seventy 
years, since which it has lieen rim iiy the Dexter family, and is now 
[187.")] lam almost exclusively on spruce logs, lirought from the head 
waters of the ( 'onnecliciit l{i\cr, tin' product lieing largely coini'ileii 
into |i;iper pnlp. 

.\s early as 17Sl a small grist-mill was set np on Pine .Meadow I! rook, 

at the extreme south end of the town, two miles U- tlie present village. 

.\fter twenty or thirty years it was coinerled into a wool-carding mill, 
and linally hccame a paper-niill, now owiieil :ind run liy William Kuglish. 

In 17S4 l]ask(dl \ Dexter Iniill a grist-mill liclow tiieir saw-mill, 
whii-li was operateil until the building of the canal destroyed the water- 
pow.-r. They also built, 1Sl<), the grist-mill which is still run by the 
Dexter family. l*'ormerly the grist-mills wen; sup]iorfed hy llii' farmers, 
who brought in ''grists" of rye, corn, and a little wheat, which llu- mil- 
1(M- '' tolled " to get his pay for grinding. Tliongh still called a gi-ist- 
inill.tlu; "grists" arc wanting at this mill, the supply coming mostly by 
the ear-load from Wcsti'rn States. 

1S31. Jonathan Danforth, from New York, liuilt a factory, the 



510 IIISTOUY OP ANCtKNT WINDSOtt. 

lirst (iiir I'lc'clcil (111 tlir ciiiimI (;iii(I :il'1crw:i i'iIs usc(| Ii\- 11. A. ('(uniTsc 

as ;i lonuiliv I'nuii 1S44-1S(;0), wliriv lie iiiaiiiilaci iiivd il --ImiIIs. Iml. 

al'tci- two yea IS, struck his Haii' to a cliraiirr ilii|iiiitr(| ai'ticlr wliicli c-aiiic 
into tlir inai-|<ct. The liiiildiiii;' was al'tcrwai'ils (iccii|iicil a Icwxrars in 
the iiianuracliiiv of cdUdii haftiuii'. !iy (iriswold \ C.i., lA' llaiiloi-il; 
]']lislia .Iciiks, 111' \Varoh(iusc Point; also Saxtou, Womlwanl A- <'ii.,iif 
llic saiiir place. In 1S44 Slat(> A* l^rown, from StiilTord. Cnnn.. civctcd 
on the site of the finisliinii'-hiiildini;' the |ircsent niaciiiue slio|i, lor the j 
nianiiractiiie of cotton and otliei' machinery. The liuildini;' (iSo'.t) was 
owned liy I,. I!.('lia|iman and used liy A.(i. West in maniilacturini;' sew- 
ini;' and other kinds of maclunes : and, diirinu; the « ai', li\ Henslow A- 
('iiase as an a rmory. 

1s;',:'>. Samuel Williams, of Hartford, Imilf a si\-erig'iiie iia|ier-mill 
just north of tlie ferr\-\\a\, which failed ilui-inn' the ]iaiiic of ]S:!7. In 
lS:!S tlu' mill was atiain o|ieraled liy a joint stock coniiiany as The Wiinl- 
sor Mi/Is, jiut failed in almul two yeais, and finally came into the hands 
of Porssc A' Brooks, of New Vork, in lSf4. l>y fiioui it was ii|ierateil 
until hiirned, in 1<S5<), when they lelmilt it as an eii;-h(-cu<!;ine ]ia|iei-mill, 
and it was, in 1M57, transferi-eil, with iwn oihei's, to the i'ei'sse A Urooks • 
Paper Works Company. ' 

lS:)li. .\ Ml-. Carlton (from New Hampshire) and .Mr. Xiles (of 
Hartford) Imilt a lariic saw-mill and manufactured Inmlier for some 
years, until the death of the lattei', when the property was sold to .). B. 
Chapman, and inn hy him until his deatli in 1S47: and suhsiMpiently came 
into the liands of C. I!, llutchins A' Co.. of New Hampshire, and liy them 
to James Outterson. He ciinxerted the works into a paper-mill: it was 
sold, after liis death, to Conveise, IJurhank A Co., in IS")."!, who manu- 
fiictured nianilla paper tliere foi- aliout a year: when it was sold, in iS.'iT, 
to Persse A IJinoks, and liv them, in same yeai'. to the Persse A' Urooks 
Paper Woiks. i 

Ahout IS-'Sl), also, Charles Haskell (son of Seth ) Dexter, horn 19 j 
Sept., iSld, liepin, in a small way. Die nianufact in-e of wrapping;' paper 
in the hasement uf the ;j,rist-mill. recei\iuL;' its watel-powei- IVoin Kettle 
Ih'ook, and making :.'<•<• pounds a day. He was the lirst to make jiaper 
out of liau'u'ing-, and foi- se\i'ral yeai-s purchasi'd saltpetre liags from Col. 
Hazard, the powdei- mauufactiirer nf lla/,aril\ ille, and cuuverted tliem 
into ])a,]tei-. He was also the lirst In disco\ci- and utilize the use of lime 
in cooking- and preparing stoc-k, as it killed the germ in the lihres. Mv. 
Dextei' possessed, in a high deg|-e(% the family tendency and ahility in 
mechanical and manid'acturing industries: and this first adventure led 
to the hnilding of the new mill which, in 1S47, he erected on the site of 
the present < '. If. Dexter <)'• Sunn'' Paper Wor/rs. His e\pei-ience and 
improNcd methods of his own devising rendered the Imsiiiess a vei\ 




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|ircilit;ililc (iiic, mid tln' |ir("lucls of his mill iMiikcil a iii;' tlic West in 

111.' iiKirkct. In |.s,",."i he licciiinc prcsiilrnl n\' llic ( ',,ii u,,-! i.'iil llinr <',,m- 
/xn;//. anil, inuli'i- his lil'trrn \ ca is ail ininisi I'al iiiii , I lial wliirli hail hi'cii 
aliiinsl \ aliirlrss lirrainr a fairly ri'iniiiiriat i\ r |irii|iiTt\-. 'l"ii his rnlcr- 
|i|-isi'anil iiiiliriiiiis inanaurnii'iit Ihr ri)|ii|iany iiwrs ifs lal'i;'!' iiirrrasr iif 
w alri-|")\\ ri- in Ihr canal, ami thr\ilhii:T its ciinsi'iinrnl iitdw Hi of nianu- 
farl iirinL!' iml list rirs. 'riic Di'xtcr mills were liurnril in JST^!, and thr 
lirrsrnt mill Imilt somi aftrr: diiriiii;' "liiidi i-rliiiildinii' it was nrrrssaiN 
to liiri' t\\o mills ill oi'dci- to ki'i'|) up the firm's work without iiitrrrii|i- 
iion. It is now oiir of I hi' most comiilctc mills in t ho count r\ , 11 1 led with 
the latest and licst inaidiiuery; runninL;' entirely on specialt ics. coloi-cd 
niiinilhi and olhci- novelties, of only the finest i;radcs, and with a ca|iac- 
ity of live tons a ilay. 

.Mr. Charles I[. Dexter ilied i><.) An-.. ISli'.t, in his .V.ttli year, Icavini:- 
a, void in tiie eoninumily which will not soon lie tilled. While he ni'xer 
Soin;-lit or held any ci\il oi- |iolitieal ol'lice, he was ever foreniosf in all 
measures of |iiiiilie im|irovcment : and the ini|iress of his mind and hand 
was to be seen on all the material interests of thi' town, cs|ieeiallv the 
scliool, the home, the church. His life, taken in all its hearings, was iiv 
far the most infliiential that Windsor Locks has known. He possessed 
a rennirkahly fine person and a winning addi-css, witli a connnandinu- 
form, slightl)' howeil in his lati'r years hy rheumatic siilTering. He was 
of ipiick and clear apprehension, systemat ic in hiisiness, hopeful and 
eai'iiest in all he imdcrlook. responding fi-eel\ and gladl\ to calls for 
help, whetlicr ill money or in personal scr\ ice. II is sou, Ivlwin |). I>e\- 
ter, wliowas a partner with him iu Inisincss, died in ISSli, and II. I>. 
Collin is now the siir\i\iiig partiii'r in charge of this large husiuess. 

ls:;s. Ilcrlchigh Haskell, and .laliez \\. I laydeu, under the firm 
name of ILixkcIl .f- lliii/'h'n, eonimeneed the sewing-silk husiuess iiiider 
the siiperinteudence of the latter, in the old Distillery hnildiug ( Imrued 
:ind i-ehiiilt 1S-|S),anil for mau\ years carried on siiecessfulh the inaiiii- 
riictiire of silk. .Mr. Haskell died ISOS, T. J{. Haskell ISC,;;, and .Mr. 
Haydcii relire.i Issl. Since 1 SS 1 the husiuess has lieeii in the hands of 
Dwight .\llen. 

IS.'l'.l. Ivoyal I'roilty from Spencer, .Mass.. i eiiced (he husiuess 

of wirc-drawiiiL;' : luiill a new mill in Isld, and was moderalelv success- 
ful until 1S.",7, when he hiiled. 

.lames II., .Ii-., and .lohn F. Wells of Haitford hiiill a two-eiigin.' 
paper mill hir ha iil w a re pa per just south of t he lerry-w ay. The venture 
was not successful, and the prop,'rl\ was sold, 1 S (:',, | ,, ('.['. 1 1,, Ulster 
ol .\iido\er, t'oiin., who ran the mill on pi-iiiting paper until it was 
Imrut iu IStT. The ruins weie sold to \. \ C. I'dake of Wrcnthiun, 
Ma.ss., ill 1S4'.I, who c.imnieuced to rehuild hu- the manufai-tiire of 



512 HISTOHY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

riitt(iii-li:itl iiiii', lull ucrc lliliclciccl liy Sdlilr nlil rinliM n';issliii'llts, ;mil tllc 
uiiliuislicil |ini)icrtv \\:is sold to ]j. I!. ( 'lia|iiii,'iii in ISod. Ilr fmisliril 
tlic Wiiildin--. and sold lo MrdlicoK .V Osndml, iiiaiiiilactmvis c.l' slockiiicl 
- Is. 

(>iii' III' (lie must iiii|iiii'taiil indiistrirs in Windsor Locks is the 
^[rdiic-olt ('oiii|iany. nianulact iiirrs of ridl-rasliioiiiMJ knit niidcrucar. 
Tliis lirni's Li'oods arc known tiiioni.^liunl the I'nitcd Stati's. and tlicv 
lii'aran cii\ialilc rc|iid.al ion. This husincss was I'oiindcd li\ the late W. 
(I. Mcdlicotl in iNtik The coMi|ian\ "s main hiiihliiig was cicclcd al that 
time, ami the liusiucss was cariicd on hy .Mr. .Mcdliciitt as a |iri\atc 
concern nutil 18()8, wlicn a corjioratioii was hirmed, c<jin|)(isc(| of .Mi-. 
Mcdlicotl, Charles E. ClialTei', I'.cach iV Co., James (". ("ooh-y, and 
Josc)ili II. Fidler, who carried on the business till IHTO, with Jlr. .Medli- 
cott lis president and manager. The firm that year hccaine linanciallv 
embarrassed. .Mr. ('. K. Cliat't'ee. tlien oni' of the firm, was appointed 
assignee, and he effected a eom])romise with the ci'editors: and the 
Inisiness was reorganized and nni with Watson Beach as ]iresidenl till 
1882, wii(!n Mr. Chaffee was chosen president of the company, having 
served in the capacity of treasurer after tin' failnre. ,Mr. ChalTce 
bought the controlling interest soon after five failuiv. This lirm made 
cut goods entirely till 1807, and then liegan on fnll-fashioneij goods. 
Mr. Ciiari'ee went to Mnropc to secni-e the machinery iVames. or fashion- 
ing frames. They increased the manid'actni-e of the fiill-fashioni'il 
goods till 18T!>-1880, and tlien made that line of goods altogether. 

In 1881 the lirni enlarged the finishing department of thcii' mill, 
ami again in 1885, to meet the demands of tlu'ir Imsincss. In 18SS 
thi^y bnill a lai-ge addition on the noilli eml of the mill, 10 xTU feet, and 
fonr stories high. This was done to Iia\e tln'ir Imsincss complete nnder 
one i-oof. Foi' sc\cral years they i-an another mill sonth of the jircscnt 
strnctiu'c, but now it is all togcthci-. Since ISSO they ha\i' thrown out 
all the old macdiincry. and entirely relittcd it with new and improved 
machine|-y ada|ited foi- Ihcir work. 

1814. J. I', and II. A. Converse from Slafford. Conn., established 
an iron foundry, and wm-k was begun in the building that is now usecl 
by ,1. Iv. .MontgomciT A' Co. Ili'i-e the firm did business in a small ua\ 
until H. A. Converse (father of \. W. Con\erse) bought out .1. V. 
Converse's sluin; in 1850. lie conducted the Imsincss until his sou 
cauK^ from the ai'uiy, when tlie latter liccame an active jiartnei-. In 
18()7 the lirni's nami'was changed to 1 1 . A . Convci-se .V Co. In iMil 
they Imill a new loundiy abo\(' the old building, and ha\i' since con- 
ducted a paying and snl)stantial imsincss. .\bout l8(iS they were 
obliged to build a large addition to meet tlii' wants of the business. 
When they lii'st built the new foundiy they could keep about six men 



WINDSOI! LOCKS MAN'UKACTUKKS. 513 

liiisy : iiiiu lui'iily iiu'ii arc cnpiu'cil in iiioiildiiiu-, and work i.s done licre 
llial goes to all portions of tlic State. 11. A. Converse died in 1882, 
and since that time the firm has heen called "A. W. Converse & Co." 

1845. Piiilip and Edwin J. Rii)ley of Hartford hnilt a rollinii-niill 
alioiit 00 rods sonth of the lower (canal) liridjiv, to which was aiide(l 
ihe niannfactnre of steel. In 1(S52 H. .1. Ripley retired fruni hiisiness, 
and Philip Ripley continned nntil 185(>, when the works were leased l'i>r 
live years to T. (J. Nciaek. who retired after (iiie year's trial. In IS(il) 
the wiii'ks were eularucd liy !''ai'ist A' Windsor, as the Windsoi- iioeks 
Steel Co.. and organized as a stock company (Tlie Parist Steel Co.) in 
187U. It is practically nndcr the same management now. They make 
.steel of the finest grades, and dnring the Civil War their products were 
gi'catly in demand among gnn-makers. The steel as it comes to them is 
the pioduct of other mills, and comes in shape of hillets, which is 
lieateil and rolled into any desired size or slnipe wanted. They also 
make eriicilile steel nsed in making dies, tools, and for special pnrposes, 
where finer grades are reqnired. This firm has rnn night and day sinc^e 
1888, and employs two sets of help. The gemual ottice of the company 
is in l>ridge])ort, hnt A. R. Wehh has long heen the manager here. 

• losiah Rice of Hartford erected a huilding a few rods north of the 
rolling-mill, ior the mannfactnre of AVesson rifles ; but, instead of rifles, 
cotton batting and thread were manufactured by several jiarties, in 
succession, until 1849, when the property was sold to Apollo Wilmarth 
of Medway, Mass., manufacturer of thread and twine-.- Since converted 
into a papei- mill. 

iStd. The Connecticut Rivei- Co. linilt a large structure near flu^ 
[jocks, designed to rent for various mechanical puiposcs: but in 1.S47 
rented it to the Connecticut River Mills, a joint stm-k company 
owned mostly in liartfnrd, for the manufacture o( printing cloths and 
nniliiella goods. After running nine years without a dixidend. it was 
sold out to A. Iiunham A' (^o., who were succeeded by several othci- pai- 
ties pi-e\ ioiisly to the ])resent occupants, J. R. Montgomery & (Jo. 

b"*!?. C. 11. Dexti'i- linilt a b)nr-eiigine |iaper mill foi' manilla. 
^^llil•h he sulisc'ijuently iMilargcd. 

Leander llotchkiss crecteil a linilding near the lower (canal) 
bridge, bir the purpose of mannbii-tnriirg edge tools, in company with 
Charles Dickerman of Westlield : luit it was ultimalely nsed by llotch- 
kiss alone as a small machine shop nntil 1849, and then sold to Cari'oll 
A Risiey, and by them con\eite(| into a mill for printing i)apei'. .\fter 
Mr. R.'s death the property was sold (1853) to S. N. Risiey, who carried 
it on until 1857, and failed. One of the mortgagees, John C. Kly of New 
Yoik, ran the mill bn- live months in 1858, then closed. It was burned 
March. 1859, and the iiiins and land were bought liy C. II. Pcxter. 
Vol. I. — 0.5 



514 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINnSOK. 

Now [1891] incluiliMl witli llir site uf tlic Pn.uty mill, u,-,-uimM| \,\ i\u- 
Electric Light Guiiipan\ . 

1851. Eli Hortoii, resident ;it the Locks, this yr.-ii- iii\rntr([ ;i 
lathe-chiiek supercerlini;' ;i1l in-rvions inventions in tli;it linr, ami ln' 
began its iiianiiraetiii-<- in a small \\av in the olil Sc\ iiioni- l*a|ifr Mill. 
employing at lirst, liesiilc his son, S. Hllsudi-tli lloitoii. only oiir uoik- 
man. The l)nsiness increasing, he reniove(| to thr Imililing now oern- 
j)ie(l iiv .L R. Montgomery A' Co., \\iier(^ one loom was nseil ; anil aliont 
1865 he hnilt the large shops where th(^ works arc now located. A large 
trade was created, and tlii' llorton cliuek to-day stands withonl a 
)ieer in excellence of workmanship ami matei'ials nse(l. In 1873,<iii the 
death of his sou, the l)usiucss was changed into a corporation, tin' h'. 
Hortim if" Son Co. About twelve years ago, aftei* the death of Mr. 
Hortou, E. B. Bailey assuuu'd charge of the bnsiuess, and by successful 
mauagenu-nt it has grown so that now the present mill is adequate to 
meet all demands made upon it. .V few years ago all tlu^ old machinery 
was removed, and automatic machinery, made at a large cost, put in. 
At the time Mr. Bailey assumed charge the company nuide a few kinds 
of chucks; now over 300 different kinds and styles are nuide, from 
those large enough to hold a drill the size of a needle to those of forty- 
eight inches in diameter, capable of holding a large car-whe(d. 

1854-5-6. Persse k Brooks, purchasers of the Williams' .Mill ( built 
in 1833), erected one of the largest [lajier mills in the country . with all 
modern improvemwits in machinery, for making first-class book pa|icis. 
It was on the site where the mill now stands occupied bv Hwiglii. 
Skinner & Com[)any as a wool-scouring mill. After the lirst mill had 
been in operation a few years, the eoni|pany liuilt a seeoml one ( now 
known as the Seymour Paper .Mill ), and the oiiginal building is now 
only a very small part of the plant, wliieb has gi-ow u to laige propor- 
tions. In 1857 tliey wci-e incoiporalrd under the title of the Pi-r.fxf ,)'• 
Brook» Paper Wnrlcx. commi'ucing hnsiuess August 1st of that year. 
with three mills, storehouse, dwellings, etc., capital !|45n,()()(), cmplny iug 
about 200 hands, and nraking about eight tons of paper a day. Com- 
plications, arising originally in thr linaueial panie of Scptendiei-, 1S5T, 
eventuated some years later in thr eompauy's suspension : and it llim 
passed into tlu^ hands of its pi-esi'nt owmu-s, Sey mom- A- Co. Tin' caiiital 
stock of the company is •'ii<45(),001), ami during the years it has liciii 
managed by tlu! ])resent owners tlu^y ha\c spent f^SO.OOO in improM- 
mimts and additions. Tins i-oni-ci-n has a rapai'ity bu' tui'uiic:' out Ironi 
twelve ti) twenty tons of linisbed pnpcr prr day, acroi-diui;' to the (piality 
of paper re(|ui red. It b)rmerly made al)out 25t) pounds per hour: liul, 
by the addition of new and inaproved machinery, it now turns out i>")0 
pounds per hour. In 1882 tlu; lower mill was sold for iJ!ii0,U00 ; and. 



WINDSOR LOCKS MANUFACTUHKS. 515 

iiltlioii^'li that mill was very larii'c, and liad an cnornioiis capacity for 
uiakinL;- |ia|icr. the Sevnioiir now tin-us out nioir |ia|i('r iVoni one mill, 
witli its iiumcriHis a(liliti(ins, than was formcily made in liotli coml)in('<l. 

Till' comiiany (■m])loys aliont 'IhO hands in the dit'tVi-cnl depart mciits 
of its sei'\ ice. It is the lar!;Tst mill in Windsor Locks, and one of the 
leading' |ia|ier mills in the United States. 

lS(i(J. Ahout this time Dwight Holhrook commenced the manufac- 
Inre of school apparatns, slates, globes, etc.. at the old l>e\ter clothici- 
works on Kettle Urook, the principal niaiket heiiii;- at the West. His 
son-in-lau, ('. W. Holhrook, still continues the husincss. 

ISTl. Mr. J. R. Montgomery <amc to Windsoi- Locks from IFousa- 
tonic, Mass., and hegaii, in 1871, at the lower cotton mill (as it i.s 
called ) the manufacture of cotton yarns with liftccn hands. The yarns 
were used in satin(;t mills iu the manufacture of (d<itli. Soon coloi'cd 
warps uc'ie addeil to the hnsiness, and the coloring of the war])S was 
done '• ill the liuiidle" out of town, hi 1S75 he started to dye his own 
product ill a part of the mill owned then by A. Dunham & Son. In 
ISSO he purchased the entire ]udperty where he is now located, and he 
]iiit in new madiinery adapted to the mannfactiire of all kinds of ])lain 
and lancy cotton warps. The lower mill was continued in use by ]\Ir. 
Montgomery, so t]nit the lirm had two la rue mills coiicenied in thc> mak- 
ing of these goods. 

In the lower mill was begun the first mauufactnring in this country 
of " novelty " yarns, — a composition of yarn and threads of different mate- 
rials, sndi as cotton, silk, wool, or other fibres, twisted in an intilcate 
and ingenious manner to produce a novel effect in goods. This is tin- 
only liriH in tlrrs country that manufactures these •varus, and they were 
hiruierly importeil from England and other foreign countries. The busi- 
ness has now grown to large propoi'tions, and th(^ firm now employ oNcr 
2tlO hands. In 1880 George M. Montgomery was admitted into partner- 
ship (J. U. Montgomery jf Co.). and he now has charge of the business 
at the lower mill. About four years ago the firm liuilt a large dye-honsc 
and eipii])ped it with modern and im|n'oved machinm-y. Tlu'y buy cot- 
ton in the liale and sell the product of 15,000 cotton spindles, which is 
"idely distributed over the New England States and the West. 

1^75. George <ilover cstal)lished a manufactory of Ibiissels, Wil- 
ton, and I'apeslry wires, e.Ktensively usimI in carpet looms. lie died 
December, 1 SSII, and was succeeded by A. W. (ilovei-. 

ISMl. Dwight Allien came from Springfield, Mass., and engaged 
in the silk traib^ in the old Haskell A' Ilayden mill, which is one 
of the oldest mills known to be engaged in that work. Mr. Allen is 
engaged iu making what is known as ''thrown silk," that is, he Imys 
the raw material and sells it after it is spun ami ready to dye. Only a 



516 HISTOIiY OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

]i;irt III' tlic iiripiluct is ilycil mikI liiiislinl ;it tliis mill. ;is a ii-dml slinrc is 
soli! |nvvi(ins to dyciiiii'. .Mr. .\il<'ii also cstalilisiicd a ilyc-lioiisr. 
ami III' has a lar'/i- aiiiniint of silk to ilyr I'm- iitliiT ]iai-tirs. When .Mr. 
Alli'li raiiir to lliis mill alioiil 1 .'id |iounils a week was tlir |il'oiliii-t. ainl 
111' has iiirn-asril tlir Imsinrss ami Imilt on a lai'tir aililitioii. so that he 
now sends out aliont (it'U |iounds a wi'rk. 

F. II. Whittlesey l)oii,i;-lit a jia|irr-mill in ISTS. wliieli was old ami 
dilapidated, Imt a liheral use of money trinist'ornied it into a fine lookiiiL! 
mill, lie knew nothini;' aliont the maniifaeture ot |ia|ier. and wlien In 
started here, alter the i'ailnre ol' several others to make a sueeess of tlir 
business, he was told that lie was only wastinii' his money. liiit skill and 
bnsiness taet and lots of ■■|insli '" has made the old mill tnrn out a hand- 
some )irofit I'aeli yeai-. Several eonsiderahic additions have Keen added 
to it. When lie started the wa\-|)a)ii'r liusiness in coiuieelion with the 
trade, it then eommanded •"'li.od a ream: now it is hard to sell lor -lo 
cents. Toilet jiaper l)i-out;ht then 'iflli a ream; now the |irice is ><T. 
The jiroducts of this mill are mostly tissue, nianilla, and co]iyini;- |ia|iers. 
which have a wide sale. He supplies many of the leadins,- railioads of 
the country with a s]ieei;ilty of way-bill copy paper. 

1S77. Georg-e P. Clark u-ot a patent in 1S77 for a rubber wheel, or 
eastoi', and kejit but one niiui busy alioiit half the time. Two years later 
he added luliber rolls foi- seouriniT maehines, and as the business betian 
to inerease he seemed a larire room in the woolen mill, and |int in 
machinery of dilferent kinds and added more men. In 1882 he added 
dryiiiii- fans for dryina' cotton, wool, etc.. and in 1888 Mr. Clark r<'eeived 
a patent foi' veutilatini!,- fans for removinji- dnst, steam, foul air. ete., from 
mills ami dve-houses.- They wei-e found useful in reducing the tempera- 
ture in paper mills, oi' wbei-e steam is ii.sed. In 1S88 he adiled seominL: 
maeliines to his loni;- list of |u-odncls. These cost •tl,300 eaeh, and 
many are in use throuuliout the State. He also niainifactures tineks ot 
\arious kinds, riiliher and iron wheels and rolls, and keeps a lariie loree 
ol' men at woi-k to supply the demand. 

Hwiglit, Skinnei- A- Co. are the largest dealers and scourers of wool 
in the country. The capacity of their scouring mill here in Windsor 
Locks is i'OOjOOd pounds a month. The wool is procured in the "grease" 
from all parts of the eountry. Texas, Colorado, and the Territories fm- 
nisb the most of the supply, while a good poition is secured abroad. The 
liest wool comes from Austria and New Zealand. The liusiness was 
brought to Windsor Ijoeks from Ellington twenty-four years ago, and a 
plant established in the mill now occupied by J. R. Montgomery & Co. 
It was managed ii>y a time by H. II. Collin A' Co. and E. N. Kellogg A' 
Co., and Austin Dunham \- Son. 'i'lu^n the business was purchased by 
Hwiuhl. Ilillver A- Co.. and the llrm in a few vears became II. C. Dwight 



CONGREC.ATIONAL rnURCH OP WINDSOR LOCKS. 517 

& Co.. then chaiinvd to Dwiulit, Skiiiiirr A- Co., its )iicsciit owners. 'I'lic 
owijris art' wi'U-kuowu Ilartt'oril Imsiiu'ss iiirii, ami the main oHicc of tlic 
llrni is in Hai'tl'onl. The firm imrcliascd llic iaini' mill wlicrc tlicy arc 
at |iiTscnt localcd ol' tlir S,'\ nionr l'a|MT Com|ian\ toi- alionf ;j!(;0,(l(M). 
tlir oM plant not lirin- lartiv cnontili loi- the Imsinrss. Alionl forty 
men ail' cmiilox cil. 

.\ new mill was |int in o|icrat ion li\ t he Whii/siir Lochx Mitrhim- Co.. 
lornicil in ISSl. Inr tiic niannfart urc of niarliincr\ . it luiilt a xcry 
larp- slio]i anil litti'il it with new min-liincry foi- niannlarl iiiiuLi' |ia|i('r 
niai'liini'i'v. ami Lirncral joliliinti'. K.x-Rcproseutativc E. E. Latham, who 
was killed in the Seynioni' Pa|pi'r Mill in Fi'hrnary, ISSII, was one of ils 
founders, and with him were assoeiateil (Jeorii'e Clo\ci-. .Ii'.; and Ivlwin 
l"|ilon, since the death of Mr. Latham, has liccn |ircsiden1. (JeorLi'e 
< do\ er is trcasni-i'r. and Mrs. Martha Latham is secret ai'y, and letains hei' 
late Inishand's interest in the hnsiness. 

Firxt Coni/rcfftidoihil C/iin-'-h nf Windmr Lorkx. 

K\ce|it fi-om 1761 to 1704. when then' was a secession from (lie old 
chnrch <il Windsor, Pine .\I<'adow was included in the Eiist Societ\ of 
Wimlsor, whose records, thoujili impevfect, yet hear tlie names of I'ine 
^^■adow people, in cNcry g-oneration from the first. The wife of Henry 
I>enslow was a niemhei' h(;fore the close of Mr. AVarham's jpastorate, and 
her six ehihlren haptized, 1(305. Twenty years later, three of thcni, 

, Sannicl, aged id, Hannah, 24, and Elizalieth, 20 years, " owned tlu-ir 
children's covenant." During the same year there was an extensive 
revival, ami eighty-six were added to the chnrch : among the iiund)er 
a])peai- the names of Hannah and I'^li/aheth Heiislow. Pine Meadow 
children were liaptized from tinn- to time, down to 17()1. Ahraham 
Kihhlc's lirst child, 173(i, Samuel Denslow's, 1738, Joseph Denslow's, 
1738, Thomas Dil.hle's. 174(1. Kliakim Cayhn'd's. 174('.. AVliether these 
parents were in •• full connnnnion." or had owned the covenant, is un- 

i certain. After the Fourth or North church was estahlished. 17dl . the 

1 meeting-liouse stood a mile and a half neai'ci- Pine Meadow than the old 

, one, hut still five miles from the llirge family. 

I On the records of that cliurcli the following names apjiear of persons 

living here, at (he time of its organizati()n in 17(il. Nathaniel (iayhnd 
and Kli/.aheth his wife, and J(>S(>pli Gayhn-d, Jr.: in 17t)2, Hannah 
Denslow : 17ti(), .Samuel Coy and Sarah his wih;: 1774, Seili Dexter 
and Deliurah his wife ; 1775, Nathaniel (iaylord, son of Eliakim, after- 

ij wards a lii'i'-long jtastor of the church in Hartland : 177(J, PcK'tiah Mirge 

i and Mary his wife: 1782, Elcazur (iaylord and Sylvia his wife: 17itl, 
Hannah, w ife of Moses Wing. ln(eispersed with these names are others, 



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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOU. 



iiuaiiisl wlid.sc iKiiiii's a star is |i1:\itiI. 'I'lic lii'st mii; in 1771, .falic/. 
Haskell ami l']li/alict]i liis wile, .Maitiii l>('iislii\v ami liiiis his wile, 
" thcsr I'inii- |i|-iilVss sriu|ilrs alpiiiit a |in'sriit attcinlalicr dii (lie Lurd's 
sii|i|icr." (Mlici- I'iiic >>fra(|i)w names witli a star, lOlix.alietli 'I'liiall. wife 
of K/.ekiel." i-eeiiniiiieiided liv the (leaeoiis ol'tlie clim-cli in Tiiikev Hill,"" 
1775: J)aiii>'l lilla and Maiy his wife, 1782 : Jaeoh Russell and Ksther 
liis wife, wlio came here 1785, liad elsewhere owned the covenant, 1784 : 
Azariali Matluu- and Cliai-ity liis wife, 1788 ; and Kliakini (iaylord, Jr.. 
1790. These persons nnited witli the chnrch bv the ''half-way coven- 
ant," which mnile Iheir (diildren snlijeets for liaptisni. Mr. licxi ('• . 
llay<len was tlu' last (ine hajiti/ecl under tlie half-way envcnant in IIh' 
Windsor chnrch, and \i-ry few like lia|ilisnis oreurred latei' in this State 
or elsewliere. After the reunion of ihe divided ehiireh in AVindsor 
(17U4), its pastoi-, Rev. Mr. Rowland, held occasional |u-eaeliinu' service's 
at the Pine Meadow school-house: and in 1S:.'0 we lind a stated nei<>:h- 
horhood-iueetinp: held once a fortniuht at the school-house, and con- 
ducted liy Elea/nr Gaylord, a nieniher and afterwaids a deacon of the 
Windsor chnrch, assisted by Herlehigh Haskell who lead Ihe sermon. 
Thre(! naunbers of the chnrch of revolntionaiy times were still livinu'. 
the widows of Seth Dcxtei-. of Jabez Haskell, and of Elca/.ur (iaylord. 
Mrs. Dexter died in 18;50, aged -87: Mrs. rfaskell in 18;'.3, aged 85: 
Mrs. Gaylord in 1839, aged 8-4. 

In 1829 the canal had been comiileted, and Mr. Asa R. Woods came 
here from IFartford to take charg(! of it. H(^ was a ])rofessor of ndigion. 
as was his wife, who cami' from Clinton, New Yoi-k : both nnit(-d with 
the chnrch in Windsor. Deacon (layloi-d had previously i'enio\cd to 
Amherst, Mass. 

In 1831 se\ci-al Chi-islian women, who held a female pi-a\ cr-ineeting, 
brought about the opening of a Sabliath-school, which was organizi'd at 
the school-house May 1, 1831, with A. B. Woods for superintendent. 
The teachers were Mrs. Herh^high Haskell, Mrs. A. R. Woods, Miss 
Eliza Denslow, Miss liarriet De.xter, Charles FI. Dextei-, and O. M. Nel- 
son. A majority of these teachers were still in the school when oui- 
chui'ch was organized, and were of the original members, '{"he school 
was held aftei- Ihe afternoon sei-\ ice at Windsor, from which Sabbatli- 
school library iiooks were brought, and it has been eontinuiMJ without 
intei-ruption to Ihe present time. 

Mr. Ezekiel Williams, a licentiate, and who hail labored some as a 
missionary in w-est<'i-n New York, eame hei-e in the employ of his bioilier, 
who had built a pa)per-mill, and, in the winter of Is:',:^-:', volunteered to 
conduct an additional Sunday sei'vice at the school-house for those who 
had no means of conveyance to Winds(U-. In the s|piingof ls;'.:i, largely 
through the inthienee of .Mr. Danforth of liartbird.a manufacturer here. 



rONfiRECATIONAL Ciniifril OF WINDSOI! LOCKS. 519 

Mini -Mr. \\'illi;iiiis. an i'\aiii;'rlis( IVoiii thr State cif \c\v York, a Mr. Ciirrv, 
wlniliail liiM'ii lalioriui:' at I lai't I'onl, lirlil lici'r a " t lircr-ila\'S llicctiuii;," 
wliirli icsiiKnl ill a \cl\ u'l'in'ial |-rlii;ioiis a w akriiiiii;-, ami SCVOral llo|.)e- 
liil conversions. .Mr. l>aMroilli tailed in Inisiness, and liotli he and Mr. 

Williams renioxcd iVcuii the place s i al'tei-. 'I'lie SaMiatli services, 

llo\Ve\c]-. were eolltinile(l. ailcl some of llie niemiiers \ iilimti'ered to 
|ireacli here in turn at o o'clock Sunday arternoons. 

The ne.xt year a. cha|iel was built, and, I'r Ilial tiniC uiitiltln^ 

oru:aiii/.ntion of the church, the desk was usually supiilied by the senior 
class, or the professors, of the 'rhi'oloi;-ical Institute, at- East Windsor 
Hill : with the exception of the year lS41-:i, when the Rev. Mr. Heniin- 
\\n\ sujiplied. On communion Sabbatlis the members went to Win<lsor. 

in 1S4-I: it was decided to organize; a chiircli, and the intemling 
members met at the house of Mr. Dexter to agree upon Articles of Faith, 
ami a Covenant, to be hiid before the Conneil. It liad becni proposed to 
ado])t the Articles of Paitli and Covenant of the Windsor church (then 
supposed to be the original creed of that church), and, in honor of its 
lirst pastor, to call the organization the Warham church. But the creed 
of the Center church of Hartford was adopted and the name of Warham 
dropped. 

The church was organized Feljruary 2S, 1S44. The original mem- 
bers wei-e Herlehigh Haskell and Arathusa his wife, Asa B. Woods and 
Klizabeth his wife, Charles H. Dexter and Lydia his wife, Silvia Dexter 
widow of Seth, Betsey Fish wife of [>iike, I'lli/.a and .Mary A. Pickett, 
and Jal)ez H. Hayden from the Windsor chiiiih, ()li\er Hawley' and 
.\nna his wife from Poipionock, Myron S. AVehb from the First church 
of Bennington, A't., and .Miss Hannah .\llen from llarre, .Mass. Kleven 
li'om Windsor ami four from other cliiirclies. Imiiiediateh after the 
organization of this church iMr. W Is was appointed deacon, and re- 
mained sole deacon until his death ten years after, at the age of (iO. 
Tlie |iopnlation of the village was at that time estimated at 250 to 800. 

Two whose names are not on the record among the original 
members, are entitled to honorable mention with them. .Mr. Sktii 
I'kxtki!, the father of Charles, was a man whose c-andid judgment 
and unassuming worth coniniendc(| him to the esteem of all who knew 
liim. Ife was a strict observer of Hie Salibath, which to him and his 
i^eiicralion began at sunset Saturday night: constant in his attendance 
upon religious service, both at Windsor and here: contributed liberally 
to the building of the (diapel, as to every other good work, giving good 
evidence to those around him in his daily ualk and conversation that he 
had pas.sed from death unto lib', but him.self doubting his meetness to hi' 
enrolled with the people of (!od. He died three years liefore this church 
was (jiganized, aued til. 



520 HISTORY OP ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

AiiDllirr iiKiii (if like s|pii-it was IIakris IiASKi:i,i„ wlmsc iiaiiK 
stands first on tlir mil, after the oi'iuinal 
liicnilirrs. lie hail an inipusint;- |H('S- ' d^ 
enrc, a ralni .lijiuily, nnitiMl wilii a ^1/^*^^^^^^ 
cliccii'iil smile ami wililiinj^ voice, wliieli called e\'ery child to him. and 
secnreil the esteem of all he met. lie paid more for lhc> hnildiii- of this 
clinrch than any other man: and, on his dealh-hed, made |i|-ovision for 
extinii'Mishing tin' debt of •Yl.tltlO remainintj, hy payinj;' half of it himself. 
To 110 man's o])inioii, rcspcctini;- any measnre pi-o|iosecl for the heiu'lit of 
this elmrch and p(.'i)ple, was more deference |iaid than to his. lie was 
always in his plai-e at the prayer-niectiiig, and was a rare singer. Ills 
agi' was Gt). 

Soon after the organization of this chnrch, Rev. Samukl U. Ai.lkn 
was eugageil as a supply and heton' the eml of a year was called to the 
pastoriito, which he filled with imn-e tliaii nsnal acce|itanee for seventeen 
years, when hy reason of ill health he resigned. Two years aftei' his 
indination, lS47, this chnrch edifice was completed, and the chapel re- 
moved. There were added to this clinrcli, from time to time, during the 
first fourteen years of its history, hy ]irofession, fourteen, and forty-seven 
hy letter, hut no general revival ocenrred until 1858. There wer<' adiled 
by profession during that reviv;il, forty-four, making the wliole niimher. 

Felirnary, 18511, eighty-live, (hii- i iher has never been less since that 

time: onr last report is one hmidreil and nineteen memhers. the highest 
we ha\t' ever reportcMl. 

During the revival of 1858 
llKRLEHKiH Haskell died. His 

name stands first on the r )rds, f y' 

as he was at that lime the eldest. lie died in the house where he was 
boi'ii, having ni'ver livcil elsewhere, or been absent from the annual 
thanksgiving festival. lie was the last of his generation, the last in 
this commiinilv who i-emained steadfast through life, to thai venerable 
custom of onr fathers, of reverently "keeping Saturday night." 
During his earlv childhood tlierc was no other house east of Center 
street, and north of School street, and but eight or nine houses w it bin 
the limits of the present town, and the clini-eh was four miles dis- 
tant. Me lived to see a thriving village grow np around him, ami a 
church before his own door. There wci-e no public highways east ol 
Center street, and the |priv;ile ways v\ere little more than bridle paths: 
those who traveled them nsiiallv went <in fool or rode on horseback. N'o 
one-horse pleasiii'e wagon was owneil in Winilsor when he was a lioy. 

The elms of his own planting had grown to oveishadow the house, 
and given a name to the street they adorn. 

lie was outspoken in the e.\)n-ession of his opinions, and nobody 



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HERLElIKiH IIASKKLL IIOl'SI';, WINDSOl! UtClO 



n 



cluirii'i'il liiin widi deceit ami (IdhIiIc ilealinu'. He liail a snrt n( iiitniti\e 
opiiiidii (111 alnidst I'very subject, and Ins |iiiini|it e\|iressi(in (if it larelv 
needed i-e\isi(in. He liated sliams and |ii-etensi(ins, and was apt tn nse 
biuntlU'SS in exiiressing liis (ipinidn (if tlicni. lint lie had a kindU heart, 
and I'are 'jmid jndi;inent. He was a tiddd (•(iiinselhii-. 




Till-. lll.KI,! Ilh.li IM^Kill lhii~l \\i\|i~ol; |.mk~ 
liy j,nn,if.si,.i, nl l/i. J'liMis/,,):^ nf ll„ M,,„>.riid Ili^tunj ..f llurljunl Cminlij. 

He was greatly iuteri^sted in the Conneutient Tlietjlogieal Institute, 
was for several years a trustee; and, after providing for those he hd't he- 
liiiid,he gave his property to that institution, except #2,000 which is to inure 
til the Congregational Church. lie had lived to the age of 78 years. 

August 29, 1869, Ch.vrles H. Dexteii died, ageil .'")9. His was a 
leading, organizing mind. His talent for leaderslii|i was clieeit'ully 
recognized liy all the lirethren: and on him dev(il\-e(l llie larger share 
of the personal superxisidii and lalmr ;itteiiding the tein]i(iial aH'airs nl' 
this church and society. In tjie (illice of deacmi ••he |iiireliasei| to 
himself a good degree." 

>rr. HaWLEY was the next to die, at the age (if 71, ill l><7<t. He 

hail less ])('cuniar_v means, and his (icciipatioii as a nieehaiiic ga\c him 

less time or means to devdie td the tempdial affairs (if the chiiicli, liiit 

he was regular in his attendance at the |ira\ cr-ineeting and the Saiihath 

Vol.. I.— 60 



522 HISTORY or anciknt wmnsou. 

j 
service, ;ni(| a iiscl'iil luriiilni- uf llic cliurcli, — lii\'ci| ami ii'S|ii'fl('(l hv j 

all. ' I 

.Mr. W'kisi; wa.s a|i|Miiiilcil to llic iillici' iif draciin made \acant \>y (he 
death of Mr. De.xtcr, and Idled the place to the acceii(aii.-e of hi.s l,i-cthreii. 
His (unet hahit o! lile. and his tiieater distance IVoni Ihe ehnieh. did not 
I'avor so active a participation in the dii'cction of affairs as some others, i 

hilt he always did well \\liate\er de\iil\cd upon him, and was esteemed j 

for his candor and his aliilities. His au'e was (il. .Ian. :!, ISTT, tiiis 
church edilice was destroyed liy lire, and the present \ery (decant and j 

commodious chnrcli was erectecj diiriin;' the year at a cost of .s-J3,(HM), 
imdndinii- a •it<2,500 oruaii. I'lie lirsl services wei-e held in the ni'W edi- 
fice Sunday, Oct. 14, 1S77. and it was dedicaled Nov. liiid. the sermon 
heing by the Kev. Dr. Ihirton of ilarthird. i'arsonauv erected iSCli. at 
a cost, of •t4,r)()<i. Nearly ^P.OjOUO in (diaritahle le-'acies paid from estate 
of Mrs. Eli/.al.eth Haskell Rartlett. wih' of Rev. I'. .M. liarllett. 'I'iie 
oriii'inal h'lnale memliers of this idinridi dest'rve an aMel' pen to record 
their worth. 

.Samuid H. Allen, ludained and installed A pril 1^7, lS4ti. Dismissed 
July 15, 1SG2. 

Charles ('. Jfclntire, installed Nov. 4. lS(i:^,. l>ismissed June 4, 
18(i5. 

r. Mason IJartlett, installi'd Jan. 'l. lS(:)7. DismissiNl Feli. :",. Isilii. 

J. Wi(d<lifle Beach. (,rdain.Ml ami installed July 2S, l.s70. Dis- 
niisseil June 4, 1S74. 

Thos. S. ('liilds,D.D.,actin,ti- pastor Nov., 1.S74. Knii-aevment ended 
Feh. ti, 1S7.S. 

John II. (loodidl, installed Feh. (1, 187S. 

1>v<lrniis. 

Asa B. Woods, (dec-ted March 12, 1S44, d. Dec. 17, l.sr.4, le. i;U. 
Chas. H. Dexter, " " 2, 1S55, d. Aug. 2U, LSUO, a-. 5'.t. 

Jabez IT. Haydeu, " " '' 

Myi-on 8. Webb, " April 28, 1S70, d. Dec. 18, 1.S71, a'. 01. 
Herbert R. Coffin, " July 5. 1872. 

Clerk. 
Jahez II. Ilaydeli, ele.ded .March 4, 1844. 

7V.■(^^v//■c»■.v. 

Jahez II. Ilayden, ,decte.l .Maivh 12, 1844;A.sa I!. Wo, ids, elected 
Feb. 28, 1849; C. II. McMaster, .dccted Feb., iSo.".: Amos II. Putnam, 



WINDSOR LOCKS SOLDIERS IN CIVIL WAR. 52S 

elected Fel.., 1860; Chas. W. Denslow, elected Feb., ISC.S ; Jalicz II. 
Havden, elected Feli., ISCf!. 

The Roman Catholic OhKrchwas erected 1847. It is estimated that 
one-third of the village population are connected with that body. 

The Methodists, who had sustained religious services at the school- 
house and elsewhere for a considerable time, erected a brick church in 
1865, at a cost of *10,000. 

Windsor Locks expended for bounties, commutations, and support 
of soldiers' families, •'115,944.98 ; the estiniatcd amount paid by individu- 
als for bounties to volunteers and substitutes was #2,630.00 ; Grand 
List in 1864 was *612,990. 

LIST OF SOLDIERS FURNISHED TO THE U. S. SERVICE IN THE 

WAR OF THE CIVIL REBELLION, FROM THE 

TOWN OF WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN. 

ADAMS, JOHN II., eiiL Co. II, 29 Conn. Vols., 2 Jan., 1864; deserted 20 Mar.. 

1864. 
AGON, MICHAEL, enL Co. G, 12 Conn. Vols., 28 Dec., 1861; re-enl. Vet. 1 .Ian.. 

1864. Died at Windsor Locks Jan. 19, 186."). 
ALCORN, HUGH G., enl. Co. K. 1st Conn Hy. Art., 4 Sept., 1864; di.sc. 2.j Sept., 

1865. 
ANDERSON, WILLIA3I C. (Sgt.), enl. Co. C, 2.5 Conn. Vols., 1 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 

Aug., 1863. 
ASH, CHARLES, enl. Co. A, 1st Cav., 8 Aug., 1864; disc. 2 Aug., 186,5. 
ATWATER, EDWARD J., enl. recruit 12 Conn. Vols., 11 June, 1864; disc. Aug. 12, 

1865. 
BARRETT, DAVID, enl. Co. A, 21 Conn. Vols., 22 July, 1862; disc. June 16. 1865. 
BEERS, ALFRED, enl. Co. C, 35 Conn. Vols., 30 Aug., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
BENNETT, KING G., enl. Co. C, recruit, 12 Conn. Vols., 7 Mch., 1864; disc. July 

12, 1865. 
BENNETT, NOBLE H., enl. Co. C. 25 C.mn. Vi>ls., 1 Sept., 1863; d. 27 Apl., 1863. 
BEVER, AUGUST, enl. Co. C, 20 Conn. Vols , 12 Aug., 1862; disc. .lune 13, 1865. 
BOWEN, JOSEPH, enl. Co. A, 7 Conn. Vols., 5 Sept., 1861; disc. Sept. 11, 1864. 
BRADBURY, THOMAS E., enl. Co. E, 10 Conn. Vols., 22 Oct., 1861; died 28 June, 

1862. 
BROMLEY, JOHN, enl. Co. C, 20 Conn. Vols., 13 Aug., 1.S63; disc, disah. 23 Mch., 

1863. 
BROWN, JAMES, enl. Co. A, 1st Conn. Hy. Art., 16 Sept., 1SG4; deserted 10 Apl., 

1865. 
BUCKLAND, SOLOMON, enl. Co. B, 6 Conn. Vols., 13 Sept., 1861; disc. Sept. 11, 

1864. 
BURBANK, R. S. (Cajit.). enl. Co. C, 1st Conn. Hy. Art., 23 May, 1861; disc, disab. 6 

Feb., 1863. 
BURGESS, ALBERT, JR. (Corpl). enl. 23 Apl., 1861, Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols.; disc. 

disab. 4 July, 1861. 
BURGESS, CHARLES, enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 1 Sept., 1.S62; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
CAREY, Deforest, enl. Co. H, 23 Conn. Vols., 10 Sept., 1S02; disc, disab. 7 Mch., 

1863. 



524 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

CARKIER, ASHBEL J. (Sgt.), eul, Co. F, 33 Couu. Vols., 29 Aug., 18G3; disc. 7 July, 

1863. 
CARROLL, RICHARD, eul. Co. C, 1st. Art. Conn. Vols.. 23 Alay. 1861; re ful. Vet., 

1 Dec, 186.3; (Use, Sept. 23, 186.'i. 
CASHIN, THOiMAS D., enl. 1st Art. Conn. Vols., Co. C, 23 Miiy, ISCil; re cnl. Vet.; 

prom. 2(i Lieut. Dee. 18, 1863; Capt. Apr. 9, '65; disc. Sept. 36, 1865. 
CHAPIN, CHARLES, enl. Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols., 22 Apl., 1861; disc. 81 July, 1861. 
CHAPMAN, JOHN, enl. 1st Conn. Light Batt., 14 Nov., 1861; re-enl, disc. 11 June, 

1865. 
CLAPP, SETH A., enl. recruit Co. K, 7 Conn. Vols., 14 Aug., 1862; disc. Nov. 28, 

1864. 
CLARK, HORTON S. (mvisician), enl. Co. A, 31 Conn. Vols., 24 July, 1862 ; disc. 

June 16, '65. 
CLARK, JOHN, enl. Co. A, 21 Conn. Vols., July 21, 1863; di.sc. June 16, 1865. 
CLEVELAND, CHARLES, enl. 1st Conn. Light Batt., 25 Nov., 1864; deserted 23 

Jan., 1865. 
COBB, CHARLES A., enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., Sept. 1, 1862; died 26 July, 1863. 
COBBERLY, EDWARD, enl. Co. K, 12 Conn. Vols., 8 Jan., 1862; killed Port Hud- 
son, La., 14 June, 1863. 
COLEMAN, SAMUEL, enl. 1st Cav., 9 Sept., 1864; unassigned. 
CONDON, PATRICK, enl. Co. A, 1st Conn. Hy. Art., 16 Sept., 1864; disc. 1 Aug., 

1865. 
CONELLY, MARTIN, enl. Co. B, 6 Conn. Vols., 13 Sept., 1861; disc, disab., 4 Dec, 

1863. 
CONVERSE, ALFRED W. (Sgt.), enl. Co. C, 35 Conn. Vols., 5 Sept., 1862; iirom. 1st 

Lieut.; disc. 36 Aug., 1863. 
CONVERSE, JOSEPH H. (Sgt.), Co. C, 1st Conn. Vols.; enl. 22 Apd.; disc. 30 July, 

1861. Enl. Co. B, nth C. V , Nov. 7, '61; killed, Cold Harbor, June 4, '64. 
CONWAY, JOHN II., eul. 23 Nov., 1864; deserted.l Dec, 1864. 
COSTELLO, BRIEN, enl. Co. C, 20 Conn. Vols., Aug. 1, 1862; disc. June 13, 1865. 
COULTER, JAMES, enl. Co. K, 20 Conn. Vols., 2 Sept., 1862; died Oct. 31, 1864. 
CROWLEY, MICHAEL, enl. recruit 7 C. V., 31 Aug:, 1862; deserted 30 Aug., 1862. 
DACY, CORNELIUS, eul. Co. C, 1st Art. Conn. Vols., 23 May, 1861; reenl. Vet. 1 

Dec, 1863; disc. Sept. 25, 1865. 
DALEY, DENNIS, enl. Co. G, 1st Conn. Hy. Art., 35 Nov., 1864; deserted 30 July, 

1865. 
DARBY, FRANK J., enl. Co. C, 12 Conn. Vols., 15 Jan., 1863; reenl. Vet. 22 Jan., 

1864; disc. Aug. 24, 1865. 
DeWITT, WILLIAM, enl. recruit Co. A, 7 C. V.. 25 Aug., 1863; killed Ft. Wagner, 

S. (_!., 11 July, 1863. 
DIMOND, PAUL, eul. Co. C, 1st Art. Conn. Vols., 23 May, 1861; reenl. Vet. 9 Dec, 

1864; deserted Jan. 9, 1864. 
DONAHUE, JAMES, enl. Co. C, 1st Art. Conn. Vols., 23 .May, 1861; d. IT July, 

1862. 
DONOHUE, DANIEL, enl. 1st Conn. Light Batt.. 25 Nov., 1864; disc. 11 June, 1865. 
DORR, JOSEPH, enl. Co. C, 12 Inf., 21 Jan., 1862; reenl. Vet., 23 Jan., 1864; disc. 

26 Aug., '65. 
DOWD, JOHN, enl. Co. G, 7 Conn. Vol., 10 Sept., 1864; prisoner, Oct., 1864; paroled. 

38 Feb., 1865. 
DOWNIE, JOHN, enl. recruit Co. C, 1st Art., 18 Dec, 1863; disc. Sept. 25, 1865. 
DOYLE, H. HENRY, enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., Sept. 1, 1862; disc 26 Aug., 1863. 
EASTON, CHARLES H., enl. Co. C, 12 Conn. Vols., 20 Nov., 1861; reenl. Vet. 1 

Jan., 1864; disc. Aug. 12, 1865. 
EASTON, OLIVER, JR., enl. Co. F, 23 Conn. Vols., 10 Sept., 1862; d. 1 Oct., 1862. 



WINliSOR LOCKS SOLDIKItP IN CIVIL WAR. 625 

EDWARDS, JOHN, I'lil. Co. D, 1st Conn. Ily. Art., 2.5 Nov., 1864: deserted -1 Aug., 

186r). 
EGAN. MICHAEL, enl. Co. C, 20 Conn. Vols., 25 July, 1862; disc di.sab. 10 Dec , 

1862. 
ELCOCK, ALFRED, enl. (as landsman in Navy) 6 Sept., 1861; disc. 26 July, 1864. 
FASSETT, NORMAN, eid. (mu,sician), Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 2 Sept., 1863; di.sc. 26 

Aug., 1863. 
FERGASON, FRANK A., enl. 1st Conn. Light Batt., 25 Nov., 1864; deserted 1 Fel)., 

1865. 
FISCHER, JOSEPH (Corp'l), enl. Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols., 22 Apl.; disc. 31 July, ISfil; 

enl. Co. C, 25 Conn Vols., 1 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
FOWLER, JOHN J., enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 4 Oct., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
FURY, THOMAS, enl. Co. L, 1st Art., 7 Feb., 1862; re-enl. Vet. 2 Feb., 1864; disc. 

Sept. 25, '65. 
6ANDY, JOHN. enl. Co. C, 12 Conn. Vols., 20 Nov., 1861 ; disc. Dec. 2, 1864. 
GAYLORD, ABEL, enl. recruit Co. C, 12 Conn. Vols., 22 Feb., 1864; died Aug. 6, 

1864. 
GILLETTE, HORACE F.. eul. Co. F., 22 Conu. Vols., 20 Sept., 1862; disc. 7 July, 

1863. 
GRIFFIN, JOHN, enl. recruit Co. I, 7 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1862; disc. June 14. 1865. 
GRISWOLD. JOHN, enl. Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols., 22 Apl,, 1861; disc. 31 July, 1861. 
GRISWOLD, JOHN C, enl. Co. C, 12 Conn. Vols., 27 Jan., 1862; disc. Jan. 27, 1865. 
HALEY, MARTIN, enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 4 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
HAMILTON, DAVID, enl. recruit 1st Art.. 8 Jan., 1864; name not taken upon rolls 

June 30, 1864. 
HANCOCK, THOMAS C, enl. Co. C, 25 C. V., 1 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
HARTLEY, EDWIN L., enl. Co. A, 7 Conn. Vols., 5 Sept., 1861; transf. to Invalid 

Corps 15 Mch., 1864; disc. Apr. 11, 1864, disability — wounded and prisoner at 

Ft. Wagner. 
HAYDEN, SAMUEL S. (Capt.), enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 1 Sept. 1802; killed at 

Irisli Bend. La., 14 Apl., 1863. 
HAYES, MARTIN, enl. 1st Conn. Hy. Art., 24 Nov., 1864; deserted 5 Aug., 1865. 
HEALEY, PATRICK, enl. Co. B, 6 Conn. Vols., 12 Sept., 1861; disc, disab. Nov. 3, 

1862. 
HEMPSTEAD, WILLIAM A. (Sgt.), enl. Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols., 22 Apl.; disc. 31 July, 

1861. 
IHLLMAN, LEVI N. (Capt.), enl. Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols., 22 Apl., 1861; disc. 31 July, 

1861. 
HlNMxi-N, JOHN F., eul. recruit Co. K, 7 Conn. Vols., 14 Aug., 1862; disc. May 29. 

1865. 
HOLBROOK, CHARLES W., enl. Co. I. 10 Conn. Vols., 22 Oct., 1861; disc. 7 Oct., 

1804. 
HOLLEY, JAMES, enl. 1st Light Battery, 14 Nov., 1861; disc. Nov. 13, 1864. 
HORTON, STODD.UID E., enl. (2d Lieut.) Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols., 23 Apl., 1861; prom. 

1st Lieut.; disc. 31 July. 1861. 
HOWE, GEORGE L., enl.' Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols., 22 Apl., 1861; disc. 31 .luly. 1801; 

enl. Co. K, 20 Conn. Vols., 30 Aug., 1863; disc. June 19, 1865. 
IIOXSIE, EDWARD B., enl. Co. C, 12 Conn. Vols.. 15 Jan., 1862; disc, disab. 6 June, 

1863. 
HOXIE, MARTIN B., enl. Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols., 24 Oct., 1861; disc. 22 Dec. 1863. 

Shot in the head. 
JACKSON, WELLINGTON, eid. Co. C, 25 Coiui. Vols., 4 Sept., 1862; d. 1 July, 1863, 

w'ds rec'd Port Hudson. 
JACOBY', JAMES, enl. Co. B, 1st Conn. Hy. Art., 1 Sept., 1864; disc. 25 Sept.. 1865. 



526 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

JEWETT, LEVI (Surgeou 14th Keg.), enl. 23 Aug., 1862; disc, for disability 4 Jan., 

1865. 
JOHNSON, GALEN, on). Co. G, 16 Conn. Vols., 29 Jidy, 1862; transf. to Invalid 

Corp.s 1 Sept., 186:i ; disc. July 13, 1865. 
JOYNT, HUGH, enl. 1st Art. Conn. Vols., Go. C, 23 May, 1861; term exp., disc. 22 

May, 1864. 
KELLY, PETER, enl, 14 Conn. Vols., 29 Nov.. 1864; deserted 1 Dec, 1864. 
KKRWIN, JAMES, enl. recruit Co. B, 1st Art., 1 Oct., 1862; disc. Sept. 25, 1865. 
KIHIiE. ORA B., enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 30 Aug., 1862; di.sc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
KILBOURN, EDGAR B., enl. Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols., 22 Apl., 1861; disc, disab. 4 July, 

1861. 
KING, THOMAS, enl. Co. D, 1st Conn. Hy. Art., 25 Nov., 1864; deserted 4 Aug., 

1865. 
KINNEY, MICHAEL, enl. Co. D. 11 Conn. Vols., 14 Nov., 18G1; iliso. 13 Nov., 1864. 
KRAMER, FREDERICK, enl. recruit Co. K, l.st Art., 7 Jan., 1864; disc. Sept. 25, '65. 
LACEY, JAMES E. (musician), enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 4 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 

Aug., 1863. 
LAMPHEAR, ADDISON (Sgt.), enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 4 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 

Aug., 1863. 
MANN, WILLIAM, enl. Co. C, 20 Conn. Vols., 12 Aug., 1862; disc. May 19, 1865. 
MARDEN, EDWARD F. (1st Lieut.), enl. Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols., 22 Apl., 1861; not 

reported for duty. 
MARSHALL, STEPHEN, enl. Co. D, 1st Conn. Hy, Art,, 25 Nov., 1864; deserted 2!! 

May, 1865. 
MARTIN, JOHN, eid. 1st Light Batt., 25 Nov., 1864; disc. 11 June, 1865. 
MATHER, JAMES, enl. recruit Co. C, 1st Art., 25 Nov., 1863; deserted Sept. 3, 1S65. 
Mccarty, CHARLES, enl. Co. C, l Conn. Vols., 22 Apl., 1861; disc. 31 July, 1861, 
McCUE, FRANK, enl. recruit Co. K, l.st Art., 8 Jan., 1864; disc. June 12, 1865. 
McDonald, JOHN, enl. Co. C, 2d Conn. Hy. Ait, 23 Nov., 1864; deserted 27 July, 

1865. 
McLEAN, JAMES, enl. Co. K, 20 Conn. Vols., 18 Aug., 1862; disc, disab. 13 Oct.. 

1863. 
MORAN, DAVID, enl. Co. G, 22 Conn. Vols., 20 Sept., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
MORRISON, ROBERT (Corp'l), enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 11 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 

Aug., 1863. 
MULLEN, HENRY, enl. Co. C, 12 Conn. Vols., 3 Dec, 1861; disc. Dec. 2. 1864. 
NELSON, GEORGE H., enl. Co. (;, 25 Conn. Vols., 9 Sept., 1862; di.sc. 26 Aug., 

1863. 
NEWPORT, EDWARD (Corp'l), enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 30 Aug., 1862; disc. 26 

Aug., 1863. 
NEWPORT, OTTO, enl. Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols., 22 Apl., 1861; disc. 31 July, 1861. 
O'BRIEN, EDWARD, enl. Co. B, 1st Conn. Hy. Art., 16 Sept.. 1864; deserted 26 

July, 1865. 
PARSONS, LINES II., enl. Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols., 22 Apl., 1861; disc 31 July, 1861; 

enl. Co. C, 12 Conn. Vols., 8 Jan., 1862; disc, disab. 12 June, 1863. 
PHELPS, ABRAHAM, enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols , 4 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
PHELPS, HORACE E., enl. Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols., 22 Apl., 1861; disc. 31 July, 1861; 

enl. (Sgt.) Co. C, 12 Conn. Vols., 20 Nov., 1861; prom. 2d Lieut. 1 Oct., 1863; 

killed Oct. 19, 1864. 
PORTER, CHAUNCEY, JR., enl. Co. C, 20 Conn. Vols., 22 July, 1862; disc. May 19, 

1865. 
PORTER, WILLIAM, enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 4 Sept., 1862; killed. Port Hudson, 

27 May. 1863. 
QUINN, PATRICK, enl. 20 Aug., 1862, Co, C, 20 Conn. Vols; disc. June 13, 1865, 



WINDSOR LOCKS SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR. 527 

REYNOLDS, JAMES, enl. Co. F, 13 Conn. Vols., 28 .Tunc, 1862; ic i-nl., taken pris 

oner at Cedar Creek; disc. 25 Apl., 1866. 
RICHAIOND, GEORGE E., enl. (Sgt.) Co. C, 1st Art., 23 May, 1861; reenl. Vet. 16 

Nov., 1868; disc. Sept. 2.5, 1865. 
ROWE, .lOIIN, enl. Co. G, 22 Conn. Vols., 20 Sept., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
RU.MRILL, FRANK L., enl. Co. C, 13 Conn. Vols, 15 Jan., 1862; reeiil. Vet. 22 Jan., 

1864; disc. Aug. 12, 1865. 
RUSSELL, WILLIAM, enl. recruit Co. M, 1st Art. (dttd. or subst.)2 Sept., 1863; disc. 

Sept. 2.5, 1865. 
RYAN. NICHOLAS, enl. Co. D. 16 Coiui. Vols., 23 July, 1862; deserted Sept. 17, 1862. 
RYAN. NKIIULAS S., enl. Co. C, 20 Conn. Vols., 8 Sept., 1862; disc. June 12. 1865. 
SAWN, EDWIN G., enl. Co. C, 12 Conn. Vols., 20 Nov., 1861; re-enl. Vet. 1 Jan., 

1864; prom. 2d Lieut.; disc. Aug. 12, 1865. 
SAWN, WILLIAM H., enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 1 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Aug.. 1863; 

enl. 1st Light Batt., 31 Aug., 1864; disc. 11 June, 1865. 
SCII.EFER. LEONARD, enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 1 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 

1863. 
SCULLY. WILLIAM F.. enl. Co. D, 2 Conn. Vols., 7 May, disc. 7 Aug.. 1861. 
SELBY, HENRY, enl. Co. E, 15 Conn. Vols., 10 Sept., 1864; transf. to Ttli Reg.; disc. 

20 July, 1865. 
SHANAHAN, RICHARD, enl. 24 July, 1862, Co. A, 21 Conn. Vols.; deserted 7 Oct., 

1862. 
SHAY, MICHAEL, enl. 1st Light Batt., 25 Nov., 1864; deserted 25 Jan., 1865. 
SHINNERS, EDWARD, enl. Co. K, 1st Art., 23 May, 1861; di.sc. 22 May, 1864. 
SHINNT:RS. WILLIAM, enl. Co. K, 1st Art., 23 May, 1861; disc. 22 May, 1864. 
SIMPSON, TDIOTHY' D., enl. recruit Co. H, 1 Art., 1 Jan., 1864; pro"; disc. Sept. 

25, 1865. 
SISSON, CHARLES W., enl. (as landsman in navy) 11 Aug., 1864; disc. 30 June, 

1865. 
SKINNER, ELISHA H., enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 30 Aug., 1862; di.sc. 26 Aug., 

1863. 
SKIKNER, HEZEKIAII, enl. Co. C, 13 Coun. Vols., 16 June, 1N61, disc, disab. 6 July, 

1862. 
SKINNER, JAMES N., enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 30 Aug., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 

1863. 
SKINNER, SAMUEL S. (Surgeon), 1st Hy. Art., (4 Inf.) Conn. Vols., 23 May, 1861; 

disc. Sept. 25, 1865. 
SMITH. GEORGE H. (Corp'l), enl. Co. C, 35 Conn. Vols., 1 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 

Aug., 1863. 
SMITH, JAMES W., enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 1 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
SMITH, JOHN O., enl. recruit Co. E, 1st Art., 5 Jan., 1864; disc. Sept. 25, 1865. 
SMITH, JOHN C, enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 4 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
SNOW, GEORGE H. (Corp'l), eul. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 1 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 

1863. 
SPERRY, THEODORE B., enl. Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols., 22 Apl.; disc. 31 July, 1861; 

enl. Co. G, 16 Conn. Vols., July 26, 1862; trausf. to Invalid Corps, 30 Sept., 18G3; 

disc. July 13, 1865. 
STARK, THOMAS, enl. (as musician) Co. C, 20 Conn. Vols., 8 Sept., 1863; disc. 12 

June, 1S65. 
STOCKWELL, LEVI, enl. Co. G, 1st Art., 15 Mch., 1863; deserted 3 Apl., 1803. 
STRONG, WILLIAM IL, enl. recruit Co. I, l.st Art., 8 Jan., 1864; died Sept. i), 1804. 
TAY'LOR, AUGUSTUS, enl. 1st Art., Co. C, 23 May, 1861; rc-eul. Vet. 1 Jan., 1864; 

disc. Sept. 25, 1865. 



528 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

TOAVNE, CLINTON, enl. 1st Hy. Art., Co. C, 2H May, 1861; disc. May 22, 1864. 
TWOMEY, THOMAS, enl. 1st Hy. Art., Co. C, 23 May, 1861; reenl. Yet. 1 Jan., 1863; 

des. Mch. 9, \S6n. 
WEED, AYRIES, enl. 1st Light B.itt., 1 .Sept., 1864; disc. 11 .June, 186r,. 
WEr.LS, JAMES H., enl. 1st Lt. Batt., 14 Nov., 1861; di.sc. Nov. 13, 1S64. 
WELT, CHAKLES, enl. recruit 1st Art., 1 Jan., 1864; deserted 14 Jan., 1864. 
WHITE, GEORGE M. (2d Lieut.), app. 16 May, 1861; disc. 31 July, 1861. 
WHITTLESEY, GEORGE W., enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 2 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 

Aug., 1863. 
WILBUR, CHARLES, enl. Co. — , 7th Reg., Conn. Vols., 23 Nov., 1864; not taken 

u]) on rolls. 
WILMARTH. EDMUND D., enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 4 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 

1863. 
WILMARTH, GARDNER, enl. 23 Apl., 1861, Co. C, 1 Conn. Vols.; disc. 31 July, 1861; 

enl. (Sgt.) Co. C. 25 Conn. Vols., 4 Sept , 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
WILMARTH, WINFIELD S., enl. 1st Light Batt., 31 Aug., 1864; disc, 11 June, 

1865. 
WILSON, ALEXANDER, enl. Co. C, 1 Hy. Art.. 23 May, 1861; deserted 14 Feb., 

1863. 
WILSON, JOHN, enl. Co. E, 13th Reg., Conn. Vols., 23 Nov., 1864; deserted 5 Jan.. 

1865. 
WITHRELL, EDWIN, cul. Co. C, 1 Conn, Vols,, 22 Apl,, 1861; disc. 31 July, 1861. 

The Joseph H. Converse Post, No. 67, Grand Ann// of the Bepuhlic, 
was organized 11 February, 1884, and named in honor of Maj. Joseph 
H. Converse, who enlisted from Windsor Locks, and was Icillcd at Cold 
Harbor, Va., June 4, 1864. Previous to this organization, there IkmI 
been a " Veteran Association " since 1879. 

By strenuous and persevering efforts, and aided by its two auxiliary 
societies, the Woinan's Jtelief Corps and the Sons of Veterans of this 
place, the Post had raised, in 1889, sufficient funds to purchase the liiic 
location known as the Haskell Homestead, when, by the generosity of 
Mr. Charles E. Chaffee, a t)eautiful Memorial Hall was erected thereon 
and presented to it, on the 10th of June, 1891, as its permanent home. 

The civic and military display dh that day was worthy of the occa- 
sion, and the speeches of welcome l)y J. R. Montgomery, jiresident of the 
day; of presentation, by Hon. John L. Houston of Thomjisonville; of 
reception and dedication, l)y Department Commander Henry N. Fanton; 
the address of Judge Arthur F. Eggleston of Hartford, admiralily voiced 
the gratefid appreciation of Mr. Chaffee's gift by the members of the 
Post, as well as of the citizens of Windsor Locks. The day was a pul)- 
lic holi<lay, all business being siis])ended in stores and factories ; and tlie 
whole town was gay with flags and decorations. 

"Memorial Hall " is built of Monson granite, a grayish stone of 
great beauty. The building is two stories high exclusive of the l>aseniiMit 
an<l an unfinished attic. At the northeast corner is a round low tower 
surmounted b)' a flag-staff. The entrance is in the form of a large arch- 
way, with the words " Memorial Hall" on the stonework in gilt. The 



MEMOniAL HALL. WINDSOR LOCKS. 



529 



iiiteiii)!- is liiiislicd in luird woods. On llio lir.st floor arc the lilirarv and 
rooms lor the uso of the Sous of Vctorans and Woman's Relief 
Corps. A wide staircase leads to the second floor, where is found the 
rccejitiou room of J. II. Converse Post, No. (17, G. A. R. The large 




ilAI, MALI.. 



Oraud Army Hall occupies the remainder of this floor. The buildiuu- is 
l»eautifully fresc-oed and finished, the windows are larire and there are 
liaiulsome mantels and fireplaces. In the lower hallway is a lnonze me- 
morial tahlet. The cost of the structure was about ¥-30,000. 

Ml-. CiiAHLES K. Chaffek, til.' donor of this beautiful structure, is a 
native of .Monson, .Mass., and was liorn .June 30, 1818. Commencing his 
Vol. I.— 67 



530 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



('arci.T, as a youth, witli a suit of l)ouii'-s|]UU i-lothcs ami hut lll'tv i-ciits 
ill his pocket, his ahility and iu(histiT lia\c won liini |Kisition and suc- 
cess. He hcgan as a wool-sorter, in Hockville and Thonqisomille, 
Conn., and from thence came into tlic cm|iloy, at Windsor Locks, of tlic 
Medlicott Company, of whicli lie is now president and treasurer. 




LIIAKLES E. tUAPKEE. 



"Memorial Hall" — whicii is the ontcoine of a •• self-imiiosed ol)li- 
ffation, on his part , to pay a lovina' trilmte to the spii-il of selF-sacri(iciii'i 
jiatriotisni, on the ]iart of those, li\ini;' and dead, who liore the hrunt of 



ST. TAri/s I'Aiiisii. 531 

flic (cnililc sinitiuir to ]H-('si'rvr the natidu's life" — is not the mily evi- 
dence of Mr. CliaHrc's iiciK'idsity towai-d.s Ins adopted town. The Coii- 
iiTeu'ational cliurcli (ol' whirli he is a meniiier) is lar<rely iiideljted to 
liiui for a-eneriiiis ii'il'ts. 

St. /'(iii/'x ( ProU'staiit Kjiisfiipal) J'arixli. K|iisi'i>|)aliaii services 
iiiau,uiirat(M| licrc iu 185-1:, by ixev. I'l-of. .laeksoii of Trinity (College, 
llarllnni, weiv niiitiiiiied liy liim and K*r\ . Win. ('(uik (if Wethersfield, 
iinlil .Tnnr. ISod. ulirn an aliortive attempt was made to organize a 
pari.'^ii nncicr the name ol' ."^t. Barthohimew. In Septeiiiher, 18H6, 
services were again commenced and continnod with more or less regu- 
larity, sometimes by clergymen and sometimes by lay-readers, until the 
organi/atiiin of the present ]iarish, 22 August, 1870, mider the charge of 
lu'\. (i. M. Wilkins. A elmreh edifice, costing ahout -f 12,000, was con- 
secrated 7 Jlay, 1872 ; the seats were made free in 1875 ; and, in 1889, 
a chancel and vestry-room were added to the church by Jlrs. John M. 
Windsor of Hartford, the former being a memorial to her deceased lius- 
liand, who had (hiring his lifetime been an active member of the parish. 
Tiie chancel was consecrated 18 June, 1890. Rectors — Rev. (J. M. 
Wilkins, 3 October, 1869-U July, 1878 : Rev. William Wilson, Easter, 
1.S74-31 March, 1877: K'ev. George W. Lincoln, June 3, 1878-21 No- 
\cmlier, 1880 ; Rev. W. II. George, 1 January 1881-1 Fel)rnary, 1888 : 
Hrx. William Peck. 1 April, 1883-23 May, 1886 : since which lay 
serxicc Inis been proxided b\- the Bishoji of the Diocese. 

Fh/jsiciuMS : J)r. Samiel W. Skinnei! practiced for many years at 
the Locks; was surgeon in First Heavy Artillery (Fourth Connecticut 
Infantry) during the civil war. since when be has been a i-esident of 
Toledo," Ohio. 

Di-. Ralph T. Chaekee, a native of Williraham, Mass., came to 
Windsor Locks, from Granby, in 1850, commenced to jjractice accord- 
ing to the honKcopathic system, in 1857 ; removed to Hartford, 1865 ; re- 
turned to Windsor Locks, 1867; was at Hartford from 1871 to 1875, 
and died in IJrooklyn, N. Y., in 1878. 

He was succeeded by Frank Main, .M.D., of the same school, wjio 
removed t(j Springfield, Mass., in IsOl. Dr. Main's succcs.sor is Dr. 
Charles W. Kellv. 

The otlii'r pi-escnt pi'acticing physicians at the Locks are S. H. 
BuRNAP, A. W. CovLE, and Joseph Cooc;an. 



532 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 




WILI.UJI IIAYDEX MK.\Iii|;l \l. ■-ToXi:. 



Windsor, Conn., Dedicated 3 Sept. 18y5. Tliis boulder is of flint stoue, egg-sliaiied ; its 
weiglit is a little over two tons ; its greatest length tive feet ; its breadth three and a 
half feet. The lettering, which took eight days labor and the rejiair of 300 chisels, is 
as follow.s : 

MEMORIAL STONE. 

WlLLI.\M IIaYDEN 

Born in Enul.\kd 
Hautfoku with the FutST Settleus. 
Dorchester, Mass., 1630 
Windsor 
16-1() 

Settled IIeuk 
1645 
Removed to Homonoscett 

^ViTii First Settlers. 

Died tuere 
Sept. 27, 1669. 

Dedicated 
Sei't. 2. 1S8.5. 



WINDSOR, EAST OF THE GEEAT RIVER. 

EAST WINDSOR, 1768-1891. 
SOUTH WINDSOR, 1845-1891. 
ELLINGTON, 1717-1891. 



"t I 




Faadmiks of autogBjITHS of some of kast windsou's kakly settleks. 



WINDSOR, EAST OF THE GREAT RIVER. 



CHAPTER I. 

THE SETTLEMENT OP WINDSOR FARMES» AND THE IIISTOIIY OF THE 
SECOND CIIUHCII AND SOCIETY OP WINDSOR, 1G()2 — 1708. 

Ifx First Si'ttUnnent. 

IT will 111' rt'ineiiiln'rccl that the first |iuiThasc' nf laiiil made hy tlic 
norchester People after their arrival on tlie ('oimectient, was upon 
till' cast side of the river, within the present tnwn of South Windsoi-." 
Tiadition has always asserted that, at first, they intended to setth' here, 
lint that fear of floods indnced them to remove to the high lands on the 
west side. All the evidence, however, which has heen presented in a 
iormei- ehapter, tends to sliow that their original intention was to lucate 
on the priisent site of Winds(n\ Yet, it is not improhahle that tJiin pur- 
chase, made during the disjjutes and negotiations with the Plymouth Com- 
pany concerning their land at Windsor, was intended as a dernier resort; 
and that, in case of the failure of those negotiations, the Dorchester party 
would have effected a piermanent settlement on the east side of the rii'er. 



' The term " farms" was not infreqiiently apjilied to the oiil-sittloiiciils of the older 
towns. Cotton Mather gives a catalogue of ministers in Massachusetts and Connecti- 
cut, in which he mentions " Windsor, Mr. Samuel blather, and Fciniix, Mr. Tiinolliy 
Edwards." 

" Wiiitlwr Fiiniu:<r A (ilimpse »f ,tii Old 7',((vV(, together willi Ihc Deciphered 
Inscriptions from a few Foundation Stones of a much-al)U,sed Theology, liy John A. 
Stoughton, Hartford, 1883. 150 pp. 

This work is a most valuable contribution to the history of Old Windsor cast of the 
< nnnecticut river; of which wc shall make fre((uenl u.se in the followin.g jiages. Mr. 
Sloughton's work is eompile<l from a mass of old Edwards and Stoughton lamily 
papers, long dormant in the garret of the Ca]it. John Ellsworth Ikiusc. .Vn ancient 
Account Hook of Mr. John (lu-otlicr nf ('apt, Thoma.s) Stoughtun, who married AI>i.i;ail 
the sister of Rev. Tinu)1hy Edwards ; and who, from his social position and business 
ipLalitications, was a lU'ominenl ni;ui in the east side matters, also, furnishes us with many 
interesting and important points of information concerning the beginning and course of 
Mr. Edwards mini.stry ; which are further elucid.ated Viy Mr. Edwards's own carefully 
kept Rale-Book, in wliieh he entered the payment of titlies, or " rates," and other busi- 
ness dealings between himself and his parishioners. 

' See Chapter on Indian Purchases. 



536 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Fniiii tliis iiltcniativi', liowcver, they were lelicvcd liy the liiuil agree- 
ment with the Plyniinitli Coniiiany in 1(>87, which left them in (|niet 
]iossession of the much eoveted hinds at Windsor. For thirt\- years aftei-, 
there seems to have heen no oceupatidii of the hinds on the east side, 
excei)t as a pasturage for their cattle, and some small pieces of mowing.' 
Temi)ting as were the advantages oflered l)y its hi-oad expanse of fertile 
meadow, there were ohstach^s and dangers in tlic way of its actual settle- 
ment, which could neither he overlooked nor rashly encountered. The 
hroad strcaui of the Great River, at all times an inconvenient highway, 
was, in the winter season, almost impassahle with ice and drift. It was 
also a serious liarrier to social intercourse and nnitual aid or jirotection : 
while its annual freshets ohliged them to liuiM on the u]iiands at a vun- 
sideralile distance from its hanks, and consiM^uently at a greater i-eiii(i\c 
from the main settleuKMit. On those eastern shores, also, dwell the 
Podunks, antl their allies, the Scantics, who, though never overtly 
mischievous or unfriendly, could hardly he considered as safe or pleasant 
neighhors. Moreover, prudence and the exigencies of the times, fori lade 
any undue increase of colonization, whereby the strength and safety of 
th(! older towns might he weakened. Such, probably, were the main 
reasons which, for many years, retarded the progress of settlement and 
improvement on the east side of the Great River. 

The BissELL family, to whom the monopoly of the Country Ferry 
was granted in l(!4<S-il, were undoulifedly the pioneers of the East Wind- 
sor emigrati(in. It is not prohal)le, however, that they had any ]ierina- 
nent i-esidence on the east side at that date, as so isolated a po.sition, 
in the then unsettled state of the country, would have heen full of peril 
to themselves and the conimon welfare. In January, lt)(!2-3, Nathaniel 
Bissell received from his fatlici' .John, a deed of property ujion the east 
side of the river, near the fei-ry, wherein is mentioned a house alreaih/ 
built. As '• Goodman Bissell's Sen'r's " landing jilace on the east side 
the Great River is referred to in a i-ecord in Windsor, Book of Town 
irrt/yas, under date of January, ItijV.t/iiO, we may rt'asonahly infer that 
this house was erected about 1658 or 'Si*. It was undoubtedly the first 
and for several years the only dwelling-house in East (now South) Wind- 
sor:^ and it is probable that John IJissell, Senior, himself moved over 
t(i the <'ast side in IGfJii, bir in that year he made over without rcserva- 

'.M:itllicw Gniiit, in describiii.;:- the great llocid of 16;i8-9, says llial it '■ ciulaiiiascil 
many caltli; over the river," *. e. on the east siile. Also, "Sept. 7, KmT, it w.as voted that 
tlie meadow cast side of tlie river be cleared liy the 23d." These and many other similar 
extracts niiglit he adduced to sliow that the lands on the east side were to some < xtent 
improved. 

^'Iio-S. Uiirnham and others hail purchased lands at PodunU in 1 ().")!) GO; liiil there 
is no evidem-e llial Ihey were' oci'upied, iilherwise Ihan for agriiiillnnd purposes. 



BEGINNINOS OP EAST-SIDE SETTLEMENTS. 537 

tion, his former residence mi Ihe west siile of tlie roiiiieetieuf to his son 
John, Jr. 

The numerous purchases and grants wliich were made during the 
following ten years, bear evidence that the Windsor .settlers justly con- 
si<lered their possessions on the east side of the Connecticut as among 
their most important and valuable interests. In 16G0, twenty-five years 
after the first settlement of Windsor, we find the community stirj-ing 
itself to establish what had evidently been a long-felt want and matter 
of discussion amongst them, ^iz. : a common highway along the meadows 
on the east side of the Great River, from Podunk to Scantic, and thence 
up through Scantic to connect with the "country road" towards Spring- 
field. This we learn from the following record in the Book of Windsor 
Town Wctyx, p. 16 : 

" .Jan: 23d, '59 [-60] we met to Consider of wayes or Landing places over East side of 
great River, we agree that tbere is need and allso has formerly been yielded that there 
shall be a Common highway Thwart Every man's Lands, from podunk River where it 
shall he found most Convenient upon view, & so to run through Every mans Letts, 
until it comes to Scantock, one rod and half iu breadth, and men shall be appointed to 
set it out where it shall be most meet ; yet this shall not be for any Country use for 
Drift of Cattle, but only for the Town use for horse or Cart, and from Scantock to go 
iu Like maner through Eveiy mans Lotts untill it comes to the Country way, same 
breadth with the former and to be Bounded out, and for Landing places at Goodman 
Bissels Senr's, there is a Comon Landing place for men to go down with Carts to boat 
their Come or hay if any man need Liberty to set Rocks they must agree with the 
owner of the Land ; for the Country Landing place it is to go up Betwixt Abraham 
RandwelB & the widow Gibbses. [This was at the original Bissell's Ferry. — .T. IL H.] 
A True Copy of Record 

Test, Timothy Loomis, Register. 

This was a continuation of the road to which the historian of East 
Hartford thus refers (^Hartford Co. Mem. Hist., ii. 86) : " one of the first 
roads laid out through the town ran along the edge of the meadow hill. 
. . . . A road from the Connecticut river crossed the meadows to 
the above-descril)ed road, and is the present north meadow road. From 
the earliest settlement a road extended northward throui/h the meadou'g 
to Podunk and Windsor." ' IJut, before long there must have been a road 

' ' ' There seems to be no reason for doubting that this highway tlirough the meadows 
extended below Podunk river to Hartford Landing place " in East Hartford. In the 
lay-out of said landing-place and a road to it, in 1678, said new road was to be " two 
rods wide upon the bank," or highland belonging to .Mr. John Pantry, and from 
" thence to turn North two rods wide until it meets" with the comnum /ii(//iiciii/ north 
upon the highland, " by the merestones " [upon the highland], etc. And .lohn Easton's 
deed for the same iu 1696, refers to it as follows — said two rods in width "should only 
extend Id the /lighirai/ ujwit tite bank leading from Potunck^; to Hartford Landing-place, 
on the bank of the meadow next to the low land, leading to the river " (ride, my history 
— Hartford Town Notes, 16T8. and .John Ea.ston's deeds in Utfd. Her., 1690), Easton 
also deeded " 20 ft. in brea<lth of land from 'said highway on the bank of the river. 
• . . which ' hath been the towns for many years.' " — Letter of Joseph (). Good- 
win, Town Clerk and Historian of East Hartford, Ct., dated 21 Feb., 1891. 
Vol. L— 68 



538 HISTORY OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

opened along the edge of tlie hill above the meadows, for we learn from 
a document dated at Hartford April 0, 1()92, that in May, 1670, the 
General Court had " ordered that the selectmen in the respective Planta- 
tions [on the river] shall lay out a Highway aix rods wide upon the up- 
land, on the east side of the Great River, that men may pass to their Lotts 
there as occasions shall require " ; but complaint was made at the date 
of this document, over twenty years later, that this order had been 
" neglected by the selectmen of Windsor, w^h is to the great damage of 
the Inhabitants there," and therefore the Assistants (John AUyn, Caleb 
and Nath'l Stanley) order the selectmen of Windsor to attend to this 
former order and to " lay out the sayd Highway that so one neighbor 
may pass to another without being a Tresjjasser." ' From this we may 
infer that travel along the east side of the river had hitherto been 
rather by sufferance than by any legal right of way over each others' 
lands. 

In 1672 there was a decided movement towards the settlement of 
the east side as a distinct town. We learn from the Colony Records, 
that the court, having at a previous session granted a considerable tract 
of land on the east side of the river " within Windsor bounds " to Capt . 
Benjamin Newberry, Deacon John Moore and others, received a petition 
from the inhabitants of Windsor, asking for the postponement of con- 
firmation until they could present objections to the same. 

The court answered this petition thus: "and it is condescended to 
by Capt. Newljerry, and Deacon Moore, that if Windsor plantation at 
their next town meeting, by unanimous or major vote, of the inhabitants 
of Windsor, will release their township right in the lands on the east 
side of Connecticut River that are within their bounds, to make a distinct 
j)lantation, on that side of the River, then the said Cajjt. Newberry, and 
Deacon Moore engage to release their particular grants, for the accom- 
modating of the said plantation, provided the plantation be confirmed a 
plantation by this court also, October next, and they hav*^ their propor- 
tion therein." 

The reply of the town to this accommodating proposition of Messrs. 
Moore and Newberry, has not been i)reserved. That it was insufficient 
to influence the previous decision of the court, is evident, from the rec- 
ord of its subsequent session ; wherein they declare that they see " no 
cause to put a stop to Deacon Moore and Capt. Newberry's " proceed- 
ings. 

These gentlemen, however, were by no means the only persons on 
the east side. Already many individuals, mostly middle-aged or young 



' Original copy of record, among Stoughton Mss. Stoughton Mss. are papers once 
belonging to Capt. Thomas Stoughton, and now in possession of Huth T. Sperry liy in- 
/len'tiinrc. These papers are quite distinct from the papers inherited by .Judge John A. 
Stougliton from Ids ancestor, Mr. John Stougliton. brother of Cajit. Thomas Stougliton. 



IIARDSHirS OF THE NEW SETTLERS. 539 

iiKiiiicil iiicii, urged hy tlio ailvciituroiis spirit of the day, or liy the no- 
(.■(\ssitv III' hirgcf accommodations for tlieir growinu' families, liad crossed 
the river, and had Inult tlieir humble dwellings along the uplands which 
overlooked the meadows. A road, also, had probably been ojiened from 
Scantic to Podunk, for in June 1672, occurs on the town books the fol- 
lowing " List of Persons on the East side of Great River," who were ap- 
pointed to work the highways : 

Thomas Bissell, Samuel Grant, 

Nathan'l Bissell, John Iligley, 

Nathan! Bancroft, Richard Johnson, 

Nathan'l Briskall, Edward King, 

Thduias liuckland,' William Jforton, 

Thomas Buckland, Jr., John Osborne, Jr., 

John Buckland, Joseph Phelps, 

Samuel Baker, Samuel Rockwell, 

Samuel Cross, John Porter, Jr., 

John Colt, Stej.hen Taylor, 

Edward Elmoi-, Sr., Stephen Taylor, Jr., 

Edward Elnior, Jr., John Taylor, 

John Elmor, Jonathan Winchell. 
Josejih Pitch, 

The young settlement had but just fairly commenced, when (1675) 
King Philip's War broke out. Immediately " great fear fell upon the 
land."' Danger lurked in every bush and peered from behind every 
tree: their houses were scattered, their numbers few; the Indians nu- 
merous and suspected ; and the broad stream of the Long River cut them 
off from any immediate help of their friends and neighbors on the west 
side. In that hour of anxious fear and torturing suspense, they felt 
that " in union there is strength." Many removed to the opposite side 
of the river, and those who remained carried their " lives in their hands." 
The frecjucnt orders of the council of safety, in regard to places of ref- 
uge and precavitions necessary to he taken, show how imminent was the 
danger. Finally, the inhabitants on the eastern side of the Connecticut 
were ordered " forthwith " to remove themselves, with their cattle and 
grain, to the west side ; and garrison houses were ordered to be kept for 
the protection of the few who were obliged to remain. One of these gar- 
risons was established at Nathaniel Bissell's at Scantic, and another at 
Tliduiiis Duinliam's at I'ddunk. In fact, the settlement was temporarily 
bi-oken up and dispersed. I!ut soon the war closed. Peace smiled again 
upon the settlements, and the tide of emigration set back with renewed 
vigor. The lofty forest trees i)owed their heads before the energetic 
stroke of the settler's axe; the meadows gained new beauty and fertility 



' Or Burnliam ? 



540 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



iind(^r liis daily toil ; ami tlic smoke which curled lazily up from the 
chimneys of his cabin announced to the inhabitants of the old town that 
the settlement "on the east side" of the Connecticut was n fired f iff. 

Yet this was attended with dangers and hardships almost equal to 
those experienced by their fathers, on their first arrival in the country, 
thirty years before. There were the same stubboi-n elements of nature 
to be subdued. The Indian was still an undesirable neighbor, and the 
constant fear of his sudden attack com|ielled them to carry their arms 
with them into the field, and even to the sanctuary; while at night they 
sought a common safety with their families in block houses, two of which 
were built on the street; one where John Allen, ■2d, and the other where 
Abi/.nr Porter lived in 1845.' 

Sickness, also, weakened the streng-th of the settleis ; for the de- 
pressing emotions of fear and anxiety, added to the fatigue and expos- 
ure of daily toil, rendered him an easy ]irey to the malaria which arose 
from the virgin soil which his ]ilow upturne(l, and finm the low, wet 
lands on the river.^ 

Concerning the locations of the early settlers, our information is ex- 
ceedingly scanty ; yet, as far as can be ascertained, their descendants at 
the present day occupy very nearly the same localities. 

The BissELLS, who, as before mentioned, were the first, settled at 



' Mss. Dr. Elijah F. Reed. 

"1711, A memorial, dated 27 Marcli, a(l(lre.sse(i to the Gen. Assembly, and signed by 



Job Drake, 
Josepli Drake, 
Joseph Phelps, 
Jacob Strong, 
John Strong, 
Sam'l Pinney, 
Joseph Baker, 
Matthew Grant, 
Sam'l Rockwell, Jr., 
Sam'l Grant, Jr., 
Sam'l Baker, 
John Moore, Jr., 



John Taylor, William Wolcott, 

William Taylor, John Wolcott, Jr., 

Thomas Bissell, Joseph Newbury, 

Dan'l Bi.ssell, Roger Wolcott, 

Ephraim Bis.scll, Joseph Loomis, Jr., 

Sam'l Rockwell, Sr,, Richard Skiner, 

Joshua Willis, Sr., Thomas Skiner, 

John Wolcott, Sr., Hcz. Porter, 

Simon Wolcott, Joseph Porter, 

Joseph Loomis, Sr., John Ijooniis, 

Sam'l Tudor, Joseph Skiner, 

Henry Wolcott, 

says they are " scverall of the prop'r's of the Wett Lands on the East side of the Great 
River in Wind.sor "—and " Forasmuch as there is on the East .side of Connecticut Hiver 
in Windsor, a considerable tract of land (lying between the upland and Dry Meadow) of 
many hundred acres that is almost wholly useless by reason the Water stands thereon 
a Great part of the year" itc, they recite that Oct. 14, 1686, the Gen Assembly ordered 
a ditch or drain to be made through all llic lots ' from Podungue River," and nothing 
was done — but some one interested, at llieir own charge, ni.iile two ditches, one be- 
tween Sam" Tudor on the North and Henry Wolcott on South, which "if the}' were 
finished and cro.ss ditches dugg through the Lotis would doubtless effect the thing in- 
tended — wherefore they pray that all the inhabitants of Wett lands from South part 
of Sam. Tudor to Scantick River, be compelled to make a five-foot wide drain." — 
Stoughton Mm. 



LOCATIONS Of' EARLY EAST-STDE LAND-OWNERS. 541 

the iiKiuth of the Semitic River.' They were verv hirge l;in(lhol(h'r.s on 
the East side (See chapter on Indian Purchases and on Ellington^, and 
purchased of the Indians a tract which inehided the present location of 
Osborne's Mill on the Scantic River." The coming over from Old Wind- 
sor, in 1680, of Simon Wolcott, youngest son of Mr. Henry Wolcott, 
with his wife and nine children, of whom the youngest (afterwards Oov- 
ernor) Roger, was then an infant a year old, was a most important ad- 
dition to the new settlement. 

Next above the Bissells were the Osborns, and next to them the 
Stiles family. Thomas Ellsworth built the first house above Scantic 
River, a few rods north of the present line of division between East and 
South Windsor.^ The three first, and for a considerable time the only 
hou.ses on The Hill, were, one on nearly the spot now (1891) occupied 
by the Richard T. Abbe residence ; one where the house built l^y Rev. 
J. E. Tyler stands ; and the third nearly opposite the Academy. John 
LooMis is supposed to have built a house nearly opposite Chandler 
Ward's, and on the north corner of the road to Bissell's Ferry ; while 
his brother Joseph probably built a house nearly opposite Cassius M. 
Newberry's present dwelling (south corner of the road to Wapjiing), 
and which was taken down aliout 1770.' 

Edward King (the Irishman) had a house on the south side of 
the Podunk as early as 1663. In 1679 Joseph Fitch sold the house he 
then lived in, on the north side of the Podunk, to John Colt. In 1G67 
Samuel Elmor sold to John Elmor land and " encumbrances " in Po 
dunk Meadow. " Mills," says Stoughton ( Windsor Farnies, 116), " were 
erected at a very early period on Podunk Brook, on the site of those 
now owned by C. C. Vinton & Son, in South Windsor.^ They were for 
a long time known as Rockwell's mills, and so late as 1867 furnished to 
the antiquary the refreshing sight of a primitive colonial saw-mill, the 



' See Bissell's Ferry, beginning of Chapter XX. 

'Stougliton savs ( UV/cfow Fiinms, Appendix); "From W. Land Records, Vol. I, 
it is evident they owned a mill on land purchased from the Indians before 1670. Na- 
thaniel and John Bissell, Jr., purchased land jointly, bd. Easterly on "Scantic Brook," 
Oct. 8, 1670. Dec. 18, 1669, " John Osborne sold all his timber East of the Connecticut 
Kiver," Fitt to saw at the sawmill " to John and Natlianiel Bissell, 1)\U sliindated that 
they must not cut any within a mile of the river. This was one of the 3-miU- lots and 
tlie Bissells could cut on the other two miles all the sawlogs : but "all the oaks lit for 
shingles and clapboards" Osborne reserved for his ow-n use. The consideration for the 
privilege of cutting over this whole tract of primeval forest was "500 feet of good 
boards at the saw-mill and slabs enough to lay in the lower floor of my house on the 
East side. The proprietorship of the mill was evidently in the Bissell family, in 1607, 
according to certain e.xtant accounts. 

'Mxs. Dr. Elijah F. Heed. The "Academy" mentioned by Dr. Keed is not the 
Academy known to the later generation, but is the school-house on the Hill belonging 
to District No. 1. 

' find. 

* Probably of later date than Bissell's mill. 



642 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

(liini anil loiinilatinii liciiiu' <>1' hi'avy logs ami plank, while tlic niiiti\i' 
power was I'urnisliL'd hy what is known as the 'fhittiT-wiiccl,' the sim- 
plest form of under-shot motor, being little more than a wooden shaft 
with a series of short arms supporting floats aliout ten feet long and 
twelve inches wide, against which the water was admitted from the bot- 
tom of a flume ; the coarse, uj)right saw being attached to a crank and 
pitman at the end of the wheel-shaft. The comiianiou grtxt-viill had, at 
that date, been comparatively modernized, and within a few years the 
lazy flutter wheel has given way to a voracious turliine, while the senten- 
tious clip of the venera])le upright saw has yielded to the steady hum of 
that terror of our American forests, the circular saw.' It seems to have 
had several owners, or parties interested in it, among whom were Samuel 
Rockwell, John Grant, Samuel Grant, Sr. and Jr., Nathaniel Bissell, etc. 
Other mills wcri- subsecpiently erected at various convenient points on 
the east side of the Great River, one especially at Ketch Mills (now 
Windsorville).'" 

"Att a Town Meeting Feb. le* 1687/8 It was Voiited that Samuel (Jrant Sen' and 
Nathan' Bissell .shall liave Liberty to set up a Saw Mill upon the brook, that is known 
by the name of Cntch, with the use of Ten acres of Land, wliere it may suit to Lay 
Timber; and the Town is to have the boards for i'"" per 100 at the mill or 5.v. at the 
Great River, they to have no right to the Land, any longer than they maintain a mill 

upon the place. 

A true copy of Record 

E.xamined by me Tim° Loomis Rcgist'" 

(?'/»«. Stoinjhtun Piijuni.) 

The first hnKsex were as a general rule erected on the upland, alung 
the present street from Hartford to Warehouse Point, etc. As their 
numbers and necessities increased they gradually moved further back 
in the woodlands, and there cleared away farms and building spots. 
Of these latter settlements, such as the present town of Ellington, the 
l)arish of Scantic in East Windsor, and Wappiug in South Windsoi-, we 
shall speak more fully in a subsequent portion of our volume. 



' "This was, I believe, the last saw-mill in Windsor In rrl;iiii a ccuniilrli' srI of nlil 
machinery; but there is (lS8;i) yet an upright saw in use at Osborne's mill, driven by a 
comparatively modern wheel, and in the old grist-mill can be .seen the modern gearing 
of the flour mill that has been in u.se over 100 years." — {Wiiuhur Furmex.) 

'' " As late as 1800 mills were in operation at the mouth of Scantic (where, until tim 
ber grew scarce, ship building for the West India trade, in which Capt. Kbenezer Grant 
was largely interested, was carried on), Elihu Loomis had a mill there about that time. 
On the south branch of Stoughton's Brook a saw-mill was standing, near the main 
street, just east of Oscar Stoughton's present (1883) residence, in 1775-90. The mills on 
' Rye Street,' on what is known as ' Diy Hrook.' were very early in operation (the upper 
privilege being used as a f idling mill, and the lower as a grist-mill) a century or more ago. 
But the mills at Scantic (the village in the vicinity of Mr. Potwine's church) were doubt- 
less the earliest" source of lund)er su|)ply for building purpo.ses, as appears fully from 
various old East Side papers. :\Ir. William (fatherof Gov.) I'itkin, of Hartford, owned a 
fulling mill on the llockanuni Kiver, in what is now known as Burnsidc. — ( HV/d/.v-r 
Farnieii.) 



orruPATiONS of early east-sidk settlers. 543 

Of the sjjocial tradex or occupations carried on hy some of these 
"forefathers of the ruch^ luimlet" we get (1695-1706) a glirajjse from 
tlie Stoughton and Edwards " account l)ooks," so much quoted by the 
iiuthor of Windsor Farmex. Tims, Job Drake, afterward the first dea- 
con of the East Whidsor Church, was a tailor; Samuel Grant (grand- 
son of Old Matthew), a carpenter and i)roprietor of a cider-mill; 
Nathaniel Bissell also had a cider-mill, and was ferryman and shoe- 
maker; Peter Mills, Jr., a tailor; Samuel Elmor, a weaver; Thomas 
Marshall, a wheelwright; Thomas Burnham, a blacksmith; John 
WoLCOTT, a brewer; Simon Drake, a brickmaker. And later (1725, or 
thereabouts), Jabez Colt was a weaver; Joseph Porter, a glazier; 
and Deacon Joseph Skinner, a veritable "Jack at all trades," including 
tooth-drawiuo'. 



THE LOCATION OF LANDS OWNED BY EARLY SETTLERS OF WIND- 
SOR, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GREAT RIVER. 

In the tirst settlement of Windsor the inhaliitants, in addition to 
their home-lots and such other portions of land as were allotted to them 
on the west side of the Great River — that side being better fitted for 
immediate occupation and cultivation — each received, also, by allot- 
ment from the town, a proportionate share in the lands jnirchased from 
the Indians on the east side of the river — a tract (now comprising the 
towns of East and South Windsor) then an unbroken wilderness. Most 
of these east-side grants, called in the old records "planting-lots," were 
laid out in strips — i. e., a. certain number of rods in breadth on the 
river, and runniny easterly for a distance of three miles— ^ an extremely 
erpiable arrangement, by which each settler received his fair share of 
each kind of land, meadow, upland, and woodland. The size of these 
grants was regulated, probaljly, as were those on the west side of the 
river, viz., in some relative pro|)ortion to the amount of property which 
each settler had brought with him, or had contributed to the general 
expense of the new settlement : and, it is imt unlikely, with some due 
regard to his social standing, or to his presumi)tiv(^ value in the make-up 
of the new community. 

These lands underwent many changes of owners within the first 
fifteen or twenty years of the settlement. Some of tbe oi-iginal grantees 
never occupied their claims; others removed, or died, and their pro{)- 
erty passed into other hands, by purchase or inheritance ; and the 
larger owners and men of means — as keen in those days as in these to 
see the possibilities of valuable real estate — bought out the lesser 
proprietors. So that it is difficult to follow out accurately the " chain 
of title" to most of these east-side grants. Still, with the valuable 



544 histohyJok ancient Windsor. 

assistance of our co-laborer, Mr. Jabez H. Hayden, we are ahle to 
glean so much from Town and Colonial ' Land Records as to all'oi-il nur 
readers an approrimate idea of 

The Location of the Earliest Land-owners on the East-side of the 
Connecticut River, 1640-Hi53. 

It will be understood that in the following " lay-out " our note^ com- 
mence at the north and proceed southward. 

L The Present Town of East Windsor. 

Commencing at the North Boundary line of the Town of Windsor, which in 1636 
was two miles above Kettle Brook, we first come to 

N, Nn. of rods frontins; 

on the River. 

60. Saltonstall Park, described (in deed 1640) as 60 r., more or less, in breadth, 
on the river, and extending three miles ea.st; " and there [at the end of tlie 
3 m.] it is in bdth. 444 r., more or less; bd. N. by Thos. Ilmkinx, IS. by St. 
JVic/uilrm. It comprised some 2,000 acres, of which 1,500 acres was set In 
Mr. Francis Stiles (the agent of Sir Richard Saltonstall), viz.; "400 acres 
for alotment of Towne, 1,100 fro Towne by purchase." Itextended on tlic 
river from Enfield Falls and included (as described in 1710) Saltonstall Brools 
and the Warehouse, about a mile apart — its south line evidently on tlic 
N. bd. of the Town of W., as orig. set at Kettle Brook. The history of 
this " Park " is more fully discussed in a subsequent portion of this chap 
ter. 

72. John BissELL, Sen', "over the Great River, opposite to Pyneraeado [Wind 
sor Locks], he hath in bdth. by the river 72 r., more or less; on the S. it is 
bd. by Ant/i. Ilaitkim from the river eastward 160 r.. and then he falls 
behind [i. e., takes up land in the rear of] Anthony Hawkins, and t)ds. l)y 
Jaineii Egijlestdii, and is there [i. c, at that point] in bdtli. '.16 r., more or 
less, and from thence lie runs eastward 2i m.," y" bdd. on N. by him thai 
runs next; 60 r. in Ijdlh. of this he hath from the Plantation, tlie rest by 
purchase. 

It is not possil)le, at this day, to run the Bissell lines very clo.sely. 
They were (as will l)e seen by reference to pages 1301, Chapter on Iiuliuii 
Pufi-lum's) large purchasers of east side Ids., both on their own account 
and as agents for the Town. 

24. Anthony Hawkins, "opp. to Pine Meado" [Windsor Locks], 24 acres; E. 160 
r., bd. N. by John BiitseU; S. by Jumes Eyf/leitton. 



' In the office of the Secretary of State, at Hartford, Conn., is a volume of TaiuiI 
Recorth of the three River Towns, covering the period between 1640 anil 16.')3. Tliis 
volume, which had been a long time lost, was recovered in September, 1862; and, ac 
cording to endorsement of State Librarian Charles J. Hoadly, LL.D., is mostly in the 
handwriting of Thomas Welles. 

It commences thus in its record of Windsor lands; 
" January y 27"" 1640. Wyndsor. 

" Severall Parcells of land in wind.sor upon the river Conetecotte belonging to tlie 
inhabitants thereof, as followeth." 

Matthew Grant (Town Recorder of Windsor) seems to have added, thirty years 
later, five leaves between original pages 2 and 3 of the original book; and thereafter 
we liave a double paging (or, more exactly, numbering) of leaves. 



Locations op early east-side land-owners. 545 

N. ! No. of rode. 

14. .T.iMKS EOGLESTON, E. 3 in.; bd. N. Iiy Anth. I[itirkiii.-<; S. l)y We/;. Siuiws. 
14. (pro!).) Rrcn. S.vmway (Siiiuiiiis). 

14. TnoM.\s B.\SSETT, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Rich. Skiuos; S. by Mdiy CiMins. 

11. Mart Collins, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by llwx. Bassctt. 
24. John Bissell, Sen., E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Mary (MliiiK; S. by Jia/mtt Carter; B. 

prob. bo't early of Tbos Dewey, wbo d. 1648, or from hi.s wid. 
17. Joshua Cauteu, E. 3 ni.; bd. N. by '/'/»«. Bcircy; S. by Jfntt/nan Senmoit. 
34. Matthias Sension (St. Johu?), E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Jashua Carter; S. by John 

Stiles. 

17. John Stiles, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Matthias Seiisiim; S. by .Tasum Hull. 
10. Josias IIvll, E. 3 m.; bd. S. by John Ilairkes; N. by John Stiles. 
10. John IIawkes, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Josias Hull; S. by Thm. Stayres. 
13. Tno.MAS Staves, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by John JIairkes; S. by T/ms. Thornton. 

15. Thomas Thornton, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Stayres; S. by Anth. Hawkins. 

12. Anthony Hawkins, E. 160 r.; bd. N. by Thurnton; S. by Rich. Oldage. 
12. Richard Oldaoe, E. 3 ni.; bd. N. by .1. Hawkins; S. by Ellas Parkman; 

"also more over Great River." 
25 Elias Pai{km.\n, "for a planting-lot "; E. 3 m.; bd. N. hj Rieh. Oldage; S. 

b_v Htnry Stiles. 
10. Henry Stiles, "another lott, by purchase, neare unto y' " (referring to an- 

K other piece rec'd by grant); E. 3 ni.; bd. N. by Elias Parkman: S. by Wm. 

> ! Cayhrd. 

•^ j 10. William Gaylord, Jr., bd. by Henry Stiles on both sides; E. 3 m. 

f- 18. Henry Stiles, " for a planting lot"; E. 3 m.; N. bd. by Will Gaylord; S. 

g ; by Aaron Giok. 

^ I 16. Aaron Cook, "a planting lot"; E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Henry Stile-'<: S. by Wal- 

g I ter Filer. 

^ I 16. Walter Filer, E. 3 in.; bd. N. by Aaron Cook; S. by John Taylor. 

g 16. John Taylor, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Walter Filer; S. by Will. Holihard. 

C j 10. " Also John Biro is to have land on y" east side y great river as it is in 

y ' breadth Tenn rodd and a halfe more or less as it bounds N. by y« land of 

S John Taylor, in length runs front y" great river that bounds it W. and 

runes from it towards y' E. 3 miles, also bounded S. in part by y land of 

.Tarol) Drake as it runnes from y' great river toward y' east in a straight 

leyne, it runes owfer a corner of scantock brooke and takes all ye river 

within the leyne for a littell space and when it is eight score rodd from y 

great river which is y length of Jacob Drake's, tlien it bounds by y laud 

near Stephen Taylor's to y eand of y 3 miles from y river." 

John Biro has land, breadth 18 rods; bd. N. Joxiah Kllsirorth; S. Jlenry Wol- 

I rott, Jr.; runs back from y*^ great river easterly three miles. Date, jMitt 

1674. Refers, probably, to another grant further .south. See page .548, 

18. Will. HiiiiiARU, bd. N. by John Taylor; S. l)y ^'ifcv ailih.-i; begins 160 r. 

from river; E. 2A m.; 18 acres of this, running E. 160 r., passed to .ihni. 
liandaU, by e.xrli. 
30. Giles Gibus, E. 3 m. ; bd. N. by Uandnll d- Huhhard; S. by John Bim-ll: G. d. 
1641, devising this Id. to his s. Gregory, if lie should serve out his appren- 
ticeship faithfully; no further rec. of Gregory; property prob. changed 
hands. 
John Bissell. 
Will. Hill. 
42. John Drake, E. 3 m.; bd. X. l,y Wm. Hill; S. by ./"//« />Y.w«. 
7. John Bisski.l, "an add. to a former lot"; E. 3 m.; bd. N. by John Drake. 
12. John Drake, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by John Bissell; S. by Mr. St. Nicholas. 

Vol. I.— 69 



546 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

N. I No. of rods. 

18(?). St. Nicholas (Mr.), pmli. si.Id to Iloskins, imd prol). tin- Is r. .rcdiliMl nn 
Col. liec. to John Hoskins and his son Thomas, "as fro Ihc I'lanlation "; 
E. 3 m.; btl. N. by FrnncU !<t ili'K (>>eii SdlhinMnll Purl,-, \\. .543), and S. by 
John IIaj/iu>ii. 

44. Haynes, John (Gov.) of Hartford, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by .U,n //-«//«.•<.• S. by 
William Gai/lord, Senr. 

58. William Gatlord, Sen., " for part of 3d allotment and in part for meadow 
and by purcha.se"; K. 3ra.; bd. N. by John Ilairwu/S. by Ilinap/irei/ Pi /i net/. 
Wm. G. 's s. John (known as John, S') came into possession of S. part of this. 
1. "Gaylar, John, Sen., also, over y' great river, John Gaylar has y soutli 
side part of his father's lott in y" east side of y" great river an y barne y' 
is upon it; y" land in breadth 31 rodd, wanting 2 foot, and bds. northerly 
by y laud of Samuel Gaylar his brother and southerly by ye land of 
Humphrey Piuney, westerly great river and is to run easterly 3 miles." 
{Add. to Col. Uec, in lutndimtiiig of Matt. Q-rant, 167 — ). 

27. Hu.MPHREY PiNNEY, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by William Oaylord, Sr.; S. by Beynt 
EynUnton. 

7.5. Begat Eggleston. E. 3 ra.; bd. N. by Humphrey Pinney; S. by .hihn War- 
hntii. 

30. John Warham (Rev.), "another parcel"; E. 8 m.; bd. N. hy Begat Egylenton; 
S. by Thomas StayreK and William Hosfonl. One-half of this seems to 
have passed into hands of John (s. Wm., Sen.) Gaylar, Sr. " On y east 
side of y° great river 10 rodd and a halfe in breadth, that which was 
John Warham's, in length 3 miles .... bd N. by children of Wil 
liam Gaylar's, S. by land of Wm. Gaylar's (Jun'V)." (.!</</. to Col. ll.r.. 
by Matt. (Jnint, 1G7—). 
6. Thomas Stayres, as bo't of Wm. Hosford; E. 1 r. ; bd. N. by ./..//» War 
ham; S. by Will. Hosford. 

II. The Present Town of South Windsor. 

29. William Hosford: " over the Great river in breadth next the siime, as far as 
160 r. goes, is 39 r. ; at the end of the 160 r. the breadth is 34 r. and runs 
the same breadth to the E. 3 miles ; bd. as far as the 160 r. by Ahrohom 
Eandidl on the S. and Thos. Stayres N., and after that by John Wareharii. 
N." Hosford exchanged " nookes" with Randall so they boundetl on the 
River. 

10. Abraham Randall : E. 3 m.; bd. N. by 117?/. Hosford, S. by Philip Riiiidall: 
also 18 a. in cxch. with Will. Hubbard E. 160 r.— John Bissell, 16.53, bo't 
from the River, 160 r.; bd. Easterly by Randall, at end of the 3 m. 

14. Philip Randall: E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Ab'm Rtudtill. S. by lio(/er J.iidloir. 
John Bissfll, 1653, al.so bo't this, 160 r. E. from River; and, 1662, gave his 
s. Nath'li of the three lots (Ab'm and Philip Itiindall's and Roger Lud 
low's ?) 73 r. with another i at his (John's) dth. John Sen' prob. res. here 
from time of Joliii Jr. s marriage, 1657; and with his son Xatli'l res. here 
from 1662. 

64. Roger Lldlow: (Ids. not rec.) sold to Mrs. Whiting; by her sold to John 
Bis.sell, Sen'; a 3m. strip, 1649; B. sold 16 r. on S. side to Job Drake, then 
repurchased it, " back to the meadow, or fence." 

30. Eltweed Pomehoy; E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Rt>yer Ludloir, S. by Will. Hill. Sold 
to Whiting; bo't from wid. Whiting by John Bissell, w^ho gave it to his 
son Thomas, 16.58. 



LOCATION OF EAIiLY EAST-SIDE LAND-OWNERS. 547 

No. of rodK. 

40. William Hill, E. 3 m,; bd. N. by Kltioeed Pome.roy. S. by Qea. Qunn: sold 
1648, "with house and barn" to Rich. Samways and Stephen Taylor; 
Samways d. 16">0. and Terry bo't the N. half 30 r. This ho. and barn the 
first buildings «H rcmrd E. of the Gt. Hiver. 

15. Thomas Gunn, E. 3 m., bd. N. by Will. Hill ; S. by John M,im,ii. G. in 1(!78 
gave it to his son-in-law, Timo. Thrall. 

2.5. John Mason (Capt.); grant des. as 26 r. bdth., " more or less," " eontinues that 
breadth to the east side of the wet marsh, and th(!re y" but 16 r. in bdth, 
and so continues to the end of the 3 ni." ; bd. N. by T/iok. (Jiiiiii ; S. by 
Rt«/<r Williatnn i\nd Jusfp/i Chirhr. Sold to Henry Clarke, 1653. (Joseph 
Clorhe had a lot, 10 r. wide, which began " on the further side of the wet 
marsh at the beginning of the upland, and runs as far as the rest of the 
lots do" ; bd. N. by John Mason; S. by llofjer Williams.) 

17. RoGKii Williams, E. 3 ni.; bd. N. by John Mason; S. by Matthcin Grant. W. 

sold to Benj. Newbury; he to Jeffrey Baker before 1658, then it passed to 
his son Samuel, 1665. 

24. Matthew Grant; bd. N. by R. Williams, S. by John jRockwcll ; runs S. [E.?] 
3 m.; G. gave it to his .son Samuel, 24 June, 1658; " Samuel Grant's now 
house" stood on this lot, 1677, "the one little ridge not drowned" in the 
flood of March, 1639 — see OhI Ch. Her. (Ace. to Ld. Rec. John Eorkirell 
had 111 r. E. 3 miles; bd. N. by Grant, and S. by Wm. Rockwell. It is 
not easy to find where this come in; or the following: " 10 r. to John 
K., thence John Taylor, to Begat Eggleston; to Sa.xton; to Michael Hum- 
phrey; 20 r. Sam'l Rockwell," — but in this vicinity evidently.) 

30. William Rockwell, bd. N. by John Rxktrell ; S. by This. Buckland ; "20 
r. of this [N. side] is in length 3 m., the other 10 r. is from the river E. 
160 r." 

(Henry Wolcott, Sen., had 50 acres in bdth.; 10 r. to begin, 160 r. from the 
River: and fr. thence in Igth. 2A m. towards E.; bd. S. by Thos. Buckland; 
N. by Wm. Rockwell ; — evidently back of Rockwell & Buckland.) 

30. Thomas Buckland, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Wm. liockirell; S. by Geo. Hull ; de- 
scended to B.'s sons. 

27. Georoe Hull, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Thus. Jhicklaud ; S. by Wm. Phelps ; sold 
to John Drake, Jr., 1660. 

34. WiLLi.\M Phelps, Sen., E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Geo. Ihill ; S. by Thos. Holemnh ; 
was given to his sons, Nathaniel and Samuel. 

18. Thomas HoLCOMB, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by 11'///. Phelps ; S. by Stijihen Tern/; 

sold to George Phelps, before 1660. 
36. Stephen Terry, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Thos. llole.tmh ; S. by Thos. .si,jiii/hlon ; 

sold to George Phelps, 1660. 
50. Thomas Stoughton, E. 3 tn.; bd. N. hy Slejih. Tern/ ; i>. by Kphm. Hnit ; 

was given to his s. Thomas, 1646; his grandsons settled \ipon il. 

20. Ephraim Huit (Rev.), sold to Henry Clarke; then, 1661, to Thomas Loomis. 

20. John Br.\nkeu, Mr. (the schoolmaster). E. 3 m.; bd, N. bj- Eplim. Hnit ; S. 

by Chrislojther Wolrolt ; given by will 1o his wid. who m. Ucv. Jlr. War- 

liam, 1662. 

T). Chuistopher Wolcott, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Jeihn liranker ; S. by Jose.jih 

l,<ioiiii» ; sold to Job Drake; then, 1677, to Job Drake, Jr. 
5. .I()si;pii LooMis, by purchase (4 r.); E. 3 m.; N. by Chris. Weile/itt ; S. by Thos. 

.)//////■( ,■ given to Nathan'l Loomis, 1655. 
7. Tuo.MAS Moore, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Jo.seph l/ismm ; S. by John Moore. 
7. JoMN SIooRE, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Tho.i. Moore ; S. by John Witchjield. 



548 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

N. j No. of rods. 

; 29. John Witchfikld (EUIit), E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Tim. .Voore ; S. by Iltiiry Wal- 

riitt, iSs«/; sold to Anth. Hoskins, 16.59. 
I 20. Henry Woi.cott, Sen', had, somewhere in here, 10 r. on the river; E. 3 m.; 

bd. by Witc/if)'l(! and Bnvid Wilton, St.; and 14 acres, beginning 3U r. 

from the river and est. E. 160 r., with a bdth of 18 r.; bd. N. and S. by 

his own grounds, and E. and W. by David Wilton. 
18. David Wii.ton, bd. by Henry Wolcott, .s» on both sides; "length is first from 

the .s'* river back 3U r. and then the a^ Henry Wolcott to have within the 

same bds., according to the same bdth., 160 r. in length; and the s'' David 

W., at the end of the s* 160 r., to keep the si" breadth of 18 r. within the 

bds. before-s'' ; and to run to the E. 2A m." 
10. Henrt Woi.cott, Sen'; E. 3 m ; bd. by Darid Wilton. N.; and S. by llenn/ 

Fookes. 
23. Henrt Fookes, E. 8 m.; bd. N. by Ilenrn Wolmtt, Sen''; S. by Geo. Phelp" : 

sold to Henry Wolcott, Jr. 
10. George Phei.ps. 

18. Thom.^s Dewkt, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Geo. Phelps; S. by Benj. Aeitberry. 
10. Ben.iamin Newberry, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Thomn» Deirey ; S. by John Xeir- 

herry. 
10. John Newberry, E. 3 m,; bd. N. by Benj. Kewberry ; S. by Sarah yeirlierry. 
i. Sarah Newbehuy, E. 3 m. (4 r.); bd. N. by John, and S. by .}fary Xeirhern/. 
10. Mary Xewbeuuy, E. 3 m. ; bd. N. by Sarah, and S. by Keheeea Xeirherry. 

10. Rebecca Newberry, E. 3 m.; bd. N., by Mary, and S. by Hannah Neirlierry. 

11. Hannah Newberry. 
18. JosiAH Ellsworth. (See Rirye.) 
2.5. Henry Woi.cott, Jr., E. 3 m.; bd. by John Warham, N., and James Mar 

shall, S. — corrected by Matt. Grant, " this is 36 r. in bdth." 
26. James Marshall, Mr., not described; sold to Joseph Loomis, Jr. 
13. Thomas Marsheield, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by Mr. Marsholl ; S. by Sim vel Allen : 

sold to Henry Wolcott. Sen.; passed to George W. and afterwards to 

Simon Wolcott. 
15. Samuel Allen, E. 3 m.; bd. N. by ./ohn Hurd ; S. by Joseph Ijunnis. 
42. Joseph Loomis, Sen'; " runs that bdth. back to the E. 160 r.; and then y" 60 

r. in bdth., and so continues to the end of the 3 m."; bd. N. by .Stj/hmW 

Allen ; S. by John Porter. 
58. John Porter, " runs back to the E. 160 r. and then y" 50 r. in bdth., and so 

continues to the end of the 3 m."; bd. N. by Joseph Loomis ; S. by John 

Witchfield. 
10. John Witchfikld (Elder), E. 3 m. ; bd. N. by John Porter ; S. by I'hos. Ford ; 

sold, 1659, to Anth. Hoskins. 
20. Si.MON Wolcott, same bdth. for 160 r. ; then 10 r. bdth. to end of 3 miles. 

(It was prob. somewhere here that Jonathan and Nathan Gillett's grants 

came in; the latter being described as "11 r. next Gt. River; the Igth. 

begins 150 r. fni. river and runs 2i m.; bd. N. by Jonathan GiUett ; tf. by 

Henry {>) liussiter.") 
33. Bray Rossiter (D'.), bd. by John Diament (?) and Will. Jesse (?) on N. and 

Henry Wolrott, Sen., on S.; E. 3 m. This was 18 r. wide to the 2d swamp, 

and 15 r, wide to the end of the 3 miles. 
81. Henry Wolcott, Sen'., 24 acres; Igth. fro. River to E. to the 2d swamji, the 

N. side abt. 50 r. the S, side 70 r. ; bd. by Benj. yeirlnrry on S. and Bray 

Rossiter on N. 
2i. Benj. Newberry, " toward Podanke," one acre meadow Id., 78 r. from river 

E. to swamp; bd. N. by Henry Wokott, Sen'; S. by John Setrberry. 



LOCATION OF EARLY EAST-SIDE LAND-OWNERS. 549 

N No. of rodB. 

4. John Newberut, " toward Podanke"; a .similar grant; from " rivulett [Po- 
dunk] to the Swamp 342 r."; l)d. N. by Benj. and S. by Sarah Netrberry — 

I 1} acre. 

I 2i. Sarah Newberry, "toward Podanke, " a .similar grant; bd. N. by John and 

[ S. by Mary Xeirberry. 

1 2|. Mart Newberry, "toward Podanke," a .similar grant, "3 score & 12 r."; 
bd. N. by Sim/i and S. by Bebecai Neirberry. 

' 2i. Rebecc-^ Newberry, "toward Podanke," a similar grant; bd. N. by Mary, 
S. by HaiiiKih ycirhirry. 

I 2J. H.\NNAH Newberry, length from river to swamp, 73 r. ; bd. N. by Rebecca 

' Xeirberry, S. by John Wnrham. 

j 18^. John Warham, (Rev.,) " meado towards Podanke. " 3 acres; 3 r. bdth. 9 r.; 
length to swamp, 3+18 r. ; bd. N. by Hitiniah Kewberry ; S. by John Por- 
ter — 5i atre. 

I (At rear of these Newberry and Warham lots, a piece of 10 J acres = 2.5i 

rods, sold to Joseph Newberry, 1641.) 

6. John Porter, had 3 acres meadow between river and swamji; 8i) r. ; gave to 

his s., James. 
' 20. Joseph Loomis, had 10 a. meadow, between river and swamp, ninniug l)ack 
~; 83 r.; bd. N. by John Porter, S. by Mr. IIi)it, 3 acres of which was from 

^ the town, the rest by purchase. 

— 13. Ephraim HriT (Kev.), had 6f acres between river and swamp; running Ijack 
" 83 r. ; it was sold to Joseph Loomis, and passed to his son Joseph. 

^ 27. John TAi,C0TT(Mr.), of Hartford; " hath alowed fro the Plantation by virtue 

:^ of a Purchase, the summe of 13 acres," near Podonk, bd. N. by 77w. , 

f- S. by Riger WilHainn, " for the length y' begins ncere the great river and 

K runs backe on the N. 88 r., on the S. 20 r. " It was sold to Thos. Ford. 

^ I 6. Roger Williams, " near Podanke," 50 r. back from river; bd. N. by Talcott ; 

- I S. by Will. Hill ; was also sold to Thos. Ford. 

'^ 18. AViLLiAM Hill, "one parcel of meadow near Podunck, with an add. of swamp 
K I 6 acres, more or less"; ext. from river to the 1st brook; bd. N. by R. Wil- 

P I Hams ; S. by John Branker; was also sold to Thomas Ford. 

, 32. Thomas Ford, seems to have had a large hold upon real estate in this vicinity. 
In 1655 he recorded this grant (of 32 ft. front on river) anew, together irith 
the Hill, William.i, and Talcott parcels mentioned. He had also the land 
lying east of the meadow lots of the Newberrys, Wolcott, Porter, and 
others, south of Bra_v Rossiter, and to end of the 3 miles. Also, a parcel 
I of Id. " 76i r. y' keeps the which breath from the river but 83 r.. and fro. 

there [i. e., that point] it runs in bdth. 44 r. to the End of the 3 m. uppon 
the S. side"; bd. N. by Aaron Cook : S. by John Talcott. ~(i>ee Talcott.) 

7. Edward Elmer, had by exch. with Thos. Ford 90 r. ext. 3 m., which includes 

the above 4 lots (Ford, Hill, Williams, and Talcott), and also the 144 r. lot 
E. of Wolcott's and others. 

44. Joseph Fitch, 1662, bo't of the General Court (to which Thomas Ford had 
mortgaged it and failed to redeem it), in the meadow south of Podunk 
river; same width E. 3 m. if there was width enough to the end within 
Windsor bds. 
Thomas Burnham. On page 132 we said: "It is very evident by the old 
Hurnham deeds that the Burnham purchase extended north into South 
Windsor." Corroborative of this, and connected also with what was said 
on p. 131. is the following: 
Nov. 14, 1662. At a Town Meeting at Windsor, held to consider the 



550 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

N, No. of rods. 

aiipliciilioii 111' Tlios. Biiruliam. of Ilartforil, to buy a cprtaiii parcel of lanil 
at Poduuk, "now at present in the Indians' po.ssession and improvement, 
and, by agreement made by the town with the said Indians, to belong to 
them,"it("., the town con.sented to the purchase, on certain conditions, viz.: 
(1) it .sliiudd in no degree prejudice or nullify the Indians' right to those 
lands lying within the bounds of Windsor; (2) Burnham should not directly 
or indirectly molest the Indians in peaceable possession and improvement 
of said land, whereby their livelihood or subsistence may be obstructed; 
but, if a mutual agreement could be made, B. and his heirs were to possess 
the land; (IS) If Burnham should make a contract with the Indians, then 
he or his heirs were to hiiiUl trithin the tMiiniU nf Windimr, so that his lands 
and other valuable estate might be subject to the common charges and 
levies within the town of Windsor; Lastly, this was to put an end to all 
controversy, and Burnham "shall relin(£uish all claim to any land hehiiul 
Podiink brook." 
King. Edw.\ud (Irishman), Sept. 16, 1662, had additional land set o\it to him 
by that jtreviously sold to him by Thus. Ford (see Ford above) on the 
Suiit/i Ktdc of Poduuk hrmk (evidently east of the river meadow), on condition 
that Burnham should have a right of way through one corner of K's land, 
to pass from the " Indian land," or swamp, to his (B's) own land. March 
22, 1663-4, Burnham complained to the town that King had obstructed his 
passage across the 23 acres set out to King — the way set o\it to him (H. i 
by the town for that purpose, " which way passeth before the cellar 
[house] of said King"; and, on examination, a committee reported that 
Burnham should have free liberty of .said highway " until such time as 
Edward King hath removed his cellar and leveled the place where his ccl 
lar now is." 

Attempts to obtain a Distinct Church On/anization. 

The first inhaliitants of Windsor Farms for many years attendcil 
public worship on tlic west side of the river, and retained their connec- 
tion with the church and congregation there. But this was accomi)aiiied 
with great inconvenience and, in certain seasons of the year, with so 
much hardship, and even dtinger, as to induce them, at a very early 
period, to seek relief. Accordingly, in May, 1680, they petitioned the 
assembly for a separate township, that they might settle ii minister and 
enjoy religious ordinances of their own. Their rcipiest, however, seems 
to have been denied, as eleven years after, in October, 1601, we find 
them again urging the matter in the following well-set and expressive 
language: ' 

To the Hon' Gen' Court sitting at Hartford, October 8, 1691 : 

The petition of the inhabitants of Windsor on the East side of the Hivcr, humbly 
sheweth; That whereas by God's providence, who i.< the Supreme Ordcrerof the boumU 
of all men's habitations, ours are so disposed as that we are incapacitated for attendance 
upon the public worship of God, in our Towne. without great Trouble, Labor, lla/.ard, 
and dilliculty on the Sabbath, which by Divine appointment is a day of rest, and a con 
siderable part of our inhabitants being for the most part wholly deprived of any oppor- 

' State Archimi, Eccl., i., 87. 



M0VKMENT8 TOWARDS A CHURCH 0R(! ANIZATIOX. 551 

tuiiity 111' ciijoviiii; (!ih1 ill liis (inliiiuiufs in pulilic \viiislii|i. uiiil God having increiisi'd 
the iiiimlicr uf (Hir families Id above oO, wlu'iriii it is reckoned there are near 300 per- 
sons capable to liear the word of God to prolit, and api)reliending it inconsistent witli 
tlie (k'sign of our fatliers wlio came into this wilderness that they might enjoy the ordi- 
nances of God in peace, without disturbance, and laying out our land for a settlcnienl 
of so many of us their children on y' side of the Kiver. that we should be thereby 
de|)rived of the liberty of quietly enjoying God in his ordinances on the Sabbath, it th(- 
Town together being by God's Goochiess to us able to maintain 2 ministers; We lumibly 
petition that the lion' Court would be pleased to order that the Town should mutually 
maintain 3 ministers, and one of the 2 to be .settled on the East side of the River We 
recjuest the Hon' Court to consider that it hath pleased the Hon'' Gen" Ct to grant an 
enlargement of 5 miles to our plac'e for eiu-ouragement of the plantation_which is noth- 
ing to us. without the enjoyment of God's ordinances there. And the e.xtreme hazards, 
dangers, and difficulties to the most able, and total inability of the greater part to go to 
the publick meeting at the Town, and the many Sabbaths that none of us can go, forces 
IS to make this our application to this Hon' Court Your compliance herewith will 
oblige us, & as in duty we are bound to pray, &c. 

Signed by us in behalf of the major J Joseph Fitch 

part of the inhhabitants of Windsor v Nath"- Bissell 

on the East side of the River ) Samuel Grant S" 

At their next session, May, 1692, the court declared that " finding 
a iliHiculty arising in the case," they were unwilling to render an imme- 
diate decision : but appointed Mr. William Pitkin, Mr. Timothy Wood- 
liridge, and Mr. Noadiah Russell "to meet at Windsor, and to endeavor 
to tiring the peoyile to a comfortable agreement between themselves for 
settling the ministry to the liest accommodating of the people, and to 
make report thereof to the Court at their next session." The committee 
was to meet ou " Thursday come 7 night at Windsor." 

It does not appear from the records exactly what was the nature of 
the "difficulty in the case," which influenced this action of the court. 
It probably, however, arose from the unwillingness of the inhabitants of 
the town on the west side of the river to allow the formation of a new 
society, which would involve a division of the estates, and thus increase 
their own share of the burden of ministerial support. That this was one 
if not the chief "difficulty," is evident from the record of the subsequent 
court," wherein (June 22d) they say that, " having considered the same," 
they " do not find the estate of the people to be such as may at this 
jircsent encourage this Coin-t to grant their petition," and they therefore 
" recommend it to the inhabitants of Windsor to a hearty endeavor in 
the first place to settle a comfortable maintainance to their ])resent min- 
ister, <t then that they (of the "West side) do freely grant the iieojde on that 
(East) side to ])rovide for the settlement of a minister on that side in 
some good way of their own agreement, for this Court sees that after a 
little patience the necessity of the case will call for it, A- it will be [a 



' I.U. Il,r.. May anil .luiie. 16i>3, p. 71-78. 



552 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

matter] of necessity to have 2 places of jmblic worship in that Town, 
one on each side of the river." 

This sensible ad\nce of the honorable court was followed, and the 
east side folks held their " souls in patience " for two years longer. But 
the inexorable " necessity of the case " was still upon them, — a burden 
too grievous to be borne. Consequently we are not surprised to find them 
again agitating the question. 

April J" 9tli. 1G94. — We whose names are underwritten, being the inliabitants of 
Windsor, on the east side Connecticut river, do earnestly desire that we may have lib- 
erty to procur*ind settle a minister among us to be maintained by the present inhabit 
ants and those that shall inhabit with us hereafter.' 

.Joseph Fitch, Sr., .James Porter, 

Nath'l Bissell, John Elraor, Sr., 

Sam'l Grant, Sr., Jo.seph Skinner, ,Jr,, 

.John Colt, Sr., John Strong, Jr., 

Sam'l Kockwell, Sr., John Pinney, 

Thomas Stouj^hton, Geo. Sanders, 

Stepliiii Tailcr, Benj. Bissell, 

Thomas Bissell, John Stoughton, 

Nath'l Loomis, Joseph Colt, 

John Loomis, Matt. Grant, 

Henry Wolcott, John Taylor, 

Jeremiah Diggins, Robert Stednian, 

Samuel Baker, Samuel Rockwell, 

Job Drake, Sr., Joseph Fitcli, 

Josiah Loomis, Joseph Rockwell, 

Nalh. Porter, Josiah Grant, 

Sam'l Grant, Jr., John Grant, 

Jo.seph Drake, John Moore, Jr., 

Joshua Willes, Sr., Tlios. Long, 

Joseph Loomis, John Elmor, Jr.. 

James Loomis, Joshua Willes, 

Simon Wolcott, [Moses '! ] Loomis. 

Setth)iu'»t (//' the Rev. Mr. Edwards. 

The desired ]>ermission was accordingly granted by the Assemldy 
on the 10th of May, 1694 : 

"Whereas, the inhabitants of Windsor on the east side of the Great River have 
petitioned tills C^ourt that [they] may have liberty to procure and settle a minister 
amongst them to be maintained by the present inhabitants and those that shall inhabit 
there hereafter, tliis Court grants their petition that they may procure a minister to 
settle with them, prucided that nil tlmxe tluit lire on Hit- lajit side the rirer nhnll lie at UUrty 
til continue and repair in the niinintri/ iin t/it- went xide and there to pay their dues and dutien. 
and all those on tlie west side of tlie river that have estate, in land or otherwise, on the 
east side their estate shall be rateti to tlie ministry of the west side, and this order to 
take no place till they of the east side have a minister settled among them, and to con- 
tinue no longer than they do keep a minister there." 



' JState Arciiiceg, Eccl., i., 10.3. 



SKTTLEIMKN'I' UK I!KV. MI!. KDWAIJUS. 5o3 

KviTV impciliinont lieiiiir now removed, tlie cast side penplc lost no 
time in procuring the services of the Rev. Timothy- Edwards, Avho 
))ri'achcd to them as a candidate from "the midst of Novend)er" follow- 
iiiu', until his formal ordination as their j)astoi'. ''According' to Jlr. 
Tiionuis Stoughton's memoran(hi, ' Mr. Edwards came witli his wile, 
November 14, 1694,' and })rol)al)ly his first ministerial work was done in 
Mr. Stoughton's house, the chiircli edifice and parsonage not being coni- 
jileted for more than two years after; or, more liivcly, lie gathered his 
flock in some large barn. . . . Mr. Stoughton was, at this time, a 
selectnuin of Windsor, and owing to his prominence in the conununity, 
was naturally called ui)on to entertain the ministerial bridal party; for, 
only eight days before, the queenly young woman, who accompanied Mr. 
Edwards, had in her distant Northampton home l)ecome the new pastor's 
bride, 'iliiiiigb .Ml-. Edwards' pastoral ImIkhs commenced immediately 
u|ii)u his arrival at the " Fannes," the eaidy rci-ords of it are verj' incom- 
plete, but we know that it was " a peculiarly laborious one. Throughout 
his minutes of transactions, we have the evidence of his self-denying 
spirit. When we consider that this merchant's son, — this foremost 
among the scholars of New England — was restrained in the develoi)- 
ment of those innate powers of his l)eing by the drudgery of a farmer's 
life, a life from whi(di, by birth and education, he must have naturally 
shrank — we can have some idea of what it was to bring his lofty coii- 
ccpticms and thoughts to practice the routine of a husbandman's career." ' 

Their choice had fallen on one eminently qualified, both by nature 
and education, to lie their spiritual guide and counsellor. He was well 
descended, lieing the eldest son of Mr. Richard Edwards of Hartford, 
'• a respectable merchant and an exemplary Christian." '' His boyhood 
had been spent in the midst of a pious, wcU-regiilatcd family circle, and 
having pursued his studies at the Grammar School of his native city, he 
was at a {)roper age sent to complete them under the Rev. Peletiah 
(Miiver of Springfield. Under this eminent classical scholar he finished 
bis preparatory studies, and entered Harvard College in 1687. On the 
4t]i 111' duly, 1691, he received on the same day, the degree of fiaibelor 
and blaster of Arts, "which was an uncommon mark of respect paid to 
bis extraordinary proficiency in learning." 

Such were the antecedents (jf the iiidivi<lua! ulio now, in tlie )irime 
of his youth, consecrated his talents to the seivice df (Jud, in caring lor 
the spiritual welfare of this pioneer coiumunity. 

' Windsior Fiirine«. 

'As to llie somewhat apoilirj-plial aiKustry ami Wilsli origin i-lr., of l{cv, Timo. 
Edwards, sci; Windwr Fanitcs, pp. 38, :id. 

Vol.. I.— 70 



554 inSTOUY OF ANTIENT WINDSOU. 

Firxf Mi','t!)i:i-IL:nii<e. 

licss than liftv lamilics, aoL-ordiiig- to the petition given on Jiage 550, 
c'omiirised the whoh' jiopulation oi' the east side S(!ttlement ol' Windsor, 
from Po(hud< Bro()i< nn the sonth to the site of the present Counectieiit 
River Co.'s qnarry on tlie north, a distance of aliout six miles. Between 
thesi' ])oints — a little liaei< fnim rdtic of the iiplaiiil whieli ovei-limked 
the meadows — wandrrrd the wiiidiiiL;- liridle-|iatli whieh (gi'adually en- 
larged, iinpi-oM'd, and liuilt np(in as time rolliMl cm), eame liiiaily tn hi' 
icnnwii as "The Sti-i'ct"" — a name still distinguishing it, in ciimmnn 
pailani-e, rroiu ail othei- I'ciads in the \icinity. A few families had set- 
tled, hack from the ri\er, on Kettle Brook (^WindsorNiile) and alsn nn 
the Scantie, whore good milling j)rivileges offere<l ; — Imt all (dse — the 
sites of Broad Brook, Ellington, Wai-elunise Point, and Windsnrxille, 
formed then '-a howling wilderness." 

Aliciut the time these ]ieoplc had ralh-d .Mr. Kilwards, tliey had 
ereeted the frame nf a small mrcl ing-hmise upon the crest nf a sandv 
knoll in tlie e.xtn'nus northeast corner uf the (Ad Imi-ying gi'ound. ami 
facing "the Street" opposite the present residence of the late ()li\fr 
Tdok. " .Tnst noi'th of it," says Mr. Stoughton,' " across a narrow ravine, 
then much more alu-iipt than now, stood the old Palisado, or Fort, which 
was huilt a%a iirotection against the Indians. This was upon the hit 
late owned liy Maj. F. AV. Grant, and vestiges of it wvw diseernihle 
ahout 1800. Its location npon the hrow of the hill ovoi-looking the 
meadows, gave an advantageous site from which to repel the foe: while 
its proximity to the only house of worship made it a convenient i-ende/- 
vous to the settlers, who, at the soum I of drum oi- lilowing of ti-umpet. 
were wont to assemhle at the chinch. i>.)th these structures were with- 
in sight and signal of the old foi-t [I'alisado] and chnrch [at Windsor 
propel], heing erected at a point where the highway api)roached nearest 
to the ri\i'r.'" It is not proiiahle that this edillee was coni]ileted for 
scN'eral years, or used for woi-ship until ahout lii'.Ml/T: and, indeed, 
various sill iseipii'nt charges for '■mendinii'" show tliat it was iie\cr en- 
tirely (inisheil. 

Having now called a minister, the Court, May, ItJOo, granted them 
" so much of their country rate as amomited to 3 ])Once npon the pound, 
for their encour(i</ement" a favor which was repeated the following 
year; and fnrther enlarged to "one-half'' in -May, Id'.)", which was the 

' Comparison bctwcou the former and the present editions of tliis worli, will show 
that I have accepted, as more correct, the opini(ms relatinj; to this lirst meetin;r-lioiise, 
&c., expressed by Mr. John A. Stouoiiton, Esq.. in his IIV/k/w/' Fiirmex, p. 44. et >ilioii. 
The aiUhorities whieh he presents in that work, render liini the lii^liest .\iipellate 
Court on tliis and kindred matters relating to the Kast Windsor elunch dininir Mr. 
Edwards' ministrv. ii. n. s. 



UEV. TIMHTIIY KDWAUDs' IIOUSl.;. 555 

1111)1-1' ;icc('|il;ililr, uiuldiililcilly, lircausc i( was (sec p. 233) a year of ureal 
nmrtalily, srarcily, and distress. 

'■ At ;i iiiecliii.^- uf liih:cbiUinls on llie Kast siilc of tlic (ircat Kivrr in Wiiidsdr. lor 
the settling- of Mr. Timothy Eilwnnls in tlic work of lln' miiiistry. SciilcniljcT 2'>. Ki!)-"), 
it wa.s then voted as folhiws ; 

" Tlial tlicy will allow Mr. Kdwarrls, besides the hundred pounds formerly graiiled,' 
Ihrec si'ore pounds a year for flic two first years, ^ seventy pounds per year for the iie.\t 
Iwo years, and eiylily pounds per year foi- the future, and his wood. ' 

Alidtit tlic tiiiii' Mr. Ivlwanls had a('cc-|itcd flic call, his fatluT liad 
purchased for liiiii a farm and upnii it liiiilt a u'ood substantial Jauisi'. 
It was a |ihiiii, twostoi-y luiiise, built close to the ground. ' It was nar- 
row and long, with a door in the middle of the front, which faced the 
west. The southwest room had a bench fastened to the wall ari'uiid 
three sides. It was located on the east side of th(> main street, near the 
lesidcnce of his brother-in-law, Capt. Thomas Stonghton, on a slight emi- 
nence, about a hundred rods north of Stonghton's Brook. From the house 
the land sloiied towards the east to a brook that flowed at the foot of a 

' As eomiiensation for his time and services while ministering to them as a cnntlitlatc. 

'^ His first year commenced in the midst of November, 1694, and ended in the midst 
of May, '95. He received for it .£31 9.x. Sd. — at a rate (in year 169.5) of nid. on the pound. 
The collectors were .John Stoughton and Samuel Tudor. 

" A copy of a receipt which Mr. Timothy Edwards gave to the collectors which is 
as followeth : 

" I do hereby acknowledge that I have received the full of my Rate made for I he- 
first half year, as witness my hand. 

December 11, '96. Timothy Edwards." 

' Whereas, .Joseph I'helps, uf Windsor, deceased, did ingage to a committee of the 
inhabitants of the s'' town, living on the east side of the river, as appears from ihe l<'sli_ 
mony of .Job Drake and Thomas Stoughton, members of the s'' committee that the .said 
Inhabitants should have some part of his woodland, on the South side of his lott, lying 
by Thomas Stoughton's land nine rod and a half in breadth, extending eastward for the 
country rode 40 rods, for the accomodation of .Mr. Timothie Edwards the rainisler of 
the place, this court now impowers the widow of the s'' .loscph Pliel|is to eonllrni llie 
>' land to the said inhabitants for y s'' use. 

a true coppie of the Court act, 
as Attest. Elea/.ur Kimberlv 
Hartford .May 19, l(i9(! Secretary 

(Stouf/htim Mux.) 

* i. e., the ground floor of the house was laid on the ground, and the sills of the 
house laid upon it, so that in (entering one had to step over Ihe sill. It has be<m de- 
.scribed to us by very old people, as having a projection in the center of the front, jicr- 
liaps 8 or 9 feet square, forming on the lower floor a vestibule, or ante room. The 
house, like all the houses of that period, was furnished with fireplaces sufficiently large 
to take in wood five or six feet in length, and leave room enough on each side to .seat a 
large family of children. Wood wasabundani, and his peoi)le kept his woodpile well 
supplied, .so he used it freely. His negro, Tom, attended to his lires, and it is rcl;ited 
of .Mr. Kdwards that when the room became too hot for comrort. he would call upon 
Tom lo liriiig in .in arnitul t<( ym'ii wood to (ini-ncli llie lire. 



55G HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

slcr|irr hill, wliicli \\;is (lirii <'i-ii\vii('il with a hoaiilil'ul t'lircst of iirinieval 
trees, and troin which an extensive \iew was al't'iinled nt' tlie with' sweeji- 
ing niea(h)ws and liroad flowing Qu(inetai<ut heynnd. ' To this sjiot Mr. 
Edwards was accnstonicd to go for setdusion, and there his son .Idnatliau 
liuilt the liooth wherein lie liold soul-inspiring converse with God. -' . . . 
The house was completed about Jan. 1, lt)97. Its construction (iecn]iied 
ahout a year, the timljcrs being drawn from the distant mill during the 
winter season, when the farmers were more at leisure, and loads could 
l)e better drawn upon sleds. Corporal Joseph Stiles and John Host'ord 
seem to June Ik'cu the master workmen; and, a ])t)rtiou of the time, were 
boarded l)y tlie selectman, Capt. Stoughton, who charges Mr. Edwards 
" Sept. 2;"), ItiHG, for diattiiig (!or])oral Stiles and his son Joseph 4 days, 
S-v. 4'?. Oct. 4th, for diatting John Hosford 1 week, 4*. iki." Brick was 
lirought from Podunk and clay to stop the interstices was used instead 
of mortar. The windows were of diamond-sha])ed panes set in lead. 

In May, 16'JG,the General Court enacted, " upon the motion of di\cis 
of the inhabitants of Windsor living on the east side of tlie river," tliat 
tliey should ha\c liberty, •' in an (n-derly way, with the consent of neigh- 
bor churches,'" to " imbody themselves into church estate," and to jiro- 
ceed with the ordination of their minister, first having obtained the free 
consent of the church of Windsor. This, however, involved the division 
of the parish — then a new thing — in fact, this was one of the earliest 
instances of the kind in tlie Colony. And it is (pute likidy that "the 
free consent <!!' tlie cluiich oi Windsor" was not so easily obtainable : 
for, although a vote was })assed in by the east-side inhai)itants of Wind- 
sor May 3, 1697, that Jlr. Edwards .should be called to the office " as 
soon as conveniently may lie," ^ it is not until May 28, 1698, that Mr. 
Stoughton makes charge in his Account Book for " Provition hiiil in tin' 

' Under date of Marcli 30, 1813, Bet'. Mr. IMMiiji' IHdiy record.s that '• the house of 
Mr. Edwards, the first muiister in this town, in which the great President Edwards was 
I)orn, was taken down. It was in its day a very expensive house, decorated with many 
elegant ornaments. The roof was very steep, and it is said it has had but one covering 
of shingles." If, as supposed, this house was built for Mr. Edwards by his father. Jlr. 
Richard Edwards, of Hartford, in 1694. it must have been at the time of its demolition 
about 118 years old. It stood until 181.!, when it was replaced by a smaller one. 
erected by Mr. James Flint, which stands over the original cellar. The stepi)ing-stone 
which laid in front of the sill was purchased of Mr. Flint and used as the corner stone 
of the Theological Institute at East Windsoi- Hill. 

' Wiiidxor Fanues. 

° "and tho.se that are made churcli nu-niliers tu treat with him respecting that mat- 
ter." In the same vote, the East siders included "an aplycation" to the Gen. Court 
"y' the ])resant inliabytance and them that shall inhabit with them hereafter may have 
the libertien aiuJ priciledyen of a tmriir": ami (';ipl. .Joseph Fitch, Mr. Natli'l Iiis.sell and 
Thomas Stoughton were chosen " to order that ;ill'air. .\llso, v(i:ile(l that .sentci lie iiuide 
ill (lie vieetiny /lou-w and L-,\ch one \o pay there pr(i|iiirticiii by way "f rate." — Slniiijhtini 
Mas. 




PRES. JONATHAN EDWARDS. 




TIIK norSK OF HEV. TIMOTHY EDWARDS, KAM .. 

OF I"KES. JONATHAN EI)W\KDS 



ilUTH-PLACF, 



REV. Ml!. KUWAIIDS' OKHI NATION. 567 

Jidiixe of Mr. J'yihran/s far hlx iir<Jin<it'Hiii " — the list iiicliiiliiig rum, wine, 
Imtter, cheese, eggs, and wheat-\\w,\\. So it seems tlial the renl divisinn 
ipf jiarishes did not take place until l(ii)(S.' 

'■ A( a Gencrul Cloiirl liclil at Hart lord. May I2lli, KlilS, OriU'mi by this Courl tliat 
all tlinsc that do now iiilia1)il on tlio East side of the Great Uiver in tlie townsliip of 
AVimlsor — and those wlio shall liereafUjr inhabit tliere shall pay their eqinil proportions 
with the rest of their neighbours for the niaintenanec of the worship of God in that 
place so lonj;- as they shall there inlial)it. 

Verii Ciipiii 

Text. El^EAZUR KlMBERLY, i^eclj." 

It will seem str;im:i' to many to know that "the ordination was 
lollowed \i\ a Im]} in lionor of the evi'ol. Such. Imwexer, is tlie fact. 
Not long" since, there was found, in tlii' young |iastoi-"s handwriting, the 
original invitation sent to Capt. Thomas Stoughlon and wife, urging their 
attendance at ' an Ordination linll,' given at his own house and signed 
hy Timothy Edwards." 

July 21, KM), the emhryo So.'ioty e(uundssioned Dea. Job Drake 
to )iui-i'hase its first communion service, or, as the i-ecord has it, '• ('u[ics 
and |ilators, flagu'ons, talxd linen." 

Jncorporntion (^^■ a Diytiiift Societti. 

" At a General Court liolden at Hartford, Oct. 12th. KiO!). 

"Ordered by this Court and the aulhority thereof that the inhabitants nf Windsor 
on the East side of the Great Kiver, belonging to the society there, shall have liberty to 
choose 3 or 4 men for a Conunitlee to order the affairs of that society, and also Col- 
lectors to gatlier rates. 

" A true Copy. Test. Eleazuk Kimuerly. Sec"y." 

The people of .Ml'. Edwards's charge were thus ineorjiorated into 
an ecclesiastical society, hencefoi-th known as the Second Church and 
Society in Windsor. 

Accordingly, at their (irst suhse(pient meeting, " Jolin Stoughton, 
Sgt.. James Porter, Samuel Tudor, Corporal John Ellsworth, wore chosen 
a conuuittee to (u-dtsr the affairs of the society. John Stoughton was 
chosen clerk " to record the votes and make rates." Joseph Skinner 
and John Rockwell were chosen collectors. 

Decemher 15,1702. Voted, " that every man and all the teams 
sli;dl s|)end one day to cut and cart wood for .Mr. Ivlwards, and if that 
doth not i)rovide wood enough for one year, then that the Comnuttee 
now chosen shall ha\c power to call out the men and teams another 
day." 

In llOii wc Hud the following it<'ui among the expenses of the 
Society : 

' R*Aecea Drake, who dii^d in IT'.lil. at the .ige of lOll years an<l 8 months, distinctly 
remenibereil when Mr tMwards was ordained. 



558 HISTORY or ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

" 'I'o Ijinil. Willis l'<irs\vrr|miu- llii" .Mccliii'.:-li(insc, tl :(")./." 

Ill those I'lil-lirr il;i\s r\cn ;i /iiK/rtnliil ilid lint (lisihlill til ill' ;i 

'•il(iiirkcc|,(T ill tlir hoiisi' of the Lord." llr |irilnriiic(l this (iriicc until 
about 172:]. 

Srcond M'ctl)i>/-llo,isr. 

■' At :i iiu'cliiiij; of tlif Society on tlii' East sidr |iil| Coiuii'ilicul liivcr, in Wimlsoi'. 
DccciiiliiT SS, ITlll. 

•■ Deacon Drake was cliosen .Moderator for tliis iiieetin,!;-. 

" Voted at tliis incetinj;- lliat tlie |i]aee wliere llie meetiiiirdioiise stiall lie set n|. 
shall 1)C (letermincd by a major vole. 

"Voted by this Society lliat they would Imild a iiieetiii^-lnm.se. 

" Voted that the new nieetinj;--liouse shall be set up in this place where Ihe present 
meeting-house now standeth, or within a few rods of .said house. 

" Voled also that the new meeting-house shall be built 40 feet sijuare, and of a suit 
able height." 

('!i]it. Tlioinns Stouuhton, Lt. Niithaiiicl Loomis, Sat. ircurv Wol- 
I'ott, Su't. John Ellsworth, Sgt. Samuel Bancroft, were also appoiiitril n 
Jjiiildina' Coniniittoe witli discretionary iiowcr. 

1711, S(!i)t. Mr. Edwards, cliaplain of an e.\]i('ili1ion aoainst the 
French in Canada, falling sick, the (Jovenior and C'oun<'il sent two men, 
with four horses, to Albany to bring him home. Col. L'lc, 270. 

May 22, 1713, " voted the roof of the new meeting-house shall be 
as this is." 

Also, voted, to raise a rate of ,£100, "to be paid by .laniiary ne.xt," 
for building said meeting-house. 

And one year after (May, 1714) it was voted "that this old nieeting- 
honse sliould be put into the Committee's bands to dispose of." This, 
with an tieeonipanying vote to raise a rate of £100 on the ne.xt list for 
" ilnishing " the new meetiiig-hoiise, ehroiiiides the completion of the 
latter. See, also, note on |iage 44 of IVindxar Faniicx. 

Its ei'eetion, however, bad not been unaeconipaiiied with dillieidties 
and vexations ; for who e\er beanl of a. New Enobiiul lueeting-boiise 
being built that did not call out some expression of dissatisfaction, or 
some manifestation of ill temper? In this iiistanee, tlic cause of the 
trouble was that most prolilie of all causes — the lu,;i/!<i)i of the new 
house. Tlie records of the Society merely mention a troiilde which iiad 
arisen from " Henry A- Simon Wolcott A- others." which necessitated the 
calling of a coimcil. 'I'he matter is more fully explained Ijy a i)etition 
preserved in the State Archives. This petition, dated October 5, 171:3, 
is made by 57 families living south and -37 families living north of the 
meeting-house, who, after stating that the present or old house stood 
"near the mi<lst," iietween .Martha ( )sboin's bouse on the north, and 
.lobii Morton's house on the south, S.l miles and (lit poles apart, go on 



THE LDCATIOX OK A NEW MEKTING-HOUSE. 



559 



to utlirni tliat tlir travel dl' the south families is aliout dimlile that ol' the 
jieople on the imrtli. 'I'hey, tlierefore, urgently ])vay that the new 
meeting-house may lie more equally located.' In Oct., 1718, the General 
Court, in reply to tlu^ petition of the inhabitants of the east side that it 
would consider and determine where they .shall set the new meeting- 
house among them, " ordered, that the new meeting-house agreed to lie 
set up by the [letitioners on the cast side of the river in Windsor, be set 
up on or near the jilace where the ])resent old meeting-house now 
stands." Their re(iuest was evidently reasonable, and the nmnlier and 
eminent respectability of tiiose who urged it secured the respectful 
consideration of the assembly, who called a council to compose the dif- 
fei'cncc. 

This council, C(msisting of Joseph Talcott, Timo. Woodln-idge, and 
Thos. Buckingham, met on the 15th of May following (1714), and their 
decision supported the jirevious action of the Society, viz.: 1st, that the 
new meeting-house should be placed according to their own votes and 
the act of the assembly ; 2d, that the dissenting brethren /'C quiet muj 
CItristian-Uke ; M, that they reserve the liberty, "when (!od in His 
]irovidcnce shall ])ut them into a capacity for it in a lawful an(! ordt'rly 
way," to make a distinct society. 

Thus thrown back upon their own resources, the Sdutli-enders. as 
wc may call them, seem to have made a vigorous ami liouoralile 
attempt to hold their ground, as appears from the following document : 

" We, the subscriber.s (being Inhabitants on the East side of the Great liiuer in 
Windsor), Imiiniiy sett up a frame and intending to curer the same tliat it may Be in 
a lieadynes (if providence shal open a door to our Being a Society) for us for a meetiny 
/louse. And as yet not Being formed into a sosiety and thereby under disadvantage in 
Respect of gatering mony to Defray the cliarge of eouering s' ht)use Being wiling and 
desireouse that tlie mony to defray the charge of eouering s'' sliould be Lcued upon 
Euery man according to liis Ilateable Estate upon List this present year have tlierefor 
Hound our selves and By these presents do Bind our selves and successors to payor 
cause to be paid unto Cor. Xath" tilch, Jeams Loomis, Thomas Skinner and Roberl 
Stedman jim' al of Windsor afores'' wlio were chosen and apointcd by us the above 



' Signatures to the above : 
Joseph Fitch, Sr., 
Xathl Fitch, 
Joseph Xcwbcrry, 
John Wulcott, 
Xath'l Porter, 
Jas. J.ooinis, 
.Joseph Poller, 
Sam'l Elmor, 
Jeremiah Diggins, 
Jereuiiali Diggiii 
Joseph Coll, 
Simon Wolcolt, 



Jr., 



John Elmor, Sr., 
Benj. Loomis, 
Hezekiah Porter, 
.Samuel Fitch, 
Jo.si pli Sledmaii, 
Sam'l Bumham, 
.John Morton, 
Noah Loomis, 
.Jabez Colt, 
John Wood, Sr., 
Thos. Loomis, 
Thomas Skinner, 



Robert Stedman, 
Ed. Elmor, 
Benj. Colt, 
Sam'l Evans, 
Samuel Long, 
llc/.ekiah Loomis, 
Henry WoU^ott, 
Roger Wolcott, 
William Wolcott, 
.Mary .Morton, 
Joseph Phelps. 



560 



HISTOliV OF ANCIENT WlNDSOIi. 



iiienlioiied piiities to I)e a comniittc to have the ourosiglit of that afair, tlio ful anil jusl 
sum" that by computation slial be found to Be our proi)ortiou according to our Estate 
us it is upon List this present year to the true and faillil'ul performance of the above 
written premises we the above mentioned parties have bimnd our selves and successors 
as witnes our hands this 25th day of January ITfi. 
" Signed in presence of us 



John Stedman 
Moses Loomies, 



jun 



Simoon Woolcot 
Natliencal Fit(-li 
Ilezekiah Porter 
Ilcnary Wolcot 
Jabez Coult 
Josepli Porter 
Jams Loomys 
Jn" Wolcot 
hezekiali Lomys 
Hobcrt Stedman, ivm 
Thommis Digincs 
Xoali Looniis 
Bcniainiu Coult, 
Tliomous Skiiuier 
Jeremiah Digins Jr 



Samuel Elmor 
Samuel Stedman 
Benjamin Loomus 
Daniell 

Thomas Lomus 
Samuel Fitch 
Joseph Coult 
John Wood 
Samuell Burnham 
John ilorton 
Joseph Elmer 
Jaromia Digens 
Sarh long 
Xathanil Porter.' 



All iHiiiisini;- cviilciicc of flic iiilciisit)' of tlu' cxcitciiiciit to wliirli 
this coutniMTsy liad oivcii rise is proiscutfd in (lie fdllnwiiiu' verbatim et 
Uteraihii rn\\\ nf sctnie '' Vernex made hy Jahi-z ('alt [-.f ^rt.s/, now South 
Wmdmr"\, irhfit they raixed the MeetitKj-HuK.te mi the Eaat Side of the 
Great River, at the Loicer EndT wliicli \vc fnuinl in Timothy liooniis's 
old (•ouiinon-])liico hook. In ilic same honk we liml tliat " tlic iiicctinir- 
liouse (on y'' South riul ) of y"^ cast side of (iicat i?i\rruas raised 
March 22d, 1714;' 



Behold all you that do pass by 
Which at us .scorne and jeare 

lie jdeased now to turne aside 
and our defence to hearc 

You do account that we Rebel 
And Siscems [schisms] wc do make 

Thus are we in the talker's mouths 
and of us they do spake. 

.\s if that some new .sectary 

we did intend to bring 
wi' never had the least intent 

to lu-actise such a thing. 

Thus Huben, Gad, ^lenassa's tribe 
they were reproacht likewise 

but yet the altar Avliich they built 
was not for sacrifice. 



Nor ueitlier do we build tliis house. 

false worship to erect 
Yet grieviously, without a cause 

on us they do reflect. 

But if you have a mind to know 

or lieare the reasons why 
we undertake to build this house 

I'le tell y presently. 

One reason why we build this house 

I openly declare 
to offer iiraises, Sacrifice 

and for a house of prayer. 

The Lord of host [s] now grant for us 
with u))riglit hand and mind 

we in the .same may worship him 
with hearts that are unfained. 



' Ongiiud S. W. Ch. Mss. 



MEETINfi-IlOUSK I'OETIiY. 



5G1 



Ami let (iiir priest witli riylilt'ousiicss 

as with ;i rolic be clad 
His liol}' truth for to tiiifold 

ic) mak(3 our soles full glad 

I )iii' oilier reason yet there is 

Ihe wiiieh I will unfold 
liow many of us suffer much 

both by the heat and cold. 

It is almost four milds 

which some of us do go 
upon (Jod's lioly Sabbath day 

in times of frost and snow. 

Two milds we find in Holy writ 
Sabbath dale's journies bee 



() wherefore then are we compelled 
for to go more than three [?] 

By reason of tlu' length of way 

Our burden it is great 
through stormy wind which we do g 

liotli in the rain and .snow. 

now let us all with one accord 

iu unity and love 
by lifting up of heart and mind 

Seeking to God aljove 

That he would ca.st off our reproach 

and eke exalt our borne 
and witli His gracious presence then 

Our Jleetins house adorn. 



Attempt to Diviih- thf Parixh. 

Still unsatistioil, the i)eo|.)le irsidiiig in the smith |i;irt nf tin* tnwii 
petitidiicd the Assembly (Jlay 12, 1715) for libei-ty to sot up a soiiai'ate 
society.' 'I'his petition, signed by forty-one jtersons, was promptly 
negatived liy the assembly. And finally the matter was again referred 
til the fiirmef council, who reaffirmed their previous decision, supporting 
the vote of the society and the assembly. 

Finding both the assembly and council unyielding, the dissenting 
brethren had no alternative but submission, and at the next society 
lueetiug, on Decemlier 26, 1716, it was " voted that Roger Wolcott,Esq., 
Cajit. Stoughton, and Ens. IJiifiiham should ' dignify the scats' in the 
lueetiug-house." " 

hi August 80, 1717, the Socit^ty voted Mr. Edwards £100, which 
"shall he paid Mr. Edwards, whether he does stay with us, or go away 
from IIS." 

Meetimj-Ho um' Impru von en tx. 

December, 171S, the Society vote records tluit, " if there be money 
lidf that was raised IVir the building the meeting-house, the cduiiuittee 
shall bo nupiiwercd tn iuiild pews over the gallery stairs." 

I>i'cemb(M- S, 17ly, it was voted '• that the present committee shall 
deiuand what money there is due the Society, and lay it out to buy a 
cHuliiun and a hoiir-f/lass ; and make two horse-blneks, one on the iiurlh 
end of the meeting-house, and the other on tlie south; and iuiilil Iwn 
pews, one over the south stairs, and the othei- dver the north stairs, ('/' 
//((' money will hold out. Voted, if there be iiinney enough together, 
then to make caps over the dnors." 



' Stdte Archives, Eccl.. ii. 2:!7 
^ i>tiit(! Arclmen, ii. 237. 
Vol. I.— 71. 



562 



niSTOnY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Pniliahly tlic money I'ailod "to hold out," ;is tlic "caiis"' wcrf 
rcseiiKlcd ;it ii sul)Se(jueiit iiicctinir. (tiir fatlirrs were carel'id not to 
incur an\ iiiidiie amount of indelitcduess in tlie matter of church erec- 
tion ; a point worthy of notice liy some " eliundi l)uildinir connnittoes" 
of the ])resent day. 

17-20 — From the Thos. Sfoi(</Jifon Mis: we dean tlu' following- Li.st 
of Rates of the P]ast Windscu- ])eo]de : 

The sum total of each man's List (annexed to his nanu') of the 
Poles and Ratealde Estate, on the East Side of Connecticut River, in 
Windsor, Anno dom. 17"20, as followetli : 



Jolin Andreson, 
Abiel Abbot, 
.Tcrcmiali Bisscll, 
Joseph Baker, - 
Ephniim T5aiii rnl't, 8;, 
Epliraim Bancnift. .Inn', 
.lolm Bancraft, - 
David Bisscll, - 
Natli" Bisscll, - 
Samuel Bancraft, 
Thomas Bissell, Sen'. 
Cornelious Birge, 
John Bartlett's heirs, 
Jo'nath" Bissell, 
Nath" Bancraft, 
Thorn" Bissell, .Inn', 
Jonathan Bliss, 
Ebenez' Bi.sscll, 
Sam" Bissell, 
Isaac Bissell, 
Benjamin Colt, - 
Kutli Colt, 

Edward Chapman's heirs, 
Jabez Colt, 

Mr. Simon Chapman, Sen', 
Joseph Drake, Sen', - 
Jeremiah Drake, 
Jeremiah Dijrfjens, Sen', - 
Benjamin Drake, 
Isaac Davis, 
Jonathan Day. - 
Jeremiah Diggens, .Inn', - 
Lieut. John Ellsworths' heir> 
Amos Elmor, 
Caleb Elmor, 
■Benj" EUsworlh. 
Edward Elmor. 
Samuel Ellsworth, - 
Benjamin Egcleslon, Sen'. 
Job Ellsworth. Sen'. 



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Job Ellswortli .Tun''s heirs 
Thomas Ellsworth, - 
John Elmor, Sen'. 
John Elmor, Jun'. 
Sam" Evens. 

Benjamin Egelston. Jun', 
.Joseph Elmor, - 
Samuel Elmor, - 
Nathanael Fitch, 
Samuel Fitch, - 
Samuel Grant, - 
Mathew Grant, - 
Daniel Grant, 
Daniel Garret's heirs, 
Samuel Gibbs, - 
Thom" Grant, - 
Daniel Gillet, - 
John Gaylord's heirs, 
.lohn Grant, 
Gr;ice Grant, 
John Huntington, 
Joseph Loomis, Sen', 
Wid" Mary Loomis, - 
Joseph Loomis. Jun', 
Nath" Loomis, - 
Xoah Loomis, - 
John Loomis, 
Hex. Loomis, 
Zechariah Long. 
Mooses Loomis, .Inn', 
Thomas Loomis, 
James Loomis, 
Mooses Loomis, Sen', 
Joshua Loomis, 
Benjamin Loomis, 
Samuel Moore. - 
Jacob Munsell, - 
John .Morton, 
Ebenczcr .Moore, 
Samuel Morion, 



£ s. 

18 00 

143 13 

23 00 

24 OO 
44 00 
37 10 

48 09 
03 18 
33 05 

18 00 
26 10 

180 10 

20 19 

21 00 
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05 05 
.50 16 
74 18 
42 11 

25 10 
83 15 
41 05 

26 00 
99 10 

103 10 

08 05 

46 00 

.34 15 

70 06 

18 00 



RE-SEATING OF THE MEETI.N(i-H()USE. 



563 



Joliii -Mocirc. .luir, 
John Moore, Sen', 
Ruth Xiibory, - 
James Naughtou, 
Joseph Newbcn', 
Tlie Heirs of Beiijumiu 

bery. Dec", - 
John Osborn, 
Samuel Osboni. Jun', 
Isaac Osboni, 
Samuel O.slwrn, Sen', 
Benjamin Osboru, 
Jacob Osborn. ■ 
Jo-sejih Plieliis, - 
John Phcljis. - 
Joseph Porter, - 
Samuel Pinne_v, 
Job Plielps. " ■ 
Jonathan Pasco, 
James Pasco, 
Mrs. Hannah Porter of H:i 
Nathana" Porter, 
Hez. Porter, 
Samuel Rockwell Heirs, 
Joseph Rockwell, Sen', 
Josiali Rockwell, 
John Rockwell. 
Jcseph Rockwell, Juu', 
Capt. Thomas Stoughton 
Jacob Strong, - 
>\>ali Spark, 



£ 


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Ebene// Styles, - 
Thomas Stoughton, Jun'. 
Thom.-is Sadd, - 
Joseph Skinner, 
Joseph Stednian, 
John Strong, 
John Smith, 
Mary Steilman, - 
John Styles, Sen', 
Richanl Smith, 
William Stoughton, ■ 
Thomas Skinner, 
Richard Skinner, 
Samuel Tudor's heirs, 
John Taylor's heirs, ■ 
Ammi Trumble, 
Jacob Wills, 
Henry Wolcult, 
William Woh-utt, 
Ebenez' Warner, 
Samuel West, - 
Lt. .Joshua Wills' heirs, - 
Simon Wolcutt. Jun', 
rhristoiilier Wolcutt's heirs 
Ebenez' Watson. 
Roger Wolcutt, Esij., 
John Wolcutt, ■ 
Simon Wolcutt. 
Jcdidiah Watson. 
John Wood, 



€ 


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52 


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67 


06 


97 


02 


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29 


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103 


16 


81 


09 


45 


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18 


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72 


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115 


06 


81 


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124 


03 


72 


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86 


00 



Fel). 18, 1722-23. The mcctiim-liuusc wa; 
chosen hy the Society, viz.: ' 



III till' liixt jiiir IIC.H the 

Roger Wolcott escf 
Thomas Stoughton 
.Mr. Simeon wolcott 
Lieut nathaniel lonns 
Thomas loinis 
.Mr. matbew grant 
widdow elsworlh •> 

widdow osband 

The iicJ-t jHir iijoi/iiiii;/. 
Thomas bissell 
Serg' Jiunes porter 
Lieut, henry wolcott 
.ledadiali walsoii 



p'dward cliiicr 
Samuel tudor 
decon Job Drake 
Srg' Tlumias clsworth 
Srg' Jared bissell 
Cap' Job clsworth 
Jlr. John wolcott 

T/ic >ii'~rt peir iiji/i/niiir/ 
Serg' John Strong 
Mr. John More 
Leu' Samuel bancrofi 
hezakiah porter 
Mr. William wolcott 
Mrs. grace grant 
deacon rockwell 



ro-sc'itted bv a committee 



n< Jir.sl.-^,il. 
Josi>]ih hnnis 
lienjannn cgleston 
John Taylor 
hezakiah lomis 
Serg' Joseph rockwell 
Serg' Joseph porter 
cbenezor wals(m 
nirs. abigail willis 
Serg' Samuel more 

'/'//(• tnr hi/ thf (irmt ihire 
mr. John bartlctt 
Serg' JiKSeph phelps 
mr. William Stoughton 
mr. Joseph newbery 



' From Windeur Fnnncn, p. loO. 



r)fi4 



HISTOIIY OF ANCIENT WINDSOK. 



SiTg' .lacol) SI rung 
.losepli bacon 
Jdhii Smilli 
Sainu(-'l eliiicr 
Lieut. Cli;ulrs wnlinll 
iiKisc's loinis 

C. The wriiml neiit 
duiicon SkiiuT 
Joseph Drake 
Samuel osboml 
John osbond 
Jcremyah Digins 
Lieut. Isaac bissell 
Ensg" Josepli lonii.s 
Jeremiah bi.ssell 
Thoma.s Skinner 
widdow lianuah gayloic 
Phranc baucroft 

7. The fore front (julirti 
Corp' Samuel i)iuney 
Jonathan blis 
Serg' Samuel osbond 
Serg^ John Elsworlh 
Thomas Stoughtoii 
wiildow newberry 
John anderson 
Kphraem bancroft Jr 
Joseph Elmer 
Jeremiah digius 
widdow mary lomis 
corp" natliauicl (icli 

.s'. '/'/« //(//> iti!ji'i/iiiiiii(j ji' . 
pars. 

Jojui rockwell 

Richard Skinner 

John Stiles 

James kimis 

En.sg" Natliauicl bi.ssell 

Corp" Hii'liiinl Smith 



Josiah rockwell 
Ebenezor bissell 

T/ie third xtut 
John lomis 
Nathaniel porter 
Jonathan bissell 
Serg' robcrt Stedman 
hezakiah parsons 
Ebenezer waruer 
Joseph Stednum 
John phelps 
widdow ruth Coult 

'. The f runt xiih (jidcry. 
Joshuah lomis 
beniamen lomis 
Thomas Sad 
.Icremiah drake 
abial abit 
John mortou 
John grant 
Thomas grant 
Samuel grant 
Joseph rockwell Jr 
daniel grant 
John more 
Simon wolcott 
cristovor wolcott 
daniel gillet 
daniel Stoughton 
Zachariah long 
moses lomis Jr 
William Elmer 
Thomas Elmer 
ammy trumble 

/. T)(c middle JMW ill 
i/iileri/ 

t'aleb Elmer 

Cornelius birg 

anuis Elmer 



Jacob osbond 
beniamen elsworth 
Job elsworlh 
daniel elsworlh 
Samuel burnham Jr 

.'. The 111,1-th iieir in 
yidery 

James wolcott 
Ebene/.er Stiles 
iioah Sparks 
Job plielps 
Enoch lonus 
Samuel mortou 
Samuel (itch 
Timolliy deinming 

J. The forth Sent 
beniacmen coult 
Jabiz coidt 

Samul gibs 
Thomas bissell J"' 

John w I 

J;icob muairl 
Nathanil grant 
John binrowes 
uathaniel Taylor 

.;. Theffth .lint 
Ebene/.er Taylor. 

.(. (■(( tlie middle peir in 
unlen/ 
abial abit 

Joseph rockwell Jnr 
Samuel grant 
daniel grant 
Jacob osbond 
John more 
Thomas Stoughton 
Thomas grant 



Mairli -1, 17:24. There lieiim- ;t oonei'al dissatisfiictioii with the 
scatiiiii' ol tlie iiii'etiiio-liiiuse. it \v;is ordered to be reseated, and Ihe 
rules adopted by vote were : 

1st. That shall be 1 head to a man. and ai;-e, and estate. At-., to 
take it fnun the l)uilding of the meetinii-honse until now. 

■Jd. Tiiat the men shiiU sit on the men's siile, and the women on 
the women's side, ;tnd it shaU he counted illxonler to do otherwise. 

:?d. That the seaters shall till up all the seats with yoiini;- persons, 
viz.: where the mari'ied [folks] are not seated. 



ciirRni TKouBLKs, 17."')")-1741. 565 

Sill; I in; I. 

May 22, 1727. " Yotod, That for tlio futuro the rule of Singing- in 
this Society shall be according to tlu' rule of singing now brought in, antl 
tiiiight among us by Mr. Ueali." 

Renewed Attempt at Divisian. 

In May, 1729, an attempt was again made to divide ( Ivist ) Wiud- 
sm- into two distinct societies, Ellington people desiring to form a sepa- 
i-ate parisli, but the movement was promptly negatived by a vote of (iO 
against 11'. It would seem, howe\ci-, that its adhi'rents were augment- 
ing in numbei's, for on a similar motion made at the society's anniuil 
meeting, two years later (1730-31), they formed a minority of 31 against 
tib. In April following, the south end jieople jietitioned theassemlily for 
a new society.' In this dneumrut tliey state that the jjresent "society is 
built almost wholly on one stri'ct, and is tcMi miles long." But the as- 
send)ly would not sanction them: whereupon with a degree of persever- 
ance which does them honor, they petitioned at the October session of 
1732, for umiter privileges (i. e., that they might enqiloy a minister dur- 
ing the months of Decendiei', January, February, and March), and for 
an abatement of ont'-third of their rates to Mr. Edwards. 

"We are forced," say they, "to travel from our own ilwellings unto 
\r meeting-house, & there endure ye extreme cold. A- oftentimes with 
w<'t clothes, fa.sting fi-om nuuning until night, and then travel from ye 
meeting-house, unto our own dwellings, which by reason of ye difference 
of ye way, & ye coldness of ye weather, is so great a hardship that but 
few of us are able to endure. So that many of ye aged men, women & 
children are utterly debarred from attending on \v public worshiji a 
great part of ye cold season, Ac." 

Again the influence of the society jirevaili'd, and again were the 
courageous south-enders defeated. 

Ilci-e we will leave them l'<ira whih', contending against the ]irejii- 
dii'cs of their neighlxjrs, and the "lil-foi/jj consci-vatism of the assendily. 

TroiiUrs i)i the Clnirrh, 1735-1741. 

I'lii' even course of the Second Chui'ch was now seriously disturlieil 
by a sharp and |i|-otracted couti'st between the pastoi- and bis people nn 
certain points of i-hurcb gii\ernment and discipline, '{'be somewjiat re- 
niarkalile character of this dispute, as well as the imporlauee nf the priii- 
«'iples involved, claim for it a moie than passing notice at our bauds. It 
is necessary to take a brief retrosjiective glance at the state of the 

^ State Archms. This iietitioa sigiii'd (ami prolialilv dniwii up) liy l.t. David J3is- 
sell, Clerk. 



566 HISTORY OF AXflENT WINDSOR. 

cliurclics in ('oiiiu'rtiout, in whirli this difRculty first li;iil its oriiiin. Pre- 
vious to 1701S, the contire'ji'ational luiil hoen the only mode of worshi]) in 
the colony. Prosbytcrianism and Episcopalianism, however, had coni- 
mencecl their inroads upon the established opinions of the people. 
Against thcni the C'Ongrcgational Churches had no general jilan of 
cluireh-fcllowship or discipline to oppose. 'Die ('anil)ridue Platform, 
which fill' sixty years had Ijeen thrii- rule, ma<ii' no provision cithci- for 
any association of ministers or consociation of churches. It was true 
that such associations of the clergv had, at an I'arly date, lieen estah- 
lisiicd in particular counties or neighborhoods — which had liccn pro- 
(hirtixc of much good: yet they w(;ro jmrcly voluntary and lacked tin- 
cflicii'Hcy which a more general ]ilan of union wouhl have secured. In 
tlic absence of such a plan, many abuses had ci'ept into the cluu-ches. 
One of tlu^ chief of these was an utter lack of any regular system of ex- 
amination of candidates for the ministry, and of their ])roper introduc- 
tion to that office. The de])lorable looseness wliiidi prevailed in this 
matter was a soui-ce of reproach and e\ il to the cause of religion. 

" Besides," says Trumbull, •' it was generally conceded that the 
state of the churches was lamentalile, with res])ect to their general order, 
government, ami disciplini'. Tliat fur the want of a more general 
and energetic government, many churches ran into confusion: that 
councils were not sufficient to relieve the aggrieved and restore peace. 
As there was no general rule foi- th(.' calling of ci)uncils. council was 
called against council, and opposite i-esu!ts were gixcn upon the same 
cases, to the reproach of councils and the wounding <if religion." 

A very general desire was felt, therefore, among the clergy and the 
laity of New England, for some nearer union between the churches. In 
Connecticut, both legislative and clerical influence favored the associa- 
tion of ministers and the consociation of churches ; and the synod of 
1662 had distinctly approved of the latter. "The heads of agreement 
drawn up and assented to, liy the united ministers in England, called 
presbyterian and congregational, in Iti'.i^, had made their appearance on 
this side of the Atlantic ; and in general, were highly ajiprcjvcd." 

Su<'h was the state of things, when in May, ITOS, the Assembly of 
Connecticut, being " sensible of the defects of the discipline of the 
churches of this government, arising from the want of a more explicit 
asserting of the rules given for that end in the holy scriptures," i)assed 
an act, reiiuiring the ministers and churches of each county to meet and 
])repare drafts of an ecclesiastical constitution, which drafts were to lie 
compareil together at a sul>se(|nent general meeting at Saybrook. Ac- 
cordingly, the delegates of the several councils met at Saybrook, Sept. 
9, 1708, and having duly considered the drafts submitted to them, 



CHURCH TRornLEs, 17o5-lT41. aUT 

ilrru tlifri'l'nim ;i constitutiiili, whirli was iircscutcil to, and n|p|ii-i)\r(l liy 
the ass(uiilily at its session in Octolier lollowiui;'. 

Coneerninfi; this ])Litforiii of (iiscipline, now i;cueraily known as the 
Sayhrool; Platform, Tnuuliull makes tlie foUowini^' remarks : 

'' Thoiiii'li the coun<;il were nnaiiimous in passing the |iiatl'oini of 
discipline, yet tlicy were not all of one opinion. Some were for hiuii 
eonsociational government, in their sentiments nearly pres])yterian : o(li- 
crs were nnich more moderate and rather verging on independency ; Imf 
exceedingly desirons of keeping the unity of the spirit in the hond of 
peace, they exercised great Christian condescension and amicalileness 
towards each other. 

•• As it was stiimlated that the heads of agreement should be ohserved 
through the colony, this was an important means of reconciling mem- 
liers to the constitution, as these did not carry points so far as the arti- 
cles of discipline. These did not make the judgments of councils deci- 
sive, in all cases, but only maintained that particular churches ought to 
have a reverential regard to their judgment, and not to dissent from it 
witliout a])parent regards from the word of God. Neither did these give 
the elders a negative in councils over the churches ; and in some other 
instances they gave more latitude than the articles of discipline. These, 
therefore, served to reconcile sucli eldei's and churches as were not for 
a rigid eonsociational government, and to gain their consent. 8omew-hat 
different constructions were put upon the constitution. Those who were 
for a high eonsociational government, construed it rigidly according to 
the articles of discipline, and others l)y the heads of agreement; or, at 
least, they were for softening down the more rigid articles, by constru- 
ing them agreeably to those heads of union." 

We have been at the pains of thus (juoting these remarks of Trum- 
bull's, because they serve to enlighten us very materially concerning this 
controversy in the Second Church. 

Mr. Edwards was undoubtedly one of those who " were for high 
eonsociational government, and in their opinions nearly Presbyterians," 
and disposed to con.struc this Saylirook Platform rigidly ac(;ording to the 
" articles of discipline." On the ]>romulgation. therefoi-e, of the Platform. 
he asserted that it should heuceforth Ijc the order of his clnirch.' as tJieir 

' This cliurch early adopted tlie Cambridge PUitforin of church goverumeut and 
worsliip, and the Westminster Confession of Faith ; as the church in West Wind.sor. 
from which they originated, had also done ; but has ever united in associations and ec 
clesiastical councils with the neighboring churches, who arc generally settled on what 
is called the .Saybrook Platform, (Extract from Chiiirli Mniiniil.) 

The church had only onu form of Covenant for those who came into full commun- 
ion, and those who joined by half-way Covenant, it being understood that the latter en- 
tered into the Covenant in a modified sense, not asking, nor expecting, full privileges. 
July 1, 1786, 163 were living in Half-way Covenant, whose names are given, including 



568 HISTORY OF ANriENT WINDSOR. 

(Iclcpites liail iiri'ii |ii-('S('iit at tlic ciiii\cn)i(in wliicli iVaiiinl it. and had 
(inililioclly, at least,) cndDrscd it.' This tiic cliurcli denied, iuasiiiuch 
as they were uiiaware, when they sent tlieir niessensjcrs to the conven- 
tion, tliat any sucli ehanfi'c was (•onteni|iiate<l. Tlicy also ih^chired theii 
adhercnee to tlie ancient congreuational order. " Fimlinu- their I'astdi 
so nuich attacli(?d to this new Scheme of Disciiiline," and findinii' tli:ii 
aecorilina' to its provisions the niess('n<;fers of n chnrch were of no .m 
connt nnless tlioy conformed to the major part of the elders : and nni 
apjiroving of the silential metliod of voting, they insisted to theii' |iastoi 
n])on their I'ight, as a chnrch, to the free choice of mcssengeis. 

Notwithstanding tliis wide variance of opinion lietween pastor ami 
peoph% concerning tliis j)hitform of discipline, there seems to liave lieen 
no open break nntil the year 1735. In the course of that year, ifr. Ed- 
wards, prcacliing to his churcli on the sulijcct of church disri|iline, as- 
serted the following points: 

1st. That it helongs to the Pastoi- of tlie Clniivh to juduv and de- 
termine wluit comjilaints or accusations shall lie lu-ought hefort' the 
Church and what not. 

:2d. That the votes of tlie lii-ethi'en to Convict or Rcstoi'e an of- 
fender, are of no force or xalidity without the i'iincun'(.'nce or ap]iroha- 
tion of the I'astor. 

It is needless to say that the iirethren were hoth surjirised aiul 
grieved at the position taken liy their ]iastoi-. I'licy immediately ad- 
dressed him a letter, wherein they modestly Imt lirndy insisted on the 
ei/i(al. rights of messengers and elders ; comj)laining that he had always 

30 ill Wapping. From July 1, 1786, till March 27, 1808, wlii-n tlic last lialt'-cuvcniintor 
was adniitted, 168 were received. 

Disripline. The records leave us to conclude that licenlioiisucss was (iiie of the 
most common occasions for church discipline a hundred years ajro ; and they show, 
also, a good degree of fidelity in dealing witli delinquents. 

' For our information concerning this controversy in the Second Church of Wind- 
sor, we are indebted to a manuscript volume, in the possession of tlic Cunn. llixl. Si,i-i- 
eti/. It tills lOS small quarto pages, written in the clear chirogniphy of Governor Roger 
Wolcott, and was evidently (having title page, preface, &c.) intended for p\d)lication. 
It is entitled " ^4 | J^'^nrratire \ of the TrouUex in the Second Chiiirh in \ ]\'iii(li«ir \ xiiire 
the year 1735 ; to the year 1741 | with the \ livuKons irhy the Iirethren of that Church \ ml- 
here to the order of Chiin-h Ooecrniiieiit \ Assented to \ By the ChnreheK of yeir EiKjlmid A: 
Dtim: 164S | and | lief use to siilwiit to the ord.r <f /lixrip/ioe | ,if/r,',d iipoi, at Siylirix'k 
170S I Acts, .nii, 11. 

Siquid Novisti Kcctius lllis 

Candidus Imperti Si non his utere niccum, — //'//•. 
Pul)lished at the Desire of Several of the Brethren and others." The lieading of the 
first page is "The Privileges of the Church contended ft)r." 

It evidently presents an e.f parte view of the ca.se ; yet its able discussion of tiic the- 
ological points involved, its strong common .sense, anil the dignitied spirit of Christian 
courtesy \vhi<'h jiervadi's it, inclines us to .-i innrc than usual coiitidcnce in its state- 
ments. 



d 



riitTRni Tiionu-Es, 17-)r)-1741. 5()!t 

(Icsiuiiatcil the iiiir Id lie soiit as iiiossoiiji-cr — unless some one ohjiM^cd, 
uliicli is thosilcntial lui'tlinil, ami unlaii- in its "iici-alinn. Tlicv (■iinrlinic 
li\- re(iuestinsi" a fair and IVit i-onrci-cncc on the matter.' This verv rea- 
s(inal)l(! i-e(|iiest was (leclineii hy Mr. Edwards, and the ditruMdty existed 
in this unsatisfactory state, nntil a ease of discipline hrouglit matters to 
a focus. r]er(> we quote the very just remarks of the author of WhiJsor 
PiinneH (p. 56) : " The paiish, in Mr. Edwards's day, was an excoedin<>ly 
dillieult one to enrh and direct. The community then, as now, was 
jierhajis the wealtliiest agricultural village in the State: but many of the 
men were far removed in their connections and practices from that spirit 
I if self-denial that is so essential to the happy nnicm of Church and State. 
The charactei'istics of indifference to the support of religious institutions 
have uiihap])ily been transmitted to later generations. Although under 
the vigorous administration of ^Ir. Edwards, they were stinndati'd to a 
high degree of activity, even ho deplores that although they are alile, yet 
they will not contribute to the comfortal)le support of Gospel privileges. 
The investigator of the pari.sh history, since 17(^0, is forced to the pain- 
ful conclusion that nut only the spiritual l)ut the material interests of 
the place are suH'ering from the same causes to-day. Indeed, it will be 
dillieult to find in New England any other town that contributes so small 
a proportiiui of its wealth to the usually recognized means of religious 
instruction. Its present condition is not owing to any reactionary move- 
ment from Calvinistic theology: it is simply the result of hereditary 
causes." Again (p. 91), " The parish of East Windsor seems to have 
lieeu in a ferment during a large part of Mr. Edwards's ministry. As 
has been intimated, many of the men who composed it were of an irre- 
ligious habit, and it recjuired all the eiu'rgy and forbearance of their ))a.s- 
tor to encourage and restrain them. Their manners were, in many cases, 

uui-uutii. and I If like Mr. Edwards this was exceedingly disagreea- 

liie. His own address was exceedingly ceremonious, yet ])leasing and 
often atfable. lie rebukes them, in several instances, for their ill-breed- 
ini;-. intimating in his sermons, that towards himself he wishes a greater 
dileriuee shown, calling attention to the fact that he notices they do not 

■ icniove their hals when they meet their betters upon the street,' etc. 
I'erhaps the most disagreeable contests that occurred in the jiarish gr(!W 
nut of this very element of coarseness to which we have alluded. Tlie 
fust of these difficulties was occasioned by an unfortunate attachment 
wiiii-h sprang up between his niece, Abigail Stoughton, and John Moore, 
Jr., a profligate young man of the jiarisli. This soon ripened into a se- 
cret marriage, much to the consternation and dismay of the parents and 

' Tfiis letter was signed "in belialf of tlie chuixli," l)y Ilez. Porter, WilliiUii Wol 

■ nU, Sani'l Bancroft, .Tosliiia l.oiimis. Henry Welcott, ami lioiior Wolcoll.all liijriily 
n s|veetiiljle anil intliiential men. 

Vol. I. — 72 



570 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

iniclc nf the l)riilc. Mr. lOdwiirds, (li'c]ily \viiiiii(|('(l, ;iiiil ;iii\i(iu.s di uiil 
the iil'llii'ted ]iarcnts, usccl his iiilluciico t(i liavc tlie matter lironulit licriiif 
tlu' North Association oF Minist(u-s for Hartford Ooiiiitv. These gent Ic- 
nieii met at Windsor, on the 3d (hiy of Fehruarv, 1724-5, and discussed 
the fi)ih)win<>' (|nestioii : 'Whetiier mati'imonial Cdutracts, eitliei- |iii- 
vato or pnhliclv, made hy chihlren living' in theii- father's house, and lie- 
ing in their youth, without yo (lonseut of their ])areuts, and osi)ecially 
contrary to their minds clearly notified hy them, do bind in conscience 'r ' 
To this (juestion the assembly letnrned the following answer: 'By tin 
best light we have, from the word of (b>d. A' according to the concui-reiii 
Judgment of Learned, Judicious, and ii|F|iro\ed divines, we Judge that 
the father hath a right or power to make void such contracts, in orJinarii 
caneH, — Voted: Attemt, John (Iraham, Scribe.' How long the con- 
test ])etwcen Mr. Stoughton and his objectionable son-in-law continued, 
we do not know, but there are various writs wherein Mi-. Edwards' naiiii 
appears as a witness in a suit jjending between the two parties, it is 
certain no divorce was granted [the Colonial Court not seeing a- way to 
the cutting of the knot, as readily as the divines had done]; and, a few 
years later, Abigail Moore received from her father ' a setting out' in 
the shape of various household goods, which seems to indicate an adjust- 
ment of the difTiculties." 

The next case which disturbed the Cliurch was a similar one, wherein 
" Mr. Ivlwards for a considerable time debarred ime Joseph Diggins from 
owning his covenant and having his child baptized, imless he would puli- 
lickly confess himself guilty of a scandalous offence Mr. Edwai'ds had 
i-bargvd liini with." \iz.: his marrying Mr. Wm. Stoughton's daughter 
contrary tn lier lather's wish. Josejih IMggins asserted his innocence, 
and claimril a tiial liy the church. This Mr. Edwards refused, claiming 
that he had a uiyatirc on the chureli, and that therefore, until his opin- 
ion was altered, it was useless for the cliurch to troul)le themselves alioiit 
the matter. Thus the case rested (althougb ^Ir. Kduai-ds was often im- 
portuned by the elders and brethren to allou a trial) until October. 
178S, when a council was calle(l wliicli di'cide(| in favor of granting a 
trial to Joseph Diggins. Some time alter this, .Mr. Edwards called a 
church meeting, and entered a formal jirotest against Diggins. charging 
him with having broken the 5th and Sth commandments. 

The case was tried, and Joseph Diggins was pronounced not ;/iiilti/. 
From this decision Mr. Edwards and two of the lirethren dissented, and 
calleil a council. The council met June 12 and Is, 17^!'.', and their de- 
cision sustained the |irevious action i>\' the church, 'i'hey, liowevi'r, com- 
mended Mr. Edwards for his •' tenderness, prudciu'e, faithfulness, and 
caution" in the matter: and if be can not without scruples admit Joseph 
Diggins. the brethren are advised not to press th<' mtitter. and Diggins 



CHURCH TKOUBLES, 17o5-1741. 571 

liinisclf rccdiuiiiciiilcil to Mpply to sonic otlici- ininistcr fur cliiircli jirivi- 
luges nnd baptism for his child. 

After this. Digging again appiii^l to and was di'iiied liv Mr. Edwards. 
'I'iic kindly iniportnnitics of the deacons of tlu' chuicli in liis liclialf met 
tiie same fate from the nurelenting |)astor. 

Tlicn an all'ectionate, jihiin-spoken, and earnest letter, from the 
chnrch, in liehalf of .]ose])h Diggins, prating for his admission, and a.s- 
serting their rights, as a Congregational Church, was handed to Afr. 
Edwards. Again he refnses their request, on a plea of conscientious 
scrujdes, as he does not wish to conntenance such marriages as that of 
.Fose))h Diggins. 

Finding the jyastoi- thus dis|)osed, the eliurrh moved that Diggins he 
allowed to seek elsewliei-e for church rights. To this he demurs: Isl, 
on the ground of its great inconvenience : and. :id, heeause -it is safest 
for me to he here mider the watch of this chnrch, where my lirethren 
are aiiout me to ohserve my hehavior and direct me." 

The asi>ect of things was now decidedly bad, and the deacons, 
" fearful and loth to have tlie affair drove to extremity," requested their 
pastor to call a church meetijig. This he flatly refused to do, whereupon 
the deacons called one on their own responsibility. At this meeting 
(Oct., 1739-40), Joseph Diggins made a formal cliarge against Mv. Ed- 
wards of maladministration. Finally the pastor was induced to call a 
council, whitdi met Aju-il 22, 1740. 

To them the church pi-oj)onnded four (piestions foi- their considera- 
tion and advice. 

1st. Concerning tlie jiower of the pastor to a])point messengers. 

■2(1. Concerning the pastor's ]iower to negative the action of the 
church. 

8d. Concerning the i)astor"s power to judge and <leterniine what 
ciim]plaints shall come before the church. 

4th. To determine the case of Joseph Diggins. 

Involved with this was the still i)ending charge of maladministration 
against the pastor. But the council, like most councils, was too thin- 
skinned to manage the matter. It contented itself with declining to 
eiiti'i-taiti any dixcussion on the first three propossitiom, but professed its 
willingness to adjudicate the case of Jo.seph Diggins. This, however, 
was but of secondary importance to the church. Deeply interested as 
tlic nuijority wer<' in the case of their aggrieved lirother, they could not 
but feel that it involved princijiles of vital importance to themselves and 
I lie church at large. For thirty-two years they had firmly maintained 
the inalienable rights of a Congregational chnrch to govern themselves, 
and iluring all that period they had resisted the attempted encroachmeiils 
ot their respected pastor, with a mingled judgment and forbearance 



572 



inSTOKY OF ANCIKNT WIN'PSOI!. 



wliicli cxritcs our sui'iirisi' ami ;iilniir;itiiiii. ('oiiucils IkkI Imt aililcil to 
tlic (linicultics of tilt' cast'. That of 178N hud wholly oiiiittcd to ipri> 
iimiuci' on the duty of Mr. Edwards to siiljiiiit Dig<rius's case to tlic churuli. 
That of IT^jMhad given advice coiitrailictoi-y to itsrlf, or liahlc to niiscon- 
struction. 'I'hr last council liad utterly refused to adjudicate the very 
points ujion wliii-h llic welfare of tlu' church de|icudcd, and had, indeed, 
reqnircMl thi'ni to reuouuee those |irinei|iles. Thrii' jiastor, also, was 
still lying' under a eharue of uialailniinistration, and for neai'ly three 
years the chui-ch had not partaken of the Lord's Supper. 

" We desire,'' said the church, as they recounted their grievances, 
" no new thing, Imt only what were the pn')iciple>< and practices of our 
fathers; yea, the principlcx of tin' tirxf I'liriluiix, as may appear from 
the Order of Chiuudi Gov<'rument drawn up iiy .Ml-. Cartwright, the 
father of the Puritans, in Qneen Elizaheth's time." Furthermore, thev 
statetl their i'ou\ ictious that the real controversy was whether the church 
or thi' pastor should have \\\i' jin/rvr nf noiniinifhii/ tlieii' elilers. Finally 
Mr. Diggins, having, ''upon im|iortunity of s(uue of the hrethi-en," with- 
drawn his Complaint, a consideralile nundier of the church pi'esenteil 
their pastor with the following letter : 

WrNuson. .Vugust llllidiiy, 1741. 
Rev" Siu : 

It would have been a great satisfaction to us if you had granted our motion to yon 
(the last time you called us together) to call a Congregational Council to advise us in 
our conti'oversies respecting our church-order which was offered to tlu^ council that met . 
which they refused to hear and give their ()|)inion uptm. We are still of opinion that a 
Congregational Covmcil would have been the properest way to have led us into peace 
in that matter. Hut since you have declined this, and we are denied the benefit of sucli 
a council, we hope j"ou will sulTer us, without ofTence, to declare that we are still a 
Congregational Cliurch. and that in onr opinion it is not with our Pastor to debar us 
from any privilege belonging to us as such; but we nre ready to receive any evidence 
from the Scriptures or reason, to convince us that the Congregational Churcliorder is 
unscriptural or unsound. We are further of opinion that merely the dilfcrenl under- 
standing between us about our church-order is not a sullicient cause to hinder our Com 
muuion, and Mr. Diggins having withdrawn Lis complaint, we .see nothing in tlir way 
but we. may set down at the Lord's Tabl(! together. 
To the HevJ Mr. Timothy Kdwards. 

(Signed) Hi:7,. Porteis, 

JosECIt SKINiNKU, 
ROOUR WoLCOTT, 

.Jon Ei.LswouTir, 
Sam'i, Bancuokt, 
Jeukmiah Bissell, 

JOSEIMI NEWniiKRY, 
RlCIIAI{U Skixnkk, 
Anna, Annor, 



.losiAU HocKWKi.r., 
JIattiikw UocKwia.L, 
Daniel SKtNXKU, 
William Woi.i-orr, .Jr., 
William ELLSWoinu, 

.loSEl'lI OSBORN, 

James Pasco, 
Jacob Muxsel, 
Samuel Ei.LswoTnii 



Upon receipt of this letter, the jiastor " propounded the Sacrament, 
which was attended hy the IJrethi-eii witliout oiijection." 



cnnicii TiiouiiLKs. 1700-1741. ")73 

'I'lic tmlia|i|i\' ('iinilition ot' the cliurcli socnicd now in ;i I'aii' way to 
1h' at an riid. l!iil.-oii tlii' Lord's day. Nov. L1741," Ml: Kilwards 
read a It'ttcr to the cliuroli aftri- moriiinti' disroursr, di'siriiiii' tlieiu to send 
a luessciigor to a council at Hartford, lie also took occasion to ic-asscrt 
his right to nominate the ni('sseni;:(;r, " yc^ /'/r /ifiii-i> mke and for fhia 
time,'" he ci>n(U'Sccnded to leave it to tiieni. In the afternoon the con- 
greg-ation met and appointed a messenger, who applied to ^fr. Edwards 
for his certificates to said council. The pastor, who had lieen ahsent 
from the election, although invited to attend, (hndineil to furnish suidi 
certilicate to the messenger; alleging as a reason that, not ha\'ing lieen 
present, he did not know who was elected. 

Thus, suddeidy and strangely, the piartly heidcd wound between pas- 
tor and people was rudely torn asunder, and the cliui-ch found themselves 
again plunged into a sea of troul)les. 

How the diflicultv was finally settled wc are not informed. The 
written account, to which we are indehted in the prrxious pages, although 
fully prepared and intended for publication, was never issued. But the 
following item from the society's books may possibly afford us a clue : 

"To Mr. Matthew Rockwell i;s for preaching 4 Sabbaths to this 
Society in Mr. Edwards s confinement .'^ 

" Four Sabbaths " previous to this date of Decendx'r 1st would carry 
us hack near the date (Nov. 1) of that " Lord's day " whereon Mr. Ed- 
wards so unaccountably renewed the scarce-healed controversy between 
himself and people. It is not improbable that we may find in this fact 
an explanation and an extenuation of the aged j)astor's strange conduct. 
Old age lu'ings with it infirmities of tvm|ier as well as of body: and we 
are inclined to regard his persistences in what he doubtless thought to 
lie the line of duty as an imconscious manifestation of that disarrange- 
ment of the nervous functions which more or less accompanies the grad- 
ual decay of the physical powers; and of which it was, in his case, jirob- 
altly the first marked premonition. It was at all events followed by a 
few weeks' illness, the first, as the records show, of a series of successive 
sicknesses which marked his passage to the grave. ' 

It is probable that this was the opinion of his pcoid(\ for, as we 
have before said, the intended j)rotest was su[)prcssed, and no furlbci- 



' Jlr. Stoughton, in his Wiml»>r Farmvn, \y. 24(5, is disposed to question my opinion 
tliut Mr. Edwards's conduct, in tliis matter was due to pliysical causes. But Mr. Edwards 
was at this time 73 years of age, and Ihougli " liis accounts, liis sermons, tliirleen yc.irs 
later, were written in tlie clear, vigorous style of liis earlier productions," and tliougli 
" his death did not occur until eighteen yearsafter tlie controversy," I still beg leave, from 
a professional standpoint, to maintain my original opinion. There was evidently tlie 
beginning of a brcaliup of physical power — calling so obviously, ten years later (1752), 
for some relief, that he conceded promptly to the desire expressed by his people that 
he should have a colleague — and there arc other memoranda of various illnesses. 



574 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

iillusidii is I'liuiid on ;iiiy of tiic rocords to tlic i|urstioii in ilis|mfc. 
WlnitcviT difforenct' of opinion mijilit have existed in regard to tlif 
mooted ]ioiirts of cliuirh jiovernnicnt, tliei'e seems to have been at ail 
times an nnnsnal desii'ee of affection for their |iiistur. Tliev c<jnld not 
l)nt fee! tluxt his whole life had l>een devoted to their liiu'liest good, that 
liis character had l)cen in strictest liarmonv with his teachings, tliat in 
all his dealings with tliem fidelity had been mingled with love, and jnd'j- 
ment tem|)ered with mercy. Over the errors, as they deemed them. ni 
his (hidining yeai'S, they were disposed to cast the wide mantle of char 
ity; and, rallying around his bending form, they strove, l)y tendei' ottico 
of affection, to lighten his labors and to uphold his feelile hands. 

Another yet more powerful influence was ])rolialily at work to bind 
them together in the bonds of Christian fello\vshi|i. The "(ireat Awal<- 
eliing" of 1741-:^, which liad e(iiiiincnccii at Xortliainpton under ihr 
ministry of " Mi', .lonatlian," thi' sou of tlicir belo\ed pastor, was spread- 
ing over the land. And this cliui'cli and town pai'took of its lilessed 
effects. "Some of theaged still among us." says the tdiurch rei-ord in 
17in,"ilale their conversion IVom that memoralile period, and have 
maintained a Christian life to tlieii- old age.'" And liefore the presence 
of the Lord all l)itterness of sjiiiit. if such there was, nnist have melted 
away, as the snows upon the hillsidi- disajipear liefore th(^ genial wai'uitli 
of spring. 

1742, Deeemoer. It was voteil that the - ( Jallei'ies be enlarged all 
around, as it now is on two sides." .Vud in 174o £ 10 was paid to Doc- 
tor Matthew Rockwell and Mr. Wolcott, "for preaching in our Pulpit" 
in Mr. Edwards's absence. 

In the year 1750 a part uf the Second Society in Windsor was set 
off to help foian the Society of North Bolton, as will lie jnore fully set 
birth in auolher jiart of this chapter. 

Jfr. Pern/ Jiixttil/n/ <i.-< CoUeai/iie J'ustor. 

For nearly threcseoi-e years ilr. Edwards had " iioue in and out" 
liebire this people, iireaking to them the " bread cif life," ;ind ministering 
U> their spiritual wants with a fidelity and earnestness which had greatly 
endeared him to their hearts. His whole active life had been spent in 
their service, his children had grown under their eyes to positions of 
eminence and usefulness, and his fanu- had become a jiart of their own. 

l>ut these many years had not been without their effect upon him: 
the tall form was beginning to bend, the elastic step grew daily less lirni. 
and the snows which whiti'ucd his lic;id reniimlcMl them that be and tlie\ 
were " )iassing away." 

And so. with a consideration lionoralile alike to tliemsches and their 



MR. PERRY INSTALLED AS COLLEAGCE. 570 

vcncralilc iinstor, (lie society (letoiunined io procure a collciiuue to help 
liiiii ill the work of the ministrv, and at a meeting in Auuiist. lTo2, 

••The Committee. Capt. Koger Wolcott, Mr. .^Inttliew Koekwcll, iiiiil .Mr. Win. 
Wcilcott, are direeteil to wait upon the Rev. Mr. Timothy Edward.';, and inform liini 
thai his great age and the infirmities tliat attend it, have rendered liini iinahle to preaeh 
the word to tlie Society to their edification as it ought to be, and tliat therefore the 
Society have agreed to settle anotlier Jlinister, in which they de.sire liis eoncurrence and 
advice." 

The couunittee doulitless performed their somewhat delicate task in 
a manner acceptalile hoth to their aged pastor and the society; a.s, in 
Uecemher following, wo find the latter taking measures for procuring a 
colleague, and also for building a new meeting-house ; which latter, how- 
ever, was not accomplished until 1761. And, in October, 1753, it was 
resolved that " this society shew their willingness by their committee 
that Mr. Edwards should lie eased of the burden of preaching," until the 
niwt annual meeting. His pulpit was accordingly supplied by the Rev. 
Thomas Williams, who afterwards received a call from the society on 
very flattering terms of settlement, which were declined. The first men- 
tion of Mr. Perry in the Cluu'ch Records is in the minutes of a " meeting 
of the Second Ch. of Christ in Windsor, regularly convened on the 15^'' 
day of April, A.I). 1755. Hon''''' Roger Wolcott, Moderator. Matthew 
Rockwell chosen clerk. At this meeting a call to ilr. Perry to lie Pastor 
of this Church, together with the declaration etc. of the Faith A- order of 
this church is voted and subscriiied unto. And Major Roger Wolcott, 
Deacon Joseph Skinner, Deticon Matthew Rockwell, Deacon Daniel 
Rockwell, Mr. Abiel Abbot, and Wm. Wolcott, Esq. were desired tind 
appointed to wait ujwn Mr. Perry and present our call to him." At this 
nit>eting thirty-two men subscribed their names to a declaration of the 
Faith and Order of the Church. "And wc do confess and declare our 
Faith and Belief is according to that confession of Faith called the West- 
niin.ster Confession." "Also at this meeting Deacon Matthew Rockwell 
and Deacon Daniel Rockwell are appointed a Committee to wait njjon 
the Rev. Mr. Edwards and inform him of the doings of this churcli." 

Gov. Wolcott drew uj) the Covenant on the church's i)art, and when 
he laid it before tlic church he informed them that by the Westminster 
Confession of Faith they were to understand the same as the Assembly's 
Catechism. So that the faith which this ehiirch hath subscribed unto is 
contained in the Assembly's Catechism. 

The society then called Mr. Joseph Perry. The terms ottered him 
were a settlement of £2,500, old tenor, in bills, to be jiaid in three equal 
installments at end of each year, for the first three years, and a mlary of 
j£60 ]iroclamation money, annually, for first three years; and after that 
£75 in lavvfid money or its equivalent/ so hmg as he shoidd remain with 
them in the ministrv. 



576 HISTOIiY op ANCIENT WINItSOI!. 

'I'lir rail was ai-iT|,(c(l liy .M i-. Pi-ny in tlir Inll.iuinu- |,.(tcr: 

"Td Uh! Second Society in tlic lowii of Windsor: 

Brethren — After havinjf returned you my most liearly 1ii:iMl<s for llir honor :in(l 
resjieet you have done me, hy inviliiiij of me (on the 2Stli of October hisl) to selllr 
with you in the worl-i of llie Gospel ^liiiislry, I would inform you by these lines, thai 1 
have taken your proposal into serious consideration, consulteil Heaven for direction, and 
taken all proper advice in this great and important affair, and accordingly return an 
answiT to your request, in the following manner (viz) that I fully and freely accept of 
the settleinent by the society votes, also that I freely accept of the salary by the society 
votes for my support, so long, as I shall continue among j'ou as your Minister. .\^ 
your courteous behavior to, and Christian treatment of me have effectually engaged ni\ 
lieart to you, let it be our constant care to keep up a Christian temiicr and deportmeni 
towards each other, and mutually strive to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond nl 
peace, that he who is Head over all things to His Church, may dwell in the midst of us 
and bless our honest designs to promote the Glory of God in the salvation of .souls, ami 
may we long re.joice together in beholding the Glory of (!od, and the iirospcrity of tin 
Redeemer's Kingdom among us. 

Brethren, pray for me, that 1 may be a faithful and successful lalioicr in Gmls 
Vineyard, and Hint 1 may study to show myself approved luito God, a workMiaii thai 
needeth not to, be ashamed, and may that Love, Peace, and Harmony. I tiusl is n.illv 
subsisting between us at present, continue, until we shall l)e admitted into Ihc Niw 
Jerusalem, and God's Holy Temple above, where Love reigns without dissimulation 
which is the prayer and shall ever be the constant endeavor of your friend and well 
wisher 

.losEPii Perhv. 

Windsor. April llie 28tli. l",r,. 

Tills Ifttor was read to tlic Cliurcli inectiiii:' couvcucd ■' 2'.ltli day ol' 
April, iind the Clcfk of the Socicfy was diivctcd to send letters of invita- 
tion ioi- a Coiiiicil oi' .Ministers to ordain ^Ir. Perry, and the last Wed- 
nesday in May was a|i]iointed to l)e ke]it hy the Clinrch as a day of Fast- 
iiio- and Prayer, and the Rev. Kli|ihalet Williams and William Russell 
were iinited tci |irea(di to them on that day, in which they were to iiii- 
jilore the Divine lilcssing upon their choice." Acccn-dingly, on the 1 Itli. 
the .second Wednesday of June following, "he was duly ordained as 
colleague pastor over the Second chnrch of Windsor." The Coiineil. on 
that occasion (whicii rejirescnted tlie chnrelies of .'^iieilninie and Ded- 
haiii, Mass., of Tolland, Jlai-tfonl, East Hartford, Poquonock, Kllington. 
Wintonbnry, Windsor, and Windsoi' North Society), was entertained at 
the house of Cajit. Ehenezer Grant, and the sermon was preached hy the 
Rev. ."^ainnel I'ortei', of Sherburne.' .Mr. Perry was ablative of Siiei- 
liiirne, .Mass., graduated at Harvard College iu 1752, and was in his 2od 
year when he heeame Mr. Edwards' colleague.^ lie possessed a fine 
education, a strong mind, promising talents, and great amiahility of 

'A Sermon | |u-eached al the | ordinaliou | of the Keverend | Mr. .Joseph I'erry. | 
to the I Pastoral care of | a Church in Windsor: | .June 11, 17.>5. | By Samuel I'orter. 
A.JI., I Pastor of a Church in Sherburne. Boston: Xew Knglarid: Printed by .lolm 
Draper, at his Printing Olhce in Newberry Street, | mdcciv. 'I'exl I Cor . 11, ~. 

"JIss. Hev. Thomas Bobbins, .s'. W. V/i. lice. 



nv.v. MR. I'Kitnv's ordination. f)"" 

cliaractrr, and a wiDidcrl'iil ajitncss in jiraycr. 'I'lirwc, touci Iiim- with his 
Irivciit piety, soon endeared him to the hearts of his new liiarge, and 
(■(nnmeiided liim to the courKlence of their aged pastor. 

Windsor, Scpl"' li), 175.") [the iir.st called by Mr. Perry.] At a nieeting of tlic 2'' 
(■'"'' of Chri.st in Windsor, at House of Jo'. Newbery, duel^' Warned for this purpose (viz) 
To liiiow y Slinds of S*" C'"'' in Regard to tlie practiee of Requiring a Relation of Christ- 
ian Kxperiences from Persons to be admitted to ful Communion with s'' ('''*■ & to settle 
a Rule of Future Conduct in I?cfference to this Question (viz) whether Relations 
should be held as a Term of Communiim — after having sufficiently debated this matter 
llie ('•■' \uiauimou.sl}- came to the following vote. 

Viz, That however this c'"'' is well pleased with y Practiee of giving in Relations 
it should be glad all Persons y' join our Commiuiion would find it in y hearts to do it, 
as thinking this practice is for edification, yet we do not ensist upon Relations as a Term 
of Communion — 

This is the true original vote of the s^ C"' attest'' 

Jo'. Perry. Pastor 

of s'l t'l'i' 

Death of Rev. Mr. U/lwarch. 

The ))loasant relations which they sustained to each other wcm-o, 
liowever, soon broken, by the death of the veneral)Ie Edwards, on tlie 
27th of January, 1758, in the 89th year of his age. For 63 years he had 
l)ecn a faithftil laliorer in the Lord's Iiarvest-field. How many precious 
souls were Ijound uj) in the sheaf which he presented to his Master will 
never be known to us on earth, for the records of this church during his 
ministry, as well as that of Mr. Perry, are lost. ' But certain we may 
hr, that the crown which Timothy Edwards wears at his Lord's right 
liaud in the heavenly mansion above, is not the least for brightness 
among those that surround the "starry throne." 

We fmil in Dr. S])rague's vahiahh' Ainii(I.-< of t/u; American Pulpit., 
the following account of Jfr. Edwards's a])iiearance, character, and hiiliits, 
tVom (lie ]ien of his descendant, Di-. Scimmio E. Dwiglit : 

" Mr. Edwards was about five feet ten inclies iu height ; of fair complexion ; of a 
strong, robust frame ; full but not corpulent. He was a man of polished manners, 
particularly attentive to liis dress, and to propriety of exterior; never ajipearing in 
pulilic but in the ful! dress of a clergyman. 

" Tlie management not only of his domestic concerns, liut of his proi)crty generally, 
was entrusted to the care of Mrs. Edwards, who discharged the duties of a wife and a 
mother with singular fidelity and success. In strength of character .she resembled her 
fiitlier : and like him she left behind her in the place where she resided for .seventy six 
years, that 'good name" which is Ijettcr lliaii jircc-ious ointment.' On a visit to Kast 

' " As also, in great part, during that of Mr. Whclply " (('hiireh M<i)itiiil). It was our 
good fortune to find, in some manuscripts of the Rev. Timothy Edwards, belonging to 
Mrs. L. Weld, of Hartford, a copy of the Original Chiircli Covenant; list of church 
members under date of 1700 ; and b.iptisnis from August, Kills, to July. 1703. These, 
with other private memoranda concerning church matters, constitute the (v(/-/(W and 
only records of the Second Church, prior to 18:i0. They have been duly incorjioraled in 
Appendix G. 

Vol. I.— 73 



578 htstorV ok ancient windsoIi. 

Windscir in llie .siiininci- of 1823, I found a considerable number of persons adviimcd in 
yi'.'irs, wild liiid lurii well acijuiiinted with Mrs. Edwards, and two upwards of iiliicMy 
who liail boon pupils of her husband. From them I learned that she had received .1 
superior education in Boston ; was tall. <lignified and commanding in her api)earan( ( 
affable and j^entlc in her manners, and was regarded as .surpassing her husband in 
native vigor of understanding. They all >uiited in speaking of her as possessed "I 
remarkable judgment and prudence, of an exact sense of propriety, of extensive infor 
mation, of a thorough knowledge of the scriptures and of theology, and of singular 
conscientiousness, piety, and excellence of character. By her careful attention to all 
his domestic concerns, her husband was left at full liberty to devote himself to IIh 
proper duties of his profession. Like many of the clergy of that early period, in >(( ^' 
England, be was well accjiiainted with Hebrew literature, and was regarded as a iikim 
of more than usual 1( aniiMg, l)ut was particidarly distinguished for his accurate kiinu 1 
edge of the Greek and Roman classics. In addition to his other duties, he annu:ill\ 
prejiarcd a number of pupils for college ; there being, at that time, no academies cri 
public schools endowed for this purpose. One of my aged informants, wlio pursued 
his iireparatory studies under him, told me that, on his admission to college, when the 
olliccrs bad learned witli wliom he had studied, they remarked to him that there was no 
iiei'd of examining >Ir. Edwards's scholars." ' 

" He was also something of a poet, for Roger Wolcott, in the ileilieution nl' Ids poems, 
173:>, thus addresses him; . 

" Yet where you censure, Sir, don't make the verse. 
You pinned to Glover's venerable hearse, 
The standard for their trial ; nor enact. 
You never will acquit what's less exact. 

" Sir, that will never do ; rules so severe 
Would ever leave Apollo's altar bare. 
His priests no service : all must starve together. 
And fair Parnassus' verdant tops must wither. 

' His account books, as quoted Iw Stoughton, in his Wimlmr Farmen. furnish us 
with an interesting glimpse of the immense educational labor performed by this learned 
pastor of a retired country parish, viz.: 

"'.Jan'>' 10' 1T22-3. To Teaching his Son Matthew, viz. Dea. Rockwells Son 
Matthew, two years and as long besides as from Jan'*' 10th to Sept. 8th, as I reckon it 1:W 
weeks at 2s Sd. per week, all is, £17, 05*. OOd. And 'June 14th,' 1726, Reckomd with 
Thomas Grant and due from liim to me for teaching Matthew Rockwell (I easting in tin 
shillings) as a gift to Ids mother Rockwell — £12 — 19j</( — Oarf. Thonuis Grant was sun 
in-law to Dea. Matthew Rockwell, having married Elizabeth, dau. of the deacon. 

" 27~6, Dec. 16, Jimies .S/aiiKir came to learn to write in y evening" : 

"17^0/7, Jan. 12, Abijdii Skinner came to learn to write: 25 or 26, Jimph Neirbenii 
came to write: Daniel and Jonathan Skinner came to learn to write in y evening 
' Ixtiac,' son of Joseph Loonns, Sen', ' schooling' : Aug. 28, Mr. John Andemou brought 
his son to me to keep at my house and to learn to read, &c.; Oct. 16, ' Tlwniiis Monri , 
By his father's and mother's desire came to me & began his accidence in order to l'i i 
Eeirning '; Nov. 20, ' Lt. haac Hiasell desired me to take his son Imce and teach him \ 
Latin Tongue,' &c. — Nov. 21, 'he sent his son Isaac': Nov. 27, 'Sergt. Duriil IUks, 
sent his son Ilezekinh to me to lie Instructed in y* L.-itin Tongue ': Rev. Hezekiali Bissell 
grad. Y. C. 1733, was pastor at Bloomfield. 

"1737-28. 'The Widow Oaylnnl is 1)'. To Instructing her son Alcxanilvr in y' 
liatin i& Greek (viz. y Greek at least for a considerable part of y time at 'An. per week 
for 52 weeks, £001. 16/.. OOrf.' He grad. Y. C. 1739. 

" 172S, Jan. 8. ' Mr. S<,,„o<l Tiilmt, (Jov. Talcot's son. bv v (ioverii'- desire eaiiic 






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580 mSToKV OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

■llr w:is r,.r llnil pcricHl, imusiiiilly liberal iirnl riili;;lilrnr(l, willi rci^iiril tn 11,. 

cilucMli r Ills iliililicn — pri'ii.-iriii.!: inn only liis s.pm. 1ml cacli iil' liis il.'iiii;hlri-s iiK.. 

Ini- cdllri;!'. Ill :i IcltiT, hearing (liito August :!, 1711. wliik' absent nu the <'Xiicclitii>n in 
Caiiaila. lie- w islu's tliat Joiiatlian anil tlie .girls m.iy luiitiinie to prosecute the stinly nf 
Latin ; anil in amitlier of August Ttli, that lie may euntiiiue to rceite his Latin In hi 
elder .sisters. When his ilaugliters were of projier age, he sent them to Boston to lini^li 
their eihicatinn. I'.olli he and Mrs. Edwards were e.xeiiiplary in tlieir eare of tin ii 
religious insi nut ion ; and, .is the rewanl nf tlieir ]iareiital tidelity. were periiiitlcil i 
see tlie fruits of piety in them all, during Iheir youth. 

" lie always preached extemporaneously, and, until lie was upwards of seveni; 
without noting down the heads of liisdi.seour.se. After that lime he eonimoidy wr. ' 
the divisions on small slips of paper, which, as tlicy oeeasioually apjiearcd beyond ih 
leaves of the Hible that he held in liis hand, his pari.shioners called Mr. K.lw.iol 
thumb papers.' Apologizing for this diic day to one of hi.s pupils, lie remaiUed 1" iiii: 
that he found his memory brgimiiiig lo fail, but that he llioii^dit his judgmeni a^ s.miihI 

to nie to he Instructed in y« Latin Tongue i.tc Arc y iie.\t Saturday lati' in y aftcriiooi 
went home aiul came again next Monday. .Jan'> Vi he went home again iV came a,i;.iiii 
Feb. 6, 1738-9. Feb. 22 he went home again.' 

" Jan. 12. John Wolcott, Jun' came w-ith Jim. Kliuf by his Sister's Kliot's desire a- 
be told ine that I might teach him the Latin Tongue. 

■' 172'.), Nov. 10. Ak.muder [s. Gov. Roger] Wtikotl eame lo me to he In.slructed in 
y" Tongues, viz. to be further Instructed for y° revival of hi.s learning — so that it \\,i- 
evident tliat, tho' only 17 yrs of age, he had been studious. lie grad. Y. C. 17;!1. ami 
became a distinguished physician. 

"1730. ThiiiiKis liarlMink, of Sulheld was a student Au.a'. •!!. ''hi a Monili;. 
irfK«(/;rt W*v/«, Jn', eame to me to be instructed in the Tongues.' .Mr. 11/7//.';// 11 
cotl KCii' came to my house to talk with me about my Teaching his Son. I told him li 
niiKst give me H ,v// per week for Teaching him. I also told him y' I did iit obligi 
bind myself to take \\\t with that. But if I found that would nt do he nui.st give in 
more, and that I should nt allow or abate anythin.g for vacancies except yy were i oi 
siderahle, (meaning very considerable) to which he seemed ready reailil.v to Conseni 
not making y" least Objection. I told y young man w" I tii'st consented to take him 
that he mu.st do some chores for me, besides what bis Father gave me for his Learning 
or to y' effect, to w' I" he seemed also very readily and freely to C'misent.' The ne\i 
reference to this pujiil reads: ' About July 21, 1731, William Wolcott went to the Col 
lege, Eng'.'— and the father is further debited with ' Annis 1730 iV 17:>1 To Instrmi 
ing his Son William in the Latin and Greek Tongues 4o VVeekes at :>»// per \V. eimii - 
l,5.v//— 00(/.' He grad. Y. (_'. 1784. 

•'17.11, 29 July. Eheiiczcr (//•/////—• The widow Grant's acct. concerning my 
teaching her Son Ebenezer, in my Red pocket book. Fo. o3, 75.' 

" /?./..', Dee. 11. .//;///(. Dir/f/cii.'< vnme to me by his father's desire to be liistruci.il 
in y Latin Tongue, &c. (was still a pupil, as late as 17;!li). He grad. Y. t' 1 i in 

•• 17.1.S. Corp" Ebenezer IJissell is D' To Teaching his Sou .!.//•'.// y Latin an. I 
Greek Timgues. with 4 Hates=.£28— Odv IIW; also in 1739. 

" 1743. Anion Hutch iiiKiiii was a boarder and pupil. 

■' 1745. John (afterwards Col.) .Stoughtoii . 

" 1749. Capt. Joshue Loomis' sou George wtin a pupil. ' 

In addition to these we may name bis own son Kev. and Pres. .Jniiiillniii hjlirnnl.s, 
Y. C. 1721); Kev. /.v,/,/,- .stUe.i, Y. C. 1723, Pastor at No. Haven and father of Pres. Ezra 
Stiles; Jhiiiiel Edmndi (\\\\\i brother). Y. C. 1720; and the list might be still moreen 
larged. It is evident from some of these entries, that his well-instructed danghters als.i 
rendered assistance in this work of teaching, especially when he was called away from 
home. 



niOCIiAPIIY Ol' liKV. MFf. EDWARDS. 



581 



as over: ami lliis was liki'wisc tlic (iiiiiiinii ul' liis pco|ili' till near tlic cUise of his life. 
He is 111)1 knourt Id have urilleii oiil bul a single seiiiioii, whieli \Yas jireaelied at the 
Getienil Klectinn in 17:^3, and was piiblislied. It is a solemn and faithful application of 
the doctrine of a general judgment to liis hearers, particularly as legislators and magis- 
trates.' As he lived till within a few months of his son's decease, the latter olten 




/■'"•■■■<im(U Of A Sl-.UMON OK liKV. .\IH. l-.UW.MUJS, OCT. 2U, l(i!l5. -JTnu-/;,i,il.'- AclilcU Siz<.]J^ 

visited and preached in his desk. It was tlie customary remark of the people that, 'al- 
though Mr. Ediriinlg was perhaps the more learned man, and more animated in his 
manner, yet Mr. Jonathan was the deeper preacher.' 

' It is said, by one competent to know whereof he speaks, that Mr. Edwards left 



582 HISTORY OF ANTIKNT WINHSOU. 

" His iiitlucnrc (ivcr liis congregation was oomnianding, and was steadily cxnird 
on tlic side of truth and ri!i;liteousness. When he knew of any division among them, 
he went innuediately to see that llie parties were reconciled; and when he heard of any 
iniproinr (•(induct on the jiart of any individuals, it was Ids uniform custom to go and 
reprove them. I'ndcM- his preaching the gospel was attended with a regular, uniform 
etlicacy, and in freipient instances with revivals of religion; yet no record is preserved 
of the actual adndssions to the church. 

'■ In some of the fandly letters I find incidental mention of a revival of religion as 
existing in 1715 and 1716, during which Mrs. Kdwards and two of her daughters made 
a profession of their (,'liristian faith; and .several others of the family are spoken of 
■ 'as traveling towards Zion with their faces thitherward.' Ilis son observes, in lT;i7 
that he had known of no jiarish in the west of New England, except Northampton, 
which had as often been f.-ivorcd with revivals of rcli.giim as that of his father." ' 

In the ancient luii-yiim- u-foiiiid of East Windsoi-, wliicli (■(uniuaiKls 
an extendeil view ol' the beautiful ('onnccticiit \'alley, I'cst liic re- 
mains of this (h'\()tc(i servant of (!oii. Ovci- tlieiii. on a iiKiiiiiiiiciila] 
taljle, is inserilie(| : 

■• in ineiiKiry (if Ilic Hevd. Mr. Timothy Euw.vkds. Pastor of the 2d Sucicly ((t 
Windsor (wliosc singid.ir (liflii and Piety rendered him an excellent, and in the .ludg 
mcnt of Charity, a successful minister of the Gospel), who died January 27, A.l). 17(is, 
in the 89 year of his age, and 64th of Ins ministry. And his remains buried under this 
stone. 

An EriTAPii. 

"The Man of God. who nobly jiled. 
His Master's Cause, alass! is dead. 
His "Voice no more! but awful Urn, 
• Still speaks to ^Icn their great Concern. 

His Praise, on Souls by Heaven Impress't, 
This mouldering Stone will long outlast. 
When Grace completes the Work begun. 
Bright Saints will shine his living Crown," 

Tile |i;il'tnei- of liis liosoiii, wIki liad so Iduu' sliar('(| wilji jiini life's 
toils anil hiliors. surxived liiin Init twelve years, diifiini' wliidi time she 
fcl;iiii('d her inoiit;d faeiilties in femarktdile vio-oi-. Her liusliaiid's 
salary, and the aU'eclidii of his lloel<, was eiintiniicd In her iiidil lier 
(ieadi, .lauiiary 1'.'. 1 770, at the advaliectl a'^c nf iiiiiiii/-iiiiii' yi-.ns. .\s 
she iiad lici'ii a most cflieiciit licl|i('r to her liusliaiid. so. Iiy her actixc 
[lifly ;iii(l o'niid iuHiu'iiee, slii' orcady assisted and s( reiiiilliciicd his 
successor in the iniiiisliT. 

A N'cw Mcetini/-IIoHKe. 

]\re;tn\vhile the o'ood jieople had heen aii'itatiut;- the |ir(i|iric| \ of 
erectmg a new meethig--hiitiso, iny the old one u:is altoovthcr iiisiiflicicid 



some 2.000 sermons "written out;" most of which, with many others of liis pnpiis, 
have been destroyed, some sixty only remaining. Interesting s|)ecimciis of his sirnioiis 
are given in ,Mr. Sloughton's WindMir luiniiis. 

' AUcii: Spmgue-« AniKik Aw. I'n/iiit, i. 230-2:32: fcHr/. V'""''-- IS^, 2.'5G-27, bv 
Hev. I. N. Tarbos. 



A NRW MEETINO-HOtrsE. t)S-\ 

to iiici't llif \\;iiits of tlic fast iiicreasiiiii' |MJ]iiilation. Imlccil, iis early 
as 175:2, the society had deeided to Imild anew, and some stejis had lieeii 
taken towards it ; Imt in ITo^i. in (■onse(|iii'nce of some contentions (as 
usual) in regard to its location, the necessity of settling a new minister, 
and the burden of ,£;:>00 |iaiil to the society, which had been set off in 
the north parish, undci- the Rev. Mr. I'otwine, it was concluded not to 
liuild " at present." 

In 1757, liowever, the project was i-evived and apidieation made 
to the assembly for a committee to locate the said meeting-house. The 
committee appointed by the assembly were Colonels Trumlde, Hunting- 
ton, and Jabez Huntington. This important step being accomplished, the 
society iixed upon the dimensions of the new edifice (viz., length, 60 feet ; 
width. 45 feet; height, 27 feet posts), and appointed (Dec. 10, 1760) Eras- 
tus Wolcott, Elienezer Grant, and Joel Loomis as Ijuilding committee. Mr. 
(irant had the greatest bni-den of the business, as the records and 
accounts of this committee sufficiently evidence.' These accounts were 
duly accepted by the society 11th Jan., 1762. 

By a vote of the society, 12th Jan., 1761, liberty was granted " to 
build a steeple at y'' north end of y Moisting House by xiihscrijitioii,'" to 
which the society added £40. 

By October, 1761, the new meeting-house was so far advanced that 
the society chose the Heaters to seat it, and insti-iicted them as follows : 

" Voted, that the Committee seat meu and women apart. 

" Voted, furthermore, that if any set of males (of the luiuricil people) being so 
seated, shall agree among themselves to exchange with their wives, tliey have the 
liberty. 

" IV«Z. the men to take the south end, the women the north end. Left with the 
eominittee. to seat the widows iV single people." 

• 

'' Zebulon Seymotir, cttrp'r Itcgtiu work on meeting house, Jul\- 6, 
1761, ceased Nov. 7." 'J'he " sctiting " of tiie new edihce was completed 
on 15th of October, his liill for services of "self and boy" being 
£29 15s. 6(i.; and in the <dd rc^cord of baptisms is the following entry: 
"November 22, 1761, that was the first sabbtith [we] met in our new 
meeting house, there was four childi-en baptized llitit dtiy." 

At a meeting held by y Second Society in Windsor legally warned and assend)led 
at y" New :\reetiiig House this 1!) day of Nov., .V. I). 1T(J1, Eraslus Wolcott, Esq., 
chosen Moderator : 

Viiled, to accept y Report of y" Comm" apijointetl to .seat y" New Meeting House. 

Voted, y" building Com" be Impower' to Dispose of y old Meeting House in y 
liest manner they can. 



'Accounts formerly in possession of his grand.son, the late .Maj. F. W. Grant of 
South Windsor. 



584 



HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOU. 



(Till 



• is uiitlcii (111 till' brtck of a large sheet, endorsed " Seatinir the Me 
111 the other side of wliicli is the followinjf :) 



Josiah Wdh-ott 
Joseph I'helps 
Nez' Hoekwell 
Dau. liissel 
Will"' Grant 
PeU> Foster 
Giles Wolcott 

Charles Uo.kwell 
Augustus Kit<li 
Sam" Tudor 
Oliver Day 
Doet' ( 'onvess 



KKONT CAI-LKHY. 



KItONT ri:\\ . 



Kusha IJissel 
Huth Looiuis 
Betty Grant 
Betty Drake 
Sarali Bissell 
Eunice C'ooly 
Kusha Elinor 
Hannah 15aneroft 

11'..,/,.,,. 
Mir" Rockwell 
Lucy Bissel 
Mary Boekwell 
.Alolly Day 
Molly Woleott 
Cloe Elinor 



Men. 
Isaac Grant 
Oliv Skinner 
Nath' Higley 
Alex' Grant 
Toinas Foster 
Luke Lomis 



]\'<J/llCII. 

Ilip. Strong 
Abigail Wolcott 
Lidea Rockwell 
Lorany Woolcott 
Betty" Rockwell 



Gabriel Bunihain 

Oliver Chamberlain 

Justus Day 

Dan' 

Alex. 

Abn' I'.aiK 



Klmor 



ir„„„/,. 

Roeksi Eomis 
Naomi Diggens 
Ann Rockwell 
Rachel Lomis 
Rusha Bancroft 
Mollv Wolcot, Jun' 



.)/,„. 
Aug' Diggens 
Elijah Rockwell 
Jos Porter 
John Porter . 

.)fn,. 
Isaac Phelps 
John Skinner 
Henry Looniis 
Gideon Drake 
Nath' Drake, Jun' 
Moses Lomis 
Dun" Skiuner, Jun' 



rPI'ER SIDE <:AI.I.EI!V. 



Jun' 



J/,/<. 
Eleas Olcutt 
John F'ilcli 
Benj. Wolcott 



ir„»,.«. 

Nabby Rockwell 
Esther Bissel 
Hainiah Lomis 
Molly Vining 
Sarah Skimier 
Ann Bissel 
Cloe Webster 
Lucy ^lortou 
Pad. Carver 



THE SRATINC OK THK THIUU MKIOTINIMIOUSE. 



585 



l.dWlil! SlUE CALLEKV. 



Mil,. 
iSilas .Stuvciisdii 
N(^z' Dniko 
John Peiidal 
Dan" KatoM 
Dan" Burr, Jiur 
Gideon Loinis 
Silas Dral<c 
Elislia Pendal 

Men. 
Asael Bower 
John bower 
Hack foster 
Tim. Skinner 
Ep. Wolcott 
Dan" Bissel 

^f,'li. 

John Rockwell 
Nath' Bissel 
John Foster 
John Smith. Jun 
Charles ]5isscl 
Beuj" Rockwell 



W't'l/tClt. 

l^hcby I'onicry 
Plieby Millinton 
Eunice Webster 
DoUj' C'oult 
Molly C'oult 
Boyantons 
2 Elcst Girls 



Uri'EU SIDE UALLEIiY I'EW. 



(-') 



Wiitiien . 
Ellis BLssel 
Bula Rockwell 
Sible Rockwell 
iMarlha Elinor 
Cloe Fitch 
J^ancy Buruham 

Wowr,,. 

Selome Bissel 

Nancy , Stoughton 
Ann Moor 
Ursula Loniis 
Sarah Rockwell 
Betty Foster 



M<„. 
Oliver Lomis 
Ezek Lomis 
Isaac Rockwel 
Timo. Elmor 
Timo. Olcutt 
Abner Rockwell 

The forging is a true acco' of y Doings 
House in Windsor 2"'' Society. 

Certifyed by 

XciV, ITGl 



Wo,m„. 
Prudence Smith 
.Molly Wells 
Molly Rockwell 
Hulla llieulah V] Lomis 
Zuruiah Lomis 



if y Com" a|ip<iintc(l to Seat y new mect- 



Eden' Gkant, Clerk of said Society. 



Tills edilicu, which was paid for mnuilj/ hij f./ic xale of tobacco,' stood 
originally in the street, about 60 or 1)5 feet south, and 50 feet cast of 
the pn-sciit clmrch. This ])osition was forced on the society iu conse- 
i|iu'iicc of the tuiwillinguess of the owner of a dcsiialde adjoining lot to 
sell, although offered an extravagant price. Ileie it stood until aliout 
IS-45, when it was removed hack to the location of the |ii-esent Imildiiig 
liy Doa. Aimer Reed. Its removal was accomjilisheil, in spite of tlu; 
predictions of all the wiseacres of tlie village, without any perceptible 



' Tradition, amijly confirmed by Ihc 
Vol. L-74 



iunls of the Iniilding committee. 



586 mSTOKY OF ancient WINDSOR. 

str:iiii (II' (Inniiiiic to (he cliurcli or steeple.' It was coiisiilereil in its ilay 
as a reaiarkaWlv line s})eciineii of clnircli arcliitceture. 'I'lie stce]ile 
es|ieciaily was tlie ])ride of the town, and was built liy suliseripliou ; 
except £40 voted by the society. One influential gentleman remari<e.d, 
when the subscription paper was handed to him, that he should cheer- 
fully add his eontriliution, foi' " God had one bam in Windsor already, 
and did not want another," referring to the Wa])ping meeting-house, 
whicli had no steeple. The old negro doctor Primus also had his say in 
the following sentiment proposed at the raising: 

"Big church, high steeple. 
Proud committee, poor people. " 

17153, June 23d. The society's eomnnttee were " empowered to 
secure the glass windows of the meeting-house from breaches, by pur- 
chasing apringH or u'elglits" as they should judge best. 

In December following, they were ordered to make such changi s 
in the floor seats " as to make room below to liring the new marrii d 
people down." 

December, 1705. A sum of money having been subscribed to 
obtain a hell, Erastus Wolcott, Ebenezer Grant, and Joel Loomis were 
appointed a committee "to lay it out." This bell, the first in the society, 
became broken, and was replaced with a new one in 1791-2. 

From 1763 (or earlier) the church seems to have been much dis- 
turbed by several cases of discipline, mostly those of Stephen Stedman 
and Martha, his wife, and of Dea. Matthew Rockwell, for long-continued 
absenting of themselves from public worship and the sacrament. The 
jiroceedings towards these recusants, as evidenced Ijy papers still existin-, 
appear to have been marked by "long-suffering," patient Christian firm- 
ness, residting finally in the formal excommunication of tin; two first- 
named. Deacon Rockwell, who seems to have been afflicted with a long- 
continued mental depression, and who endeavored to resign in 1763, 
finally found relief fi-(nn his morbid feelings, retracted, and came back 
into the fold in a humble spirit. These proceedings, which involved the 
assendiling of an Ecclesiastical Council, covered the years 17t)7 to 1770, 
in(dusive, and tlie documents regai'ding them are very int(>resting, as 
sbowing the forms of procedure then obtaining in these matters. 

' ']"lie house was so well bulk that, to quote the words of Deacon Aimer Kecil, in a 
letter to the author: " At the time it was taken down (1845) tlie timbers of the frame 
wei'e perfectly sound, and the builder of the new house told me that after he had 
stripped off all the covering he examined the frame, and could not find a spot of ro( in 
whole that he could stick the jxiint of his knife in : except one in the sill where the 
double front door lapped together, and lliat not enough to injure. All the posts of the 
old house, and all the beams and ntlier [larts that for size and length would answer, 
were worked into tlie new. The conlrueldr told me that he could not have got timber 
for the posts that would have answered so well as tlie old ones." 



CHURCH MATTERS, 17tl3-1768. /iST 

In ITTo tlic relations l)otwL>cn pastor ami ]ir()|}lr scciucil to liavo 
lii'cn somewhat strained owini;' to the insunicieney of Mr. Perry's sahiry 
(then .£75 ])Cr annum) to meet his necessities under Uw elum^ed vahies 
oi' money, conse(iucnt upon the war; and there is still extant a lett(^r 
from him asking his charge to nnite with him in calling a council for the 
dissolution of the connection between them, together with sundry reioids 
of votes, etc. The matter was finally amicably arranged. 

In 17(;)8 that portion of Windsor east of the Connecticut River was 
incorporated as a distinct town, and this church and society became the 
Fir.'<t Church of Uant Windsor. 

it will he remembered, also, that before the town of East Windsoi' 
itself thus came into being there were four ecclesiastical jiarishes exist- 
ing upon the east side of the Connecticut River, within the limits of the 
ancient town of Windsor, viz. : 

1. The Second Chui"ch or Society, whose history we have been 
tracing in this chapter, organized 1698. 

•2. The North, Third, or Scantic Church, organized 17.52, see the 
following Chapter. 

3. The Windsor, (ioshen, or Great Marsh Parisli, which in 1735 
became the jiarish (and subsequently the separate town ) of l^llington. 
See Chapter IX, East Windsor division of this History. 

4. The Winter Parish of Wapping, organized about 1761, the fore- 
runner of the jiresent Wapping (So. Windsor) Congregational Church. 
See Chapter IV, East Wi)idsi>r divixion of this History. 

Society of North Bolton. In regard to the setting off, in the year 
17t)0, of a part of the Second Society in Windsor to help form the 
Society of N(3rth P.olton, Mr. Allyn S. Kellogg says: "Something 
respecting this may be found in the Records of the Colony, vols. 
viii. and ix. ; but most of the papei's arc in Ecclesiastical, vol. xii., 
State Archives, State Library, under the title North Bolton. The 
assembly, in May, 1750, a])i>ointed a committee upon the memorials 
of Benjamin Stoughton and others, of Windsor, for an Ecclesiastical 
Society, with certain limits; and of Isaac Jones and others, part of 
tlieiu living in JJolton, and part of them living in Windsor, for an Eccle- 
siastical Society, with certain other limits. In each case it was reported 
that they were "too few." February 12, 1754, Isaac Jones, Moses 
Thrall, ami .fohn Hills, of Bolton, David Smith, John Searl, and Joseph 
Steadman, of the South [or Second] Society of Windsor, and .lohn Craw 
and Samuel Hills, of the Parish of Ellington, petitioned for an Ecclesi- 
astical Society that should include a district aiiout two miles in widtli. 
I\ iiig in Windsor. Another petition for a new Society was presented in 



588 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



-May, IToT. A liiKil petition, dated April 23, 1760, was granted, and in 
Oetolier, ITtiO, North Boltoii was made a Scx-iety, its north and west 
li(iuud;nies being tlins defined in the resolution: (starting from the N.E. 
eor. ol' IJolton"), "thence turning westward in the line betwixt Bolton 
and Ellington, to IJolton N. W. corner, and still eont inning the same course 
into Ellington about a mile and a half and forty rods [line N on maji] : 
thence turning and running southwardly at the west end of the second 
tier of lots to Hartford line ; thence turning eastward in said line tn 
iJolton or the T ditch; thence turning southwardly one mile in the lim 
betwixt the towns of Hartford and Bolton: thence "eastward to the east 
line of Bolton." That part of Ellington which was, in 1760, inelndeil 
in North Bolton Society was about half a mile in width, as may lie seen 
in the act incorporating Ellington Society. 




Manchester 



" North Bolton took also a ])art of the North (or Scantic) Society, 
on which there were no inhabitants in 17(jO. Later (1802) Solomon 
Loomis and Samuel Andi-ews, being in the Society in East Windsor, 
woi-e annexed to the Society of North Bolton — see Private Lau^. 
In the plan filed with their petition, the line adjoining North Bolt<iu 
is marked as SO rods in length. Whether that jiart of the North 
Society included in North Bolton was of uniform width is not made clear 
from the act establishing that North Society in May, 17fi2, and the act 
incorporating Ellington. 

"In May, 1810, the tract B V O S was annexed to the Vernon 
Ecclesiastical Society {Private Laws, i. 554). it thus became a part of 



A SET-OFF TO NORTH BOLTON. 589 

V(M'noii School Society, and so contimu'd until May, 1S81, wlicn it was 
annoxpil to Wappina'. — Private Laws, ii. 1095. 

"In the ahseiice of any accurate ma])S of Vernon, or of Soutli 
Windsor, it is somewhat diHienK to deline these older landmarks. The 
'• Hartford lines" were, until 1(S42, the houndaries of Manchester, and 
tiie "T ditch" is at the northeast corner of Manchester. The part 
taken from Windsor seems to have been a rhomboid, its longer sides 
being the present west line of Vernon, and a parallel line running from 
liie re-entrant angle in the southwest corner of the town. The line of 
Windsor (afterwards Bast Windsor) used to pass within sixty or eighty 
rods of the site of the jii-esent meeting-house at Vernon Center. 

"I have not satisfactorily ascertained the place of N, the original 
northwest corner of the town of Bolton, and proliably it could not be 
determined without a re-survey. It apjyears to be, however, in the line 
west of the road leading into Vernon from Ellington. 

" But I think the foregoing will make clear the ecclesiafttieal re- 
lations of that part of Old Windsor which is now (or has been) included 
in the Eccle.siasticiil Society of North Bolton (or Vernon), oi- in the 
Town of Vernon." ' 

'Some of the persons mcntiiiiiLMl in llic Wiuclsor fiinnil/yiiK residoii in the North 
Holton part of Windsor, und for sonic of these items we iire indebted to Mr. Allj-n S. 
Kellogg's kindly help. 



CHAPTER II. 

THE NOKTII, OH SCANTIC, PARISH (NOW TIIK FIRST SOCIETY IX 
TOWN OF EAST WINDSOR). 

175-4-1890. 



(This Society, wliou organized, in 1754, was the Sixt/i Society in Wimlsor, and sn 
remained until 1TG8, wlien, liy tlie division of tlie ancient town, it became tlie T/iiiil 
Society in East Windsor, the Ellington Church being the Second. After tlie incorjioru 
tion of Ellington, in 17W6, this Society became the Stmud of East Windsor; and in 1840, 
by the incorporation of South Windsor, it became the Firxt Society in East Windsor.) 



THE late Deacon Azel >S. Roe wrote so thorongh and excel Irnt a 
history of tliis ])arisli,' that any attenipt to rewrite it, for the mere 
sake of originality would be a work of sii])ererogation. We content oni- 
selves. therefore, with simply abridging the substance of his little \ Dliinii' 
and adding a few things of onr own collating. 

As before mentioned, the first settlement of Windsor, cast of the 
Connecticut River, was along the river from Scantic to Podinik, and 
included the whole of the present town of South Windsor. At a subse- 
quent period (1696-1700) a few families l)egan to locate themselves 
north of the Scantic. Thomas Ellsworth, the Osborns, and the Stileses 
were among these northernmost settlers, all of whom were near the Con- 
necticut River. J3ut the gradual increase of numbers, and a necessity of 
larger accommodations, drove them, in the course of a few years, liack 
into the higher forest lands of the interior. 

"As early as 1736 settlers began to select favorable sjjots for loca- 
tion amid the forests — some choosing their position where the land was 
favorable for grain, some where the large pines afforded means for the 
manufacture of tar, and others amid marshy places where the grass 
grew rank, for the purpose of gathering hay to wintei- stock, the sowini; 
of grass-seed being an improvement in agriculture not tlicn known in 
them." 



' History ok the First Ecci,esi.\stic.\l Society in E-\st Windsok. from its 
formation in 1T.")2, to the death of its second pastor, Hev. Sluibacl l!:irllctt, in IS'il 
With a sketch of the life of Rev. .Air. Hartlclt. and his farewell disco\irse, prepare<l for 
the liftieth anniversary of his .settlement. Ilartfonl, lS."i7. 



1696 todealli. 17c,s. ^ ' 

Colleasvie, IT.")."); pastor until ik-ath, 1783. 



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^^'^''^^.O'y^^k/y^^^t^^*-^^'^^ Colleague pastor, 1809 to 1.S23 ; i)asl()r until 1S27. 

1 Fnrsiniile AUTOGUAnis ok the ?'IRST Forii pastors of kikst ciiuucii ok kast 
(NOW sotiTii) WINDSOR, 1696-1827. 



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rI^p3L> 



17.13, to death, 1802. 





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l-'ili-xiiiuk AL'TO(iRAI'nS (IK THE FIRST TWO PASTORS OF SCANTIC (oR NORTH* 
PARISH, KAST WINDSOR, 1753-1854. 



^>U^ ^<^^ 

Historian of tin- North Parish. 8ee p. 690. 



NOKTH (SCANTIC) SOCIETY. (iHl 

At what lime tlie Ketch MUh' s(!ttlem(int was coiniiiciici'il is iiiiccr- 
(aiu. As early as March, 1663-4, the court aUowed Mr. Matthew Al- 
lyu " lo take up that meadow at Catch, beyond Goodman HisscU's, on 
tlie east side of the River, and what upland he pleaseth, so he exceeds 
nitt hit former grant." And Feb. 2, 1687-S, the town voted that 

•' Samuel Grant, Senior, and Nathaniel Bissell shall have liberty to set up a sawmill 
Willi the use of ten acres of land upon the brook that is known by the name of Ketch, 
au<l the town is to have the boards for As per 100 at the mill, or Tw at the Great River, 
they to have no right to the laud any longer than they maintain a mill iipon the place." 

We think the settlement in that neighbi)rliood, however, began at a 
much later date — and subsequently to that on the river. The first set- 
tlers there, or among the first, were John, Roger, and Ldke, sons of 
John Loomis. 

Ireland Street, in the northeast jtart of Scantic Parish, was settled 
aliout the middle of the last century (one date 1718, another 1720) 
by a number of families of Scotch-Irish, who came innn the north of Ire- 
land with the Rev. Mr. McKinstry, and others, who settled at Ellington. 
The names of Thompson, McKnight, Harper, Gowdy, Cohoon, and oth- 
ers, have been long and hdiiorably connected with the history of this 
parish. 

"From all," says Mr. Roe, " that can now be learned of the charac- 
ter of those who first settled the north ])arish of East Windsor, we unist 
judge them to have been men of strong resolution, untiring industry, and 
of religious habits. They were not mere speculators, who sought to 
make the most out of the land they occupied in the shortest possible 
time, and then to remove and try their luck upon some other unculti- 
vated spot; but they seem to have settl(!d with a design to make a life- 

'It is related that once, " in the olden time." the men engaged at the old saw mill 
here were suddenly alarmed while at dinner by the tmceremonious a])pearauce of a huge 
bear. Unprepared for such an lionor, they sought tlieir safety in flight, while their un- 
welcome visitor, suulling around in search of something to eat, espied the luncheon 
wliich one of the men had left on tlie huge log that was net for the saw. Mounting the 
li>g. Bruin began, with his back to the saw, quietly to dispose of the luncheon. Mean- 
while' the owner thereof, taking courage to reconnoitre, foimd his four-footed adversary 
tlius busily employed, and started the ntnc. Away it went, steadily sliding along tlie 
timber, on which unconscious Bruin was seated, in hajipy enjoyment of his stolen feast, 
until he was awakened from his " sweet dream of peace" by a savage scratch on his 
shaggy back. Quick as thought he faced around, and instinctively grasped the shining 
lilade in a deathlike hug — but .still, up and down, the relentless saw held on its way 
— and a mangled carcase testified to the cxidtant settlers that Bruin liad " cautjlit a 
Titrtai." 

This incident lias liccn assigned as tlie origin of the name Ketr/i .Vi'/Ik, but this is an 
evident mistake. The name is a corruption of i-ntr/i, by which the lirook was known at 
a very early date in llie history of Windsor, The low wet lands on its borders were 
tlieii covered with a large quantity of coarse gra.ss, of which each of the surrounding 
inhabitants had liberty to gather in what he could ; hence the name of Catch Brooh. 



592 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

stay of it, cuiiti'iitiiiu; thenisol\('S witli a haii' liviuLr f<ir the first few 
years, and eiilargiusr their ineomes as they extended their ch-arinirs and 
hroufjht more hind into a state of cultivation. The liouses which they 
erected were not h:ig-houses, such as have formed the first houses of set- 
tlers in the far West, but they were frame buildings of small size, made 
comfortable without any pretention to ornament. Many of the original 
settlers jmrchased large tracts of land, whieh have sufficed even to the 
present day for dinsion amijng their descendants, so that in very many . 
locations among us the present owners can sit l)eneath the shadow of the 
trees that sheltered their forefathers, and cultivate tlie soil where tlieii' 
great-greatr-grandfathers laljored. 

They were a church-going ])eople, and in the habit of attending reg- 
ularly those places of worship nearest to their different locations. Those 
who lived in the north visited the old church in Enfield, and those in the 
middle and southern jiortions of the parish attended the church of Mr. 
Edwards, situated near the old burying ground at East Windsor. Sab- 
bath after Sabbath they traversed the footpaths thrcjugh the woods {<< 
that place of worship; and in death they were carried tlirough the sanir 
paths for many miles on the shoulders of neighbors and acf^uaintanccs. 
to the depository of the dead near the house of God." 

The gradual growth of population for a period of seventy years, in 
the territory between the Scantic River on the south and Enfield on tlir 
north, had rendered the necessity of a new parish north of the Scant i<- 
so apparent, that in December, 1749, the Second Society petitioned thr 
assembly therefor. 

Several committees were appointed, tlu.' last of whom reported, Sejjt. 
1751, favorably to a division of the society by a line running due east 
from the mouth of the Scantic River; with the proviso, that as the list 
of the south side exceeded that of the north side,' a part of the fornici- 
should pay rates to the latter for six years. This report was finally 
adopted, not without some remonstrance from the south-siders ; and, by 
an act of the assembly, in May, 17o2, that ])art of the Second Society 
north of the Scantic became the Second, or Noi-th Society of Windsor, 
cast of the Connecticut River.^ 

The first meeting of the new society, of which we liave any record, 
was held on the 25th of June, 1752. From this point we follow Mr. 
Roe's book. "A meeting legally warned convened on tiiat day at tiie 

'One of our oldest inhabitants remembers tlia) at the tleatli of a youn.tc laily, who^r 
relatives had been Iniriod in the old cemetery on East Windsor Hill, the corpse was ear- 
ned from the house lie now oceupies in Ireland .Street, u|ion tlie shoulders of the bear 
ers to the plaee of interinent, a distanee of seven miles ; several sets of bearers relieviiiL'' 
eacli other. 

'South side list, £9. 716s. Nortli side list, f5. lfi.")s. 

' Stiite Air/iiees, Ecckxiastical. 



NORTH (SfANTIc) SOCIETY. 5i^'3 

liiiiisc nf Mr. Jiilin Prior. Caiitaiu .lului Ell.swortli was chosen moder- 
ator, ami the t'ollowiug votes were passed : 

" ]'<il,il. riial t'aptaiu ,T(ihn Ellsworth, Davkl Skiuiier, and .losoph Harper be soci- 
etj''s committee. 

" ViiUd, By more than two-thirds of the iuhabitaut.s of the North Society, entitled 
by law to vote, to build a nieeting-liouse in and for S!»id society. 

" Viiled, That they would applj' themselves to the count}- court to see where the 
meeting-liouse should be. 

" ]'oti(l. Thai Samuel Watson, an inhabitant of said society, be the agent for said 
society to apply to the county court for a committee to atfix a i)lace where the meeting- 
house shall be." 

Oct. 30, 1752, at an adjourned meeting of the society, tlie following 
resolution passed : 

" ]'"te<l. That they would raise five hundred pounds, old tenor currency, for the 
building of a meeting-house, to be put into the hands of the committee for that pur- 
pose." 

Tlie county court, according to reijiiest, appointed a committee, and 
said committee made report, but it appears not to have been satisfactory, 
for, on the 10th of Dec, 1752, at a meeting then held, in which Captain 
John Ellsworth was moderator, and Ammi Trunilnill clerk, we find the 
following resolution passed by a vote of ten majority : 

•■ Voted, That they would apply to the county court to laying objections against 
Ilie report of second committee of said court ordered by sjiid court to affix a place for a 
meeting-house, and to apply to said court for another committee; and that Erastus 
Wolcott be employed to find the center of society, and to make a new place if neces- 
sary. 

" Voted, That Benjamin Osborne be an agent for .said society in laying their objec- 
tions lu'fore the county court." 

During the delay necessary t(j li.\ upon a suitable spot for the erec- 
tion of their place of worship, tlie inhabitants of the parish were not 
willing to be without the preaching of the gospel within the bounds al- 
lotted to them, and we find the following resolution on recoril : 

" At a meeting of the North Society of Windsor, legally warned, 

" \'olid. To raise one hundred pounds, old tenor money, to hire preaching at Mr. 
John Prior's. 

■' Viled, That one-quarter of said hundreil pounds, should be spent in preaching at 
Mr. Nathaniel Ellsworth's. 

•■ Volid, That Benjamiit Osborn should go to hire a minister to preach to said so- 
ciety." 

At the exi)iration of a year from the time of their first meeting for 
the ptu-pose of erecting a house of worship, the difficulties attending the 
I setting a stake at the {)laee where it sliould be located were surmoimted, 
! and on the 22d of June, 1753, we find the following vote : 

" looted. That a person be appointed to go to the county court, now sitting at Hart- 
VOL. I. — 75 



594 HISTORY OPgANCIENT WINDSOU. 

ford, to get the phice wlicre the hist comniittee set the hist stake, as a place for a meet- 
ing house to be recorded.' And tliat Joseph Harper l)e their agent Im- that |nirpnse." 

At the sanio lucoting it was also 

" 1 ''//((/, That Mr. Cak'b Bootli shouUl go for Mr. Potwine to preach." 

In August we find the following iniiidftant i-csohitii)US : 

"Aug. 20th, 1753. At a meeting of the iinrlli society in Windsor, h-,irally assem- 
bled, Ca|)taiu John Ellswortli being moderator, 

" Voted, To give Mr. Thomas Potwine, of Coventry, a call to preaeli with us on 
probation, in order to settle wMth us, with the advice of the association. 

" Voted, To build a meeting-house, tlie same length and breadth as tlie nuitiicj 
house in the second society, and twenty-one feet high between joints. 

" ]'"ti(l, Jonathan Bartlett, Samuel Allyu, and Animi Truinliull, be a conuuillee to 
employ men to get timber for said building." 

After a trial of two months it was decided that Mr. I'otwine should 
lie called as their pastor. The meeting for that ])uri)Ose was lu'ld on the 
22d Octoher, 1753. 

" Viitirl, To give Sir' Thomas Potwine a call to settle with us in the work of tin 
ministry. 

" \'i>l(d, To give Sir Thomas Potwine. of Coventry, two thousand pcninds in moni\ . 
old tenor, as it now passes, as a settlement. 

" Voted, To give Sir Thomas Potwine live hundred jiounds for bis yc:irly salary 
Kqual to grain, wheat at forty shillings per bushel, rye at tliirty shillings per bushel, 
and Indian corn at twenty shillings per bushel, old tenor, and to add to it as our li^K 
rise until it amounts to six hundred pounds old tenor money. 

" ]'i>t<'d. That Joseph Harper and Mr. David Skinner be a couunittee to treat wiih 
Sir Thomas Potwine about settling with us. 

" Voted, To alter the shape of the meeting-house, that it should be forty-seven IVi i 
in length, thirty-five in breadth , and twenty-one in height between joints. 

' The following record was made at the June term of the county court, 1753 : 
" We, the subscribers, being appointed in November last, a committee to repair to 
the north society in Windsor, view their circumstances, hear all persons concerned, and 
atli.\ and ascertain a place, in our opinion, most suitable and conunendable whereon to 
build a meeting-house for divine worship in said society, having reported to said court 
in January last, the said society having applied to us to review and further consider 
their case, did on the 6th day of May inst., repair to ssiid society and review their 
circumstances and hear all persons concerned, and having advantage of a new plan of 
said society which gave a different n^presentation from that which we before used, in 
recon.sideration, have, in the presence of a large number of the inhabitants of said .soci- 
ety, set down a stake in the lot of Lieutenant Samuel Watson, about 36 rods near soul li 
from the new dwelling-house of -Mr. Daniel Clark in said society, and are now of opiii 
ion that the place where we have now set the stake is the most suitable ]dace whereon 
to build a new house for divine worship for said society, and will aeconunodate the in- 
habitants thereof. N.\THANiiii. Olcott. 

Zkbit.on West, 
SiEpnEN Cone, 
June term, 175;!. Conimittce. " 

'This appellation, ill the autii|uc and stately language of that day. had niucli the 
^ame significance as the title .Ur. in the earlier Xew Knirland generations. 



NORTH (SCAXTIC) PARISH. 5!>5 

" Vittai. Tlijit Eliciiczir Uliss jr" to Lieutfiiaiit Wiitson :iiul Daniel Clark, in tlic 
name of the so<'iely. to purcliase of them and take a deeil for the same, of one and a half 
aeres of land." 

Tliis was designed for tlie spot on w liicli tlio <-huri'li .sliould lie eiveted 
Mild where the stake had been ])laced. 

" At ;i niei^ing of the north soeiety lejrally assemliled on the tirst day of February, 
1754, 

" \'>it<il, That if what we have already voted for Sir Thomas Potvvine's salary 
should be insiitlicient for his support, that we will add to his salary <(.■< /lis circinnxtfinre.f 
cnH for and our n/tilitirx irill ndiint of." 

The reason which called for this resolution is imt iiivcii. Imt tiie fact 
(if its haA'ing lieen placed upon tlieir recurds goes far to illusti-ate tlieir 
character as men and Christians. 

In IT.'iS a new agreement was entered into lietween the Ke\. .Mr. 
Potwine and liis people, in which, at his re(|Uest, the sum to he paid to 
him Munnally was to be si.xtv pounds so hmg as he should ccmtinue their 
minister, lie had also th<- use of the glebe land, or minister's lot. and 
a yeai-jy prcivisinn of wcKid. As this seems to have lieen an arrangeiiuMit 
satisfactory tn both ]iarties, we may conclude that the sum. small as it 
appears tn ns, was sulheieiit in that pi'imitive jierind nf enuntry. for its 
]iurp(ise. 

When, at a subseipient period, in eunseipienee <if the high price iif 
the necessaries of life during the terriiile years when oui- young nation 
was in the deadly struggle for her independence — and upon an applica- 
tion by ilr. Potwine for assistance, we find the following record: 

■'■,'7th Dee., 1799. Voted, To raise fourteen hundred and forty pounds money to 
be paid to the Kev. Thomas Potwine, in addition to his stated salary the eurrenl year, 
on account of the high price of the necessaries of life." 

The actual value of the amount designated (£1,440) is not now easily 
determineil. but as they also raised =£180 for the jiurchase of his wood 
tor tliMt year, wliieh had usually cost five pounds, we can siqipose it to 
ha\e amounted to foity pounds — an addition to his regular salary of 
tuo-thirds. The salary of tlieii- minister was also paid |iromptly. Regu- 
laily as the year came round his receipt is attested as in full for the 
aiiioiiul a<iiTi'd upon. 

.The following rules of chui'ch discijiline were delined for settlement 
of Mr. Potwine, at a meeting of the society on the first of April, 1754 : 

Votnl. To settle Sir Thomas Potwine in the following in.inner. vi/.: 
■• 1st. The Word of (I.id is the only infallible rule of churcli di.MJpline. 
■"2d. That the church will have a manual vote in this housi-. 
"id. Thai whenever wc shall have occa.sion to send a messenger, th.at we will 
choose him by proxv. 

■■■tth. That whenever wc shall have occasion for a council, that the church shall 
choose them, 



596 HISTORY OF AXCIEiNT WINDSOH. 

'■•")tli. We do agree to leave thf uxaiiiiiiat ion of those wlio desire to join in lidl 
eoiiiinunioii with the minister. 

•' 6th. We do agree that those who have a desire to join in fidl communion have 
liberty to make relation of their experience in the church and congregation, upon their 
admission to the clmrcli." 

iff. Potwine, liaving accepted the terms ott'ci-ed him as a settlement, 
it was concludeil tliat on the 1st day of May, 1754, lie slionid lie solemn- 
ly ordained as their pastor. 

And the following votes were ])assed at the meeting held nn the 1st 
April preceding : 

•• Voted. To ordain Sir Thomas Potwine at Lieutenant Samuel Watson's. 

" Viilcd. Tliat Captain .lolin Ellsworth proceed for the ministers that shall <irdriin 
8ir Thomas Potwine, and the rest of the ministers that shall come to ordination, and thr 
messengers. 

" Voted, That Caleb Booth, Ezekiel Osborn, .Tonathan IJartlett. Samuel Watson. 
David Skinner, John Gaylord, Ebenezer Hli.ss, Benjamin Osborn. and Ammi Trumlndl, 
provide for people that come to ordination." 

No htiilding h;id as yet heen erected for ptiiilie wni-siiip, l)iit the peo. 
pie, anxious to have the ministration of the ordinances and a servtint ol' 
God as their leader and teacher, jiroeured the use of a private house for 
that jiiirpose, and the one most a]ipropiiiite then on account of its size 
and capacity for accommodtiting a niimher of jieoplo was thtit which is 
now in |)ossession of Jlr. Jo(d Prior, sittiated in Main street. The ordi- 
nation of Mr. Potwine was cclehrated Oct. 1, 1754, tinder the roof of a 
barn then newly erected and never as yet useil.' Mr. Roe received tin 
account of it from an old lady, who very distinctly rememhered what her 
luother told her ahout it, who was present and with her Itahe in her arms. 
The (ieremony was performed ujion thcharn floor. A tahle answered for 
a desk, and henches made of rough !)oards,with a few chairs for the mote 
distinguished ministers, were their seats. Boanls were laid across thi' 
hays as standing ])laces for the women and older people, while n]ion tlie 
heams ahove [lerchcd the yotmger and most elastic This liarii is still 
(1882) standing on "the street." 

Wc arc unable to give particuhirs ol the ministry of ^Ir. Potwine, 
as unfortunately no records have heen preserved that can throw light 
upon it ; nothing pertaining to church matters can he known excejit from 
tradition. How many were added through his long ministry can oidy 
he known now when the last great account shall he made up. 

Ill aliotit one year tifter his ordination, the house for worshi|i was 

'This barn tlieu belonsed to Limit, .'^aniucl Watson, later to Mr. .lohn Prior. 



NORTH (SCANTIC) PARISH. 507 

coin]>Ii'tfil, ' iiiiil tlie consregatiou jovfully assomlilcd to^ctlu'r for tin' 
imrposo of consecrating it to its holy uses. 

It was erected as nearly at the center of tlic parisli as could l)e 
au'rrrd ii)>oii, nltliough in the opinion of many, wIkj lived on what was 
called till- rivn- road, "too far in the woods." The site chosen was the 
iini' oc('ii|]icil liy tiio ]iresent ])laco of worship. The hnilding was after 
the fashion of many of that day, a plain, oblong hnilding, of small size, 
as the dimensions already gi\i'n testify, and withont steeple or oi'nament. 
A door o|)ened fi-om tlie east and south, and with its galleries could 
]iroi)ahly acconiuiodate from two to three hnndred persons. Not long 
after the erection of the church a small iiuilding was put np near the 
present site of the dwelling-house of Samuel W. Bartlett, Esq., for the 
acconnnodation of those who lived too far from the place of worshiji to 
he aiiie to return to their Innnes during the interruption of public wor- 
slii]i at noon, where they could take refreshment such as they had brought 
with them ; or, if the winter season, have the benefit of a fire, and re- 
plenish tlicir foot-stoves for the afternoon service, a warm meeting-honse 
being in those ila\s an interdicted luxury. This building also answered 
a very useful purpose for those females who might have no convenience 
foi' riding t(j churt'h, and were of necessity often compelled to encounter 
sand and dust if the season was dry, or snow and mud at other times — 
a change of the nether garments was necessary, and here it could be 
effected. 

(ioing to church was in those days a nuittei' of course. None staid 
at home but the \ery aged and the sick ; and they went in that way 
which hap])ened to be most convenient, for the most part on horseback,^ 
the hnslianil and the wife, the brother and sister, the lover and his lass, 

' The liowsc of wcirsliip was not ]>robiibly in a tinished state when first occujiicd, for 
we finil on reeoni the following: resolutions in reference to it : 

"Dee. 18tli, 1T.")',», ]'ot,:(l. That .Joseph Allyn, .Jonathan Burtlett, and Amnd Truni 
Iiull. Ill- a committee for finishing tlie lower part of the meeting-house. 

" \''ilt:d. That the lower part of the meeting-house be finished with pews." 

Again at a meeting held 21st Dee., 1767 : 

" I'l/terl, To raise twelve ])ounds to glaze the meeting-house, to l)e paid in grain, 
viz : wheat at foiw shillin.gs. rye at three shillings, and Indian corn at two .shillings per 
bushel ; and the Society's committee to take charge of the glazing." 

Again, at a meeting held 11th Dec, 1769 : 

'■ ]'"trd, To raise eighty pounds to l)e expended in finishing the meetinghouse, to 
be paid in grain, wheat at four shillings, rye at three shillings, and Indian corn at two 
shillings per bushel ; and Ijcniuel Stoughton, Jonathan ISartlett, and Simeon Wolcott, 
to be a committee to lay out the money and see to the work." 

' Some of the roads were inconvenient even for that mode of conveyance. At the 
top and bottom of the long hill which ascends from Mr, Osborn's mill to what is now 
called Pro.spect street, horse-blocks were erected at which the riders could dismount and 
niovmt — the hill was so steep and rugged they were obliged to lead their horses going 
up or down ; and some persons now living remember well seeing these blocks. 



598 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

• ■acli pair on the same liorsc, and often a little one in the arms of the 
mother (ir father. One liimilre(l horses have he<'n e(nnitrij thus passiiiL'' 
in line alonii' nne nf tiir must tnviiicnteil iNjads. of those who had liccii 
attendinir the honse of (hkI. 

Weather did not then determine the numliers who should he in theii 
seats in the I/ord's house. .Moi-eover, uointi' to cliiireh was eonsider('(l an 
indispensahli' duty, none turni'd their hai'ks upon the liousc of (lod. and 
it was no uncommon thing for neighliors to (piestiou each otliei- if lor 
one or two SaliliatliS any wei'e ahsent from their plaer. 

As the parisli inereascMJ in numliers. we can readily uudei-stand how 
at the end of fifty years the house whic-li had aeeommoilaleil tiie fathers 
l)eeame too small for theii- descendants. 'I'iie seats could not (■ontain 
the congregation, and tlie stairs whicji led into the gallei-ies. as well as 
the outer steps at the doors, were often lilled with those who coulil find 
no other resting place. 

Whether the si)iritnal coiulition of the peojde may l)e judged hy thi- 
crowdinii' to the honse of CJod, cannot now l)e so clearly ascertained a^ 
we coidil wish. 'I'hat there was a good degree of vital I'eligiou we ma\ 
hope, rrayei'-nu'etiugs wei'e regularly kept up in dilfei-ent parts ol' the 
parish, and in these exercises the hands of the pasloi- wci'c i;icatl\ 
strengthened l)y the eiu'rgv and devotion of his \cneralile lather wiio had 
removed to this town. ' lie went from house to house and held meetiuLis 
tlmt were W(dl attended, aiul was constant in his laiiois lioth in legulai- 
attendance through all weathers and in direct conversation with imlivid- 
nals. And so mmdi was he esteemeii fm' these laliors of lo\-e. that the 
people of their own aceoi'd ei'eeted for him a small Inaise in the ciadei- 
street of the ])arish. that he might have a permanent Inime among them. 

The division Ijetween the eastern and western portions of the old 
town of Windsor, in 176^!, made this parish Tin: Si'miid Church <;/' /v^^■(' 
Wimhor. 

The needs of the parish seenung to demand a new meeting-house, 
a meeting of tlie society was held Di-e. 19, ITOd, to ascertain the feeling 
of the jieople regarding it ; hut that and a succeeding adjournetl meeting 
in March following failed to gain their assent to the (piestion put hy the 
moderator," Will you do anything rcsi)ecting the huilding a new meeting 
house ?" Five years (dajised ; then, April 21, 1801, at a society meetint; 
it was 

" Vntnl, Tip Ijwilil an ailditiiiii to llic iiiuutiuii-liousi.' in «iid .society (if alimil '21 fn-I 
ill Icngtli. and the same lioiglit and breadth with the body of said house. <iii the noilli 
liarl (if said house ; to build a new roof facing the opposite wa^' from w liat tlic old 

'John Potwine. a gold.sniitli. icmi(iv('(1 from Hesloii In Ilartfnrd. ami llicncc 1" 
(North) Coventry, Conn., where he was admitted a frecMian in llol. From (.'uveMtry In 
came to Scautic. Sec I'otn'iiie Oeiiealtyi/. 



nURNlNG OF SCANTIC CIHJHCH. r)99 

one now stauils; tii move llif jnilpit tn ;i imipcr place; to lill llic new p:iil with pews, 
execptiiig proper alleys; to move any pews that it shall be iieeessary to move; to plas- 
ter all parts of said house that shall be necessary; to new cover the outside of said 
house and paint it; to underpin the said house decently with three tier of stone, includ- 
ing many of the old under|)inning stone as can be used; and to procure suitable 
step stones; all to be done w ithiu twenty months from this date. 

-Voted, That Messrs. John Morton, Thomas Potwine. .Tr.. and Sloddanl Kllsworlh 
be a committee to carry the above vote into execution. 

•' Voted, To raise four cents on the dollaron the list of 1800. to enable said conunil- 
tee to carry into e.Nccntion the above described building." 

]5ut at the October meeting in the same year iiotliiiig had l)eeii 
iloiie, except coHectins- the matei'iiils : nor was any action ta^en relative 
to it, except thiit a vote was passed permitting "the inhaliitants nf liic 
society or any indivichials" to " biiihl a cupola or stee]jle to the nifrtiiig- 
hituse" providcil it "he (hine entirely liy sui)Scriptiou." 

A difference of opinion, however, htid arisen, and ]m'i1i;i]is a little 
too much pertinticity was manifested mi rarh sidi': the ineacli lier;iine 
seriously wider and wider, and the memlicrs on either .side of the cpies- 
tion were determined to stand by their expressed opinion. At the close 
of their meeting in April, 1802, in which many hard words had lieen 
sent back and forth, and in whi(-h it had liccn decided by a majority of 
voters that an addition should be made to their present house of worshij), 
it was very evident that the minority felt sorely grieved, and one of them 
was heiud to e.\])ress the opinion '• that the addition would ne^•er be 
made."' Wliether it was spoken under |iro|)lieti<' inspiration oi- otherwise 
is of little conse(pience now. 

Ill the edge of the evening of that day. 2Uth A|Hil, 1,S02,' the rhuirli 
was discovered to be on fire, and within ti few hours a hea|( of charred 
limbers and ashes ;iloiie remained to mark the spot where for half 
a century the Second parish of East Windsor h;id woisbi|ied. To 
them its destruction seemed like the triumpjiing ol the wicked : like the 
trciicl of the demon of evil iijioii their sacred Zioii. 

Hut perlia|is to no one was the intelligence •• tiuit the cbiireb was 
on lire" so lieai-t-rciiiliiig iis to him who bad administi're(l at tlnit 
sanctuaiy for the last fifty years. Mr. Potwine h;id now beeoine ;iii 
old man. He liad risiched the lartber shore of time. ;ind the mists 
from eternity's \;ist ocean were lieginniiig to gatbei- around biiii. 
.\dvanced in lile ;nid weakened hy disease, he was in no condition 

' That the date i^iven bv Mr. Koe (") Oct., 1801) is incorrect, is proven by tlie fol- 
lowing notice in '/'/if Jliiliiiire and Coin mlnii n RejHMtoiii, published at Hudson, X. Y., of 
date of 4 May, isn2: " PitoouKss ok Ke.\son. A mceting-lionsc in East Windsor, Con 
nccticut, was burned on the 20th ult. by desi.!;n." Mr. J. S. Allen of Broad Brook, 
Conn., who furnishes us this item, says that Peter Parsons, an Kast Windsor boy, 
then employed in the Cotntiiliiiiii offlee, was probably the one wiio inserted this notice. 



600 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

til liciii' sucli ;i trial. Tn liiui. aliovc all ntlicrs, that old cdilicc was 
lirci'idiis. 

A |irrio(l of (larkiu'ss ensued.' 'I'lie luiuds nl' iuaii\ in tlie surietv 
were sadly enibittercd. The daiing' and wanton -Art wliieh had been 
|K'r|)etrated by sonu' rude hand eould not lie t'oijiotten. More than 
one individual was suspected and oijcniy eliarged with the crime, and 
at leniith a prosecution was commenced, wliich lasted some time, Imt 
the result of which is now of little consequence. 

At the society meeting in April, 1802, it was 

" \'itte(l, fo build a meeting-house in this .society, iil a phice wliere tlie Honorable 
General Assembly or County Court shall affix — by a majority of the whole except 
two — and that Caleb Booth, Esq., be agent in behalf of this society to proffer a me- 
morial praying said Assembly or Court, as occasion may require, to api)oiut, order and 
affix the place whereon said mcctin.ic-house shall be built, and also to apply to said As- 
sembly for their resolve aiiimipriating the materials and money provided for repairing 
the old niecting-house, lately burnt in this society, to the p\irp()se of building a new 
one. 

" \'i>ti(l, To raise five mills on the dollar on the list of isol. for the jnirpose of de- 
fraying the expenses." 

The expense referred to was moi'e partindarly intended forearryinL' 
on the law-suit ordered to be commeneetl auainst those susjieeted of 
liavinu- llred the old meeting-house. 

On the "Jlith day of May, 1802, a meeting was held '* for the ])urpose 
of taking into consideration the doing of the Ilonoralile (n-neral .Assem- 
bly conunittee in alli.ving the place whereon to build a meeting-house in 
this society, and for acting thereon." 

" \'ated. That provided said x\ssembly shall ratify tlic doings of said cununillcc, \\f 
will build a meeting-house on said place. 

■' Ninety-one in the affirmative and twcnty-tlirce in the negative." 

On the 31st May the society again assembh'd : 

" \'o/nl, To raise two cents on the dollar on the list of Isol, lowanls defraying tlif 
exjiense of building the new meeting-house, when the General Assembly have atlixeil 
the jilace, in addition to the four cent tax already voted and appropriated to the build- 
ing of .said house, by said Assembly, payable on the first day of October, 1802. 

'■ Voted, ..Messrs. .lohn Morton, Thomas Ptilwinc, .Ir , and .lob Ellswcnth be a com- 
mittee to carry the building of .said meeting-ho\isc into effect. 

" \'(>tcd, To build said meeting-hou.sc of the following dimensions: fifty-.six feet in 
length and forty -seven feet in breadth, and a proportionable height, to be ileterniined by 
the committee appointed to build said house; and to erect the frame, and covir the 
outside, and lay the lower floor, by the first day of October, 1802, or as soon as 
may be." 

Tlie committee e.xhibitetl a very coiunieinlable degree of energy in 
carrying out these resolutions, for in one month from the date of their 

'Out of this strife issucil the formation of the Episi-opal ("liunli at Warehouse 
Point in 1802. 



HEATH 01' RKV. Mit. POTWINI:. -> ()01 

hisl iiirctiii',:- llic liiiiisc was raised, iiinl in such a slate (if rm-wardiicss 
tliat at a iiicctiii-- leu-ally warned and held on the 'Jd of .Inly. 1 S02, tlicy 
I'elt it aeeussary to pass a \nte and take measures I'm- |ii-otecti(iu ayainst 
any evil-disposed persons who niiuht atteni|it to iiijni-e it. 'I'he I'olhiwing 
resolution sjmaks for itself : 

" Voted, That Samuel Stiles, Jeremiah Lord, and .lehn lA'lsliaw bi' a.irents in liclialf 
nf this society, and tliey are hcrebj' a\nliori/.ed and appointed to talie care of tlie new 
meeting-house lately erected in this society, and to commence a prosecution or prosecu- 
tions a.giunst any person or persons who shall attemiit or commit any trespass on said 
nieetinji-house, in any wise injiu'ing the same, and to make presentment to proper au- 
thority for any breaches of law or for any threats that have or shall be uttered res|)ect- 
ing said house, and prosecute the same to final judgment and execution."' 

The last vote for raising the yearly salary of Rev. Mr. Potwiiie was 
passed hy the society at their reuular meeting in Oetohcr, 1802. 

" r"/<(/. To raise two hundred dollars for the Uev. Thomas Potwine's salary for the 
current year. 

"Viili'd, To raise sixteen jiounds, sixteen shillings to get the Kev. Thomas Pot- 
wine's wood for tlie year eu.suing, to be paid to the following nained persons, in pro- 
portion as they have undertaken to get said wood; 
"To Daniel Osborn. 

•■ llc/.ckiah Wells, 

" Daniel C'hapin, 

" Ile/.ekiah Bi.ssell, 

" Jonathan Clark, 

" Heniy Wolcott, 

" Paul Hamilton, 

" David Bancroft, 

" Alexander Viniug, 

" Jose|)h Button. 

" Caleb Booth, 

" Jonathan Button, 



4 cords 


at 8 shillin 


4 


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4 


8 


s 


8 


2 


8 


2 


8 


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8 


2 


8 


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42 cords." 

This methiid ol' supplying wood for Mr. Potwine had lieen adopti'd 
first at a meeting of tlie soeiety in November, 1794, at wliieh time tin 
insjieetor of the wood thus to he provideil was appointed. 

Slum alter this uieetini;- in detnliei-. 1802, the society was left desti- 
tute of a pastor hy the death of the Rev. Mr. Pof-wine, in November, 
1802, about one year after the burning of the meeting-house. The fol- 
lov^ang record of his last hours of life was made at the time when the 
scene occurred : 

"For more than ten days preceding his death, :Mr. Potwine was exercised with 
great bodily distress, but |iatient and resigned to the hand of God. So great was Iiis 
weakness that he was unable to converse in that length of time; but while the lamp of 
life was glimmering in the socket, and every moment expected to be his last, on the 
morning of the Lord's day, which was the day before his death, to the surprise of his 
mourning f.amily and many people who calh'd in to take a last and affectionate farewell 
of their beloved pastor, on the way to the place of public worship, at that moment lie 

Vol. I. — T6 



G02 HISTORY op ANCIENT WINDSOIl. 

was favored with a short rcvivnl. his departing spirit recalled, and with an audible voice 
he asked them to \iuite witli liiiii in prayer; and in the following words ])oured forth 
the desires of his heart; 

"Almighty God and Heavenly Katlier! be pleased to be with us on this Thy holy 
day, to keep \is from sin and all evil, and guide us in duty. Will God be with nie, Thy 
servant, who is soon to be laid in the consuming grave. Merciful God! be with me in 
my dying moments, to uphold and support me. Put underneath me Thine everhusting 
arms of mercy; and support me by Thy free, rich grace; and receive my parting spirit 
to Thy blissful presence. Will God be with my dear and moiirning wife in her great 
trials, and support her by Thy Holy Spirit. Will God sanctify my death to my dear 
children, for their spiritual and everlasting good. And may my death be .sanctilied to 
my beloved church and people, when I am laid in the dust. Unite them in one heart 
and one nnnd to serve the living and true God. Preserve them from Will worship; 
and may they in truth and sincerity love and .serve Thee. May they be unile<l in har- 
mony .■mil peace. Bless the whole Israel of God; and have compassion on the iin- 
niorlal souls Thou hast made; through the merits of Thy dear Son, our Lord and 
Saviour, and to Ilim, with the Father and Ktenial Spiiit, be ascribed everlasting praises. 
Amen." 

The last words which Mf. Potwiiic was hoaiil to iilti'i- ucn': 
" Christ is my all and in all." And the Rfv. ilr. .McClmv, the pastor 
(it the .South Cliurcli in East Windsor, chose them as tlie text from 
which he preached his ftmeral sermon, November 17, 1802. Colossians 
iii. 2. — " Christ is all and in all." 

His monument, in the Scantic graveyard, bears this inscription: 
"Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Thomas Potwine, first Jlinister of 
the Second Church in East Windsor, he was a native of Boston, and 
educated at Yale College, 1751, settled in the gosprd nnnisti-y iiei-e, 17;")). 

wiiere h intiniicd more than 48 years, tlie faitliful pious |iastor of ;iii 

united people. Ills useful and exemjdary life, tliro' tlie urace of liis 
Saviour, was crowned with i)eace and triumph in de;itii. lie deceascil 
Nov. 15th, 1802, aged 71 years." 

Thougli his people had now no sj(iritn;d leader, ami many wlio Ikm! 
been nu'inbers of the society had cither withdrawn tlieii- aid or united 
in op])()sition, still the l)usincss of the society went steadii\ on. 

At a meeting on tlu^ 10th of Janiuiry, ISO^t, it was 

■■ I'r'tid, That Caleb Booth be and he is lienliy .ippninied agent for this society In 
apply to the association for advice and assistance in procuring a candidate to preach tin' 
gos|)el to them on probation. 

"Voted, To raise two cents on the dollar, on the list of ISIl.', foi- lln' purpose of 
paying the expenses on the meeting house, alreaily aiisen, anil likew ise to build a ]iul- 
pit"." 

March 28 instant, ISO;!, at a nieetiui;- duly warned and lield : 

"Viited, To linish off the new meeting-house in this .society i-/////;/Wi by the tirst 
day of December next; the stairs in the steeple to be included in finishing ssiid hou.se. 

" Voted, To raise si.\ cents on the dollar, on the list of Aug. 20, 1802, to defray the 
expense of the same, to be paid at :! several [layments, viz.: J tirst of Oct.. ISdl:!; J lirsl 



NORTH (srANTIC) PARISH. 1)0:1 

(if October. 1804; i tirst .if Octolifi-. 1S|),5: imil lliat the riUc-liills Ix- iiiiiiicdintcly niiidc 
nut. that any persons so ilisixiscd may pay their proportions at once. 

•• Voled. Tliat .lolin Morton. Job Ellssvorlh, and Tlionias Potwine be tlie coinniillic 
to finish said liouse." 

At ;m iKljiiiii-iii'd iiiri'liuL;', (itli i)l' Jiiuc t'dlldwiiiii-, it \v;\s 

•■ \'nt,(l. To raise five mills on the dollar, on the list of 18(13. to defray the expi'Msc 
of hirins;' a cleri;yman to siijiply the pulpit in this society." 

Ml'. Uiiiith luiil been siicccssfitl in |ifo('iii-iiit;- a ciiinlidatc, the Rev. 
Slmliarl Hai'tlctt ; and the al)ove tax was laid for the purpose of paying 
liiiii fill- liis scrviee.s. After ))reaching some months as a candidate, Mr. 
liartlett received a call from the society to settle as their pastor. The 
picliminary meeting for that ])iirpose was held 28th November, 1803 ; 
liy a large majority vote, 84 affirmative, 12 in the negative. He was to 
have $."00 as a settlement, and a yearly salary of 'MSO, so long as he 
shmild lio alile In supply the ])nlpit, and if disalilrd frum preaching, one- 
liair the salary tu he deducted. He was also to liave llie use of the 
iiiinistci'ial lot. 

These terms being accepted by Mr. Uartlett, he was oi-ihiined as 
their pastor, 15th of February, 1804. 

In 1809 a hell and dock were purchased by siiiisci-iptioii and pre- 
sented to the society, and provision was made for tlioir <-are and iisr liy 
Mr. Thomas Tarbox, at a salary of *22 per aimniii. in October, 1.S12, 
it was 

" l'iiti'(/, That the following' shall be the regulations for ringing the liell; 
"Till' bell shall be- rung at 12 o'clock in the day. and nine at night, live minutes 
cacli time. After ringing the bell at nine at night, to toll the day of the month. 

"It shall ring every sabbath morning at half past nine o'clock, tiftcen minutes, it. 
shnll ring at meeting time live minutes, and then toll until the minister conies and enters 
the desk. 

" In like manner before a lecture. 

"It shall ring for a death live minutes; for a male about ten years old, it shall strike 
tiiri'c times three strokes; for a female over ten years of age it shall strike three times 
Umi strokes; and for a child under ten yi'.-irs of age. three strokes; and then it sh.-di 
strike the age of the person deceased; .-uid tlieii it shall be tolled tifteeii minulis. It 
sli;dl lie lolled at a funeral wlien requested. 

"It is not to bi' tolled for ade;ith after thes\in is down. " 

We find no mention made of sfurcx for w;irmiim' the iiieeting-hoiise 
iiiilil October. \S-2.'k when it was 

• V-iIkI, To give liberty to the inhabitants of the second .society in East Wimlsi.r. 
to put a stove or stoves into the meeting house, provided tlicy shall be the properly of 
till- ■iociety so long as the society shall suffer tlicnu to rem.'iin in said house." 

liiit notbing was elTct'ted in this direction until the 2d of January, 
1827, wliiii it was 



604 HISTORY or ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

" Voted, To raise thrcc-l'ourths of u cent on a dollar, to defray the expenses of |Mit- 
ting up stoves and pipes into the ineetiug-housc — to provide fuel for the same, and a 

man to attend to the stoves." 

Seating the Meetinij-Hiiiinf. 

'riif first notice in regard to pee/'S is recdrded at a meeting of tlie 
society in December, IT;")!*, when a committee was appointed to finish tlic 
meeting-lionse witli pews. "Wlietlier the committee completed the wori< 
is dotd)tt'ul, for no mention is made of their doings, nor was any money 
voted for that purpose. In 1769 eighty pounds was raised for the pur- 
p(»c of linishingthe meeting-house, and Ensign Lemuel Stoughton, Capt. 
Jonathan Bartlett, and Simeon Wolcott were made a committee to s( r 
to it. The next year, Deceml)er 10, 1770, wc find the first notice of 
seating the meeting-house, so that, in all probability, the ])ews were not 
completed imtil then. The seating committee were James Harper, ."^ini- 
eon Wolcott, John Thomjison, Jr., Ensign Lemuel Stoughton, ami John 
Trior. 

In 1785 and 1790 the pews were reseated, Cajtt. Ilezekiah Bissell, 
.Majoi' Lemuel Stoughton, Capt. Caleb Booth, Joseph Allen, Es(j., and 
Ebenezer Watson, Jr., committee. Again the house was seated in 1794. 
and October 6, 1800, the lant committee for seating the meeting-hous'' 
was appointed, viz.: Samuel Stiles. Samuel P>artlett, Thos. Potwine, Jr., 
Benjamin Loomis, .Limes Chamiierhiin, Sto<ldart Ellsworth, and John 
Pasco. 

After the erection of the new house, in iSOi', tiie congregation tool; 
jiosscssion of the new pews ; proltably, according to some princijtle wliicli 
had been virtually established during their occupancy of the old house: 
but in October, 1826, it was 

" Voted, That the Societj''s Committee be directed to embrace in their warning, at 
the next annual meeting, to see if the society will lai^e the pews in the meeting-house in 
this society for one year — or whether they will do anytliing relating to selling the pews, 
or Keating t/ie iiiretinf/-7ioiiiie." 

The society was divided on the question, and it rested until Uctobcr. 
1832, when it "Voted, To lease the pews for one year to raise money to 
defray the expenses of the society the current year and to discharge the 
debts now due from the society," and this method of seating the meeting- 
house has since been adopted with slight variations. 

Siiu/iiig.' 

Attention to singing, as a part of the worship of tlu' sanctuary, lias 
always been held among this iieojile as of great impoitance, and veiy 



' In this connection, see also pp. 273-275. 



SIN(iIN(! IN SCANTIC CHURCH. 605 

eni'ly in tlu' liistory nt the society wo finil the sulijei't alliiilrd to ami )>ro- 
xision iiiadc for its niaiiiteiiauce. 

At a meeting of the society in Doccinhcr, 1758, aiuoiiii- other resohi- 
tions for the good of the society, we find the foHowing: 

" Voted. To raise eij;lit poiiuds to hire Mr. Boal or Jlr. Wilson to teacli us to sing." 

At a meeting of the society in April, 1771, it was 
•' Viiteil, To intnidiicc singing by riiU in the congregation." 

Tliis resohition, it wonhl seem, did not meet with apiirohation, for 
at a meeting of the society next year it was in effect rescindeil, as 
follows : 

" Viilcd, Not to act u|)oii the .-uliele of singing in tlie congregation." 

There were doubtless wise men among them, who, as soon as they 
[lereeived what testy folks singers were, resolved to let them have their 
own way, either to sing in unison, or each one "on their own hook," — 
merely insisting upon the following regulation, which slionlil lie in force 
for one year: 

■• Vntiil. To sing in th<- congregation without reading line liv line, a part of the 
time, not exceeding one-half, until the next annual meeting of the society." 

At the next aimnal meeting it was 

" Voted, To continue tlie .singing in the congregation, a.s agreed upon at the last 
meeting." 

Among the Stoughton [tapers, quoted liy Mr. John A. ^toughton, in 
his Windsor Farmen (p. 1;I7), is the following j)etition: 

E.\ST WiNDSOK, 

Sep'. y« 9, 1772. 
To y Jentlenien Society C'onini". for y North Society in said Ea.st Windsor, this from 
us the suhscriliers are to Dcsier yo\i as soon as may be to warnc a society meeting to do 
y following Business, viz : 

1st. To se(' wliat y Societj- will do Respecting Singing whether they will aprove 
of Beeting y lime with y" hand in divine worship. 

2d. Whether y'' societj' will approve of Sounding or Pitching y notes with y 
voice or Pitch pipe before they begin to sing. 

3d to see whether they shall appoint y Rev. >Ir. I'otwiue to tell I he tinur what lune 
they shall sing. 

4. to see if tlie Society will agree upon a Sertcine nimiber of tunes that .shall be sung 
upon y Lord's Day in divine worship, in this Society, and what tunc they will have 
sung. 

5 to see whether Ihey will chuse any person or persons to tune the Psalm for us in 
this Society. 

6. to see whether the society will agree to Sect the Meeting liouse againe, or approve 
of y* disorderly Sitting in y Gallerys among y' young people. 

7. to see if the society will agree to sing without having the Psalm read ujion the 
Sabbotb iu divine worship. 



606 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Samuel Skinner 
David Skinner 
Lampson Willis 
Job Thompson 
Thos. Elswortli 
Joseph Allen 
Samuel Allen 
Hezekiah Allen 



Hezekiah Wells 
Nathaniel Baneroft 
Xoah Stiles 
Joel Priee 
John Baneroft 
John Osborues 
Jrisepli ()s1)orne 
'I'liomas Baneroft 



Joseph Eirolston 
Jonathan Fish 
Klea/.er Blodget 
Adonijah Crane 
Nath. Bissel 
Will Bissell 
John Gavlord 
Charles Cavlord 



(I ill .hiiiiiarv. 1 "'.•4. til 



.ll.iui 



At a nu'Ctiug of tin: smMcty. 
resolution was passoil ; 

'• Voted, To raise one farthinj;- mi the pnuiid on ihc lisi of KHB. for the purposi' '■' 
hiring a singing-master to instriul in ihe rules mikI arts of singing Psalms, so that siiii: 
ing in divine worsliip may be performed dn'cntlu (iml •>r<hrli/ in this soeiety." 

The ])eeuliar Wdnlinu- of this rcscihitimi rnthcr loaves an iiniircssion 
ni»>n the niiiid tliat thino's wcrr imt. in i-es|ii'c-t to that (|i'|im rtnieiit nl' the 
exercises, just as they slmulil Iimvo liccii. Ami the s:)ricty a|i|io;irs now 
to be in earnest to i;i)n-cct the r\il, for at the next animal nicctiiii; 
another farthin.o' on the jionnd was raiseil. and .Major ("aleh iJooth 
empowered to hire a sintring master for tlic winter. 

Again, in ITi'G. a vote was ])asscd to raise one-hall' |ieiiiiy mi ilie 
pound for the pnr|tosc of hiring a teacher "to Irani the inlialiitaiits n| 
this society the rules of singing ])salms in the congregation," and jtaiiicl 
Oshorn was ap)K)inted a committee to carry the resolution into ellcet. 

The last singing school for the lienelit of woi-ship in the old eliuieli 
was in the winter of ISOO and 1801. 

At a meeting held Ctli Oetoher, ISOO. it was 

•■ ]'<)U-d, To raise two mills on the dollar, on the list of 18(10, for the use of hirin.i; a 
singing-master the ensuing winter. 

" Voted. That Capt. Asahel Stiles shovdd jiroeure a singing-master." 

Since the erection of the last nieeting-hmisc, and during the iiiiiiislr\ 
of Mr. Bartlett, singing schools were enjoyed every few years: the pas- 
tor himself always attended them, for he not only took a great delight 
in sacred music, hut he lielieved that the meeting together of the younger 
jiartof the congregation to engage in this exercise had a happy intiueni'e 
on their minds, and he has often lieen heard to say that he eiaild date 
the heginnings of sc\cral revivals of religion from the elose of the sing- 
ing-schools. His ])rayerfnl watch over them did, no douht, much to ]iit- 
vent (he evils which have come niioii other ecclesiastical societies from 
this souree. 

ill IMl the iiieeling-house was remodeled and linished in a style ot 
modern convenieiiee and elegance. 

In 1S47 Mr. iJartlctt was induced, liy the inliiinities of age, to 
rcipiest the assistance of a colleague pastor. 



REV. SHUBAEL HARTLETT. (JOT 

AiMvinliimly tlic suciftv clioso tlic Ivcv. Samuel J. Anhhews, wIki wius 
(|ul\ orilaiiird In his nllirc in Octohci- ioUowing, " and (■oiiuuciiccd his 
|ifciili;ir and i rspmisihli' duties, for which by nature, and inorc es|)ei-iall\ 
liv the grace of God, he was iu an eminent degree qualified." 

In 1854 the society was bereaved l)y the deatii oi' the vrncralih' 
second pastor. 

Tiic Kev. Sm:BAEL I'.ARTLETT was lioin at rit'banon,Conn., '2d of A|iril. 
177s. His fathei', Mr. John Bartlett, was a deacon in the Congregational 
churcli at Lebanon, and in a direct line could trace his ancestry to John 
Aldcn. Ill' the MayflouH'r emigration to Plymouth, 1020, and the whole 
line ol |icdigree runs through those who were professedly pious persons, 
lie was a man of ))lain circumstances, working with his own hands at 
the shoemaker's trade, but training his family in the fear of God. And 
in his declining years, having lost his wife, and his children being scat- 
tered abroad, he left Lebanon and closed his life at the house of his son. 
Rev. Shubael Bartlett, at East Windsor. 

.Ml-. Shul)ael Bartlett's record says: "If ever I was born again, I 
ha\c reason to hope that it was some time in the springing of the year 
A.D. 17'.'4."" lie united with the chnich in June of the same year, when 
sixteen years of age. 

Ilis mind turning towards the ministry, he commenced his pre]iara- 
tory studi<'s with Ix<'v. Zeimion Ely, and, in Sept., ITIHS, entered as fresh- 
man at Yale, his expenses l)eing defrayed by teaching and some perqui- 
sites received for service in college. He graduated in ISOO, commenced 
the study of theology under Dr. Dwight, and was licensed to preach the 
gospel in 1802. January 7, 1803, he received the invitation from the 
East AVindsor Church to i)reach to them as a candidate, which i-esulted 
in a call, and he was ordained to that ])astorate Feb. 15, 1804. 

Mr. ])artlett was eminently a ci>Hsistent Christian: remarkaljle for 
evenness of depdrtment. He seemeil always In reali/.e his accountal)ility 
to (!od for all his e(iii(hict towar<ls his i'eiidwini'U, and believed it not 
oidy wrong to indulge in harsh censure, lad excn in harsh thoughts of 
others. As a true child of God, he earnestly sought the care and coun- 
sel of his heavenly Father, and, thus connecting the care and will of God 
with his daily interests and duties, he nia\ be said tiady to have traveled 
the iiath allotted to hiiu with the sensible presence of his Almighty 
Friend, hallowing every scene and making even its darkest passes radiant 
with the light that .streameth from heaven. . . . 

Mr. IJartlett's style of jireaching was not calcidated to please a fas- 
tidious taste: and the matter of his j)rcaching was rather practical than 
doctiiiial. He ne\er studied to adorn his discourses with the graces of 
elocution, and peihaps regarded with too nuich indifference the manner 
in which the truths uhieh lie wished to enforce were presented. And 



iiaiiH 



\v;i 



(i08 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

wliilc. inili'i'd, lie uciiild not keep hack the proniinciit articles cil' mir I'aitli, 
yet tliry weic iie\ci- hi-ouLi'lit out ill tlieir startlinu' boldness so as to lead 
tlic niinils of ills iK'arers to ri'volt at tlieiii or to creati' a dis|iutatioiis 
spirit, lie was I'ully conscious that " we now see only in pai't." tlial 
many things "were hard to be lielievcd," and could ne\ei- lie niadr ipiilc 
(dear in our imperfect state. But, "to love the Lord with all oui- heart 
and our iieiiiiiboi- as ourself," to repent heartily of sin, to lay hold im 
Jesus as the i^-reat Saviour of the soul, to do works meet for i-epcntauce, 
and to walk by faith on the Son (jf (lod — these were within tlir liiasp 
of the mind, and upon these he dwelt. 

His attention to the (diildrcn of his Hock was also a peculiarity in 
his ministrations. He never passed a child without some token of special 
notice, and, for many years, could call any child among his jjeojde by 
ame. He walked before his jteople a living example of true ndigioii, 
|ion a jilain, steady path of unaffected piety. The tongue of scandal 
as never heard against him; he never wandered into a diduons path, 
nor did an act of (inestioiial)le character. He loved bis people: he ilid 
his best for their temporal and eternal welfare, and his record is in many 
hearts on earth, and, we doubt not, well registered in lieincn. 

The last public services at which he officiated wava in Dcjcenilier. 
1853, at the consecration of the Congregational church at Broad Brook. 
An attack of influenza was then incurred, which finally deepened into 
what was eviilently to be his fatal illness. He had no special j)r(>para- 
tion to niakr on his own a<'eount : he had been doing that for si.Kty years, 
and luid no new arrangements to trotilde himself with. He conversed 
frrely about the event that was approaching, with the same calmness as 
was usual with him in reference to any concern in life. 

By degrees he gave u)i his duties as the head of a family, as he had 
done tho.se of a pastor of his fiock, having placed in the iiaiids of his 
colleague, the Ivev. .Ml'. Anilivws, the book of records iielonging to the 
cbui-ch, whi(di for fifty years he had faithfully kept. The morning anil 
exening sei-\icc at the family altai- was the last duty he resigned. Nn 
h'ai-. no d(pulil, no (doinl dimmed his clear vision, oi- troubled his passing 
spirit. And thus he sank to i-cst, .lune li, lS.")4. 

He was succeeded by Rev. Samukl J.vmes Andrf.ws, D.D., son of 
Rev. William Andrews, pastor of First Congregational church at Dan- 
bury, (,'oiiu., 1813-27, and brother of the Rev. William Watson, Rev. Is- 
ra(d AVard, Rev. Ehene/.er ]>aldwin, and Rev. Edward Warren Andrews. 
He was born at Danhury, Conn.; grad. Williams Cidlege 183H; was set- 
tled at East Wimlsor as colleague pastor with Mr. Bartlett, 20 Sept.. 
1848, and remained S(de pastor aliont one year aftei- .Mi'. B.'s death, lie 
was dismissed 9 May, 185"). 

The fourth pastor was Rev. FuEDEiilCK Munson, Ikm-ii at l)ethlcheui. 



M1NISTK1!S UAISKU IN SCANTIC I'AKlSll. (if)!* 

('(iiiii., 2."> Ajiril, iSlS; t;T;iil. V. (_'., 1S4:!, ami was pastor licic IVoiii o 
Scpl., LSod, to ]'J July, LSlif). 

The liftli pastor was IJi-v. 1>a\iii 11avi:\ 'I'm a vi;ii, limii at Niimla, 
N. y.; grad. Uiii..u Cull., lS4'.t; lir.st sdtlcd at Mt. Caniicl, Conn., 
185-'!; atSuantic, ISliC): was in (•liar.u-(! of the Catliolic Apostolic cli. at 
Enlicl.l, ('.mil., 1 .Inly, liSTS: d. 1".i Sept., 1SSl> ; pastor linr from 22 
May. iStiH, I,, 211 I»it., IMS. 

Till' sivlli pastor was llr\ . ArsiiN S. ( 'ii ask, ^a-ail. I »a rtiiioiitli ( 'ol- 
h'tiv, ISliU: iustallrd pastor line 2:1 A pril, 1 ST'.l : .lismisscd Inrausc of 
failili- hcallli, .-'.I Drc. ISSd. 

Till' scAvuth was \\r\ . llow'AKii JJiLLMAN, installed A]iril 2(!, 1SS2. 

Till' riiililh and prrsi'iit pastor is Rev. CuHTIS M. Geer, j^rad. llart- 
tnrd 'I'Ihm,!. Sciii., IS'.K); ordained and installed here, June 2."., IS'JO. 

Minixtirx raiyft/ in l-'<(sl Whi'hur (though some uf these maybe 
elaiiued In Kllingfoii, or South Windsor): 
1?ev. LoKIN AnDHKWS. 

Itev. and Prof. Davih Hlv I!ai!TLi:tt. s. of \{v\ . Slndiael Harth'tt, li. 
Scantie parish, Iv \V., 2'.t Sept., ISO.'), liradiiated Y. C ls2s.;iiid at once 
became a teacher in the l>eaf and i>iimli Asylum at Hart fold, where, 
with liut slight iiiterrnptions, he reiiiaiiied until his death at II .,;'.!) Nov., 
IST'.l. liiMiig at the time the oldest teacher of the deaf and dniiiii in this 
country. This was due to the fact that he ha<l lieeii so I'lniiient ly siic- 
• cessfiil ill this deparlineiit of instrnelion Ihat he coiild iml lie spared 
from it. lie had, to a remarkahle degree, the ipialities which lilted one 
to I'xci'l ill this voiceless training. ( >f a most gentle nature, he had a 
lively syinpalhy with these ciuldreii of misfort line U lie was a natural ac- 
tor: and, when using the sign laiigiia'jc heforehis classes, his whole hody 
I was full of this silent speech. II is was a life of true Christian simplii-- 
\ ity and heaiity. ami his death was greatly inoiirneil. lie studied llieol- 
I Ogy at the I'nioii Tln'olo'^ical Seminary, Xi'w Voik eit\, and was a 
\ preachei-, as well as a week-day teacher, to the deaf and dilinh. 
i Rev. El.DAl) r.vKKKK. h. N'oith Parish of Iv \V.,2f Sept.. ISOj ; grad. 

■ Y. C. T82(j. and from ^'ale Divinity School, 1s2'.l: ord. 211 .\iig.. 1s2'.i, 
with li\c <itliers, as e\aiig<'lisl in the West. J''rom 1 S2'.i-1 S;',2 was pas- 
tor of I'res. eh. at .Milan. ( ».. and afterwards, for •'! yrs.. principal of the 
lliirun Institiiti' at that place. His longest Jiastorate was o\<'r t he Pres. 
ch. at Floreii.-e, Ohio. 1 s:)! until his death, 27 AFch., isTd. His second 
\\\U\ and the mother of his children, was a dau. of .Mr. .Mosi's Oshorii of 
, East Winds,.!'. 

I{c\ . I lol; \(j-: lIlCl.KNAI'. 

Rev. IJKNitv .\kwton I'.isski.i.. h. !•;. W.. 2 .Imie, IslC. u-pad. Y. C., 
1330; engaged in teaching in Ohio, aiel was for s''\i'ral years principal 
Vol. r. -7T 



GIO HISTORY OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

Ill' tlic lliinin Instiliitc. .Mil;iii, ( ). : tlicii liitrrrd llic iniiiistiy: \v;is set- {i 
llnl ;i( Lyme, Ohio, I. SJC,-:,-!; tlicii cnllcd to I'lvs. cli. ;it Mt . Clciiii'iis, 
.Midi.; 111. ;■> .M;i\, l.Sjti, Klizahrlli Hair lliilili:ii(l, a iialivi' of \criii)ii, 
Coiili. 

\\r\ . Ai,i:i;Kr Itdiirii. 

\{r\. CiiAi'NCKY JiooTii. li. K. W.. 1.'. .Mrli., ITS:!, smi of ra)il. Caleb 
ami Aiiiir ( I'.artlc'tt) Uootli : (■(Inc. ami Liiail. V. ('., ISJO, ami lidiii .Vii- 
ilovci- Tlirol. Sciii., ISI;',: onl. pastor at ('o\ciit ly, :ii» Sc|.t., 181;"), and 
ivtiicil Iroiii active iliilirs in lS41; ivs. in C until his ilcatli, 24 May, | 
1(^51. See Jioot/i Gciieiilo(/i/. 

Rev. S.\MUEL RoBBiNS Brown,)). Scantie I'arish, K. W.. 1(1 ,Iiiim . 
1810; fitted fur college at Jlonson Aeademy, and grad. Y. ('. Is:l2, and 
from Union Theol. Seni., N. Y. city, 1S38; in. 1S38. Kli/alietli (Jooduin, 
yoiniLiiT dan. of l>e\. Slinliael llaitlell. " llr was for main mniis at tin' 
head of the iMoirison Sidiool in ('hina.aml most homiialily kmiun and 
esteemed lor his missionary laiiors in China and .lapaii. Tin- lirst 
Chinese iind .la|ianesi' stmlrnts sent to this country for their cdiieation 
were sent by Dr. Jtrown.aml |ilacrd at Monson Acadeiii\ .'" Ih-. 11. dird 
suddenly at Monson while on a visit. 20 June, 18S(I. ."^cc li.irlhu 

Gc)lnlln,l,l. 

I.'rv. I>.\NIKL Kl.!\n:i;, tl arlicst rolle-c ^rad. from the l^asl |miI 

of Old Windsor : iiaino on (he 'rririinial of Y. C. for I Tl^'i ; his u ilr was 
.Ma rua ret, sister of l{i'\. .lonathan i'ai'sons of New linr\ |iort, .Mass., at 
whose home Whilelield die.l. .Mr. Klllier |)reaelied at I'.rookfndd and 
Westliorone-h, .Mass.. , and s|ienl his lal.'r years in N. .1.: died IT.'io; 
|ir..h. lilted loreolleev l,y l!ev. I'imothy Kdwai'ds. 

Kcv. JiKN.I AMIN J!. I'aIISoNS. 

Rev. LuMUKL Stohchton I'orw'iNK: I). K. \V., 1 l-'eli., \S-V1: iirail. 

Y. C., 1S,-,| : tan-ht (wo yrs. at N'orwalk, C .: studied theol. twoyr>. 

ill 'I'heol. In.stit., Conn.: tutor V. C. IS.'.S-tld; has 1 n nian\ \ears 

I'rol. of l/ilin in Western IJeseive Colleue, now known as .\dell„.rt Col- i 
lee-e. Western li'eseiNe I'liiversity. I 

L'ev.'riiDM \s SToriiiiToN I 'oTWi NK. I ). I »., 1 1. Iv W,.4 .\ | iril, 1 S2".» ; ii-rad. \ 
\.V., I.s.'il : at I'heol. Iiislit. of Conn.. IS.Vl : tutor al Indoil College, 'i 
Wis , is.-,]-,-,:;; and at Vale, lS,".l-.".7 ; leeM ,\v'^vrr of |l.l>. from Yale. 
IS.IC. 

I!e\. ImiiKASK N. 'I'Altllo.X (l>.h.). See Til rl'o.r < ! rihu/n:///. 

I.'ev. IIkm;v Wll.l.Ks, son (d' .l.ishiia, li. K. W.. ICi'.iO; -rad. Y. C., 
171."); was the li rsl |jastoi- of Franklin. C(aiii.. 1 71 S. until his death, 
17.V. : |nol,. fitted for .■ollege hy Uev. 4'inio. Kdward.s. 



I-:ai;I,V AiicMiiKiis ni-- scantic ciiriiiii. till 

J>rnr„ii.y. 

La.msun Wki.i.s anil h win Skinnim;. IT.Vl. 

JosKl'll iMiCLlcsTiiN, (lird .Ma\ '.I. 1 TMT, aged S-J. 

John I'.ANCKAiT. .M.mI .Manii -Jil, ISOO, aged (IG. 

.Iamks IIaimmci;. dir.l .Maivli I'.i, ISUS, ugrd .Sf). 

(»i,i\ Ki; I'.MMa-.i;. di.Ml Octnhcr S, 1 S20, agiMl S4. 

X.iAii Ai.i.KN. .iidaiiird IsdH: died Afay 7, 1S:24, agvd CT. 

|l\\li:i. I.Mni \i;|i<o\, (MMlailird ISlS; ivmuvcd Isii'.i; dird 1S47. 

Ip.a Wkixs, ordained ISii:',. 

Anson Hisskll, oi-daini'd lS:i."): rcniovcd lo AVaiiping ls:')'2. 

Erastus IJiiCKLANn, onlainrd lS-"iO : dii'il Jan. 2:!, ls4S. 

AZKI> Sticvkns Uok, ni-dainrd is:',:',: died Jan. 1, ISSC. 

Chauncky Ellsworth, ordained .<e|it. 1, 1S;")-I, died ]-J June. IsdO. 

I'lllNKAS L. T>LOn<iETT, ordained Se|it. 1, 1S,")4. 

GaIU.sN. Booth, or.lained Se|.t. IC, l.S(;i; : removed to Enlleld ls74. 
.FoHN E. FiTTS, ordained .Ian. 1,1X71. 
Damki. W. I'.Airn.F.TT, ordaineil Jan. '), 1S7">. 

When the seeonii |iaslo|- of this ehni'eli liist removed to tiiis |ilaec, 
in ISli:',, no i-eeoi'ds of the elinich wi'i'i' lonnd, IVoni its liist formation, 
Ma\ 1. ITo-l, to the ,leath of llii' lilsl pasloi', .X.iVemlier lo, 1S(I2. 
(tf the niemheis of this chuivh, as far as they eoidd he hmnd, Feh- 
rnary 1.",. 1S04. Fignivs denote the age at death : 

Mrs. l.ydia Potwine, widow of P.eimni .'-itiles, til. 

i;e\. Thomas. S-J. Scth Stowell. 

Ilea. James Harper, .So. Elijah Sadd, 77. 

Wife of Dea. II.. 74. Alexander \ining, 7i). 

, Di-a. Oliver I'.ai-her, S4. (iideon Woleott,71. 

: Wife of Dea. 11. . Si. Widow Sarah Kaneraft, Si. 

Noah Allen. t;7. Wife of Nathan Pelton, (io. 

r.<njaniin Alhn, 44. Wife of Ile/ekiah Allen, S4. 

'. Nathaniel Allen. :',ti. Wife of Nathan Cohoon, 7il. 

i Ashhel I'.arhi'r. 7:!. Wife of Samnel i;aitle(t. S4. 

Simeon IJarlier, Ip7. Wife of .Solomon Ellsworth, So. 

Jerijah P.issell, '.fj. Wife of Aaron Ei-osf, S7. 

I Isaae Bancrail, S7. AVife of Alexander Morton. 

Saimiel P.artletf, SI. Wife of Daniel I'.issell, 7!l. 

Isaae Paneraft, Ji., 7'.'. AVih' of Daniel ('ha|(in, 7;'.. 

Josiah Plodgel. 7:'-. Wih' ..f Da\i.l Crane, SS. 

Elisha Crani'. '.tl. Wife of Ifufns Ciane. SS. 

Hezekiali Crane, S4. Wife of Waicham Crane. 

David Crane, 91. Wife of Klijah Sadd. s4. 



012 IIISTURV (iK ANflENT WINDSOR, 

I 
IJlirus Cl-Mlir. (i4. Wile nl' Olixrr Chilk. 70. 

WMivliiiiii Ciaiir. li.'). Miss .M:irv K;itiin,iil. 

.Idiialliaii Chirk. -Mrs. Ihiniiiili Ivjulrslmi, wilV of 
l»;niicl ('liii|iiu, .".4. I>ra. Iv, SS. 

A:ii-iiii Crane. .Mrs. Haclicl I'dluiiic, SC. 

Aaniii FrosI, To. Wile of I Iczrkiali Crane, S:!. 

Aaron Frost, .Ir. Wilr of .l(,siali llln,|ovt. 

Alcxanilrr .M.irlon. liM. Wifr of Aaimi Craiir. 

Daniel Osliorn. Sl'. AVifc of Klislia Cr •, Ml. 

Natlian I'rllon. l'>. Mrs. Ilaunali Uarllctl. wjilou of 
Thomas I'ol w inc. liT. Junatlian l'>..llf. 

Solomon l'a\nr. Wifr of Sctli ,<lowcll. .V.I. 

Soricljl Flilhl. 

The lirsl nicnlion of any finid for tlir sniiport of tlic unsprl ministrv 
in lliis paiisli, a|i]H'ars lo lie llii' follouini:' rrsolnlion |iasscil liy llir soci- 
ety Oct. 4, ISl:;, a sum left liv Ca|i1. Samuel Stiles: 

■■ I"/,,/, 'I'IkiI Ihr s..( iriy c. uiUi'C lie ililTclcil tn receive llie slim et nlii' lliim-,:uill 

il,,ll:n-s -i\cil I.. Illis se(icl\ liy llie l,isl will el' f';c|.t. S:llliuel Sliles. ileceiised. :iml ill- 
|iiisi' lit llie s;iiiii' Mici.nliii;; l.i llie leiier iit saiil iiisl niiueiil 

Vcar W\ Near, afli'i- Iliis, we lind tiic inlei-esl of tliis fund iiscil in 
[laii for llie |i:iyineiit of (lie minister's salary — at lirsl as an acMilion to 
tll<' vt'Uillar salar\ on acconnt of llie liiiili ]irice to wliieli the ncci'ssaries 
of hfe liail risen, anil tlins it was eonlinncil until l.'silH. 

The next aiMition to the fliml a|i|ieai-S to ha\e heen rccci\eil fl'olll 
the State, and is called the .S'/r(/, /•'/(;/./ — the record concerniiej' it was, 
made at a society's mcctin- held the (Uh day of ( »ctoher. 1 SlS. as fol- 
lows: 

■■ \;>t,il. Tli.-it llic Sl-ilc Kuii.l icc.-i\cil al llartl'nnl in Drccinbcr lasl. In llie smicly 

ciiiiiiiiillcc, anil iiilcicsl .all nlini; In one liiiialreil ami srienly seven ilnllars, lie |iiit al 

iiileivsl anil n main .is a luml U^r llii- su|ipiirl ol' the (iiis]i(>l niinisln»in this sceicly dur 
in.ir llie |ile:islliv 111' Illis M.eh-I\ .' 

At an adjonrned incctine- lield on - Jan., 1S-2T, we lind the lirst 
notice of tlie li<irthti Finvl : 

" VdIiiI. Toacccpl lit llie iliinaliim uiveii liy .Mr. Saiimel IVirllell. nf mic llnnisaml 
(liillars, Id llie second soeiely in Kast Windsnr. under its restrictii)iis." 

The h.llowiiiu- extract from tlie will of Mr. Bartlett will siiow the 
nature of the donation and the restrictions ahovo referred to: 

" And wisiiin.u- t<i |ier|i(l uale a i'ei;iilar Gospel iiiini.strv. I will tlitil my e\rrnter 
ptiy lis ;i doiialioii wliicli I now make to the second eeclesiaslical soeiely in t'.ast Wind- 
sor to whii-h 1 lielon^-, the sum of one thousand dollars, under the rollowinn restrictions, 



Nor.Tii (sr.WTic) I'AiJisii. (;13 

viz.; Tlint lliis cldiKitiiui sli.-ill lie kcpl .-il aiinuni iiilnrsl inilil |iiiiHi|i:il luiil iiili'ivst 
sliMll aminiiit to lour tlidusaiiil iloUnrs. .inil u lien llie wliolc sum slmll iuiiount to the 
;il'oivs:iuI sum of four tlious.Mul iloll:irs, llic interest iirisinj; thereon shall be apjjlicd 
annually towards paj-in.u; \\w minister's salary in the society, leaving the jirineiiial of 
four thousand dollars entire with llie I'ollowini; eomlilions being complied with : 

"1st. That said society keep and nKiinlairi a decent meeting-house in whic li to 
perform public worship. 

'■2nd. The said meetini;- liousi' tu he the sole and entire properly of said .society. 

"iird. That said soeiely shall nol at .my lime he desliluti' i>f an oidaincvl minister 
more than two years, which minister shall he a h'arned man of hue orlliodox |iririeiples 
according to the sense in which our hirelalhers mainl.iiiied llie same, 

"4th. They shall not pay any of tlii' intiivsl, arising nn tliis donation lo hire a 
minister of difTerent iirinciples, — hul ifal .any future perioil of lime sledl neuleet or re- 
fuse to comply with the .above conditions ioid rest liitions. then and in lliat case said 
donation shall be forfeited by s.iid socicly to my exei iitoi- or liis heirs, lo sue for and 
recover the said donation to his or llua'r use." 

This I'l 111(1 l-ouclird 111,. MlUdUIlt SlKa'il'ird ill ihe will (if .Mr. I'.urtlcff 

(t'i)tir tlKjusnnd diillnis), in 1S4;t, since wlicu its iiicmnc litis liccii 
ii]i]iropi'iatoil lor llio |iiir|"isc to which it x\:is (■onsccftilial li\- fho ilcvisor. 

In ()c(., 'lS4."), a iicrniiinciil lease (il Ihc |i;irs(>n;ii^'(' lol wtis nitidc Utv 
II term dl' '.I'.tO yciirs, I'loiii .\ |iiil, ] S4."), lor *1,470. !»;',, the inlcivst on 
which wtis annually llicic.altci- ptiid to Kov. Mr. ntnilctt, allcr whose 
death, tind in Oct.. I S.") j, Ihi.-, luiid wtis :i|i|ilicd lowanis the liiniidation 
of the society's indclilcdncss in scciiiino- their |i;irsoinii;-o hind ;md luiild- 
iii'i' the imrsoiitmc. 

In ]S(5<S, an iir</<'ii utis inl idilnci.al inlo ilie chnich, tmd the iiiiildino' 
liaintcd. In ISli!!. tlicrc w;is ;i niission-school coiiiioctcd with the (•hiifcli. 
In lS78, the Confciciicc House u;is iiniinivcd. 

B.rr,<,i„iix Sftif/'s/irs. (ForDf. n\\ielit"s iic.aniiil of Iliis |itirisii tiiid 
vicinity see his Tnnu-h, ii. '270-2.S:;. ) ]\Icnihcrs, 1,S:!;!, 2,Si; ; 18r>0, 1;J0 ; 
1882, 147. Revivals, 17S0, a considci'tihlc one; 1808, 19; 1809, 11: 
1817, 96; 1818, 11: ls22. 1"); 4S27, 5:!: 1s:;2, 77; 1838, 12; 1855, 
50; 1861,15: 1874,17: 1X76, 12. 



CIIAITKl} 111. 

TllK DIVISION OF AXCIF.NT WINDSOR AND INCOKI'oIiATIoN OF FAST 
WINDSOR. 

1768. 



WI"] li;iM' now ;irrivc(1 ;it ;i jioiiil. in (iiir liisloi-y, of siinie cunsidri- 
:ihlr iiilcrc.-^l, viz. : I lie incur|M,r:itinii n\' that part of Wilidsoi-, 
lying L'a.st of tlir ConniM-ticnl i\i\cr, as a ilistiiict town. Iiy tlic iiaiiic of 
Ea.st Windsor. 

The graihial increase of jioinilatioii in tlie ea.st-si(le settlements ol 
Windsor develojied tlie necessity and awakened an nrgent and steadil\ 
increasing demand for su(di a di\ision of llie aneii'nt limits as should 
better aeeonunodale the cireunislanees and |ironioli' llie intei'csts i>\ tlieir 
inlialiilants. Those, -who, e\en in Ihese days of railroads, good turnpikes, 
and easy eari'iages, find the lirea(hh of the noMe Conncctient a liar (n 
their \isiting their relatives on llie opposite side oftener than onee a 
yeai- — if indeed as often — can readil\ nndersland that, in those eaily 
days of rough roads, sparse settleinenls, and horsehaek riding, it was a 
seiions matter for their aneestoi-s (tough and hearty as they are siip- 
]iose(| to iiave been) to lie oliliged to fra\el from si.\ to twelve miles, and 
ei-oss a I'iver, in ordei- to attend town meetings, or transact any Imsiness 

with th(^ town ollieers. 'I'h ly wonder is that they hore it so long and 

so patiently as they did. 

The snlijeel seems to ha\e lieen lil'st pidiliely agitated at a town 
meeting on the ^Oth of January, f7-lS/M, Imt was not acted upon. Koi'- 
tnnately, flic river itself constituted so natural a line of se]iai-alion lietwceu 
the towns, thai there could he no oeeasion for disputes aliont lionndaries : 

hut there; was an immense : iinl of conservatism in the community. 

and the matter moved not again until .inly. 1 To:',, when it was voted tiial 
they would divide the town of Windsor inl.i two distinct towns, " as 
Coiuieetieut Kiver runs." At a ineetinu' on I''eliiuary 11, ITod, the 
same \ lite was )iassed, and a eonimittee appointed to eonler with the 
assendily aliout the matter. In 1 To'.t. the same suhjcct came hefoi-e the 
town meetini;-. and William Woleoit, .^.amne! Eno, and Peletiali Mills 
were appointed agents to appl\ to the assemlily. Then the ]iroject slept 
for eight years, until. 7th l»eeemlier, ITii", llrastus Wolcott and Josiali 
JJissell were appointed a committee loi- the same ]iur]iose, and tlieir 



KIItST IiIVISlON III' TIIK iiLIt TOWN. 615 

cl'l'iirls wrrc, ;il l;ist , i-niw iicd uilli success. At ;i lii\ui iiH-clin^ (in tin; 
;;il .\|Mii(|;iy in .M.ircli, ITHS, tlic (l('t;iils were agivcil upun, a.s follows: 
thai tlic town sliould lie (ii\i(lrd as tlic ia\ci' lauis ; tliat Windsor should 
kcr|i all llie records and halt' the money uliicli iniulit remain in the 
tieasnr\ after all town dclit.s were |iaid: and su|i|miiI ten nf thc^ town 
|ioni-(\\lio were named), and lia\e the free use of liie slone ipiarry 
(Snake Hill ) on the east side; while the east-side folks Wele to take 
cai-e of eiuht of the tow n |icmii-. 

Finally, the cijlony recoids show that : 

■■ Al a General Assenilily et llii' (Jevi rii"i ami ( ■niii]iaiiy ef llie Coleiiy of Ceiinecti- 
tut lieMcM at Hartford ou the sccon,! TIiuimImv of .May, A.D. 17(i8, 

"Oil till- iiieiiiorial of tlio inhalntant.s of the town of Windsor, .slidwing to this 
AsH'Milily llial llie memorialists, at their le;;al tiiwn meetinj;; in December last, ajireed 
to divide the town, tiiid prayinn that tli<- part of the town on the west side of Connecti- 
eul Hiver he and remain the town of Windsor, with ancient privileges of said town ; 
and that the part of .said town that is on the east side of .said river be made and consti- 
tuted a town ; and that their common stock, money, and poor he divided, etc., accord- 
ing to their agreement at their publick meeting on the third Jlonday of April, 1768. as 
per memorial on tile, 

"It is enacted by the Govi-inor, ('oiineil, and I!c']iresentatives in General Coin-t 
assembled, and by theaiithority of the same, that that part of said t<iwn that is on the east 
side of the Connecticut Kiver be, and they are hereby, made, erected, and constituted 
within the limits and bounds theri'of a distinct town, with all the liln'rties, inivileges, 
and immunities that other towns by law h:i\r and do enjoy, and lli.il s.iiil new erected 
Mini constituted town bi' i alleil ,ind known by Ihc ii.ame of Ea.st Windsor ' 

And thus, " Windsor, east of tin' ( 'nnneetieiit Kixcr." ineliidiuL;: the 
]ii-esent tow ns of Ivist and Sonlh AVindsur. mid flllinulun ( imw in Tol- 
land ('iiniit\ ), was diilv set apart and i]ieui|i(iiated as the tnwn nf 

E.VST WlNOSOU. 

The first town nieetiuu' lield in I'last Windsor was mi ilth (if .lul\. 
ITtiS, when Erastus Wolcott was chusen .Modeiatoi- and .\aii.n liissell 
Town t'lerk and Treasurei'. 

Til I IS. it w ill he seen, thai ( (iiie liiindi('(| and I hill \ -I h ice \ cars fidui 

the dale (if tl -iuinal selllement (if Windsdi-: and (Uie liimdred and 

twenty fnnii that (if .lulin KisselTs |iiiiiieer lodgment on tht! east side of 
the Ureal Ki\er: and leu \ears after the deatli of their first pastor, Rev. 
-Mr. I'.dw aids : diiriii'.: w Imse ministrv (il si\t\-fhree \ears. four eecdesias- 
tical |iarislies had lieeii moani/.ed williin the lnwn's limits, east of thi^ 
river) the new tnwn — yieldiuu- t(i I he ine\ilalile hmic of events — 
droi)iie(l from the arms nf the old tdwii, as naturally ;is the ii|iene(l fruit 
drops from the parent li(ini:h. 

The new township was of hiriic pro|i(iil ions : iijion the north il was 
bounded hy Kniield and Soniers : its eastern line was irreo'idar, stretch- 
ing hack in some places fnun ten to twelve miles eastward from the 



(ilG IIISTOKY OF ANCIEXT WINDSOU. 

river: Hart lurd ( wliicli llini iiicliidctl KasI llai-H'ord ami MaiiclifstiT) 
lumiuk'd it nil till' .sDiilli, wliilr tlic ri\cr foriiicd its wcsti-rii lii)iiii<lary — 
the k'nj^th of (he townslii]), I'rom Euficld tu Jlartfi)rd lines, heiui;- nearly 
t(4> luilcs. 

East Wiiulsoi-'s civil and military history, prior to ITii'^, is neces- 
sarily incorporated with tliat uf Windsor, in our iireeediiii^ chapteis : lint 
the sepaiate histories of its several cculesiastical parishes lias heeii - 
for the sake of unity — ]»reseiited in the follouini;- chapters. 

Kti/uctij /rum JVficsjiiijicr.y. 

llAHiKiia), Fclj. 27tli, 17(57. 
Ono niiilit last week, a pantlier having kilk-il nine .slie(|i in a yard at Wimlser, tli' 
owner uf the sheej), one Mr. Phelps, the ne.xt iiioriiin.i,', I'liUoweil llie panther li_v his trail, 
into a thicket abuni half a mile from his hoii.se, and shot liim. lie was brought lo thi~ 
town, and the bounty of live pounds allowed by law was paid for his head. — .Wf Ij>I' 
(Ion Gtnett,', No. 172. 

Kroin the Civiiiecliriil Counnit, clatcii lluLlf.inl, .\ngasl 1(1. ITIIT. 

" La.st Tuesday two transient persons were taken up at Windsor, for cdinniittiiig. 
each of them, two thefls, and received sixteen la.s!ies on each of llieir backs; ei.glit lor 
each olfence. The iiexl day Ihey were coiiiniilted lo <!aol in this Town, to take theii 
trial at tlw >Suiierior Court ne.xt nionlh. lor luraking open and rolibing a hou.se at 
Windsor." 

Froni llie Con ncrlk-ut Coumiit, dateil llartforii. Septi-iiitper. i;ri7, 

" I,a.st week, David Campbell and Alexander Pelligrew, were indicted before the 
Superior Court, sitting in this Town, for breaking open and robbing the house of Mr. 
AbicI Abbot, of Windsor, of two watches, to whiih Indictment they both plead guilty, 
and were ,senteiued each of Ihein to receive 15 stripes, to have their right ears cut olT. 
and to be braiuhil with a capital letter B on their foreheails ; which |iunisliment wa- 
irillicli'd on llieni last Friday. Pelligrew bled so much finni Uu- ampulation of his ear. 
Ilial his life was in danger." 

Fiiim the Connertieui Coitnint, No. KM, ilatid .\ugust •.>2. iriiS. 

"On Saturday, the 13th iust., the following nielaniholy accident happened in 
Windsor, viz.: Four young women wlio.se names were Thrall, who had been at work 
abroad in the afternoon, after they had completed their labor, agreed to divert thenr 
selves in the water, in a small river at that place. Accordingly they pulled otT their 
stocking and shoes, and joining hands, immediately went into the river ; but not being 
ac(|uainted wilh tin' depth of the water, and the bolloin being very uneven, the young 
woman that was foremost fell into a deep jdace, which she did iKjt discover till il was 
loo late to save herself, and pulled two of her unhappy companions after her, liy whieli 
means they were all unfortunately drowned ; and the other very narrowly escaped 
sliaring the same fate. Two of the above young women were sisters, one of which was 
about 21, the other ,ibout li) years of age. The other was a near nlalion. Their 
bodies were soon af^er taken up, and the ne.xt day decently interred The Hiv'd Mr. 
Kussell preached a sermon suitable to the occasion. 

" A few days after, one Henry Chapman of the s;ime place, accideiitly fell from :i 
beam in a bai-n, upon .a earl that stood upon the tloor, and split his head, and died 
instanllv. lie was about 40 vears of age." 



EXTRACTS FROM NEWSPAPER8, 17()S. 617 

Paisdii llinsilale's (North) Church Itecordx coiilains the following 
note of these deaths, "Aug. 1.3, 1T(:)8, Marv and Elizabeth, danghters of 
Havid Thrall, and Jerusha, daughter of Charles Thrall, were all, at onee, 
iiiili:i|i]iily ilniuucd in Poquonock River, as they went in for their i[i\er- 
siiiii "' ; and, '• no longer after than August 17, Mr. Henry Ohaj^nian, in 
the dusk of the evening, climbing a scaffold in a barn, fell and received 
a wound in his head, of which, in a few hours, he died. How hard God 
calls to a hardened people ! " 

Tradition relates that Mr. Chapman, at the time of this accident, 
was at work for a neighbor on the north side of the Rivulet, his own 
residence being on the south side. That afternoon, his wife sent a little 
daughter up to Hoyt's Meadow, to look after or drive home the cows. 
The child went, but shortly returned, crying violently and appearing 
greatly frightened and agitated. On being questioned as to the cause, 
she affirmed that on reaching the pasture where the cows were, she had 
seen her father standing on the stump of a tree, and covered with blood. 

In a few minutes after, word was brought to the family, of the sud- 
den accident by which the husband and father had lost his life. It was 
undoubtedly one of those cases of premonition which sometimes precede 
coming events, but which all our philosophy fails to exjilain. 

"We hear from Poquonock, a parish in the western part of Windsor, that about 
lialf an acre of the surface of the ground there has hitely sunk or fallen to a consider- 
alilc depth below the common surface 6r level ; not unlike to what is frequently 
occasioned by earthquakes, though attended with no eruptions, either of water or fire ; 
fi>r which event no natural cause has as yet been assigned. And it is more unaccount- 
alile, as the ground that is sunk was not contiguous to or bordering upon any precipice 
or declivity, nor adjacent to any collection of water that should occasion it to sink." — 
Conn. JiiuriHtl, .Jiiiif 2'i. ITTO. 



CILVrTER IV. 

WAPI'INCi PAUISIl (Tlliur) C'lirHCII OF KAST WINDSOR).' 

1717-1890. 



TRADITION, at least, accords to one Thoma.s Bissell, tlie honor of 
being, as early as 1700-1705, the first settler of that portion '<( 
Windsor known as Wappincj — a name prohably borrowed, though we 
know not why, from that of a street in London, on the Thames. His 
house is said to have stood a little south of the road from East Windsor 
Hill, and west of Podunk River, until about 1840, when it was taken 
down. It was probably the house occupied, at the last, liy Mr. Elijah 
Blodget. We find, in the society records, freipient allusions to a place 
liclow Podunk River, called "Bissell's Farms," which may, perha])S, refer 
to Wapiiing; and, in an old account-book kept by Samuel Rockwell, wlm 
in those days was " a mighty hunter," are notes of venison sold to 
Thomas Bissell who lived, as early as 1705, in the N.W. corner of Wa])- 
ping. Tradition also records that, shortly after coming here, Bissell 
had a very severe fight with a large and powerful Indian, who in a 
drunken bravado, l)oa.sted of having killed nmetij-nine white men auil 
insisted on making np the hundnu], by killing him. Foiled in ills 
attempt to bin-st in through a half-opened door, l)y Bissell's dog, he was 
finally overpowered by the dog's master and his sanguinary intentions 
defeated. 

Deacon Franeis Vinton, however, in an interesting pa))er jircpaicil 
for the South Windsor (Jrange, introduces to us anotlicr ebiiiiKint 
for prior, oi- at least contemporaneous, settlement in AVajipiug. Ur 
says, "as far as 1 have been able to learn, from tradition, one .Joseph 
Steadman made the (ii'st settlement in Wapping, in the south part, on 
the land now of 11. ('. Hayes, near the old crossing a little east or south- 
east of his ice jiond. A small quince tree was ])ointed out to me, in 
183(5, as indicating neai-ly the site of his house; he got his water from 
a spring a little east of tb(^ fence between the pasture and mowing-lot, 
near the driveway, 'i'iie Iniilding of his house was closely watebed liy a 

' We are miiinly iiuii^btod, for information concerning this parisli, to ;\ .l/.v. jicconiit 
written by Hov. Marvin Root, in lK4fl, and deposited in tlie archives of tlic Conn. Hist. 
Society ; also, to .Vs. of Dr. Elijah F. Heed. 



WAl'l'INi; PARISH, KAST WlNDSOlt. 619 

t'l'w liiili;iiis wliii llicii lived in tlie forest cast, on the hmd imw owiied liy 
Chiytuii (i rant, or his brother; and he was, at times, anno\ed Ijy tlie 
|in)\vliugs of these Indians aronnd his house. Once, while on horseback 
li Miking for his cows, he was fired upon by them, the bullet [Kissing 
tludtigli his ch)thes and grazing his back." The Windsor Land Records 
show certain two-rod roads between tlie Hartford lini^ and St('adnian's 
corner, which seem to confirm the traditional account of his settlement 
in that neighboi'hood. 

Nathaniel Drake afterwards built a house N.W. of .Mr. Watson 
Hayes' present place. Benajah Starkweather must have been an early 
settler in Wajiping, as his son Thomas received a deed of lajid here from 
Roger Wolcott in 1780, and buried a sou in 1795. Capt. Noah Barber, 
the ancestor of the Wapping Barbers, came from Windsor and the house 
which he builded was only pulled down some two years ago, by Mr. F. 
Gillet. Mr. Barzilla Green died in 1795, aged 70 ; his wife died the 
same year, aged 71. Joseph Steadman married, in 1709, Sarah Tayh)r, 
and died in 1762, aged 83. Mr. PI. C. Hayes is their lineal descendant. 
John Grant died in 1803, aged 80. Daniel Rockwell died 1789, his 
wife, 1785. 

The Bisfelh, RoekirelU, Skinners, SaiUx, Stoui/htiinx, SmitJis, and 
(?raKte were among the first to locate in Wapping — aiui Gihb», Fitch, 
Borcliexter, Uppard, Wheaton, Armstron;/, Lathrop, AJkinn, Hun, Dor- 
munf. Stocking, and Gay figure largely among the earlier names. 

The first settlers were, of course, included within the limits of the 
Second Society (or Windsor, east of the Connecticut River), and 
attended worship in Mr. Edwards's congregation. But, the roads to " the 
Street" were exceedingly bad; and they seem to have petitioned, at a 
very early day, for " winter privileges " — i. e., for liberty to hire a minis- 
ter during six months of the year. This reasonable reipiest was, for 
many years, refused. In 1761, however, the Assembly made them a 
winter parish, and the Second Society voted to allow them their propor- 
tion of rates, which amounted to £6, 12.s. A nund)er of documents 
I'clative to Wapping are preserved in tln' State Archives; and among 
the records of the Second Society we lind the following document 
(attested, as a true copy, by Rev. Mr. Perry, Aug. 14, 1761) : 

" As the Sucoiid S()('iety of Windsor were sundry years alxuit fixing ii place for 
liuildiiig a nu'cting-holi.se, so the Inhabitants of Woping, in s<' society at tlie same time, 
were endeavoring to he made into a Distinct Society upon y" account of which tlien^ 
were two I'arties in the Street of s'' Society: for the I'eople of tlie North Part said Wop- 
ing must not be a Society. But the Meeting-IIousc must be set at his Honour's [Kogcr 
Wolcott's V] to accomoilafe Wojiing, and the People of the South Part say'd VVoping 
must he a Society and theivforc y» meeting house must be set at Niiberry's to accomo- 
date them, anil in particular Wi" Wolcott, Esq., one of the members of the C''' of 
Christ in s' Society, who was always Spoakman for the South Part Say'd Woping must 
be Society, ik therefore the meeting house must be set at Nubcrries and the s' Will hath 



620 HISTURY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

declared from time to time to some of the People of Woping he Iiad iiotliinj; against 
Woping heiiig off, But would be gUid if they were off then and y' he would not appear 
against y" nor oppose Woidngs getting off at the Assembly nor in any shape at all, 
and in January last past he told Chapman Grant when he knew Woping were going to 
y Assembly that he W* not oppose him but would do him all the service he could as an 
evidence all which may be proved. Notwithstanding all these Declarations & Solemn 
Promises the s'' Wi" did appear at the Assembly at their Session in May last at Hartford 
and opposed the agent of Woping and pleaded that the Memorial of Woping that was 
then upon Trial should not be Oranted for that they were not big enough on the List 
and for that the People of Woping did live but two miles & (juarter from the streat, 
also pleaded for the North Society by wich conduct of the s'' Wi", Stephen Steadman, 
one of the members of the same C"'' of Christ, being .so offended, charges him of being 
guilty of a scandalous breacli of the ninth commandment," etc. 

From all of which it doth ai)pear that with the Wolcott iiifiiiciico 
against them, the Wappingites had a pretty hard fight to obtain even the 
scanty ecclesiastical privileges granted them by the Assemlily. 

At this time, according to their petition, dated Marcli, ITiil 
(^State Archivex'), they numbered 200 souls, and had 32 houses, wliilc 
tl>eir proportion of the Second (East Windsor) Society list was £2,001*. 
They complain that, on settling the meeting-house on the Street, no 
regard was had to them ; that they are obliged to go to it four miles and 
a half " through the wilderness." ' 



'The following document curiously illustrates the disintegrating inlluence of 
church quarrels upon the body-politic : — 
To tlie Hon'''" General Assembly now sitting at Hartford ; — 

We the subscribers being in East Windsor in a place called Wappon Soldiers A: 
those y' are allowed by Law to vote for Commission officers, beg leave to Inform your 
Honors that the Inhabitants of Wapon some years ago, were made a Winter Parish, and 
a L""''* military Company was made there, for their Ea.se & Convenience. 'I'h.it the 
said military company, then with great unanimity made choice of m' Sam" Smith (who 
had served as Serg' many years before to good satisfaction) Lieutenant of said Company, 
m' Edward Cliapman Grant, Ens", and the affairs of s'' Company were Carried on in 
Peace and Good Order; till an Ecclesiastical Controversy arose & threw them into 
Parties. And the Ens" Mr. Grant made very much the Head of one of theiu. whicli ol 
late seemed to abate, and we the Subscribers hop'd had happily Subsided, but on llic 
first monday of may Inst, when we were Called out to Chu.se a Capt'. our Numbi in 
being Encreascd to a Captain's Company we found, as we apprehend, the old Party 
Spirit still remained, for when we Come to Count the Votes, we found Ens" Grant Con 
trary to y" General Expectation had the majority of votes, wliich we apprehend was 
occasioned by y Influence of an Ecclesiastical Controversy, and the unfair Practice of 
those that were of that Party, and not for y« Good of the Company, or agreable to y 
minds of y major Part of the voters : and we beg leave to Ob.serve to your Honors that 
many of y* voters not apprehending there wo'd be any Difficulty in the Choice of Capt. 
were not present, and many that were present &. voted, were not lawfull voters. Ami 
yet there were but one vot(' in the Majority for Ens° Grant. The No. of votes for Mr. 
Grant were M, and tlio.se not for him ;W. A bare, or Small .Majority this. Thirc was 
one House in particular a Stranger of no Interest, lately come into Town and married 
tliereand never belonged to &■' Company and tho living out of the Limits thereof — put 
in a vote, and was Counted in favour of m' Grant — and Green, a young Soldier when 
he was putting in a vote for L' Smith, [was asked by] l)y an Elder Soldier in favour of 



WAPPlNti PARISH, KA8T WINDSOR. 621 

Tlicir lirst ineetaiig-lionsc wiis Imili under (he titlo of a wJiool, ahcmt 
1 765, and stood on land, afterwards of (^apt. Haniuol Hall, wliose west 
liarn occnpied a part of the old clnirch site — -and was three miles from 
tlie Second Society's meeting-house, on " the Street." " The Street " 
always claimed that their society extended within half a mile of the 
Wa]>ping' meeting-house, i. «., three miles from the river, or to the end 
of the " 3-mile lots." 

The upper windows of this meeting-house were boarded up, only the 
lower ones were glazed, and the whole edifice finally became so dilapi- 
dated that the six months winter privileges were extended to ei(/ht months ; 
nnd by leave of the assembly, the warm s(^ason was sulastituted for win- 
ter, the peoi)le worshiping in the latter season with the Second Society, 
who invited them to do so, tax free. Their own old edifice was there- 
fore used only in s])ring, summer, and autumn; and, finally, the "Wap- 
ping Harn," as it came to be called, was pulled down one night in the 
year 1790 liy a party of frolicksome young men. 

The first minister ascertained to have preaelied in Wapping was one 
JIatthew Rockwell, who graduated at Yale College in 1728. He was a 
]iliysician, and added a gift of preaching to his other accomplishments, 
lie was a licentiate, and occasionally preached for the Rev. Mr. Edwards 
during the last year of the latter's life. 

"WiNDSOK, Nov. 4, 1763. 
" Keceived, of Samuel Grant, the sum of £1 Is Hrf for iireaching at Wapping, in the 
year 1762. I?y ine, 

"Matthkw Rockwell." 

Tradition affirms that he preached in Mr. (Grant's old house, before 
the building of the meeting-house, in 1765. 

Mr. Moses Tuthill also preached here for three years. He was a 
Cougregationalist, and a man of eccentric charactei', although of consid- 
erable talent. He graduated at Yale College in 1745 ; became the pas- 
tor of a church at Granville, Mass., at its organization in 1747 ; resigned 
liis charge in 1753. He then came to (East) Windsor for a season. 
His wift! was Maitha, the daughter of Rev. Timothy Edwards, to whom 
he was luiiiiied in 1746, and who is represented as a woman of remar]<a- 
ble line powers of mind, although, perhaps, with some peculiarities of char- 
in' Grant, who liis vote was for, told him for I,t. Smitli, witli tliiit y" other Soldier pulled y 
vote out of his Hand & destroyed it, and put a vole for m' Grant into his Hand, to Influence 
Hini to vote against his mind, and by such unfair Practice only ni' Grant was Chosen. 
We need not observe to your Hon" How ruinous it fatal it is like to be, to Said Company 
it y Leaders too, to have such a Choice Eslalilishcd, and I'ray your Hon" to take y« 
mater into your wi.se Consideration with y Keturn of s'' Choice, refuse to grant a Com- 
mission to s'' Grant. and order said Company to be lefl to a new C'hoice by one of y 
Kield Otlicers of y" Hegiment and due care be Taken, till that a fair Choice be made 
that Order and Peace may Subsist in said Company. 

We are may it please this Honour'''"' House your humble I'ctitioners. Dated at East 
Windsor, May y 14 1771. 



622 HISTOEY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

actcr. It is related of tliem that, on the day appointed for their marriage 
Mr. Tiitiiill was on the west side of tlie river, and the iee, just then break- 
ing up, rendered erossing impossible. As soon as he couhl eross he 
came to her residence in East Windsor, liut she refused to sec liiin. At 
last she was persuaded to give him a hearing, he being in one room, she 
in another, with the door closed between them, and the conversation was 
so carried on. In answer to lier question wh_v he had not come at the 
ap])()inted time he told her he could not have comi^ if his Ijfe had dei)en(le(l 
upon it; but the irate maiden told him he should lune niinde(l nothing 
about his life when he was going to be married. A reconciliation was 
finally effected. It is of this lady, also, that Stoughton ( Windsor 
Farmer, p. 67-68) relates the following: "It is related of Mr. Tuthill's 
courtship, that when he, after the custom of the time, requested of Mr. 
Edwards the privilege of soliciting Miss Martha's hand, the latter, 
knowing his daughter's propensities, expressed a fear that she might 
not be a suitable companion for the would-be-son-in-law. Mr. T. mis- 
vmderstanding the reply, sup]>osed it had reference to her spiritual con- 
dition, and anxiously inquired if "Miss JIartha had not experienced the 
great change." ' Yes, yes,' replied the father, ' she is a good girl, but. 
Brother Tuthill, the yrace of God iriU dwell ivhere neither you nor 1 
could.' Despite this dubious warning, they were married; and many 
are the stories yet extant of Mistress Tuthill's strange doings. One of 
these, also given by Mr. Stoughton, is thus : " Upon one occasion, when 
a meeting of ministers had convened at the Wapjiing pai'sonage, as 
night drew on, he suggested to his spouse that, as the brethren were 
about to depart, he would like to have some repast made ready for them. 
'And what would you like, my dear?' said the amiable consort, who had 
not up to this time, i)aid the slightest attention to the guests. ' 0," re- 
plied Mr. T., overjoyed at the tractable disposition of his better-half. 
'Anything you please, something light, no matter about meats, only a 
light, wholesome meal, that is all.' In about half an hour ilrs. Tuthill 
announced supper and motioned her husband and guests into a room 
where a table covered with a snowy-white cloth bore upon it the 'light' 
repast in the shape of a burning candle at the chair of each guest; and. 
it was not until the disappointed divines were about to leave in disgust 
that the mistress came forward with a very substantial and 'wholesome' 
meal which induced them to resume their seats, while she stood liy and 
laughed merrily at their expense." 

Theii' I'esidence in Wa{)))ing was in a liouse on the lot north of ilr. 
Wahli) Kelcher's present ])lace. 

Mr. Tuthill is described as "an ortliodox and faithful minister, and 
his short ministry in (iranville was lilessed with prosperity and peace." ' 



'Rev. Dr. Timothy M. C'ooley, [lastor of the (iniiivillc iliunli. 



WAI'l'IXC rHURCH, EAST WIN'HSOR. 628 

He ilicil at SciuUiiilil, I.. 1.. Uctol..;!-, ITS-J, ill his 7<Stli year. His widow 
(iicil in Wappiiig Pcln-iiary, 1794, agod nearly 77 years. 

Aiiotlit'i- meeting-house was Vmilt in 1801, about twenty rods south- 
east of the site of the old one. Its dimensions were 60 by 44 feet, and 
24 feet posts. Its frame stood uncovered until the spring of 1802, when 
a suliscription was raised for "covering, glazing, and roofing it." Its 
puljiit and seats, were rough and unfinished, and a pillow with a clean 
case was carried to meeting every Sabbath and placed on the desk as a 
cushion. This edifice was ei'ccted by the different denominations then 
existing in Wapping on a imion plan. The Congregationalists were to 
become the sole })roprietors at such time as they should see fit, paying 
the other denominations what they had contrilnited towards its erection, 
" deducting decay." This church is the same now in use, but has never 
been consecrated except by usage. In 1816-17 Mr. Blakely (Bap.) 
))reachcd here with much success, as also did Mr. Osborn (Meth.) in 1826. 
In the fall of 1829 a subscrijition was raise'd " for lathing and plastering 
its walls, erecting a breastwork around the gallery, and building a pul- 
pit." It was not finished until 1832, and was remodeled in 1848; at 
which time some strong members of the church became disaffected in 
regard to its site. When Mr. Thomas Robbius took charge in South 
Parish, East Windsor, in 1809, he records that "the jieople at Wa})ping 
show the want of gospel privileges." 

Although the Wa])ping peojjle had enjoyed preaching almost all the 
time since 1761, no formal attempt seems to have been made to organize 
a church. "In the years 1826 and 1827, however, the question was 
seriously discussed by a few individuals," say the Church Manual, " Must 
our children he brought up under a religious belief different from the 
one which we and our fathers embraced ?" Few in number, they resolved 
to make an effort to sustain Gospel ordinances among themselves, and 
secured for the period of six months the Sunday ministrations of Rev. 
Mr. Briiismade, then teaching in the Mute's Asylum at Hartford. Rev. 
i I i:nry MoKiiis labored in Wapping from the 10th July, 1829, till tlu- 
summer of 1832 (one rclial)le authority says from 1826-31). 

During his ministry a council of ministers, of which the Rev. Sam- 
iiil S. Whelpiey was moderator, convc^ned at the house of Mr. Samuel 
IImII, Feb. 2, 1830, and organized a church of twentv-eight meinl>ers (of 
"liirli twenty-three were females) from East and South Windsor. In 
tlie autumn of 1831 this church enjoyed a revival which resulted in 
about fifty conversions. 

Mr. Morris was succeeded, July, 1832, by Rev. D.Win L. ITuNN, 
from Sandwich, Mass. He was born in Coleraine, ifass., 5 Nov., 1789; 
grad. Y. C. 1813. and was foi' some years the oldest graduate of that 
college. lie servcil at WapjiiiiLi until .May 1, '[S:\h. and (luring bis mill- 



624 HISTORY OV ANf'IENT WINIISOK. 

istrv twonty-scvcii wci-o added to tlic clmicli. lie dird in HufTalri, N. V., 
29 Jan., 18SS, a-. 98. 

Rev. Marvin Root fust ]in'aclic(| in Wapimm' 1l' .hdy, 18:]."); com- 
menced as stated supply Auji'. 10, same year,an<l was ins)all(Ml as pastoi' 
29 June, 1830. He was dismissed, at his own n'i|U('st, 29 Ajji-il, 184tl. 
During his ministry twenty-tlirce were added to the church (three hy 
profession), and the pulpit was for a while sup])lied liy Messrs. William 
and Auji'ustus Thomson, from East Windsor Hill Seminary, and l)y a Mr. 
Pancray, and a revival in August, 1841, added twenty or twenty-five to 
the memliersliip. 

Rev. O.SCAR F. Pakkpir was acting pastoi- lor two years, and \\;i> 
ordained pastor 3 Jan., 1844. His resignation in October, 1848, was 
caused by ill health. From that date until 1854 the pulpit was sujiplicd 
chiefly from the Theological Seminary at East Windsor, and from 1832 
to 1859 the church was aided by the Connecticut Home Missionary 
Society. 

Rev. William Wright, from (!]iicopee Palls, ^lass., was ordainnl 
22 Aug., 1854, and served until 1865. 

Rev. WiNFiELD S. Hawkes began 12 Nov., 1868: was dismissed 
22 March, 1871, and succeeded l)y 

Rev. Charles Wesley Drake, who sujijilied the ])u]pit until IsTo. 

Rev. Henry Elmer Hart, 1875-1878. 

Rev. Charles N. Flanders, grad. Dartmouth College, and of Au- 
dover Theol. Sem. ; was in charge 1878 to 1880. 

Relu/ioun /S'toftV/cs. — Membership, 1830, 28; 1847,120; 1808,01; 
1880,116; 1881,111. 

i2g(,jVa;.,._ Members added, 18:30, 22; 1831, 50; 1832, 32; 1841, 
21; 1846, 13; 1852,15; 1809,14; 1878,20. 

Standing Ride of the Church. — At a regularly organized meeting of 
this church, held December 12, 1831, 

Voted, That it shall be a standing rule in this clnirfh, tliat no individual shall here 
after he received into followship (or connection), who vends, distils, or makes an hahitu.il 
wso of ardent spirits. 

Beacons of the Church. — Edward Miner was (dioseu lirst deacon 
of the church, December 12, 1831, and inducted into his olhce the 22d 
of the same month. 

He afterwards removed to Hartford, and united with the Second 
Church there, but, having returned to Wapping again, was reelected to 
the office of deacon Fel)nuiry 8, 1849. 

Novendier, 1832. Anson Bissell was chosen and iinUieted into the 
otiiee of deacon. In the summer of 183.") lie removed to the West, cou- 
sccpU'Dtly vacated the oHice of deacon. 

June 12, 1836, William Vinton was cho.sen deacon liy the ebureh. 



WAPITNC TAinsil, EAST WINKSOR. ()25 

Se|it('iiilH'r :!(■), ISHT, tliis <'liurrli wiis (•i)ns(j(/iate(l with llartfonl 
Nortli Consociation. 

The first Sahhatli-school was oi-o-anizcd April 10, 1829. 

Tlio first nioiithly concert for prayer \vas held August 2, 1829. 

The tax list of the church, in 1865, was #68,000; the exterior of 
church edifice was renovated 1871; horse-sheds jirovided in l.sT-l; 
a jiarsonage erected, at cost of #8,000, in 18G9. 

Ohl linridl Plitfi' of Wapjjin'/, north of Congregational Church. 
Tlie first person lairied here was an Indian. " Molly Mohalk," whose 
inscription reads thus: "In Memory | of Molly Mohalk | who Died 
Deseniher | A.D. 1766 In the | 28 Year of Her | Age. A Squaw." 
Her grave was opened liy Oliver Skinner, the first sexton of Wapping, 
who died August 31, 1777, se. 36 years. He was also a schoolmaster, 
and taught in the old brick school-house, which the oldest inhabitants 
affirm was the only one in the parish until 1775 or 1780, at which time 
Wa])])ing formed one school district. The next burial here was that of 
-Mr. IJcnjaiiiin Stoughton, 1769. Among otliei-s we find the gravestone 
of anothci- Indian: "In memory of ] polly thi' Daugh | ter of John 
and I Ksthcr Mohock | who Died March | 29 A.D. 1777 | aged one 
Year | and 9 months." 

Also that of a negro: "In memory of | Desire y'-' Daughte'' | of 
Cln-istmas | Negro who | Died Sep', y'' 3d | 1774 in y 9'h | year of her 
age." Thatcher Latlirop succeeded Skinner as sexton; then came 
Alfred (irant, at whose death the service and the l)urial records passed 
to David Miner, and are now lost. lie was followed as sexton l)y Mr. 
Warren Grant. The oldest person buried here is claimed to have been 
the widow of Al)raham Foster and ancestress of the Wapping Fosters, 
who died in 1800, 33. 99: no stone. Many of the oldest gravestones in 
this liurial pbu'c came from Slate Hill, worked by Mr. Drake. 

The Baptist Chureh in Wajiping }}ai-ish (South Windsor) was 
organized 14th Jan., 1823. For its history see (S'(*;(^/t Windsor t'liapter. 

Metltodist Church in Wapping. A ^\y. \ . Osborn preached here 
about two years, 1826-7, and did much good. His denominational 
prejudices, however, were very freely exhil)ite(l. It is even said that he 
once took the Saybrook Platform and the Methodist Articles of Disci- 
|iline into the pulpit, and commented strongly upon the latter, much 
to the disadvantage of the former. This so embittered the Congre- 
gationalists that they expelled him from the meeting-house; and Ibis 
act was followed by the formation of a separate Methodist society, with 
eight members, who bcbl mrctiniis in Ibc South District school-house 
Vol. I.— 79 



(!26 IIISTOIiY 01' ANCIENT WINDSOU. 

until a liouso \v;is crccti'il ami dt'dicatiMl liy .Mi-. ( ). in ls:_!8. Present 
nicnibership, TO. 

31inii<ter>( mixed in t/iis parish : 

i)AUBER, Rev. Kldad, a life-long minister in Ohio. 

Charles Henry Barber, minister in West. 

Lemuel Barber (D.D.). 

Henry I5arber. 

lleDuliitiviiary xnldierx from this parish (see also Ciiapter \'.) : 

Barber, Capt. Noah, (irant, Justus, 

Barnes, John (?), Green, Asahel, 

Drake, Simeon, Ilun, Tij), 

Elmore, Daniel, Latlirup, Thatcher, 

Foster, Thomas, Munsell, Hezckiah, 

Gay, Levi, Sadd, Thomas, 

Grant, David, Stoughton, Jonathan, 

Grant, Gusfavus, Starkweather, Thomas. 

Soldiern of War of 1812 from this parisli : 

Barber, Warren, Stoughton, John, 

(ir(H',n, Asahel (2d), Wright. Jonathan, 

Hall, Herman, Munsell, Silas. 



('ITAPTER V. 

EAST WINDSORS SHAKE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

BY RUTH T. SPERRY OF EAST WINDSOR HILL. 



Prefatory Note. — The Town Records of East Windsor, during the progress of 
the war, furnish no specific information as to the part borne by tlie town in tliat strug- 
gle. Tliere is recorded, now and then, the vote of the town to concur with some Act of 
the General Assembly; or its compliance with some measure recommended or urged by 
the Governor and Coimcil of Safety. 

We had hoped to find some bundles or box of loose papers, such as we have seen 
ill the Windsor Town Clerk's office, from which to perfect our list of East Windsor 
soldiers. And such papers did, indeed, exist, until within the last five years. They 
were left by Dr. Leonard, who was at the time of his death town clerk, in the attic of 
his residence. Dr. Allen, who subsequently occupied Dr. L.'s house, called the atten- 
tion of the Selectmen of East Windsor to the bo.\ of iiajiers; but, as they did not re- 
move it, he finally burned it and its contents. 

We have thus been forced to depend upon State Records, mostly contained in 
thirty-seven folio volumes of manuscripts kept in the State Library, and designated as 
" State Archives — Revolutionary War." 

The private papers of three of the Selectmen of East Windsor during this period 
(vi/.., Le.muki, Stouoiiton, Ebenezeh Gr.\nt, and Benoni Olcott), have fortunately 
been partially preserved; and we have also had access to private papers of Capt. Ros- 
WKi.i, Grant and Ensign Alexander Kino. Thus our chapter is not what we could 
wish it to be, but only such as we could make it, with diligent use of all that was left 
to us ill the way nf onyinal authorities. 



EAST WIXDSUR, as a separate townsliip, had Imeu launched into 
existence during the stormy political period whicli preceded the 
llf\olutionaiy struggle. The years 1764 to 1774 were years of gretit 
political excitement throughout the New England colonies ; and the sann; 
spirit wliicli iiuiinated the men of Old Windsor stirred also flic hearts of 
her cliildicii oii tlie east side of the Connecticut. 

1774. 

From the Town Records we learn tiitit " tit a meeting of the iidialiit- 

tiiits of the Town of East Windsor, on the first Monday of August, 1774, 

to (li'lilioratr on the dangerous situation of tlie liliorty of tlu; American 

Colonics, and the distressed condition of thr I'owii of IJo.ston,' Erastus 



' See page 309 of this History. 



628 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Wolcott, Esq\, was chosen Modei-iitor." After a full distnission the 
opinion of the meetin;; found exjircssinn in the fnihiwing jiaper, wliieli 
was passed nnaniuiouslv : 

" TliatMic inuiisiircs wliictli llic Britisli Crown and Parliament of late yrar.s liiivc 
thought proper to adopt in relation to the Colonies of America, in the ojiinion of this 
town, wear a very threatening aspect to their liberties and tranquility and deserve the 
most serious attention. 

"The Act for raising a revenue for His Majesty, in America, to defray the i\ 
pense of the Administration of justice and the support of civil governinent and the ilr 
fense of His Majesty's dominions in America, was made not only on princiiiles subvi r 
sive of the darling privilege of the English Constitution, in taking away the propiTly 
of the subject without his consent, but also with the further view to place it in i\w p()U( i 
of tlie Crown to sui)port a government in America independent of tlie people, and lli^ 
Majesty undertaking to increase and pay the salaries of some of the American ollicirs 
who appeared most forward to favor the views of the Crown, out of His .Xniericin 
revenue, that used to be done by the people without any e.vpensc to the Crown. alTonN 
ample proof of such a design, and that the court and government of Great Britain di 
sign to have the government of the Colonies entirely in their own hands. Thesitinitiini 
of our affairs is tridy distressing, but in the opinion of this town it ill becomes the otT 
spring of tliose that have done and suffered so much in the cause of liberty to give \i|i 
the most valuable blessings of life; but we ought to exert ourselves with great tirm 
ness, union and resoluticni to avoid the oppression that threatens us." 

"In the first place mo.st devoutly to look to Him, whose throne is in the heavens, 
for help and deliverance. 

"2nd, that in the management of this unhappy controversy we ought to treat His 
Majesty, our rightful sov<'i-ci,irii. and his parliament with a becoming conduct and r\ 
pression of loyalty and respect. 

" 8d. We entirely approve an<l very much rejoice that there appears to be sui li 
unanimity of sentiment in the coUmies. 

"4th. That we judge it of the greatest importance that the .several proviiicis, 
cities, towns and ea<'h inhabitant thereof, lay aside all party and .selfi,sh views and 
lirmly abide by the decisions of our delegates about to assemble in Congress. 

".5th. In the opinion of this town, every man that from lucrative motives, preju- 
dice, or other mean and narrow views, shall counteract tl)ese measures, ought to hr 
looked upon as a traitor to liis country, and treated not with violence to his person, but 
with neglect and all the proper marks of disesteem which such a character deserves 
and be made sensible of his ill conduct by denying the benefits of society, of commcn r 
and the common advantages of civilized life. 

•• That we look upon it to be our duty tenderly to sympathize with and liberally le 
contribute to the reliel' of such as are, or shall be reduced to want in this struggle for 
liberty; and to do all in our power to encourage and strengthen those that appear for 
the support lit it; iind the iidiabitants of this town do hereby agree, resolve and en- 
gage, to conduct themselves in this important crisis of affairs, agreeable to the senti- 
ments and duties set forth in the aluive-mentioned particulars." 

.V few iiiciiitlis hitef a Coiinniltec of Sal'i'ty was eivitted liy the fol- 
lowing aetidii i>f the Town : 

"At a Town .Meeting on the first .Monday of December. 1774, Era.stus Wolcott, 
Modenitor; !»/,(/, Th.at this town accept and approve of the association of the Conti 
neiital Congress, and agreeable thereto, appoint William Wolcott, Erastus Wolcott and 
Charles Ellsworth, Es(irs., ("apt. Ebenezer Orant, Dea. Benoni Olcott, Cajjt. rA'iniul 
Stoughton, Messrs. Daniel Kllsworlli, .Ir. and Edward Cluiiunan tjr;int a cominitlee of 



EAST WINDSOn IN TIIK RKVOLrTTONAnV ^VAR, 1775. 629 

Iirotection and safety, whose business it shall be attentively to observe the conduct of 
all persons in this town touching such association and endeavor that the same be in- 

vi(>liil)ly kcpl :in(l observed." 

Uiiilcr this ii])])ointmcnt, the Assembly, at its session of Nov., 1776, 
assigned Justus Mih-s, a rejmted tory, to the care of Mr. Chapman (irant 
III' I'^ast Windsor, wlio was authorized to kcej) and govern him in sucli 
manner as he shouhl think prudent.' 

1775. 
Early in the following year, in the correspondence of the Committee 
for the Relief of the Boston Sufferers liy the Tort Bill (see Note, p. 310), 
we find East Windsor thus jiromptly and elDiiuently responding to the 
dictates of patriotic humanity. 

"East Windsor, March 22d, 177.5. 
"Gentlemen, These are to inform you that the donations of the inhabitants of 
the town of East Windsor, in grain, are for the support of the poor of Boston, now suffer- 
ing mider the operation of the severe oppressive Port Bill. The quantity, and on whom, 
and upon what conditions the same is shipped, you will learn by a copy of the master's 
receipt, wliich is sent you inclosed. We rejoice at the patience and fortitude of the 
Town and Province, under the extreme sufferings of such cruel and oppressive acts, 
and hope and most ardently pray, that Heaven will support you till in his righteous 
providence he shall see fit to appear for your deliverance and cloathe our enemies with 
shame, and in the meantime put it and keep it in the hearts of the inhabitants of this 
Town, and all the Towns of the continent, willingly and cheerfully to bear so small a 
part of the burthens unjustly brought upon you by these Acts, so threatening to us 
all, as to support the poor of your Town in so just a cause and so glorious a struggle 
for liberty. You will accept what this town has done, though far less than what some 
other Towns have, as a testimony of their sympathy with and concern for you, and an 
encouragement to expect further help, which the Committee of this Town will be ever 
ready industriously to promote. By order of the Committee, 

"William Wolcott. 

"To rilH OVEHSEEIiS OF THE PoOR IN BOSTON. " 

Events were now liurrying on towai'ds a elima.x. In less than a 
iniiuth from Ihe date of this letter, occurred the fight at Lexington, 
wiiich roused a nation to arms in vindication of its rights. Of this event 
and the cuniinutidn which it caused in Boston, we have the following ac- 
riiiint \\\ line wlio was an eye-witness, iind who after the close of the 
\var, Ijecame a central figure in East Windsor — Rev. David McClure. 
NVe quote from his journal in possession of Miss Mary Tudor of South 
Windsor. 

" 177.J, April linii. Wednesday in IJoslon at HroMier W" at breakfast heard y' the 
Kigulars had marched from Boston to Lexington & killed some of the Inhabitants — 
alarm'd by the report walked out, but could obtain no certain accH, untill about noon, 
by an Inhabitant of Boston who had just return'd from Lcixington with an account of 
7 or 8 of our countrymen who he .saw lying dead near Lexington meet'g. house. — The 

' HiiMii.nrs Will- of III, Aiiicriaii, Ue,;diili„i,, p. ;«)6. 



630 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Iiiliahitants of B. on this clay were in y utmost Consternation — paleness upon every 
fiicc that walks tlie streets — not knowing what the consequence of the bloody tragedy 
at Lexington would be — 

" About 9 or 10 o'clock this morning saw Lord Piercy niarcli with a liri.irade out of 
B". by the fortification — about 900 men & two field pieces. — 

" The Soldiers had lost their wonted cheerfulness — saw tears standing in tlie down 
cast eyes of many of them — & In the whole Brigade saw but one or two smiling chum 
finances — Tliese we were inform 'd were going to reinforce Col". Smith's Brigade, wlio 
liad m:irilud silently from Bost". the last uiglit, having cros'd Cambridge Bay from y" 
bottom of tlie conunon, ik were now on their retreat from Concord. — 

" The Enemy under Gen'. Gage to the number of about 7 or 8000 having been in Bos- 
ton eight or nine Months & finding the Lihabitants of the [town] unwilling to C(mimence 
liostilities — bearing their unsufferable Insults A: encroachments — by tliis manuevrc 
had probibly two ends in view — to provoke the Americans to begin the war — & to de- 
stroy a quantity of military stores which had been collected at Concord — fearful of y 
event of tarry-' longer in Boston, the head quarters of the enemy, now the war was 
commenced — I determin'd to get my hor.se out & thought of return? & lodg- in town 
tliat niglit & leave it the next mornf. Kode to Charlestowu ferry — the boat liad just 
set off crowded with people — The Ways of the ferry were also full of people desirous 
to get out of a place that was now full of terrors — a Barge from the Somerset .'Man of 
War tliat lay in Channel — was dispatcli'd In order the boats back — they were olilig'd 
to obey. Kode thro' the town." 

Four coinpKnlex of East \\'imlsor uicu .sprauii' to arms in ri'spousc to 
the "alarm" which swept over New EngUiiid. These were commandcil 
l)y ('ai)taiiis Lemuel Stoughton (Nortli Parish), Amasa Loomis (South 
Parish), Matthew Grant (Wappiiig Parish), and Charles Ells- 
worth, comprising- a total of 148 men. Capt. Ellsworth's com])any was 
mainly enlisted from Ellington. 

"Prepared, to a certain e.xtent, for such an alarm," says the aiitlior 
of the Official Record of Connectirut Men in the War of the Remlufion. 
"a large nnnil)er of ahle-l>odied men in Connecticut hurried off to Massa- 
chusetts. The wording used in the records of the day, 'mandied for the 
relief of Boston,' expresses alike the extent of their sympathies and tlu' 
nature of the service intended. The response! to the alarm was not tlir 
official action of the Colony, nor, on the other hand, an impromptu 
movement of indi\iduals without prrxious organization. An 'uprising' 
of armed men might have jiartakin of a nioh cliaractcr, and the nulitia 
regiments as such coidd only he calicil out by the governor oi- legis- 
lature. It was rather a movement of the towitsDicn marchiitij iindcr tlirir 
militia (iriianizationH. The gathci'ings thus became orderly as well spon- 
taneous and rep-esented the town spirit, sliown ])reviously in protests and 
resolutions. It appears, from the records, tiiat, in some cases the compa- 
nies or train-liands collected and marclied off under their officers without 
further orders; in other cases, tlie colonels, taking the lead, called out a 
certain uuniher of their iuimi and directed them fortlnvith to Ilir point of 
danger; in a lew cases \ohinteiM- rompaiiics were org,-iiii/.rd lor llir spe- 
cial service." 



EAST WINDSOR IN TIIK KKVOLUTlONAli V WAK, 111.'). 



mi 



Marched fi-'iiii East Windxor for the Relief of Bogtov, I'tc, in the Lex- 
ington Alarm, April, 1775.' 
["A^ORTU SOCIETY" (SCANTIC) TRAIN BAND. J 



Men's Names and Qoalitt. 



No. of 

dayB in 
IServke. 



[*26-4, 11 
tSi'rjeant, 



Ijciuuel Stoiightou. C.apt.ain, 

Soli)mou Elsworth.-)- Lieul., 

Nnali AHeii.t Ensign, 

KlK'UfZer Watsim, .Jiin. 
(Ut C'npt. Stou^hton], 

David Allen, 

David Tniinbull. Clerk. . , . 

David .Sliaw, Private, .... 

A.sael Stiles |*s|, [drummer], . . 

Sanuiel AVafsoii, .hm' [*Clerk, 16J, 

Jonathan Miinsell. Jun' [*12], . 

Oliver Hissell [*20] 

joijihn pinney [*26] 

• Roswell Blodijett 

Ephraim Elv'[»:i.l] 

John Stiles, .lun' [-\'>\ 

Phineas BlodL-clt 

Hczi'i" Miinseil [*I2], 

James Harper, Jun' [*8], ... 

John Roberts [*12] 

David Osliorii 

Josiah RlodiTdtl 

Ely Pease, 

Joel Elsworth, 

John Loomis, Jun' 

Ezekiel Osborn 1*81 

Nathaniel Watson [*16] 

Noah Phelp.s \*'^S], Serjeant, . . . 

Samuel Osborn, Jun 

Jos. Harper, Jun', 

Wm. Brow[n]lee* 

Ashbel Barber 

Daniel Moss [Morse] [*l.i] 

John Pearce, . 

Franeis Ba.xter [*23], 

John Wills [*21], 

Jes.se Fitch 

Samuel Skinner, Juu. [*8|. . . 
-Samuel Allen 

Jonathan Barber 

Caleb Booth, Jun', 

Daniel Osborn, 

Nathaniel Andrus 

Mo.ses Bisscll, Jun' 

Samuel Peck, 

Jonathan Pinney, Ser.jeant. . . . 



11 
5 
17 
25 
36 
7 
40 
19 

17 
11 



14 
1 ^ 



1 16 

1 8 



Billiting due 
at 1 / 6 per day. 



10 
10 
10 
15 
7 
15 
15 
15 
10 
15 
15 
10 
15 

M-- 

15 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
15 
15 
15 
10 
10 
10 
10 
15 
10 
15 
15 
10 
15 

6 

6 



Total Amount. 



li) 10 
9 8 



14 
1 17 



Add to Ebenczer Watson's wages, 

" to Noah Phelps' " 

" to Samuel Watson, " 

20 Horses rode, amount 1,066 miles, at id. per mile 
Forage for ditto, amount 65 days, at M. per day, 
Transporting provisions not used by Company, . 



£42 4 1 |£25 4 



2 8 4 

3 -i 

19 10 

3 8 4 

2 4 

19 10 

1 17 8 

I 9 8 

1 17 8 

19 10 

19 10 

19 10 

19 10 

19 10 

1 9 s 

2 3 

3 17 1 
19 10 
19 10 
19 10 
19 10 

2 4 

19 10 

2 11 

2 3 

19 10 



'This company (as it appears by another document) reached Shrewsbury , Mass., 



682 IIISTOUY OF ANCIENT WINDSOIl. 

June 6, ITT.j. 

Corlifyd. 

Pr. Benoni Olcott, ") 

Dan'l Elswortu, Juu., | 
Edward Chap. Grant, p^i^''''""i'" 
Charles Elsworth, J 

£. s. tl. 
.luiii; 11, 1775, Ri'c'd an (inU'v on Colony Trt'asnrcr for 73 16 3, i)r. Lcniiu'l Stoujiliton 
June 20, 1775, " " " for 1 10 4, pr. Ebene/fr Watson. 

Sept. 5, 1775, " " " for 3 4 8, pr. Ithabod AVailswortli. 



Tliu within and aljovc is a true copy of tlie original Account as allowed and seltlid. 

Pr. T. Seymour, j 

EzL Williams, |- Com'"". 
Oliv. Ellsworth, J 



where it was met with the news that the urgent necessity for its presence at Bostnn 
liad passed; and the asterisk, within brackets, in the above list, indicates those nicinln r^ 
of the company who, at Shrewsbury, divided to push on to the front, and who then ami 
tliere chose Ebenczer Watson, Jr., to command them. They reported for duty at I{o\ 
bury, as is shown by the following document : 

Enfield, June y« 3''. 1775. 
These may certify that !Mr. Ebenezer Watson, Jun'. appear'' | at Roxbury willi a 
party of Men under his command | did duty as a Lieut., and was excepted as such liy 
I the general Officers. 

|i' me, IIezeki.vh Parsons. 
To the Select Men of the Town of Bast Windsor. 

* The /(/!(;-e,'i included within the brackets indicate the number of days service of 
each man, as returned by Lieut. Ebenezer Watson, Jr., in command from date of his 
being chosen Lieut., April 34, to the time of their return. Hezekiali Parsons, who ga\i 
the above certificate, was Captain of that portion of tlic Enlield Lexington Alarm party 
which decided to push forward to the scene of action, and jirolnibly Lieut. Watson > 
men was consolidated with Parsons' command during their term of service at the front. 

f Elected by the Train Band, Jlay 9, 1774. 



KAST WINDSill! IN THK Hi:\()LUTrONAin' \VAI{, 1775. 



fi33 



31turlied fnnii HkxI Wiihhor for the h'elief of Boston, etc., i)i the Ja:i- 
iiK/tnii .[/((nil, April, 1775. 



Mbn's Namks and Quality. 



Miillicw Grant, Captaiu, . . . 
Tlidinas Saild, Lieutenant, . . . 
Noah Barlicr, Serjeant, . . . 
Thaelier l.ntliinp,'-- .... 
Wtu. (iianl. ■• .... 

Simeon DniUe. ■ .... 

Abner lioekwcll. ■■ .... 
Oliver Skinner. Private. . . . 

Saninel .Mens 

Israel Slmni;- 

David Wriir'lit 

NatliainVl i)ral<e 

Joel Nasli 

Jonatlian .Siouiililon 

A.siel Green. ' 

Ehene/.er Uoekwell 

Levi Gay 

Daniel Stroni; . . 

Elisha I'endal 

Tiniotliy ISis.si^ll 

Justus Grant 

Alexander Ehnor 



The followiiiL; |icrsons proceeded for- 
ward after the eonipany returned 
back, viz. : 



KISII 


" THAIN B 


AND.) 








No. of 
Day.s in 
Survice 


Wages Due. 

a.t;. s. ,/. 


Billitliif; due 
at U. 6(1, per day 


Total Amount 


' s. ... 


'/. 


£. «. 


il. 


c 


1 -t 


9 




1 13 







16 


9 




1 5 




5 


H 


7 





15 


6 


() 


9 7 


9 




18 


7 


r) 


8 


/ 


(i 


15 


6 


6 


9 7 


9 




IS 


7 


G 


9 7 


9 




IS 


7 


(i 


,S 


9 




17 




6 


8 


9 




17 




6 


8 


9 




17 







8 


9 




17 




H 


4 


4 


6 


8 


6 


i 


4 


4 


(i 


8 


fi 


;g 


8 


9 




17 




() 


8 


9 




17 




3 


4 


4 


6 


8 


6 


3 


4 


4 


(i 


8 


6 


6 


8 


9 




17 




6 


8 


9 




17 




(i 


8 


9 




17 




6 


■ 8 


y 




17 




3 


4 


4 


6 


8 


6 




£9 4 9 


£8 13 


6 


€17 17 


3 



Thacher Lothrop. as Ensign, ... 5 


7 


10 






7 


10 


Samuel Jle.irs, Privati' ... 3 


4 








4 




Israel Sirontr, . . ."> 


(i 


8 






6 


a 


David AVriuhl 5 


(i 


8 






6 


s 


Jonathan Sttnighton, ."> 


(! 


8 






fi 


a 


Justu.s Grant, . .") 





8 






6 


8 


Elislia Pendal 5 


6 


8 






6 


8 


148 


£11 9 


11 




£20 


3 


5 


22 Horses, rode 1,04(), at 2-?. per mile, . . 






8 


14 


4 


Forage tor ditto. Ill !)f/. per mile 






1 


16 










£30 


13 


9 



K.vsT Windsor, June 10, 1775. 

Certlfyed. 

Pr. Le.muel STOUonTON, ^ 

CirAs. ELswonrn, [-Selectmen. 

EnWAUD CflAI". GUANT, ' 
June U"', 1775, Kce'il an order on Colony Treasurer in fidl of this acc't in favour 
of the Selectmen. 

Pr. JIathew Guant. 
The wilhin is a 1rn<' copy of ili,. oriixinal account as allowed and settled. 

I'r. T. Seymouk, \ 

E... W.u.,AMS. C--^o_f^^_^ 

O. tLLswoiixn, ; 

Vol,. I.— so 



634 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Miirrhed J'niin h'<ii<t Wimhor for the Relief of BoHton, etc., in the Li 
imjton Alarm, April, 1775. 
["ELLINGTON PARISH" TRAIN-BAND.] 



Men's Names and Quality. 



No. of 

(lays in Wa'.;es Due 

Service. 



at 1^.6./. per day. '""i ^^ 



Clmrlcs Kllswiirtli, Captain. . 
Elisliu Kil.li.', Knsijrn, . . . 
Jiiincs Sl:i(lc, St-rji-ant, . . . 
Ichaliud WaiNw..rlli, Serjeant. 
Samiu-1 Pinni-y, Fif<ir, . . . 
Gurdiin Elswcntli. Private, 
James Mclvciincy, .lun. . . 

Wm. Melvi-nnev, 

.lohn Taylor, " 

Edward Payne, 

.loseph Pinuev, Jim., . . . 

Oliver Hills, " 

Joseph Parkhurst 

Eli Carpenter 

Nathan Hall 

Hozea Chapman 

"Warham Foster, 

Andrew Pember 

Jacob Bottom 

Aimer Borrouffhs, Jnn., . . 

Seth Gibbs, . " 

Jonathan Sexton, 

Elijah Lee 

Lothrop Shirtliff 

Hezekiah Russell 

Josiah Bradley, Jiin , . . . 
John Charter, Jun., i^ . . . 

Wm Spear 

John Wallace 

Andrew Kennedy 

Stephen Bartlett", 

Samuel Peck 

Jonathan Damon 

Daniel Green 

John Whitney 

Stephen Russell 

Peter Mills 

Jonathan Porter, Jun'. . . . 



10 



6 8 

6 8 

6 8 

6 8 

6 8 

6 8 

6 8 

6 8 

6 8 

6 8 

10 8 

6 8 

6 8 



6 8 

10 8 

10 8 

10 8 

10 8 

10 8 

10 8 

10 8 

6 8 

6 8 



244 £17 
38 Horses rode, amcjunt 3,^80 miles, at 2d. per mile. 
Forage for ditto, 114 days, at })</. per day, . . . . 



Deduct overcharged iu Billiting, etc. 



6 £33 10 i) 
10 
4 J 6 



£.56 16 3 
4 19 



£51 16 10 



June 10, 1775. 

Certifyd. 

Pr Lemuel Stoughton, ) 

Edward Ch.\p. Gr.\nt. '-Selectmen. 
Benoni Oi.cott, 1 

June 11, 177.5, Kec'd an order (m Colony Treasurer for £51 16s. lO-/. in iwU <>f this 
accotint. 

Pr Cn.\s. Elswoktii. 
The within and above is a true copy of the original account and settlement thereof. 

Pr T. Seymour, ) 

EzL. WiLLi.\MS. • Com'"' Pay Table. 
O. Ellswoutu, ) 



KAST WINDSOI! I\ TIIIC liEVOH'TIONAn V WAK, lllf). 



035 



Mar<h,;1 /mm Haxt Wiinhor for lln- llcUi-f of Boston, et<:, in the Lex- 
ington Alarm, April, 1775. 
[•■SOUTH PARISH •■ TRAIN-BAND.] 



Mkn-9 Names and Qdalitt. 


No. of 

dnys in 
Service. 


Wages Due. 


Billiting due 
atU. 6</. perday. 


Total Amount. 






£. .V, 


./. 


f, .<. d. 


£,. 


rf. 


Aniasa Loomis, Captain 


6 


1 4 




9 


1 13 




Samuel Tuder, LitMitcnant, . . . 


e 


IG 




9 


1 




Roiicr Wolcott, Ensign, .... 


6 


13 




9 


1 1 




Oliver Day, Serjeant 


5 


7 


11 


7 6 


15 


5 


Silvauus Martin. " .... 


5 


7 


11 


7 G 


15 


•J 


Erastiis AVolcoot, Clerk 


6 


9 


G 


9 


10 


G 


Stephen Gills, Private 


6 


,s 




9 


17 




Oliver Stnughton, 


6 


H 




9 


17 




John Brownley 


6 


8 




9 


17 




John Stongliton, 


6 


8 




9 


17 




Ebene/.er Foot 


6 


8 




9 


17 




Daniel Sunderland, 


6 


8 




9 


17 






6 
G 


8 
8 




9 
9 


17 
17 




Charles Bissell 




Elijah Clnircliill 


6 


8 




9 


17 






6 
6 


8 
8 




9 

9 


17 
17 




Asael OlcDtt 




Abraham Skinner 


6 


8 




9 


17 




William Stoughton 


3 


4 




4 6 


8 


G 




6 
6 


8 




9 
9 


17 
17 




Amasa Drake 




Elisha Bissell 


•■) 


6 


H 


7 6 


14 


2 


Nathaniel Porter 


5 


6 


8 


7 6 


14 


3 


Nathaniel Strong 


6 


8 




9 


17 




Timothv Pratt 


G 


8 




9 


17 




Roswell Skinner 





6 


8 


7 6 


14 


3 


Chauneev Nuberrfvl 


6 


8 




9 


17 




Thos. Baneroft. ." 


6 


8 




9 


17 




Isaae Wa.shburn, 


3 


4 




4 G 


8 


G 


Aimer B\irnliam 


6 


8 




9 


17 




Chnsto])lier Horton 


6 


8 




9 


17 




Ebene/.er Smith 


y 


G 


8 


7 G 


14 


3 


Warbam More, 


5 


G 


8 


7 6 


14 


3 


Jolm AiKler.son 


3 


4 




4 6 


8 


G 


Diodale Morton, 


6 


8 




9 


17 




Samuel Bancroft 


3 


4 




4 G 


8 


G 


Timothv Elmor 


3 


4 




4 6 


8 


G 


Cvnion Wolcott 


6 


8 




9 


17 




Nonev IBenonil Thom.son, . . . 


6 


8 




9 


17 




Noali Wells. ... 


5 
6 


6 

8 


8 


7 6 
9 


14 
17 


o 






Job TlionLson 


3 


4 




4 6 


8 


6 




6 


8 




9 


17 


















ward, and were longer in service, viz.: 














Ebenc/er Foot 


3 


4 




t (i 


8 


G 


Cliarles Bissell, 


3 


4 




1 6 


S 


G 


Amasa Drake 


3 


4 




4 f, 


8 


G 


Simon Wolcott 


3 


1 




4 6 


8 


6 


tarried forward 


245 


£17 13 


4 


£18 5 


£35 19 


4 



636 



niSTOUY OK ANCIENT VVINIISOH. 



Bnmnlit fdi-wanl, 



Bcniiiii 'riumisdii 

StL-pheu Gills 

Oliver Stoughkm 5 

John Stoughton 

Aaron Drake 

Elijah Churchill 

Wm. Culver, 

Nathaniel Strong, 

John Brownie}', 



IIorsG liiro, 2,37C miles, at 2/f. per mile 
Forage for ditto, at Qd. per daj', . . 



244 


£17 


17 


4 


£18 


6 




£35 


lil 


1 


3 




4 






4 


6 




s 


(1 


i) 




6 


8 




4 


6 




11 


•J 


5 




6 


« 




4 


(i 




11 


•> 


5 




6 


8 




4 


(i 




11 


2 


5 




6 


8 




4 


r. 




11 





5 




6 


H 




4 


6 




11 


■J 


5 




6 


H 




4 


fl 




11 


■J 


5 




6 


8 




4 


6 




11 


•J 


19 


1 


5 


2 








1 


5 


' 


301 


€31 


13 


2 


£20 


2 




£41 


15 


2 



June in, 1775. 

Ccrtify-a. 

Pr Charles Elsworth, •, 

Lem'l Stodgiitox, - Selectmen. 

Edward Cn.M'>r.\.\ Gr.\>;t, ' 
June 11th, 1775, Kec'd an order on Colouy Treasurer in favour of- the Selectmen. 
East Wind.sor, in full of this account. 

Pr Amasa Loomis. 
The within and above is a true copy of the original account as allowed and settled. 

Pr T. Seymour, \ 

Ez.. Wt..r..Ms. Com;-;,.,.. 
O. Ellsworth* > 



It is said tliat amoiijr these vi)limteers fur the Lcxiiiutou Alai-ni weiv 
some (among whom were Ens. Alexander Kinc and Thomas Stauks) 
who wefe present at the subse(inent liattle of Hunker Hill, and tliat in 
the retreat from the latter ilr. King very neaily lost his life. 

These hastily-nmstered troops were eqiiipjied in the most gr(itesi|iie 
manner, a few of them having swords and pistols, hut most of them only 
a gun, powder horn, and shot-hag. Dr. fJiLLETTE says, "Among the lat- 
ter was Cor])oriil David Sopei;, ulm long aftriwaids kei)t a tavern near 
Torringford Meeting-House in Litrlilii'ld cuiiuty. So|)er was sent, in 
charge of twelve men, on a foraging toui-. lie was small in iierson, 
mounted on a large horse, witli gun in hand and a manuni>th powdi-r- 
hoin and shot-hag l)y his side. A lew miles from camp tin- party was 
lii-ed upon liy a Uritish foraging pai'ty i-oncealed liehind a stone wall; 
two of the party wei-e woundeil mikI (akeii pi'isoners. while nine escaped 
as liest they coidd and got into camp safely. Sopet put spurs to his 
horse and, four hours after, returm?d to camp iiy a circuitous route. He 
was cordially congratulated by Gen. I'lituaiu, who, surveying the Corpo- 
ral's mount and 'rig,' with characteristic; hluntness, exclaimed, ' Soperl 
If you should ever fall into ;inother scrape like that one you've just ex- 



EAST WINDSOl! IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR', 1775. ()-37 

lii'i-ioiicctl, imll mil (lie \'\uix of your |)o\\(lri--lioi-ii and ci'Mwl ill, sir — 
j'ou'll he sat'o.' " Tliis powilcr-horn was tor many years a valued ]ios- 
session of Dr. Gillette's." 

At the iiiue of the Ihiiiker Hill liattle. the father of Deaeou Tin- 
ton (of South Windsoi-) was on pieket-uuai'd near Canihridge. 

From a re|ioi-t made to (i(jv. Tninilmll, June 26, 1775, of the 
aniount ami nature of available military siqiplies held by the various 
towns, it apjicars that Windsor and East Windsor had (located at "Wind- 
sor) aliout 100 lbs. of powder (the rest being "lent to the Colony ") and 
300 or 400 11 is. of lead. It was noted that " Individuals are mostly des- 
titute of powder." — State Archives, Rev. War, iii. 7. 

Shortly after the Lexington Alarm, the. General Assembly directed 
(State Archives, Rev. War, i. 148) that the military officers concerned 
in that march to " the Relief of People in Distress," should deliver to 
(he selectmen of their several towns a full list of all soldiers who thus 
volunteered, their time of service, the expenses of their trip in provis- 
ions, carriage, etc., that they might he laid before the Pay Table Com- 
mittee for reimbursement. The Assembly further, in June, 1776, di- 
rected and empowered the selectmen of towns '-to purchase such lead 
weights and other implements of lead, as well as all the liar and old 
lead except sheet lead on huildinys, as also all .shot" which might be 
found in private hands, at a reasonable price for the use of the Colony ; 
to jiresent their accounts for such purchases to the Committee of the 
Pay Table, etc. ; and in case any person or persons holding such lead 
sliiiuld refuse to sell and deliver it, the selectmen were authorized to 
pi-iieure '• proper wan-ants for impressing the same fur the use of this 
Colony, to lie paid for as aforesaid." 

IJy sul)se(pient enactment, Decemlier, 1776, the .\sseiiilily, after re- 
inaikiug that the selectmen of the towns have "in many cases neglected 
tiieir duty in the ])remiscs," and that "it is necessai-y for the safety of 
tliis State that evei'y |ireparation for defence lie speedily made," au'aill 
dii-ected the I'ol leet iou of all available lead, ami that -the same he east 
into bullets of suitaijle and various sizes, ami to send in theii- aeroinits 
of weights, cost, etc., to the committee of the Pay Table." 

Tile selectmen were held stringently accountable for the execution 
of this order, any neglect or refusal on their part to collect said lead 
being visited with a ])enalty of =£5 if the order was not complied with by 
the 1st day of Mar('h following; and a further line of 20.f. for each week's 
failure after that date, I'tc, etc. — Vnmi. State Archives, /lev. War, 
177t)-1780, i. 22, 24. This act was re-euforced by another jiassed bv 
the Assembly, May, 1777. — Rec State Conn., 177ii-17S0, vii. :!4(;. 

' Dr. II. C. Gillette's .SktMus in H.irtford Tim<:s, Sketch III. 



638 HISTORY ()!•" ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

The IcMil tliiis ii-;itlici-ci] \v;is issiicil to the tni(i)is iii"iii the iicrsniiiil 
order uH (Jov. Joiuithaii Truialuill ;iiiil Ity sanction of liis Counril of 
Safoty, as seen liy the followini;-: 

Statu of Counecticut, Oclob' 17"\ A.D. 17T7. 
Gentlemen -. 

Plcafc to Deliver to Brigad' Gen' Erastus Wolcott, or his order, Four IIinidriMl 
w' of Lead belonging to the State in your hands, to be liy him made up into Cartridges 
for the life of his Brigade in the defense of this State and take his rec' therefor. 
Given under my hand in Hartford the day & year above. 
To The Selectmen of 1 

Kast Windsor in the State of -.Jon"' Tru.misui.i,. 

('oiineclicut. ) 

Indorsed on liack ; 
>[areh 17, 177S, Kecd on the 
Within 84*'" of Lead. 

Er.\sti's Wolcott. 
(Copied Aug., 1S89. Original in possession F. A. I<ing. South Wimlsor.) 



And Deacon Beiioni Olcott's Accomtt Dook furnishes this item : 

Manh l."i, 1777, S()1<1 to Mr. Trumbel : 
lb oz. 

08 ; OG government Lead . . . (lO - 07 - 1)0 

lb 
to OS i of Lead Sold to .lohn tomfoii . . Od (It! - !(•} 

oz 
to 4 pounds 13 of Lead to adonijah Crane . . . 1111.04-00 

to 7f of lead to .John Newbury Lent for few days 

oz 
to 7 : 11 Lead lent to .lo.seiih Diggens 

to 71 pound of Lead to y toun of Eafl windl'or 01 - 10 02 

lbs 
May 6: to Lead to y town of East Windsor 16 . . . Oil ■ l;! - 04 

11) oz 
May 10: Sold to Samuel Rockwell 20 00 .... l«l 17-00 

May 27: to :?0 pounds of Lead to tlie town .... 01 0.". - 00 

lb 
June 17: to OTA of Lead to the town ..... 04 01 - IW 

March 17"' 1778: 84.J of Lead Delivered to general 

wolcott for which I have his Receipt |see above, on this page.] 
.lauuary 8"' 177!) Delivered to Capt Ebenz' Grant 

one of the Select men of East Windsor .57!) pounds 
and .4 of I,ead belonging to the Stat of Connecticutt 
to :i poiuid i of Lead Delivered to Alcv* King 
Ensign when he marched to the Norlhwanl lor 
which I have his Receipt. 

Lrail joi- liiilli'ts was g-h'aned from every possiide source. The ohl- 
fasliioiied lend setting's of the dianiond-sli;i|ied |iaiies of tilass were t:d<eii 

Old of the windows of some llotises, flieir |ii:iee iieilii^ Sll|i|ilieil witli 

sqiiaie )i;mes and wooden sash. 'Plie very nieetini^-hoiise was deprived 



EAST WINDSOR IN THK KKVOLmONAli Y WAR, 177"). (!89 

III' its Irail wiiiilow scttinu's Mini sash wi'iu'lits. as apjicars t'l'DUi the t'ol- 
Idwiui;- rcrci|it, ilatcd (iiir day al'tci- tlic Dinilaration of Iiulependcucc: 

Kiist Windsor, July •")"', 17T6. 
Then received of tlic Scli'<>t Men of East Windsor Uiirteen pounds, five shillings, 
.Hid seven pence, for the Lead Weights taken out of the JFecting-House Windows. 

Received for nie, 

.loEI, LOOMIS.' 

Clock-weights fonncd a coiisiderahlt! iiroportioii of the lead thus 
gai-nered for military uses, and many clocks in East Windsor, as in the 
neigliboring towns, stood still durinii' the war, liearini;- nnite witness to 
the emergencies of the time. 

■'Tliis is to Certify the Honorabel Comniitey of Pay | Tabel that wee the Sub- 
vrril)crs have Purchased for | the Government's use Seven hundred and thirty | Pounds 
of Lead it being Clock wcig/its at the price | of Plight pence two farthings per pound 
to two Hundred and thirtey three pounds | of Lead being taken of Jish nets at 25 17 1 
nine pence per pound 08 14 09 

Last Windsor Jidy 3: 17T6 8-1 11 10 

iS; the said Lead is now in our Hand for the (Jovernments use when call'' for | 

Joseph Allen Jn'. 
Benoni Alcott 
Dan" Elsworth Jun' 
Edward Cliapman Gnuit j 

brot Down £34: 11 10 

8A Day Spent by Select Men purchasing it Collecting s'' Lead & to pay 

for same — a ■> per Diem 2:8 6 

£36: 14 4 



V Select Men 



Hec' Hartford July o"" 1776, of Pay Table Com'- tlieir Orders on | Colony Treasurer 
for €36-14-4 in full the above Ace' for | S'' Select Men 

p Joseph Allen Jun." 

In the MlUtarij Operations of tlie year 1775, following the Lexing- 
ton affair, many East Windsor men weri; in the Fourth Continental Rey- 
iment, under Col. Benjamin Hinmaii : and mostly in the 2d Comjjany, 
under Capt. George Pitkin, of Hartford, and the 10th, commanded by 
("apt. Hezekiah Parsons, of Enfield. Both of these companies were at 
the Siege of Boston ; the former enlisted from the latter {)art of Jlay 
to the latter ])art of December ; tlie latter from the middle of Jfay to 
the latter part of Deceml)er. 

Ca])t. Charles Ellsworth's (Ellington) company, the 5th of tiw 
Eighth Continental Regiment, under Col. Jedediah Huntington, was in 
serrice from July 6th to Dec. 18th. During July and August they were 
doing duty along tlie Somid ; and, early in September, were ordered to the 
Boston cami)s, and stationed at Roxbury, in Gen. Spencer's Brigade, 
mitil the expiration of their term. 

' Dr. Gillette's Sh;lrh,:'.. Xo. XHL 



(UO HISTORY OF AXriKNT WINDSOR. 

A IVw I'lasl W'iinlsiii- liicu wrrc Mllioiii;- tliosc ilchichrd rroui tlir 
Ciiiiin'cliciil rciiiiiiciits Uiv llic (..•iiclici- Iv\)ic(lit inn. iincln- l!ciiri|ii;t A i-- 
iiiilil. 111' uliicli Hiiucr Imkis (if Wiiulsnr was liiciil .-('(iLnicl. 

ITTC. 

Ivist Windsor, diirinii' the KN'Milnlioiiarv war, was known as •• a 
|>ro\ision' town " : that is, a center from which provisions ccmld he 
drawn, as hcu- rccoi'd in the Pension Ol'lice in ^\'asllinL;■ton and in tiie 
State Archives clearly sliow. 

There seems to lia\c 1 n a uvneral division of ihitio.s ainoiit;' the 

three selectmen: and, as a rnle, tlumii'li soiuetiiiies hroken, Deacnn 
Benoni Olcott had charge of Arms mul Anunuiiition, Ebexezeu (Jrant, 
the merchant, purchased, collected, and forwarded Clothing for the 
soldiers, and Capt. Lemuel 8toughton forwardecj ruiiiiiiixxariat SK/ipliex, 
IJeef, Pork. Flour, etc., to the Continental Army. 

'I'lie following was the oath which the latter was rei|uired to sign, 
upon taking his contract: 

" I Lemuel Stoughlon do soli'iiiiily anil sinccroly sweav, iu the Presence of .Vlmighty 
God, that I will not | colhule, with any Person or Persons whatever, to enhance the 
Price of Provisions or any Article of | Commerce which I shall at any time hereafter be 
directed to [lurehase for the Use of the United States. | and that I will Endeavour by 
every honest means in my Power, to procure the Articles which | I may be directeil to 
pvn-chase at the most reasonable Rates, and that I will not charge the | public with any 
Advance on any Purchase by me to be made, and that I will in all things | Conihict my- 
self as becometh a faithfull servant to the Public — 

"Hartford County East Windsor Decemb' 30'', 1777 Personally appeared | Maj' 
Lenuiell Stoiighton and made solom oath as is above writen 

" Before me Erastus AVolcott Jus'. Pae'. 

'riirough the wintei- of 1777-7Sj Major Stonghton was engaged in 
buying to " Drive cfe kill etc <fec." Much of the beef appears to have 
been salted, and a close account was kept of the hides and tallow. His 
title or office was "Ac P at East Windsor in the East Department." 

Capt. L. Stoiighton was also one of those who ■' were a]i|iointed in- 
spectors, t<i examine and ajiprove of all such (ii-e arms and locks as 
should be made within the State." ( Jeneral ^Vsscnibiy holdeii October 
10th, and adjourned Nov. 7th, 1776. I{ea)i]Miinted 1777. — HinmaiCi 
American Revolution, ■2:'l'. 

'i'he streiinoiis exei-timis whieii were now being made during tlic 
eaiiy snninicL- (if 1770, with a \iew to e(|uipping the troops sent to \e\v 
^'ork city and \ieiiiity, to resist the impending cajitiire of that place liy 
tlie Uiilisb, are most grajjliically told in the various acts of the General 
Assembly: and in the scattered notes and papers which tell what the 
selectmen of each town were doinu'. 



EAST WINDSOR IN TllK RICVOM'TIONAItV WAR, 177G. (541 

111 .rune. ITTii, llic Asscmlil) ;i|iiMiiiitcil anil riii|Miwcn'(l ('apt. .fcrc- 
iiiiali Wadswortli and Col. Jonathan Fitch In |iiirchasc "a snl'liricnt 
niimixT of Tin Kettlos," and, also 

" suitable Iron Hollow Ware, so far as Tin Cannot be had for the use of the Battalions 
now Rjusing and Destined to New York and forward | the Same to the Care of the 
Commissary General at New York by the | Cheapest & most Convenient Carriage tak 
ing his Receipt therefor | That the Committee who have Procured Firearms to be made 
in I the Several Counties be and they are hereby Directed to make a | Division of the 
Wliole Number of those arms already Procured to & | among the Several Towns in this 
Colony according to their Respective | Lists and Certify to the Selectmen of Each Town 
the Number | of Guns & Bayonets allotted to them and where they may be found, and 
give ! Proper Orders to them [to receive & following] to Receive the Same, and Such 
Selectmen | shall Deliver such arms as they shall so Receive, to the Chief otlicers of the 
I Troops now Rinsing in such Towns taking their Receipts therefor, which | Receipts 
shall be Lodged in the Hands of the Treasurers of the Respective | Towns and such 
Arms when Returned shall be Lodged with the same | Treasurers to be by them kept 
in I Constant Repair at the Cost of such Towns — and fully to Equip said | Troops — It 
is further Bexilred that the Fire arms Taken from Persons | Belonging to this Colony 
who are Enemies to this Country, and in the | hands of the Committee of Inspection or 
others shall lie marked with the Initial | Letters of the Owners Names and apprised by 
two Indilferent Men under Oath and a Particular Account thereof taken bj- such | Com- 
mittee and Lodged with the Treasurers of the Respective Towns where | such Owner 
Live, and shall al.so be Repaired if need be by order of | Such Committee at the Ex- 
pence of the Colony and when Repaired shall be | delivered to the Chief ofticers of the 
Companies Raising in the Towns where | the owners of such arms Belong, taking their 
Uci-cipts therefor which | Receipts together with the JIarks and Prices of Such arms | 
and the Names of the Owners shall be Recorded by the Town | Clerks of the Towns 
where such owners Lived when said arms were taken | from them and a Particmlar ac 
count of the Repairs of those arms | shall by Such Committee be Laid Before the Com- 
mittee of I Pay Table for adjustment and they are Directed to give orders on the Treas- 
urer for I Payment and when Such guns arc Returned they shall be Lodged | with the 
Clerk of Such Committee of Inspection there to be kept until further | Orders from 
Such Conmiittee or this Assembly and in Ca.se of Loss | of any Such arms of Enemical 
Persons the Same may be laid | before this Assembly for their Orders thereon and it is 
further | 

'' lifHiilri'd That the Select Men of the several Towns be and they | are hereby 
Directed to Purchase or hire arms to furnish such Soldiers of | any of the Battalions 
aforesd as (!annot furnish themselves or be furnished in any of the j Ways afores'' and 
shall allow to the Owner of Each Gun .so hired the Sum of £0. 6. and to the owner of 
Each Bay(iuet Belt ic Cartouch | Box so hired the Snm of £0, 4, — and if Such Arms 
are | Lost by Inevitable Providence the owners thereof shall be Paid for | the Same ac- 
cording to apprizal, and in Case a Sufficient | Number of Arms Caimot be Obtained 
in the Ways afurcsd the | Number [Wanting] shall be Impressed from Householders or 
others | not in the Militia Roll by Warrant for that Purpose from | Civil Authority and 
the Owner or Owners of Such Impressed Arms | may Demand a Receipt of the Officer 
who shall Impress & Receive | the Same and be Paid the Same Sums for the use thereof 
as I those from Whom arms are hired as aforesd and in Case of Loss shall | be Paid for 
Such arm According to Apprizal to be Made as aforesd | Audit is farther, Iii'iiolci'd'V\\;\i 
the Captain av Chief otticer | of Each Company in tlie Battalions afore.sd shall take a | 
Particular account of all the Arms Used in his Company | Distinguishing such as Be- 
long to the Colony, Such as Soldiers | Provide for themselves, Such as are Purchase<l, 
Such as I are Hired, such as are Impressed as aforesd, and such | as Belong to Persons 
Vol. I. — 81 



1)4:2 HlSTOItY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Inimiciil, iiiul Trau.sinitt the Same | witli the Prices and Hepairs to liis | Honor the 
Governor that lie may | Know the State thereof and it is further | "' <■!(■.. cte. 

('i)iisi'i|iioiifly fill' Stale arcliivcs arc liWci-illy sn|)|ilicil uilli such 
items nf ac-eiiiiiits as tlie I'lillnwiiio- : 

Dr. The State to SeU^et Men of Kast Windsor. 
177G 

Aug' To two Guns l)o' for Cap' Ilarmaas (>■ .... 50 / & :iS / £4 ; 0; — 
To 1 D"&1 l)"&Ba.y' for Cap' KobinsousCo. r>fi / A: TO / £6; fi — 

To 2.} Day procuring them & J'.UinliLets &c it settlini; I Ids 

Aee' horse S: Expense ...... 0: 15 — 

£11:9: 

Aug' fi't' 1770 rec'i Ihi' Contents for s'' Selerl .Mi'n liy Order on Treas. 

.losEPrr Ai.i.EN, .Itx. 

— Sl,ilf Arehinx. lici-ol W.n-. vi. :«5. 

State of Connect ieiit to Selectmen of East Windsor Dr. 
1776 To Two Guns purchased for Capt. Sinicm Woolcotts Company, 

one £3: 2; 6. Do £3: 0: 0, pr ree't fi: S: 6 

To One Gun for Capt Stoujrhtons Company of militia pr rcet . . 2-0-0 

8: S: 6 
To Time iV Expense 5 1 )ays ^ half proe\iring Arms for .Militia vtc s 6/ 1 : 13; II 

£10: 1:(1 
Sep' 18"' 1770. Kec' OrdiT on Treasurer in full of the above account allowed — 
pr .losEPH Allen Ju" Select Man. 

— State Airhires, Ui-i'nl. ^Ylll■. vi. 382. 

3Iililiini Oprralionn. 'I'l:e n'Liiiiieiits c:illeil iiitu service diiriii.t;' 
177.5, although iKlojjtcd as Continental, liad fofined in fact only a i)i-ovi- 
sional force, limitiMl to short terms of service, and nearly all exjiected 
to disliand in Oeceniher — when, from previous ex])crience in the French 
and Indian wars, it was siipposed that winter operations would cease. 
Hilt the necessity of holding the advantages gaiiuMJ (ni the Lakes, etc., 
in thi^ Northern Dejjartnient, and tit Boston, where the iiritish forces 
iiad lieen hemmed in, led, early in tlu' atitiiinn of '75, to the organization 
id' a new army fitted for the exigencies of the ]irotracted struggle that 
was now seen to lie iiievitalile. So that the year 1776 opened with a re- 
organized and regularly constittittul Continental army. The five Con- 
necticut regiments in tlic army l)efore Boston, at the beginning of the year 
'7G, remained there until the British evacuated the place in March; and, 
in April, they marched under Washington to New York, the next field 
of expected o])erations, an<l assisted in fortifying the city and apjiroaches 
on Long Island, being joined by Col. Webli's regiment in August. Of 
these, four were on the IJrooklyn side-at the time of the Mattle of Long 
Island, August 27, '70, and three mine (U' h^ss engau'ed ; two or tlirec 
were involved in the panic-stricken liiglit fi-om .New York. Sept. l.^tli. 



EAST WIMiSdi; IN THE KEVIILI'Tli INAK Y WAII, 1770. 643 

;iiii| :ill weiv nt tlic ;il'l';iir at Wliid' Plains, wliero Col. Wclil)"s rciriiiiciit 
was closely ciiiiaucil. 

'J'lic rolls (if all (licsc Coinicct iciit ixoginieiits of "7(i arc, imrortii- 
iialcK. MTV iiiconi|ilct('. ami we thus lack nuich lU'siralilc iiiloniiatioii. 
Ilnl \\c lia\c reason to tliiuk that our Fjitat Windsor men were mostly 

10 lie Idunil in the 17th (the 8th of 1775) Contincutal Regiment, of Col. 

1 1 nut iniiton : and in the 22(1 (the 2d of 1775) under Col. Samuel Wyllys of 
Hartford. Col. Pluntington's regiment was ordered (Aug. 26th) to the 
lirooklyn front, was engaged in the Battle of Long Island (Aug. 27th) in 
and near Greenwcwd Cemetery, was surrounded by the enemy and lost 
lica\ ily in prisoners, some of whom suffered the liardshijis of the [irisou- 
cliui-clies in New York. Wyllys's regiment has the same record, tliouuh 
it was not so closely engaged in the battle and couse<iuently suffei-ed 
less. iJoth regiments remained, after the AVhite Plains affair, at Peeks- 
kill, under Gen. Heath, until the e.\|iiration of their (iulistment, Dec. 81, 
177ti. 

It is ])rol)able, also, that a few East Windsor men were in Col. 
Ward's regiment — enlisted to serve one year from May 14, '76, on a Con- 
tinental footing — and which was with Washington at the battles of 
Trenton (Dec. 25, '7rt) and Princetxjn (Jan. 8, '77) and in camj) at Mor- 
ristown, N. J., until expiration of term, May, 1777. 

In connection witli tliis summer service of our East Windsor men, 
we jiresent the following letter from the American camp: 

]S"t!w York July 2.")"' ITTO 
Honoured father these Hues are to iuforiii yoii that | I am well and I liojie they will 
tiiul you all so I have | Nothiug Piticular to right but the Regulars have lauded Nine | 
thousand men on long island and our men have Intrench | against th('m they^ have iu- 
gaged them three or four | days and Drove then; abought half a mile killed some | Last 
Night we have took abought forty head of cattle | and we have not won man killed but 
seven or eight | wounded we are all well but sergeiit wolttott and | John Newberry wicli 
have ben unwell but are gilling better | we are statened about iJO rods from the grand 
fort in dock street god onely newest when we sliall relume | we a.sk yo(U- Prayers and 
sow I remain your obedent son Siii;m SrotciiiTON. 

The above is written on a piece of paper picked up in sojiie shipping 
lionsc in the city, and bears i)art of ii 1)111 of lading by John Teidnook.' 

Among the re-enforcements of State and Militia troupx furnished to 
the ser\ice ill 177i), we liud a very eonsideralile number of East Wind- 
sor lueii. •• Puring tiie re-organization of the Continental Army before 
Boston, Dec, '75 to Feii., '76, when soldiers were coming and going, 
Washington called for New En_glan(l regiments to giuird the lines at 
various points, until the new army had been well eslaldished. Connecti- 
cut sent three regiments under ('ols. James Wadsworth, Krastiis Wol- 

'Cniiicd from iiriLiitial in possession of Norman Sloughlon. Wapping. ('enii. 



()4-l niSTOHY OF ANri?:NT WINDSOR. 

cott, ami .lolin Itoiiulass. Tln'v rcaclit'il IJostoii towanls the I'lid ol .hiii- 
uary and remained about six weeks. Tlie reiriniental i-olls (if Cid. Ki;as- 
TiTS WoLCOTT of East Windsor alone are on file. It tnrnicd a part of 
the detachment that oceu])ied Boston after the enemy had evacuated the 
town." The East Windsor men in Col. Erastus Wolcott's re<riment, 
during this" term of service, were enlisted mostly in the oth ('omjiany. 
commanded by Capt. Jonathan Wells, of Hartford, of which Ilezokiah 
Wells of East Windsor was Ensign ; and in the 7th Company, under 
Cai)t. John Simons of Enfield, of which David Johnson and Samuel 
Bancroft of East Windsor were Lieutenants. 

In Col. Fisher Gay's' (2d) Battalion of Wadsworth's Brigade ( which 
was raised in June — served at the Brooklyn front just liefore and during 
the battle of L. I., was in the retreat to New York, and from New York, 
and at White Plains — time expired Dec. 25, '7B,) the G(li ('uin])any. 
under Capt. Simeon Wolcott of Hartford, was mostly made ii]) <>f East 
Windsor men, his Lieutenants, John Charter and Hezkkiah Wells, 
being from this town. This regiment suffered some losses in prisoners. 

In Capt. Parsons (Enfield) Company, of Col. Sage's (3d) Battalion, 
same Brigade, were also many East AVindsor men. This regiment's 
i-ecord is identical with that of Col. Gay's ; and, probably, there were 
East Windsor men in Col. Chester's ((ith) Battalion, of the same (Wads- 
worth's) Brigade — if so they were of the Company of Capt. Hezekiali 
Wyllys of Hartford. 

The aceoinits of Col. Geo. Pitkin" with the State ( .SV<//,- . I /•-•// //r.v. 
lievol. War, xxxii. 210) contain the following items, nndei- tlie head of 

"To Bounties paki his Uuiriin' iiKirclicd tn N. York in 1770 — 

No. 3, Capt" Aiiiiiiiii l/Kimis Co, TVA iniTi at 2().«. — toS. 
" 5 Lemuel IStoughtoii's Co, 51 " tio. 20». — 31." 

Ca|it. .loi;i, LooMis's Companv of I'jMst Windsor men was in service 
at New Yoik, in September and October, in .Major Backus's Light Horse 
Regiment, JK'ing dismissed Nov. 2d by Gen. Washington, with the lol- 
lowing honorable mention in (Jeneral Orders : " A relief Inning come 
for his Light Horse, under Maj. Backus, that corps is now dismissed 
with the (ieneral's hearty thanks for their faithful services, and the 
cbcerfidness and alacrity they have shown u|ion all oceasions." 'I'liis 
i-oiiipany numbered 82, inclusive of btVicers. 

Krastus Wolcott. who. at the beginning of the war, was CoIoth'I 

'Col. Fi.sher Gay of Geu. Winlswortirs bri','iul(; was from Farniiugton, Conn. II'' 
lia<l also served at the siege of Boston. His regiment was on duty for sonic tirm on 
Long Lshmd; but the Colonel was talcen ill and died (or was buried) on tlic day of the 
battle of L. I., August 27, 1776. 

'Col. Pitkin was a son of Gov. Pitkin, a resident of Kast Hartford, and proniineut 
from the very beginning of the Revolution in nnlitary affairs. 



EAST WINDSOR IN" TIIK ItKVOLUTIONAIlY W\l{, 177(1. (Uo 

nf tin- ll'tli Im'u'. Colin. .Militia. :iii(l who was in uoiiiiiiaiul, as we liavc 
alrccidy st'i'ii, of a 8tato Rcgiinciit at IJoston, Jaii.-j\Iarch, 177t), was 
|ii'oiiioto(l Briu-adior-Goiioral in l>ci'ciiilH'r of same year, being .'iiicceeded 
in llir coniniiiiiil ol' liis rciiiiiicnt liy Col. Nathaniel Terry of Phifield. 
(irn. WdIciiII was assiuncd lo the coniinand of the First Brigade, eoni- 
|H-isiii- the iMi'st (Cnl. Wyllys of llai'tfonl), Sixtli (Col. Taleott of 
( ilastcinhni\ ), Xineteriith ( Cnl. 'i'en'v of Knlield), and Twenty -second 
(Col. Sainnel ( 'iia|iiuaii. of 1mi field ) ixrginieuts. Col. Wolcott resigned 
this eoniniand in ITSl, and was siieeeeded therein by Gen. Roger New- 
berry of Wiinlsor. 

lu the Northern Department, in Col. ^lott's Battalion (one of two 
raised to reinforce Forjt Ticonderoga, and which served nnder Gen. Gates 
until Nov., '76), were several East Windsor men, among whom we may 
mention, Alex.^ndkr KiN(;, Ensign, and 1st Lieut. David J[cClure (also 
Acting Surgeon for a time), of the Sth Coin|iaiiy, ciuunianded Ity Caiit. 
Elijah l^Jbillson of Stafford. 

Thes<' East Windsor men were engaged in the attenijit made by the 
|iafriot foici's to hold Fort Ticonderoga, and in the brilliant, but unsuc- 
eessful, naval encounters of the lltii, I'Jth, ami l^Uh Octol)er. 1776, 
upon Lake Cliamplain, imder the intrepid Arnold. 

Mr. JosEi'H HosMER (father of Horace of South Windsor, and uncle 
to James and Charles Hosmer of Hartford) was in this naval l)attle on 
Ijake Chaniplain, where the American troops who had seen service as 
sailors were transferred to the fleet; and Mr. Hosmer, liaving had five 
sc'a-\oyages, was one of those so drafted. " 

lu a jirivatc note-book of Ensign xVle.xander King of Col. Jlott's 
Battalion in the Northern De|iartmcnt, we find the following brief diary 
of this tour: 

Au-. III. ITTti. .M.-nclir.l Inin. Ii ,■ uilli :i p.-iily 

Do. 24. arivnl ;il IkiniigUm >.\; slwid unci- Swiuiay 
Do. 31 arived at Skeensborough &, joiiid my Company 
Sept' S. three CompaiiiL'.s of our Kigomt-nt ciiibarkcd ami set .sail for 'ricoiideroga. 

Do. 9. arivi'd, ari<i Encamped on JI. Indi'p('ndeiit 
Del. 2. Gen' Waterberry set sail from lu're witli tworo[w Jgallics to join ilie Fleet near 

Crow II Point with discharge of Cannon. 
Do. 3. Colonel .Molt with the remainder of the regement from Skeens joind us. 
Oct' 11, 12, 13 our Fleet was engaged with the Knemies. But being over powered by 
numbers got defeated, and but live sail out of Si.\tcen returned. Gen' Waterbury 
and all his Crue were taken and some others, but .soon released on perole 
Ditto 28 Tlie Enemy with a number of Boats appeared and landed on a point of laud 
three miles below us, and pa.s.sed and repas.sed the bake, but returneil before Night. 
One of their Hoats came to view us, came so nere that our Camion tired upon her 
and liorcil hir tinue and kiled one man 
'li I. JO, A (bain of Logs was strung aeross the Lake to prevent the Enemies Fleet 

from coming up the Lake. 
Nov 1 The tlote Urid- acrosl the Lake linished 



646 iiistohy of anc'iknt windsoh. 

Dito 2.S .\I:irilir(l Iroiu Mcuuil liKk-peiiilciit by way uf Lake Gcdr.!;.- home. 
Dec' 7. arivcd at hoiiU'." 

'riiis iiotc-hook alsd coiitaius a "copy of an oration coni|ios(Ml hy 
the Rev"' ^\' Tc'iicnt, Cliajilain to Col" Swift's luiiiniint. and (l(li\ .ivil 
to Col" Mott's & Cob' Hwift's Rcu'inicnt when nndcr Ai'nis ami llonrrly 
e.\|)('i-ting the Enemies apiiroach. .Moinit Inilr|irnilrii1. .Moniia\ inoininu'. 
Oet^ 21'' 1776. Nelicmiah 4, 14^'' — • lie ye not afraid of tln'ni : Ke- 
nienil)er the Lord whieh is greate & Tcrribk", ct light for yonr Ui-cthren, 
youi- Sons A your Daiigliters, your Wives S: yonr ITonses.'" 

l*'roni the oi-iginal, in jiossession of Fred. (). King,' we gi\e the 
i'ollowing exti'ai'ts from a letter addressed to "Ens. Ale.x. King, of 
Ca]it. Holiisons Company, Col. .Mott's Regment,- at ^It. Independent, 
Lake Champlain," liy his father, /elinlon King, of East Windsor: 

■East Wi.ndsok. 12"' Oel' ITTli. 

■ .]/// /),„,■ S,/, 

" Your favor of tlie 30tli iilt. I received yesterday. I, and your | Jlotlicr, and Sis- 
ters, rejoice at your health vVc, remembering our Love to you and | hoiiiiig you will 
endure hardyuess as a good Soldier in the behalf of | your country, your parents are 
both in their usual healtli, . . About the lo"' of Aug' | 14 Regiments of our 

militia niarcht for N. York, and wer discharged about the | 2(>"' of Sept' tliere was a 
great deal of Sickness among them and some | deaths. . On Tuesday & 

Wednesday the 27 it 2S of Aug' was tlie Feighting on Long Island. Thursday was 
quiet, in llie night following our people retreated and on Friday they left Governours 
Island, I when there was no defence left between the city | and the British Fleet and 
Army, of your Acquaintance Joel Skinner, & | Aaron Drake are among the missing: 
Sabb. 15"' Sept' the Enemy crossed the East River and had almost enclosed | a number 
of our people who escaped with their Arms and what cloalhs wer on their l>acks on 
Monday | was a hot Battle the Enemy remain in poscssion of the City and 6 or 7 miles 

I distance from it. before tliis some ships of war had gone up the Sound | and wer 
station'd in the East River some of them cruse up and down | tlie sound and obstruct 
our provision Vessels, our Militia wliich went not | at tirst weer sent lo relieve the 
others tliere are likewise great mnubers — marcliing towards our army near New York 
from y Bay an Hampshire, what will lie tlu' cvc^nt | of all these things remains yet in 
the womb of Divine i^rovidence. from | whence we look for deliverance from the evils 
, of tlie present | time, uiiln |)ivinc |irulei'lion 1 connull win my son, .and | subsirilie 
inyscir your 

■• A llccl innate Father 

"ZiaiiLoji Ki.Ni; ■' 

Speaking of these raw soldiers, then awaiting the shoek of a first 
collision with Kiiropean veterans, .lohnslon says (^Caiii/H(i</ii "f 177t), 
Aroiini-i JVew York and Brookli/n, etc.. piili. Ii\ Lonu' Island Hist. Soe., 
187S, p. 122) : " Pass these men in re\iew, and wr lia\e liid'ori' us not 
a small porportion of tliose ' fatliers " of the Revolnlion. to uliose exoi- 
tions and sacrifices America owes her independence. Il was a ciiide, 

' Mr. King also has a very ciirefully drawn map. made l>y ICns. King, of tlie seat 
of military operations on Lake Champlain during this tour of service. 
^ Dr. iloraec C. Gillette's Sketchv, No. XIII. 



KAST WINDSOI! IN THE REVOHTTIONAR Y WAR, 177(>. 647 

iniiiiilit:iry liiist, stronu' only ;is a Ijiiily iif \ (iluuffci-s ilrlciiiiincd to i-c- 
sist an iuva.siiiu o\' their soil. Ilcic and tliciT was an ollicer or soldier 
wlio liad served in previous wars, hut the threat mass ivuew notliinn- of 
war. The Continental or estahlished regiments I'ormed mncli less than 
half the army, and some of these were w'ithont e.\|i('rienc.e or disuipline ; 
very few had been tested under fire. As to arms, they carried all sorts 
— old flint-locks, fowlinn-pieces, rifles, and occasionally good Knglish 
muskets, ca])tnred l>y ]irivateers from the enemy's transports. Not all 
had bayonets or ecpiipments. Uniforms were the exception ; even many 
nf the Continentals were dressed in citizens' clothes. The militiamen, 
hurriedly leaving their farms and affairs, came down in homespun, while 
some of the States troops raises! earlier in the spring a|ipeared in marked 
contrast to them, both in dress and discipline." 

Capt. Simon Wolcott of East Windsor was in active service during 
this campaign, with his connnand.' Pr. (iillctto relates that when lie 



'Tliis is evident from numerous existing receipts for payments from the selectmen 
to different indiviiluals for guns, etc., hired by tliem; e. g. (Dr. Qilkttc's S/tvMti'n, viii.). 

Marcli Ttli. 177T. Then received of Benoni Olcott £2 5s. for a gun lost in Capl . 
.Simon Wolcolt's Company, in Col. Gay's Regiment, in a campaign at New York. I 
.say received per me Timothy Stuoxg. 

May 1st, 1777. Then received of Benoni Olcott, one of the Selectmen of East 
Wind.sor, two pounds ten shillings for a gun that was lost in Capt. Simon Wolcott's 
Company last Summer Campaign at New York, Keccivcd per me 

.loHN Stronr. 

,Iuly 2!lth, 1771;. Tlien received of Benoni Olcott, one of the Selectmen of East 
\Vind,sor, si.\ shillings for the use of a gun this Summer Campaign in the Continental 
.\rmy, in Capt. Simon Wolcott's Company, I say received per me 

Hknuy Loomis. 

This may certify whom it may concern, that the g\in of Tnirie Capt. Simon Wolcott 
had in his Company the last Summer Campaign is returned to me in good rig, 

February 14th, 1777. Henry LooMrs, .Ji;. 

July 0th, 177G. Received of Benoni Olcott, Selectman of East Windsor, six sliill 
ings for the u.se of a gun procured for one of Capt. Olcutt's soldiers, for this Summers 
Campaign in the Continental Army, per me 

DaNIF.T, I'llELPS. 

truns loaned by the Selectmen of East Windsor, 1770 
Timothy Strong hired gun and bayonet and strap, marked T. S., prized, 02, 03. 00 

Isaac Phelps gun, bought, marked I. P,, prized, - - . . ()G. 00. f)0 

Daniel Phelps gun, marked n. P., hired, prized, - - 02. 10. 00 

Charles Rockwell, gun, marked C. R., hired, prized, - - • 02, 10.00 

•lohn Strong, gun, marked I. S., hired, prized, - . . . 02.10.00 

Henry Loomis, Jr., gun, hired, marked H. L , prized, ■ - - 02. l.'i. 00 

July 1st, 1770. — Then we. the subscribers, prized the six above mentioned guns, 
under oath. 

Amasa Loo.mis. 
Samuel Tiidor. 

IG"- Auguft 1770 Rec'd of the Select men of Eaa Windfor two Guns one the Prop- 
erty of Abel Bancroft appraifed by Eben' Watfon Jun' & Nathan Peltou under oath 



648 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Icit lidiiic. li;i\iiiL:' t\Mi IciiTcls lit' |iiiik ill Ifis cfll:!!-. and imt kiiowins!; 
what mia'lit lia|i|icii bft'oi-c his rcdini, ho (•oiiccah'il one Inn rrl in tho 
center ol his hny-niow. 

It is rclat('(l, hy the same authority, that tliere was in Captain Wol- 
coft's coniniaiid a noted shar|ishooter from East Windsor, wlio tVH sn 
sui'o of his aim tliat, evei-y time, after loading' his gun and hefoi'c |inll- 
ing' th(! trigger, !i<' was wont to |iiit up this jietitiun for his eu(in\ : 
" May the Lord have mercy upon your soul ! " I'>nt in one of tliese cn- 
gag(!mcnts near New Yoi'k, while firing from lidiind a small tree, from 
which shelter he had done his usual deadly exeeut ion — wliile in the 
very act of praying for his next virtini — he was himscdf shot thi-ougli 
the l)rain. ' 

Olivei! Wolcott, a native of Kast Windsor, though a resident of 
Litchfield, and afterwards Governor of Connecticut, at the opening of 
this cam])aign was a]ipointed to the command of the fourteen Connecti- 
cut militia regiments sent to the defense of New York, and ])erf(irmed 
that duty until the force, amounting to over "),000 men, was subdivided 
into four brigades. 

Furthermore, the Assenii)ly, in Novembei-, ITTli, and in view ol eold 
weather and the api)roaching wiutei-, and recognizing the fact that '■ the 
soldiei's raised in the State and now in the Continental Army are many 
of th(!m in want of Blanketts! and in danger of being greatly Distressed 
unless some Provision be made for that jnirpose," directed the select- 
men of each town, "at the ('ost of this State, to jirocnrc and Colle<'t in 
each of their Respective Towns such a Projiortion of Blankctts as shall 
amount to the Numlter of one Blanket to the sum of five hundred pounds 
in the Con" [jist of such Hes]iective Towns, to be Immediately sent to 
the Ai-my foi- the use of the Soldiers there," etc. And if a sntlieient 
nnnibi'i- eonhl not be bought. thiMi the S(dectnu'n wiM'e to impress the 
ni'cdeil number of blankets ti'oni the inhabitants, as in the case of arms 
and annnnnition. — Conn. Stati- An-hit'cit, Revol. War, v. 8(j. 

Oui- lOast Windsor readers will probably be interested to learn from 
the following list (preserved in Cann. State An.-hires, Revol. ^Ya)■, ii. 1-) 
in the hantlwritiiig of Capt. Ebenezer fJrant, who of thcMr forefathers 
and foremothers had blankets to sell to the selectmen, and the prices 
they received fur them. 

at three pound, twelve Shilling tlie other belonging to .lofeph Egleston apprifed at two 
pounds to lie ufed by the Meliftia iu my Company in the prcfent Ciinipaign & at the Ex- 
piration thereof I promis to Return said Guns to tlie S(li<t men of Eult Wiiulfor unlets 
Loft hy Inevitable providence 

{Stimylittm Mux.) Lev"- 8Ti>U(iiiTi)N (':ipl. 

' ])r. (Mktte's Sketch(.i, No. XIII. 



EAST WINDSOR IN THE liEVOLl'TIONAI! Y WAU, 177<> 



(i4'J 



An Account uf Blanket; 
y usK OK Y' Soldiers 

I AZKIAU GUANT. 

M' Bciioiii Okott Colk'ctwl ( 
Ainaza Loinis 
John Lomis 
Zebul" King 
Nath" Porter 
Gcorgo Cuniniin 
DocfMat" Kockwcl! 
Ix'nj" Newberry 
.Icrijah Pliolps 



Khen' Grant coll'' 
Abraui foster 
Nathan daj- 
.Matthew Bisscl 
David Drake 
Wid" Prudend' Skitnier 
Kben' Jloor 
Ebon' Grant 
Eben' Grant 
Extr 



Collected hy y' Selectmen ov East Windsou | for 
AND C'areki;llv Ai'i'iiizED BY Mes"" XATn"-"- Stkono and 



McsrsElsworth & lions 
Alex' JIcKenny 
James Kenny Jnn' 
Andrew McKenny 
Capt. Dan" Elswortb 
Jonath" Grant 
Capt. Beng" Piny 
Lemuel Piny 
Ephr"' Pierson 
Ezekel .McKinstre 
Sam" Tomson 
W'" Speers 
I'./ekel Sexton 
Stephen Warner 
Al>ram Wallis 

D' Olcut Bill 
Kben' Grants D" 
('apt. Stoughton D" 
M' JoP' Allln 1)» 



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5 00 
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7 00 

10 00 

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£2 14 00 

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08 00 
10 00 

12 00 

1 00 00 
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8 00 
17 00 

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07 00 

15 00 

la 00 

16 00 
15 00 

8 00 

07 00 

12 00 

5 00 

12 00 

12 00 
OG 00 
05 00 

13 00 

[On back of this paper) 

£3 - 

4 • 19 6 

7 - If) - 

7 - 10 



('apt. I.eni" Stonglilou Coll' 
Ashbel Barber 
Sam" Skinner 
Nath' bancroft 
Dan" Orsborn 
Jonathan Barber 
Sharach barber 
Jonas Pasi'ko 
Lamson Wells 
Extr 

-M' Jo>ep; Alliii Colleed 

James Tomson 
James White 
Uobi'rt Tomson 
Isaac Bancroft 
Jouath" Bartlut 
John Tomson 3"' 
Wid" Ann bliss 
Dr. David Skinner 
Extr 

Sarah Nichols 
Kiiben Cary 
Extra ' 



M' Edward Chap (iranl [c 
Abiel Abbot 
Sihis Drake 
Noad'' Dickinson 
Ephr"' Rockwell 
Dr. Nath" Drake 
Joseph Smith 
fees 



Mlslrs. Elsworb l)"aii<l House 8 IS - 
M' Edward C. Grant D" 5 - 02 - 

£37 05 : (i Amount lirol over £37 5-0 
All' Caiit Grant for Journey to Hartford to settle Acct - 5-0 






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4 

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£37 - 10 - 6 
Hartford Jan'> 3" 1777. 
Kec' Orders on Treaf' in full the above Sum, 
Vol.. I.— 83 ]i EiiKN" Grant 



650 HISTOUY Ol' ANCIENT WINDSOU. 



]51;inkcl Bills ! 

The within im-miciiicil Blankets air all in my |iossessi(in | tu lie kept till call' lor by I 

Their Quota of Blank" 
bo' A: lodg'i ill Capt 
Orauls Hands for 
the State — 
l.<i£37 10 6 — 



Jan> 3'; 1777 



East Windsor July 23, 1777 — 

Then Hec'' of Eben' Grant one of y" Selectmen of s'' | Town fifteen blankets for y 
use Souldiers Inlist | by my Self in y" Continental Service for 3 years — said blankets 
being appriz'd at £14 - 9 - — 

Rce'' p .TosiAii Brown Leul 
C'aptE Blaekman's ('» 
Col' Sherbnrns Reg' 
£14 i) 

East Windsor, March 4, 1776. 
Received of Capt. Lemuel Stoughton Eight pcninds | Ten Shillings | & Six pence 
money in full for pork Sent by tlie Inhabitants to palmer [Ma.ss.] in the alarm together 
with Two pounds and six pence for Ex]iences | and carting of the pork to p.ilmcr .-dowd 
by the pay table. 

Joseph Allkn, Jf, l 

Solomon Ellsworth, [■ Comtie. 
Frederick Ellsworth, ) 

East Windsor, March y ll'\ 177(i. 
then Received of l,<'m" Sloughtcin twci pounds one Shilling i Si.\ pence for Cart- 
ing 700 and over | of Pork Irum palmer to Cambridge .and Likewise i \ for liaf day 
training for James | . J oiks IlAueEU. 

It wdiild scciii IVcmi aiiiitliri- iiiisiulicci i('roi|it tlint .(aculi Muiiscll 
and Alicl Osliofiic also cai'tcil pork In rainier at tliis tiiiii'. 

K('cci|)ts show that the folhiwiiiL;' inrii cartcil Hour ami pork to Cani- 
liriilgo ill 1775, and delivin't'd the .same to Joseph Ttiiiiiiile, Ksii'': lle/e- 
kiah IJissell, Samuel Oshoriic, Jlln^ and James White earted 55 bush- 
els of wheat to South ihiiTousi'hs, Mass., tu deliver to Josjiiia Smith of 
South liiiri-oughs. 

Eaft Windlor, December 7"', 1776. 
Then Rec' of Oca' Bcnnni Uleoll One Hundred and Eleven pound Weight \- one 
liuartcr of Giin Powder to be Accounted f(U- With Said Oleott. 

Reel p' Jile, 

IIenuy Ai.lvn, Sthi-l Man. 



KAST \V1N!)S(IR IN THE ItEVOLUTlU.NAKY WAH, ITT'). G51 

From Aoi'Diiiit IJuok of 

August, 1776, to uiuuber the people in our parish 1 day \ . 00 - 04 06 

to fetch powder from hartford and goe over to elliii 
and ferry ....... 00 - 04 00 

.luueS, 1777, pay' Cash for Cartrage [cartridge] paper oo 15 no 

Jiuie 19, 1777, to git one Boshel of Rey at Cook's. 

one at Col wolcotts and Car[ry]ing to peters wife . Oo - 01 - l)'.» 

July 12, 1777, to one day in giting Blaukits tor Lieut 

Brownes men :^ Small Bole of tody [l)owl of toddy] 

s 
for pris[ou]ers 1 . . . . 00 - 04 00 

to git Clothing for Soldiers one day . . . 00 - 16 - 00 

A Militia Reserve. By Act of tlie General Assembly, then in ses- 
sion at Middletown, Conn., December 18, 1776, a Reaerve was ordered to 
be formed in every town in the State, consisting of such males, between 
the ages of 16 and 60, who, for various reasons, were not included in the 
militia train-bands. Many such had previously belonged to the militia, 
and some had been commissioned and non-commissioned officers in the 
same, and were deemed to Ijc "able and willing to fight in defeiu't! of 
their country"; and it was imperatively necessary that such should be 
made available as soldiers since "the present situation of this State calls 
hjudly for the whole force and aid of its inlial)itants." 

This Alarm List, as it was called, was made to include aliout every 
available male in the State (except members of the Council <>f Hie 
House of Representatives and American Congress for the time lieing, 
the treasurer and secretary of state, ministers of the Gospel, the presi- 
dent, tutors, iind students of Yale College for the time being ; and ne- 
groes, Indians, and mulattoes) and its members, " if of sufficient ability 
in the judgment of the Selectmen of the Towne wherein they resided," 
were reipiired to furnish their own jiroper equipment, and to hold them- 
selves ready in case ol' an alarm, and to choose their own oflicers, each 
company to consist "as nearly as conveniently can be, of 64 privates." 
If there were not enough |)ersons in siu-h an Alarm List to make a com- 
pany of 30 men, including officijrs, they were to be joined to the com- 
pany of some other town, as the regimental field officers should see fit. 
Wiien in active service they were to be under the connnand of the field 
officers of the respective militia regiments in whose districts the com- 
piuiy was located, and to be under the same regidations as to service as 
tlic militia comjianies. .\n .\larm-List man, liki^ a militiiiman, could, if 
drafted, etc., |irocure ii substitute, or exemption, by jiaying the sum of 



652 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

£5 to the tdwii trciisurri' witliiii a iiuintli. Tlic iiiciiilici's ot' imcU cuiu- 
pany thus foriuod were, furtlioiniorf, (li\ iil(Ml Ijy lot into four ecjual di- 
visions (or "classes," as thoy were tciiUL'il), each division taking' its 
tuiii cif duty accordiuff to the order or nuinher of the lot which it di-ew : 
thus, the division drawing lot No. 1 took the lirst tuiii ol' iluty : tiie di- 
vision (liawing No. 2 took the following, etc. And, again, in each divi- 
sion or " class," each individual's place upon the muster-roll was de- 
termined liy lot ; and when a draft was called for any special dut}', each 
man was detached for duty in the order of his place upon the nnister- 
roll. Thus a most ecpiitahlc division of duty was secured. Persons 
above the age of fifty years, and such mil/rrs nud fcrri/men as the select- 
men of the town deemed necessary to tlw jjuhlic convenience, were not 
obliged to leave the town of their residence, but were liable to do " home- 
guanl " duty. — Actx ami Lairx, 177ti, p. 441. 

At its October session, ITTH, the General Assembly ])assrd an act 
"prescribing and enjoining an Oath of Fidelity to the State, in which it 
was provided that, as the king of Oi'cat Britain had abdicated the gov- 
ernment of the United States liy placing them out of his )iroti'ction and 
mijustly levying war against them, and, as the States had dechireil their 
inde})endcncc and sovereignty, which had Ijeen aj)proved by this State 
The h^gislature, for the security of the State, resolved that au oath of 
fidelity should lie taken iiy Wxcfreetiien and officers thereof, to tiuly ami 
faithfully adhere to and maintain the government establislu'd in tlir 
State, by the iieo|ile, according to the laws of the State, and that eaeli 
belie\c(l in his conscience that the king of (Iieat I'.ritain neither had, 
iioi- of ;i right ought to have, any authority in or o\ci- the State, imd that 
they did not hold themselves bound to yield any allegiance to the king, 
and that they would, to the utmost of their power, maintain and defend 
the fi-eedom, indc^pendence, and privileges of fh(; State against all open 
enemies or traitorous conspiracies, and that no jicrson should lie author- 
ized to execute any ollice after the first day of January, 1777, until he 
had taken the oath of fidelity; tlnit no freeman shotdd vote for any offi- 
cer of government until he had taken said oath, and his name enrolled 
in the records of the town where sworn." ' 

At a special session, 19th November, 177ti, the time for taking the 
oath of lidelity was by act suspended until the first Monday after 
the lirst Tuesday in April, 1777;- and on October 11, 1777, an act 
in addition to the act enjoining an oath of fididity to this State, 
was made, in which it was proviile<l that no ]iersou in the State 
should exercise any olhce, civil or military, or vote in any town, society, 
or other public meeting appointed by law, or plead in any coui-t (except 
in his own case), until he had taken the oath of lidelity to the State. 



' Hinman's Hist. War of I!tr„/iitt»„, 231 . =' [//id.. 245. 



EAST WINIiSOR IN TIIK 1;IO\'I>1,ITTION'.\HY WAIt, 177(i 



(i.)y 



and dial allt'i- llir 1st ila\ (if l>rcciiiliri-, 1777, no |icrson sliniild lie cxoc- 
utoi- nil all) cslalf, or ailiiiiuist rator, (ir u'liardiaii tn a iiiiiiur, milil lie 
shall have lakrli said oath. 



The Names of tin 
F!,h-/it;/ to thjx State : 

WilliMiii W.iliotl. Klq.. 

Kralnis \\ nicdtt. Ef.i'. 

U.^yi .],isrpli I'.Tiv. 

( ';ip' Kliciu'/rr (Iriinl, 

'riiiinias SkiiuK'i'. 

Dc.-i" Diiviil SUiiuiiT. 

C'a|)' .M.ilthcw IJraiit, 

Shiy LiMinirl SI,.Mi;lit,,ii. 

.Icsrpli Mlin, 

Kill. Kiluil Cli:!!!. (!i-;uit. 

Dea" Bnic.iii Olcoll. 

Lt. SiiiHucl Tiiacr. 

Cap' Nath" llnufe, 

Jdliii Prior. 

Aiulrcw MrKiriMcy, 

Jnlm Wallnn, 

EzeUk'l Scxl.ai. 

David Saiill], 

Dair' Elsuoi-th. ,Tu', Ef(i', 

.Idlin Loiiiis, 

\y C'hailcs Mallna-. 

Edward Kncclaiid, 

Eliphalcl Hartlctt, 

Jonathan Hmwn, 

Joseph Kneelaiid. 

Aaron Bifsi-11, 

Elwnezor Bifscll. 

Tlionirts Drake, 

Elijali Hills, 

Moff'S Wells. 

Stephen Leo, 

Cap' Hczekiali Hifsell, 

Jonathan ISarlier. 

Zaeliariali AUin, 

Simeon Harlicr, 

Oliver Stoiightcai, 

Ahiel Aljbott, 

David Bifsell. 

Alirah'" Fnfter, 

Cap' Simon Wolcott, 

Paul Simons, 

Enf. Fredric Elswortli, 

Enf. Roswell Grant, 

Samuel Webfler, 

Eliphalet Cliapin, 

Lt. Samuel Walson, 



-^erxoilS lit 



E<ist ]VI)uhor who took the Oath of 



Em. Joseph Digsens, 
Dan"' R()<^kwell, 
Dan'' Elmer, 
Shadraoh Barber, 
Ebenezer Read, 
Caji' James Harper, 
Zebedee Orfliorn, 
M' Nathan Day. 
Jose)d) ('hai)in, 
Jacob Elmer, 
Ilezekiah Crane, 
Afhbel Barber, 
Sept' 16, 1777, 
Sworn »t EnroU'd. 

Auguftus Fitch, 
Caleb Booth, Jir, 
Robert Watson, 
Ebenezei' Naf h. 
Abraham Wallace, 
Nath" Strong, 
Eiiliraim Ladd, 
Thomas Eofter, 
Noah Barber, 
Jeremiah Fullar, 
Oliver Hills, 
John Lomis, Ju', 
W'" Stonghtou, 
Cap' Amafa Tjomis. 
.Toel Drake, 
Lt. Thomas Sadd, 
Benjamin Newberry, 
Elijah Lomis. 
Jerijah liilsell, 
lienajali Lomis, 
Sworn & Entered 
Jau'y 26'\ A.D. 1778. 

Dea" Ezekiel Ladd, 
Sworn 10 Decemb', 1777, 
as by certiticate appears. 
Entered lO"- Feb'!-, 1778. 

Cap' Joel Tjomis. 
John Craw, Ju', 
Ebenezer Watson, 3\i' . 



Arelu-lus Flynl. 
Dan Bifsell, 
Wareliam Moor, 
Levi Booth, 
Samuel Watson. .lu', 
Isaac Phelps, 
Gideon Lomis, 
David Trumbull, 
Abner Blodgett, 
George Biirnham, 
Nathan Pelton, 
Ashbel Barber, 
Isaac Rockwell, 
Oliver Barber, 
Henry Wolcott. 
Timothy Elmer, 
Jonathan Cha|)man, 
Matthew Bifsell, 
Dan-' Bifsell, 
Sam"' Bartlctt, 
Aaron Grant, 
Ale.x' Elmer, 
Dan"' Osborn, 
Noah Bifsell, 
Jacob Miinsell, 
Abijali Skinner, 
John Thompfon, 3'', 
Sworn 13"' April, KTs. 

Ezekiel Osborn, 
Abiel Gaylord, 
George Cummings, 
Ethemar Pelton. 
Ebenezar Allin, 
Hezekiah Munfell, 
Ale.vaiider Vining, 
Cyrenus Webfter, 
Joseph Smith. 
Lamfson Wells, 
Swaa-n 13"' April, 177S. 

Elilha La(hl, Sworn 
4"" Ma)-, 1778, as pr certili- 
cate. 

Nathaniel Porter, 



6rA 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Hli:tkiiii lliU'hriK'k 
Altijali Skimicr. 
Z(!l)uloii Kins;, 
Stephen Paine, 

Nonh Alliii. 
I?('ii jaiiiin Wolcotl 
llizckiali Poller. 
Sworn !•')''• Sept 



1778. 



Samuel Allin. 
AV" Lewi.s. 
Al)irani Skinner. 
Robert Wood. 
Henjainin Carver. 
Benjaniiii Cook, 
Cap' .lonatlr IJartlett. 
Aliijali .loiies, 
Abner Rockwell, 
Simeon Belknap, 
.labez Fo.\. 
Henry Wolcott, 
I.anipson Wells. 
A/.ariali Grant. 
April 13"', 177'.). 
Sworn, etc. 

Renoni Thoniplbn. 
Phinehas Stronj;, 
Thatcher Lothrop. 
Eli Rifsell, 
Samuel Smith, 
Alex' Elmer, 
Charles Bifsell. 
Ile/.ekiah Welles, 
Sworn 21" Sept., 1 



Eli-sha Mnnfell, 
Titus Kiiiii. 
Isaac Newton, 
E/.ekiel Ladd. Jir. 
David Ladd, 
.luftus Grant. 
Daniel Carpenter. 
William McCray. 
Kleazer Pinne_y. 
Lenniel Pinney, 
Silvenus Rockwell, 
Jonathan Stoughtou. 
Alex' Stoughton. 
Nath-' Rockwell. 
Gideon Chapin. 
Nathaniel Lomis. 
.loel Rockwell, 
Lt. Solomon Elswortb. 
.lonath" Bifsell, .In', 
Rarzilla Green, 
S.w(irn lO"- April. 17H0. 

Kbeii' llohiian, 
Sworn 1)"' Aiiril. 17.'^!. 

David Allin, 
Nathaniel Allin, 
Joseidi Pinney, .In', 
Sworn IS Sept., 1781. 



Eben' Chubbuck, 
James Burnhani, 
EpU'"' Wolcott, 
Sworn 7'>' April, 1783. 

Chaunfey Newberry, 
Auiafa Newberry, 
Rufsell Stoughton, 
Call' Eraftus Wolcott. 
David Shaw. 
John Stouirhtnu, 
William Stougliton, 
Arodi Wolcott, 
Aaron Chapin, 
Eben' Rockwell, S''. 
Albert Wolcott. 
Benjamin Skinner, 
Aaron Bifsell, Ju', 
Beuajah Lomis, 
Obadiah Dickinfson, 
Timothy Bifsell, 
Ephraini Parker, 
Oliver Day, 
Sworn 1(5"' Sejit 



I78;i. 



■79. 



Samuel Stiles, 
John McKnight, 
Daniel Burnap, 
Benj" EUery Green, 
Samuel Elmer, 
Nath'i Porter, J'. 
Giles Lomis. 
Elizur Wolcott. 
Natlr'' Strong, Jun'. 
Benjamin Gillman. 
Sworn 11"' April, 17.S.'. 



Daniel Elsworth, Jun', 

Oliver Chapman . 

Levi Gibbs, 

Ilczekiah Allin. 

James Steel. 
Ezra Rockwell. Jonathan Button. 

John Bancroft. Swum 17"' Sept., 1782. 

Scaiuiiii.o- tlic lnrc,o(iin,o; list, \vc see that the njuiies most luoiiiiiiriit 
ill Windsor one hiiiidrccl and forty yeai'S ))erore, appear attain in luiinlicis 
and sti-ength in the hour of peril and (hity. Here are eight nicn of the 
iiiune of Allen; thirteen of Bimell; six of Barber; five of Elmer; three 
of Elhworth; seven of Grant; eight of Loomh; three of Newherry; 
three of Onborn; three of Pinney ; eight of Rockwell; seven of Stowjh- 
tim ; five of Skinner ; four of Watxnn ; nine of the name of Widi'ott. witli 
iiiiinv otlicrs of the old names in h-sser niiniliers. 



Tn Alareli of tliis year, Col. Erastiis Wolcott, of the 19lh iMilitia 
Regiment, detached 17 men of Capt. Lemuel Stoiighton's (the 4th) coiu- 
]jany for (hity at Proxndence until the first of Afay : they wore tn have 
20.S. advanced as part of their pay. 



KAST WIMISOK IN TllK UKVOI.ITION A K V WAR, 1' 



(u'li. Wiilriilt was alsii |ihLciMl in (•(iiiiiiiaiiii. Marcli lo .luiir ol' 1777, 
of tluff militia rciiiiueiits (^Cols. Bchlcu's, Hooker's, aiiij .MoseU^y's), 




WHO scrvcil at rcckskiii. ihc <-iiiii|iaiii('s beiiiij distrilmtcil at various 
points — Wliito Plains, ('i-iinii"inii. Fislikill, Fort Moutgonicry, etc. 

[)iiiinL;- this y(>ar East Windsor men served in tlie Enlield, Windsor, 
Sutlield, and Tolland companies of the '2d Connecticut Line Rei/iineiit, 
under Col. Charles Welih. This i-e>iiniciit served during the antumn of 
this year along the Hudson, under G(>n. Putnam: was in the liattle of 
Whitenmrsh, Pa., Dee. 8tli, and lost heavily: wintered at \'aliey Forge, 
'77-78; was at the battle of Jlonniouth duly :iS,'7S: wintered, '7S-'70, 
at Redding; served again on the Hudson, '70, and a part was detaehed 
for the storming of Stony Point; wintered, '7'.>-"S(}, at .Morristown, N. d.. 
and, '80-'8i, at Connecticut Village on the Hudson. 

The Sd Connecticut Line Hegiment, Col. Sanuiel Wyllys, of Ilait- 
ford, '77-'81, with the same service record as the 2d Regiment, liail 
many Hartford and Wind.sor men. 

The -1^/* Connecticut Line Ref/iment, Col. dolni Hurkec, wifli the 
same .service reeoi'd as al)ove, had companies composed of Windsor 
and Suffield men. 

Tlie 5th Connecticut Line Mej/iment, Col. P. P. JJradley, same rei'ord 
as alidve, had Windsor, Tolland, and Hartford companies. 

(.'('/. iS'. B. Wr/ih'x Addilionnl Infantry Itc(/inten(, with same service 
record, hail three Hartford companies. 

Col. n. Sherhurne^x Additional Lifantrif Heyiment, witii the same 
service record, had a good a good many East Windsor men in its ranks; 
as also did Col. Sheldon x Light Drai/oonx, which was in very active ser- 
\ ice in New Jersey and along the east side of the Hudson. 

• East Windsor, Aprili^ 'Jl-' 1777. 
■ We till' SiibsLviluTs Ijeiiig C'onviiud l)y enlers for y' Great it important Pinpose 
of fiiniisliiiijr (lur l^niporlioii of mc'ii for tlie Contiueiilal Army & notwithstauiling tlie 
Encoiiragemt'iit liorelofor made liy j"' H(mrljl Contineiitall Congress & tliis State & 
Town, there appears a liaekwanlness; we y sulisciiliers llierefore eousidering ye iie.ses- 
aly of our furnisliiug our Goto are willing & proinis to pay to Cap' James Harper & 
Cap' Lem" Stoiightoii y" sums ane.xt to our names Provided there is a number suf- 
titieut apears and Enlists to niaUe up our ([iiota now Ketiuiied for three year or 
during the war & we order s"" Harper & Stoughtoii to Collect forthwith it pay s' sums 
lo those so inlisted. 



' ■ Epaphras Wolc 


ott, - 


',' 10 


John Vining, 


John Gains, - 




1 (1 


Mo.ses Bissell, 


Jonathan Barber. 




;i II II 


John Potwiue, 



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1 


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II 



II 


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UISTOKY OF AiNCJExNT WJKDSUU. 





£ 


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(/. 


Juiialli;iii Muiisc'll, 


1 


10 





William Uissoll, - 


2 








Levi Booth, - 


5 








Jacob Mmisell, 


2 





(1 


Sam" Allen, - 


.") 


(1 





.lolin Loomis, 


a 








Caleb Booth, 


5 


{) 





Asel Stiles, - 


3 








Oliver Barber, 


3 


(I 





Ashbel Barber, - 


3 





ti 


Silas Simons, 


1 








Abner Blo.lgelt, - 


3 


II 





Simeon Barber, - 


3 


(1 


(1 


David Sliaw, 


1 


111 





Zacheus Jlunsell, - 


3 


II 


II 


Ilezekiah Munsell, 


1 


l(t 


II 


Alexander Vining, 


4 


(1 





lieni" Stonghton, 


11) 


1) 





.lames Hayes, 


3 





1 


Ilezekiah "Willes, - 


5 


1) 





Solomon Ellsworth, 


G 








Frederick Ellsworth, 


6 








Lamson "Willes, - 


5 





II 


Henry Woleott, - 


5 





II 


Benjamin Osborn, 





6 





Ilezekiah C!rane, - 


1 


4 


II 


Sam" Watson, Jr., 


1 


4 





Joseph Stoughton, 


3 


II 





Benoiii Thomson, - 


1 


10 





Daniel Osborn, - 


6 








Nathan I'elton, - 


3 








Joseph Chapin, 


3 








Charies Gaylonl, ■ 


3 








Joseph Allen, Jr., 


(i 








James Thom.son, - 


() 





II 


Joseph Harper, Jr., 


3 


(1 





John I'rior, - 


2 





II 


Stephen Pease, 





ij 





Israel Stiles, ■ 


2 





II 


Elisha Jluusell, - 


1 





II 


Atliermer Pelton, - 


2 


II 


II 


John Thompson, ;id. 


4 





II 


Edward Baneroll, 


1 








Aron Frost , - 





IS 





At its Orlol,,' 


• Mcs.sioii, 


17 


1 1 



Shubal I'arsons, • 
Daniel Braman, - 
Jonathan Button, - 
Joel Pease, - 
Isaac Bancroft, Jr., 
Josiah r.lodgett, - 
Ebenezer Allen. 
Timothy .MeKlewain, 
Noah Allen, - 
John Hadl():ik, 
Joel Ellsworth, ■ 
Abel Orsboii, 
Zebede Orsbon, Jr., 
Jonah Parke, 
Obediah Abby, - 
Joseph Pierce, 
Elnathan Fitch, - 
I'.enjamin Jlunsell, 
Noah Stiles, Jr., - 
Phinelms Blodget, 
Nathaniel Allen, ■ — 
Samuel Orsliorn, Jr., 
r.idc.n Drake, 
Thomas Hadlnek, 
Nathaniel Stonghton, 
Boswell Blodget, - 
John Thomson y 2d, 
D.ivid Allen, 
.lolin Loomis y"' 3'', 
Koswell Prior, 
Eliliii Loomis, 
Ilezekiah Allen, - 
John Bliss, - 
Sam" Skinner, 
Sam" Watson, 
Jen'iniah Lord. 
David Tninduill, ^ 

.lohn Klsworlh, - 





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II 








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4 









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1 





II 




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10 







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I.ill 



p|-iivi(lilig I'm- ;i siijiiily of gmitll CliHithiii;/ (or what \vc slioiilil now rail 
'•niulerweai") for (lie soklicfs in the Continculiil tiiiiiy, liy wiiiili bill 
it was cnactetl: 

"That each Town in this state lie reciuested | to make Provision to pnx'ure imme- 
diately one shirt or mure if they | see lit either l.inneii or Flannel : one hnnting shirt or 



EAST WINDSOR IN TIIK liEVOLUTIONA KV WAlt, 1777. ti57 

Frock: (iiic pair nf | woiilfii Ovcrlialls. one or two pair of slockinjis it ;i pair of good 
shoos, for I cai-li Noii-comniissioiied Olticor it soldier in y ("ontinental Army belonging 
I to such Town, and Deliver y" same to Messieurs Elijah Hubbard or Royal Flint su- 
perintending t'omniissarys for this state to be by them conveyed | to y respective issu 
ing ( !ommissarys of y" Battalions of y" coutinental | Army raised in this State to be by 
them delivered to the | Non-(^ommissiou'' Officers & soldiers raised in this .state at y fol 
lowing I Hates : shoes at eight shillings & si.\ pence pr Pair ; stockings at si.\ | shillings 
P pair : shirts, hunting frocks & overhalls according to the | Quality in proportion lo 
good yard wide low ('loath at two shillings | & nine pence P yard & good yard widi; 
check'i or striped llannel at three | shillings & six P yard." 

Ami tills l;i\\ w;is to :i|>|ily, nlso, to the sii|i|ily of the whole qi(ii/ii of 
soldlri-s. 

" .\iid in Case said Cloalhiug cannot be otherwise pro | cured y" same may (by War 
rant from any one Assistant or Justice | of peace which Warrant s'' Authority are her(^ 
by impowered upon Appli | cation to them made by y" Committees appointed by s'' 
Towns for the 1 purpose of procureing .s'' Cloathing or for y^ supplying y" families of 
said Officers and soldiers to grant) be impress'' from any persons who can | conveniently 
spare y" same to be adjudged by said Com'"' which being | done y same shall l)e ap 
praised by three indifferent | persons to be under Oath for that purpose & who have 
taken y" Oath of Fidelity to this state one to be chosen | by y Owner of such Articles, 
one by s'' Com'" and one by y' Officer | serveing such Warrant ; and in Case s'' Ownei- 
shall neglect to chuse | such appraiser as af ores'' y« same shall be by chosen by said 
( llticer I and y Cost ari.seing upon s'' warrant (being first tax'' by y authority | granting 
y same) shall be paid by y" owner of s'' Articles provided | y" same be not appraised at 
a greater sum than had before | been offered by s"* Com'"" and may by them bededuc^ted 
out of th(! I price of said Articles; otherwi.se to be paid by s'' Com'"" & charg'' in y 
ace' with said Artictles it transmitted to y Assemljly and be finally | paid out of y 
Treasury of this state. 

"And in Case any per.sons arc desirous to .send any of the | .Articles afores'' to their 
fiiends in y continental Army from this state | they may put up y .same in Packages 
properly mark'' & directed : which | .shall be duly delivered and Kec" tak(!n and pay- 
ment be made for y same | as aforesaid not exceeding y Quantity above prescribed for 
one single | person and shall be accounted as part of said Towns Quota." — Conn. 
Arrliir.x. viii. fi. 

'I'Ik.' follow iiiu' (lociiiiiciit, ill liaiiilwiitiiio' of IxoswcU <ii:ilit (^Statc 
Arch., lur. \V((i\ xii. 42(1), I'oconls mu iiisttuicc! of East Wiiidsof's i-otu- 
I pliance with this l;i\v : 

j |{ec'' Middletown 14"' Dci-' I77T from the Committee of tin.' | Town of East Win 

I sor appointed to purchase Cloathing | Agreeable to a Resolve of his Excellency the 

I Governor it | the Honb' Councill of Safety the 22'"' Sep" last the | following Articles 

I for the s'' Town of East Wiiisor by | the hands of Joseph Stoneton : ' 

I "Viz 14 p fnlH Overhalls .... 

20 )) d" . . d" 

"j ]) d" . . d" 

4 p d" . . d" 
i 5 p Mixt . d" 

2 p blue & White d° . . . . 



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658 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WIN'IlSOK. 



ii i> iSlript llamiel d" . 

44 C'lieek Woolloii .shirts .... 

5 do d" .... 

1 d" alniDst worn out .... 

1 Stript " il" .... 
3 Wliitc n-dmwW d" .... 

12 Clii'ck liiiiK'ii (1 . . 

2 d" part worn ... 
5 Stript d" ... 
7 Tow d" Willie .... 

87 p stofkin.i;s .... 

88 p Slioes .... 
2 p d° .... 

89 h\iiiting frocks .... 
Also 1 Woollen Shirt tV 2 p'' Stoekings to Solomon wood 
1 C'lieek il" 1 ]>' Stockings & 1 p' Shoes to ) 

Moses Looniis ( 



l^eC* the Within JMentioncd Articles to forward to the Army | and dispose of Ac- 
cording to the directions in s' l{esolve In | Behalf of Elijali Hubbard State Commis- 
sary 

]> Andrew .Tohosxkt. 

Support of till' faiiiiUfx (if the eight battalions in the Continental 
army, Augnst, 1777: 

liexilved. By tliis Assembly that the Select | men of the respective Towns within 
this State | be dir(>cted to provide for the I<'ainilys of the | non Commission ollicers and 
Soldiers raised | by this State for the continental Army with | whatever uecessarys such 
Familys may Want at | the Rjitc established by a late Law of the State 1 setting the 
Prices at wliich the necessary and | convenient articles of Life should be sold at to the 
I amount of any sum sucli now | Commission officer and Soldier shall deposit in their 
Hands not exceeding three tjuarlers of | their Wages at the E.N pence of such Towns 
wherein | the F'amilj-s of such non Commi.ssion officers | and Soldiers dwelt at the lime 
of their Inlistment, | till the tirst Day of December next. Before whii-li | 'I'inie this As- 
sembly will make such other Provisions | for said Familys as .shall be ei|uitable | and 
just . . . and such Selectmen are | directed to procure such uecessarys at the | 
most n^asonable ll;ite. and if necessai'y sliall | apply to some Assistant or Justice of 
Peace | who shall issue a Warrant to inijiress such | nece.s.sarys. the Value whereof 
shall be apprizi'd | liy indilTcrent Persons appointed b^- the | AutliDrity issuing such 
Warrant and tliereni)on the | Price at which such uecessarys are ajipri/ed | sliall be paid 
by such Selectmen | I'rovideil Ihul if any Town has | Appointed a Com- 

mittee to provide for the | Fimiily.s of smli nun ednimission officers and | Soldiers, .such 
Committees shall have the | same .Vnlhniily as liy Ibis Act is given | selectmen — and 
il sh.-ill be their Duly | to pr(ivi<le I'or .s;iid F.nnilys accordingly." — CV;m. Stdle Airli.. 
vii. 42.'). 

The Subscrilier wants to i>ay Cash for good | merdiantable Pork & beef to barrel 
for the Use ] of the United States; by Direction of I'<-ter (^olt Estf | & will give for 
Pork from nine to Eleven jir'nee p' | pound according to its tiuality & a generous price 
for beef. 

East Windsor Deem'" 

22'' 1777. I, km" SroronTON Ac I^. 

"Ill session, August -JO. 1777. the As.seiiihly direcied Caitt. Allen 
Stilliiiiui to store the salt in lii.s liainls (\\w [(ropefty of the .^-^tate) in a 



KAST WIN'DSOIt IX TIIK KK VdH 'IION A i; V WAI!. 1 "TS. t)59 

sair store, and ilcli\AT (lUr Uiislirl to CM|it. I^liciic/.cr (iraiit of East 
Wiiiilsor, I'm- sujipDi-tinji' and I'or the use of the iiiianl that ke))t (leii. 
I'reseott." — ITiiiiiKiii'x War of the AiiicriciiH Txi'vuhitioii, 477-7S. 

.Maj.-(leii. I'reseott was the liritish liciieral ill eoliiliiaii(l of Rlioih' 
Island, who was ea|itured li_v Lieut. -Col. William Kartoii, near Newport, 
on till' iiiirht of July lOMi, this year, and w ho, lor awhile, lesided as a 
prisoner of war at Ivist Windsor. oceiip\ inj;' the southeast (second story) 
room of the Afaj. V. W. (iraiil niaiision. Tradition, as uiveii liy Dr. (!il- 
lette, says that he was " very hauglity and aristocratic, hmkiiig ii|ioii his 
captors witii the greatest contempt, especially despisiuii' the frugal meals 
of the fainiers, on whom he was hilleteil. IJis <>-uanl (oni- of whom was 
Timothy Anderson) used to amuse tliemselves by annoying him and listeii- 
ing to his wliolesale curses against the Americans." This stateineiil 
agrees well w ith the historical reputation of the man, whose cruel sevei-ity, 
haughtiness, and intolerant rudeness to all Americans e.xcited the universal 
indignation of the people of Xewport, and led \ery directly to his capture. 
lie was the same ollieer who treated Ethan Allen so lirutally when a 
prisoner at Montreal, in ITTo. lie was llnally removed from Ivist 
'Windsor to Washington's headijuarters on the Raritan, and was c.n.- 
changed for General Charles Lee, in A])ril, 1778. 

177.S. 

Nothing very eventful occurred this year in East Windsor, cxcei)t 
the usual detail of furnishing and equipping and provisioning her soldiers 
in the ti.dd. 

•■ hi .Si'.s.^ioii, .January 14, 1778, lUc AssLMiil)ly rt'cciveil rroiii Saiiuu'l TcMiy, of East 
WimUor, liis account for 53 curtoucli 1h).\cs and bells at lis, 6<1. each, made by order of 
the Governor and t'oiincil; which was allowed, at £30 - 9 (5, which were directed to 
be delivered to C!en. E. Wolcott." — Hiniiutn's Am. liti-ol., .514. 

During the same month, Gen. Erastus Wolcott of East Windsor was 
appointed by the assembly as one of a connnittee of three to meet and 
Confer with a committee from Massachusetts, at Providence, H. 1.. as 
to "the reasons why" the recent expeilition against Newport hail failed. 
.Vnd ('apt. Roswell Grant's company, in January of this year, was 
ordereil to report at Providence, R. 1., as jier the foUowdng: 

•■ 1)' Stale of Connecticutt to Cap' Hoswell Grant for a Man & 'I'eani | to Transport 
the Baggage of his Company from East Windsor to I'rovideiice | in the State of Khode 
Island. I'ursuanl Ord" from Gov' & Councill | of Safely— Viz' — 

177.S 
M.Mih 1!!"' To Solomon .tones it his Team from East Windsor to Provi- 
dence 80 miles 6 c34 <l 

To Cash paid for an E.xpress before marching to Collect the 

Company ..... 1-4 

1-2.-) - 4 - 



660 HISTOIIY OP ANTIKNT WINPSdU. 

March 19, 1778 This Maj' Certiti that Solomon Jones Transported the Baggajrc of 
my Company from East Whidsor to Provi(U'ncc' 80 miles Pursuant to Orii" from (Jov 
i Councill of Safety — iV acknowledge to have Uee'i an Ord' on Treas' for the Aliov, 
Sum ill full HosWELL Gkant, ('apt 

— St,il, Air/iires, neinl. )l',//-. ii, 5Hi(. 

'I'lic riilliiwiiio- i-cccijit is not withdiit iiitci'est: 

liciio Tninlon 
Kect'iiit. 
5 l)oz" Cart rages 
Eal't Windsor Jau'> 28"' 1778— IJec' of Elien' (Jrant one of ye Selectmen of S' Town 
five Doz" of Carlrages with powd' iV hall, for the iilV of ye Oaiinl ap]ioiiited to (iaurd 
Gov Franklin — Kec' p' 

IJliJiONI 'I'noMSON 

Serjt. of the Card- 
I'. Cart rages allowed 4*/ p' Dozni. 

Tliis (Jdveniof Ffaiikliii was William (only smi nl' tlie t'lniin'iit 
AmiM-icaii |iliiloS()i>h('r anil ])ati-ii)t, IJciijaiiiiii Fiaiikliii ) ami llic i{nyal 
Govri-iioi- of New JiTScy. Dc|ios(m1 IVoiii his oHiiT li\ tlic |iii|iulai' iip- 
fisilio' ill .Inly. ITTT). lie was sci/.ril at his irsiilciico in I'nth Aiulioy, 
N. J., ami cum eyed as a iifisoiici' to East W'imlsor. In ITTS he was 
excliaufied For some Anierictin in-isonffs, and ;it tin; close of the war 
went to Engliind, whei-e lie enjoyed :i pension of X4,000 iier aniinm until 
liis death in 1813. 

Di-. GiUette (Sketrlu-s, Mo. VI.) says that •■ho was i|iiarliTed in the 
present South Windsor, at the hniiic of Liciit. Dio-gins, [localcd nii the 
east side of the main mail on the site of the present liniisc of 
Mr. Evelyn rilkiii:] :iml that a jiixriiilc t;iiaril was |ilaccil over 
hini, among whom IJiaijamin Skinnci- ami l>yi'i- New licrry, then aged 
aliiiiit 1 4 years, served for several weeks. I''i-aiiklin had |pleiity ofserxaiits 
and li\i'd well — tradition says that he was cxcrciliiigly fund of sour 
punch. In the siimmi'r season, his tavoi'itr rcsoit was a cold spring on 
Ihc li:inks of the rodimk, in a pasture owned liy the late l']licne/,er 
I'inncy. where he had a Imwi'r erected for his use. fiiniishcd with stieh 

(Munforls as he n led. His orders to his man l>r\ci', as they were 

ahont starting for the Imwer. Iiecame a liy-wmd among the mi'inlicrs of 
his gtiard long after they tirrived at manhood. •• Oryer. you will liiid 
nie at the hower ; hring along the jtig, the lemons, and the sugar." In 
1853, this old spring was still in a sttite of good ]ireseivation. Fianklin 
was intimate with Doetor Eliliu Tudor of East Windsor, who was also ;i 
loyalist, and their intercourse was naturally regardeil w itli jealousy liy 
their neighhors. It was, at one time, i)ro))()scd to ride the doctor on a rail 
(^skimitry, as it was then called), hut he showed so bold a front tluit his 
visitors con(duded not to try it; and so worked off their jititriotisin on a 
man liy the name of Cnminings, of conspicuous Tory ]iroeli\ities. 



EAST WINDSOli IN Till-: HEVuLUTIONAUy WAIi. 1T7S. 6*il 

Conn. An'Jitvc!<, Jii'rol. War, xv. 77, CDiitaius ;i ciuioiis inciiunial (in 
the liaiidwritiiiii- of Enistns Wolcott) to the assi'inlily, dated Oct. IS, 
177!*, in rd'ereuce to some oxen owned by Benjamin Potwine, Ile/ckiali 
BisscU, and .lnsciili Allyn of East Windsor, which were impi'essed into 
the service to lrans]iiii'l the baggage of the "Con\ention Troops" in Ihi'ir 
inarcli (southward) tliro' Connecticut in Xov.,t77S: and wliicli were 
sadly damaged, according to their owner's story, and loi- wliieli lliey 
ilesire to lie compensated. We shall Iv.wr nidi-e to say aliout these 
••Convention Ti'oops "' in a subsecpient ]iortiou of this chajiter. 

Ill the spring' of 177S, (Jeneral the Afarquis Lafayette, made bis 
iieaili|iiartcrs for a time in the present South Windsor, where be re- 
sided at the bouse of Nathaniel Porter, grandfather of Col. Solomon of 
Hart ford. This liouse, whicli no longer exists, was on tlie east side of 
the highway, nearly opposite the present residence of Jlr. Edgar A. 
Farnham. It was tlien )U'ovided for defense witli port-holes for muskets. 
■•( In a certain day, dining Lafayette's stay iiei-e. he was notified 
that Cell. Washington would visit him at his cpiarters. In honor of the 
oeeasioii, Lieut. Alexander King of East Windsor, and then an ollieer in 
the i-cii'iilar. or (^llltillelltal. army, was requested by the Marquis 
to report to biiii at i! p. M. of the following day with a coinpany 
of iiioiiiited men. ^h■. King I'M'rted all bis energy to raise the t roup, 
and siiceeeileil in iiiiisleriug forty-two men. lie bad but two saddles in 
the I'oiiipaiiy. liiit as a substitute they used bags and sheep-skins, and 
lirokeii i-lothes-lines for liridles. .'^ome carried gnus and others canes 
as substitutes for swords. 'I'o this motley troop Cen. Washington was 
presented iiy (bn. Lafayette in the following words: • Ceneral, 1 ])ie- 
suine you are aeipiainted uitli this troop." On Wasliington's remark 
that be did not renieinber that be had I'xcr enjoyed that honor, Lafay- 
ette expii'ssed bis siiiprise, remarking 'that tliey lia<l seen much ser- 
vice, and were called the <)/,/ Ti'xtament Lujhl Horxc' " 

(ieii. Lafayette iiiaih; frequent excursions into Rhode Island, and to 

\ ditfereiit [larts of this State, always with a small imuinted csc(ut. 'S\y. 
Justus Grant of Wapping |)arish was fi'eiiuently one of the number, and 
said he liad often wrestled with Lafayette witlt success, but when be iin- 
dertouk to b'liee with liini be eoiild do nothing with him. 

While Labiyette resided at South Winds.ir, young I'ortcr (belVuH' 

j allude(l to, as lather of Cdloiiel Solomon of Hartford) acted as his pri- 
vate secretary, and on one occasion was sent with despatches to Wash- 
ington's bead(piarters. Immediately after his arrival there lie was 
taken ill with the small-pox, and was sick bu- six or seven weeks, witii- 

t out opportunity to conunuuicate with bis friends, or to inform tiiein of 

his w lierealioiits. (Jreat, therebire, was the jov of all oii his safe return. 

.\ piution of the l-'ieiich ai-my under (bmeial the Coimt Rocham- 



(Kii 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOK. 



Iicau, (111 llu'ir \\;iy t'roin Newport to join Wasliington on the IIirIsoii in 
ITSl, u;is i'nc;ini|ie(l for awliilc in tlie lower |)arf of East (now Soutii) 
Windsoi-, ami in Kast Hartford. 'I'lie |ico|ilc of tlic two (owns s\ ni|ia- 
tliized uidi tlicni, and evcrytliing was done to irndn- llirir stay agrec- 
alilc. Tlu' Froncli halls, parties, and rntcrtainnifnts were well attended 
hy the ladies of Sontli Windsor and East llailldid. Dnrini; tiic lali of 
tliat year the eanip-disteniper hroke ont aiiioni;- the foreiuii t riMips and 
the i'last Hartford Chnrch was converted inlci a hdspilal.' 
Enini iiieiit. Alexander King's X'lle linnL- : 

'I'lic N'lu I.c 111(1(111 Tower 1778. DeUiclil tlie 14"' of SepU'iiibcr 1778. .Maiclit I'nim 
ll..iiu-,M S(|it' .Vniv'il at N. London 23 Sejit' " Set out for lionu- 21"' Oc in' Dil- 
cliMigcd Iroiii service; 2-1"' Oct' from Sept' 14"' The tiiiie wlicii (Iclaclil to (»(■!' 24 wlicii 
Difcliarged is 5 weeks ami ti Days in Service — 









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To ."> y'ds iV- half Wollcii llaniicl at 8-^ . 
8 yrds i\: lialf of Niith" Rockwell at D" 
pd Sibil Kockwill to make 4 Overhalls 
ynl Two [Tow] Cloth for faciiii; & thread . 
11(1 CoH" G. T^itUiii for drawiii!; 20 y' tliro' Mill 
|i'' Matli'> IJissils Wife for Shirt ready ni:i(le 
Id !t Doz" Button Moles for overhalls at 8'' 
ji' .\zriali Grants Wife making 2 frocks 

!)■ Olculfs Bill viz 

1 "Wolleii Shirt 

one pair Stockings .... 

one Hille frock 23v 

White llamiels 

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Henry's. Wei. 'day Night New London Court Houfe «/( iMiryeiK (Inrn Chitli [i. e. they 
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KAST WINDSOU IN Till': KEVOHITIONAIt Y WAIt. 1779. i')*')-') 

lOast Wiiulsur Aug' »'* 177S 
Invoice of Clolliiiii; luircliascd liy y" HfU'ctmcn of s'' 'I'owii for y use of Solilicis in 
y C'oiitinoMtal Aiiny. 

viz. 52 Shirts ] t'ontained in five 

41 Overlials I Bags 

30 Rifle frocl^s j- Expect youMl provid a C'asli 

10 pair Stockins or Bo.\ for y" Clothing and 

48 pair Slioes J Send ye bags back, E. G. 

'I'o m llulibard att Middletown Commissary — 

Tlir Al)<>vc Arliclcs goes Consigned to you, & hope will come safe to Hand and to 
Acceptance from S' your Most Ohiul' humble Serv' 



Augt 4. 177S 

sent by IM' Zebulon King 



EiiEN* Ghant 
In behalf of y Select men 



1779. 

In tliis yeitr we find, among State and town ]ia|)ei's, many alliisions 
to troii|is, etc., forwarded to New London. Tiiat liarhor, on account of 
its de|ifli of wa,ter and sheltei-ed position, was from tlie beginning of 
tlu' war a most desirable point to both of the contending armies. (Jreaf 
elforts were made liy the British naval commanders to obtain ])ossession 
of iioth city and hariior, and for a long time the coast in its viriuily was 
menaced by a large fleet. Of course, its protection was a very serious 
charge upon the tididify and watchfulness of the Connecticut State (Jov- 
ernment, and we find that men were constantly being drafted from dif- 
ferent points to serve in its defense. 

Thus. :;isf .March, 1779, Col. Nath' Terry of Eidield informs Capl. 
Rosucll (iraiit of East Windsor that the whole of iiis regimeni is 
nudcr ordi'is from <ien. Wolcott to march to New London, and that lie 
must ha\c all his men properly equipped and provided with " four <lays 
provision and IJi-ead for eigiil days." — Grant Mxa. Again, I'Jth .hine. 
till' Colonel direct the Captain bi detach "owe able bodyed man" fimu 
his eom)iany, |)roperly eipiipped, '• to march forthwith to New Loudon 
under the eonnnaud of Knsign Roger Wolcott ; be will not lie li<ildeu in 
sei'viee more than t wo numtbs after bis ai-riva,l ; a line will not excuse 
him." — //./,/. 

" State of Connecticut to Cap' Noah Barber Vf. 

" Sept' 9"' 79 To the use of his horse for Express &c 20 Miles :!.v. pr Mile ■ £3 (I (I 
To tlic u.sc of a Team transporting Baggage of liis {iinipany 
from East Windsor to N. London by way of Hartford 
55 Miles - - - - - - - 60 ii 

£69 

"This bill is receipted by Noah Barber. Cap'. 9, Sept' 1779." — Conn. Arrhiim, 
Beeol. Will-, xvi. 304. 



6<)4 HISTORY OF ANDKNT WINDSOR. 

In April, 177'.*, ;i (•oiniiiittcc (if (lie ( inicriil AssciiiMy. ;i|i]ii>iiitc(l 
by that lioily to cniisiilcl' " flw wuj/.s ilinl tncilKx for xitl'Jil <liii;l tin: piihllc 
mm/azines with flour," rc]ioi-te(l :\s follows : 

"It is Dur ojiiniou upon the best Informiitioii we can get tliat unless some speedy 
anil ICIVritiial .Mc^asures are taken to prevent it, not only the Army, hut many of the 
hihaliilants of this State must greatly suffer, before the Heturns of another Harvest, 
for want of tlie necessary Article of Bread, arising partly from a real Scarcity of that 
article in .some Parts of the Slate and partly from an artificial one in some other Paris 
Yet, we have Reason to apprehend that in Case some etjual Distribution could be made 
of all the Bread C!orn in the State there would not oidy lie a sulticiency to supply the 
Necessities of .all the Inhabitants until New Crops shall come in, but a surplus for llie 
Army. In view of these facts they recomnuMid to the Assembly the passing of an .Vet. 
by which it coul<l (1) be exactly ascertained what amount of Bread grains were imw 
held by private individuals in the Stale; Ci) that, after deducting a sufficiency for llir 
use of the [icoiilc, the surplus shoulil be secured for the use of the Army; and (3) llial, 
meantime, all Exportation, or monopolizing of that article, as well as all 'intermediate 
trade and traffic in it. betwixt Haiser and Consumer be effectually stopped and pro- 
hibiled,'"et<-., etc. 

Tlic \'nlc (in this i'c|i(irt w;is n('i;;iti\ c in tlic Idwcr .■ind atlirin;iti\ c 

ill the u|i|icr lidiisc : lint mI'Ici- a (■(iniiniti if confci-ciicc, (if uIkuii 

(Jen. Wdlcdtt was (IMC, it seems t.i have lieen aece|ite(l liv the Assenilily, 
which, at a s|ieeial .sessidli held at lla rt hiiM •• liy drdei- (if thetMiwr- 
iiiif," 7tli ,\|iril, 177'.t, passed " .\ii Act' f(ir asccrlaiiiiu.o; the (^iiaiitit\ df 
(Jfaiii, i^'ldiir and .Meal in this State, and thereof to make [irovisidii fdf 
an iinme(liate Sn|i|ily (if liread f(ir the .V |-in\', and the neeessildiis lii- 
haliitants (if the Stale, .-ind fdi' seenrimj- (it lier necessai') Ai-ti(des J'df the 
Army." 

This act pr(ivi(le(l lor an exact accdmil Id he taken hy the S(dect- 
inen (if each tnwii, di- li\' theii- anthdfity, (if ( 1 ) the iiiinilief of |iei-siins 
in each family: (J.) nnnilief iif luishel.s df wheal, meslin.' rye, 
Indian corn, wei<;'ht (if wheat flour and df meslin, anil i\e fldtif, 
wciight of Indian meal, eacli person's (iwn pidperly : nl what he- 
longed t(i otliers, and to whom — giving total, surplus and delleiency. 
This accdanting was to he made hy means of returns made hy heads ol 
families, and other jiersons, on oath (if Quakers, (in their alliima- 
tion), before the lith of A[ay ensuing (the form of oath lieing fully 
presci'ilie(l ), liefm-e an assistant, justice nf the peace, (ir selecinian of 
the town. An allowantn^ of one liiishel of wheat, (ir live pecks ol 
meslin, or one and a half of rye, or two of Indian corn, or lldiir or 
meal eiptivaleiit, was to lie mtiile to the possessors foi- each |iers(iii in 
their families per month, respeeti\(dy, until the -I'.Hh day of August 
next (from the dale of enumeration, li'.Mli April, 177U) for their siih- 

' Maslin. or meslin, any mixture of two kinds of grain — most generally of wheiit 
and rye. 






KAST WINII^OR IX THI-: nKVIIU'TIONAK Y WAR, ITTM. <')'i5 

sisti.'lirc' Ami tlu.' .siii-|ilus, dmt :nul alici\r such :illii\v ;iiicc luailc Tor 
tlu'ir <i\vu use, they wore to lii>iil (:iiiil imt to dispose ol, iiiulci- iicnalty 
III' conlisratioii), suhjcct to tlif onlcrs of tlu' authorities, and lor the 
[lulilic use. Auy attcuipt to sell to the Continental or State Conunis- 
saries, at an luircasonaliii' piirc, sulijOctcM! the offemler to the loss 
of all his surplus stork. Ami any person needinii' more lirain. etc., 
for his ahsolute necessities, could olitain a ceitilicate to that ellcct 
from the selectmen oi- town (derk of his town, which should lie his 
warrant for ]iurehasing what he needi'<l,and upon the hack of which the 
full terms of the purchase so made should he eudoised, and the docu- 
ment filed with the town clerk. 

The act fui'thei' pi-o\ided that •' when any puicdiasintr commissary 
for the Continent or State, sliall have occasion for nun, iiinlaases, xu</<ir, 
i-ojf'ee, or other supplies and rel'reshments neoessajy " for use of troops, 
" and cannot purchase the same, at a reasonahle price," from the holders, 
h(! could, on due information to any two justices of the peace, ol)tain a 
warrant, " directed to some proper officer, to enter any house, or store, 
seize and take such (piantity as the}' shall judge sufficient " — the Com- 
missary's account of and receipt for goods when taken to he sufficient 
warrant for proper adjustment of payment hy the State authorities. All 
such grain, flour, meal, etc., found to lie in course of transpoi-talinn from 
the State, without a special permit fi-om the (io\-ernor and Council of 
Safety, were to ]>c seized and confist-itcd : Imt this act was not to he con- 
strued-*as prohihiting "any licensed tavern-kee|ier, oi- victualler, from 
purchasing or retaining in his, or her, possession, such supplies as the 
Selectmen shall judge necessary for the use of jiis oi- her tavern. — 
Conn. State Archives, Revol. War, xiv. 46; .\v. fO'.l. Such was the sidi- 
stance of this most-needed and stringently-enfinced law . 

The subjoined return of Nathaniel Porter to the selectmen of East 
Windsor is given as an cxamjile of the working of tiiis law : 

The quantety of Grain and Flown- in my porsf.sion on | tin- '.i'.l"' of Aprel ITT'.I ami 
number of Porsons in my | F.unely 

10 — Persons in my family 
5 — Boorshels of wlieat 
18 — Boorsliils of Mesling 
27 — Boorsliils of Indian Coin 
1— Boorshel of Wheat Hour 
1 — Boorshel of Indian meal 
1 — Boorshel of Rye 

53 Test Nath" Porter 

' An act of the Assembly, passed May, 1780, adds to these commodities : 
'■ and also of the Number of Bushels of Salt that shall exceed Two, the Number 
of Gallons of Hum that shall excee<l One Hundred, and the Quantity of salted Beef 
and Pork that shall exceed Two Barrels, whic^li they shall have in their Possession on 
the said tiist day of .luly." — Cuuii. State Archices, Rewl. War, xviii. 347. 
Vol. I.— 84 



666 HISTORY OF ANriENT WINDSOR. 

E Windsor April tliu ■■',!)"• 177!) 
piTSdiiuUy :i|)pciircil s' N:illi:uncl nf E Windsor & made solemn o:itli | To the Irulli 
of the :diove aeet 

before nie W" Woleott Just [laccs. 

On itiiac 458 of this vdlmiic tlic i-eadci- will liiid iiiiothcr curious 
specimen of tliese returns, tluit of ■' Dnctor I'rinuis," (lie coldrcd (|uasi- 
physician of East Windsor. 

At a Geneuai, Assembly ok tiik. Govkhnou and Company ok thk Statu ok 
Connecticut in Amkiika, | iioldkn at IIaktfoiii) in said Stated, on the 
SECOND Thursday op Octoiuor, A.D. 1779. | 

AN ACT to enable the Commissary General, on a sudden and very pressing Emer- 
gency, to procure a certain (Jnantity of Flour or Grain from this State | for the Sub 
sisteucc of the Troops of tliis and the United States. | 

Wheueas in compliance to the earnest request of his Excellency Ge | ncral Wash- 
ington, this Assembly have agreed to furnish Four | Thousand men of the Militia of 
this State for the purpose of co | operating with the forces of the United States, in 
conjunction with the | licet and troops e.\-pected under the command of his Excellency 
the Count D'Estaing, in reduction of the enemy at New York, and on the coasts | of 
the United States, And Wheueas this Assembly by letters from | his Excellency Gen- 
eral Washington, and the Commissary General, are in | formed that in ord(n- to main 
tain the.se troops and the other forces of the | United States now in the field with their 
subsistence of bread, it will | be absolutely necessary that large ciuantities of flour or 
grain should be col | lected for said purpose in this State; and they are in said letters 
earnestly | and in I he most pressing manner urged to furnish said supples. 

lie it eiiiictcd lii/ lliis A/txeinM//, That in case the armament under the com | mand of 
the Count D'Estaing should arrive on tlie.se coasts, and the four | thousand nwn of the 
militia of this Stat<i shotdd agreeably to the recpiisitio | n of his Hxecllency General 
Washington, be actually called forth to the | expected eo openil ion, the Commissary 
General shall be supidicd from this | Stale with fourteen thou.s.-Mid buslii-ls of Wheat, 
and six tlious.-md busln'Is ,if live oi- Mesliii; or .■in iM|uivalent thereto in Flour: That ill 
order to | ellVcl said pnriiose uilh I he givalest expedili.m. anil the most cpi.-il justice. 
I the towns of the county of Hartford shall supply four thousand bushels of | Wheat, 
and two thousand five hundred bushels of I{ye or Meslin: . . . . | — Cr'nn. Sliili- 
Archires, Rewl. Wiii- xv. 8. 



We extract t'riuii a schedule (lie Inlldwinn- : 

WiiHhor. --.----- 

Siinsbury, - . . - 

Farmington, ■ - 

fiJast Wiiidsoi-. ....... 

Somers, ...... 

Tolland, ........ 

Stafford, — •">() 

Tlic civil aulhoi'ity in any town was einpow'ered to desio-nate the 
persons able to furnish (he i|uanfities assessed on said town. 



Wlieat. 


Rye. 


:!.-iO 


300 


.'iOO 


200 


soo 


400 


21 K) 


;!Oii 


50 


too 


50 


50 



EAST WINDSdi; IN THE HEYdLTTION A K V UAI;, 177'.'. ti(;7 

Tilt' |i;i|M'rs .sent in iiy Ihc town nl' K;ist Wiinlsiir, ;iiiil now to lir 
Idiiiiil nnidiii;- tlie State Arcliixrs, i-chitiiiu' In llic W:ir nl' (lie l\c\<iliit ion 
an; dcridedlv less satist'iictory than those [n'rtaiiiint;- tn any (itlici- town 
to which our attention lias liccn liivrn. Thr I'oilouiiiu- in the hamhviit- 
ing of Ebenezer (!i-ant is all that \\r have loinul in \'ol. XXX., Stu/e 
Archireti, 68. 'J'licy wcrr I'oni- Iravcs torn from the note-hook oi' Klicn- 
czcr (irant : 

" liru Due' 2(j"' 

•■ All Accciuiit of y Sums ol' | Money :i(lv;iiui'(l to ye Ollieer.s | it Souldieivs iu y 
C'oiiliiientiil I Army by y" Town of K:isl W iiidsor | & Supplies made to tlieir families | 
Iiy y Selectmen or Com" of | Said Town sinee they have | been iu y Service | 

■■ X B The Sum rec' of the | Soldiers in cMrli Year iind the | Amminl of Supplies 
in eaeli , Vear al llie Slated Price | is wanted." ' 



Souldiers in the Cuntiueiital Anny iiuw iit /Service, E. Windsor. 



Conti^ 

NoKTU Society Sohlders.- iieutal 

Bounty. 


Slate 
Bounty. 


Town 
Bounty. 


Hired by 
2 Men. 


Hired l>v 

Clase. 


Francis Baxter, 1 £t) 


£10 


£10 






Ale.x' Tomson, 




1 6 


10 


10 






Erastus Booth, 




(i 


to 


10 


€60 




Eliiath" Kitch. 




U 


10 


10 




£ih 


Jolin lladlocU. . 




fi 


10 


10 




27 


.Icihii Pii-ree. 




6 


10 


10 




2.5 


.lohn Bis.sel, 




6 


10 








Israel ( )sboru. 




t 


10 


io 






Aaron Kargo, 







10 


10 






Moses Elswortli, . 




G 


10 


10 






Zepheniah Baits, 






6 


10 




30 




Abel Mchitiie, 






6 


10 




60 














£150 





' This note is in a dill'erent handwriting. 

'Capl. IIe/.kkiaii Bisski,!,, who.se autogra])h w 
and Indian Wars, ami ^^ 

also a Revolutionary ^^/ 

soldier, was Captain ^.y (^L^ 

of the Nurtli jjn.ri.ih " 

(E. W.) Alariri, List; 
and, as such, ren- 
dered much ellieient 
aid. He died H 
Nov., 1831, in his 
95th year. 



veteran of the Kn 




668 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOU. 

Eaut WiiidKor iSouli/icr.s in Actual Service. 



laT I'AltlbH SOLDlERe 



Ll. Knisius Wdlciitt 
Aliifl Alliii. 
Timci ('li;iiiin, 
John Gavlcinl, 
W" Jones, . 
Leonard Alnnco, 
Murk Alley , . 
Saini' Hadlock, . 
Thoni" Raymond. 
Jonjith Fowler. . 
Cliristoplier Ilorton. 
Elijah Churchil, . 
Israel Stroiig, 
Step" Dornian. 
Hez Porter, . 
Leonard Rogers. 
Abel Negro, 
Gurdon Munsil. 
Peter Negro, 



ElINTON SOULDIEU8. 


Conti- 
nental 
Bounty. 


State 
Bounty. 


Town 
Bounty. 


Hired by 
SUen. 


Hired by 
Claee 


Lt. Jo.siah Bripwn. 












Doc" B. Wailsworth. 
















Serg' Warliani Foster, 






£6 


£10 




£30 




Russel Prat, 






6 


10 




10 




Will"' Anderson, 






6 


10 


iio 


12 




Zedekiali Peek, 






6 


10 


10 


15 




Sam" 'I'avlor, 






6 


10 


10 


30 




Dan" Pierce, 








6 


10 








Elilni Bissel, 


















Stephen Barllet, , 








6 


io 




26 




W'" Brown, . 








6 


10 


io 






Jude Brown, 






6 


10 


10 






Levi Charter, 






6 


10 


10 






John Indian, 












6 




Abrain Wallis, 




G 


io 




30 




Cliancv Foster, . 




1) 


10 




30 




.Ii.hii tavlnr. Jiiii', 




(> 


10 




It) 




W"' Wal'lis. . 








(i 


10 




16 




Hez Klsworth. 








)'> 


10 




30 




Abner Slach', 






6 


10 




31) 




David Clark, 






« 


10 








Asa Leonard, 






(! 


10 




20 




Benoni Hills, 









10 




33 




Oliver Hills, 






(> 


10 


' 






John Newel H. W. . 














Zebulon Burroos, 


t> 


io 




50 




Joseph Kingsberrv, t! 


10 


io 






Eliphaiet Lord. .' . (i 


10 


10 






Benj" llubbanl. Jun'. 6 


10 


10 


is 
















3!I0 



neutiil 
Bounty. 


BiiiMity. 


Bonn 


€(! 


cio 


£10 





10 


10 


(i 


10 


10 


6 


10 


10 


6 


10 


10 


G 


10 


10 


6 


10 


10 


G 


1(1 


10 


ti 


10 


10 



Hired by I[lri-d h\ 



CIO 

io 




EAST WINDSOK IN TMK HICVOLUTKJNA If Y WAR, ITSU. (iti'.l 

Cr brot Ovor, . . . £173 ."> 
Bissel's Cr. 

As by Accot iit fl 17 5, 15 2 11 
177S Bcamans fam') Cr. 

As by Accot, . . . S ,s 
nrn Aiidrss family Cr. 

Cr at y Stated Price, . . 1 10 (l 
177H Grants family Cr. 

Scplr ti) Febry Siiiidrys as by A<'coI. ,1.5 li! ;! 
Wadswortli's Fannly Cr. 

As by Accot, . IS l(j 

Carried over, ....... £231 7 10 

Debt brot Over, ...... 1,198 2 5 

Ad to .loliii Kissel Accot, . , . 22 5 6 







£1,220 7 11 


Easi Winds 


.rAi 


r' ()"' 177!) 

£2:il 7 10 
1 17 5 



Selectmen. 



Tbe foregoing E.xaniliu'd i\: adjusted. 
Cr Inot Over. . 
ad to Bissel Cr, .... 

£233 .5 :i 
Accots liave Ijcen lawtnlly liy tbe Subscrihens. 

Ebenr Grant, 1 

Daniel Elswohth, Jur, I 
Ed Chap Grant, 
FitEDK Elswortii, I 

1780. 

Some East Winilsof incu wece this sumnief serviiio- ii{>iiii tlie Aiiicr- 
icaii lines near West Point, on the Hudson, as is evidenccil liy Ihc Inl- 
iowinp; receipts {Conn. Slate Archin'x, Rerol. War, xv'u. 175, 17<'), 1 '••'•'. 
331 , 334) : 

til 
Hartford June 29 1780 
tliis may certify that Capt John Cotten has earid aeroft the ferrcy seventy seven 
men and thre baggig wagijins from my Company on tlieir way to west point 

.Vmata l.oomis Capt 



to Nemear Hubbard 



77 men . . ."_ 4/ £l."i 80 

3 Baggage Waggins G" I^acb 18 



33 8 



Hartford July ye 1 1780 
tliis may Sertetie tliat Sam' Cotton llatb feree<l over Hartford faiy llirce Hageg 
Wagcns I.,o<led an<l Si.\ty Five; men on tlierc return from commaml |ir me 

To Nehemier Hubard I) Q g .\mala I,oonns Capt 

6o men .- 4/ £12 10 

3 Bag" Wag"" 18 

30 10 



670 HISTOKY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Kafl Wiiulfor July 11 AD ITSO 
Thcfc may l<Tlify :in it may Confi-rii tliat Bcnjaiiiaii Koliliaids A: (icuiyc Knh 
lianls of liarHunl wi'Ul three days Each with tlieir teams fm- my t'umpaiiy in a late 
iiiaicli tor tlie liclcaf of weft point ser' by Amafu Loomis (apt 

Kasl WimUnr. .Iiuir 1 ;s(l. 
Keceivcd cjf llic Srieetiiicn of s' Tuuii .Ni[icly m'Vcii |ioiiiicls uf Sail Pork lor the 
use of in}' Coiup> iiiilercd to West Point. 

Kiihard Al)be Cap'. 

Keceiv.'d .luiic ITSO — of the Selcclmen of Kasl Windsor ( liie hundred A- lunety 
two Pounds of SaU INirIi for the use of my ('" order' lo West Point, in a Keg' C'um- 
manded bv iJeul. Col' Jon"' Wells. 

1> 

.\mala Loomis Cap' 

lu Conn. Arrliiren, liind, W.ii-, xvii. i'-K, we find (apt. l,oumis's reeeijil for wages 
of his Company in this tour, viz. : "To an Order on 'I'reasurer ree' id' | Pay Table 
Coin""^' for Wage.s due a | Company under my Command in [Lie\U-] C(d. | llezekiah 
Wyllys Reg' were made | up and settled at Pay Table Olliee July 18th IT.'^O (j/- the 
rate | of twelve for one from the Established Wages | in 1775 — amount in tlie whole to 
t'702 11 6 Continental currency, s'' order being | now returned and reduced to lawful 
money | at the rate of 1 for 12 amounts to £58 11 0." 

In July 1)1' this ye.ar, in view of the fac't that the enemy in Canada 
seemed to he phinning an expedition into tlie imitliern American cohi- 
nies, Col. Ifa Allen of Bennington, Vt., was allowed, hy vote of the 
(lovernor ;ind Council of ^^afety, to purehase a quantity of powder, 200 
weight of which, as well as 800 weight of ])ist()l powder, he was allowed 
to purchase from the j)ul)lic stores in the care and custody of Capt. Ebc- 
nezer Grant of East Windsor, at 6.s-. lawful money per pound. — Conn. 
State Archives, Revol. War, wii. 138-1'. 

AJphahetical list of persons [from Hast Windsor] ;m the Connecticut 
line who received family supplies before 1780: 

(Tlie Characters annexed to the Name of the Men . . . denote what Peg' tlu^y 

belong to viz' 1' I{eg' 1 ; 2 D" 2 etc. ; Col. Webb's !t ; Col" Sherb\irn's o ■ IV Dragoons 
D ; .\rtillery .\). 

Audrus, William, Beeman, Jonathan "Newton, Isaac 

"Anderson, William, Churehel, Elijah ''Porter, llezekiah 

"Brown, Josiali, Lieut. Downer, Caleb 'Pierce, Daniel 

'Baxter, Francis Grant, Azariah "Wallace, -Vb"" 

^Bissel, John JiOomis, Moses Wadsworth, Joseph li. 

— Conn. State Arr/iinf, Jien/l. War, xxx. 1. 

List of officers and soldiers married (East Windsor) : 

Anderson, W"' Beman, Jonathan Newton, Isaac 

Andrus, W'" Churchill, Elijah Porter, Ilez'' 

Brown, Jnde Downer, Calel) Pearce, Dainel 

Baxter, Francis (Jrant, Azariah Wallace, .\b'" 

Bissel, John lioniis, Moses Wadsworth. J. B., Doc' 
Brown, Josiah, L' 



EAST WINDSOIl IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, IT.Sl. lITl 

Supplies 1781 (■!) 
I> Strong, Wiineas Juii' East Windsor 
D Vandiis('r 'I'lionias Private, Windsor, 

I Wardwi'll Isaac do. Windsor. 

— Conn. Stitti' Arc/iivcK. Hend. Win\ xxx. 

1 Oot. 17S0. 

The roiimiittri' aiii>ointed to Assiji'u k iir(i]iiii-ti(iii carli Tnwiis 
ijuiita (if Ihc wliiilr imniber of Men to l)i' furnished Ity this State for the 
Continental Army Take h'ave to report, That thi; Quota's of the sevei-al 
Towns according to their respective Lists he as follows viz Hartford 97 
Windsor 53, East Windsor 6-1: [being among the largest towns in Hart- 
ford Co.,] and Willington [being the smallest] 20. Total for Hartford 
County, lOoT. — Conn. State Archives, xix. 12. 



1781. 

We have previously spoken of East Windsor as being a not aide 
'■ Provision Town" for the army, during the Revolution. This apjjears 
fioni many itcnns and accounts, of which we present the following selec- 
tion : 

stale of ('onnccticiit 

To Lemuel Stougiitou 
To iiurcliasiim- it putting up eighteen barrells . ) 
of Heef I'oiiiainiiig 240"" oaeli . @ 5/ . . ) 

T.. IHlieef barrells 

To eartins Salt from Cap' Orants :i nu'les . . . ) 

8 Uusliels . ) 

To carting Salt from Eli I'.ifsells lo the mill . . { 

and gifting it groinid. ■) riiilis . ( 

To carting bbs. 4 miles ...... 

To storage ........ 



Ea.st Win.ls.ir May 1781. 

The above is a stating of Ihe allowances which were made upon Maj' Lem" Stougli- 
tons Aeeo' in seltlement wilh ('apt Kben' (4raiit in behalf of the Town of East Windsor 
on the fi"" day of .luly 17S1 for which the said Orant rcc' payment by Orders on the 
Treaf. for bills of this State 

Pay Table Olticc .luly :JI"' 1786 
Oliv Woleott 

Charged . . 

for carting Salt to the Mill CI : 1:0 

for butchering & cvitting r, : 0:0 

for Coopering bbs . . . : 10 ; 



. iv 






€4 - 


10- 




!1 


. 


■ (1 


- 


7 . 




1 


10 




0- 
2 . 

"£17- 






-0 





not allowed . . . . £ G : 11 : 
Teste 



Oliv Woleott 



t:)72 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

p:ast Wiiiilsor Nov' a;"- 1781 
luvok-c of Twenty Seven Head of P.ccf Cattle Estimated | to Weigh Tliirteen 
thousand Nine Hundred Weiglit | 

p jy Sam' P.anckoft ) Estimators 
' ^- *■** Joel Loomis f Under Oatli 

Hartford County fs. East Windsor Nov 27"' 1781. 

Mef" Samuel Baneioft and Joel I,ooniis I'ersoually | appeared and made (latli 
that the aliove Mentioned Twenty | Seven Ileail of Cattle Were Estimated aeeording \i> 
tlirii- I liest -^kill and Judgment. 

before- Me Erastus Wolcott Just Pac" 

East Windsor Nov' 27"- 1781 
Receiv' of the Select Men tlie above Twenty Seven Head | of Cattle WiighiuL' 
by Estimation Thirteen Thosaml Nine Hundred Weight 

Reeeiv'i Pr Me 

Sam" WoLioTT, Receiver. 



1780 



i State of Connect" to y Select men of y Town of ICast Windscir I)' 






4 








10 





:! 


0(i 


(1 





a 


U) 





ry 


00 





a 


-OO 


0- 


i:^ 


6 


39 


17 


10 



June 28 f 

Pork l)ot of sundry persons for Soahliers going to y Camp 
viz : to (!S]'i" SaltPork without bone and '.I ounces/ 
at 12'' pr. pound Old Way . . . S 

Caih paid Zebulon King with liis Horse Cart :i miles ) 
to collect it. & bringing to my House ) 

[laid Aaron Grant fen- Do 
Cash paid for ',i bar"" bot of Washborn at 3/4 
To half bar" Salt Beef qty 94"' at 
to y Cask 2/4 pork & pork Salt 4/6 
p'' Washborn for reiJackiug & Heading up <Jcc 
My Self a Day to purchase ye Pork it Hor.se 
Frederick Elswortli Bill of Expense 



•• iMi-. S.vMUEL WoLCOTT, Assistant Commissary, resided in the house 
tdiii iIdwii by Mr. Frederick A. King. A new honse lias been l)tiilt on the 
old site. The old slaiisihter-house in wliicli tlic l)eevcs were bntehered, 
tofiether with the wheel and windlass used for tlieir suspension, were, 
uhlil wilbin a few years, still mi Ibc |ireniises. Mr. Wolcott was a man 
ol iiiiirb ciicroy : on horseback he scoured the State, and collected his 
dro\cs with o-reat ra]iidity. His luitehers, Mr. Drake and ilr. Daniels, 
perlornied their ptirt with so much despatch that, it is said, the tanners 
who purchased the hides of the animals they killed said they appeared, 
as far as the iiitegrity of the skin was concerned, tis if they had passed 
tiiroudi a warmly-eontested battle, ralbci- than the hands of an accom- 
plished liuteher. At the same time that .Mr. W'ohott was carryiii<r "u 
so e.vtensive a business in beef, be was also |iuichasin<t grain to lie 
floured for the French fleet and army then at Newport, R. I." 



EAST WIN'DSOli IN THE UE\'(JLUT1UNAKY WAU, 17'Sl. 



ti73 



state of C'muifcticut in iiconi witli Saniuil Wok-ott, us C'r. 1780 



By 



amount of his ac-coiinl for fiiniisliini; be<:f cattle 

for the I'nited States 
Bills Express 
( 'oniniissiou on £2149.04 

Being the amount of his purchases before October, at 

stated prices, 2 per ct. 
ditto on £3865.18, being the amount jiurchased 

since October, 1780 

two Orders on Treasurer for f :iOO, 1781, Cr. 
c-ash received of Col. Chamjiion 

do do do 

do do do 

order to balance 



£ s. d. 

5087 12 00 
12 00 00 
42 19 08 



57 06 OS 
600 00 00 
5799 17 11 
4236 14 05 
1564 02 01 
01 05 

£5799 17 11 



" Contrilmtions of beef, pork, grain, ami clieese were taken iiji in 
all parts of the State for the use of the army. In South Windsor, 
wagons jtassed from house to house, and such artieles as could be s|)ai-ed 
were freely bestowed, many families who had relatives in the army beiiiij; 
very generous in their donations. The quantity of l>eef butchered in 
East Windsor for the U. S. army during 1780 amounted in value to over 
*-2S,000;'— i)/-. K a aUletfs Sketehe><, XY . 

The General Assembly at its session held at Ilartlord mi the sec- 
ond Thursday of May, A.D. 17S1, received a rcliiru of tiic srvnal towns 
in this State, their (piota, numln'i- of lurn in siMvii-e, sMrjilus, and de- 
ficiencies : 





Quota. 


^s"e'?^re.'° Deficiencies. 


Windsor, 

East Wind.sor, 


53 
64 


51 2 
l(i 48 



Windham had a deficiency of 49, the largest deficiency of any town 
in the State. 

It was resolved by the Assembly " tliat the (Joveinor lie desired to 
give all necessary Orders for cari-ying into speedy K.xecution tlie Acts 
and Resolves of tliis Assembly, for tilling u]i the Continental Army, and 
for raising and compleating the Troops of this State." 



The year 1781 was especially marked in East Windsor by the bil- 

ii'ting upon the inhabitants of a lai-ge number of the officers and men of 

the "Convention Ti-oops" whose historv has been liriefjy advei'tecl to 

on page tjtil in this chapter. 'I'licse "Convention Troo|ps" were the 

Vol. I. — 85 



674 nisTouY of ancient windsok. 

soldiei's (iF IJiiriAoync's iiiiuy wliirli Imil surrciKlcred as prisDiicrs 
of WAV l(. Gov. (Jates on tiie 17tli of October, 1777, nearly 6.000 
in niuiilicr. They were first sent into Massaehusetts, bnt finally, 
ill the early part of 1779, were sent to CharlottesWlle, Va. Here 
they reiiKiineil until Oct., 1780; when as a precautionary measure 
against a possilile uprisinn' by theiii. the British ])risoners were sent 
to A[aryland, and the (i(>rmans into tin' northern part of Virginia, 
by which time, deaths, desertions, and partial e.xchanges had re- 
duced their numbers to about 2,100. Afterwards some were sent to 
Lancaster, Pa., and some to East Windsor, until, liy 17S■^ they bail ull 
become dispersed. 

Those who came to l^ast Windsor were ottieially delivereil to tin' 
charge of Capt. Roswell (!rant of East Windsor by a Maj. llolicrts. 
under the following ord(>r from Dis Excellency, Gov. Jonathan Trumliiill. 
This. ;ind other ]iapers concerning this " Hessian Invasion " of Hast 
Windsor soil, is from the Grant 3ISS. 

statk of connectrcut 

By the Goveunok 
To Ciipt' lioswell Gnvnt Superiiiteiidant of the Officers of tlie Conventiou Trooji.s 

You are iustructod to receive from Ma.j' .In" Roberts ] the said ofliecrs — You are to 
talie tlieir parole to be faithful | prisoners. On their honor and tlic faitli of (lentlenien. 
to give no | intelligence, or say or do anything detrimental to the cause of | the I'liiled 
.States, or this State, and to abide within the limits of | the Towns of East Windfor and 
Tolland, that the Servants now | in their pofsefsiou do not exceed the limits of said 
Towns, or such | as you shall give liberty for oicasionally and shall he accoiuiled | for 
on an exchange, e.xcept in cafe of death, | mid furtliir that they will behave in all re- 
spects as Gentlemen, and Men of honor | : WIkli -iuch parole | is given, and you have 
the proper returns of them & their Servants | You will give Maj' Roberts a receipt for 
them accordingly. | 

You are to aid and afsist the Otlicers in procuring (luarters | either in East Wind 
for, or Tolland. They to pay the Expenses | for themfelves and Servants — 

You will take prudent care ] to see that tlieir parole is duly observed — Further, 
you will I do everything needful and convenient, as a .superintending | Officer — 

Given at Lebanon the 23'' .July 1781. 

.Ion''" Tmi-Miiui-i. 

The following list of officers, etc., is eomjiiled from original otll- 
eial documents, bearing date Gth and 8th July, 1781, and made u]) evi- 
dc^ntly at Lancaster before their march hitherward. The original lists 
contain the names of the ofliecrs' scrvtints also : for each oflicer 
had two (sometimes three) soldier-servants, one of whom seems to 
have been a personal or body-servant, mentioned as "servants with their 
masters,"' the other described as " going with the Baggage." 

The regiments represented by these ]irisoners were as follows : 

Bntish Reyimentx : The Canada Companies; Unyal Rcg't of Arlillcry; Twenty 
tirst Regiment. 



KAST WINDSOR IN THK KKVOLUTIONAl! V WAU. 1781. (i75 

Iliitsiii II Jlii/iiiieiitK : Keg't Drugoous of tlic Brunswick Tixkijis; Jlaj.-tit'ii. Hlietz' 
Itog't; Hiitlalioii of the Grenadiers of the Brunswick Troops; Lii;lil Infantry of the 
Brunswick Troops; Brig.-Geu. Speclit's Heg't. 

imiTisn OFFICERS — rmsoNiius of wak 

rill' OMiccrs of the Camidit Compiiniiii wore Captain Mure, with 3 servants, and 
Licuts. llougliton and Steel, with 2 servants each. 

Tlie oflicers of the l{oijiil Reij'l of Artilkri/ were Capl. .hinies Dunbar, with 3 .ser- 
vants, liieul. Samuel Kiniington, with H; Surgeon-JIate Alex. Melville with '.i ser 
vants; James Oakenhead, Provost Marshall, and James Campbell, Commissary Fromen 
lean.' 

The Otlicers of the Tircitty- First liei/iiiieiit were (/'aptain James Lovell, with 3 ser- 
vants; Capt. J[. Kirkman, with 3 servants; Capt. Hepburn, with ;i servants' ; Lieut. 
Blackwood, with 2. servants"; Lt. Holiart, with 3 servants; l,icu1. I'eddie, with 2 ser- 
vants'; Lieut. Darrah, with 2 servants"; Lieul. Mas.scy, with 2 servants; Surgeon 
I'embertou, with 3 .servants. 

Brigadier-General Ilaniiltou, 4 servants, one of whom was a personal attendant, lie 
is said by Dr. Gillette (Skitr/i VI.) to have been cpiartered at tlic! house once occupied by 
Kdward Kilbourn, and was much esteemed for his liberality and courtesy towards such 
iif the townspeople as he met. 

ItF.SSIAN officers, PRISONERS OF WAR 

'I'hc uiticer of the lity't DmffMins of the Bruiitiwirk Tnuijix. was Lieut. Borneniann. 
with 2 ser\ants. 

The otlicers of Mnj.llcii. Wutz' Regiment w-ere Capt. Ahrcnd, wiih :i servants; 
Lieut. Modrach, with 2; Lieut, v. Hessler, with 2; Ensign Ehrig, with 2; Lieut, v. 
Dobenek, with 3; Lieut. Meyer, with 2; Lieut. Conrady, with 1; Lieut. Petersen, with 1; 
Capt. C. A. Alers, with 3; Lieut. Feichel, with 2; Chaplain Tosgel, with 3; Judge Schmidt, 
with 3; Surgeon Sehrader, with 3; Surgeon-Mate Pletzer, with one servant. 

The oliicers of the Battalion of the Greiuiilii'i:i of tlie HniiiKwiek Tfoops were Lieut. 
Col. de Mengen, with 3 servants; Capt. de Lohneysen, with 2; Lieut. Ulig, witli 2; Lieut. 
Ilelmecke, with 1; Lieut. Trott, with 1; Lieut. l{u<lolphl. uitli :'; l.ieui. de Mu/.ek, 
with 2; Surgeon Major , with 3 servant.s. 

The officers of the IJjjht Infantry of Briuiaicick Troojin, were Lieut. Cruse, with 1 
servant; Lieut. Gladen, with 1; Lieut. Rohr, with 3; Lieut. P. VV. L. Rhenius, with 1; 
Surgeon Konze, with 1 servant. 

The officers of Briy.-Gen. Speeht'» Regiment were: Maj. de Ehreu Krook, witli G ser 
vants, 3 of whom were with the baggage; Capt. Jaeger, with 5, of w-hoin 3 were with 
baggage; Lieut. Jleier, with 2; Lieut du Roi, with 3; Lieut. Milkath. with 2; Lieut. 
Dldekop, with 2; Lieut, d Anniers, with 3; Lieut. Ketlner, with 2; Ensign Bernewitz. 
with 2; Ens. rimen.stein, with 3; Lieut. Grimpa, with 2; Chaplain Kohle. with 2: 
•liidge .Vdvocalc Bahr, with 2; Surgeon-Mate lleug.st, with 1 servant. 

There seem also to have been two Ci/nimixmirie.i, one (Hessian) J. Kosseau, witli 2 

■-irvants; and I (English) Foster, with 3 servants, mentioned as Ix'longing to the 

24lh Uegt. 

'I'liis tlicu w;is ;i totiil ut' 19 Hiitisli (iniccis witli 4o scivants, ami 
4:! llrs.siaii oliicers with t>2 servants. 

Tlie two chajilaiiis (Tosgel. of Ocn. Hlietz' Reir't ; ami Kulile, of Btig. 

'Another list gives the names of Lt. Darrah and 1 servant; Lt. Massey, 1; Capt. 
Gamcr.son with 1 servant; Ens" Poor with 1; Lt. Vincent withl;Lt. Ivimmis with 1, 
probably the same as .signs himself P. W. L. Rhenius, A.T). R T. s. 

■ riie names of all these servants, like those of their masters, are evidently Smieh. 



676 HISTORY OP ANCIKNT WINDSOK. 

(Ji'ii. S])cclit".s Rcgt.) uvr |ircili;ilily "the twit ( iniiiaii Clia|iliiiiis '" rc- 
t'oi-fcd to ill the fdllnuiim- (itlicial letter: 

W:ii- oiticc .lulv 17"' 17S1 
(Sir. 

The Board have received your lettei' nl' the :ill"' of | .lime ns|ie(liri;; the two (Jer- 
maii Chapliiins | and have consulted the ('oiiiiuaniler in C'liicf | en tlie suljject of llieir 
appHi atioii; In cipii | sciiuence of which you will be pleased | to permit them, and all 
others whether | (Jernian or Brittish of their function logo | into N. York, it having 
been stipulated | at a meeting of Comm" last year at Aniboy, | that all gentlemen of 
that description should | be mutually released, and that in future they | should not be 
the subjects of capture. We are Sir with respect 

Yr. Most Obcd. Serv- 

Will" Gu.wso.n. 
Col" Wood. 

Many of tlie.se iirtieofs' servants litul trtiiles ami iiiaile tlieiiisi'lves 
tiseltil to their fellows and to people of East Wimlsor, liy luirsiiiiii;- their 
little iiiiliist ries, as for example : 

l.ielll. ('..Innel l.ind 

East Windsor 2t>.Jiilv SI — 
Sir 

The Bearer William Alollal of the | 21" Regiment has been usually employed as a 
shoe maker | by many of the Officers, and to carry on that business | begs to have jier 
mi.ssion to go over to Hartford this evening | or tomorrow in order to purchase leather — 
I thought I it proper to state the case to you, requesting that | you will obtain the pa.ss- 
jjort from Major Roberts, | which if granted I will answer that Moffat will | not abuse 
the indulgence — I am Sir | 

Your Most hble Scrv. 

M. KlIil^M \N 

I,t. Colonel Lind — 

Or. (iillette ( though he erroneously gives the date of 177S) says that 
these British and Hessian prisoners of Burgoyne's army were then 
(juartered in the town, heing billeted on such families as were willing to 
fcceive llieni. At the suggestion of Lafayette they were, at one lime. 
employed in jilaiiting trees in the highway : theCeneral holding one end 
of the line, while ,<oloiiion Porter, the son of liis host, held the other. 
the trees being set in a row corresponding with the line. Many of tliese 
trees now measure from sixteen to twenty-one feet in circumference, 
while others have been mutilated by axe and storm. The oirieers 
among the prisoners, both British and (Jernian, were said to be well 
supplied with money. Among their amusements was horse-racing; 
betting was common, and large sums of money changed hands among 
them as the result. These races commenced opposite Gen. Lafayette's 
quarters and terminated at the Fitch house, afterwards Air. Ebenezer 
Finney's.' Mr. Ebenezer Reed, father of the late Dea. Aimer Heed, 



' This house was erected l)y Lieut. Joseph Fiteh, almui I7ilil, .iiid was at one rime 
occupied by John Fitch, the inventor of steamboats. 



EAST WINDSdi; IN THE REVi )lAn'Ii IN A I! V WAIt, 17S1. (177 

oftfii staled lliat lir liad seen iiiDre guineas CDunteil out tn the win- 
ner (in the steps of Mr. Pinncy's house, than lie eould earn in iiis 
liat. in line of thes(! races the ridei- was tlirown and ]<iileil a lew lods 
lielow the iiousi- now oeeu|iied liy l-'rederiek A. King. 'riie(|uiet citi- 
zens of liii' town (lisa|i|iro\rd of liiese I'aees, and exei'teil all tlieir inlhi- 
eui'e to lia\e liieni disronl iuuecl, little tliinl<ing that less than a century 
later the State Agricultural Society would offer a |ireniiuni lo encourage 
such races. 

Thi-ee of tiie Ffcssiaus lioarded in the family of .ri'rijali IJisseil 
(|ii'esent South Windsor) whose daughter Mary aftei-wards married 
E|ihraim Wolcott. Veai'S after, when shi' was " ( I i-aiulina W'oleott," 
she used to entertain a little girl namccl Martha I'ellon with anecdotes 
aliout these prisoners. OiU' of them, she said, was a weaver, and laugiil 
hei- and her sisters to wea\e their linen in a new pallei-n called "ems 
and OS," and thin pattern was kept a great sei-ret in the iJisscdl fauiil\ 
for many years. One of these Hessians woidd sit in tliechinmcy i-ornei- 

during the long evening and sing " James was the namemv g I old 

father ga\i' nie," until jMiss Mary heeanie very tii-ed of it. So. in alter 
years, wlien to lu'r care was given the mothork'ss infant of her lirolhei- 
Thomas Bisscdl, she called him "Jemmy," not James, and not d/nnny, 
as she friMpiently lunl occasion to explain. 

Dr. (lillette (Skef<-/i No. TV.) says that Col. I!raynuin. sent hy (!en. 
i!urgo\nelo Col. iJaum, with a reinforcing regiin<'nl. arii\edon the 
grounil the nioi-ning aftei- the defeat and ileath of Col. l!aum,aiHl as 
senioi- officer assmncil llie counuand, hut was math' pi-isouer. .lohn <h1- 
letle(twin hrolher of Captain .laliez ) who removed from Windsor and 
settled al Torriniiloi-il, received Col. Uiayman's swurd, which is still to 
he seen in the llistori<'al Society's i-ooius al ilartl'ord. 

( Ine of Ui-avnian's ofllccis, a Lieut. lA I'e, was liilleted in Soulh 
Winilsor as a prisomu', and icsideil at .Iciijali itissell's. His small 
swerd and cane ai'c also pr<'ser\eil in the Connecticut llisliu'ieal 
Society's collection. 

The lollowing documi'ut ( (Irani MSS.) also pi-eserves the names of 
two other i'>i-ilish officers who wci-i; prohahly prisoners of war at, ]<]ast 
Windsor : 

M' Aniiurcy presents liis | ('(inipliin'" to Cap' (iruiil | luid wtv' esteem it w iwrlicu- 
lar favor | If C'apt (irant W(v' grant a j pafs for 1/ 8to\ve \- .M' .\. | to uo to SulTeiM to 
morrow | and return on Tviesday Morn- | the reason M' X. recniest till | Tncsday Morn« 
is in case lie | slio' not be able to | get acrofs tlie liiver. 

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678 HISTORY OK ANCIENT WINDSOK. 

Eall Wiiiillor Aug' 2 1781 
M;ij' HdKiTs Hill of Expencc at Elii-n' (Jraiits 
to your Boanliiiir fioin tucsdaj- ye 24"' of July to 
this Day | 

at ;!V in fSilvcr \i' Day 
To y Scrvt. Do. at 18' pf. Day 
'l"o kwiiiiij;- two Ilorfcs 10 Days at 18" pr. Day 
to three Hiif liid" Corn at i"/ 
to ye life of Kooni ic lodging 

Errors Kxeepteil 

pr Elieir (Jiaiit. 

.\l;ijnf luigcis was the olliccf who liad coii(hnli:il tlic " ('i)iivi'uti(iii 
TiiHiiis" IViuu Pennsylvania to Mast Windsor; and the above aecoiint 
|)fiilialil\- nnirks tlie date at whicli liis official mission and its i-es|ionsihii- 
ities ended. 

Ivist \\'indsor was also rej)resenteil in the iiKike-ii|i of Col. ( 'anfielirs 
.Mililia Keo-iiiu.iit, at West Point, in Se|itciiiliei- of tiiis yeaf. 

1782—80. 

('apt. h'ra.f/iis Wiilcotf i)^ Hast Windsor was this year and until 1TS;1 
in eoniniaiid of a coiiiiiany in Tol. Jolm Dnrkee's Regiment (4lh of the 
oiiuiiial, liiit 1st of the le-forniation of the Conneetieiit Line, 1781-'8o), 
<if wiiieh eoiii|iany Elienezer Wales, of Windham, and Lemnel Fling, of 
romfift, were lienteiuints, and whirli iiiimliried, .laiiiiafy, 17^2, o5 noii- 
rommissioiicd ollieers and men. 

The following letters were written liy liim from llie rnram|imi'iit of 
llie Connertient Division, then in winter (|iiaiiers on the Hudson, msir 
th(^ Robinson farm, opiiosito West Point — a idaee wliieh thus took the 
name of " Connecticut Village," or " Hnts." 

Conneetieiit llutts Highland, March 2:!' 1782 
Ens" .\le\ander Iving- 

I':ast Windsor 

ConneetiiMit 
Sir 

With the ijreatc'sl pleasure 1 taUr this ( Ippoil unity to write a | lew scrawl- 
and shall think niy self ainiily rewarded if they all'oid yon any | pleasure or .\innir 
nienl, iho seated us you are amidst a Circle of the moH | agreeable, aeeomplished, ami 
Brilliant Geulleinen & Ladies and joined to so | an\ial)le a i)artner I can very well sup 
pose, what I shall have to Conununieate | can by no means add to your felicity, 1 hope 
to have the pleasure of a line or | two from you and my friends if any I have, whieli I 
might supjiose to be very few | from their neglect of w riling which none have dom 
since 1 left them, I liave | no News of importance to Aeiiuaint y<m with — we live in 
tlie Olil way on bread | and beef one day & beef and bread the next, and are iionr 
ragged and saucy | — 1 liave been on Conuiiand ui)on the Lines the most part of lla 
time since | L left Windsor in which time we cut a few Capers in an Excurfion to Mor [ 
rilsiena with atjout a hundred Continental troops and Sixty Mililia liorse | under the 
Command of -Maj' Woodbride on the l"> Inftant — the liorse made an | Attack on Delan- 



KAST WINDSOIt IN TH K IU':VI1I,UTI()N A ItY \V A U, 1TS-J-S(). (17'.' 

cys Cow tlicivcs kill' Mini wuuiidi'd alioul ;i dd/.cii :mu1 lii'oUijht | of ;i I,' ;iii(l '2:! nicii 
prifoiuTs with 14 liorlcs, tlic ICiu'iiiy Attackcfl on otir | rctroat with a largf body of liorsi- 
and foot and kccpt u]) a warm lire | ou us for several which we relwrn'd, we had 2 
kill' and 4 Wounded — 1 | had the rear platoon and covered the retreat A: lost 1 man 
kill' and 1 Wounded | intend cominj-- home this spring if pofsible, but cant say that I 
shall quit service | till the coast is a little more clear, hope you will not fail to write as 
I often as pofsible, to inform mc how Matters go with you, and all the fair and | |)ritty 
faces, to wlionie I wifli you to present my best Compliments in the lirst | place, and sec- 
oniUy to the (iciitlemen — Williini; you all the health hajipinefs | and pical'ure imajrinii- 
ble — 1 am with cllcem sir vour friend and | 

Ilunilile Servant 

K. Woi.coTT. 

N. B we b.ive Iniill :\ laruf ball room in which we are iiitlruefiiiir ourlchcs in the 
polite aits of Dancing A: fencing. 

Connecticut Hutts April L'l" 178-3. 

Sir 

I am liappy in an ()pi>etuiiity of w-riting you a few lines | just to iiifonn you 
that I am in good hcaltli and wish for the pleasure | hearing tlie same of you but sup 
pose th.it you are engaged in such a Mul | tiplieity of business as not to be able to .\t 
tend on such small matters as | writing to an old Acquaintance — I shall now open an 
account anil nuike | you debtor and hope you will not fail to remit the ballaiice the tirst 
oppertunity. I have no news of importance to communicate have nothing | 1,-itc of 
Geid Green the latest accounts say that the Enemy were in Charles | town and out of 
which they dare not show their heads, att New York all is | peaceable and quite, a party 
of the enemy some time last week made an | E.xcursion into the .lersies where they took 
a ('apt. of the Militia who was | on duty there whom they hanged inuuediately without 
tlie benefit of .a | trial, his K.\eellency has taken the Advice of the ()(Mieral and Field 
Olticers on | the occasion and has determined to retaliate what the Consequensces will 
be I God only knows, we are for the most part very well served with pro\isions, | aii<l 
the troojis are tolerably well clad though not (Vmipletely as yet but I think | wc sh:ill 

make a more respectable appearance this Campaign than wc have | il lii'ic tofoic, 

what the ojierations will be this year I am not able to say | but hope tiny may be spir 
ited and decisive Which I hope nuiy put an end | to the contest 

Duty is ea.sy 1 have little to do e.xcept being Olticer of the | day and supcrinteiul 
the affairs of my | small Family for I consider my company in this view I intend <-om 
ing home in Jlay if possible hut I think it is | very uncertain whether I shall obtain per- 
mission Capt Huell desires his | Compliments to you and the ladies att Windsor please 
to make mine like | wise to the Gentlemen and ladies of My acquaintance in such mode 
manner | and (piantity as you shall .judge proper 

I am with esteem Sir your 
I hiniible Servant 

Caiil K Grant Ekasti's Woi.cott. 

C(>i>i((I from nrirfiniil in jmsscmon of Fircl <). Kiiir/, H)iil/i M'hiil.fir. 

On the 29th (hty of Mai-ch, A.D. 1782, tlio coiimiitteo iippointiul to 
"Ascertain tlie Deficienci(!s of Several Towns in the County of LJartford 
to Conii>leat their Quotas of men in the Continental Arniy the year 
Past, ro])ort. Hast Windsor's No. of men was 14. Of the eight other 
towns (ledcient Colchester lacktul 8, the others only 1 or 2." 

Financial ilinTiciiIties seem to jiavc surrounded the selectmen of 
East Windsiif in tjicsc years. Th(> town, in common with other towns, 



(ISO HISTOKY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

I>cti;iii til Ircl must seriously the clt'ccts of the louu-coiitiiiiu'd strain, 
umltT wliif.li the |)re\ ions years of tlic war hail so lon.u' ke|)t them. Of 
men, cattle, grain, the necessaries of life, and the munitions of war, 
thoy were now pretty well drained, and the " Memorials" \o flie (ieneral 
Asscmhly, with wiiicli the State. Arehivi's for this period are filli'd, sufli- 
cicntly e\ini'e the exti-eniity to which town officers felt themselves 
jiushed. 

In Jannary, 1782, RoswELL Grant of E. W., who had heen ajipointed, 
in 1780, as jiaymaster to the rccrnits of the First Brigade of tlie Con- 
necticut line of the Continental army, whose time of service expired on 
31st Decemher, 1781, informs the Assemlily that he has heen unahle to 
ohtaiii either from the State treasurer or from the collector of State; 
taxes in the several towns in which said brigade had been enlisted, any 
funds to ])ay the recruits : lliat it was only after a whole ycai- of strenuous 
effort that he finally olitained a part of the money, and "then it was so 
d(!pi'eciated that some of the men would not receive it," and others i-e- 
(M'ivcid it and were paid Kl.v. in State liills per month, " but i-efuse to re- 
(•ei\c any more" — and so he urgently presses for relief IVom liie State 
ti-easury, enabling him to pay o(f the balance, etc. — ('miii. Slulr Ar- 
chires, Rcvol. War, xxii. 2'22. 

In Oct.. 1785, ('apt. Roswell Orant again memoi-ializes llic leL^isla- 
lure,as paymasterof the First Brigade of the Short Levies (appointnl l-'eb., 
ITSl ). thai the said levies were jiromised for tlieir services in the cam- 
paign of ITSO. X. I per month. Stale money, and that he cannot gel fr 

the Pa\ Table Committee but a half the sum advanced, etc., and is 
unable piupcrly to close his accounts, and ]aays b)r due relief, which 
was granted by \iite of the Assemlily. — Cuitn. Stale Arehirex, Rer. War. 
xxi.\. 79, 80. 

Ca])t. (irant was again appointed |)aymaster to the FirsI llrigadc 
Oct., 178(>. 7A/,/., xix. lb. 

In the same line of olllcial distress is the billowing, also ( Cc/(/(. 
State Archives, Itevol. War, xxiv. 152) : 

To llic Hiiiumnil General Assembly of the State of | Connect init imw Silling at 
llarHiiril — The Menuirial of | Amasa Loomis of East Windsor one of tlie Sclcctinen 
of I s"" T<iwn in liehalf of himself ifc the vest of the S'^ Select- | men humbly Sheweth — 

That Executidri hath Issued against the Inhabitanls | of .s' Town for the Sum of 
forty live P<mn(ls lawful | money for a delieicncy of procuring three Soldiers | lo Serve 
in the Conlinental .\rmy, in the year 1781, | which Execution ha.s l>een put into the 
hands of the | SherilV of Hartford County, who has levied the same | on the goods of s' 
Ijoomis, & posted them for Sale — | your Memorialists beg leave to inform your 
Honors I that they have advanced for the Supply of Soldiers | families in & fors' Town 
Sinidry Sums, as by the Accounts in this jMemorial enclosed, of greater A | mount 
than s' E.xeeuliiin, for which they can at | present obtain no Compensation, because no 
Orders | can now be drawn by the Committee of paytable— | wherefore they humbly 
pray this Honourable Asem | lily lo grant them lilicrty to discouiU so much | of s-* 



EAST WINDSOR IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 17«2-8(). ()81 

Arcnunts iu payiiieut of s"' Exocution. as may | bo s\iliU-iciit to satisfy the same with 
Costs thereon | arisen, or to stay s'' Execution, until they can re- | (.'cire Conijiensation 
on s'' Accounts, or in some | other way grant relief as 3'our Honors in your Wisdom 
sliall Judge proper & your Memorialists | as in duty hound shall ever Fray ifcc. Dated 
at I s'' llartforil this 23'i day of January AD. 178:i — 

Am.vsa Loomis 
in behalf of himself i\: the rest of thi' Selectmen <]f East Windsor. 

Cajit. (Ji-ant's case was nearly two years after pcaec liad been de- 
ilared : but it was far from being the only similar case. Ithamer Bric- 
H AM of East Windsor in May, 1784, as having been " Issning Commissary 
111 Refreshments to the Ci)nnecticxit line of the late army, from ;^0 May, 
1777, to Sept. 11, 1780," complains to tlu? Assemlily that then; is, upon 
closing his accounts with the Pay Table Committee, still a balance due 
liimof i^267 13s. 9d. lawful money, etc., which has left him in a very 
unpleasant fix, and he applies for relief, which ;ip})arently he did not 
■jrt. — Conn. Archives, Her. War, .x.wii. 239. 

Captain James Chamberlain of East Windsor, in January, 1783, 
luemorializes the Assembly to the eflect that in Aug., 1776, by permission 
of the governor, he had raised a vohmtcer com])any of thirty horsemen, 
which joined Col. Samuel Chapman's ri^giment and marched to New 
York, where they did good service ; and he had not (up to date of his peti- 
tion) received full return for moneys paid out of his own pocket for the 
A ages of his men and for team transportation for tlieir l)aggage. Llv 
uas duly relieved by the Assembly. — Ctnin. Areliivex, Rev. War, \\\\. 
ill.'); .x.xix. 209. 

vVmasa Loomis of East Windsor again comes to the front, in a peti- 
tion to the Assemldy, in Jflne, 1780, concerning a very serious loss 
(owing to the depreciation in currency) arising from his not having lieen 
fully ])aid for his services as clerk and conductor iu the Ordnance 
Department at Springfield, from March 20, 1777, to 2S .lime, 1780. — 
''"itn. Slate ArcJiiven, Rev. TF<rr, xxi.x. 215. 

An interesting example of this class of cases is that of the Rev. 
Nathaniel Sherman of East Windsor, who petiticmsthe Assembly in Oct., 
1787, that in Feb., 1778, he sold a house and land (his only real estate) 
iu Mt. (Jarm(d,Conn., for .£(500, which stun he loaned to the United States 
on anmial interest, on wlii(-h he depended for his family's support: tJiat 
since Fell., 1782, he hatl received no interest, except about flOO in cer- 
tificates, there being no money in the treasury. T]ics(! he could not 
cash or otherwise disjjose of for his needs, and so exchanged them for a 
note for money loaned to the State of Connecticut, which iK'canie due 
and was given for moneys due on th(! civil list; but no |irovision setMiis to 
have been made by the State for payment, etc. lie states that he is in- 
firm, in ill-health, has a wife and seviiral children to support : is unable 
to work and is without credit, and thus concludes: 
Vol. I. — 8(i 



682 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

" Wherefoi'i; your Ateiiioriii list luiiiihly piavs youc iKninrs | to oiilcr |puyiiii-iil ot 
said sum due to liini for iiitcrcsl as afori-suid | out of souii; fund that will alfonl liiin 
imiuediate relief — or | some i)art thereof — or grant hiiu some present relief | hy way 
of gratuity, or to be repaid when he shall obtain his ] interest — or ynint him it bill ?- 
aiik clittninble \ funtrihiitiotiK, of some of the congreyiitions in thin ntnte in gome other of tin 
towns tliitii that wherein he dwells and \ he ok in duty bound shall erer J>ray,^ and he will | 
lodge his eertilieates with the treastirer as a pledge | and as in duty bound slial! ever 
pray Natiianiici, Siikuman." 

N. H Tlie Hon'''. Erastus Wolcot Es(|' ean inform as to my eireumstanei's 

Due c'uiisidcnitidii was givrn to his |il;iiiit iiy the Assciiilily, uliicli. 
however, coiikl not see ils way clenr In irlir\e liiiii : Inif lliuilly uiaiited 
him a gratuity of £?>() iroiii tlie piililic treasury. Again ami again 
(October, 1788, and Jantiary, 178!t),in his great need, he retiiiiird tn the 
charge; and on this linal effort, his hrothei-. tlie ucli-kiinwn lion. 
Roger Sherman, h'nt the weight, of his inlineiu;e, es]iecially in a lettiM tn 
Gov. iliintington, wherein he says: 

"his ease is truly ealamitous, he has no means of | Sujipcirt liut fmiii tlii' monies iIucIm 
him from the | United States, -which he cannot at jjreseut obtain, | Conjifess ha\ inj; no 
means to raise money but by — | requisition to the several states — It seems hard | that 
a Virtuous Citizen should be left to perish in | a Cliristian Country, when the most 
profligate | and abandoned Vagrant when reduced to want is | provided with a supply 
out of the public Treasury. | If his memorial cannot be resumed or anything | granteil 
upon it .... I would humbly request in | his behalf that part of his public sc 
eurilies lodged | in the Conijitrollers otlice ma}' be returned to him | retaining a sutli<i(iii 
sum to .secure the stale | for the £30 loaned to him the last year — " 

And tliis linaily was granted. — Conn. Stati- AroJiii'i'n, Rer. War. 
.\xi.\. 157, Kil; .\.\.\vi, 158: .xx.wii. 12, 13, 14. 

As late, also, as the May and October sessions of tlie (Jeneral 
Assembly of 1789, memorials were presented from Erastus Wolcott. 
Lenniel Htoiighton, Amasa Loomis, and William Grant, S(>lectmen and 
Collectors of l<]ast Windsor (from 1785-89), setting forth that there was 
then " due to the State from the ancient Town of East Windsor (now 
East Windsor and Ellington) about XSOO of the twel\('-])eniiy tax i)f 
Jnly, 1782, and about £200 of the six-penny tax, payable in •Inly, 17.S7," 
for which they (the memorialists) were legally resiumsible, and for 
which (ixecutions had been issued tmd wert; " jiressing for immediate pay 
ment," and urging that, as "by reason of sundry dillicnlties and emliar- 
rassmenfs, it is utterly beyimd our power to collect the money and 
settle," etc. These dilliculties were due, they say, "to the negligence of 
formiM' collectors and a mistaken Indulgence in Government, for this 
m(m(w was the arrearges of thirty -three distinct State taxes payable in 

1779, '80, '81, '82, '83, and '84; and principally due fiom the ] nr 

jiarl (if the people; it was to them e(piall to a tax nf ten or twelve shil- 
lings on the i)ound, and on interest against them." 

' The words in italics are crossed out in the original .I/.v. i; r. s 



EAST WINDSOI! IN Tllh: KKVOLIJTIONAKY WAR, ITS-J—SG. ()83 

TIh'v ruitlionnuit' claiiiicd that they had, by the most strcniioiis cx- 
t'ltioii.s, since January, 1785, ot'tccted a settlomeut with the Treasurer 
e(|ual to East Windsor's jiroportion of more than .£580,000 State 
taxes; but lluit, as to the bahmce still due, they ''meet with dit'fieulties 
that we cannot surmoimt." 

■■There is flue the State I'nun K. AV. inchuliiig Elliugtou, on tlie rj° tax pavablr in 
.Inly, 1782, about £741 iu hard money | it some Interest — this money the inhabitants 
have also long sinec paid to | the colleetor, and from the fourgoing facts it is easey lo 
M-e that it is I Impossable for Many of them to pay this Money a second time— 
• specially ] considering the present scarety of cash^and thati by our present Mode | of 
taxation a greater proportion of all publick expence is laid on I a certain class of our 

< 'ilizcns (not the Jlost able to pay) that is, | or ever was laid by any other state or king- 
.l..m ... 

The CoUeeldr of this tax had also to collect a tax of three pence on the pmind | 
and a tax of two pence on the Pound to pay the army notes due in 1782, and | the hi- 
lerest of those Notes — which taxes could then be discharged only in hard | Money on 
those Notes and the certificates drawn that year which Securities | were then Nearly of 
the Value of hard Jloney — the cdlhclui- ira.s a ijoinitj man Son of Daniel Elmrorth Kscf mid 
III' liHjiiuch'iitli/ nettled those tit.re.i \ hefnve he Colleeted them from the people the Assembly 
.t'terwards | abated another 20""" parte and he had to receive from the Treasurer | about 
'-■><i) that he had overpaid — they also made other Notes and | Certificates receivable on 
-' taxes — and he was obliged to receive from | the Treasurer and jieople a large Sum in 
■~iate Securities that could Not | be applyed to pay this hard Money — and of Not 
.More than lialfe | the Value of those he paitl into the Treasury | then he was unable 
to settel with the Treasurer, and was committed to prison, we took his | Note & 
released him from Goal and have an execution against him | for the Money — iu the 
.Mean time a distress Is.sued against ns, and | then against the Inhabitants, whereupon 
we gave to Ezekiel Williams | Esq' late Sheriff for Hartford County our Receipt for 
Stock Sufficient to pay East Windsors projiortion of s*" tax it Gentlemen in Ellington | 
for their parte of s'' tax which Receipts have been put in sute and he has an Execution 
against us for about £060 and is pressing | for paynu^nt — thu.s by undertaking to be 
publick officers | wc are become legally Indebted to the State about £6(i() and by receiv- 
ing I those State Securities wc are Creditors to the Stale. 

To your Ilcjnours therefore we apply and pray that on our Delivering | to the 
Tfeasurcr Slate Notes to the sum of £800 he be directed | to give Credit on s^ Tax £400 
or Such other Sum as is Just | it reasonable on a full Consideration of those pecidiar 

< irinunstances attending | this Case | 

And Suft'er us to ask, must we be Committed to prison, offering i/ou \ in, Pni/ment 
j/our (urn Noten with a Discount of Jifty p' Cent? Notes | that wc did not purchase to 
Pay our Debt, but were received by | us «& the (V)llector under peculiar Circumstances, 
few Creditors would do this — or will you pospone the payment — and pay us | £40 
yearly luterest for Monies due to you can this be for | the Interest of the State — If it 
be Sidd this Moiic}' is appropriated | to the use of th<; United States May we not ask is 
their the same | Justice and policy to soport the luiion in this way, now, as their was | 
when the tax was Granted — and if the Money Must be p.-iid into | the Treasury of the 
United States, in payment of a soposed debt du(' | why may we not pay twice tliat Sum 
in Notes against the united | States, this we are willing to ilo, or any other way 
within I our Power that your Honours will point out — and Make a | Settlement of 
this unhajipy alTair — which has Greatly Distressed us | for to Collect this lax their has 
issued from the Treasurer | four distinct warrants & Distresses against tlie Inhabitants, 
Collectors | & Select Men — and four Distinct ExecutioTis on JudgnuMits in the | Comets 
of Law against the Collector & Receipt Men which has | Not removed but Increased 



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those Dilliculties that to us | always liave bieii liisiiriiioiiiilMliIc — viz an utter Iimbility — 
in the CiiUietvi- or Iiilntlntantii to jiay the Muiuy, without icuiiviiig | sonic payment from 
Uic State." 

Tlir I'xci-iitioii iiuaiiist these iiiili;i|i]iy seleftnieii \v;is liniilly siis- 
jH'iidfil liy iiiilei- III' the (leuenil Assembly. — ('unit. Arch., Rev. War, 

xxxvii. u;j, ns, nil. 



l'eili;i|is a littilit;' close lof this eha|ilri- will lie tlir Inllnwini; ilrnis : 

.Mr. David Hull 

Bo' at public Auction — 
1784 
Aug« 4.— 1 SoWUiv Note £14 - 17 - 77 - w 1 1 It) €S 1 1 1 

Rec' the Cnntcnts for I,. Hull. 

.In. .Ti-.KUti v. 

The will dl' Joseph Kg(;le8ton of Wiiidsoi-, a Kexdliitioiiaiy solilier 
who (lie<l ill 17S2, contains tho following item : 

■■ .V (Icht unknown, for services in the Ucvolutionary .Vriny. as a .Militia .soldier, 
hard fare and poor pay 'JOOOO.dO.OO.' 



.1 n other Generntion . 

Those GentUiiuii who wish to Celebrate | the annivcrsiry of .\ni<TiraM iMilcpcnd 
ence at the | house of M' .losejih Phelps are desired to honor | this proposal with tlieii 
Signatures | 

terms Pinner & wine 4'16'' 

Att a metiug of a number of Kespeetable | Inhabitants of this town the following' | 
Gentlemen were Chofen a Committee to make | the uccefsary arrangements ' 

MefskliziurWoleott ] 
,V«—Tis Expected an] Aliial Woleott 

Oration will be I Joseph Ilosmer | Com" 

Delivered at the f Kli Oleotl | 

Meting house I .lesse Charlton J 



Asahel Olcott 
Amafa Newberry 
Bissell Sloiighton 
Ale.\' King 
W" Stoughton 
Abner Reed 



Abner Burnham 
Talcott Waleolt 
.loseph Newberry 
Nathan Iligley .lun 
.Vlbcrt Woleott 
Timothy Stoughton 



.leames Flint 
Samuel Terry .Ir 
Nathi Rockwell .Jr 
Chefter Woleott 



'The prol)able date of this celebration is 1S()7: .see liMiinx' Dianj. Vol lip 1> 



REVOLUTIONARY SOLKIKKS FROM EAST WINDSOR. 085 

A l.lsl' OF SOLDIEIJS FURNISIIKD To llll'; AJIEIUCAN UEVOLLTIONAKV 

ARMY FROM THE TOWN OF EAST WINDSOR (INCI.l'DINC 

THE PRESENT TOWNS OF EAST AND SOLriTI 

WINDSOR AND ELLINGTON). 



Ill i'<iiii|iiling tills list we h;ivc rt'liecl iiiiou orii/iini/ ilociunentarii ovi- 
(liiii T. Tlif Town's records are laiiientalily iiuperrect : and there is little 
iloiilit that many soldiers (especially those who wvvv in service in the 
siiiiinier of 1T76) will never be honored liy any |-ec(irded reco<>'nition of 
their \alor. As far as any existing lueinorials in East Windsor, we ha\c 
liecn (ililiged to rely iiiMin snch of the loose j)ai)ers, nienioranda, and cor- 
res])ondencc of Capt. Roswell (ii;ANT,('apt. Lemuel ST0U(iiiT0N, M r. Ehene- 
zi'^R (!rant, Deacon Eli Olcott, Lieut. Alexander Kino, as have been ])re- 
-. rved by their descendants. These gentlemen wci-e active in the scr- 
\ ice, or at home in ordering the afl'airs of the town ; and, if it had not 
been for the mass of old papers found iiy ifiss Sperry in the garrets of 
tiieir former dwellings, East Windsor would have had but a sorry show- 
ing as til her Revolutionary History. Ti-adition has helpeij to give us a 
•• clue" here and there ; and the recently published Offifitil Keconl <if 
( '"itnecticut in the Revolution (see p. 34-1:) has helped ns by diligent 
'tforts to "clinch" the facts gathered. Much of the dithcnilty we have 
' iirountered in our work has been owing to the fact that, in the Revolu- 
tionary (as in oiu- recent) war men freipiently enlisted in com])anies, 
recruited in towns adjacent to those'of tlu'ir proper residence; and often, 
\viiol(> "siiuads" of Eitxt Windsor men are found (On diligent search) to 
lie ci-edited on the regimciital rolls to WinJsor or other adjoining towns. 
Names also a[i]iear on the rolls of E. W. companies, of men who belong 
to the militia companies of other towns adjoining, and were detached 
Oiuder the emergencies of service-draft) from the companies, to fill out 
till' ipiota of E. W., and vice versa; so that the making out of a correct 
list ol Iv W. soldiers presents many unforeseen and puzzling problems 
to the eiiipiiri'i-. Wc ilo not profess to have attained perfi'<-t accuracy, 
tliouuli we have striven for it. 

It must be remembered that the East Windsor militiamen belonged 
to the Nineteenth (Connecticut Jlilitia Regiment, under command of Col. 
Terry of Eiilield. They were divided (during the gr(!ater i)art of the 
war) into the followinir eoDipnnicx, viz.: Capt. Lennud Stoughton, North 
Parish; Capt. Roswell Grant, South Farixh (now South Windsor); 
Cajit. Charles Ellswoi'th, of Ellin<jton. All these captains were, more or 
less, in active sei-vice ; and, consequently, tlieir commands at home, 
known as "Alarm Lists" — see p. 651, fell more or less into tlie hands 
of Capt. Ilezekiah Uissell, iVjr^/( Pnrixh ; Capt. Amasa Loomis, tS'>«</( 
Parish; and ('apt. Icliaiiod Wadsworth, of Ullini^ton. This is, per- 



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IlISTOUy OK ANt'lKNT WINDSOli. 



liaps, as close a statt'iuciit as can now he made. Jt is evident, IVoni a 
due consideration of the ])apers whicli have come under our observation, 
that tliesc Ahirui Mst captains (all ol' whom luvd themselves seen active 
service in the first year of the war) had i)lent\' t>f husiuess in for- 
warding drafts from their respective alarm lists; in hetuing and deciding 
upon excuses; in furnishing and e()uipping the drafted men, attending to 
the support of their families, etc.; in correcting ollicial returns from the 
Wai- Department as to men (-lainicd to he from their town (or vice verxa ): 
and in all the details which devolve upon military oHiccrs in time of war. 
And it also seems tt) he quite ovideut in comparing the various alarm 
lists, lists of men drafted for special duties, etc., that hut very few ahlr 
l)odied males, young or old, black, white, or Indian, in Old East Winil- 
sor esca])ed the opportunity of doing some duty for their country's sake 

Those portions of the text enclosed within [sipiai'i/] hrai-Ucts. a i r 
(like those sinulai-ly ilistinguished in the llVy/f/.v//- Uevolntionary List i 
from the Official lu-conl of CoiinccticKf 3Ieu in the Itcrolufionan/ W'lir. 

Alilu'cviatious used in this list: 

Exp. — expired, 
fill. — from. 
Mciit. — mentioiiefl. 
Mil. — militi;i. 
Ni>. — miiiilii'i'. 
ciir.— olHci". 
d'ciis. — peusioiiei'. 
I'o.ss. — possilily. 
Piob.— proliaMy. 
Uefl. — I'ediued in ninli. 
Res. — residing. 
IJet. — returned, 
[{(■j;. — regiment. 
Supp. — snpported l>_v 
'I'm. — time, 
tninsf. — tninsrcned. 
wd.— wounded. 



Add Int. —Additional Infantry Reg't 

Agt. — against. 

Brig. — Brigade. 

Biitt.— Iiiittalion. 

Cl'k.— Clerk. 

Co. — Company. 

Conl. — Continental 

Conn. — Connecticut. 

d.— died. 

Disc. — diseliarged. 

Disah.— disabled. 

Doe. — document. 

Ell.— Ellington. 

Enl.— Enlisted. 

Enf.— Enfield. 

E. W.— East Windsor. 

Eng. — engaged. 



[The initials u. c. G. refer to the late Dr. Hou.vcic C. Gii.i.ivrTK's Sketehe.s (See 
Preface); J. G. B. to items eontriliuted liy Hev. .1. G. Baijui, of Elliugtoii ; K. T. s , Miss 
RuTU T. 8riiitKY. E. \V. Hill 1 

ABUE (ABBY), TlKl.MAS, CaiU. pn.h. [of Cain. Simons Knf. v\: IC. \V Co.. Col. K 
Woleotfs Stale Ueg. at Bosliui, .lan.-Meh., Tti; of Capt. I^arsons' L'd (Enf i 
(!o., Col. Sage's :id Battal., Wadsworth's Brig, in service in and around N. Y , 
•76; poss. the Ll. T. A. for Enf. who was ..f 2d Co., Col. Mott's Battal.. same 
I5rig., serving in North Dep't. in autumn of '7(1; Capl. from Enf. of ;id Reg 
Conn. Line (Col. Sam. \Vyllys), formation of '77-81]; Conimiss. '77: recruited 
a Co. of 82 men; he beeame deranged and was retired in Nov.. "!S. on a le 
arraugeraent of otlieers; petitioned the Assembly. May, '83, asking for ii-im 
bursemeiil of moneys exp. by him in payin.g bounties to liis men (" in order to 
calm their murmurs and retain them in service, being imable to gel the sanu 
from the Cout. Treas'y "), and for other payments made by him during the 



LIST OK KAST WINDSOR EEVOLUTtONAItY SOLOIKHS. (!S7 

w;ir; slatiii.u: lli;il. in st'lllini;- with llic Com. (jf tlic I':iy Talilc-, a lialiiiii-c of 

t40, Kiv. Oil. had bocii found anaiust him. for wliich suit had been t'ommenccd 

and judgnicnl rondored ayt. him in llartl'onl Court. Arc. lie also appears as 

one of a no. of oflioere wlio, Oct., 'H~>, memorialized the Assem. that they had 

ree'd no adequate pay for services during war. App<'.il not ijraiilcd. ('m,/, 

Arch.. Iltr. ]V,ii: xxiv. 300: xxix. 5fi. Rev. Pens., 1818. 
.VliBOTT, JOSEPH (Pomfrct, now Brooklyn). At the beginning of Miu Hev. was 

Capt. of a Co. in 11th Keg. of Coim. Mil.; in Dee.. 76. beeanie Maj. of the 

l{eg. ; in 77 was Maj. of a C'o. drafted men sent to reinforce Gen. Gates at 

Saratoga. He became Lieut.-Col. of the lltli Keg. in .Ian.. 79. resigned early 

in 'S3; afterwards res. in Ellington. — .T. o. v.. 
N',\'PIIAN (Sgt.) [5lh Co. (Capt.. Chas. Ellsworth's), 8lh Cont. Reg. (Col. TIuiitiM-^ 

Ion's), cnl. 10 July-Dec. 18. '7.").] 
AI'.EL (negro), was of [Capt. Simon.s' Enf. and E. W. (Jo. (7). Col. Erastus Wol- 

eoll's Sl.ite l!cg. at Boston. Jan.-Mch.. '76|; in Cont. .service from Capt. Hos- 

well Grant's Mil. Alarm List, May, '79. 
ALDEN, DANIEL, enl. StU Co. ((:apt. Chas. Ellsworth's) 8 Cont. Reg.. Col. IIimlinLr 

ton, 6 July-18Dec., '75. 
ALEXANDER. THOMAS, of E. W., app. for Pension Co. Clk's olf.. Htfd 
ALLEN, ABIAL. in Cont. service, from Capt. Aniasa Loomis' Mil. Alarm List, in '79; 

prob. [enl. Capt. Whiting's Co., Col. Webb's Reg. . 10 Meh.. 77, for:iyrs.: d. 

1(1 Mch., '80.]; see p. 668. 
DAVID, Sgt. Lex. Alarm, see p. 631 ; prob. |<'nl. Lt. Smith's Co., Gen. E. Wol- 

cotl'sBrig., Mch. -June, '77, and of Capt. Olmsted's Co., Col. Enos MiL Reg. 

on Hudson, '78; and who enl. 8 Aug., '79; disc. 15 Jan., '80, in levies of 2 Conn. 

Line Reg. (Col. Chas. Webb), formation of '77-'81.] 
ELIHU, in Cont. service from Capt. Ilez. Bissell'sMil. Alarm List, '79-'81; in Cont. 

.irniy 12 mos., '78, rcc'd £30 Cont. money — 7_hioii Dric. [in Capt, Oleotfs Co. 3 

Aug. — disc. 21 Sept., '78; in Capt. Chapman's Co., which eng. under Gen. 

Sidlivan to dislodge the Br. at Newport and was eng. in battle of K. I., 29 

.\iig., '78; enl. 23 July, '80; disc. 9 Dec, '80, in levies of 2d Conn. Line 

Keg. (Col. Chas. Webb), formation, '77-'81.] 
LPIIESTION. "hath Joseph Elmer's gun."— Tnmi Clerk P. Okoll'fi i/un. returns. 
JOSEPn, prob. [enl. Apl. 1, '77, for 8 mos.; disc. 9 Jan., '78; in Capt. Prior's Co. 

(!)th C!onn. Line Ite,g. (Col. Bradley) formation '77-'81; poss. the J. A. who eid. 

10 Jan., '78, as Mariner on the State Man of War Oiii-er Cromwell] ; 27 Aug., 

'81, Joseph A., Jr., gives receipt for $41 silver, rec'd from Caiit. Thos. Abhy, 

as hire, in service until 1 Jan., '82. — Town. Doc. 
JOSEPH, Jr., enl. fm. classes in No. Parish, E. W., into (^ont. .service ; tm. exp. 

Jan. 1, '82. — ('apt. llez. DhseU's Certificate. 
X().\ir. Ens. Lex. Alarm, see p. 631 ; [was of Capt. E. Wolcott's Co. in service 

•luly-Aug., '76]; Ens. in Capt. Lemuel Stoughton's (4) Co., Col. E. Wolcott's 

Mil. (19th) Reg.; died before 1 May, "77.— Stoiiijhton Mss. 
SAMl'EL, Lex. Alarm, see p. 631. 
ALLYN. AARON, [in Capt. Prior's (2) Co , Col. E. Wolcott's State 15rig.. Jan.-Mch.. 

'76; of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co. in June, '78, of C'ol. Enos' Mil. Keg. on the 

Hudson], for which he rec'd £6. 6. 8. 
-VRNOLD, le. 71; pens. res. E. W^. 1840; prob. the pens. res. Conn. 1818; private in 

.!/;/.«. Line. 
-MOSES, [in Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., Col. Enos' Mil. Reg. on the Hud.son, sum- 
mer '78,] for whicli he rec'd £6. 6. 8 ; prob. [enl. 1 July-9 Dec, '80, levies of ;") 

Coim. Line, Col. P. P. Bradley, and prob. C'apl. Prior's Co.] 
MOSKS, Jr., was in Cont. service from the No. parish of E. W.; time exp. 1 

Jan., 1782. — Ciipt. lies. liisselVs Certificate. 



boo HISTORY l)F ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

TIMOTHY, of ('apt. Itoswell Gninr.s Co., callfd out Ic j..iii Col. Euds' Mil. Reg. 

on the Hudson, Juiip. 'TM ; ivcd £5. i>. 1. pay. 
ZACHAKIAH, may be the Z. A. who was [of Capt. Joel Loomis' E. W. Co. in 

Afaj. Backus JJglit Ilorsc, eiil. Sept. T-Oct. 2, '76] ; was prob. the one who 

(with Levi Booth, also of E. W.,) hired Abel Mclntire, of Enf., in Clapt. Thos. 

Abby's Co., Col. Wyllys's Reg., for 3 yrs. fm. Mch., ■~H.— Capt. Ahhi/'x Certif. 

See, al.so. Mrlnfire. 
ANDERSON, ASAHEL, [enl. 5 Co. (Capt. Chas. Ellsworth) 8 Conl. Reg. (Col. Ilunl 

ington) 10 July-18 Dec, '75, at Boston and vicinity.] 
JOnN. Lex. Alarm, see p. 635; [enl. C'apt. Simons' Co. of Eiif. A E. W'.. Col. I". 

Wolcott's State Reg. at Boston, Jan. -Mch., '76.] 
TIMOTHY', was in retreat from L. I., II. C. G. Sketches, viii.; [I'nl. 1 July. ■Hi)-'.' 

Dec, '80, levies of 2 Coiui. Line Reg., Col. Chas. Webb, formation '77-'81 

PiMis. Htfd Co., 1832; pens. res. E. Htfd, 18401 ; see page 6.->9. 
WIM-IAM. Ell •! in 1780, his fam. rec'd siipp. from E, W.— SI/ile Arch., xxx, 1 

Icul.Capt. Prior's Co. (2) Col. E. Woleotfs State Reg. at Boston, Jan.-JIch. 

'7('i; enl. 20 May, '77, for war, as Corp'l in Capt. Prior's Co., 5th Conn. Line, 

Col. P. P. Bradley; transf. to Invalid Corps, 29 Oct., '79; enl. 1 July, '80; disc. 

9 Dec, '80. in levies of 2 Conn. Line, C'ol. Chas. Webb] ; see page 608. 
ANDREWS, NATHANIEL, Lex. Alarm, see p. 631 ; [enl. 15 July-Dec. 13. '80, levic< 

of 2 Conn. Line, Col,. Chas. Webb.] 
ANDRUS, WILLIAM, fam. rec'd sup]), in '80, from E. Vf.— State Airli.. xxx. 1: 

prob, Icnl. 1 July-9 Dec, '80. in levies of 2 Conn. Line, Col. Chas. Webb.) 
BALDWIN, SAMUEL, [enl. Cajit. Simons' Co., Col. E. AVolcott's State Reg. at l?..s 

ton. Jan. -Mch., '76.] 
BANCROFT, SAMUEL, Lex. Alarm, see p. 03.-); was of Capt. Roswdl (JriMls .Mil 

Alarm List; [2d Lieut. Capt. Simons' (7) Enf . & E. W. Co.. in Col. V. \Yolcntt^ 

Slate Reg. at Boston, Jan. -Mch., '76] ; see page 644. 
THOMAS, Lex. Alarm, see p. 635 ; J/. O. O. Sketch, xiv., .says lu- was a tr.nnstcr, 

and among those who took supplies from Gov. Trunil)\dl of Conn, to Wasli 

ington's Army at Moi'ristown, N. J., in Spring of '79-'80. 
BARBER, ASHBKL,' Lex. Alarm, see p. 031 ; may be, also, the .\. 15 who |cnl. from 

Simsbury. in 18 Reg. (Col. Phelps) and was detached t'(.r special scacoast 

defen.se,"l780.] 
JONATHAN, Lex. Alarm, sec p. fli'.l ; inob. [enl. 1 July Dec 9. so, short term 

h^vies 2 Conn. Line, Col. Chas. Webb; poss. was in ('apt. .Malt. Sniilhs Co., 

Gen. Waterbury's Brig.; enl. 11 Aug., '81.] 
NOAH (Wpg.), Sgt., Lex. Alarm, see p. 633. In Sept., SI, he and lioswcll 

Grant were addressed as " commanding officers of military Co's. E. W. " ('a]it. 

Barber; d. , a>,. 87. /.'». //, ll/w. Old li.-Gd. 

SIIADRACII, name found on a list, dated '78, in Ebeuezer Grant's liandwriling. of 

" Orders draw'u on Trcas'>' unanswered. 
SIMEON, was [of Capt. K. Wolcott's ."Mil. Co., July-Aug., •7(;. ] 
BARKER, JOSEPH, [enl. 10 July, '75, 5tb Co. (Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's), .S|h Cont 

Reg., Col. Huntington— disc 28 Sept.. '75.] 
BARTM-rrr, Stephen, E11., Lcx. Alarm, see p. (i34; [prob. the S. I!, who enl 

('apt. Hcz. Parsons' Enf. Co. (10) of 4 Cont. Reg., Col. Hinman. S JIay-19 

Dec, '75 ; this Co. was at the Sie.gc of Boston ;] ,i. g. n. thinks he may have 

been [of 8 Co.. 2d Battal., Wadsworth's Brig , June-Dec, '76] ; see p. 668. 
BASCOM, ELIAS, enl. from classes in No. parish of E. W. in Cont. service; time exj) 

1 Jan., '82 — a')f(/. «/ ('apt. Hn. IlisseU ; enl. [called liastam. in Off. Her., 1 

Jidy-9 Dec, '80, in short term levies of 2 Conn. Line, Col. Chas. AVebh] 
BATES, ZEP!L\NIAH, of Capt. Harper's Mil. Alarm List; [enl. Capt. .\l)lii>s Co. of 

Enf., 25 May, '77, for 3 yrs; disc. 15 Alay, SO, in 3 Conn. Line. Col. Sam. 

AVyllys] ; see p. 667. 



LIST OP EAST WINDSOIi REVOLrTlDNAliY SOLDIKUS. 689 

HAXTKU, FHANCIS, Lex. Alarm, see p. (i:il ; ICorpl KHIi Co., 4 Cont. Reg., Col. 
Hiunian, was at Siege of Boston, To, ciil. 11 JIay-lO Dec-.]; in '7'.(, was in Cont. 
service from Cupt. Harper's Mil. Co.: .see p. filiT ; in '80 his fain, ree'd snpp. 
from K. W. — State AreJiires, .\.\x. 1 ; abt. 1 Meli., '81, he enl. from classes in 
No. parish of E. W., time exp. 1 Mch., 'S2 — C'ertif. of Cnpt. lln. lihxiU : II. 
C. G. Sketch, viii., says "he was severely wounded and onee taken prisoner 
at a tavern, by a surprise of Br. troops, and with the connivance of the land 
lord." This connects with the following doc. among K. W. papers. 

Est Windsor, December the 16, ITSS. 
■' these may Certcfy the Select | men of this town and all others | that 1 Xoah 
Stiles hev known | mr francis Baxter | Complain of a p.iin in his | arm by the 
wound he got | in the Saves (service] and gin out | Labor by rcsen of the 
Same." 

BELKNAP. FHANCIS, Ell. [Capt. Par.son.s' (lOth) Co.. 4 Cont. Ueg. Col. Ilinman, 
16 May-li) Dee., 75,] 
DAVID, Ell.'/ [enl. Capt. R. Grant's Co., Col. .lohn.sons Keg., Jau.-Feb., '70.] 

BE3IENT (BEEMAN), JONATHAN, rec'd a gun from Pub. Stores for his use in 
Exped. to N. Loud., July, '79; [enl. 10 July-Dec. 3, '80, levies of 3 Conu. Line, 
Col. Chas. Webb]; fam. rec'd supp. from E. W. — State Arch., '79, xxx. 1; was 
of Capt. Grant's (1st) Alarm Jlil. List, and detached 10 Apl., '83, to join Cont. 
Army, for service until 30 Dec., '82; .see p. 670. 

BELLOWS, JAMES, [cnl. 10 July-Dec. IS, '7.-), Capt. C. Ellsworth's (.-)) Co., 8 Cont. 
Reg., Col. Huntington.] 
BENJAMIN amlian), iu Cont. Service '79-'80, from Capt. Bissell's Jlil. Co. 

BENTON, ELIJAH, [cnl. 18 May, '77, for 3 yrs.; disc. 13 May, '80, in Capt. Hmman's 
Tolland Co. Co., 3 Conn. Liue, Col. Chas. Webb; cnl. :i Mch., '83, recruit in 
Sheldon's Light Dragoons; described as a farmer, o ft. 9 in. high, light com- 
plex., blue eyes and light hair.] 

BIDWKLL, EPHRAIM, [was of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., Col. Euos' Mil. Reg. on 
Hudson, summer of '78 ; [rec'd pay, £6. 8. ;] enl. 26 July-Dec. 13, '80, levies 
of 2 Conn. Line, Col. Chas. Webb; prob. was the E. B. who cid. Aug. 20-Dec. 
3, '80, in short levies of 7 Conn. Line, Col. Heraan Swift; was of Col. Canticld's 
Mil. Reg. at West Pt., N. Y.. Sept., 1781.] 

BILL, JONATHAN, was iu Cont. service, '79, from Capt. Hez. Bissell's Alarm List 
Co., E. W. 

BL\GH.VM, ITHAMAR, /)w«s. [the J. B. app. Issuing Commi.ssary for Coun. troops in 
Cont. Army, JIay-June, '77 ; enl. 1 July ; disc. 4 Dec, '80; levies of 5 Conn. 
Liue, Col. P. P. Bradley]. 

BISSELL, CHARLES, Lex. Alarm, see page 635 [of Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co., on 

.service July-August, '76]; detach, from Capt. Roswell Grant's 3Iil. Alarm Li.st 

(9 Mil. Keg.) to report at Newport, R. I , under Capt. Hez. Bissell, July, '80. 

KLIIIU, Ell., see p. 668; was in Cont. service for Capt. Johnson's Co., '79; was 

this the E. B. [Surgeon's JIate (app. 10 Sept , '77, retired 34 Apl., '80) to Sur- 

,geon Joseph B. Wadsworth] (of Kll.) in Col. Sherburne's Reg. 1777-81]'? It 

.seems prob., as there were other Ell. and E. W. men in this Reg. 

ELISHA. Lex. Alarm, see p. 635 ; [enl. 23 May; disc. 10 Dec., '75; in 2 Co. (Capt. 

Ozias Bissell) 4 Cont. Reg. Col. Hinman, were at Siege of Boston; was of Capt. 

Simon's Enf. and E. W. Co., Col. £. Wolcott's State Reg. at Boston, Jan.- 

Mch., '76; /'w.i. the E. B., who enl. 26 May, '77, for 8 months; disc. 1 Jan., '78; 

in Capt. Munson's (^o., 8 Conn. Line, Col. C^haudler.] 

HEZElvIAH, chosen Ens. "by a great m.ajority " in Capt.* Lemuel Stougliton's 

(4th) Co. of Col. Erastus Wolcott's (19th) Reg. in place of Noah Allen, dec'd, 

Jlay 1, 1777. — Stoiighton Mas. See also previous pages of this chapter. 

Vol. I.— 87 



690 IIISTOUY OK ANCIKNT WINDSOK. 

.lOlLN, cnl. |C.). 5 (Cnpl. Clias. KUswdrtli) .Slli Omt. Re-,, t'lil. llunliii-ti.ii. II 
.luly-Ocl. 16, ~sr>; was of Capt. E. Wolcoll's Mil. Co. in service Jiily-Aug , 
'76] ; may liave been the John Bissell wlio was [trumpeter of Capt. Joel Loo 
inis'.s E. W. Co. in Maj. Backus's Light lIor.se, Sept. 7-29 Get., 761 ; dfted. 
into Cont. Serviee, '79, from Capt. Harper's Co.; fam. rec'd sii]i]i. from town. 
— Sliil, AitIi., x.\.\. 1 ; see pp. 667. 670. 

JUSTUS, [was of Capt. E. Woleotfs .Mil. Keg., in service July-Aug., ■76. cnl. -.M 
June-9 Dec, '80, levies of 3 Conn Line, Col. Clias. Welib."] 

ISRAEL, of Capt. E. Woleotfs Mil. Co., in service. July-Aiig. 76. 

LEMUEL, [the "— U'il" B. in '>/. Un-. p. 564, who enl. 5 May, 1781, in ("apt 
Sainnel Granger's Co., (tcii. Walcibury's State Brig.] ; Pens., res. Htfd. ('(• 
18:i2 ; d. 1847, :e. %:>.— Scminnr!/ li'j.Ud.. E. W. Hill. 

MOSES, Jr., Lex. Alarm, see p. 631. 

.MOSES, (Corp'l) in Capt. E. Woleotfs Co., July-Aug.. '7(1, 

NATHANIEL, among. Am. prisoners paroled or exeh., '76, after tlic altarU on 
Quebec. 

OLIVKU, Lex. Alarm, see p. 631. 

THOMAS, in Cont. serviee in '79 [Pens. ;e. 82; res. E. W. 1840.] 

Tl.MOTliy. Lex. Alarm, see p. 633. 

VVnXIAM, elected Ens. 4 Co., liitb .Mil. Reg. (Cnl. E. Woleotfs), 31 May, 17T9.— 
Sloiiji/ifon Mss. 
BL01)(4ETT, JOSIAH, Lex. Alarm, see p. 631. 

I'HINEHAS, Lex. Alarm, see p. 631 ; prob. the P. B. [who cnl. l.s May-H> Dec 
'75. Capt. IIcz. Parsons (Enf.) Co. (10) 4 Conl. Reg., Col. llimuaM ; this Co. at 
Siege of Boston ; cnl. 1 .liily-Dcc, 13, '80 ; short term levies. ',' Conn. Line. Col 
Chas. Webb] 

ROSWELL, Lex. Alarm, see p. 631 ; |enl C:;pt. Pitkin's (Hartford) Co., 4 Cont 
Reg., Col. Hinman, 35 May-Dec., '75 ; this Co. at Siege of Boston ] 
BOOTH, Caleb, Jr.. Lex. Alarm, see p. 631. 

EHASTUS, [cnl. Capt. Abbe's Co., 18 Feb., '78, for three years ; <lisc. 31 Dec. '.-^o. 
3 Conn. Line, Col. Sam Wyllys ; Pens., res. N. Y. 1S181 : Itchmged to Capt 
Hez. BisscU's Mil. Alarm List ; see p. 667. 

HENRY, [in the Enf. Lex. Alarm party, '75 ; enl. 6 July-Dec, '75, in 5 Co. (('apt 
Chas. Ellsworth's) 8th Cont. Reg. , Col. Huntington; Corp'l in Capt. Abbe's 
Co., 3 Conn. Line, Col. Wyllys, 4 Melt., for the war ; red. Nov., '77 ; Corii'l 1 
May, '80; Sgt. 1 Sept.. '80 ; Sgt. in Capt. Spaulding's Co. 1 Jan., '81-Dec 31, 
'81; one of the " Wyoming Co. 's " of 1st Reg.. Conn. Line, formation of '.Sl- 
'83.] 

LEVI, (Sgt.) was chosen by the 2d class of Capt. L. Stoughton's Alarm List to 
serve for three J'rs., or during the war ; (doc. undated, but jirob.) some time in 
'78. He ]irob. obtained a stibstitute ; see Xac/i. Allyii and A/jcl Mrliitiiv. 

PETER, [enl. 18 Feb., '77, for 8 mos., Capt. Eells'Co., 3 Comi. Line, (Col. Sam. 
Wyllys) Reg.; disc. 1 Jan., 1779] ; "January 1778 Peter Booth rcc' .£45 Conti- 
nental money (or abounty to Serve in the Continental army — one year 

Peter Booth 8 months in year 1799 Rec"* four hundanl & Eighty Dollars as 
abounty to Serve in the State Service teft Peteh Booth." — E. W. Tdwii J'apeiv. 

SA.MUEL, of [Capt. RoswcU Grant's Co., Col. Enos's Mil. Reg. on the Hudson, 
summer of '78] ; pay rec'd, ,£5. 

SIMEON, Jr., enl. Cont. Army, from classes in No. parish of E. W.; time cxp. 1 
Jan., '82.— C'ertif. Capt. lliz. BisxeU. 
BOTTOM, JACOB, (Ell..) Lex. Alarm see p. 634. 

AZEL, menib. of tst Alarm List of 19tli Mil. Reg. at E. \\.. warned for scrviie at 
N. Y., 12 July, '79. 
BOWER, AZEL, as a memb. of Capt. Roswcll Grant's 1st Alarm Co. 19 Reg. Mil . 
was warned, 13 July, '79, to prepare for a tour to New London. 



LIST OF KAST WINDSOR UIOVOLUTIONAH Y SOLDIKHS. (JDl 

liOWEUS, JOHN, [Corp'l in C'apt. Koswell Gninfs Co., t'ol. Enos's ]{cg. on tlu' llii.l 
son, summer of '78], for which he ree'd £7. 0, 10 ; (let:ich<;il from his Co., l)y 
order, to go to Newport with C'apt. He/.. Bissell, July, '80 ; |enl. 5 May, 1781, 
in ('apt. Sam. Granger's Co., Geu. Walerbury's State Brigade;] d. 23 Mch.. 
182.5, x. 88. Wj)f/. ]^ir Gd. [Pens. wid. Catlierine, ib. 79, res. Iltfd. Co. 1840. | 

BHADI.KV, JOSIAH, Jr., (Ell.) Lex. Alarm, see p. 684; [of 5 Co., 2 Cont. Reg., Col. 
Spencer, 6 May-17 Dec, 75.] 
STEPHEN, of C!apt. E. 'Wolcott's Mil. Co.; in .service Jiily-Aiig.. '76; [of Capt. 
Hoswell Grant '.s Mil. Co., with Col. Johnson's State Keg. at Providence. K. 1.; 
pro)), the Pens. res. New Haven Co., 1833.] 

BKA:\1.\N, DANIEL, of Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co.; in service July-Aug., '76 ; [ciil. 
12 June, '81, in Capt. J. Stoddard's Co., Geu. Waterbury's State Brig.] ; prob. 
the D. B. who, ace. to certif. of Capt. Hez. Bissell of E. W., enl. abt. 1 Mch., 
'81 ; tm. exp. 1 Mch., '82 ; fm. classes in No. Parish E W. 

HKIGGS, JOHN, [enl. 3 Co., Capt. Chas. Ellswortli, 8 Cont. Reg.. Col. Huntington, 
6 July-Dec. 18, '7.").] 

HKO'U'N, JOSIAH, Ell., Lieut.; prob. the J. B. who [enl. 5 May, and was Sgt. from i) 
Aug.-Dec. 17, '75, in Capt. Sol. Wills's Tolland Co. (5) 2 Cont. Reg., Col. Spen- 
cer ; may have been the Ens. Brown of C^ol. Enos's (3) Battal. under Gens. Spen- 
cer and Wooster, in R. I. and Conn., 1776-7; app. 2d Lieut., 28 Feb., '77, in 
Col. Sherburne's Add. Inf. Reg.: app. 1st Lieut. 8 Apl., '77; retired Apl., 17, 
■80| ; his family supp. by E. W., 1780.— iS'tote Arch., xxxi. 1 ; see p. 668. 
JCDAH, Ell., .see p. 668 [of Capt. Sol. Willis's Tolland (5) Co., 2 Cont. Reg., Col. 
Spencer ; enl. 5 May-17 Dec, '75 ; ;)ft«s. the Corp'l J. B., enl. 3 Aug.-12 Sept., 
'78, Capt. Wheeler's Co., Col. Chapman's Mil. Reg.; p».«.s. the Judc B., Pens, 
res. 1818, in Vt.]: he seems to have belonged to Capt. Hez. Bissell's Alarm Lisi . 
No. Parish E. W., and in Capt. Johnson's Co., who certifies that Judah I!, 
was an inhab. of E. W., and in Cont. service Apl., '81 ; had a furlough and 
let. to service. On army returns was cred. to W., but not claimed by that town. 
W I l.LIAM, was in Cont. service in May, '79 or '80 ; fm. Caiit. Johnson's (Ell.) Co. 
I'dirii Doc, sec j). 668. 

BROWNLEY, JOHN, Lex. Alarm, sec p. 635; [was of Capt. J. Wells's Co., C.)l. E. 
Wolcott's State Reg. at Boston, Jan. -Mch., '76. | 
l!()l'.i:i!T, Jr., liired in '78 as a sidistitutc by Plilnehas Blodgd.wlio paid liiru 
'J4. silver Mioncy. — drant Mss. 

BROWNLEE, WILLIAM, Lex. Alarm, sec p. 031 ; [of Capt. Simons's Co., Col. E. Wol 
colt's state Reg. at Boston, Jan. -Mch., '76] ; later, in same yr., was of Cai)t. L. 
Stoughton's Co. at N. Y., 6 Sept., where lie was certified by Reg. Surgeon and 
officers as sick " and not likely to be serviceable" to the armj', and his Col. 
recom. his disch.; and, from following memoranda, it is prob. he did not re 
cover; "William Brownlee's money he had when he died. I'l. 4. 9 , yc P.iy 

table for Expence of Sickness, burial, itc, 3. 18. 9. ; paid Joseph Allen 

for y" gun he sold on y Road. €3. 12. 0." 

BROWNSON, HOSEA. was |of Col. Canlield's .Mil. Reg. West Point, N. Y., Sept. '81.] 

BUCKLEY, JONATHAN, hired in '77 by Roger Loomis as a substitute, for which 
he rec'd £12 Cont. money. — Grant. Mss. 

BlU'KLAND, AARON, Ell. ? [enl. 6 J.uly-18 Dec, '75, in 5 Co. (Capt. Chas. Ells- 
worth's) 8 Cont. Regt., Col. Huntington.] 
JONATHAN, [enl. 5 Co. (Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's) 8 Cont. Reg., Col. lluntimrlnn. 
July 9. '75.] 

BURLEY, ASAPH, Ell. [was one of an Ashford Co. (5) 3d Cont. Reg., Gen. Putnam's. 
May 6-Dec. 18, '75 ; this Co. was at Bunker Hill ; enl. Capt. Abbe's (Enf.) C"o. 
3d Conn. Line Reg., Col. Sam Wyllys, Mch. 20, '78, for 10 mos.; disc. 1 Jan., 



692 HISTORY OK ANCIRNT WINDSOR. 

'79, "of Union"; reeul. same reg., 1 July-14 Dec, '80; was ('(ir|il of Caiil 
Murray's (4) Co. Col. Cliester's (6) Batt., 'Wadswortli's Brig., in '7(i. 1 

BURNIIAM, ABNER, I.ex. Alarm, soo p. (ili.-) ; was [of Capt. E. Wolcotls .Mil. Co. in 

service July-Aug., '75.] 

AUGUSTUS, [enl. Co. 5 (Capt. Cbas. Ellsworth's) 8 Cont. Reg., Col. lluntinglon. 

10 ,Tiily-lS Dee., '75 ; of Capt. Simons' (Euf. and E. W.) Co., Col. E. Wolcotls 

State Reg. at Boston, Jan.-Mth., '76.] 

ROGER, [was of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co. in Col. Johnson's State Reg. in service 

at Providence. R. I., Mch., '78 ; Pens. te. 79 ; res. Iltfd. Co. 1840.] 
OLIVER, [of Capt. Simons' (Enf. and E. W.) Co.. Col. E. 'Wolcott's Slate Reg. at 
Boston, .Ian. -Mch., '70.1 

BURROl'GHS, ABNER. Jr., (Ell.), Le.x. Alarm, see p. (V.U ; [Sgt. of Capt. Chas. Ells 
worth's Co., 8 Cont. Reg., Col. Huntington. Jnly-lS Dec, '75.] 
STEPHEN, Ell.'/ [of 10 Co., 4 Cont. Reg.. Col. Ilimnan, 15 May-19 Dec, '75; ot 
Capt. Simons' Co. (Enf. and E. W.) Col. E. Wolcott's State l{eg. at Boston 
Jan. -Mch., '70.] 
ZEBULON. dftd. from Capt. Ichabod Wailsworth's Ell. Co. in '79. into Cont. ser 
vice ; [of Capt. Simons' Enf. and E. W. Mil. Co., Col. E. "Wolcott's State Reg 
at Boston, Jan. -Mch., 7(i] ; see p. COS. 

BUTTON, DANIEL, enl. abt. Mch. 1, 1781 ; tm. cxp. 1 Mch., 1782; fm. classes in 
No. Parish ot E. W.; Certif. of Capt. lies, nissell ; [enl. Capt. Sam Granger's 
Co.; jointed 31 May, 1781 ; served in Gen. Waterhury's State Brig, on seacoast 
defence of Conn, at Pliillip.sburgh, .-md on Westchester line.] 
JONATHAN, of [Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co.; in service Jnly-Aug., '76] ; prob. 
I Pens., res. Tolland Co., 1833.] 

CARI'KN'I'ER, ELI, Lex. Alarm, see p. 634. 

OLIVER, [enl. 6 July. '75, 5 Co. (Capt. ('has. Ellsworth), S Cont. Reg. 

ington.] 
TIMOTHY,- 1 Pens., res. Ell. lS4n. le. 74] ; fin. Kll. ace to .1. o. i;. 

CATO (negro), was of 12 ela.ss. North Parish E. W., Alarm List; th^ 
negroes of this name in the Cont. service. This one may h.-i 
[enl. 5 July-:il Dec, '81, in Capt. Par.son.s's Enf. Co.]. 

CHAMBERLAIN, JAMES (Capt.), estab. March, 1775, as Capt. of a troop of hoise in 
'22d Conn. R('g.— C»H». Airliir.v, H,i'. II",//. .\iv. 399. xv. .-)(Mi ; 13 Aug., 1776, 
being then in command of .said troop, iced orders from the Gov. to organize 
his troop and march to N. York and report to Gen. Washington, under pmin 
ise of being entitled to same wages and rations as the Continental troops were 
entitled to. He enl. 30 troopers, who chose him as their Capt., and with I hem 
marched to N. Y. (Aug. 20), whei-e he joined Col. Samuel Cliapinan's Reg. and 
served until, disch.; was in N. Y. during the landing of the British, the battle 
of L. I., and in the retreat thro. Westchester. He mem. the As.sendily, in Jan.. 
1783, and May, 1786, asking for reimbur.sementof i)rivate funds advanced to 
pay his soldiers' wages, for transportation, etc, etc , he having up to tlial time 
ni'd oidy t:5(l '•marching money" from the Slate. — Cmiii. State Air/iin'n, 
lur. ir,/y, xxiv. 195; xxix. 209; xxiv. '.II. WhiMi Capt. Chamberlain pre- 
sented this petition he had become a res ot Warehouse Point in E. W. 

CHANDLER, DAVID, was Corp'l of the Enf. Lex. Alarm party, '75 ; [enl. 6 Jnly- 
Dec 18, '75. in 5 Co. (Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's) S Cont. Reg.. Col. lluntinglon.] 

CHAPIN, JOHN, |enl. 6 July, '75, Co. 5 (Capt. Clias. Ellsworths) s Cont. Reg.. Col. 
Huntington. | 
SOLOMON, Sgt., I in Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., Col. Eno.s's Mil. Reg. on Hudson, 
summer of '7S] ; for which he ree'd tS. 14. 0. wages ; prob. the S. C. |of Capt- 
.1 W.liss Co., Col. E. Wolcott's State Reg., Jan. -Mch., '76. at Bosion ] 





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LIST OF EAST WINOSOIt KEVOLnTIONAllV SOLDIEUS. G93 

TIMOTIIV, leiil. Cupt. Wliitiiig's (Hlfd.) Co.. Col. S. 1!. Webb's Add. Inf. Iteg., 
lOMcli.. '77, for three years; dise. 10 Meh., 'SO] ; belonged to dipt. Ainasa 
Loomis'.s Mil. Alarm List, E. 'W. See p. G68. 

I II AI'MAX, HOSEA (Ell.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 634 ; [enl. 22 May-20 Dec. •7.-), I ('out. 
Heg., Col. Ilinman] ; his Co. at Siege of Boston. 
SALATHLVL, in Cout. service fm. Capt. Harper's Mil. Alarm List, 7!), [Pens., res. 
Iltfd. Co., 1832; and res. in Simsbury, 1840.] 

CIIAHLES, AARON, [enl. 22 Sept.-l Meh., '78, Col. Henry Sherburne's Add. Inf. 
Keg.]; cred. to E. W. as in Cont. service from Capt. Ich. Wadsworth's Co., '7!1. 

CHARTER, GEORGE, El!., [enL 5 Co. (Capt. Cha.s. Ellsworth's) 8 Cont. Reg., Cul. 
Hnutingfon, 16 Jvily, '75.] 
JOHN, Jr. (Ell.), Lex. Alarm, -see p. 634 ; [5 Co., 2d Reg., Col. Speiicer, 7 i\Iay-6 
Nov., '75 ; 1st Lieut. 6 Co., Col. Gay's (2) Battal. Wadsworth's Brig., '76 ; enl. 
10 Jan., '78, Capt. Clark's Co.; in Capt. Roswell GranCsCo.. 10 Jan.-Mcli..'78l. 
LEVI, Ell., see p. 668 [enl. Sgt. in Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co., in service July 
-Aug., '76; enl. Sgt. iu Capt. Parsons' Co.. 2d Conn. Lino, 15 Mcli., '77, for Ihe 
war] ; is rcc. by Capt. Roswell Grant, as iu Cont service, '7!1, fm. Cajit. Jolni- 
son's Mil. Co. (Ell.) : see, also, p. 644. 

CHAin-TON, SAMUEL (uncle of Jesse), died in the prison-ships at N. Y. — II. C. O.; 
the Off. liec. gives Samuel C. as [enl. 3 Co. (Durkee'sof Norwich) 3 Cont. Heg., 
Col. Israel Putnam, 2i) Juue-16 Dec, '75; Co. in service at Bunker Hill]. 

CHAT3IAN, NATHANIEL, [Pens.; a;. 58, res. E. Vs. 1840]. 

CHl'BBUCK, EBENEZER (Ell.), enl. levies of 5 Conn. Line, Col. BradU^y. 1 .luly-13 
Dec, 1780.— ./. G. B. 

CHURCHILL, ELIJAH, Lex. Alarm, see pp. 035, 036 ; [enl. 5 Co., (Capt. Chas. Ells- 
worth's) 8 Cout. Reg., Col. Huntington, 7 July, '75; of (^apt. Simons' Co., Col. 
10. Wolcott's State Reg. at Boston, Jan.-Mcii. '76; enl. Corji. 7 May, '77. 4lli 
Troop, Col. Sheldon's Light Dragoons, described as a carpenter, 5 ft. !) in. high, 
brown complex., gray eyes, dark hair, and as from Enf.]; but E. W. select- 
men's certif. says he "enl. for and has ever been counted for E. VV. — is in the 
Light Hor.sc, and his family supp. by E. W." — See also State Arch., xxx. 1, 
Ajd., '80; he was of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., May. '79 ; see pp. 668, 670. 

( l.ARK, I>AVID, (Ell.) in Cont. service, '79, for Capt. Ich. Wadsworth's Mil. Alarm 
List, as also in Meh. and Apt., '81, when he was " ret. as from \V.; enl. first for 
8 yrs., then again for the war; and belongs to E. W." — C(i:pt. Cn-tif., Apl., '81. 
See p. 668. 

( LKVKLAND, RUFUS, [enl. 5 Co. (Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's), 8 Cont. Reg., Col. Hunl 
ington. in Jidy-17 Oct., '75.] 

idLToN, GE()I{(;E, of [Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co. in service Jul. -Aug., '76; name 
appears among " casualties" in Col. Wyllys's Reg. in campaign around N, \ ., 
'76; as Corp'l with date of 15 Sept., "missing."] 

I 1 K)K-, JOB, [of Capt. Prior's Co., Col. E. Wolcott's State Reg. at I'.oslon, Jan. -Meh., 
'76; prob. in Capt. Wadsworlh's (lltfd.) flo. at Battle of Stillwater, N'. Y.. Aug. 
26-Nov., '77; ('(np'I of Capt. Roswell Gr.ant's Co., Col. Enos's Mil. Reg. on 
the Hudson, summer of '78], for which he rec'd wages, C6. 7. 7. 

rnt)K, TIMOTHY, [of Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co., in service July-Aug.. '76; enl. 
Capt. Parsons' Co , 2 Conn. Line, Col. Chas. Webb, 26 May, '77, for 8 mos.; 
ilisc 9 Jan., '78; enl. Capt. Olcotfs Co., 4 Aug.; disc. Sept. 21, '78; niemb. 8 
(!o. or train band, 1st Reg. of the Militia.] 

I liANK, FRANCIS, rec'd the loan of a gun from .selectmen of E. W. for his use while 
at N. Lond.. July, '79.— Grant M-tx. 
RUFUS [of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co.. in Col. Enos's Mil. Reg. on the Hudson, 
summer of '78], for which he rec'd €6. 8. 0. wages. 



694 HISTORY OK ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

CHAW, .lOlIN, |(.f Ciipt. Sinioiis's Eiif. and E. AV. Co., Col. E. Woliotfs State Keg. at 

Boston, Jan. -Moll., 'Tfi.J 
CKOL'CII, AAH()>f, Corp'l in Le.\. Alarm party from Stafford; [enl. July 10. 'T."), in 

Capt. Clnis. Ellsworth's Co. (5), 8lli ('out. Keg., Col. Huntington.] 
CULVEK, AVILLIAM, Le.\. Alarm, see pp. 635, 636 ; [enl. Capt. Pitkin's (2) Co. of 

litfd., 4Cont. (Col. Ilinniiin's) Reg. 19 May, 1775; disc. Dec. 20, '75; was of 

Capt. Simons's Co. (Enf. and E. W.) Col. E, Wolcotfs State Reg., Jau.-Mch.. 

'76, at Boston.] 
CUSIIJIAN, JONAH, [eul. 18 Dec, '77, for the war, Capt. Walliridge's Co., 1st Conn. 

Line, Col. Chas. Webb; enl. 1 July-13 Dec, 'iSO, short term levies, 1 Conn. 

Line,,Col. Jed. Huntington."] 
NATHANIEL, [enl. 10 Jidy, '75, in 5 Co. (Capt. Chas. Ellsworth), 8 Cont. Reg.. 

Vo\. Huntington; enl. 25 Jan., '77, for 3 yrs.; disc. 25 Jan., '80, Capt. Wal- 

bridge's Co., 2 Conn. Line, Col. Chas. Webb. Pens., res. 1818, in Vt.] 
DAMON. JONATHAN (Ell.), Le.\. Alarm, see p. 634; [enl. 24 May-30 Nov., '75, Capt. 

Pitkin's lltfd. Co. (2). 4 Cont. Reg., Col. Hinman, which was at Siege of Bos 

ton;] prob. in service later, as there was an order on Treas. of E. W. in h\< 

favor, drawn by Eben. Grant, '78. 
DAY, ADONIJAH, Sgt., detach, from Alarm List C'o. of Ell., 2 Jan., '77, by his Capt.. 

David Johnson, for service under Capt. IJoswell Grant, at I'rovidcnci', R. 1. — 

(I'riint M.IK. 
NEHEMLVH, [of Capt. Simons's Enf. and E. W. t:o.. Col. E. Wolcotl's State Reg 

at Boston, Jan.-Mcli., '76.] 
OLIVER, Sgt., Lex. Alarm, see p. 635 ; det. from Capt. Roswell Grant's Mil. Co 

to go to Newport, R. I., under Capt. Hez. Bisscll, 30 July, '80. 
DAVIS, DANIEL, [of Capt. Simons's (Enf. and E. W.) Co., Col. E. WoUolfs Stale 

Reg. at Boston. Jan.-Mch., '76.] 
DAVIS, DAVID, [enl. in Co. 5 (f:apt. Chas. Ellsworth's), 8 Cont. Reg., (^ol. Hunting 

ton, 6 July, '76; may be, also, the D. D. who appears in the roll of Ca))t. Gal 

lup's Co., Col. Parsons' Reg., Nov. 6, '76; also, poss. enl. '78 for 3 yrs. in a Co 

of Harness-makers, Reg. of Artiliccrs. stat. at Springfield. Mass., under ('apt 

Wni. Hawes.] 
THOJIAS, was in Cont. service from Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., May, '79. 
DIBBLE, ISRAEL, of Capt. Aimisa Looinis' Alarm List Co., E. W.; was in Cont. ser 

vice, '79; [enl. Capt. Parsons' Co., 2 Conn. Line, Col. Chas. Webb. Apl. 26, '77. 

for the war; ])ri.soner, 2 July, '77; invalid, pens., res. Litchfield Co., 1833-4.] 
DICET, PIHLEiMON, was [of Col. Canlield's Mil. Reg.. West Point, N. Y., Sept., 'SI.] 
DIGGENS, MAirriN, [of Capt. Roger Grant's Co., Col. Enos's Mil. Reg. on the Hu.l- 

son, .Slimmer of '78], for which he rec'd £6. 8. 0. wages. 
DIMAN. WILLIAM, in Cont. service fni. Capt. Roswell Grant's Alarm List Co.. '79 
DOIMICK, AMASA, Ell., served in 5 Conn. Line; Cajit. Dorrance's Co. ; jtaid lor (i Apl. 

-31 Dec, 1781; pens. 1818.— -/. (!. /I 
DLMMICK, JOHN (Ell.), was ret. Apl., '81, as in service, and cred. to W., but not 

claimed by that town; [res. 1840, pens., ic. 86, in Ell.]; service not on Ojl'. Ree. 
DORMAN, STEPHEN, [enl. 25 Jan. for 3 yrs.; disc. 1 Jan., '81, Col. S. B. Webb's 

A<ld. Inf. Reg.]; enl. Feb., '81, in another man's place; was in Cont. service 

Apl. that yr. Ace. to.fi. W. Town Paperx, which Siiy he "belongs in Weth- 

erslield "; this 2d enl. was [14Feb., "81; ]iaid t(i31 Dec. '81, as Sgt. in Capt. Hop 

kins Co., 3 Cimn. Line, Col. S. B. Webb, formation of '77-'81;] sec p. 668. • 
DOWNER, CALEB, of Capt. Bissells Jlil. Co., was in Cont. Service, '79; [enl. in Capt. 

Par.sons' Co., 2d Conn. Line (Col. Chas. Webb) Reg., 20 Apl., '77, for war; was 

a prisoner 2 Jul}', '77J; family rec'd support from town. — SUite Arch., xxx. 1. 

See page 670. 



LIST OF EAST WINDSOR REVOLUTIONAI! Y SOLDIERS. 005 

MKAKE. AAKON, Lex. Alarm, sec pp. 63.-), 0:iC ; [oiiL Ki July, '75. iii 5 Co. (Capt. 
Clia.-;. Ellsworth's) 8 C'onl. Ki'g., Col. llimtiugtoii; may lie the A. D. who is rc- 
porU'il missing after the Battle of L. I., Aug., '76, on rolls of (apt. Hubbard's 
(Middletown) Co., Col. Iluntingtou's 17 Cont. Heg. Aaron Drake of K. \V. 
rep. among 200 Amcriean prisoners paroled or e.xdi. and who arrived by ship 
at Jlilford, Conn., 1 Jan., '77, of whom 20 d. on the pas.sage from N. Y., and 
■J(l within a week following.] 
A.M.VSA. I.c.\. xUarm, see p. Q'.iii. 

1>KAKK, CIDEDN, was of Capt. E. VVoleotfs Co., July Aug., 'Ki; lilrc^l as a substi- 
tute, by John Loomis, Jr., in IT7S, for which he pd. Coiilincutal Money 
1'69.— Grant .l/li.s. 

DKAKE, .AIOSES, [enl. Capt. Simons's Enf. and E.VV. Co., Col. E. Wolcotls State Keg. 
Boston, Jau.-Mch., '70.] 

DKAKE. NATHANIEL, Le.\. Alarm, sec p. 6:«. 

DKAKE. SIMEON, Wpg. (Sgt.), Le.\. Alarm, sec p. 6:i;5. Capt. Simeon d '.lib Aug., 
1S07. a'. 59.— ll/iy. 0. Bii. dd. 

DKAKE, SIIUUAEL, was [of Capt. Koswcll Grant's Co., Col. Johnson's Stale Keg. at 
Providence, K. L. 7 Mch., 1778.] 
THOMAS (bro. of Amasa), d. in prison-ship.— //. C. G. 

lUNCAX, WILLIAM, in Cont. service from Capt. Ro.swell Grant s Mil. Co., '79. 

Dl'KFEE JOSEPH (Sgt.), was [of Capt. E. Wolcotfs Mil. Co., in .service July- 
Aug., '70; of Capt. Koswell Grant's Co., Col. Enos' Mil. Keg. on the Hud 
son, summer of '78], for which he received £i). 12. 0. wages. 

EATON, DANIEL, [enl. 1 July, 'SO; disc. Dec, '80. Short term levies. 2d Conn. 
Line, Col. Chas. Webb, p. 177-811; rec'd a blanket from E. W. selectman, 
■ apprized at It).*., old way," for his use in Continental Army, July, 1780. — 
Grant Mas. 

KATON, SOLOMON (Tolland). [2d Keg.. 3d Co.. 1775, May-Dec. 15 Keg. Conn. Line. 
Capt. Child's Co., April, 1777-April, 1780. Wadsworth Krig., 3d Battal., 
Capt. Birge's Co., 1776, June-Dec Sheldon's Dragoons, 17S1, Feb., for 3 
years.] Afterwards res. Ellington. — J. G. II. 

I;.\Ton" SOLO.MON, [enl. 9 May-18 Dec, '75, Capt. Roger Enos's (3)Co. from W. and 
Stafford. 2 Cont. Keg., Col. Spencer; enl. in a Bolton Co., '76, in Col. Sage's (3) 
Battal., Gen. Wadsworth's Brig.; enl. Capt. Cullen's Co., 5 Conn. Line, Col. 
P. B. Bradley. 1777-!itl; enl. from Tolland, 8 Feb., '81. for 3 yrs. in Sheldon's 
Light Dragoons; described as a farmer, light complexion, etc Pens. (Sgt.), 
1818; res. 1840. Ell., a'. ,82.] 

i;i,LIS, STEPHEN, enl. from E. W. in Cont. scrvicec— .1/. //'. in War Offic- Papers at 
hh.n,.w. 

KLLSWOKTH. BENJAMIN (s. Capt. Job, who served in old French war. and d. at 
Ticonderoga, on return home), served 4 yrs.; [enl. 29 June, '.SO. disc 13 Dec. 
■.80, short term levies "2(1 Conn. Line, C. Webb.] 
ClIAKLES (Capt.), Ell.. Le\. Alarm, see p. 634; [Capt. of 5 Co., 8 Cont. Keg.. Col. 
Huntington, Co. rec't'd Enf. and E. W.; enl. in short term levies, 2 Conn. Line, 
Col. Chas. Webb, 6 July-18 Dec, '75; was of Koswell Grant's Co. June and 
July, '78. Col. Enos' Mil. Keg. on Hudson, summer '78. | for which he rec'd .fO 
s. 0. wages; [of Capt. Sam. Granger's Co. joined 21 May. '81, Gen. Water- 
bury 's Stale Brig, for .seacoast defense; enl. 3 Aug., '79-15 Jan., .80, short term 
levies, 2 Conn. Line] 
KI.IPHALET, hired ('78) by two men in Ell. as a substitute, and rec'd £16 Cont. 
money— Grantt_ .\[»s. Was a memb. of Capt. Hcz. Bis.sell's No. Parish E. W. 
Alarm List; [enl. 1 May, '77, Col. Sherburne's Add. Keg. Inf.; trans, to Col. 
S. B. Webb's Reg.. Spring. '80.] See. also. p. 354. 



696 TIlSTdKY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

ELLSWORTH. EZRA, cul. Mass. Line and was in sciviLO in ApI., XI; nuiiili. «t (apt. 

Ilez. Bisseir.s (No. parish) Alarm Li.st. 
ELLSWORTH, FREDEUICK, app. Ens. in (apt. OKotts Co., y Aug.; disc. 21 Sept , 

ITTiS, Col. t-'liapnuiu's Mil Reg.; was prom, from Ens. to Ijieiit. of 4lli Co., \'J 

Reg. (Col. E. Wolcott), 31 :May, ITT!».— .'<Y"«.'///A'« .1/.w. 
(il Kl)ON(Ell.), Lox. Alarm, sue p. 6:J4. 
IIEZEKIAIL [of Capl. Simons's Enf. and E. W. Co., Col. E. Wolcolfs State Reg 

at Boston, Jaii.-Mch., '70] ; cred. to W. tliougU of E. W.; [enl. B May, '77, Col. 

Sherburne's Add. Inf. Reg.; transf. Sp., '80, to Col. S. H. Webb's Reg, J See. 

also, p. 354; er. as in Cont. service, '7'.), from Caiit. leli. Wadsworlli's (1011) 

Co.; see page 6G8. 
.1015, in Cont. service, as per letter dated 2't Sept., SI, '■.Maryland, lio m. from 

I'liiladelphia," in poss. of Theo. Ellsworth of E. W. 
.lOEL, Lox. Alarm, see p. 6ol ; |eid. Capt. Jona. Wells's Co. (Ilartfoni) in Col. E. 

Wolcott's State Reg. at Boston, Jan. -Meh., ■;«; was of Capt. E. Woleotl's E. 

W. Co., July-Aug , '76.1 
MOSES, [eid. Capt Parsons' Co. . 2 Conn. Line. Col. Chas. Webb. 3 Apl.. '77, for 

the war; in the ;5d formation of the liine. was in 3 Conn. Line, 1 Jan. -Dee. '31, 

•SI]; was of Capt. Ilez. Bissells Mil. Alarm List. '7!). |l'ens., 1818.] .Un„. /„ 

d'lr. TnniihiUl'a War Off., Lcbunoii, ment. him as enl. from E. W. for the w.-ir in 

Cont. service. See, also, p. 667. 
SOLOMON', Lieut., chosen, by train-band, 9 May, '74 ; Le.\. Alarm, see p. 0:!l 
EUjIS, S'I'EPIIEN, enl. 27 Apl., "77, for war {eke Benj. Loouiis), in Capt. James llor 

ton's Co., Reg. of Artificers. 
ELMER, STEPHEN, dnunmer, piob. the S. E. [iu :Mil. under Gen. Spencer, at R. L 

'76-7-8; of Capt. Roswell Grant's Mil. under Col. Johnson at Providence, R 

L, 7 Alch., '78.]; rec'd .W. 16. IL wages. 
ELJIER, ALEXANDER, Lex. Alarm, see p. 633. 

DANIEL (Wpg.), [enl. drummer, 2 Sept. -Dec. 2.s. ;0. Capl. Smith's Co., Col. P 

15. Bradley's Bait., Gen. Wadsvvorth's Brig.; enl. Capt. Strong's Co.. ") Coim 

Line, same Col.. 2 Jan., '77. for 3 yrs. as Sgt.. reduced to private 1 Aug.. '77: 

di.sc. 23Feb.. '80.] 
ELMER, SAMUEL (father of Samuel and Harvey), of So. W.; was of Capt. liidwells 

Co.: was in the dft. of men to recruit Gen. Gates' army before the battle of 

Saratoga, at which he was present, as also at Stillwater; his gun is now in 

Conn. Hist. Soc. Rooms; was also with Putnam at Horseneck; also in the re 

treat from L. I.— //. 0. 0. Sketches, vi. [Pens. 1832, res. Htfd. Co.] 
ELMER, TIMOTHY, Lex. Alarm, see p. 635; was prob. the T. E. [of Capt. Joel Loomis 

E. W. Co. in Maj. Backus' Light Horse, enl. 7 Sept. -27 Sept., '76] 
ELY. EPHKAIM, Lex. Alarm, see p. 631 ; [enl. 7 July, '75, Co. 5 (Capt ('has. Ells 

worth's), 8 Cont. Reg., Col. Huntington.] 
BENJAMIN, [enl. 7 July, '75, Co. 5 (Capt. Chas. Ellsworths). 8 Cont. Reg., (\>1 

Huntington. ] 
JONATHAN, [of Capt. Pitkin's Htfd. (2) Co., 4 Cont. Reg., Col. Hinmau; at Siege 

of Boston, li) 5Iay-20 Dec, '75; of Capt. E. Wolcott'sMil. Co. iu service, July 

-Aug., '76; of Capt. J. Wells's Co., Col. E. Wolcott's State Reg. at Boston. 

Jan.-Mch., '76.] 
ETSON, JOSEPH [eid. 6 July, '75, Co. 5 (Capt Chas. Ellsworth's), 8 Cont. Keg , 

Col. Huntington]. 
EVANS, ABIATHER [in Capt. Clieiiey's Hartford Lex. Alarm parly; enl. Capt. Par 

son's Enf. Co., 2 Conu. Line, Col. Chas Webb. 28 Feb., 77, for the war] 

made Sgt. 1 May, '80; belonged to Capt. Roswell Grant's .Mil. Alarm List, E 

W.; [was in service up to 31 Dec, '81; .still in dipt. P.'s Co., in 3 Cnmi Line 

Col. S. B. Webb, formation of '81-'83; pens., res. Vt., 1818.] 



LIST OK KAST WINDSOl; I.'KVol.l'TInNAl: V sol.DIKKS. (J!l( 

jMOSKS, [.■111. Co. r, (C'apl. ('has. Kllsworlli). S Ciml. Ki-g.. C'dl. Iluiiliiiirliiii. Ill 
July, T"); pnil). the sanii- lliat ciil. froiii Iltfd. in C'apt. Darrow's (Jo., 15 Feb.. 
'77, for the war; 1 Conn. Line, Col. Huntington. 1777-81; and (by 2d fonna 
lion of llic line, which included Ihi.s 1st reg.) i.s of Capt. Benton's Co.. T) Conn. 
Line, 1 .Ian. -Dec. 31, '81; pens. 1818, res. Manchester, 1846; apjil, on lile for 
pension, as of E. Htfd.J If. C (I. Sketch, viii., .says he was in the Horse Neck 
light . 

FEKCO (FAKGO), AARON, [enl. 8 May-14 Dec., '7,5, Capt. .lohn DurUee'.s Co., 3 
Cont. Heg., Gen. Israel P\itnani]; was noted as in Cout. service, '7'.t, from Capt. 
llez. liissell's No. Parish, E. W. Alarm List. See p. 667; .also in Apl., '81. 

FILI.ICV. MAIJIC, purchased a farm in east part of E. W. shortly befon' the out 
lireak of the Rev. At its beginning he sold this farm, and enl. the army for 
the war; was iu the figlitiug on L. I., the evacuation of N. Y., balth^ ot Har- 
lem, and the retreat through Westchester; was in battles of Trenton, Hrandy- 
wine, Princeton, and Oermantown; was one of the storming party at Stony 
Point, receiving a ball through his cap; assisted iu placing the chain. across tlie 
Hudson as an obstruction to the Br. warships; was present at Andre's execu- 
lion and the sie,ge of Yorktown. During his 7 yrs. and 8 mos. .service he was 
in the thiekest. but escajied without a wound, though his clothes were seveial 
times perforated by balls. At the close of the war he returned to E. (South) 
W.. where he res. until his death, .Tune, '28, se. 83. He belonged to one of the 
two N. Eng. reg'ts known as 'Leather — Caps," and which were esteemed 
favorites with Gen. Washington; he had two eliler bros., who also serv(Kl in 
C(mt. Army, and were with Gen. Wolfe, on the Plains of Abraham, .-it Ihe rap- 
ture of Quebec. — //. C. <;. Shirhcs. \\\. See, also, p. G68. 

The Off. Ike. gives a Mark F., who [enl. C;apt. Stillwell's Co. (New II., 
Htfd., and Colchester), Jan. 1-Dec. 31, '81, 1 Conn. Line ('.id formation). Col. 
Durkee; pens. 1818]; a memb. Capt. Araasa Looniis Alarm List. 
NATHANIEL, [of Capt. Hoswel! Grant's Co., Col. Enos' Mil. Reg., on Hudson, 
suuuner of '80;] rec'd .€6. 14. 8; poss. the N. F., [Corp'l of Capt. E. [,ockwood s 
Coast Guards, enl. 16 Mch., '80; disc. 1 Jan , '81.] 
SVl.VANUS, [enl. Capt. Pitkin's Htfd. Co. (2), in 4 Cont. Beg., Col llimnan. 1!) 
May-Dec. 20, "oy, of ('apt. Sinum's (Enf. and E. Wind.sor) Co., Col. E. Wol- 
eolt's State Reg., at Boston, '76; Was of Capt. Boswell Grant's Co., Col. Enos, 
Mil. Keg., on the Hudson, summer '78;] received C4. Vis.. 

nrcll, AUGUSTUS, Lieut, of the E. W. Cav. Co.. conunanded by Capl Joel 
Loomis [was Clerk of Ca^i. Loomis'Co., Maj. liackus's Light Horse, enl Sept. 
7-Oct. '761. —// C. G. Shtchex. x.iii. 
ELNATIIAN. in Cont. service, 1779. See ji. 667. 

JESSE, Lex. Alarm, see p. 631; [wa.s of Capl. Simons's (lOnf. and Iv W.) Co., 
Col. E. Wolcott's State Reg., at Boston. Jan. -Mch., '76, ami of Capt. Wol 
cott's Co., July-Aug., 1776.] 

FLAGG, JOSICPH, [enl. May 12, 1781, in Capt. Sara. Granger's Co., Gen. Waterbury's 
State Brigade, seaeoasl defense;] enl. fm. elas.ses iu the No. Parish — Cirtif. 
Viijd. Iki. BustcU. 

FOOT, EBENEZER, Le.v. Alarm, see p. 635; [enl. May 19-20 Dee., '75. Capt Pitkin's 
Co., 4 Cont. Reg., Col. Hinman; of Capt. Simons's (Enf. and E. W.) Co., Col. E. 
Wolcott's State Reg., at Boston. Jan.-Mcli., '76; nf Capl. E. W.'s Co., Aug., 
'76; pens., 1818]. 

FOSTEB, CHAUNCEY (Ell.), enl. [6 May, '77-Spg., 'SO, Col. Sherburne's Add. 
Inf. Reg., Capt. Blacknians Co.; trausf. Spg., '80. to Col, S. B. Webb's \\v'Ji.\ 
see also pp. 355. 668; pens.. 1818.] He di(Ml in Ellington in 1824. His widow, 
Charlotte Foster, was a pensioner there in 1810. — /. II. 11. 
Vol. I. — 88 



698 lUSTOUV 01' ANCIENT WIMiSOl!. 

IlKCAFJAII, u;is III ilir Horse Neck tijilit. — y/. I'. (!. Shirlux, viii. [of Ciipt. E. 
WultuUs Mil. Co.. on service July-Aug.. TO; in Col. Gay's 2(1 Bull.. \V;r1s- 

woitli's Brig., ill iiiul iuouiul N. Y., iinil at battle of L. I., Auj;., 76; is named 

(15 Sept.. "76) among the casualties in Capt. E. Wolcott's Co. as " missing "]. 
I'ELETIAII, detailed for service "for defense of the State," Sept., '79, under 

charge' of Capt. Amasa Loomis. In a postscript to the letter conveying this 

order to the Capt. of the Alarm List, Capt. Ho.swell Grant says; "5Ir. Foster 

lias never done a tour of duty, and jiossessing so good an Estate as he docs, I 

am sure he will make no excuse, but readily agree to the invitation." 
THOMAS CWpg.), [cnl. 27 .July, '79; disc. Jan. 1"), '80; levies (short term) 2il Conn. 

Line, Col. Chas. Webb;] d. 11 June, 1826, a'. 89.— Wiy. Old B;/. Gtl. 
AVAKHAM (Ell.), Le.\. Alarm, see p. (>;«; [cnl. 2 Co. 4th Reg., Col. Ilinmaii. M.i> 

20-nec. 20, 1775, at siege of Boston; Cajit. Sinions's (Enf. and E. W.) Co 

Col. E. Wolcott's State Heg., at Boston. Jan.-Mch.. '76]; app. Sgl. G May. '7; . 

prom. Sgt.-Maj. 1 Jan., '78; contin. into 'SO, Col. Sherburne's Add. Ucg , in 

service from '77-81. See p. 668. 
FOWLEH. ELIJAH, enl. Col. Canlleld's Mil. Keg., at West Point, N. Y., Sept.. 1781 
.lONATIIAN, of Capt. Amasa Loomis' Mil. Co.. E. W., see p. Cli8 (though he b. 

longed to Bolton), [cnl. 20 Apl , '77; disc. Spg. of 'SO. in Cot. Henry Sh.r 

burne's Add. Reg.] 
FROST, JOSEPH, was hired by Nathan Pclton to serve in tin- Contiiu-nt:ll Army for 

3 yrs. ; be cnl. 12 July, 1777. — Ccrtif. nf dp/. Thus. Ahlx, 14 Dec, 17S7, rec'.i 

.€32 2.v. 
JOSEPH B., of Capt. llez. Bi.sscHs Mil. Co.; was in Continental service. 177!l. 
FRKNCH, MANASSEH, [enl. « July-Dee. IS, -75, Co. C (Ca].t. Cli.-is, Ellsu.irlli), s 

Cont. Reg., Col. Huntington]. 
GAINES, BENONI, [enl. Col. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co., on service July-Aug., TC; ml 

lOMch., '77, Capt. Abbe's Enf. Co., 3 Conn. Line. Col. Sam. Wyllys, l..r tin 

war; deserted 22 Apl., '79.] 
GAY, LEVI (Wp.g.). Lex. Alarm, sec y. liaii; buried in (*/</ \\)>,/. /I;,. CI. 
GAYLORD, JOHN, in Cont. service from Capt. Amasa Loomis' Alarm List Co.. 

prob. [enl. 19 June, '80, for 6 mos., sliort term levies of 2d Conn. Lim;, Col 

Chas. Webb ; poss. he was the J. G. of Capt Prior's Co., Col. E. Wolcott's 

State Reg. at Boston, Jan.-Mch., '76]. 
GIBBS, ICHABOD, in Cont. Line, in service; •reluriicd for Windsor, but not clalnnd 

there," but by E. W., 1781. 
SETH (Ell.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 634; [Capt. Parsons' Enf. Co.. 4 Conn. Reg. 

Col. Hinman, 16 May-Dec. 19, '75; at siege of Boston]; enl. Cajit. Simons 

(Knf. and E. W.) Co., Col. E. Wolcott's State Reg. at Boston, Jan.-Mch., •7tl. 
STICPHEN (erroneously called Gilh in the Odicial List, as given on p. 635), Lex 

Alarm; [enl. 19 May-lO Dec, '75, Capt. Pitkin's (2) Hiirtford Co., 4 Com 

Reg., Col. Hinman, at siege of Boston. Pens., 1S18; res., E. W.]. 
(ilLLET. AARON, of |Capt. PriorsCo., Col. E Wolcott's State Reg. at Boston, Jan 

.Mcb.. 'rti;) pn.ss. |of Ll. Seymour's Co., Col. Belden's Reg., Gen. E. Wolcott's 

Brig., Pcckskill, 21 Apl. 6 June '77; and of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co.. Col 

Enos' Mil. Reg. on the Hudson, summer of '78]; ree'd €5. 16.'i. 
OILMAN, ELIJAH. |enl 10 July, '75, Capt. Clia.s. Ellsworth's Co. (5), S Cont. I{eg . 

Col. Huntington: of Capt. Roswell Grant's Mil. Co., Col. Enos' Jlil K.'g. on 

Hudson, summer '78J; reed £6. 6. 8.; [prob. enl. (at Iltfd.) in Capt. Sanuiil 

Granger's Co., Gen. Waterbury's State Brig., 1781]. 
GLASS, ALEXANDER, [enl. 9 May. disc, 18 Dec, '75; in Capt. Roger Enos' (Wind 

sor) Co. (3fl). 2(1 Cont. Reg., Col Joseph Spencer]; had an order on Treas. from 

E. W. — Kbcn. a runt Mxs. 



LIST OF EAST WINDSdl! liEVOI.I'TIONA liY Sdl.DIKItS. ()'.>!• 

(JRAN'i", AAKOX .In . Ux. Almni, see p. eiW; [tifrr in Capt. Simon's Co. (Enf. iiiid K. 
W.), Col. K. Wolcotfs Slate Reg. at Hoslon, Jan.-Mcli., 76; lifer Capt. E. 
Woleott's Co., .Tuly-Auir., '76; al.so as tifer and drummer in same Capt.'s Co., 
'77-7S; and on .service under Col. Johnson at Providence, I{. I., and in Col. 
Kuos' Heg. on the Hudson, summer of '78]: rec'd £7. 0. 10 pay. 

AZAKIAII, was of [Capt. Simons's (Enf. and E. AV.) Co. in '76; Col. E. Woleott's 
State Heg. at Boston, Jan.-Mcli., '76]; family rec'd supp. from E. W. —Slulr. 
Arr/i., xx.\. 1. [Pens., 1S18; res,. Vt.] 

DAVID (Wpg.), poss the D. G. who [enl. Capt. J. Wells' Hartford Co., Col. 
E, Woleott's State lleg. at Bo.ston, J;ui.-Mch., '76; of Capt. Roswell Grant's 
Co., Col. Euos' Mil. Keg. ou the Hudson, summer of '78]; rec'd ,£6. G. 8 [eid. 9 
Dec. 'SO, in .short term levies of 2 Coiui. Line, Col. Cli.-is. Webb. Pens., 18:52; 
res., Htfil.l; d. 5 Oct., 18;iS, a-. 67. — Wj«/. Old B;/. (kl. 

OIDEOX, Jii. [Pens,, 1818] 

GlSTAVl'S (Wpg.), of [Capt, Ro.swcll Grant's Mil. Alarm List, '78; of .same. 
Col. Enos. Mil. Reg. on Hudson, summer of '78]; rec'd Si'). \k\\; . [Pens., 1832; 
res., Hlfd. Co.; res., E. W., 1840, a-. 81]; buried Wpu. j\'<w (l.-Yd. 

UKZEKLVII, enl. in Cont. service from clas.ses in No. parish of E. W. ; time exp, 
1 Jan,, '82. — Ce/V//, of Oijil. Ilez. Bmdl. 

ISAAC (Ens,), enl, Capt. Mills' (New Htfd.) Co., 2 July, '76; 16 Nov., same yr., 
was taken pris. at Fort Washington; enl. 26 May, '77, for the war. in Capt. 
Catlin's (Litchfield) Co.; deserted 37 Jan., '80. — Jhinn Pupeiv and Of. li<u-. 

JUSTl'S (Wpg.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 633; was [of Capt. J. Wells' (Htfd.) Co., 
Col. K. Woleott's State Brig, at Boston, Jan.-Mch. '761; d. Oct. 1826. a\ 76. — 
H/'y. Old G.-Yd. 

:MA'PTHEW (Capt.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 633; [poss. the Lieut. M. G. of Cai>t. 
Foote's Co., Col. Hooker's Mil. Reg., Gen, Erastus Woleott's Brig., at P('eks 
kill, Mch.-June, 1777]; he was named for .i tour of duty at New London, 12 
Jidy, '7!l, by Capt. Roswell Grant of E. W., 19 Mil. Reg. 

OLIVER. Jit., prob. [enl. short term levies, 2d Conn. Lhie Reg. (Col. ('has. Webb), 
i July-13 Dec, '80]. 

PETER, [enl. Capt. Simon's (Enf. and E. W.) Co., Col. E. Woleott's State i{eg., 
Boston, Jan.-Mch., '76]. 

RKL'BEN, name found on an undated Pay-roll. Not in Off. liic. 

ROSWELL (Capt.), chcsen by the 1st Alarm Co. of 19 Mil. Keg. (Col. Terry of 
Enf.) on Isl Monday Oct., '77, as Captain, " by a great majority "; app. Ca])t. 
by State Gov't. 30 Dec, '77; stationed for 2 mos. (Jan. and Feb.) at Providence, 
R. I., under Col. .Johnson, and his app't by Gen. Spencer iis Judge Advocate 
of a court.martial detained him there some 2 mos. longer, and while there 
received ajip. (Mch. 12, '78) as Capt. in Col. Enos' Mil. Reg. (12 mos. service); as 
soon as his Co. was org. he marched to Hor.se Neck, Jruic, "7X, and after 7 mos. 
stay there was ord. to, and arrived at, camp in Hudson Highlands, 3 July, 
'78; having been app. (Apl..7, '78) Payma.slcr to Col. Enos' Reg.; ."^Icli. 28, '.SI, 
he was app. Payma.ster to Conn. Brig, of Mil. on the Hudson, under Col. Era.s- 
tus Wolcott, and po.ss. may have acted as P. of his own Co. or Reg. as e.arly 
as Oct., '80; rec'd £.")2. 16.«. as pay in lliis campaign of '7S. In 1781 he was 
app. by the Gov. of Conn, as Supcrinleiidcut (nlinx Commissary of Pris- 
oners) of the Convention Troops, of whom some -500 (ollicers and men) were 
. ..iiiinjited to his particular charge at East Windsor. See pp. 674-678. 

Ill- also had charge of the public stores at E W., and of purcha-sing sup 
plies for the army in the lield,a.s well ;is for the prisoners and guards under 
his care. — Pi:imon, Affidaritx, etc. 

SAMUEL, of [Capt. Simons' Enf. and E. W. Co., Col. E. Woleott's Slate Keg. at 
Boston, Jan.-Mch., '76; enl. Capt. Whiting's Hartford Co., 1 Feb., '77, for 3 
yrs.; d. 23 Apl., '77]. 



700 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

WII;MAM, Wpg., (Sgt.), Ia'X. .\\:\nu. sw p. 0:!;i ; i^uii Iiiniislic^d liiiii iliiiiiis \v:ir. 
— E. W. M.S.I. 
GHKEN, ASAIIEL (Wpg.), of [Ciipl. J. Wells' (IlUd.) Co., Col. E. Wolcotfs Stat*; H.- 
at Boston, Jau.-Mch., 76]. Pcii.s. 1832, Iltfd. Co.; il. 6 Sept., 1838, a\ 85. — 
W/tf/. Old a. -Yd 
GREEN, DANIEL, (Ell.) Lex. Alarm, see p. 034; [Capt. Parsons' (10) Co., i Cont. He- . 
Col. Ilinnian, at. Siege of Boston, '75, May 8-1!) Dec; of Capt. Shnous'.s (Enf. iV 
E. W.) Co., Col. E. Wolcotfs Slate Reg., Boston, Jan.-Mch., '7«.J 
JOSEPH, [enl. 10 July, '75, in Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's Co. (5), of 8tU Cont. Ite.n 
Col. llunlington], 
GRIMES. JOHN, was iu Cont. servic-f in 7!). li.nn E. W.. fnjiii Capt. lioswcli Cir.nir. 
Co.'; may have Ijeen the J. G. in service in Northern Dept. iu 'I't. .See (HI 
liec, 44. 
GROVER, EDMONI), of Capt. E. Woleolfs Mil. Co. Jnly-Ang., TO. 

MATTHEW, [enl, 6 July; disc. Oct. 30, '~r,, (Capt. Chas. Ellsworths) .'i Co. sConi 
Keg., Col. Huntington. | 
HADEOCK, JOHN, was of Capt. Aniasa Loomis's .Mil. Alarm List, E. W. [of Capt. K 
Woleotl's Mil. Co., on service July-Aug., '70], and in '70, See p. (i67. 
SAMUEL, was of Capt. Anuisa Loomis's Jlil. Alarm-List, E. W.; [eid. ->2 Apl , 77 
for the war, in Capt. Barnard's (Htfd.) Co., 3 Conn. Line, Col. Samuel Wyllys. 
invalided at Boston Apl., and transf. to Livalid Corjis in June, 'SI; di.se. 23 
Apl., '83. Pens. 18f8; res. Vt.]. See, al.so, ]>. 668. 
TIIO.MAS [of Capt. E. Wolcotfs Mil. Co., in service July-Aug., '7(i . proli enl .'. 
July-Dec. S), '80, in short term Ievi(!s, 3 Conn. Line, Col. (Uias. \Velili| 
IIAI.L. MOSES, enl. [Lieut. Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's (5) Co., 8 Cout. Reg,.l'ol Hunt 
iriglon, July 6-Dec. 18, '75.] 
NATHAN, (Ell.) Lex. Alarm, see p. 634. 
HAMLIN, WILLIAM, ace. to certif. of Capt. Mn/xid Wad.'<ir„rt/i (Capt. of Alarm l.i-l 
of Ell.) and others, res. E. W. since he was 2.V yrs. old; had done service in 
Capt. W.'s Co.; went into 8 mos. service in last campaign from E. W.; di.sc. 2 
Apl., '81; [enl. 1 July; disc. 13 Dec, 'SO, levies of '80, 5 Conn. Line, Col. P. P. 
Bradley; or perhaps the W. II. who enl. in Capt. Comstock's Co. (as from 
Somer.s) 3 Conn. Line (3d formation). Col. Ilemau Swift, 24 Feb.. '81, for 3 yrs.. 
and re-enl. same date to Feb , 'M4. in (tiu.-il f(irmatliin) Col. Swift's reg. Pens. 
1818; res. Maine], 
HARPER. JAMES, Jit,, Lex, Alarm, see p. 631, 

JOSEPH, Jk., in Lex, Alarm, s.v p 631, 

ILVZZAKI) (negro), must, as reeruil. luinished by 3d class. No, parish, E, W , in Cont 

serviceSyrs, — r',/7(/. ./,n»,,v (>//«,v/,v/, /J. ,l/(M/t7- .IAm/, /•, dated lllld., 17 July, 

■81; fenhCapl. J, Wells (Htfd,) Co,, Col, E. Woleolfs Sl,-,le lie,-, at r,,illl. 

Jau,-Mch., '76]. 

HIKBAKI), DANIEL, Ens. of Capt. Samuel Granger's Co., Col, Levi Wells' Reg,, 

— one of two raised for scacoast defense^spring of '80, — in Dec. of which 

year Col. W. was attacked by Br. at Horsencck, and him.self and a no 

of his ollicers and men captured. There is still extant I). II, 's recei|il lor 

bounty, or wages, from Capt, Russell Grant, 12 Feb,. '78; [was of Capt, 

Grant's t!o,, CoL Enos' Mil, Reg. on the Hudson, 2!) June, '78); rec'd .£22 10.v 

HILL, JOHN, in Cent, service, "returned for Wind.sor but not claimed there" — be 

longed to and clainu;d by E. W. 
HILLS, BENONI, (Ell.,) (except as to Lex. Alarm) has the same reeor.l as his brother 
Oliver, which .see, al.so, p, 668. 
OLIVER, (Ell ) Lex. Alarm, see p. 635; was in [Capt, Simnnss(Knr iV K W ) Co.. 
Col. E, WolcotfsState Rcg.,Bo.sl(m, Jan,-Mch,,'76; oiCapt E Wnlciiis .Mil 
Co. July-Aug,, '76]; was of ('apt Ichalmd Wadswnrths (Ell.) Mil Co , "li" 



LIST OF i:.\ST WINI1S0I! IMCVOLrTION AUY SOLDIEliS. 701 

(Oiiilics Ih.il Hills (Willi his linillicr Ik'UDiii) onl. fiir :S yrs.; " bi-fiirc Uic tlTiif 
was up, (losortfd. tluMi was lakou up by Boston rorcos," cni-ricil to West I'oiiil. 
ami enlisted in the Light Horsemen. " one (Oliver) in Boston (in Mass, Liii(') and 
y" other in York f orces, " — Ccrti/, dated Apl,, 1781, See p, 668, 
ICM.IAH. [of Capt, K, Grant's Co,, Enos' Mil, l{eg, on tin- Hudson, sununcr of TS, 
ree'd £6 Ss. pay ; poss, of Lieut, Smith's Co,, in Gen. K. Wolcott's coinuiand. 
at Peckskill, '77,] 
EHASTUS, i)rol), tlie E. H. who [enl, 6 Jvme, '76, in Capt, Woodbridge's Co,, Col. 
Sam, Elmore, 1776, and in garrison at Ft. Seliuyler {nUim Fort Stanwi.x); was of 
Capt, Koswell Grant'sCo.. Col, Enos's Mil. Keg. on the Hudson, s\inunerof '78], 
ree'd f6 8.-i. pay. 
.lOlIX, of fCapt. Erastus Woleolfs Mil, Co., .luly-Aug,, '76J; was in Cont. ser- 
vice Apl., '81, being ret. as from Windsor, l)ut not elainied by that town. 

IIOLCOMH, JOSEPH [enl. Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., Col. Kno.s'Mil. Keg. on the 
Hudson, summer of '78]; ree'd £6 8.v, pay, 

IIOKTO.V, CHKISTOPHEK, Le.\, Ahum, see p. 63.->, 668; prob, the .same who appears 
[on rolls of Capt, Uiley's ("Wthsfld,) Co,, 3 C(mn. Line (2d fonn.itiniu, Col. S. 1$, 
Webb; enl, private, 1 Jan. '81-J>ino 1, '81, and as Corp'l from .luiir 1 31 Dec., 
^ '81 1; belonged to Capt, Amasa Loomis's Alarm List, E, ^V, 

IIOSMEK, JOSEPH (father of Horace of So. W,), was orderly to CJeii. Montgomery in 
the Canada campaign. — //. C (r,, .\iii. See. also, ]). 615, I 

lU'NN, Tn> (Wpg,). '" ! 

ISlIA^r, JAJn-;s, dfted. I.. providence, — dmiit MSS. 

JENNINGS. JOHN, name found on an undated pay-roll. Not in Off. liCc. 

JEKHOLS ((JEKKILS, JEKRELS), HAKOEN, Lex, Alarm, .see p, 63.-); [enl Corpl 

6 July-Dec. 18, '75, Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's (5) Co., 8 Cont. K<'g., Col, Hunt 
ington]; detached from Capt, Koswell Grant's Alarm List to go to Newport 
under Capt, Hez. Bissell, July, '80. 

JoHNSt >N. ABIEL, Corp'l in [Capt! Koswell Grant's (.'o., tol. Enos's :\Iil. Keg. on the 
lIuiKsr.n, summer of '78.] 
DAVID, Lieut., prob. [enl. May 9-Dee, 19, '75, Capt. Enos's (3) Co., 2 Cont, Keg,, 
Col. Spencer; Lieut, comni., 20 Dec,, '75, ('ol, Pitkin's (3) Co, 4 Cout, Keg,, 
Col, Hinman, at siege of Boston; Lieut, 7 Co. (Col. E. Wolcott's) same rcg., 
Jan.-Mch,, '76, at Boston]; was of Col. Johnson's Keg,. Providence, K, I,, '77- 
'78, in Capt, Roswell's Mil, Co. 
FENN [of Capt, E, Wolcott's Mil, Co., in service July Aug., '76]. 
SA,\IL'EL [same record as above], 
JONES, WILLIAM, of Capt. Amasa Loomis' Mil. Co., E. W.; of Capt. Erastus Wol- 
cott's Mil. Co., in service July-Aug,, '76; sc^e p, 668, 
KENNEDY, ANDREW, (Ell,,) Lex, Alarm, see p. 634; [of Capt Simons' (Enf. and E. 

W,)Co., Col. E, Wolcott's Stale Keg, at Boston, Jan,-Mch., '76] 
KllilSE, ELISILV (Ell), Lex, Alarm, see p. 635. — /. (!. B. 

KILIioUN, ASIIBEL, [enl, Capt, t'arsons's (Inf,) Co, 2 Conn, Line, Col Chas. Welib. 
27 May, '77. for 8 mos, ; pris, 7 Dec. '77.] 

Memorializes the Assembly, 27 May, 1779, that he was a soldier in Capt. Par 
sons' Co., Col. (/"has, Webb's Kegt, ; was taken prisoner at W^hite Marsh, N. J., 

7 Dec, 1777, by tlu- Hessians, who robbed him even to the .shoes he stood in, 
knocked him down with the breech of a gun. and otherwise maltreated liini; 
he was imprisoiu'd at Philadelphia the next day, where he remained three days 
without food, and when he complained, ree'd for answer that he was " a d — d 
Uebel"; he remained there, suffering from hunger anil so cold that his feet 
froze and burst open, and some of his companions died there miserably. Ou 
20 January, 1778, he was taken with small pox, ,in<l, after his recovery, was 
dismissed, so lame aud weak that he could not walk. He prays for relief to 



702 IlISTOHY OF ANTIKNT WINPSOR. 

meet the uxpenst-s of his wagon trip to Ihii-lfonl, itc, £37 !(».«. , whicli Dr. Tii- 
dor's cliarges for medical attendam-e, since liis return to E. W.. Iiad iiicir;isecl In 
£57, 10s. Orf. belief was granted. — Conn. AirMra<, !{,,'. Wiii\ .\iv. 2(11, 205. 

KING, ALEXANDER, (Lieut.), though said to have been a volunteer in Le.\. Alarm, 
SCO p. 6;!G, liis name docs not appear on any olticial list; then En.s. : present Ml 
IJuulier Hill batlle, in the retreat, during which he nearly lost his life; was in 
I he Horse Neck tight, and in the retreat from L. I. — //. G. H. S/c^itc/ics. vVu 
Kns. in 5 Co. ((.'apt. Robinson), Col. Mott's Battal., raised June and July, '70, 
Inr service in Northern Dep't (see pp. 045, 646), from which he ret. in Nov. 

KlNtJSIJLRV, ELIJAH (Corp'l) [of Capt. Roswdl Grant's Co., Col. Enoss Mil. Ucl: 
on the Hudson, summer of '78]; rcc'd £4. >J, 6. 
J(),Sl-:i'II, in Cont. service for Capt. Ich. Wadsworth's(Ell.) j\.larm-Lisl. p. (iOS; pml. 
ihc J. K. who [eul. in short term levies of 3Coun. Line (formation of '77-81), C"\ 
Sam. Wyllys, 30 June-Dec. 12, '80. Pens. 1832; res. Toll. Co.]. 
JOSKl'lI, (Kll.,) musician, Capt. Brigham's Co., 8th Reg. Conn. Line, .Mcli, 0. '7; 
.Mch. 16, '80.—,/. G. D. 

LADI), JESSE, detailed, 5 Jan., 1777, from the Alarm List Co. of Ell. by his Capl 
David Johnson, to join Capt. L Grant's Co. at Providence, R. I. — (Irtiut Mis 

LAW, SAMUEL, of Capt. Johnson's Mil. Alarm List, May, '79-80; enl [Capt. Blacli 
man's Co., Col. Sherburne's Keg., 15 May, '77-15 Sept., '78]. 

LEE, LLI.IAH (Ell.), Lex. Alarm, .see p. 634; [Sgt. of Capt. Parsons' (En f.) Co., 4 
Cont. Reg., Col. IIihmau,and at the .siege of Bo.ston, 8 May-li) Dec, '75; Sgt. nl 
Caiit. Simous's (Enf. and E. W.) Co., Col. E. Wolcotfs State Reg. at Boston, 
Jun.-Mch., '76].—./. d. 11 

LEONARD, ASA, [enl. 9 May-18 Dec., '75, Capt. Enos (3) Co., 2 Cont. Reg., Col 
Spencer]; was of Capt. Ich. Wadsworth's (Ell.) Alarm List; [enl. 7 May, '7S 
in Col. Slu^rburiic's Reg.; transf. to Col. S. B. Wclib's Reg., 1 May, '81); disc, 
1 Jan., '81]. 
JKDEDIAH [enl. 10 iuly, '75, Co. 5 (Capt. Cha.-;. Ellsworths) 8 Cont. Reg.. Cnl 
Huntington]. 

LEWIS, JOHN, poss. |enl, 5 Co. (Capt. Sol. Jliller) 2 Cont. Reg., Col. Spencer, 3 May 
17 Dec, '75]; was of Capt. E Woleolfs Mil. Co., in service July-.Vug . '76. 

LILLY, DAVID [of Capt. Ch.as. Ellsworth's (5) Co. 8 Cont. Reg., Col. Ilunlington. 
July 10-18 Dec, '75]. 

LOOMIS, AMASA, (Cajit.) Lev. .\larni. sec p. 635, commission as Capt. tif l>i 
Co., 19th Conn. Reg., dati'd (under Royal authority) 1775, memonali/.c<l \W 
Gen. Assembly 10 May, 1777, asking that new State commissions might lu- 
i.ssued to himself and other officers holding King's Commissious, .ind pi>iiitiiiu 
out the inconveniences to which sui'h officers might be subjected, if capturcil 
liy the British, without State commissions, etc. — Conn. Stall' Air/ti'eis, li r 
\i'iii-, vii. 304. Capt. A. L. seems to have done his share of Rev. servid 
(;ifter the Lex. Alarm) as Capt. of the South Parish Alarm List nf Iv W 
A.MASA. (Jr.?), then of Bolton, memorializes the Assembly, June, i;s6. thai on 
the 20th March, 1777, he was app. Clerk ami Conductor in Ibc Ordnance Dcp 1 
at Siiringliehl, Mass., under E/.ekiel Chcever, Es(|,, Dcp. Commissary (icn. <<\ 
Jlilitary Stones, and .served as such until 28 June, 17.S0; asks for reimbur.seinent 
of loss sustained in his pay by dcprecialion of currency, etc. — Conn. Stall 
Archii-cs, lice. Wur, xxix. 315. 
DA'VID, dftd. 27 July, '79, from Capt. Roswell Grant s Mil. Alarm List, for ser 
vice at New York. Poss. the .same who, as IJ., and res. E. W.. receipted t" 
('apt. Roswell Grant, 29 July, '79, for wages or bounty. 
KLIHU, was of [Capt. E. Wolcotfs Mil. Co., in service jiily-Aug., '76]. 
KLll'HALET, was of Capt. Ich Wadsworth's (Kll.) Alarm Li.sl, '79-80; prol. 
[eul. 8 May-Dec. IS, 75, in Capt. S. Wyllys' (lltfd.) Co. (2), 2 Cont. Rig., Col. 
Spencer]. 



LIST (IP EAST WINHSOI! ItKVdLUTIoNA IM si il.in i:i;s. TOo 

I.IIOAIIS. EZKA, was ill ('out. srrvicc, "lU NO. Iioni ('a|il. I!:irl.ici's (',.. 

(illJOS. l,c\. Ahinii, ,<;«• p. ():!.">; proli. the G. L. who was one of a (IiUkIiiiiciiI oI 

M Troop, 4 Keg-., liigiit Horse, .servin.i; as escort to the C'oiivenlioii Troops 

(Biirgoyne's captured ofli. ami men), passiiijr throiii;ii tlie Slate ol' Conn , Nov., 

'78 — 13 (lays on this service. 
.KUCL, (Ciipt.), commanded a coiii))any of iiioiiiite<l men, orn'. in K. \V. ; tliey car 

ried sliort carliiues, slung at tlic bacli, and cutlas.ses. — ■ //. ('. (I. VVitli :i2 

men, including otliccrs, he marched 7 Sept., "id. in Ma,]. Backus's He,g. Li.glil 

Horse, to N. Y.; disniis.sed 2 Nov., '76. with the thanks of Gen. Washiniiton in 

General Orders of 1st Nov. See p. 0-14 
JOHN, Jr.. Le.v. Alarm, see p. 631. 
MIOSES, his family rcc'd supp. from E. W —,SUitc Archives, xxx. 1. Prob. the jM. 

L. who [enl, 18 May-31 Dec, '81, Caiit. Hopkins' (Htfd.) Co., 3 Cont. Keg., 

Col. S. 15. Webb, and the M. L. who was of a no. taken pris, ncai- Hor.se NeiU. 

IVe. 10, '80]. 
OIJVER, named for duty at N. Y., 13 July, '70, from ('apt linswcll Grant s Mil. 

Alarm List. 
WATSON, (2d Lieut.), [Capt. R. Grant's Co., Col. Enos' Mil. Keg. on Hudson, siim 

merof '78]; rcc'd £34. 16." 8. pay. * 
l.dlM). JOSilPH, |of Capt. E. Wolcotfs Mil. Co., on service July-Aug., '76. I'ens.; 

res. Htfd. Co.]. 
I.OTIIROP, DAVID, of [Capt. Roswell Grant's Co. , with Col. Enoss Mil. Keg on the 

Hudson, summer of '78]; ree'd .£5. Us. pay. 
THATCHER, (Wpg.) (Sgt.), Lex. Alarm, .see p. 633; [of Capt. Simon.s's (Enf. and 

E. AV.) Co., Col. W.'s State Reg.]; Inincd in Wpij. Old (Id. 
I. VON, JOHN, [of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., Col. Enos's Mil. Reg. on the Hudson. 

summer of 1780.] 
M.\('. .lOHN (Indian), certif. as in Cont. service from Cajit. JoIulsohs (Ell.) Co.. '7'.i 

or 'SO. 
-M.VCKI'EACE. SETII (Sgt.), of |('apt. Clias. Ellsworth's (")) Co., 8 Cont. Keg., Col. 

Huntington, enl. 10 July, disc. 18 Dec., '7")]; recommended by Col. Hunliiig 

ton, Oct. IS, '7."), for ]iroin. as Ens., m're Mather, resigned. 
MANNING, PHINEAS, [enl. 10 July, ■"■•. Capt. Clias. Ellsworth's (.-.) Co., s Cont 

Reg., Col lluntingloii; prob. enl. Cajit. Walbridge's Co., 2 Conn. Line, Col. 

Chas. Webb, -Jf) Jan , '77, for 3 yrs.; disc. 3.') Jan , '80.] 
M.\1!K1I.VM, ISAAC, [enl. 6 July, '75. Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's Co. (.5), 8 Cont. Reg., 

Col. Huntington; Corp'l, enl. 15 Apl., '77, for 3 yrs., disc. 15 Apl., '80, Capt. 

PansoiLs's Co , 2 Conn. Line, Col. Chas Webb. Pens. 1818; res N. Y'.] 
M.MITIX, SY'LVANUS (Sgt.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 635; prob. [2d Lieut. Capt. Geo. 

Pitkin's (2) Co., 4 Cont. Reg., Col. Ilinman, Comm. 1 May. disc. 20 Dec, '75; 

at siege of Boston.] 
.M.MiSll JOSEPH, was of Capt. E. Wol, oil's Mil. C.i.; .m service, July-Aug.. ';(!. 
M.\S()\. ISAAC, may have, been he who |cnl. Capt. Parsons's (Enf.) Co (Id), I Cont. 

Reg., Col. Ilinman, 16 May-21 Dec. 75; was of C.-ipl. E. Wolc.tls Mil l{eg., 

on service July-Aug., '76.] 
McCLURE, DAVH), was Lieut, in Capt. Eli.iah Robinson's Co., Col, Samuel Mott's 

Keg. of the " new levies" ordered from Conn, to the northward in 1776, and 

served as such until 14 Siqit . 1776, when he was detailed to act as phjisin'dn to 

the sick of .said U'vics. and so served until the Reg. was discharged. 

•■ Mount Independance OctobC y" 5"' 1776 
" Ifegimental Orders — whereas a Great i\rany ollicers it soldiers of Ihe | Regiment 
are Sick k many in Dangerous Situation A: whereas the E.vigencies | of Ihe Service has 
Caused an Inevilelile Necessity for the KegimanI lo be | much Divided in parts a Con- 



704 HISTORY or ANCIENT WINUSOR. 

sidi r:ililc )iii(l\ .il t Ills A: aiKitlicT — | ('iiiisi(k'ial)le part Principally Sick at Skceiiesbiinifrli 
A: anotlier ol the | Like all C'licsiie it the physicians of y" Kegiin' i: his matte Not 
being I able to Attend tlie Duty Necassary for the Comfort of the Sick in Every | pan 
of HeginianI tSc as Lout. JIK'hier lias for this three weeks past | Attended on the SicU 
to Very Good purpos I've therefore ordered that | Lieut. JPClucr of Cap' Robinsons 
Company be Excused from the Duty of a subaltron | to Assist as a physician in a1 
tending the sick of the Keginiant till | further onXev^." ~ State A irli., Ifn-. W'ur. 
viii. <Ji. 

lie appHcd to the Assenil>ly. ;!ll May. 1777, for the extra compensation to 
which ho deemed himself entitled by being transferred to such duty — Conn 
StiiteArcMirn, Iii;c.Wai\ viii. 93-94 — but his request was denied, the Asseni 
bly prob. thinking that what lie had suffered in e.vtra " fatigue," etc., had bcii 
more than cumpensaleil for by the dignity of his new calling. As Dr. Jlct lun 
had an order on Treas. from Eben. Grant of E. W. 
McCKAY, REUBEN. (Ell.,)enl. LCapt. Parsons's (Enf.)Co.(lO), 4Cont. Reg., Col. Ilin 
man. Hi May-19 Dec, '75; of Capt. Simons's (Enf. and E. W.) Co.. Col 
E. Wolcott's Slate Reg. at Boston, ,Ian.-]VIcli., "(i; of Capt. Grants Mil. Co 
Col. .Tolinson's Reg. at Providence. R. I., Jan.-Mch. 7, '78; of Cai)t. (JranI - 
Co., also Col. Enos's Mil. Reg. on the Hudson. '78]; rec'd for Ibis i'fi. s.v. ]);i\ : 
[enl. 1 July, '80-9 Dec, '80, short term levies, •") Conn. Line. Col. I'. P. Bradley. | 

— J. G. n. 

McKINNEY, JAMES. Jit., (Ell.) Le.\. Alarm, see p. 634. — ./. '.'. /.'. 

WILLIAM. (Ell.) Lex. Alarm, see p. 634. —.7. (;. B. 
McINTIHE, ABEL, of Enf., enl. for 3 yrs., 23 Mch.. '78; hired by Levi Booth and 

Zach. Allyn of E. W. — Cci-tif. of Capt. Thos. Ahhc nf 0>I. Wjilhis hVf/. 7. 

Allen certities that McI. res. with him at time of his enl., and that he was nm 

an inhab. of Enf.. which town claimed him. 
JOHN, of Capt. He/.. Bissell's Mil. Co. ccrtif. as in Cont. service. Apl , '79 or '811 
.Mcknight, THOMAS, [enl. 16 July, '7"), Capt. Chas Ellsworth's (.5) Co.. 8 Coni 

Reg., Col. Huntington; prob. enl. 2 Conn. Line (Col. (;has. Webb) among shori 

term levies, 3 Aug., '79; disc. 15 Jan., '80; was of Capt. R. Grant's Co.. Col 

Enos's Mil. Reg. on the Hudson, summer '78;] rec'd £6. 8.v. pay. 
MEARS, SAMUEL. Lex. Alarm, see p. 633; may be he who [enl. 23 May-2(l De<' 

'75. 2d Co. (Pitkin's of Htfd.), 4 Cont. Reg., Col. Ilinmaii; enl. Col. S. li 

Webb's.Add. Inf. Reg.. •77-81; app. Sgt. 22 Sept., '77; Ens.. 16 May. '7s: 

Lieut., 15 Mch., '79; resig. 2 Mch., '80]; was on rolls of Capt. Barber's Mil 

Co.. '79. in ('(mt. service. 
MILLARD, LEAVITT, enl. [from W., aec. to 0/. AVr, Col. Slieibiirnes Add hit 

Reg., 19 Sept., '77-19 Sept., '80. Pens.; res. Toll. Co., 1833; res. Vernon. 

1840); cred. to Cont. .service from Capt. Roswell Grant's Mil. Alarm I,ist, 

May, '79. 
MILLS, PETER (Ell ), 1,.\. Alarm. s,r p 034. 

(Capt.). Copy o|- Letter to Colo. Jon"' Wells, 31" Aug", 1779; 

"East Windsor 31" Aug' 1779 
'■ tHr 

" By an Act of Assembly that constitutes the Alarm List | Capt. Mills who bears 
this, commences jirivate in my | Company, and is now called upon to shoulder his | 

Musipiel and stand Centinel; your feelings | for Gentlemen who have worn Coin 

missions, and | who have supported their Caracter with Fidelity | and Honor, and now 
reduced to his Situation, will j strongly actuate you, I doubt not, to every principle | 
of favor and Lenity in your power, and believe me | Sir « hativer Indulgence is shown 
the Bearer | will be very gratefully rec'd by your most | 

•• Hum Serv't 

"Ros. Gk.\nt— 



IJST OF EAST WINDSOI! RKVOLHTIONAIi Y SOLDI KHS. 705 

I' S. 

■■ ('apt. Mills has not apply' for any faV | Since he was (letacli', but cliuscs rather 
anil is also advis'' | to apply after he arrives at N. Lond" to avoid llie Clamor | of the 

people and kee|i iii;itters sceret as before • 

■K. G." 

MOI.LOY, TIMOTHY, [enl. 10 .July-28 Sept., To. (O. r. (Capt. Clias KUsworlhsV s 

(ont. Reg.. Col. Iluntiugton]. 
MoKi:. WAHHAM, Lex. Alarm, see p. 635. 

MOKEIIOI'SE, DAVID, of Col. Caiifield's Mil . Re.L'., We.'^l Point, N. Y., Sept.. SI. 
MOUSE (MOSS), DANIEL, Le.\. Alarm, see p. 031 ; prob. the same [of Col. Wyllys' 

■22 Cont. Reg., who was "missing" Sept. 15. 'TO, after the lighting around N. 

Y. and L. I. One of .same name was in service later; invalided; hailed from 

New Haven; res., pens.. 1818, N. Y.]. 
ALEXANDER, of [Capt. Koswell Grant's Co.. Col linossMil. Reg. on the Hud 

son, summer of '78.] 
MoHTON, ABNER, [of Capt. Simons's (JSnf. and E. W.) Co., Col. E. Wolcolfs State 

Reg., Boston. .Jau.->rcli., '76]. 
ALEXANDER, [of Capt. Roswell Grants Co., Col. Enoss Mil. Reg. on the Hud- 
son, summer of '78]; rec'd £6. S^. pay. 
[DIO]DAT[E], Lex. Alarm, see p. 635; [enl. 16 July. 75. 5 Co. (Capt. Chas. 

Ellsworth). 8 Cont. Reg., Col. Huntington]. 
JOHN, [of Capt. Simons's (Enf. and E. W.) Co.,' Col E. Wolcotfs Stale Reg., 

Boston, Jan.-Mch., '76]. 
WILLIAM, apparently s;iw .service, .i gun being issiied to him by the E. W. 

Selectmen. 
MINR( )E. LEONARD, was in Cont. service. '79-80, from Capt. Amasa Loomiss Mil. 

Alarm Li.st. E W.; [enl. Capt. E. Wolcotfs 3lil. Co., on service July-Aug.. 

'75; may have been he who enl. Capt. Whitings Co., Col. S. B. Webb's Add. 

Inf. Reg.. UMch., '77, for 3 yrs.; app. Corp'l 1 Sept.. '77; Sgt. May 16, '78; 

disc. 14 Mch., '80. A. L. M. ranked as priviite; pens. 1818, Ohio]. 
MINSELL, ELIAKIM STILES, enl. in Col. PZnos's Reg. of minute-men in summer of 

1778; served at Greenwich, Conn., and West Point, N. Y.; was invalidiMl and 

sent to Conn, on furlough in Sept. and was ill a long time; see his mem. to 

Assembly, dated 17 May, '79, Conn. State AnIUreg, liec. Wur, xiv. 342, 243. 

His reasonable expenses were ordered to be paid by the Coiat"' of the Pay" 

Table (£70 lawful money due his nurses and jthy.sician). 
GURDON, of [Capt. Barber's Mil. Co., '79 or '80; reported as in Cont. service: enl. 

Capt. E. Wolcotfs Mil. Reg., in service July-Aug., '76.] 
IIEZEKIAH. Lex. Alarm, sec p. 631; [enl. Capt. Geo. Pitkin's (2) Co. 4, Cont. Reg., 

Col. lliuinan; was at Sie.ge of Boston; was of Capt. E. Wolcotfs Mil. Vo. in 

service July-Au.g., '76; jicnsioner 1832 res. in Hartford Co.; at East Wind.sur. 

aged87, in'l840.1 

lIi;/.i-.Ki MI Mdnseli. (Wpg.), at the time of his death (14 Apl., 1844, ;e. 91. — 
11)).'/. Old li. Yd.), was the oldest male inhabitant of East Windsor. There 
were many things so remarkable in his life anil character that several persons 
visited him to gather the particidars of his personal history, and the facts 
which they elicited were published in the Omiicetienl Coniitiit. He w.is tail 
.ind erect, and used frequently, after the age of seventy-live, to compete with 
yoimg men in the Held. He had an in.stinctive aversion to rimi and tobacco; 
such was his antiiialhy to cider and vinegar that Ihey were never placed on his 
side of the table, although the former was the common bevera.ge of New England, 
and used on every farmer's table. His memory was very tenacious, and herclaineil 
his faculties in a remarkable degree till within a week of his death. In llie 

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IIISTOIiY OK ANCIENT WINDSOH. 



War cif I lie Ucvuliition \w was out in four canipaiirii.s, and iravi' the I'dUowing 
accmuil nf liinisi'lf : 

"At lli(! liniL' when tlir iiiusuf I.fxiiistdii ballK' li^aclieil us. in East Windsor,! 
I was in "lilt' '2'.id year of my au:i-. In 177"), whin the war lutnnienccd, tberel 
was but DiK^ newspaper i)rinted in Hartford, tlie Conniiit. By reading that myj 
own mind was principally prepared to repel the British invasion. It is true 
there was much .said in every situation and station in.life by the people, in rela- 
tion to our condition to the niotlier country at this crisis. I remember reading 
one or more letters from Governor Trumbull to Governor Gage, which had a | 
jiowcrful inlluence on my mind, and did niucli to prepare nie for the scenes in| 
wliich I afterwards took a part. The stamp act, duty on tea, Boston port bill,} 
and the massacre of citizens in the town of Boston by British .soldiers in 1770 -^| 
all tended to prepare us to defend what we considered our common rights and 
liberties. At this juncture I felt, and .so did others, that there must be war. 
For the feeling was tiiiite general thjit, unless we defended our rights and lib- 
erties, we must be .slaves; and, as unnatural as sonu' may think of it, we chose] 
to decide the question by 'an appeal to arms.' In this state of mind Wir news] 
of Lexington battle reached me. 

••('apt. T.cmuel Stoughton. who tlien eonnnanded the company of ndlitia inl 
the north part of the town, called out his company, and we paraded half a] 
mile north of Scantic meeting-house. Names were soon culled for volunteers.J 
and as many as forty volunteered to march to the battle-Held with their captain/ 
We left our homes the next day for the field of conflict. This day was SatuM 
day. .Most of this little company were full of patriotism and ambition. Onl 
iMonday we reached Shrew.sbury, where we met Col. Nathaniel Terry, of Eu- 
lield, who had been toUo.xbury, which was the headquarters of the I'rovincials.i 
lie brought back to us on the way to the rendezvous mlticc that we should so| 
arran.ge that those who came on shoidd stay two or three weeks. This brought 
our company to a stand, and the Sergeant. Ebene/.er Watson, Jr.. beat upl 
for volunteers. Eleven of our number turned out to march to Hox-f 
bury. We chose E. Watson as our lieutenant, and N. I'helps, sergeant.] 
Tuesday we left Shrewsbury, and reached hcaihiuartcrs Wednesday. On this 
(■xpedition we bore our own expenses, and lived for the most part of the time 
on what our wives and mothers put into our knapsacks when we left home.] 
On reaching Ro.xbury we found lliat many of the inhabitants had tied. We soon 
found a house empty, and prepared to occupy it. Two more of the volunteers! 
soon joined our number, and we prepared to take u]) our quarters in a .school-] 
house. We were not much exercised iu military tactics at this time. I stoodj 
as a sentinel two or three times, which was most that I did in the soldier's line 
at this campaign. What was then a curiosity to me, we drew for our rations 
sea-bread, which I was told was taken from the British on their excursion td 
Concord. It was so much of a curiosity, I brought some home when I returned] 
When in this campaign, I renicmberof seeing several tories brought into RoxJ 
bury by the .soldiers from the neighboring towns. I then supposed that thej 
wer(' considered as dangerous men in our State affairs to have their liberty in 
the community. They wore their white wigs; and, for some reason or otherj 
a nuinbiT had settled down in Marshtield. The inhabitants now livin.s in Mas 
sachu.setts and t'onueclicut can hardly conceive the spirit of indi.irnalion which' 
was enkindled in the community at the news of the march of the British troops 
from Bo.stou to Concord in Ajiril 1, 1775. [lie worea hat to the lield of eonllicl 
with this motto on a bra.ss plate: ' Liberty. Property, and all America.'] 

"The second time I entered the army I enlisted in the month of May. l""'. 
for seven mouths. Colonel George Pitkin, of East Hartford, was our eapl;iin. 
The comi)auy numbered one hundred men, rank ami tile; and all of them lived 



LIST (IK KASI' WINIiSOl! IfKVdl.r'I'liiNAIlV SnLIU KItS. lUl 

1(1 rctuni to llii-ir h.iiiirs ;il lla' L'xpinition of the time lor wliiili we enlisted. 
We were stationed at Hoxliiiry and Uidokline at oiif lirst goiiis; into actual scr- 
vic(^ Dniini; this campaign the American army was rwluccd todiscipline. I 
recollect that the lighthouse at Boston harbor was burnt by a party of Ameri- 
cans not tar from this titnc. This was done to vex the enemy's shipping, but 
it never amounted to much in that way. A part of th(? regiment to which 
Colonel Pitkin's company belonged went to join the northern army. It was 
the duty of the company to which I belonged to guard the coast near Boston. 
1 was not in the battle of Hunker Hill; our coiupany was not called to take 
part in lliat contiiet. I heard the cannon, and was standin.iron tlu; bell deck of 
IJrookline meeting-house during that battle, from whence I saw the burning of 
Charleslowii. We had not much lighting with the enemy durin.g thiscamp.aign. 
Winter was ajiproaching, the weather was cold, we had three stations to sruard, 
and our guard hou.se not being supplied with wood, we burnt rails from the 
fence. Coiuplaint was made by the owners to the ollicers, and orders were 
given not to burn any more rails. The ser.geant, in giving the orders to the 
guard about the milii, remarked that nothing was said about ;)«.«//<, and advi.sed 
us to keep a lire. We burnt po.sts that day, and after that had a supply of 
fuel. We did not always draw our rations of rum: but though it was a source 
of complaint with some. I was never troubled (m this point, for I did not drink 
it. Our food at this time was good enough, but was not so always during the 
war. Oiu- chaplain was the Rev. Jlr. Boardman, whom the British called the 
cannon, or the gun of the gospel, on account of the power and compass of his 
voice. While we were stationed at Hoxbtirv one of our com|)any. Moses Hux- 
ley, was killed by a cannon ball which the IJrilisli tired from Boston, lie 
belonged to Capt. llanchet's company, .'ind was from Suliield. At the expira- 
tion of my term 1 received two or three bills of Continental money, the lirst I 
remember to have seen. 

■ In the year 1T7G I joined the army again for seven months, under Capt. 
Simon Wolcott. It was now more dillicult to obtain .soldiers for the campaign 
than at any previous time, for the war contiiuied lon.srer than was at lirst antic- 
ipated. The novelty of the campaign and field of action had gone by. Men 
who enlisted now expected to have hard lighting. With these things in view, 
I left home in .Time, and arrived in New York just as the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence was published to the army. On the evening of the day it was made 
])ublic there the city was illuminated. In th(^ month of .luly we were employed 
eight days in erecting Fort Independence, after which we were ordered over to 
Long Island, where we were (luartercd more than a month, durin.g which 
the troops suffered minh from sickness. This division of the army was 
luider the command of Gen. Sullivan and Lord Sterling. Our company was 
divided, so that one-half would go from the liariacksat Brooklyn to Flalbush to 
keep garrison one day, and the next day llic oilier half would come to relieve 
them. We were daily expecting that we should be annoyed by the enemy. 
Some one of oin- company went every day to get milk for the sick soldiers at 
an old Dutchman's. About the time the enemy began to land on the island I 
went on the errand myself, when the old Dutelnnan rcm.irked that there would 
• be tou.sands and tousands of eni.' 

"On the morning of the battle of Long Island the soldiers were busily 
employed in throwing up a breastwork, and in cutting and drawing 
into a line before the breast work a row of apple-trees, the brush ttirned from 
us. I worked liolli on the breast work and drawing in the trees. Col. Hart 
had command of our regiment at the time, Col. Gay being sick in New York, 
where he died. 

"We were all now prepared for an engagement with the enemy. It has 



708 iUSTdKV (IF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

bc-ii SMi.l liy sniiic 1Ij:iI (U-n. \V:isliiTit;l(iii never leTl liis s:i(l(lle iliiniiir tlie il;i.v; 
l)ul I s;hv liiiii w.-ilk :ilon.tr lliu liiius iiiiil jiive his onlers in persiui totlic mloni'ls 
of e;icli iCii'iiiK'iit.. I lu^anl liim give ortlors to Col. Ilart. wliieli weic iiuicli like 
tliL' t'ollowing : "If tlif ciieiny come to attac-k \is, let tlicni apiiroaeli uilliiii 
twenty yards before you lire.' H was thought to be a stratagem of the eiiciuN 
to draw our lire and then force us from the enlrcnchment ; but Washiiigloii 
was too old for them. I also heard \Vasliinglon say, 'If I see any man turn 
his back to day I will sliool him through; I have two pistols loaded; but I will 
not ask any man to go furlher than I do ; 1 will tight so long as I have a leg or 
an arm." This is but a ser:ip of whal the hrnve W'.ishinglon s:iid on Ihal oeea 
sion. He said the time had come when Anicrie.ins must be freemen oi- slaves; 
"iiuit yoursehes like men, like s(.ldi<Ts; f(.i' all lliat is wnrlli living b>r is al 
slake ■ 

■■ During tiie day of the Long Island battle, on the right wing whc're I was 
Stationed, there was but little firing. The jiosition which we held at the tinn- 
was near a tide-mill — the yellow mill. While Washington was giving his 
orders to our colonel tlien^ was in the pond where this mill stood a man who 
was attempting to escape from the enemy, an inhabitant of tlie island, proba- 
bly, who was stvick in the mud Some propo.sed to go and help him. Wash- 
in,gton said no, knowing that they would be in the same pri'dieament, and thus 
li.able to be taken by the enemy. What became of the poor fellow I never 
knew 

■■ 1 dill not see the Hritishon the day of this bailie; the ground was siuh. and 
a grove inlervening, as to cut off the iirospeet. 1 was not personally knowini; 
to anything more relating to the battle, of any interest, but what is geiu'rally 
known. On the night we retreated I was just relieved from the breast -work when 
1 beard an ollicer remark that we were going to retreat. The next |iiisi>n I 
hearil speak of it was Gen. Putnam, when we were on the march. He then 
spiike. 1 thought, imprudently, for some one might have carried his report to 
the enemy. We left the island for New York between eight and nine o'clock 
in the evening. The retreat was eondm'ted without any ditiiculty. When the 
n\orning came 1 went to the grand battery, and, looking over to the island, saw 
two of our men plunge into the water and swim to get awtiy from the Hritish. 
The enemy tired at tbein, but they swam till our boats picked tbcni up. 1 
don't know as any of oui- men wttre lost on the island by bein.g left. 

"Wlien we had safely landed in New York we felt ourselves freed for a 
moment from the enemy. Rnl we had not long to rest. This was as late in 
the season as the tirsi of September. The main army was mnv in the city. 
Our barracks were al Bull's Head in IJueen street, which was then i|uile the 
upper pari of the city. When we left this street we moved to the east . :oiil 
l>itehed our lents. On our retreat from New York, by some misdirection, these 
tents were carried to the wrong jilaec, and we lost them. 

■' The enemy laniled in New York early in Sel)tember, and as we h.ad no 
means for eireetually resisting such superior forces. Gen. Washington was 
obliged to retreat before them. The enemy from Long Lsland passed u]i the 
East Kiver and landed a party at Turtle Bay. C'ol. Knowlton was killed and 
his trooiis disper.sed. He had cha.sed the Brilisli some distance; they were re 
inforced, and he was killed in the vicinity of Harlem Heights. This skirmish 
WMs called the Jlonday light. It was the day after we retreated from New 
York, which was on Saturday. I saw his dead body in a w,agon just as it was 
brought from the lield of battle, his clothes covered with blood. He was a 
brave ollicer 

"The Brilish liuided their Iroops .at Turtle liay under cover of two 
ships (if w:ir < )n Ihe evening previous to den. Washington's retreat to 



LIST (IK ICAST UINIISOI; I; K\( il,l"l'l( IN A K V Sdl.lH i:i;v. 70<t 

Itnrlriii 1 was slalioiu'il as s<'Htiiicl, alidUt cinlil cir iiinr (Mlock, al Ihc suulliiTii 
jiai-l (if oiu- torliliciition. Earl}' next niorniiif;- I looked toward tlic place where 
our rejiiiiient lay on the previous evening, and saw that the eani)) was lirokcii 
up I wei\t in pursuit of my paek, whieh was left in that direction when 1 
went (in duty, and. having found it. returned to my post. Early in the day. 
wjiile on niiard. one of the enemy's .ships was occupied in tiring her st(;rn guns 
( m ( (ur works, opposite our post. The fortificalion ext('nded from north to south 
rn(ir( than a mile. Our guard was stationed opposite Bull's Head, at the upper 
p.ari (if the entrenchments. Our sentry consisted of seven men. Col. Hart, 
our lielil ollieer, was tid<en pri.soner. In this condition we stood more than two 
hours and were not relieved, when one of the guard, whose name was Foster. 
came to me and said, 'Munscll, what shall we do V ' I replied. ' 1 don't know; 
we must stay here till we die, foraught I know.' .Soon after, the enemy were seen 
nuirehing into tlie upper part of the entreneliment, and we were more tlian ever 
in a (pnindary what to do. It was not lon,g before Foster came again. andin(iuired 
■ What can we do ';' The olfieerof the guard had not done his duty; where he 
was we knew not. Meantime the man-of-war was firing at us. It was not long 
before Lonmis, one of the sentinels, said to me, as soon as we were within sight 
of each other. ' Munsell. the guard has gone.' I replied. ' It is then time for us 
to go.' In our retreat we started for the North Kivcr. Some of the party 
threw away their packs; but I kept mine, though it was somewhat heavy. 
Tlierc was great disorder in the flight of our company. I cannot say how it 
was with the other troops from personal observation, though I was told at the 
time that Washington inquired, when retreating from New York to llarlem 
Heights, ' Have I got to depend on such troops 'I " so great was the disorder 
and confusion in the retreat. To return to my story: We soon reached the 
main road which our troops were traveling, and the lirst conspicuous person I 
met was Gen. Putnam. He was making his wii}' towards New York when all 
were .going from it. Where he was going I could not conjec-ture, though I 
afterwards learned he was going after a small garrison of men in a crescent for- 
litication, which he brought oflf safe. And when I passed him he was convers- 
ing with a field otticer, who, as I judged from their conversation, was thinking 
it liest to make a stand and face the enemy. This ofticer was crying, .and 1 
thouglit then rather /wAHerf. Putnam, in harsh language, told him to 'go 
along about his business.' We soon came up with a regiment of Western 
\'irginia troops in a grove on the road. The colonel of this regiment was at 
their liead. They were nuirehing in single file. They would not allow us Id 
pass them, though we were moving much faster than they were when we came 
up with tlieni. The colonel (■ailed out. 'Halt!' His men stopped, and we 
went on 

"Here 1 will state iv curious incident ; One of our fellow soldiers came up 
with us. an ac(|Uaintance, who was chased by the enemy. The Hessians 
pushed hiiu hard: he ran through swamps and mud, through brush and wood, 
and lost pack and coat, .shoes and stockings. He kept his arms, and once lired 
on his pursuer. I was able to furnish this destitute soldier with shoes and 
stockings. We reached Harlem Heights this day before sundown; here we 
st.iid something like three weeks. Our cookinj^ utensils went with oim- tents — 
1 never knew where. For a few days we fared hard. We. however, jiulled 
chestnut bark from the trees, wet our flour, aiul uuid(^ them in cakes on it, aiul 
in this way baked it by the lire. We had for meat fresh beef, and f(U- this we 
drew salt. One great jiot, which (i\u- lieutenant and his men found, served for 
many as the utensil to cook our meat at this emergency. Sometimes our lax-f 
was roasted on the coals. We did not stand then about hard f;u-e. for we were 
fighting for liberty. 



"lU HISTOltV DF ANCIiCNT WlNliSdU. 

" >>(i sliMrp lijililiiii; ("c'unril :it lliis slulidii; tin- i-Mi'iiiy (Mini- iii-.ii' lis. .iinl u c 
vvurc soon on tlu' lUiin-li. Tlic next iimvc was to -Mile .Sqiiaiv. Hero wc ilnw 
tents ami some cooking utensils. It was not iong l)ci"c)rc we removeii to Wliile 
Plains, Tliis move of tliearniy was in the niglit. In this march, wliiih was 
very slaw, all our camp eqnipage we were obliged to carry on our backs. 

" W/iite Plains. — Col. Gay was dead, Col Hart taken, and tlie command 
devolved on Ma.j. Mott. Previ(nis to the battle in this place the (^ncmy one 
mornin.g made a feint tor a battle. Our entrenchment was a stone wall. 
Washington called his men out and put them in readiness to tight; but no hal 
tic was fought tliiit il.iy. Our regiment was ordered out on fatigue the morn 
ing of the lialllr. W'c. hnwcver, saw the enemy in tlie field, jircparcd lor 
action, and thcj- made a most splendid a]iiiearancu. It was not WashingloMN 
|ilan to come to a general engagement ; he therefore did not <'all out all of his 
force into this action. McDougald's brigade bore the brunt of this battle, 

■ From White Plains the regiment to whicli 1 belonged marched to Wright's 
Mills. At this station we did not tarry many days, but moved to Philipsburg. 
Here we remained a month or more, and then we removed to North Castle. 
where our enlistment expired, December 35, 1776. I immediately started for 
home, and before we reached East Windsor the news of Trenton battle reached 
us. Our chaplain was Hev. Mr. Storrs. 

"Aiir/i/Kl, 1778. — 1 was drafted to take care of the artillery l.ikeii from I'.ur 
goyne, which we received at Parmington, Conn., and drlivircd at While I'liiiiis. 
then hc.i(li|uaiiers of the army. We were the whole nioiitii laUiiig dow n thrsc 
Held pieces to the Park at White Plains. While at that place, we met a whole 
.siuard of He.ssians who came over to our army, otlicers and all. They were 
receivcMl kindly and sent to a place of safely. Xo other incident of inleresi 
oceiirred on this expedition. I received ten dollars in Continenlal money lor 
this month's service for my country, which would then buy a bushel of corn' 
I also received the .same monlh, of the [irojicr aiilliorily. tor ,i gun which was 
lost in the northern army the year before, which was appiaiseil al tour |iounils, 
twenty ilollarsl Equal to two bushels of corn! 

■ Si j,ii mill r. IISO. — I was drafted and marched to Morse Neck, to gu.'iid a 
nuinlier of royalist refugees. They were collected together from New '^'ork, 
Comiectieul, etc., and some of the soldiers cilled them cow-boys and bull 
drivers. Here we staid a few days, and I hen went, by order of Arnold, who 
was then working his card, to North Castle. Soon after reaching this jilace, 
myself, with others, was sent to Peekskill for Hour. IJrcadstulT w;is short 
amongst us. Wliile on our w.-iy to Peekskill we staid one night in the woods. 
to avoid Ihe ivtugces. On this tour we I'.'ired hard, both going .■mil coming. 
We lould not gel ne.-ir llie (|Uaiitity of Hour we wanted, and Ihe ipialil\ of that 
was very poor. Hy mc.-ins of .Vrnold and others we were in a confused state al 
this tinu'. and we soon came liack to Horse Neck. While at this last named 
place I drew one pint of hominy in ten d;iys, and this was all the breadslulT 
th.il I could gel' Till' l.isl nl' ihis mililia tour I spent in threshing wheal lor 
my living and tor the support of my i-omr.i<lcs. In November I returned to 
my family, an<l this was the last of my going into the Revolutionary War. I 
received for my pay for this totir of service for my country some trash in Ihe 
.shape of Continental money, which would pay taxes. Near the close of the 
war I had a tax of forty dollars to i)ay in Continental money, and others with 
me, my neighbors, had not money of this dcscriiition to pay this lax. We .got 
some specie together, .sent a man to Springlield, where Continental money was 
to be bought, and purchased whal wi' wanted; so lh.it 1 paid my forty dollar 
tax for about forty cents 

■'Namcsoftlireeof Ihe heroes whotook Stony Point, with (ieii. Wayne, their 



1. 1ST OF KAST WINDSOU liEVOI.ITTIONA K V SOLIUEKS. 711 

lc"ulc-r. 'riicsc iiicii liavc siiiii lli:il they wriv in llic- Idrloni lin|pi'. AlcXMiiilcr 
'Plioiiipsou, East Windsor, lir.sl to ciilcr tlir toil ; Williaiii UiiniN, ('ovciitry. 
and Charles Brown, of Connecticut. 

•' Uoiitiiientiil Muncji. — In 1781, in tlic nioiitlisot February or .Mar<'li, I drove 
a team to Boston, witli a load, and l)rouglit one hack for a niercliant in Sprini; 
lield, Mass. Iliad a live cattle team. Keturning home, I stay<'d in Ko\l)ury 
one ni.ijht; my team was fed; I had one meal and lodging; my liill in tlie morn- 
ing was equal to two silver dollars, and Continental money had so di'pni ialed 
that 1 paid in it llie round sum of |U0 for that single night's entertainment." 

.I()1;L (s. of Kli.sha), in Aug., 1777, joined the co. of ("apt. Zebulon IJidwell, of 
E. W., and served irt the Northern Army under Gen. Gates, being "engaged 
in every battle fought there." About two days after his return home, was 
seized with small-pox, of winch he died after an illness of 18 days. (See his 
father's Mem. to A.s.seml]ly. Cm,,,. Sf.it,' A irlii ,;.•', h',,\ U'./c, viii. 273; .\. 7.) 
The following was his physician's bill : 

"Tlic Estate of Joel .'\Iuncil Deceac' of the Small | I'o.x wliieb he Brought 
liome from the Army A Dyed after a | long A Teadeous llness of Eiglileen 
Davs During whieli time | I made him Ki;;lil N'isils Charge for Each !t/ 

£■■',: V2 
To Emet 1/(1 ('rem Tart 1,0 4 auodius 4, Cath 1 (I (I; 7; G 



A Trew accounte Simon Fiicld 



£3; li): (J 



.loNATlIAN, .Tn.. I,e.\. Alarm, see ji. C81; jirob. |,'nl. '21 Jlay-Dec 211. -!',. ('apt. 

IMtkin's (Iltfd.) Co., 2d in 4 Cont. Reg., Col. Ilinman.l 
MAKTIN, enl. about Mch. 1, 1781; time e.\p. 1 Mch., SS, fm. class in No. Parish, 

E. W. Cciiif. Ciipt. JI<:z. nisiidl; [enl. o May, '81, Capl. Samuel Granger's Co. , 

(icn. Waterbury's State Brigade, sea. coast defense.] 
SILAS, enl. (Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co., on service .Tuly-Aug., '76: was of Col. 

Cantield's Jlil. Keg. at West Point, N. Y., Sept., 'Sl.j 
N.XSII, EI5ENEZEU (Ell.), teamster, among those who took supplies fn>in Conn, lo \. 

Y.. Spg. of 'SO. — y/. C. (J. Sket,-Ii, xiv.; poss. [the E. N. who enl. 5 Coim. 

Line. Col. P. P. Bradley, '77]. 
JOEL (W]ig.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 6:i;i; [enl. Capt. ('has. Ellsworth's (.l)Co., 8 Cont. 

Heg., Col. Huntington, (i Julv-17 Oct., '7.-)l; del. for dulv for Slate defense, 

Sept., '79.1 
\ l',\VI5EI{RY (Capt.) AMASA, of Capt. Roswell (irant's .Alil. Alarm Co. |enl. 10 July- 

I'ec. 18, '75, in Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's (")) Co., 8 Cont. Reg., Col. lIuntin,gton; 

Corp'l in Capt Sinions's Enf. and E. W. Co., Col. E. Wolcott's State Reg. at 

lioston, Jan. -May, '76; Sgt. of Capt. Roswell Grant's Mil. Co. with Col. John 

son's State Reg. at Providence, R. I.. Mch., '78]; detached from (Japt. (J.s Co. 

lo repair to Newport, July, '80. 
CHAUNCEY, Lex. Alarm Co., see p. 035. 
GEORGE, |of Capt. Simons's (Enf. and K. W.) Co., Col E. WoU'olt's Stale I{eg., 

r.oston. Jan. -Mch., '76]. 
•lolI.N, [of Col. Cantield's Mil. Reg. at West Point, N. Y., S.'pt., 'SI]. 
NOADIAII (" Dyer"), was one of juvenile guard over tlu' Royalist (Jov. Franklin 

while a pris. at E. W., p. 060. 
M'.WELL, DANIEL (Ell.), service not on record.— ./. (,'. /;. 

J.VCOB (Ell), service not on record; d. at Norwalk, Conn.— ./. (.' /.'. 
.lOlIX (Ell.), service not on record; d. at Lynn, Mass. — ./. (!. IS., 
N i;\\'T< )N, ALEXANDER, [of (^apt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co. in service July-Aug., '70]. 
IS.\ .\C, in Cont. service, 1779- '80, as per ccrtif. of his Alarm List, Capt. Ich. Wads- 



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mSTOHY OF ANCIENT VVINDSOIi. 



worUi .)f Ell.; family supii. liy K. Vf. — St,itc Air/i.. xxx. 1: [of Capt 
Siiiions's Kiif. and K. \V. Co., Col. E. Wolioll's State Koi;. at Itostoii, Jaii.- 
Mch.. '76; enl. 6 May-',>2 Sept.. 78. Capt. BlaeUman's Co., Col. Sherburne's 
Add. Inf. Keg.]. 

OLIVER, detach, from Capt. Roswcll Grant's >Iil. Alarm List (I'.Hli Keg.) to go to 
Newport. K. I., under Capt. llez. Bissell. 
OLCOTT, ELI [of Capt. Simons'.s (Eiif, and E. W.) Co.. Col. E. WoUolfs Slate Ke-. at 
Boston, .lan.-Meh., '?()]. 

ASAHEL, Lex. Alarm, see p. 6:3"). 
OSIJOKN, DA>fIEL, Lex. .\lanu, see p. (i:il. 

DAVID, Lex. Alarm, .see p. 0:il. 

i;ZICKIEL, Lex. Alarm, .see p. 6S1; was 12 mos. Cont. .service, for which he rec'd 
^11) — 'Join) (Inc.; [enl. Capt. Parsons's (Enf.) Co., 4 Cont. Keir.. Col. llimnan, 
15 .May-19 Dee., '75; of Capt. Simons's (Enf. and E. W.) Co., Col. E. WoUtolt's 
State Ke.g. at Boston, Jan.-Meh., '76; Sgt. of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co.. Uol. 
Enos's Mil. Keg. on the Hudson, summer of '78; on detach, of ;!d Troop 4 
Light Horse, as escort to Convention Troops, Nov., '78 — 12 days' service]. 

EZRA, [of Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co. in service Jiily-Aug., "76; prob. enl. 
9 June, '77, for 8 mos., Capt. Parsons' Co.; disc. Jan.. '7S, •,> Conn. Line, 
Col. Chas. Webb; was of Capt. J. Wells's t'o., Col. E. Wolcott's St.-ite Keg. at 
Boston, Jan.-Mch., '7,6] 

EZEKIEL (Sgt), [with Cajit. Uoswell Grant's Mil. Co , Col. Enos's Keg. on the 
Hudson, summer of '7^1; reed £8. 14.i. pay; was in Cont. servic<', hired by i 
cla.ss in '77, for 12 mos., for which he rec'd .£16 hard money. 

ISRAEL, was of Capt. He/.. Bi.ssell's Mil. Alarm List E. W. ; [.'id. Capt. E. Wol-j 
cott'sMil. Co. in service, July-Aug., '76; enl. for war ("//'. lim-.). w.as of Conn. 
Light Inf. 1781, Co.'s under Lafayette, and c.omm'd by ilaj John P. Wyllis, 
Fcb.-Nov., '81]; dftd. from Capt. .lona. Heath's Co. 

JOHN, [of Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co. in .service July-Aug.. '76]. 

PHIXEAS, one of this name, very likely from E. W., was [of Capt. E. Wolcott's Co., 
1 Coiui. Line. Col. J. Durkee, 1781-83]. 

SAMUEL, Ju., Le.x. Alarm, see p. 631. 
PAINE, DANIEL, [eid. 6 July-18 Dec, '75, Co. 5 (Capt. Chas. Ellsworth), s Cont , Keg., 
Col. Huntington]. 

JOHN, in Cont. service, '7!); from ('apt He/. liissell's Alarm List. 

RUFUS, in Cont. service from Capt. He/, Bissell's Alarm List; [enl. U)July-ia 
Dec, '75, Co. 5 (Capt. Chas Ellsworllis), 8 Cont. Reg., Col. Huntington; eulJ 
in Artificers' Corps, at Springtield, Mass., 24 Mch., '78; served till '82. in Capt.' 
Barton's Co., Col. Flower's command. Pens., 1832; Iltfd. Co] 

SOLOMON, in Cont. service from Capt. Hez. Bi.sseirs Co., '7'.)- '80. 

STEIMIEX. feid. 10 July-Dec. 18. '75, Co. 5, Capt. Cha.s. Ellsworth, 8 Cont. Reg.J 
Col. Huntington I 
I'ALMKK, TlIt).MAS, ap)) for pens, fnmi E. W.— lltfil. C". CIrrk'.', offia . 
I'.VKKER, JOHN, [Capt. Simons's (Enf. and E. W ) Co., Col E. Wolcott's State Kegj 
at Boston, Jan.-Mch., '76]. 

El'HRAl.M [enl. i) July-Dec. 18, '75, Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's Co. (5), 8 Con^ 
Keg., Col. Huntington; was of Capt. Sinfous's E. W. and Enf. Co., Col. 
Wolcott's State Reg., '76]. 
PARKHURST, JOSEPH (Ell.), Lex. Alarm, see )> 634. 

PARSONS, JESSE, [enl. Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co. in .service July-Aug.. 76]. 
I'ASCO, JONATHAN, enl. '76 in Col. Patterson's JIass. Reg.; laig. at baltl.' of TrenJ 
ton, 25 Dec, '76; a 6 mos. recruit in 3d Conn. Keg. in camp at Conn. Hutts, Nj 
J.; reconuneiided by his Capt., W. Williams, for disch:irge, 8 Dec. 17S1; and" 
was tlisch. same dale by Col. Zeb. Butler. Col. romui'irg Conn. Div.; was in 



LIST OF EAST WINTISOIi KKNOI.t'TK IN AN V SULDIKKS. ~ l:\ 

font, service for 6 inos., IT80, for whieli he reed .tl3, liani iiiouey — Toirndoc. 
He enl. from classes in No. parish, E. W.; time up, 1 Jan., '82. — Certif. C'tipt 
n,z. /,V.v.v-W. I Pens.: res. Illfd. Co. 1840, ;e. T'J]. 
I'.VVNE (Capt.) EDWARD (Ell.), Le.x. Alarm, see p. 634; may be the E. P. who enl. 
[in Capt. Parsons (Enf.) Co., 4 Cont. Reg., Col. llinman, Conn. 1 May; disc. 28 
Nov., '75; re-enl. same reg. summer of '76; was then of Bolton, 1st Lt., 4 Co., 
Col. Saye's (3d)Battal., Wadsworth's Brig., June-Dec, '76; and of Col. Elys 
State Reg., Jan., '79; Capt. in Col. Wells' Reg., 1780]. 
PEAHCE (PIERCE), ABNER, was in Cont. service in '77, hired by u cl.iss, for 12 
mos., and rec'd £12 hard money. 

JOHN, Lex. Alarm, see p. 631; was in Cont. service in '77 for 12 mos., hired by a 
class, and rec'd £3.5 Cont. money. 
PEASE, EDWARD, [enl. 6 Jvily-18 Dec, '75, Co. 5, Capt. Chas. Ellsworth, S Cont. 
Reg., Col. Huntington]; one of same name and prob. same man [inl. 10 Jul}', 
'80-Dec 9, '80, short term levies, 2 Conn. Line, Col. C. Webb]. 

ELI, Lex. Alarm, see p. 631; [enl. Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's (5) tJo., S Cont. Reg., 
Col. Huntington, 6 July-18Dec, '75]. 

GIDEON. (Ell..) [enl. 6 July-18 Dec, '75, Capt. Chas. Ellsworths Co., S Cont. ]{eg., 
Col. Huntington.] 

JOSEPH, was in Cont. service from No. parish of E. W.. as per following docu- 
ment in handwriting of Capt. Lemuel Stoughton: 

Eaft Windfor July y - 16'i', 1781 

Then Agreed With Jofeph Pees Ju' that has | Livd With me & now going into the 
Continental | Army for three years luilefs Sooner Dil'charged | that whatever 
I>art of S' Terra or whole he may | be in the Army upon Wages he S' Pees Re 
turning | S'' wages forty Shillings pr month liard money to me for what time 
he is Abfent | & Living with me y" Remainder of his time ] till he is twenty one 
years Old if he behaves | well & is faithful! in my businefs he Shall have | the 
benetit of All his Bounties. 

Eall Windfor July 17S1 

T Whoom it may Confern Pleale to | pay to Leni"' Stoughton y" forty Shillings 
hard | mcmey or Eciuivuelen pr month for the time | I am in y" Continental 
Army and this Shall | Difcharge 

.losEPH Peese. 

TIIO.MAS, prob. of Enf. anil tliu Enf. Lex. Alarm party, [enl. Co. 5, Capt. Chas. 

Ellsworth, 8 Cont. Reg., Col. Huntington, July 6-Dec. 18, '75|. 
PETER, in Cont. service fnmi Capt. Hez. Bissell's Alarm List, No. parish E. W., 
'79-'80: prob. [enl. Capt. Wright's Co. (Enf.) 9 Feb., '77. for war; pris. Mch. 
'20, '78; ret. July, '78; disc. 9 Feb. '80]., 
PKCK, SAMUEL (Ell.), Lex. Alarm, .see p. 631. 

ZEDEKIAH, in Cont. service, '79-80, from Capt. Ich. Wadsworlhs (Ell.) Alarm 
List ; [enl. Capt. Blackman's Co., Col. Sherburne's Add. Inf. Reg., 6 May-20 
Oct., '77.] 
PEGAN. DARIUS, in Cont. service, fm. Capt. Johnson's (Ell.) Co., May, '79. 
PKMRER, ANDREW (Ell.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 634. 

I'KNDAL, ELISHA, Lex. Alarm, .see p. 633; [enl. Capt. Pitkin's (10) Co., 23 May; 
Corp'l from Oct. 1; disc. Dec. 30, '75, 4 Cont. Reg., Col. Hinman; and at siege 
of Boston]. 
PERRY (Rev.) JOSEPH, Chaplain of Col. Erastus Wolcotfs State Reg. at Boston, 
Jan.-^Mch., '76 — six weeks. See Chapter VI. 
Extract from a letter from Gov. Jona. Trumbull, dated 3 Feb., 1776, at Lebanon, 
Conn., to Col. Erastus Wolcott at E. W.: — 

Vol. I. — 90 



714 



HISTdHy OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



" I received your's of yesterday last evening, your forwarilness it tlie apparent 
readiness of the Jlen to go on the service is very agreeable — and ho]ie no Time 
will be lost. 
It will he very ace<'ptable to inc, 'I'hat 'I'lie Kev' M' Perry should go ('lia|ilin for 
your Regiment, plea.se therefore to present my Complements to him, and in- 
form him if He pleases that 'tis my Desire that he go forward with yon in that 
Capacity — to prevent delay please to nominate some person that is skilful and 

such as you judge fit to Go as tlic Surgeon &, Physition for your Regiment 

and also an Armourer. 
Wishing you the Divine Presence, Piotcition and Blessing — I nniaiii, with esteem 
& Regard " etc. — Conn. State An/i., /,',/■. War, x.xxi. tl. 

PERRY, JOSEPH, Jr. (son of Rev. Joseph), app. by Gov. Trumbull as I.ssuing Cora- 
mis.sary in the Conn. Line of Cont. Army, 30 Oct:, 1777; detach. July, XO, from 
Capt. Ro.swell Grant's Co., 19th Mil. l{cg., to go to ]S'ewiiort, R. 1. under Capt. 
Hez. Bissell. 
WILLIAM LAWRENCE (son of Rev. Joseph), in 17S1, was caplureit on a privateer, 
and imprisoned and ill on board one of the prison-shiiis in the Wallabo 
(Brooklyn), N. Y., from whence he was rescued by the kindness of the Royal 
ist Governor Franklin of N. J., who had himself been a jirisoner of war at E, 
W. — See Perry Genculwiy, 2d volume. 

PERSONS, EPIIRAIM, [enl. Capt. Simons's (Enf. and E. W.) Co., Col. K. Wolcott' 
State Reg. at Boston, Jan.-Mch., '70]. 

PETER (negro), in Cont. service, "79-80, from Capt. Amasa Loomiss Mil. Alarm Co.;j 
"lived at Htfd. when he enl.; then he hired a man to take his place; now a: 
inhab. of E. W., and alirayH was" ; time e.\p. 6 Mch., '81. — Select man's Certifi 

PETER, ANDREW, [enl. 13 July-Dec. IS, '75, Co. 5, Capt. Chas. Ellsworth, 8 Conti 
Reg., Col. Huntington.] 

PHELPS, ELDAD, [enl. 6 Jidy, disc. Dec. 18, '7.5, .5 Co., Capt. Chas. Ellsworth, 
Cont. Reg., Col. Huntington.] 
NOAH (Sgt.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 681; [Sgt. J. Wells's Co., Col. E. Wolcotfs Sta 
Reg. at Boston, Jan.-Mch., '76; also of Capt. E. Woleotls Co., July-Aug. 
'76; comm. Ens. 1 Jan., '77,2 Conn. Line, Col. Chas. Webb; d. 16 Mcli., '78, i 
Col. SebBurtie'sReg.— C««». Are/i. Rei: War, xxx. 100.] 

PERKINS, GIDEON,) [enl. Capt. Harmon's (Suff.) Co., Col. E. Wolcotfs State Reg, 
JASON, * at Boston, Jan.-Mch., '76. J 

AARON, mentioned on p. :J65; may also have beUmged to East Windsor. 

PIERCE. ABNER, |eid. 11 May-19 Dec, '70, Capt. Parsonss (Enf.) Co. (10), 4 Con' 
Reg , Col. Hinmau; enl. Capt. Parsons's Co., 2 Conn. Line, Col. C. Webb, 
May, '77, for 8 mos ; disc. 9 Jan., '78; re-enl. short term levies of same Reg, 
1 July, '80-30 Dec, '80; again in Capt. Parsons's Co., Col. Sage's (3d) Battal, 
Wadsworth's Brig., N. Y. and L. I., summer of '701. In '77 a Tuwn Due, sa; 
he was in Cont. service, and rcc'd tlO. 10; was also dfld. from Capt. R. Granl 
" mos. last year," Nov., '81. 
DANIEL, [enl. Capt. Parsons's Enf. Co., 2 Conn. Line, Col. Chas. Webb, 26 Ma; 
'77, 3 yrs. (musician); reduced Aug., '78; disc. 1 May, "80. Pens, (drummer] 
res. Conn., 1818]; fam. supp. by E. W. — State Are/i., xxx. 1. 
JOHN, enl. in Cont. service 3 yrs., 1777; rec'd £35. — Toirri Jhr. [eid. 15 May-1! 
Dec , '76, Capt. Parsons's (Enf ) Co., 4 Cont. Reg., Col. Hinman, and at sie 
of Boston; enl. same Co. 1 Jlay, '77, 3 yrs., 21 Apl., '80, 2 Conn. Line, Col 
Chas. Webb; was of Capt. Simons's Co. (Enf. and E. W.), Col. E. Wolcotfj 
State Reg. at Boston, Jan.-Mch., '76; cid. Capt. E. Woliott's Co.; in scrvi 
July-Aug., '76]. 

PINNEY, EBENEZER, [enl. 20 July-Oct. 27, '80, .short term levies, 2 Conn. Lin( 
Col. (has. W'ebb; was of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., Col. Enos's Mil. Reg. 
Hudson, summer of '78] ; rec'd £6 8s. pay. 



LIST or EAST WINIlSdl! IiEV(II,UTK)\AI!Y S(l|,lil KliS. 715 

ISAAC, [ciil. (I .Tuly-18 Dec, '7r>, Co. 5, Capt. Chas. Ellsworth, 8 Cont. Reg., Col. 
Huntington; of Col. E. Wolcott's 8tate Reg. of Boston, Jaii.->Icli., '76, onl. 
('apt. Wallnidge's Co. 10 Jan., '77; prom. Sgt. 1 Feb., '78; disc. 25 Jan., 'SO; 
of Gen. "Wolcott's Brig, at Peekskill, G Apl.-2;:i jMay, '77. Pens.; res., 
1818, Vt.| 

Jl^DAH, [enl. 7 JIay-18 Dec, '7o, Capt. Euos's (:!) Co., 2 Cont. Reg., Col. Spencer; 
Sgt. of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., Col. Euos's Jlil. Reg. on Hudson, sum- 
mer '78] ; rec'd £9 10s. pay. 

JONATHAN (Sgt.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 631; was of Capt. Harpers Alarm List, 
'79, and in Cont. service; prob. the [Sgt. Joua. P. of Capt. Abbe's (Euf.) Co., 
3 Conn. Line, Col. Sam. Wyllys, enl. 2-1 ApL, '77, for 3 yrs.; disc. 24 Apl., '80; 
eul. 13 Mch., '80, from W.], though not claimed by that town, but by E. W. 
[in 5 Troop, Sheldon's Light Dragoons; described as 5 ft. 8 in. high, dark com- 
plex., gray eyes]; was in service in Apl., '81, fnmi E. AV. 

JOSEPH, Jr., (Ell.,) Lex. Alarm, see p. 634. 

LE^HTEL, (Ell.,) (ifer in Lex. Alarm, see p. 634, where the name is wrongly given 
as Samnel; [enl. 6 July-24 Oct., '75, Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's Co. (5), in 8 Cont. 
Reg., Col. Huntington. Pens. Tolland Co. 1832; d. Tolland, 1840, le. 88.] 

[ELEAZEK ■?] (Ell.), father of Benjamin and Eleazcr, was at battle of Saratoga; 
[perhaps also] the Elcazer Pinney, teamster of army supplies, spring of 1780, 
to Newburg, broke through the ice on Hudson River with loss of horse. — 
H. C. G. xiv. 
PORTER, HEZEKIAH, was of Capt. R. Grant's Mil. Alarm List, summer of '79; 
fam. supp. by Town of E. W. — State Arch., xxx. 1 [enl. Capt. Parsons's 
(Euf.) Co., 10 Apl., '77, for war; pris. 3 July, '77; ret. Aug., '78; disc. 4 Apl., 
'81]. 

ISRAEL, was (fifer) [of Capt. Roswell Grant's Mil. Co., Col. Euo.s's Mil. Reg. on 
the H\idson, 8 mos., smnmer of '78]; ree's £7. 6. 10. pay; app. Fife Major by 
Roger Euos, Col. of a Reg't of Conn. Troops then in camp at Horse Neck, 
Couu., 30 Oct., 1778.— Or^V/. J>„r. 

JOHN, [I'ul. 11 July-18 Dec, '75. 5 Co., Capt. Chas. Ellsworth, 81 h Cont. Reg., 
Col. Huntington. | 

JONATHAN, Ju., (Ell.,) Lex. Alarm, sec p. 634. 

NATHANIEL, Lex. Alarm, see j). 635. Pens., 1818. 
POTWINE, JOHN, [enl. July 11, disc 28 Aug., '75, Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's (5) Co., 

Slh Cont. Reg., Col. Huntington.] 
PRATT. ELI, |of Capt. Roswell (Jrant's Co., Col. Enos's Mil. Reg., .sununer 'TS, on 
Hud.sonJ; rec'd .£6. 6. 8. pay. 

TIMOTHY. Lex. Alarm, see p. 035. 
PRINCE (negro), prob. [enl. Capt. Barnard's (lit fd) Co., 3 Conn. Line, Col Sam. 
AVyllys, 29 May, '77, for the w.-ir; d. 7 Oct., '77. | 

" In the Name of (iod amen. I pince Negro heretofore Servant for Life 
to I Thomas Fofter of Eaft Windfor in the County of Hartford in the State of 
Con I neeticutl in New PjUgland now manumitted it made free calling to mind 
my mor | tallity & now going into the war it amidft the Dangers of the conti- 
nental Army | during the war A: minding to difpofe of my Estate if J should 
leave any more | than Eno' to \v,\.y my Jufl Debts A: funeral Exjicnses on this 
'.3' Day of June AD | 1777 being in my right mind & of difpofing memory make 
& ordain this | my laft will & Teftamcnt bequeathing my .Sold to God who 
gave it it to his Son Jefus Cln'ifl | the Saviour of fallen man A- commending 
my Body to a decent Burial | in the earth from whence it was taken — with re- 
spect to the worldly Estate J | sliall leave my will is that it shall be improv'd 
in the tirU place to pay | my lust Debts it funeral Expenfes it all the refidue of 



716 HISTOlfY OP ANCIENT WINDSOU. 

Ill)' Estate wlictlicr real | iicifoiicl that J sliall Icavo or liave a riglit to .1 irive iV 
(levife tlie life thereof | to Fkjra a negro woman the Servant for Life of the 
rev" Mr lofeph Perry Paftor | tlie tirft Church in S'' Eaft Windfor as long as 
She shall remain Single | & unmarried & upon her marying or Death my will 
is that my Sd Estate Shall go | to the Son of the S'' Flora lately born named 
Prince after my own name to be improv'd to purchafe | his Friedom if it can 
be obtained & if the S'' Flora & her Sd Son both of | should die my will is that 
the S'' Rev' 51' Jofepli Perry shall | have all my Estate to pay him for his 
Trouble in taking care of Flora | in her sickness & looking after her said Son 
of whom J oun luyfelf to be | the Father & I do hereby appoint it ordain tli<- 
S"* revd M' Jofeph | Perry to be the Executor of this my laft will & Teftameni 
as witnefs | my Hand ifc Seal the Day & year aforesaid | 

■PRINCE NEGRO |sk\i,| 

"Sign- Seal'' & publifh'' & declar'' to be | the laft will A Teftament ol th( 
Testa I tor in prcfence of | 

" Nath"-"- Porter 
w" wolcott j"'"' 
Naomi Wolcott " 

PRIOR, EBENEZER, [enl. 6 July, disc. Dec. 18, 75, in 5 Co. (Capt. Chas. Ellsworth), 
8 Cont. Reg., Col. Huntington. Pens.; 1833, res. Htfd Co.; 1840, res. Euf.] 
ROSWELL, was |of Capt. E. Wokotfs E. W. Co., .Tuly-Aug., 76. | 
HEAD, SIATTHEW, dftd. to Ro.stoii [enl. Capt. R. Grant's Co. |. 

REED, JUSTUS, of Capt. R. Grant's Alarm List, June, "78; prob. did some detail duty. 
[Justus R, res. Htfd. Co.; Pens., 18:W Jnst/re R., prob. same. Pens, at 'I'or 
rington, 1840, le. 79]. 
REYNOLDS, REUBEN, in Cont. .service from Capt. Harl)er's Co.; named in list of 
men claimed by E. W.; nodate, but prob. 1871; enl. " last, July, forSyrs." fnnji 
Capt. Barber's Mil. Alarm List. — 7}iirii JJor. 

REYSNER, , in Cont. service from Capt. Amasa Loomis's Alarm List, '70-80. 

ROBERTS, ELIPHALET, [enl. 16 July-Dec. 18, 75, Co. 5, Capt. Chas. Ellsworth, s 
Cont. Reg., Col. Huntington.] 
JOHN, Lex. Alarm, see p. 6:^1; may have been the J K. who was dctaclied Jan., 
78, from Capt. Steph. Roberts's Co. (Htfd.), to do 2 mos. tour with Capt. Ros- 
woll Grant's Co. 
ROCKWELL, ABNER (Sgt.), Lex. Alarm, see p. (i*i. 

AMASA, prob. |ciil, I .Iiily-Dec Ki, '8(1, in short term levies, 2 Conn. Line, Col. 

Chiis. Webbj, 
EBENEZER, Lex. Alarm, see |i. G:fd: [eid. Capt. Pitkin's (Htfd.) Co., 4 Cont. Reg., 
Col. Hinman.at siege of Boston, '75; prob. enl. Capt. Birge's (Bolton) Co., Col. 
Sage's (3(1) Batt., Geu. Wadsworth's Brig., '76, X. Y. and L. I.] 
ISAAC, detach, from Capt. Roswell Grant's Mil. Alarm List to go to Newport, 

under Capt. Hcz. Bissell, Jvily, '80. 
NATHANIEL, ace. to family trad., served in Cont. Army on a "peremi)tory <lraft." 
prnli. July and Aug., '76. in the N. Y. and L. I. campaign; but, it is said, 
he brought back into his family the dread di.scase " camp disorder, " of which 
his father, James Rockwell, and a young child of his own died. In confirma- 
ti(m of this story our Burial Record gives: "Sept. 15, 1776 — Nathaniel Rock- 
well's child." "Oct. 15, 1776 — James Rockwell." — 7?. T. S. 
WILLIAM, detach, from Capt. Roswell Grant's Mil. Alarm List to repair to New- 
port, with Capt. Hez. Bissell, July, '80. 
ROGERS, NATHANIEL, [enl. Capt. Roswell Giant's Jlil. (M., Col. Johnson's Reg. 
at Providence, R. I., '78.] 
LEMUEL, in Cont. .service from Capt. Barber's Co., '79 or '80; poss. |ciil ('apt. 
Richanl's Co. for the war, 5 Jan., '77; d. 25 Mch., 78J. 



LIST OF KAST WINKSOI! liKVOI.l'TIONARV SOLDIERS. 717 

KISSELL. IIEZEKIAII. (EIL.) Lex. Alarm, si.' p. 6*-).—/. (1. II. 

NATIIAXIEL, [eiiL Capt. E. Wolcotfs 5IiL Co., in service .Iiily-Aug., 70; in 

('apt. K. Grant's MiL Co., CoL Jolinson's Heg., Providence, R. I., 78]. 
STEPHEN, (Ell.,) Lex. Alarm, see p. 634; [in 8th Co., Sd Battal. (Col. Gay's). Wails 

worth's Brig.; Jime-Dcc, '76; missing in retreat from L. I., Sept. 15; prol). 

killed.] 
SADD, TIIOjMAS, (of Wpg.) (Lieut.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 633; was of Capt. R. Grant's 

Mil. Co.; warned for New London, 12 July, '79; b. 29 Mch., 1748; d. 10 July, 

1823. — Wpn. Old. 
Si:SSIONS, SAMUEL (Lieut.), [of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., app. Dec. 31, '77. of 

Col. Johnson's Reg. at Providence, R. I., '77-78; of Col. Canfield's Mil. Reg., 

West Point, N. Y., Sept., '81; one of the Lieuts. of the Provisional Regt. 

raised to meet the call of Gen. Washington, 1781]; in '79 gives a receipt to 

Capt. R. G. for wages. 
SKXTON, JONATHAN (Ell.), Lex. Al.arm, see p. 634; [enl. 17 JLiy-19 Dec, '75, 10 

Co. (Capt. Parsons of Enf.), 4 Cont. Reg., Col. Hinman, and at siege of Bos- 
ton; of Capt. Simons's (Enf . and E. W.) Co., Col. E. Wolrott's State Reg. at 

Boston, Jan. -Mch., '76.] 
SIIAW, DAVID. Lex. Alarm, see p. 631; enl. 10 Co. (Capt. Parsons of Enf.), 4 Cont. 

Reg., Col. Hinman, 13 May-19 Dec, '75.] 
GILBERT, served in Cont. Army, "last campaign; wages 18.i. Srf. (State hills), 

Capt. Roswell Grant's order on Mr. Asahel Hathaway, dated 16 July, '81." — 

Sioaghton Mks. The only Gilbert S. in Off. Bee. was in 1 Conn. Line, under 

Col. Huntington, '77-81. 
^IIIRTLEFF, LOTHROP, (Ell.) Lex. Alarm, see p. 634. 
SIMONS. ISIIAM, [eul. 26 ApL, '82, in Sheldon's Light Dragoons; described as black 

smith. ."> ft. 11 in. high, dark complex., gray eyes, dark hair.] 
SKINNER. AZARIAH, in the sernce. 

.\BRAHAM, Lex. Alarm, see p. 635; prob. [enl. Capt. Harmon's (Suff.)Co.,4 

Conn. Line, Col. John Durkee]. 
JOSEPH, [of Capt. E. Wolcotfs Mil. Co.. on service July-Aug.. '70; enl. 24 ApL, 

'77. for S mos. ; disc 1 Jan., '78.] 
OLIVER, Lex. Alarm, see p. 633; was [of Capt. J. Wells's Co., Col. E. Wolcotfs 

State Brig, at Boston, Jan. -Mch., '76|; gun supp. by town. — .S. 0. Mas. 
ROSWELL, Lex. Alarm, see p. 633. 
SAJU'EL. Jr., Lex. Alarm, see j). 631; prob. [of Capt. E. Wolcotfs Mil. Co., on 

service, July-Aug., '76]. 
SI.ADE (SLED), AARON, [enl. Capt. Simons's Co., 4 Cont. Reg., Col. Hinman. at 

siege of Boston, Jan. -Mch., '76; of Capt. E. Wolcotfs Mil. Co., on servici^ 

July-Aug., '76]. 
ABNER, of Capt. Ich. Wadsworth's (Ell.) Alarm List, '79; [enl. Capt. Pitkin's (2) 

Co.. Col. Hinman's, 4 Cont. Reg., May 21-Dcc. 20, '75; of Capt. Simons's (Enf. 

and E. W.) Co., Col. E. Wolcotffe State Reg. at Boston, Jan. -Mch., '76; of 

('apt E. Wolcotfs Mil. Co., on service July-Aug., 76]. Same as on p. 370. 
OAXIEL, [enl. Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's Co. (3) Conf Regt., Col. Huntington. 6 

•luly-Dec, '73; was of Capt. E. Wolcotfs Mil. Co., in service July-Aug., '76. | 
JA.MES (Sgt.), (Ell..) Lex. Alarm, see p. 634; [enl. July 7-18 Dec, '73, Co. 3, Capt. 

(has. Ellsworth, 8 Cont Reg., Col. Huntington; of Capt. Simons's (Enf. and 

E. W.) Co., Col. E. Wolcotfs State Reg. at Boston, Jan. -Mch., '76.] 
SMITH, EBENEZER. Lex. Alarm, see p. 633; poss. [enl. Capt. Parsons's (Enf.) Co., 

2 Conn. Line, Col. C. Webb. 27 July-Dec, '80]. 
REMEMBRANCE, [enl. 6 July-Dec 18, '73, Co. 5 (Capt. Chas. Ellsworth), 8 Cont. 

Keg., Col. Huntington; enl. Capt. Birge's (Bolton) Co., Col. Sage's (3d) Battal., 

Wadsworth's Brig., N. Y. and L. I., '76]. 



718 



HISTOHY OP ANriENT WINDSOR. 



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SAMUEL (Lieut.), of ('apt. Ko.swull Giaiifs Mil. Co., '78, to whom ho 

receipt 8 Jan., 'SI — then .styled Lieut. [1st Lieut, ('apt. U. G.'s('o.,( 

Mil. Keg. on the Ihidson, summer 'TH]; ree'd £27. 2. 8. pay. 
TIIEODOUE, hired by Jonathan Bisscll, Jr.: .served iu (out. Army. 

Capt. lies, liissell; " b. in E. W. and an iiihab. in no other ti)Wii; a 

7th Mans. Reg." 
TnO>rAS. of E. W.. enl. 7 Mass. Reg., C'ont. service, Apl., SI. — T"trn 
SPEAK, WILLL\M, (Ell.,) Lex. Alarm, see p. 634. 
STAKKS, THOMAS, vol, on Le.\. Alarm, 1775; present at battle of Bunker Hill. — 

JI. C. (I. iii. 
STARKWEATHER, THOMAS (Wpg.), [Pen.; res., 1S32, Htfd. Co.]; d. 4 Nov., 1837, 

■X. 89. — Wpy. oki. 
STILES, BENONI, enl. C'ont. Army fm. No. Parish, E. W.; time exp. 1 Jan., 'SO. — 

Certif. Capt. llcz. Bissell. 
JOHN [enl. 21 May-Dec. 10, '75, 2d Co. Capt. Pitkin of Hartford, 4 Cont. Reg., 

Col. Hinman, at siege of Boston, Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co., in service July- 

Aug.,'r6.1 
JOHN, Jr., Lex. Alarm, see p. 631. 
ASAIIEL (drummer). Lex. Alarm, see p. 631; [enl. July-Aug. '76, in (apt. 

E. Wolcott's Mil. Co., in service at N. Y. Li June, same year, was of 

Capt. Simon Wolcott's Co. (6), Col. Gay's Reg., 2d Batt., Wadsworth's Brig., 

and was in the fighting and retreating around N. Y. and L. I. in Aug. and Sept., 

'76; time exp. 2.5 Dec. Pens. 1833.] Was in same Co. with Hez. Munsell, 

wliose ace. see. 
STEELE, JAMES (Tolland), [2 Reg., 5th Co., drummer, 1775, May-Dec; Wadsuorth 

Brig., nth Battal., 6th Co.; 17761; afterwards res. in Ell.—/, d. 11 
STOL'tJIITON, JOHN, Lex. Alarm, see p. 635; was [of Col. Cantield's Mil. Keg. at 

West Point, N. Y., Sept., '81.] 
JONATHAN (Wpg.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 633; [enl. 12 July-Dec. 18, '75, in Co. r, 

(Capt. Chas. Ellsworth'.s), 8 Cont. Reg., Col. Huntington, '75.] 
OLIVKR, Lex. Alarm, .seep 635; [pens.; res. Htfil. Co., 1832.] 
SlIKM. in Cont. service N. Y. and L. L summer of '76. — See p. (>43. 
WILLIAM, Lex. Alarm, see p. 635; [of Capt. Ellsworth's (Ell.) Co., 8 Cont. Reg., 

('ill. Huntington, 17 July-Dec. 18, '75; of Capt. Simons's Eiif. and E. \V. Co., 

Ciil. E. Wolcott's State Reg. at Bo.ston, Jan.-Mch., '76.] 
LEMUEL (Capt.). Lex. Alarm, see p. 631. 

East Winiisou, :Mareh y 18"': 177'.> 

Then Received of Col° 'IMiomas Belding by y Hand of Capt Kolwcl (Jrant, 

twenty one pounds for Serving in his Regiment at Newlondoii in September 

1779 " 

Keed m- - - - 

Lein'' Stouglitoii i\Iaj' 

Prom. (Major) May, '77, in 10th :\Iil. Regt. 
STRONG, DANIPX, Lex. Alarm, see p. 633; was of Capt. l$arber's Alarm List, '79; 

prob. [enl. Capt. (Tolland) Co., 2 Conn. Line, Col. Chas. Webb, 1 Meh., 

'78, for the war; d. of wounds, 1 Jan., '78. J 
HARVEY, receipt for pay for services at Horse Neck, given by Roswell Giant, 

Jan., '79; detach, to Newport with Capt. Hez. Bissell, July, SO; |of Cajit. 

Kosw<ll Grant's Mil. Keg. on Hud.son. '78|; a drummer, rec'd .€7. 0. 10. pay. 
NATHANIEL, Lex. Alarm, see p. 635; [enl. 5 Co., Capt. Chas. Ellsworth, 8 

Cont. Reg., Col. Huntingtcm, 6 July-Dec. 18, '75; pens.; res. Htfd. Co., 1832.] 
ISK.\EL (List.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 633 ; in Cont. service May, '79, fm. Capt. R. 

Grant's Mil. Alarm List [enl. 19 May-20 Dec, in Capt. Pitkin's (2) Hartford Co. 

4 Cont. Reg., Col. Hiuman's Reg., at siege of Boston, '76; Sgt. 1 Mth.; prom. 



LIST OF EAST WTNIISdli UF,VnI,lITI()VA l!Y SOI.IIIFIiS. 71!* 

Ens. 7 Dec; Liciil. Cumm. IT July, 'SO; pd. I'm. Apl. S in 2 Coiui. Line, Col. 
('has. Welib; prob. IlK- Lt. of Capt. St. John's Co., '^ IJatt. (ilclach. I'm. 2 Brig ) 
Moigs's Light Inf.; eng. in attack on Stony Point, ly July, '79]; was of t'apt. 
J. Wdls's Co., of Col. E. 'Wolcott's State Reg. at Boston, Jan.-Mch., '70. 
I'lIINEAS, enl. abt. 1 Mch., '81, fm. classes in No. Parish, E. W ; tinuixp 1 
Mch., 'S2—0apt. Ikz. Bh»elVs Certif.; was of Capt. R. Grant's Alarm List, 
July, '79, and warned for duty at N. Lond; [enl. 1 May, '81, recruit in Shel- 
don's Light Dragoons; described as a shoemaker, 6 ft. high, dark comple.\.. 
gray eyes, dark hair.] A Phineas S., Jr., prob. same, enl. from 7th cla.ss of 
Alarm List, E. W., for 3 yrs. 

STEDMAN, STEPHEN, had an Order on Treas., '7S, from Ebon. Graiil; ]eid. ('apt. 
Simons's (Enf. and E. W.)Co., Col. E. Wolcott's State Reg. at Boslon, Jan.- 
Mch., '76]. 

STEELE, , wid. Jemima; res. pens, at Ell., 18-10, a\ 77. 

SUNDERLAND, DANIEL, Lex. Alarm, see p. 635. 

TAYLf^R, JOHN (Ell.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 634; of Capt. Ich. Wadsunrtli Alarm 
List; [enl. 2 Co., 4 Cent. Reg., Col. Hinman, May 22-Dec 3(t, 'T.'i; iu (apt. 
Blackman's Co., Col. Sherburne's Reg., Apl., '77-80]. 

THRALL, LEMUEL (Lieut.), in Horse Neck fight — //. C. (!. Slrlch, viii.; [was 
a ('orp'l in Bolton Lex. Alarm party; was Corp'l in Capt. J. Wells's (Htfd.) Co., 
Col. E. Wolcott's State Reg., at Boston, Jan.-Mch., '76J. 
JESSE. — The record given on p. 371 belongs here. 

SAMUEL, was [of Capt. Cantield's Mil. Reg. at West Point, N. Y., Sept., 1781;] 
prob. also the S. T. who enl. Capt. Humphrey's (4th) Co., Col. Huntington's 
8th Continental Reg't, 10 July; disc. Dec, 1775]; see pp. 313, 314. 

THOMPSON, ALEXANDER, in Cont. service from Capt. Harper's Alarm List, '79- 
'80; [enl. Capt. Abbe's (Enf.) Co., 5 Conn. Line, Col. S. Wyllys, 3 Jlch., '77, 
for 3 yrs.; disc 1 Mch., '80]. 
ASA, [enl. 5 Co., Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's, 8 Gout. Reg., (.'ol. lluutiugton, '75; enl. 
25 Jan., '77-Jan. 25, '80, short term rec, 2 Conn. Line, Col. Chas. Webb; per- 
haps the A. T. Co., Col. Enos's Reg., 17 Sept., '77]. 
JOHN [Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co., in service Jidy-Aug., '76]. 
JONATHAN, [enl. 16 July-Dec. 18, '75, Co. 5, Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's 8 Cont. 

Reg., Col. Huntington]. 
NONEY' [BENONI ?]', Lex. Alarm, see p. 635. 

THOMSON, JOB, Lex. Alarm, see p. 635. 

TRUMBULL, DAVID (Co. Clerk), Lex. Alarm, see p. 631. 

TUD(JR, ELIHU, warned by his Capt., Roswell Grant, loi duty at New London, 
July 12, '79. 
SAMUEL (Lieut.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 635. 

TUPPER, SOLOMON, [enl. 19 Aug.-Dec 18, '75, Capt. Enos's (3) Co., 2 Cont. Reg.. 
Col. Spencer; enl. 20 July-Dec 5, '80, short term levies, 1 Conn. Line, Col. 
Huntington]; served Cont. Army 6 mos.,'81; "bounty paid in produce, 15 
Jan. '81, — as per H. Grant Papers. 

VERSTILLE, WILLIAM, Ens. in Col. S. B. Webbs Reg., 1777-84; conun. '..'d Lieut. 
Col. S. B. Webb's Reg.; disc. 23 Feb., '79. See Verntille Geiieal., 2d vol. 

WADSWORTH, ICHABOD (Sgt.), (Ell.,) Lex. Alarm, see p. 6U; was Capt. of one of 
the Ell. Alarm Lists during war. 
JOSEPH B. (Surgeon), (Ell.,) in Col. Slicrburne's Add. Inf. Sept., '77-Apl., '80.— 

./. G. n. 

WALKER, DYER, of [Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co., in service July-Aug., '76; enl. 
Capt. Mills' Co., 2 Conn. Line, Col. Chas. Webb, 25 Jan., '77, 3 yrs.; d. 15 
Dec, '77.] 



720 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

WALLACE, ABRAM, cmlil.'cl lo \V., Aiil., TT. but ..f K. W., whuli \,mn supj.. Iiis 
family. — .S*/te.l)-tV(., XXX. 1 [eiil. I.") Ajil, 77, in (apt. Ulackmans c,.. Cil 
Slipiliurne's Add. Inf. Reg.; dis. spring of '8(1]. See also p. 372. 

JOSEPH, p. 372; record bclong.s here. 

.)A:N[ES, [enl. C'apt. R. Grant's Co., Col. Johnson's Keg., at Providence, K. L, 7 
Meh., '78; enl. 13 Jan., '78]. 

JOHN, (Ell.) Lex. Alarm, see p. 63-1. 

WILLL\.M, in Cont. service, '79-80, from Capt. I.li. Wa.lswortlis (Ell.) Alarm 
Li.st. 
WARD, EDWARD, |cul. Capt. Sinions's (Enf. and E. W.) Co., Col. E. Wolcott'> 

State Reg., Bo.ston, Jan.-Mch., '76]. 
WARDWELL, ISAAC, [enl. Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., Col, Eno.s's :\ri!. Re-, on the 

Hudson, summer of '78] ; rec'd £6. 6. 8. pay. 
WARNER, MOSES (Sgt.), [enl. in 5 Co., Caiit. Clias. Ellsworlli's, Sth (out. Reg., Col 
Huntington, 6 July-Dec. 18, '7r).] 

THOMAS, lenl. 13 July-Dec. 18, '7.5, Co. "i. Cap! ('has. Ellsworth, 8 Cont, Reg,, 
Col, Huntington; proh. of Capt, Parsons's Co., Col, Sage's (3d) Battal., Wads 
w(n-th's Brig,, '76], 

WILLIAM, Jk., detailed by Capt. John Wells, Jan., '78. to .s<Mve in Capt, l{os\vell 
Grant's Co. 
WASHBURN, ISAAC, Lex. Alarm, see p. 63.5; [of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co,, Col. 
Enos's Mil. Reg. on the Hudson, summer '78; of same Co,, .Mch., '78, Col. 
Johnson's Reg. at Providence, R. I.]; rec'd £6. 8.«. pay. 
WATERMAN, JOHN, was a prisoner in N. Y.; -was a Freemason, and throtigh 
^la.sonic influence among Br. officials was soon jiaroled, and enjiiyed the lilierty 
of the city, — i/. V. G. Skctclux, x. 
WATSON, EBENEZER (Sgt.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 631; the Corp'l (E. W.i wh.. |eid. 
7 Sept. -20 Oct., '76, Corp'l, Capt. Joel Loomis's Co., Conn. State 'rroojis, in 
Maj, Backus's Light Horse; served at N. Y,, with special thanks of (Jen. 
Washington; enl. Sept. 7-Oct. 30, '7(J]. 

NATHANIEL, Lex. Alarm, see p. 631. 

SAMUEL, Jr,, Lex. Alarm, see p. 631. 

TIMOTHY (uncle to Col. John and Henry), d. in one of the prison eliuii lies in X. 
Y. city. Among his 350 fellow-pris. there only 6 had decent clothes, and they 
were taken frt>ra the corpses of their companions who had d. from dysentery 
or fever. — ZT. C. O. Sl,-etc/ie.i, x. [enl. Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co., in service 
July-Aug., '76]. 
Webster" SAMUEL, [eid. Capt. Simonss (Enf. and E. W.) Co., Col. E. Wolcott's 

State Reg. at Boston, Jan.-Mch., '76]. 
WELLS, ABRAM, [?] in Cont. service from V:,\A. Ich. Wadsworth's (Ell.) Alarm 
List. 

HEZEKIAH, [Ens. Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's (5) Co., 8 Cont Reg., Col. Hunting- 
Ion; 2d Lieut. Capt. Simon Wolcott's Co., Col. Gay's 3d Battal., Wadsworth's 
Brig., '76]; prom, by election from Lieut, to Capt. 4 Co., 19 Mil Reg., Col. E, 
W'olcott, 31 May, '79. — Stour/htoii Ms». As such was Capt. of Alarm List dur- 
ing remainder of war. 

JOSHUA, prob. in service in '78, in which yr. he had an order on Treas, 

NOAH, Lex. Alarm, see p 63.'), 

[LE'VI (Colchester), Capt, 8 Co , 2 Cont. Reg., May-Dec., '75; Major 22 Cont. Reg. ; 
pris. L. I., Aug. 27, '76; exch. early in '77; Lieut. -Col. of a Reg., '80; pris, at 
Horse Neck !) Dec, '80], Became a res, of Ellington. — ./. (i. li. 
AVHEELER. HEZEKIAH, ace. to certif. of Capt. Ich. '\Vadsworth of Ell. Alarm List. 
was in Cont. service 1781 [enl. (W.) 3 Mch., '78, in Col. Shcrburne'.s Add. Inf. 
Reg.; transf. to Col. S. B. Wells's Reg ]. Record on p, 373 belongs here. 

JOSHUA, in Cout, service from Capt, Ich. Wadsworth's (Ell.) Alarm List. 



LIST OF KAST WINIISOI! UEVUI.rTIONAUV SOLIIIKIIS. 721 

W IIITK. ROBERT, [enl. 6 July-IT Sept., '75, Co. 5, Capt. t'lias. Ellsworth, S Cont. 
Reg , Ckil. Huntington.] 
WILLIAM, [of Capt. K.Grant's Co., Col. Enos'silil. Reg. on llic Hudson, .siunnur 
of '78]; rec'd £8. S». pay. 
WHITNEY, JOHN (Ell.), Le.\' Alarm, sw: p. 684. 
W ETHEV, M. ■'. 

WILLIAM (Indian), in Cont. service from Caiit. Barbt-r's Co., '79-80. 
WILLS, JOHN, Lex. Alarm, see p. 631. 

WOLCOTT, EHASTUS, Brig.-Gen.; Clerk of Lex. Alarm, E. W. party, see p. 631: 
Capt. (wrongly given in Off. Rec. as of W.); [comni. 1st Lieut. 1 Jan., '77; 
prom. Capt., comm dated 37 May, '77; taken pris. 1 July, '77; exch.; contiii. 
in '81, 3 Conn. Line, Col. ('has. Webb; Capt. of a Co., 1 Conn. Line, Col. 
Durkec (3d formation), 1781-83; member of the Conn. Society of the Cincin- 
nati; Col. State Reg. at Boston, Jan.-Mch., '76; Col. 19tli Reg., '75-76; app. 
lirig.-Gen 1st Brig., '76; active in alarms; resig. Jan., '81; with Reg. at Peeks- 
kill, Mch.-June, '77.] 
Cll.ES (Capt.), comm. Jan , '77; ret. 1 Jan.. '81; was [of Col. Setli Warner's Add. 

Reg., '77-81; reg. disbanded '81, Jan. 1,] 
ROGER (Ens ), Lex. Alarm, see p. 635. 
sniON, Lex. Alarm, see p. 635. 
WOOD, DAVID, [of Capt. Simou.s's (Euf. and E. W.) Co , (;ol. E. Wolcotfs Slate 
Reg., Boston, Jan.-Mch., '76]. 
JOHN (Sgt.Maj.), [enl. Co. 5, Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's, 8 Cont. Reg., Col. Hunt- 
ington; Sgt. Capt. E. Wolcotfs Mil. Co., in service July-Aug, '76; Ca|)t. 
Simons's (Enf. and E. W.) Co., Col. E. Wolcotfs State Keg. at Boston, '76; 
Pens.; res., Htfd. Co., 1833. A J. W., prob. the same, was of Capt. R. 
Grant's Co., in Col. Johnson's Reg. at Providence, R. I.]. C(ii>t. John Wood, 
•• a Sgt.-.Maj. in the Rev ," d. 1834, ;e 93. — Old B;/ -Gd., A'. W. IIIU. 
.ro.VATHAN, [enl. 13 July-18 Dec., '75, in Co. a, Capt. Ellsworth's, 8 Cont. Reg., 
t'ol. Huntington; w;is of Capt. E. Wolcotfs Co., in service July-Aug., '76; 
of ('a|)t. Roswell Grant's Co., Col. Euos's Reg , on the. Hudson, summer '78.] 
JON.VTIIAN, Jk., in Cont. service from Capt. Amasa Loomis's Mil. Alarm List. 
OBADIAH, [of Capt. Simons's (Knf. and E. W.) Co., Col. K. Wolcotfs State Reg., 

Boston, Jan.-Mch , '76]. 
SOLO.MON, of Capt. Hez. Bissell's Mil. Alarm List, '79-80; in Cont. .service 
(credited to W.), 6 Mch , '77; disc, spring of '80, Col. Sherburne's Add. Reg. 
Kecin'd on p. 374 belongs here. 
WOODWARD, DAVID, detailed July 39, '80, from Capt. Roswell Granfs Co., 19 

-Alil. ■{.•g.. to go to Newport, R. I., with ('apt. He/.. Bissell. 
\\ RIGHT, DAVID, Lex. Alarm, .see p. 633, [prob. the D. W. ret. as disc, from Col. 
Ilinman's 4 Cont. Reg., in service May-Dec, '75; Co. not given, but prob. of 
Capt. Sedgwick's]. 
.MOSES, enl. 1777 for 13 mos. in Cont. service, from No. parish, E. W.; time exp. 
1 .Ian., '83; rec'd .£10. 10s Od. — C'erlif. of Capt. Hut. JiUv.ll <Liid Tomii, A/ct. 
I'rob. [enl. 1 July Dec. 9, '80, in short term levies of 3 Conn. Line, Col. Chas. 
Webb.] 



Vol.. 1.— ill 



ClIArTER VI. 

HISTOKV OF THE FIRST CIIIKCII OF KAST WIXDSOli, 1788-1845; 
OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF SOUTH WINDSOR, FROM 1845 
TO THE PRESENT TIME. 



MR. PERRY died on the 21st of April, 1783, aged about fifty years, 
and " distinguished for talents, learning, and piety." His 
pastorate of twenty-eight years had been reniarkalile for flic iniinter- 
ruptedly pleasant relations between himself and his people. Courtesy, 
reasonableness, and kindness marked all his intercourse with them. 
And, while his aniial)le qualities of heart endeared him to his ])eople, 
his talents and judgment eommanded the respect and conlidenee of his 
brethren in the ministry. When the war of the American Revolution 
broke out he eagerly espoused its [irinciples, and both in pulilic and { 
private threw the whole weight of his influence in favor of the patriot 
cause. Nay, more, for when the company from East Windsor marched 
to Boston early in 1776, this fearless pastor accompanied them. The 
letter (which the author of this history once sawjtut which is now lost) 
in which he requested jiermission from his congregation to go ujion] 
what he considered a call of duty, is one of the most beautiful and) 
touching ever penned by this devoted and talented man.' It is said 
that an interleaved almanac, containing menioraiuhi of this m;irc]i, kept i 
by Mr. Perry, was deposited in the library of tlic South Carolina His- 
torical Society. The date of this tour of duty is sliown liy the record] 
that his pidpit was supplied by neighboring ministers from the second 
Sabbath of February to the 3d of April, 177(i. 

Of Mr. Perry's personal appearance we know liut little, except that! 
he was, in the later years of his life, very corpulent. His residence and| 



'The following letter, in possession of V. .1. Iluadly, UL.])., Stati> Lilirmian of] 
Connecticut, refers apparently to an even earlier tour of dutj': 

"Dear Sir: The affair I communicated to you, relative to a cainpaiuii. I wisli you | 
would pusli on, as you sliall have opportunity. Your prudence will conduct the mat- 
ter well. Your influence, I doubt not, will .secuic me a chance. Co" Wolcott thinksl 
it best tliat I engage. Esij. 15111 [William Wolcott] will not object. I believe myl 
jieople will not refuse. I leave tlie matter to your management. If jou have time| 
and can write me it would oblige your friend and most humble Serv' 

" .Joseph Perhv, 
" E. Windsor, May 1, 1775. 

"John Lawrence, Esq." 



lilOCItArilV OF JOSEPH PKRRY. 



723 



plaro lit' liis ili'ath was allci'wanls occupied bv Miss Xuiifv Verslilk". 
Anioiij;' soiiir scraps (if his c'drivspiiiidence ami papers we find tlie I'ol- 
lowiiiii' : 

" East Windsor, March 3'', 1774. Bought of Mr. Oliver Chamberlain, a Ticket in 
C'lialchester Lottery, number of s*" Ticket is 541, tlie Loss or Gain of s<' Ticket to lie 
equally diviiled by us the sub.scribers. Joseph Peuuy." 

Feb. 8, 1772, is the date of a letter conceniing some negotiations 
then going on between him and Bushman (a negro), then living at West 
Springfield, about Floro, a boy (negro) belonging to Mr. Perry, with a 
view to his freedom at the age of 25 or 30 years ; in which Mr. P. 
threatens, if Bushman does not attend to the matter very soon, to sell 
Floro, and " and then he can never be free." Mr. P. wished Bushman 
to |iay £12, with interest, from tlie time Fhiro was taken from Mr. P.'s 
house. 

Mr. Perry's funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Marsh 
of Wethersfield, and was published Oct. 12, 1788, by a subsci-ijrtion of 
230«. from twelve persons at (rroton. Conn. ' 



'From a document found among other old papers in the garret of Maj. F. W. 
Grant's house, in East Windsor, by the author of this work, we have the following 
ver}' interesting (inancial exliibit and comparison of Mr. Perry's salary and that of his 
predecessor: 

The Rev. Mr. Edwards, settled Sept., 169.5. 

£ ■•<. d. 
72 



His salary the first year. 


KiOfi. 


was tfiO and £12 for wood, - 


2 year, 


1097, 


idem, - 




3 year, 


1698, 


£70 and £12 for wood. 


4 year, 


1699, 


idem, - 




5 year, 


1700, 






6 year, 


1701, 






7 year, 


1702, 






8 year. 


1708, 






9 year. 


1704, 






10 year. 


1 70.-,, 






11 year. 


1706, 


£100 and £12 for wood. 


12 year. 


1707, 


100 and 


12 


13 year. 


1708, 


100 and 


12 " 


14 year. 


1709, 


90 and 


12 


15 year. 


1710, 


100 and 


12 


16 year, 


1711, 


100 and 


12 


17 year. 


1712, 


100 and 


12 


18 year. 


1713, 







72 








82 








82 








92 








92 








92 








92 








92 








92 








112 








112 








112 








102 








112 








112 








112 








120 









£1.754 
[Amount of Jlr. Perry's Salary for 18 years, see below] 1,480 



N. B. — £274 divided by 18, the number of years, leaves £15 4*. 5rf., the sum that 
Sir. Edwards' salary annually exceeded Mr. Perry, for the First 18 years of their Minis- 



724 HISTORY OF ANXIENT WINDSOK. 

lie was succeeded hv the Rev. David MrCLUni:, sou ol .Idhii 
JMcCliirc and Rachel JlcClintock of Jjostoii, and was liorn li^^lli Xnv., 
1748, at Newi)ort, R. I., where the}' were then temporarily resident. 
They were natives of the north of Ireland. David ilcClure's early days 
were spent in Boston, chiefly at the famous " Master Lovell's School " : 
and, at tJic aue of 15, at tlie instance of Rev. John Morchoad, he became 
a UHMnliiT of Dr. Whcelock's school, willi a view of liecoming a 
missionary among the Indians. He graduated at Dartmouth College 
1769, and on 20th of May, 1772, was ordained at that college, and sent on 
a mission to the Delaware Indians, near Pittsburgh, Pa. On the 13tli 
of Nov., 177C, he was installed as ])astor of the church at North Hamp- 
ton, N. II., wliere lie served until dismissed, at his own re(piest, oOth 
Aug., 178;"); and June 11, 178ij, was installed at East Windsor, South 
Parish (now South Windsor). Failure of lu^alth and of voice led him 
to ask for help, and the Rev. Thomas Rol)bins was called as colleague in 
March, 1809. In 1800 Mr. McClure received the degree of D.D. from 
Dartmouth College, of which he was 23 years (1778-1801) a trustee. 
He died at East Windsor, 2oth June, 1820, x. 71 years, having been 
pastor of that church for thirty-four years. His first wife was Hannah 
Pomcroy, whose mother was a sistei- of Eleazer Wlieelock, D.|).. of 
Dartmouth College, and Mr. Mc(3iurc's social and family couuectious 
were all of an intellectual and iuliurutial cliaracter. lie pubiislicd many 



try. Including all Donations, suliscriptions, and adclilinns made Mr. Perry siiK 
slallincni. 

The Krv. Mr. Perry, si-lllcd lllli .Iniic, 1 ;.",.",. 

His salary the tirst year, ITfiC, ------ 

2 year, 1757, ------ 

3 year, 17.5S, ------ 

4 year, 17.")il, ----- - 

5 year, 1700, - - - - 
Oyear, 1761, ------ 

7 year, 17G3, ----- - 

8 year, 1763, £7.5, subscription £2.5, 

9 year, 1764, - - . - . 

10 year, 176,5, 

11 year, 1766, .£75, addition £.50, 

12 year, 1767, - - - - • 

13 year. 1768, 

14 year, 1760, £75, additi.ui £40. 

15 year, 1770, £75, " £40, 

16 year, 1771, ------ 

IT year, 1772, £75, addition £20, 

18 vcar. 1773, 



£1,480, divided by 18, leaves £82 4v. 5(/. 



£ 


.V. 


(f. 


60 





(1 


i;o 





(I 


no 








75 


(1 





75 








75 





II 


75 


(1 


11 


100 








75 


(1 





75 








125 





II 


75 








75 


1) 





115 








115 








95 


(1 




II 


75 








£1,480 










^-Cvrl'-V^,-—^'^ 7 •''jK.^yO^r t^-\ 



lilOORAPHY OF REV. THOMAS ROBBINS, D.I). I :iO 

(lisfoiirses: also (in 31(i><>i. IIi!<t. Soc. Co//.. 1st scries, Hi.) a llistoiy of 
East Windsor, Coun. (sec Sprac/ue's Annah Am. I^ulpit; also Gi'iiealo- 
yies iu 2d volume of this work). Mr. McClure seems to have ko))t the 
church records very well, but previouslv they had been nuu-h neglected. 
Mr. McClurc's colleague and successor. Rev. Thomas Robuins, D.l)., 
born at Norfolk, Conn., 11 Aug., 1777. He was the son of Rev. Aninii 
Ruhamah Robbins, first pastor of that town, and Elizal)eth, dauglder of 
Dr. Lazarus, and granddaughter of Dr. Francis Le Baron. Of a family 
which, on his father's side, had produced four ministers in three diil^'er- 
cnt generations, and growing uj) in an atmosphere of culture and theol- 
ogy, it is not strange that he was found to be prepared for college at the 
age of fifteen, and in 1792 entered Yale, whence; in 1795, at the end of 
his junior year, he was transferred to Williams College, Massachusetts, 
of which his father had been made a trustee. From Williams, then, he 
graduated A.B., Sept. 7, 1796, and on 14th of same month took the same 
degree at Yale with his old classmates there. For two years after grad- 
uation he was teaching (at Shefiield, Mass., and at Torringford, Conn.), 
and studied theology with Re\'. Ejihraim Judson of the former plac(!, and 
with Rev. Samuel J. Mills of the latter, comijleting his theological edu- 
cation iu 1798 with Rev. Stephen West of Stockl)ridge, Mass., and was 
licensed by the Litchfield North Association, 26 Sept. of that year. The 
next ten years were mostly spent by him as a missionary of the Connecticut 
Missionar\' Society among the new settlements of ^'ermont, New York, 
aud the AVestern Reserve in Ohio. Previous to his going to this latter field, 
he was ordained, 20 July, 1803. IJe relinquished it in 1806, on account 
of ill-health contracted by toil and ex]iosure of the service. "His first 
regular settlement in the ministiy was at East AVindsor, South parish, 
(now South Wimlsor), Conn., where he preached for a numlier of mouths 
previous to liis installation, May 3, 1809, (his father preaching the ordi- 
nation sermon from Jolm xxi. 15, 1(5, 17,) as colleague with Dr. David 
McCluro, who died in 1820; Mr. Robl)ins then being sole, pastor until 
Sept., 1827. Aljout the time of iiis going to East Windsor, a plan which 
he had secretly cheri.shed for some time began to take shajjc in liis mind. 
He set al)out the work of gathering a large lil)rary of choice books, of a 
theological rather than a secular type, but with large admixtures of mis- 
cellaneous works. He was an unmarried man, of simple haijits, and lie 
thought, out of his modest income as a country minister, he could add a 
hundred volumes a year to his stock. He set about this work with a 
quiet iicrseverance, and year by year saw his plan unfolding, even beyond 
his own expectations at the beginning. Between thirty and forty years 
this process went steadily forward, until he had gathered a i)rivatc 
library which, for his day, was of gigantic proportions. If one desires to 
see what a fixed purpose, with moderate means, can accomplish, let him 



r26 



HISTOUY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



g(i ti> the roiiins of the ('iniiirctirul Historical Society at Ilartfoi-d, where 
this lihiiiry of Dr. Rolihins now has its settled ahiding-place, ami he will 
he cheered by the stately array of bookshelves there presented. 'I'his li- 
l>rary is especially rich in choice editions of the Christian Fathers. 

After leaving East Windsor, lie was installed, Pel)., 18;:50, at Strat- 
ford, Conn., where he remained only until Sept., 1831 ; being soon 
called to assist his venerable uncle. Rev. Lemuel Le Baron of the Second 
church, Rochester (now Mattapoisett), Mass., as colleague. On Mr. Le 
Baron's death, Oct., 183(), Mv. Robliins remained as sole pastor until 
1844, when he was disinisscMl. At this time, when he was 67 years of 
age, with a record of 4li yeais of ministerial servici;, there came a very 
miexpected turn in his life, mainly thi'ough the agency of Hon. Heni-y 
Barnard of Hartford, l>y which his valuable collection of books found a 
permanent home in the kee]iing of the Connecticut Historical Society, 
and Dr. Robbins himself the ])osition of li))rarian on a suflicient salary. 
And so the next ten years of his life were most pleasantly spent at Hart- 
ford, in the companionship of his beloved volumes, until, in 1854, at the 
age of 77, the infirmities of age obliged him to retire from all public du- 
ties. Amid his numerous kindrecl in his native town of Noifolk, he was 
most kindly eared for. and died L! Sejit., Is"))), at the house of a niece in 
Colebrook, Conn., aged 1\K 

lie was a man of most reniaikable system and order, as is evidenced 
by the daily diary which he kept fi-imi the 1st of .January, 1796, when a 
student at Williams (.\)llege, — with scarcely a lireak or omission — until 
1854, a period of 58 years. It has since been ]pnblished,' and tlie read- 
ers of this history are in<lelited to it toi- many lacts anil side-lii;lits ujion 
East A\'in(lsor matters. 

Dr. i\obbins, IboiiLib nnniari'ied. bad easv and friendly acTcss to 
many enltixated hoiiseliolds among iiis kindred and ac(piaintanccs, and 
was eminently a social ami companionable man. In ])erson and man- 
ners he i)ore graceful traces of his French descent on the maternal side, 
as well as of the stately and ])ositive line of Puritan clergymen on his 
father's side. Of moderate stature, marked refinement in look ami man- 
ners, of sj)otless neatness, and adhei-ing to the anti(pie style of dress 
after it had been generally laid aside, he moved about among his fellow- 
men at the middle of the present century, a most excellent specimen of 
the scholar and gentleman of the ])revious generation. 

As a minister of the (Jospel he was sincerely pious, gentle and ear- 
nest in his ministrations and lai)ors, even to the point of self-sacrifice. 
Through all the early and middle years of his professional life he was a 



' I>iar!/ of Thomas Iii>mm, I). 1).. irnC-lSr^. I'rhitiMl for his nciilicw [ Heliliins IJiit- 
tell, Esq.] ; owned by the Coniu'cticut Historical JSoiiety In two volumes. Edited 
aud annotated by Increase N. 'I'arliox liostou: 1886, vii. 1II.V2; IKil. 



PASTOliS OF SOUTH WINDSOR I'HUIiril. I'^t 

vcrv liusy man. IJcsidcs his iciiular parisli cares ami irspoiisiliilitics, lie 
was lalliMl iipDU, to a very largo extent, lor public sermons and addresses 
and many outside trusts. He was, moreover, a i<ind of pioneer in a class 
ol' studies and labors pertaining to early New England history and genc- 
aK)gv. He was one of tlu; founders of the Connecticut Ilisfoi'ical Soci- 
ety, was an active nieniher of the Anieiican Anti(iuarian Society of Wor- 
cester, as also of the New England IIistori(!-(!cnealogieal Soeicity of 
lioston. He wrote and jjublished a little volume, entitled, Hixt'irii-al 
riew of the First Plnaterx of Xew h'ii(/l<ni(l (two editions — 1815 and 
1<S53), and he edited the first and second American editions of Cotton 
Mather's 3/rt//Ha??a (1820 and ISoH); a Vii'u< nf AH Relic/tonx rcnchod 
its third edition, 1834; and the list of pulilislied productions of liis |ien, 
given in appendix to liis Diary, shows tiiat he was a most facile and in- 
dustrious writer. When the Massachusetts Hoard of Education was lirst 
formed, in 18;!7, with Hon. Horace .Mann for secretary. Dr. Robbins be- 
ing then jiastor at Mattapoisett, was made a meiubei' of the i!oai-(l, and 
traveled considerably with Jlr. Mann, making addresses on cilucation l)e- 
fore large public gatherings. It was while at Mattapoisett, in 1S3S, that 
he received the degree of D.D. from Harvard College. 

[The foregoing sketch is condensed from the l)iogi-aphy juefixed to 
his Diary, and from one eontributeii lo the Xcw Eny. Hist.-Gen. Rec- 
ord, liotli by the late I. N. Tarbox, D.D. ; for the portrait we are indebted 
to the kindness of Robbins l>attell, Esi|., and his sister, Anna Battell, 
of Norfolk, Conn. The author of this History <f An<-ierit Windsor also 
desires to confess that it was largely the kindly attention and intluenee 
of Dr. Thomas Robbins which turned his attention, while yet a boy, to 
the pleasures of historical research — henee this History: and his own 
personal recollections of Dr. Robbins, first contriliuteil to the N. Y. 
i?o;n((/ r(//'/«', 18(3(3, under the title of ''The Old Librarian," have been 
emVxidied in the appendices to the Diary befoi'c referred to.] 

Samiiel W. Whkli'LEY, settled A|iril 17. iNiiS. dismissed (3 Dee., 
1830 ; (son of Rev. Samuel), M.A.; grad. Vt. Univ., 1818, and from Mid- 
dlebury Coll., 1823; first settled at IMattsburg, N. Y.; after leaving 
South Windsor was engaged in teaching at Providence, K. I., and died 
al)out 1850. (<S))/-rt/y(/e'.s Annals, iv. 382.) 

Chauncey GuAHAiM Lee (sou of Rcv. Chauucey Lee of ("olebrook); 
settled 8 Aug., 1832; dismissed 30 March, 183(3; of Colebrook, Conn. ; 
iirad. Jliddlebury Coll., 1817 ; ordained pastor Monroe, Conn., Oct. 31, 
ls21-2li ; installed pastor S. W. (as above) ; ordained pastor Naugatuck, 
Cunn., 1S3S-1(I; died a membei- of Westchester Presbytery, at New 
Haven, Conn., without cliarge, 20 Feb., 1871, n-. 75. 

Levi Smith, settled (3 May, 1840; ilismissdl May 1, ls49; l,orn at 



728 HISTOHY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

r.itclillchi, Cdiui., 17!H); t-Tail. Y.C.,181)S ; stiulird tlici.l. at New lliivcii; 
onlained as evangelist, .June, 1821, and labored as sueh many years u itli 
success; installed pastor Wayland, Mass., al)out from 1829 or '30, inr 
four years ; installed j)astor First church, Kenuebunkport, Mc., 18:32-38 ; 
acting pastor South church there 1838, Jan. 10 to 11 April, 1839; in- 
stalled pastor South Windsor (as above), where he died 15 Jan., 1854, 
ic. t)-l. (^Funeral Sermon by Rev. Barnet Tyler, D.D. ; Prof. Wm. G. 
F'lirli'rx Eamy, 187G ; Maine iMinitte.s, 1867, 22, 50. 

Kdw.vud riooKEK, D.D., born at Goshen, Conn., 1794: grad. .Midd., 
1814; settled Sept. 4, 1849; dismissed Aiu-il 16, 185() ; died 3 .March, 
1875. Two of his son.s liecamc ministeis, Rev. El'tdx C. and Rev. Ed- 
iriinJ 7'.; the former is dead. Twnnf his dauglitcrs ni;irrie(l ministers. 

JuDSON IJuiiR Stoddahii, settled 16 April, ls5ii; dismissed 7 April, 
1863; boiu at Pawlet, Vt., 1813; grad. U. ('., 1840 ; Union Tlicul. Sem. 
1840-43; stated supply Yorktown, X. Y., 1843-44; ordained jiastor 
Sherman, Conn., 16 May, 1844-54; installed pastor So. W. (as above) ; 
acting pastor Croton Falls, N. Y., 1863-65; acting pastor South Jferi- 
den, Conn., 1865-68; acting pastor Centerbrook, 1869-1875; later resi- 
dence, Cheshire!, Conn. (^Uiiion T/u'ol. S'em. Cat.^ He was a deseeudant 
of Rev. Timo. Edwards, lirst pastor of this parish. 

PiiiLANDKU (). PoWEHs, acting pastor, Sejit. 1864 to ^Ich., 1S6(;. 

OicoRGio A. Bowman, settled 29 Aug., 18(56; dismissed :',() Nov., 1S79; 
grad. Howd. Coll., 1843; Bangor Theol. Sem., 1847: ordained pastoi- 
South Kennel)Uukport, Me., 9 -Vug., lS48-April 19, 1854; acting pastor 
I'resbyterian chui'ch Manchester, N. H., 1865: ord. in 0. School Pres. 
connection; installed pastor S. W. (as above): served a church in N. Y. 
city about one year; then at Manchester, where he ser\e<i six years, 
both churches being Presbyterian. 

Nkwton 1. JONKS, 1881. 

FuKOEHiCK E. Snow, grad. Y. Tiieol. Scli.iol : settled 12 Sept., 1883: 
dismissed 19 Nov., 188,S. 

FuEDEiiiCK Alvohd, took cliai-ge of tlie church as acting jiastor, 26 
May, 1889. See G('.nenh><ih-x. 

Draco nx. 

Jon DiiAKE, (irst mentioned July 21, 1699, in the Sloiighton .Vec't 
Rook ( Il7y((/.s«r Farmes, ji. 50), where he is commissioned to buy tin' 
(irst conununion service for the new church, mentioned in Rev. .Mr. I'M- 
wards's Rate Book ( \V. Farmrs. pp. 91, 92). Dea. Jol) died Ajiril 19, 
1733. 

Samuel Rockwell (associate with Dea. Drake), fir.st mentioned in 
Mr. Edwards's Rale Book, June, 1725 ; he died the same year. 

Joseph Skinneu, mentioned as such in the -.seating of ye meet- 
ing-house," Feb., 1722-3 ( \V. Farmas, j). 100). 



HEACON'S OF SOUTH VVrNllSdl! CII |-l(l'll . 720 

M.MTHKW RoCKWKLL. 

f'oiiTioi!, niciitidiu'd ill i\rr. \'A\vi\v(\s'i>. liafc Book (W. Faniies. 

lOit). 

Daniel Rockwell, nicntidiicil ;is sucli in 'S\y. Tvlwnids's Rate Book, 
(W. Far7ne.x, 108). 

Benoni Olcott. 

Amas.v Loomis (Ciijit.). 

Thomas Sadd. 

Amasa LoooMis, Jr., a))]!, in his fatlicr's place, 27 Sept., 1793; also 
app. treasurer and clerk of di. (Oh. Jin:, p. -41). 

^ .^ I upii. 22 Mav, li'MK 

Daniel Rockwell, \ 

Erastus Ellsworth, a])]). 4 April. l<s:!4; resiuned March, 18-40. 

Theodokk Elmer, app. 26 Mar., 1849; resisiiicd the oftiee on 
account of ag-e and infirmity, 27 Aug., 1868; niinoved hy letter to 
East Hartford 22 Feb., 1875. ' 

John Selden Clapi*, chosen to succeed .Theotjore Elmer, 10 Sejit., 

ISIiS. 

John Allen, ajip. 2ti ^hir., 1849; removed to Veruou, Conn., 1809. 

.ToHX W. 8TO0GHTON, choscH to fill vacaucv, 6 June, 1869. Deacon 
Stoiighton, having removed from the place, tendered his resignation, and 
il was acce])ted 17 Jan., 1878. 

(Jeorge S. I'issell, chosen to fill vacancy, 8 Feb., 187.S. 

In lM24, the meeting-house which stood in the highway was iiidvcd. 
K'cv. Mr. Rolihins notes in his Diary, 27 Ajiril, 1824, "The jieoph' iimved 
tiie nioeting-honse about the width of the house, forty-live feet directly 
back; the whole of it stood in the street. It wont t^asy and perfectly 
safe without any iiijiiiy nr accident. It ajipears better than was expected. 
When it was done, we went into the house and had a short religious ex- 
(M-cisc. We have much i-eason tn bless God. .Vfter preparing timlier 
for the ways, etc., it was done in si.K days." All the planning for the re- 
moval of this edifice was done by Mr. Abner Reed, who at the time was 
iiliseut attending to his duties as a member of the legislature then in 
session at Xcw Haven. Letters of direction to his son, Abner L. Reed, 
which are now in possession of the author of this history, testify to his 
great anxiety concerning the successful completion of the job. 

Ifeatinr/ the Meetiny-house. — Rev. Mr. Robbins's Dlari/, under date 
of Dec, 1821, says: "There is some difference of opinion here about 
procuring a stove for the meeting-house, all seem to wish to have one. 
It is not for nit/ sake." Liberty was granted, in that year, to certain 
jiersons to put up "a stove or stoves" at their own expense. .Stoves 
had been introduced into tlie East Hartford church in 1818 ; but wer(> 
not pul into tlie Scant ic church until some years after 1821. 
Vol.. I.— 93 



730 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

In 1845, the old nu'ffiiiijf-liousi' wms taken ilown, luid a new one 
built and completed in lS4t), on nearly the same <^rouud. The same 
year, hy the division of the old town of East Windsor, this ehurch In - 
came the Firnt Church of South Windsor. 

Watts' Psalms and Hymns are still in use in this church. The 
seasons of cunnnuuion were (piarterly till 1852: since that time (lUce in 
two months. 

The practice of admitting persons into the church on what was 
called th(^ half-way covenant jdan continued here until March 27, iJ^Os, 
Avhen it was (piietly aliolished. A relation of Christian ex])ericnce was 
rer|uiicd of all candidates for full communion from an early period. 
This church has repeatedly and solemnly adopted the Camlii'idae Plat- 
form and Westminster Confession, as the foundation of their union in 
discipline and doctrine, hccause, in their view, most a'jreealih- to the 
word of God. 

From the year 1786 to 1827, a period of forty-one years (durinir the 
ministry of Dr. McClurc and Mr. Rohi)ins), a record was kept hy them, 
in the church hook, of all the deaths that occurred within the liounds of 
this society; with the ages and diseases of the deceased, which uives 
ample veritication of the remarkahle salulirity of the ])lace. 

In .March, 1887, the Wolcott Memorial Chapel was completed. It 
was the gift of Col. Sanuiel Tudor Wolcott, cost about ¥2,000. and was 
furnished i)y the ladies of the society. 

Sini/ini/. The matter of singing seems to have been a distuiliini; 
one in the churches of this region aliout this time. There appears to 
have been a Mr. George Beale and his son Matthew, who tra\rl(il :diout 
from church to church, giving instruction in church music, and concern- 
ing whose innovations upon the old style of ])saluiody there arose a wide 
diveisity of opinions (sec jip. 273, 274). ^Ir. Edwards's flock, h(jwever, 
were apparently progressive, since we find the following vote of " M-ay 22, 
1727. \'oted, that for the future the rule of singing in this society shall 
lie according to the rule of singing now brought in and taught among us 
liy .Mr. Heall." 

April, 177H. Voted, that " the yoiuig men who sing on the teuor We 
alhnved to sit in the north front gallery." 

Ei'astus Wolcott, Jr., chosen chorister, "to set the psahn and lead 
in singing." 

March, 1780. "Question jiut to this society whetlicr tiiey weic 
willing to admit the use of the pitcli-pipe in setting the psalm in public 
worship. Voted in the negative." 

This little iustrument seems to have been the iuuoceut cause ot 
much «'(W' and distui-liancc; in tlie sncict\-. On the ;'.Olli of the same 
month, a similar vote met with a similar late; wiiereujion the singers n- 



MINISTKKS KAISKII IN KAST (SOUTH) WINDSOIi. 731 

I'uscil til sint:-, ami a ililliriilty also ai'iise ciiiiriTiiiuL; llir rlmicc iiT a 
rliiiristci-. 'I'lii' ciiiciitf was liiially allayoil liy llir iTa|i|iiiiii(iuriil of llu; 
••Olil CnliilllittiH"." 

Ill (.)cti)lit'r, ITSM, \\r liiid till' lii'st iiu'iition niailr ut that iiuw |iii|iii- 
lai' iiiiil lUH'CiSsary institution, sinyiiu/ sf/iools. 

" I'lited. To raise and use the sum of £8 lawful moucy in liiriu!,' a siiiirinjr luiister 
to ti'ncli till' yoiiim: people of said society the art or rule of siniriiin; psalmody." 

Alter this date, the singing school becomes one of the most leoular 
items of expense on the society's books. 

Peim and iSeatinffs, etc. The practice of xcatin;/ the meetiiiii-huuse 
continiioil, until within the memory of tliose who are now living. Tlie 
1(1111/ sriits in the mceting-honse were altered to jx-w.s in ITHo ; a clock 
was voted for in 1810 ; and, in 1S21, the plan of selling or h'asing seats 
was adopted. 

3Ii)ri!<tcrs rai-it'd in fhix I'aris/i. 

Rev. Pres. Jonathan' (son of the parish's first pastor, Rev. I'imotiiy) 
El)\vai!I)S, see Udirardx' Gencalogi/, in our second volume. 

Ih-. Matthew Rockwell (son of Dea. Samuel). Ii. in ITOS : ed. 
by Rev. Tim". Edwards, in whose Diary we find recorded "Jano 10, 
l~-2-2--\. 'I'll Teaching his Sun ^fatthew. viz. : Dea. Rockwell's Son Mat- 
thew, two y(;ars and as long besides as from Jan'y lOtli to Seiit. 8th, as 
1 reckon it 138 weeks at -Is. Qd. per week, all is £17, 05.s. OOd." After 
the father's death, 1725, we find the teacher thus accounting witli the 
adiii. (if the estate, Thomas Grant; "June 14, 17'26, Reckoned with 
Thomas Grant and due from him to me for teaching Matthew Rockwell 
(1 casting in ten shillings as a gift to his mother Rockwell), £12 — lit.y. 
—Go,/." While a .student with Mr. Edwards, Mr. Rockwell fell in love 
with one of the daughters, and an engagement followed. After the rmii- 
pletion of his college course (he grad. Y. 0. 1728), Mr. R. built in E. \V. 
a house still standing. The south front room was supplieil witli one ul 
the ample lirephux's common at that time, over the crown of which was 
liiiilt into the ehinniey wall a brick tablet, with the initials of his inamo- 
rata's name luirned therein. Rut, for some reason now unknown the en- 
gagement was iirokeu, and Dr. Rockwell immediatiily left his new house 
for a less pretentious one in the smith part nl the town, where, in lTl-">, 
he married with Jemima (Jook. I'liis liuiise (ISS:!) was oeeupied by 
Miss Henrietta Rockwell, of E. W. Hill : and remains much as it was in 
1737-40, except that the fireplace was walled up some 1)5 years ago, and 
reduced to modern dimensions. 

During the dissensions in tlie E. W. ch., 1735-40, Mr. Rockwell 
preached in Mr. Edwards' stead. ' 

' Stouirhtoii's Windnof Jthnnes. 



732 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Ilc\ . Isaac Stiles, first piistor of No. Hiivcii, Ct.. ami lalhci- of 
Pres. Ezra Stiles of Yalo College. 

Rev. John Ellsworth (see Chaiiter on L'lliti(/lon). 

Rev. Joel West, b. Lebanon, Ct., ITGti ; "Tad. Dart. Coll., ITMt; 
became a meini). E. W. eh. and student in theol., 1790; pas<ur onlainril 
Kast IJaniiiton First cli., Ct., until his death, 182(5, aged (iO. (/>-//•/. 
Coll. Alumni, '52). 

Rev. Amasa Loo.MIs, grad. Y. C, 1807 ; home miss, under Miss. Soe. 
of Conn, in Ohio; pastor Salem, Ct., 1813-17 ; d. 1824. 

Rev. Julius Alexander Reed, h. 1809; grad. Y. C, l82'.t: Yalr 
Theol. Seni., 1836 ; ord. 183G ; in home miss, work 1 830-39 ; ehaplain 
of Worcester Insane Retreat, 1839-40 : in Iowa 1840-44, as agent of 
Am. Home Miss. Soe., Iowa, 1845-57, and for So. Iowa, 1 862-09 : d. 
1891, at Davenport, Iowa (^Yale Sem. Cat.). See Reed Geneahyy. 

Rev. Samuel Wolcott, D.D., b. So. W. 2 July, 1813 : grad. Y. C., 
1833; grad. And. Theol. Sem., 1837 ; served the A. V>. F. M. in their 
office 1837-39; ord. Nov.; 1839, as missionary to Syria; his work was 
much disturbed \)y the then troublous times of that country, but \u- made 
extensive and valuable researches into the l>iiilieal gcograjihy of Pali'S- 
tine ; returned to America 1843; jjastor installed Cong, church, Lonu- 
meadow, 30 Aug., 1843-47 ; pastoi- installed Oct., 1849-53, Cong. .Ii. 
Belehertown, Mass.; pastor installed High St. ch. Providence, R. !.. 
A))!., 1853-59 ; pastor installed New PJng. eh. Chicago, 27 Sept., 18511- 

01 ; pastor installed Plymouth di. Cleveland, 1802-1874, wh(>n he res. to 
become Sec. of Ohio Home Miss. Soe, where he remained s yrs. ; then 

2 yrs. in Cleveland ; then r(;t. to Longmeadow, ^fass., where lie d. Feb. 
25, 1880. See Wolcott Gencaloiiy. 

Rev. Elias Cornelius Hooker (son ot pastor of this eh.) joini'il 
this ch. liy profession, 1850 ; grad. Wms. Coll., 1857 ; grad. Princeton 
Sem. ; i)astor ordained No. ch. Newl)uryport, Mass., 11 Dec., 1861 ; pastor 
installed Nashua, N. H., First ch., Sei)t. 13,1805-08; pastor installed 
Stockbridge, Mass., 1870. tmtil death, 5 Dec, 1873, aged 41. {Mass. 
Minutes, 1874, p. 122.) 

Rev. Charles Henry Uisskll, b. E. W. : joined ch. on prof., IsoO; 
grad. AVms. Coll., 1858; grad. Theol. Instit., Ct. ; ord. Po(pionock, 12 
June, 18(52, where he was acting pastoi- 1802-1805; acting ])astor at 
llai u inton, Ct., 181)5-68; since then preached in Missouri and Iowa, 
where acting j)astor at Trai-r, since 1875 ; Morris, 111., 1889. In 
1891,Lavcta, Colorado. 

Rev. Edward Trumrull Hooker (s. of pastor of this ch.) which lie 
joined by ]irofession. See pastors of Broad Brook church. 

Rev. James Thomas Ford, b. Abington, Mass. : grail. Wms. Coll., 
1851 ; joined this ch. 1 Jan., 1854, on prof. ; educ. Theol. Sem., Conn.; 



Suiril WlNliSOl! ClIL'ltCU ?^T.VTIST1(S. ^ l,Vo 

|iastiir unhiiiu'd Stowc, \'t., -•'} Nov., 1857 ; served ;i treedincirs clnircli 
;it ('li;iil(sliiii, S. C., 1870- ; acting [):ist()r San IJeniardiuo, Cal., 
IST.')- ; 111. (as M wife) Sarah P. I>ancni1't, of So. W., i't ( Dk,-- 

I'rr's Allllil/s.) 

Rev. (and .M.D.) Ueokue V. Reynolus joined this eii. .Inly, 18(;:'. ; 
|ihy.s. in Chicago; went as Medical missionary to Turkey iiiKler A. 1>. 
F. M., where he was ordained and is serving. 

Rev. George S. Pelton ; grad. Theol. Instit., Ct., 1877 : ord. lo 
ihiy, 1877, missionary at Glyndon, Minn., Worcester, Mass.; in 1889 
Higganiim, Conn. 

Rev. William A. Thompson, son of Prof. William Thompson, pastor 
at Conway, Mass., and Reading, Mass., where he died 17 Sept., 1875. 

CHURCH STATISTICS. 

Revivah : 1715. Under Rev. Timo. Edwards's pastoi-ate, of whom 
his son (Dr. and Pres.) Jonathan, said that he had known of no ]iarish 
in tlie west of New England which had so often been favored with revi- 
vals of religion. 

1740/1. " The Great Awakening," in which Rev. Jonathan Ed- 
wards, son of the pastor of this parish, took so conspicuous a part. 
Gideon Grant, who d. in S. W., 1821, aged 9-1, joined the ch. in 1744, 
and was 77 yrs. a church member, was the last survivor of this grciat re- 
ligious awakening. There was no tjreat revival again until 1821. 

In 1809, eleven gatliered into the church ; 1814, eleven ; 1815, eleven; 
1820, eleven: 1821, thirty-one; 1828, thirty-five: 1829, lifteen ; 1833, 
eleven; 1850, fifteen: 1852, thirteen: 1858, fourteen : 1865. twelve; 
and 1808, fourteen. 

Membership. When Mr. Perry was called, 1758, the names of 32 
male members were attached to the declaration, headed by Gov. Roger 
Wolcott. In 1787, Apl. 10th, there were 37 male and 52 female mem- 
bers, total 89, including 32 res. in Wapping. In 1791, there wiu-e 85. 
In 1809 (lieginning of Mr. Robbins's term), 26 male, 41 female, total, 67. 
1810, May, 174 families, of which 40 professed to belong to other denom- 
inations. 1814, 169 families in society. 1816, 165 families in society. 
1824, Jan. 1st, 43 males, 110 females, total, 153 (the highest numlicr 
ever reported), though the membershi]) may have been higlun- just alter 
the revival of 1741, and before the formation of the Scantic chuit-h. 
1833, 127 members. 1850, 88 members. 1879, 105 members. 1884, 
^b members. 

MiaceUaneouH. 1794, there were 3 Indians and 1 slave in the town. 
1791, population of that part of the parish now known as So. Windsor 
(including 492 in Wajiping), was 1,369. At this time Dr. McClure 
ii'cords that tliei'c were only 2 or 3 families of " sectaries in So. W. ; 



734 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

(■;iiisi'(l cliicllv \>y ■ .si'Mtinti' tlic iiicctiiii^-luiusc' " 17!I4. 'I'hr rhiin-h ilc- 
i:liiu'(l the use of an nri^aii. lSO:i. I)r. .Mc('liirc rccurds tliat "tlir 
Mctlidilists have niii mit in Ihis ]ila('<'." 1S:5."). 'IMie oongre^atidii •• on 
fail- days," reckoned at 250; tlicre were then IS I}a])tist families in llir 
tdun. 1869, one of the feniah> niemliers of the clmrch was scrxini;- 
abroad as a foreign missionary. 

T/ic OIiJ Buryimi Ground was the iirst one njieiied im the east side 
111 tlie (Ireat River. In December, 1707, the Second Soc^iety voted •• that 
tile eoniniittee should jmrchase a piece of land for a burying place in 
some eonvenient place, and the society would pay the ])urchase nivvt 
year." 

In A]iril following (1708) it was voted in town meeting •' thai tlu' 
townsmcni shall have ])Owcr to agree with Dea. Job Drake, for land for a 
burying place, on the east side of the river," and, on the 8tli of Dceeni- 
liev of the same year, " it was voted to give Job Drake thirty acres of 
laud on the east side of the seiiucstered land in exchange for aliout 
tliree-iiuartcrs of an acre of land he resigns up to the town for a burying 
place, on the east side of the Great River. ' 

A record of all tin; burials in this yard was commenced In Doctor 
Matthew Rockwell or his father, and afterwards passed into the liands 
of the Cook family, by whom it has been carefully ]u-escrved and addi- 
tions made to it down to the present day. (See "List of Anthoiities 
consulted" in jireface to this volume.) The first person buried in this 
ground, according to this record, was Thiuiias' Mortun, who "fell 
Ironi a cherry tree and broke his neck," July ,20, 1708. His mouuuieiit 
is now standing. No spot in South Windsor is so full of interest as tiiis 
ancient '' God's acre," thick set with the (piaint tombstones wliicli mark 
tlie last resting-places of the fatluu's and mothers of the town. No one 
who has spent a leisure iiiomcnt in bending over these crumbling me- 
morials of departed worlli. or who has surveyed the beautiful expanse 
of scenery which it coniiiiainls, will evei' forget the Old IJurial (Hdiind 
of South ^\'iudsol•. 

'I'he Ki'ir burying ground, near the iireseiit South Windsor (•liiiirb, 
was purchased and laid out in ISO:!, and siibse(|ueiit additions ha\r been 
made. And a eomiiiittee to superintend funei-als was Iirst apjioiuted in 
1820. 



' 1st Book Windsor Becordu, 102. 



CHAPTEK A' IT. 

EAST WINDSOH, 179(1-1890. 

Ti^AS'l' WIND.^OK. Ilartt'ord County, incoriioratcd ITliS. taken 
Pj from Windsor, roimlation, 1880, 3,019; diildrcn l»'t\vccii tlir 
aj-cs of 4 and Ifi, January, 1881, 812 ; January, 1888, 764. (irand list, 
#1,114,278. Indehtodness, funded, #40,000 ; floating, |ir),04;t.T.i. I{ati' 
of taxation. 15 mills. Princijnil industries, agriculture and tlic manu- 
faeture of woolen and silk goods. Rye? gin is extensively made at tjie 
\illage of Warehouse Point. Is n^aclied hy the New York <V New 
Kngland Railroad, Springfield division, statiomt Oslmrn, Bi'oad Brook, 
and Alelrose; and l)y the New York, New Haven k Hartford Railroad. 
s/,iti,ni lit Warehouse Point. Poxt-officex, East Windsor. Wiiidsorvillc. 
.Melrose, IJroad Brook, and Warehouse Point. 

This is the official statement of the Connecticut State Ri'</i.-<t,'r oml 
Manual for 1889. 

To which wc may add that, while the topographical location of tiie 
town, ill great ])art along the fertile lands of the Connecticut River, lias 
always rendered it an agricultural connnnnity, yet the; style of agriculture 
has passed through many changes since the early days. Fifty or seventy- 
live years ago rye, corn, and hay were the staple ciojis here. Now, and 
for thirty years past, the chief cro]i, as in most of the neighliuring liver 
towns, is toliacco. When rye was tlu,' principal rmp. as it was half a 
century since, and before the risi; of the tenijierauce cause, there were 
several large gin distilleries at Warehouse Point and elsewhere within 
the limits of the town, which made an easy market for this special 
farm product, and Oshorn's (Scantic) and otlier grist-mills were kept 
hu.sy in preparing the grain for distillation. 

The |)opiilation of East Windsor, from the earliest time, was mostly 
found along the one great thoroughfare, on the east side of tlie river, 
lietwecn East Hartford and Sijiinglield, known in general parlance. 
■• from lime immeiiiniial," as The Street. It runs a little way hack from 
iIh' second hank of the river, out of the way of floods, but overlooking 
ihe rich meadow lands. The liulk of the wealth and cultured influence 
o| the lowii was inosfly massed between Scantic River, north of Kast 
Windsor Hill, and the Hartford line; and, when the town was again 
divided in 1843, and South Windsor took in all this portion, it seemed 



736 HISTORY OF ANfTENT WINDSOR. 

to leave East Wiiidsor more in the attitinle of a rural and iiilaml eom- 
nmnity. Its nearest point of connection with the outside world was at 
its extreme northwest corner, at Warehouse Point ; and it was not until 
1876 that, l)y the opening of the Springfield division of the New York 
& New England Railroad, it was furnished with better facilities for 
freight and travel. 

Under such cireumstanees the growth ot the town has lieen slow 
and uneventful, and such Imtory as it has must lie looked for in connec- 
tion with villages, or nuclei of residence and industry. These an', in 
order of theii' historirid evrihition. Warelnnixf Point. Wiiiilxarri/le. and 
Broad Brook. 

Warvhouxt Point. As early as lti;)(i, when Sjuingfield, Mass., was 
settled, Mr. William Pynchcon undertook to send his su))plics thillicr. 
around by water from IJoston ; and. finding that his vessels could not 
pass tlic falls at this point, he was oliligcil to provide land carriage II 
mill's to Springfield. It vvas probalily years liefore boats were provided 
siiitalilc for running the rapids; and Mr. Pyncheon erected a warehouse, 
at the highest ])oint his vessels could reach, c)ii the east side of the river, 
wherein to store his uoods while awaiting transit by land. Tliis 
warehouse jirobably stood about forty rods south of .<tate street, and 
aliout forty-five to fifty rods below the present ferry-landing lietueeu 
West street and the river bank. It eonserpiently gave to the place the 
name by which it has ever since been known — "Warehouse Point." 

The antiquity of this name, as well as the interesting fact that tlo' 
irlioli: WarelwKxe Point district wafi originaUy dt'i<i(/ned and act o/iKi-t </.< 
the private dumain and park of an Englixlt nobleman, who was largely 
and honorably (though not profitably for himself) concerned in the early 
jilanting of the Connecticut cohmy, is fully ]irovcii liy the following evi- 
dence given in Dr. Charles J. Hoadly's lately imblished (XV.) vol- 
ume of Colonial Recordx of Conn., pp. 570-581. 

" At a meeting of the Governor and Council in Hartford, 2tjUi .luni-, ITIU. ap- 
peared personally Henry Stiles, Sen., and Daniel Hayden, Sen., of Wiud.sor, who )iir 
.sented an evidence drawn up in writing, relating to a certain tract of land lying at ami 
near a place called the Wareliou.se Point, on the east side of Connecticott Hivcr, wliicli 
Siiid tract of- land hath l)een and is commoidy called Salton.stall's Park. .\.nd the said 
Stiles and Hayden prayed they might, respectively, now be admitted to allirui the 
same upon their oath, and it was allowed; and the .said Henry Stiles and Daniel Play- 
den now made oath to their said evidence before this Boaril accordingly. Ordered, 
that their said evidence be recorded at large with the records of the Council. 

"Henry Stiles, Sen', of Windsor, ageil about seventy-nine years, and Daniel Ihiv 
deu. Sen', of Windsor, aged about sixty-nine years, joyntly testifie and declare as lol 
lows, that is to say: That they very well knew and was intimately acquainted with .Mr. 
Francis Stiles formerly of said Windsor, and that they have often heard the said Krancis 
Stiles declare and say, that he was sent over from England into New England by Sir 
Richard Saltonstall, Knight, to take up a tract of laud for him, of about two thousand 
acres, upon Connecticut River, and to fence it in for a park, and that acconlingly lie. 



SAI.TdNSTAI.L PARK, KAST WINDSOl!. 737 

said Fnim-i.s Stiles, liad tiilicn up tlmt qiiaulity of laud for tlic said Saltonstall on the 
east side llie said livor, at and near the place called Warehouse Point, at the foot of the 
falls between Windsor and Eiidtield; and that the same [lark was one mile in breadth 
from nortli to south at the said river, and did run cast with that breadth from the river 
until il included the quantity of two thousand acres; and that the said river was the 
west bounds thereof: also, that a certain brook running upon the said tract of land, 
commonly called Saltonstall's Brook, and the said place called Warehouse Point, are 
both comiireliended and contained within the said park, and that he, said Francis Stiles, 
had purchased said tract of land for a park of one Ne-row wenock, an Indian sacbcni. 
And the said depouentsalsotestitie and say, that they have formerly heard the ancient in 
habitants of Windsor tell and ileclare, that the said Francis Stiles was agent for Sir liicli- 
anl Saltonstall, and that he did lake up the aforementioned tract of land for a park for 
him, and that the said brook was first named Saltonstall's Brook," bj' reason of its being 
within the said Park. And the said deponents further testifie and say, that to their 
certain knowledge the said brook hath been commonly called Saltonstall's Brook, and 
the said point commonly called Warehouse Point, for above tifty years last past, and 
that they never heard or knew of any person whatsoever that did ever yet improve or 
manure any part of tlie park, or tract of land aforementioned, to this day. And the 
Slid Daniel Ilayden further testifies and says, that about sixty years ago he saw a com- 
pany of men going towards the siiid park to work, and that his father, William Hay. 
den, then told him they were going to fence in the said park. And the said Henry 
Stiles also further says, that he hath seen an high palisado fence that was set up and 
standing near the south side of the said park about sixty years ago. And further say 
not. 

"The above named Henry Stiles and Daniel Haj'den made oath to their above 
written evidence, severally, before the Govcrnour and Council in Hartford, .Jtine 35th, 
1710. 

" T<st, Caleb Stanley, Secretary." 

The following remarks upon this very interesting jioint in our East 
Windsor History arc from the pen of Mr. Jabkz H. Hayden of Windsor 
Locks : 

Sir Richard Saltonstall, one of the original patentees of llassaclm- 
setts, came over with Governor Winthroj), 1G30, and returned to England, 
1G31, where he died in 1658. He probably expected to return, as he was 
appointed assistant by (he Massachusetts (icueral Court, in 1633, and was 
u pro|)rictor at Watertown many years. (Bradford's Ilixt. Mass., and 
Bond's Watertown G-enealor/ies.') His sons, Richard and Robert, ciime 
over (o Massachusetts soon after their father's return, and the latter was 
his atturiu'y here (//. »S'. SJtelJon). Sir Richard was one of the; princijial 
"Lords and (lentlemen" who were patentees of Connecticut : and his at- 
temjit to esfnlilisli a colony at Windsor, thiuiugh his agent, Mr. Francis 
Stiles. li;is liceii already narrated in tiiil on pages 43-47, 57-59 of this 
work, hiileed, this and that portion of our history must be studied iu 
connection, to fully inulerstand them aright — the former having refer- 
ence rather to Sir Hiehard's actions as one of the palcntees ; the latter 

' This brook lies between the village of Warehouse Point and the Warehouse Point 
railroad staticm, and empties into the Connecticut about 40 rods below the railroad 
bridge. — j. u. h. 

Vol. L— 93 



738 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

to liis individual ])laiis and jmrjioses." Salfconstall Park was " a tract at 
the Falls," the hiijhest jioint reached hy Pyncheon's vessids when carry- 
ing supplies for the new settlement at Springfield in Kl^H. This park 
was deserihcd in 1710 as one mile in breadth on the river, extending 
cast, three miles; 1.500 acres ol' it was set to Francis Stiles, 400 
acres "liy allotment " and 1,100 hy purchase from the town \^Wi)iii- 
■wr Town /I'c'.]. Imt it was nearly ten years before Stiles ti-ansferred it 
to T^iltert Saltonstall, as agent lor his father. Sir Richard. The peti- 
tion of K'oliert (fo«w. Col. Rec, i. 62), in 1()40, was ])robalily for au- 
thority tor him to hold this land, taken up by Stiles, which the court 
authorized their commissioners to grant, " provided the town of Windsor 
consent thcrrniito." In 1642, the court confirmed this to Saltonstall, 
and oiilrrcil that the north line of Windsor (('«n,i. Col. Rec.,\. 72) 
shoidd run on iMi\ Saltonstall's land, "and what jirejudice Mr. Salton- 
stall shall sustain thereby the country shall make good"; at the same 
time the court released Mr. Saltonstall from the conditions attached to 
" the said grounds formerly granted which was to have been impaled 
witiiin three years." 

Saltonstall Pai'k, as described seventy years after (see Stiles' and 
Hayden's aflidavit), included Saltonstall's Prook and the warehouse 
(aliont a mile apart); the south line of it (evidently was on the north 
l)ounds of Windsor as originally set at Kettle Brook. The same aflida- 
vit claims that this is the ground Stiles took \\\^ for Saltonstall and ex- 
tinguished the Indian title.' 'i'lic land wliich Stiles transferred to Sal- 
tonstall (1(!47) was described in the deed to Stiles (1640) as 60 rods 
wide on the liver, extending Ciist three miles, and then^ in l)rea,dtli 441 
i-ods. I'ossibly tile town-line of 1686 ran through Saltonstall's land 
(^then in Stiles's name), and the coni-t, in 1642, i-ecognizing the town- 
line of 16;>6. made Saltonstall's land a parallelogram, containing 1,500 
acres: to which the Massachusetts Court [1()41; M.ix!<. (',>!. AVc, i. 881] 
added oOU acres, "if it fall within our patent," making the 2.000 ncres 
[1,500, 500, and 120 = total, 2,120 acres]: and later ou. .Massachusetts 
(1645; Masx. Col. Rec, iii. ^'^Ci^ threw her shield over the whole. 



' Sir Richard Siiltonstall was :i Oraiili'c umlcr botli piilcnis and clainicil iaiuls mi 
tlie Connecticut River by iiatent and hy jirc-jHimminn — as early as 1631 (see his letter 
JIi'k/. WiiitLwr, p. 843). Did he vi?iit tlie Conneeticut River before he returned to Eng- 
land V It appears jirobable ! The lirst eontinnation of his claim by both Massaelni 
setts and Connecticut General Courts was in 1641 and 1642. These embraced llie ti rri 
tory afterward more perfectly defined and known as " Saltonstall Park." 

' There were no Indians on this tract, nor had there been any for any other purpose 
than for huiUing. within so recent a period that any cultivated land they may have had 
was not then one unbroken forest. It seems to have been a common practice when an 
Indian ajipeared who laid any claim to a ])art of the county to buy him olT; it strength- 
eneil the white man's title to have a (piit claim from thit nearest Indian, and sometimes 
the nearest Indian was a good way off. In 16TH, .lohn Lewis bought the great island on 



SALTONSTALL PARK, EAST WINDSOH. 739 

In ltU7. M;.ss:u'liusctts drclaivd ( .lA/.v.v. (\,l. />W.,\\. 227) "tliiit all 
Ihc !:iii(l on tlic East siilc of the Conn. Hivor from the Town of Spring- 
liclci ilown to the Warchotise which tln'v fornicrly built there shall be- 
lonii' to the 'I'owu of Si)i'ingfield . . . and twenty poles below." 
There are no river meadows " at the falls," and there were no settle- 
ments nearer llie parlv than Henry Denslow's (1663), a mile below on the 
opposite side of the ri\cr, orfor many years after. Connecticut claimed 
the territory two miles north of Kettle brook, and Massachusetts about 
thi'ee miles below. We see, by the Stiles and Haydcn aflfiilavits, that Sal- 
tonstall commenced to inclose his park about 1650, with a "high palisado 
fence," but, as neither Saltonstall or any one else, down to 1710, "did 
ever yet improve or manure [/. c, cultivate] any ])art of tlir park." it 
is evident the fencing was never completed, and no use had liccn niad(' 
of the park down to that time — seventy years aftci' the Connci-ticut 
grant. 

We learn from Col. Rec, i. 141, vmder date of June, 164(i, that a 
conunission had Ijcen a]3pointed " to set a rate or value of the worth of 
im]ialing 2,024 rods of pale according to articles agreed betwixt Mr. 
Saltonstall and Francis Stiles, . .. . which hath long been neglected 
by the said )iaities," i. c, the commissioners. 'I'he land was still stand- 
ing on the Windsor records in the name <if Francis Stiles. The Court 
in ltI42 had released Saltonstall from tiu' oiiiig.ition of " im])aling," 
and it seems probable that he claimed the funds in the bamls of his 
agent were to pay for the 1,500 acres " inclosed." The Court having re- 
leased Saltonstall fi'om the condition of impaling the grant, lie(h'manded 
so much of the funds returned as a commission should say the impaling 
would cost. We learn from the affidavit of Henry Stiles and Daniel 
Hayden, in 1710, that, about 1650, when Hayden was ten years old, be 
"saw a eom|)any of men on the way to the ]iark to enclose it," and 
Henry Stiles (nephew of Francis, and then twenty years old) "liatii 
seen an higli })alisa(lo fence set up and standing near the Soulli side of 
said park." This was three years after Mr. Francis Stiles had tians- 
ferred the "1,500 acres across the Great River" to Saltonstall ; and the 
fence was probably set up by Saltonstall, and was only a beginnings 
for, seventy yeai-s after it hiul lu'vcr been eulti\ateil : ami, had it been 

tin- falls of four l'o(|U(jU()ck Iiiili;ius, one. vi tliciua " pupoDSt;." who livcil more lliuii half 
a ilozeii miles away, " it now being out of our way to live upon it," they being the " true 
ami proper lieins " whose right has "descended from generation to generation." Tlu'ee 
years later " Na.ssahegan & Coggerenosset |sometimes called Sachems of Fo(ni()no(k] 
do hereby acknowledge that we ourselves and for the rest of \is, have received fidl |iay- 
nicnt and satisfaction of .John Lewis." Lewis sold it to Daniel Hayden; the Ilaydens 
insisted on the validity of their title through three generations, but lost it, IL S. Shel- 
don .says Saltonstall's title from Massachusetts prevailed. The island is but little above 
the site of Saltonstall Park. 



740 HISTOKY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

iuoloscd iiiul used — as it possilily wus originally intended — as an Eng- 
lish game-preserve, we should certainly have met some reference to it, 
in the affiilavit or ;it snnic c.-irlicr date, in other records. 

Tlie same year (ITlH) ('(ninccticiit i-aii the line ordei-ed in IdTl, on 
the niiitli lioinids of Windsor ( li miles north of Kettle Brook)," running 
West from tlu' month of Stony IJrook, 5 miles and East 8 miles, with a 
jiroviso that the settlement .shall not be construed to the prejudice of any 
of the heirs of Sir Richard Saltonstall." Three years later (1718), a 
new line was agreed upon, only about one mile north of Kettle Brook, 
and Massachusetts gave to Connecticut an " E(juivalent " for the land 
between the new line and Ston}' Brook, 7,259 acres north of tlic old line 
in Tolland County— CoZ. Rec, v. 504, vi. 393. The next year (1714) 
in a communication from Governor Gnrdon Saltonstall (governor 1707- 
1724, a son of Nathaniel, a grandson of Richard, and great-grandson of 
Sir Richard — K. S. Shehio)}^ of Connecticut to the General Assembly 
we arc told "that the Massachusetts province has allowed 2,000 acres 
[included in the 7,259] eipiivalent to this colony for a grant of land for- 
merly made liy them to his ancestor, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Kt., which 
happened to fall within the bounds of Windsor (Col. Rec, v. 431) — the 
north side of Saltonstall Park was nearly on the present north line 
of East Windsor — and he offers to give up Saltonstall Park of 2,000 
acres, " jn-ovidcd he may take up the equivalent thereof where it may 
best suit him in the lauds given for equivalent by the said government of 
Massachusetts, — which lands were in the northea.st corner of the Col- 
ony, Eastward of Woodstock."— Co?. Rec, v. 437, 444. 

While, therefore, the evidence is not positive, that the 1,500 acres 
transferred by Stiles to Saltonstall constituted three-fourths of the 
]iark described in these affidavits of 1710. yet neither Saltonstall or his 
lunrs released any other land in Windsor, and certainly do not own any 
now. And, until record evidence can be shown to disprove it, we claim 
that the 400 acres which Stiles had by allotment from the town, over 
the Great River, was the land which Woodcock would not accept (sec 
]). 58) because it was not according to contract (LetchfonVs Notes, Trann. 
Am. Antiq. Soc, vii.) and the jury (Vol. Rec, i. 34) decide<l in conse- 
quence, "Stiles should take the house back again" which lie had sold 
to AVoodcock while he (Stiles) was in England, 1ti:'.7, and that this, 

with the 1,100 acres lioiight of (he town, consti<utc(l tin- fouiths of 

Saltonstall's Pai-k. 

[I am indi'htcd to Mr. II. S. Sheldon, who was tlic lirst to discover 
and cxjilorc " Saltonstall's Park," foi- much of my information, especially 
that from the Massachusetts Colonv Records. - .i. ii. li.J \ 



i 



SCANTIC I'AUISH I'KTITIONS FOR I'KliUV. 



741 



'riu'sc Uisscll |iiiit1i;is('S. in the iiitci-cst (if llic 'I'dWii of Windsor, of 
Inuds wlueh (in [invi, ut KmsI ) Ir.nl aii-i'iuly licen r;iirly lioiiglit, in ItviG-G, 
of tlic original Indian owiici-, wci-c evidently lor (li<> iiurpose of securing 
a ])erfect title, pending the iiltiniaie settlement of sncli rights as Sir 
Richard Saltonstall had liy \iitue of his liist )inrchasc. Such rc-pur- 
cliases of the Indian claimants were not uncommon in the early history 
of the colony — where it was deemed advisalile to secure a title "perad- 
venture". 

When the land included in Saltonstall Park came fully into the 
hands of other owners, is not now ascertainalile : liut by 1755 there were 
evidently enough settlers through all that jiart of the then North or 
Scantic parish of (East) Windsor to call for improved ferry facilities 
across the Connecticut. For, in May of that year, Samuel Watson of 
(East) Windsor petitioned the Assembly for permission to establish a 
ferry across the river, from the S. E. corner of his farm on the east side 
to the end of the ferry road (described as running cast from the coun- 
try road near Daniel Bissell, Jr.'s, to the Connecticut) on the W. side. 
In snj)port of this request, he urged that the travel between Ellington 
and East A^'indsor was increasing and that it took two hours to reach 
Bissell's ferry, which, moreover, in high floods, was often and deeply 
overflowed : his petition, however, though sup])orted l)y the signature of 
probably all thi^ then residents of Scantic Parish." was denied by the As- 
sembly. 

The next motion towards a ferry at this point seems to lie the peti- 
tion of Mrs. Elizabeth Thrall, dated 17 May, 1782, urging its great need 
and that it may be confirmed (after her) to her son Timothy, then aged 



' Jno. Ellsworth, 
Natliiink'l Ellsworth, 
Benj. Ellswiirtii. 
Charles Kllswmtli, 
TIkis. Ellsw..rtli, 
.James Olcotl, 
Xatiri Sloughtoii, 
Ebcnezer Walsoii, 
Daviil Skinner. 
Jeremiah liissell. 
Israrl liissell, 
.lerijah Bissell, 
Samuel 15iss<'ll, 
Eiihiaiiii liaiienill. .Jr. 
.hihn Prior, 
.lohii Prior, .Ir,, 
Ammi Trnnible, .Ir., 
Jona. Barllett. 
.laeol) ElmiT, 
Simeon liooth. 



.Tosiah Blo(li;ott, 
.Job Blodgett, 
Ebenezer Blodgetl, 
Israel Stiles, 
Bcnoni Stiles, 
Israel Dibbh', 
.Tosejih Allen. .Ir., 
Sanniel Allen, 
Abel Allen. 
Samuel Allen. .Ir.. 
Noah Allen. 
.Tames Cole, 
.Ios('|)li Harper, 
.Joseph Il.irper, .Ir. 
.Joua. Mnnsell, 
Calkins Mnnsell, 
.Jacob Mnnsell, .Ir. , 
Henry W'ri.irhl. 
Peter Woleott. 
Simon Woleott, 



.John Thompson, .Ir. 
.lob Thompson, 
Israel Osborn, 
Nathaniel Osborn, 
.Joseph Eg,i;leston, 
Bi.!;ot Eirgleston, 
Lamson Wells. 
S.il.inion Wi-lls, 
Aaron Clark, 
.losiah Gaylonl, 
Stephen Newlon, 
William YounK, 
Phineas Chapin (?) 
Abm. Whipple, 
Sam. Russell, 
Ale.x. McKinstry, 
Medina Fiteli, 
Dan'l Eaton, 
Samuel Watson. 



742 HISTOUY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

17 years : and the asst'iiilily's ciiminittci', to whom it was i-i'lci-rctl, rr|Mirtci| 
favorably to estahlisliiug a ferry upon the sidt! of Willi:uu Thrall's land 
in East Windsor, "where one Mr. Fiteh dwells." 

The next years Jlr. James Chamberlain informs the asseml)iy that 
he has ])urchased Thrall's land ; and, on his petition, the ferry was 
granted him, on condition that he should open a road from the common 
road in East Windsor to the river, which was done, and for many years 
he kept the ferry. This was proliably Cajit. James Chanil)erlain, in his 
day one of the best known and most respected men in the Colony and 
State of Connecticut. He came to Tolland from Coventry, about 1772, 
and removed to Warehouse Point before 1782. During the Revolution- 
ary War he had connnauded a cavalry militia company dui'ing one oi- 
two tours of duty, and was a representative in the assembly at the Octo 
ber sessicm of 1775. He resided at the extreme southeast ])art of tlu; 
town, on a farm east of that lately owned Ijy .Jesse West. He was a 
man of large stature (six feet " in his stockings," and over 250 poumls 
weight), and fine personal appearance: became dissatisfied with (lie 
Congregationalism of that ])eriod, and with Gen. Jencks, Wm. C. Warner, 
and others of like mind, organized a parish for worship according to the 
forms III' the ( 'hurch of England, of which he was a devout and consisteni 
connnunicant until liis death. He was noted as a peacemaker, ami was 
often selected as an umpire, or arliitrator, to settle differences, and bel- 
ligerent parties would end their (|uarrels liy agreeing to leave the niattfi- 
in dispute to " Cap'n Chamlierlain." In business at Warehouse Point 
he was associated, under the firm style of "James Chamlierlain \ Son."" 
with his third son, James, wdio ultimately reuioxcil to Caiiaan, \'t., ami 
engaged in buying and selling horses and eattie. lia\ lug, as a hoiseuian. 
few if any superiors. He was a membei- of tlie N'einiont Legislature for 
one or two sessions, aiul being well versed in militaiy drill and exercises, 
received from the .State a commission as major in the militia. 

Caj)t. James Chamberlain also built, in connection with his son-in- 
law, Joseph Hilliard, of the Point (formerly a saddle-tree maker in Tol- 
land), a " coaster," and loaded it with uierchan<lise for Charleston, S. C, 
his son James going as the su])ercargo. 

It was probably, also, about this time (tlu> last of the 18th century) 
that Col. Elisha Mowry, a merchant of Smithlield, R. I., and who had an 
extensive trade with the West Indies, also had a store or warehouses at 
"the Point," and was a jjioneer in developing its mercantile interest. 
Charles Jencks (afterwards " (Jeneral " Jencks), who was in Mr. Mowry's 
employ as a lad, subse(|uently married his daughter, and was jdaced in 
charge of his warehouse. 

Thus, altliough we lack the specific data by which to trace flic 
growtli of tliis villaiic, it is easy, in imagination, to see its development 



CHURrHES OF WAREHOUSE I'OINT. 743 

lit tlie hands of tlirco or four energetic business men; liow, with its con- 
venient waft'i-uay to Hartford, its new i-oails, its ferry to the west side 
111' thr I'ixcr, llir [\nr agricultural country at its hack, the distilleries 
whirii sprang u|i to put the cro|is into the most niarkelaliie form,' tlic 
acUautages of situation, wliieli made it tiie ('/(//v^o^ for the transjiortation 
of goods to Entield, and later for the ui'w imlustries s|(ringing u|> in 
Tiiompsouville, Warehouse Point liecame a |iios|ieroiis active village. 
But. with the (diauges incident to extension of the canal on the west side 
the river, as widl as of railroads on liotli sides the i'i\ei-: togethei' with 
the ehauges in the agriculture of this region, by which toliacco has 
usurped thi' jilace of those crops wliich formerly gave employment to 
mills and distilleries, "the Point" of to-day retains little or none of the 
prestige of its early days. It has a fair local country trade, and hut one 
noticealde manufacturing industry, tiiat of the Leonard Sil/c Miitnifact- 
urinij Company. It is also the seat of the " County Home for Children." 



Shidl. — Rev. Mr. Rohbins's Diarii (i. 741) says, mider date of lo 
May. 1818: "At Warehouse Point yesterday one seine took l.noo sha.l. 
and another 1,000." The water being more shallow near the Enfield 
Falls than below, accounts for his remark following: "J3ut few are taken 
ilown the river, on account of the water." 



St. J<ihii'ii Protectant Epixcopal Clnirch, Warehouse Point. — Foi- a 
few years previous to the present century occasional services were held 
by clergymen of the Episcopal Church in the town of Ea.st Windsor, aiul 
the services of the Church of England were read to the small tiock by 
Mr. William C. Warner, an Englishman, who, together with (Jen. Charles 
•leneks and Capt. James Chamberlain, was princi|)ally concerned in 
securing a church at the Point. On Sept. 27, 1802, seventy residents of 
I'.iist Windsor, Windsor, I'^ufield, and Ellington, signed, before Roswell 
tiraut, J. P., an agreement asking the ]iastoral care of tlu; Rev. ilenzies 
Ixaynor, rector of Christ Church, Hartford ; aiul, Oct. 11, 1802, a parisli 
was oi'ganized, of which James Chamberlain and Solomon Hllsworth were 
elected wardens. The frame of the only (and present) church edi(ie(> was 
raised li Jan., 1809, on the public " green," oi- common, where it remained 
until its removal. May, 1844, to its present site on east side of Main 
street. It was consecrated by IJisho]) Brownell, 10 Oct., 1832; its first 



' Tliere were in East Windsor, in l«l!t. . /'//-^ in 1820 i,i.iu, in 1828 IhiHicii, cider and 
linnul y distilleries; and in 1820 KasI Windsor Iiad 66 " riding carriages " as against 60 in 
Windsor. In 1796 East Windsor liad tlirce coaches which were ta.ved at $17. 



744 HISTORY or ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

organ, }3urchast'ii in 18o5, was rr|ilai'('(l liy a lariicr oiu' in iSiV.I. Its 
rectors have licen : ' 

Rev. Mcnzies Raynor, 1802-1 SO!*. 

Rev. Natlianiel llnse is several tinu's rcICi red to in Rev. Dr. I'Iki.s. 
R()l)l)ins' Di'trji, as tlie E|)is. minister at W. I't. 1S11-1«14. Ho was a 
native of Metliuen, Mass.; grail. Dart. C'oll. 1802; was afterward a rec- 
tor in N. Y. State. 

Revs. B. Jiukl, 1819-1821 ; N. 15. Burgess, Is22-ls2:!: I. IJiilk.'ley, 
1823-1825. 

Rev. Geo. W. Doane, D.D., 1825-1827, afterwards Di.slKipdf New 
Jersey. 

Rev. Horatio Potter, P.D., 1827-1828, afterwanls IJislioj, of New 
York. 

Revs. Cliester (Jleveland, bet. l.s28-:35 ; Ransom Warner, 1835- 
1838 ; Z. Mansfield, 1838-1841 ; Joseph Scott, 1843-1844 ; Henry H. 
Bates, 1844-1852 ; Charles S. Putnam, 1852-1853 ; Wm. K. Douglass, 
1853-1855 ; H. McClary, 1855-18(30 ; C. R. Fisher, 1861-1867 ; Henry 
Olmstead, P.D., 1862-1 867 : Wm. W. Niles, D.D., 1867-1870 ; Edward 
Goodridge, 1871-1883; AUicrt U. Stanley, 1884 ; Frederick R. Sanford, 
1885-1887 ; Alfred Poole Grint, Ph.D., 1888. 

The Rev. Roger Searle frequently officiated here before his removal 
to Ohio. In 1886 this church had 130 communicants. 



MetJidJisf Ep'tKCopal Church at Wareliouse Point. East AVindsor. 
There had been Jlethodist preaehing occasionally at Warehous(? Point 
from the commencement of the century, but no ]ic;rmauent society was 
organized until 1822. A Jlethodist Society had been organized in the 
south part of Enfield, near Waiehouse Point, about the commencement 
of the century, Imt it had l)ecome at this time near extinct. In 1814 
Ephraim Randall and his wife, members of the Chestnut Street Church. 
Providence, R. I., removed to this place, and in 1822 they inviteil Rev. 
Moses Fific'ld, then living in Springtiidd, Mass., to visit them, wliich he 
did, and preached in a schoolhonsc in that part of the village called 
King street. Soon arrangements were made, by tlie special i-eipiest 
and assistance of Major Joel Hawkins, for Mr. Filield to ])reacli cadi 
alternate Sal)bath for a few montlis until tbc next session of tlic 
New England Conference. Tin- meetinus were held in the village 
church, which was soon after, and is now, occupied liy the Protestant 
Episcopal Church. Mr. Fifield organized a Methodist Society early in 
the spring of 1822, consisting of Ephraim Randall, Beulah Cliapin 



■ifei). Edioard Ooodridge, — Hartford Co. ^fem. Hist. 



WINDSORVILI.E, FOMERLY KETCH MILLS. 745 

(widow), Hannah AI)1)L'. wliu had been a member of the Conj^regational 
Chureh of the Scantic Parish, and Thomas Knight, who had been a 
member of tlie society before mentioned in the south part of l<]nliehl. 
The society, being small and feeble, was for several years embraced in a 
circuit in which there were several societies, including two or more towns. 
For the years 1823 and 1824 ilr. Fitield continued its pastor. lu 182") 
there were two ministers on the circuit, Revs. Elisha Frink and Uenj. F. 
Lambord. the latter residing at Warehouse Point, supplied tlu? pulpit 
there jirincipally. In 1826 Revs. Erastus Otis and Daniel L. Fh'tclicr 
were the preacliers. In 1827 Mr. Otis was continued on the circuit, and 
the Rev. Rufus Hpaulding was his colleague. In 1828 Revs. Heman Perry 
and (Jeorge Stone were the preachers. In 1829, Revs. George Sutherland 
and Edmond M. Beebe. In 1830, Revs. Hezekiah S. Ramsdell and Hor- 
ace Moulton. In 1831, Revs. John W. Case and Philo Hawkes. In 
1832, Revs. Edmond M. Beebe and Norris Day. In 1833 the society 
became independent, disconnected from the circuit, and the Rev. Charles 
Hay ward Itecamc its jtastor. The following jicrsons have served the society 
as pastors to the jiresent time : 1834, Rev. Windsor Ward ; 1835 and 1836, 
Rev. Isaac Stodard; 1837, Rev. Square B. Hascall ; 1838, Rev. Ebenezer 
Blake: 1839 and 1840, Benjamin C. Pheljis; 1841, Rev. AVilliam It. Ricli- 
ai'ds; 1842, Rev. Moses Stodard; 1843, Rev. Abraham Holway ; 1844 and 
1845, Rev. Frank N. Bill ; 184(!, Rev. Charles C. Barnes ; 1847, Rev. Frank- 
lin Fisk; 1848 and 1849, Rev. Edward A. Ly(m; 1850 and 1851, Rev. 
Sanford Benton; 1852, Rev. James Mather; 1853 and 1854, Rev. Aliel 
(lardner; 1855, Rev. Lorenzo D. Bentley; 1856 and 1857, Rev. Ileniy 
W. (Jonant: 1858 and 1859, Rev. John F. Shetlirld ; 1S60, Rev. Wm. S. 
Siuunons; 1861, Rev. J. M. Worcester; 1862, Rev. C. Colhird Adams; 
1863, 1864, 1865, Rev. Wm. (). Cady: 1866, Rev. Robert Parsons; 1867 
and 1868, Rev. John Cooper; 1869 and 1.S70, Rev. Lorenzo W. Hiood ; 
1871 and 1872, Rev. A. L. Dearing; 1873, 1874, 1S75, Rev. Jolin Ilow- 
son; 1876, Rev. C. S. Morse; 1877, 187.S, 1879, Rev. I). L. Brown; 18S0, 
ISSl, 1S82, Rev. H. S. Fletcher; 1883 and 1SS4, Rev. Wm. H. Turking- 
tiin: 18H5, Rev. Henry H. Martin. The society is in a prosjierous state. 
It.s pri)|ierty, consisting of a house of worsliip and parsonage, is free from 
delit. It has a membership of about one hundred. 



WindsorviUc is the iiiodcrn name of what was known to our 
fathers, as well as to (Hir childhood, as Ketch. Milla (see |i. 591). From 
the earliest the names of Loomis, Munsell, Ellsworth, Bissell, llar- 
pei-, etc., arc associateil with this locality. About the year 1800 
Timotliy Ellsworth's store inaugurated the active business of the 
place, which hitherto bad only consisted of a saw and grist-mill. 
Vol. I.— 91 



746 HISTORY OK ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

About this time, also, Captain ("nlioon diicncd a hotel, which was 
continuotl for many years, and until l)uriiLMl, 15th August, 188!I. 
Early in the present century, also, Timothy Ellsworth erected here :i 
large gin-distillery, in which Thomas Potwine, Jr., soon after liecaim- 
a partner, under ilrm name of Ellsworth <fc Potwine. About 188;") 
the partnershij) was dissolved, Ellsworth continuing the l)usiness until 
1842, when the distillery and grist-mill were destroyed by fire ; and, 
in 1844, he erected a liuilding for the manufacture of woolen <lotli. 
Later it was sold to Mr. Henry Hollister, now of Ijcrlin, Conn., and 
was in almost continual operation until 1st Jan., 188'J, when it was 
burned, with all its machinery and stock, and a large boarding-house. 

A post-oilice was established here in 1825 by the name of Kftrh 
Milln, and later the postal name of the place was changed into 
Wimhorville. For many years a daily line of stages passed here be- 
tween Hartford and Kcene, N. H.; it has long been discontinued. The 
Connecticut Central Eailroad now passes through the j)lace, the station 
supplying the village being Osborn Station. 

About 1835 Sumner Sheitard commenced merchandising, and was 
a])pointed postmaster, continuing in business until his death, in 1808. 
Both store and post-office are now conducted liy A. S. Burley. 

MethodUt Episcopal f/i«?T/(, Windsorville (East Windsor). Churcli 
built 1829, at which time the first mention of East Windsor ajipears mi 
the minutes of the General Conference ; the name of Ketch Mills in 
1889 ; the name of Windsorville, 1850. In iSTt! the ediliee was iiurncd ; 
in 1878 the present one dedicated. 

Windsorville is a pleasant village;, but, since; the loss of the nmnn 
factory, is miu'h reduced in ])opnlati()n and business. 

BrvatI Brook is a neat little manufacturing village, which has grown 
up, since 1847, upon the banks of the stream of that name, which 
empties into the Scantic River, a little below the village, in the meadow 
land of Israel Harper Stiles. It comprises a large woolen mill ; three 
stores (of which that of Mr. C. A. Arnold is one of the largest in 
that part of the county); a grist-mill (also owned iiy Mr. Arnolti, and 
on the Bi'oad Brook): two blacksmith and one wiigon shops; and "anx 
number of i-um-shojis." 'i'he Springlield di\ision of the New Yoik A 
New England Bailroad has a station here. 

The woolen mill icfeired to was conunenced liy the Phelps .Manu- 
facturing Company, organi/ed 25th Keb., 1S47, with a capital of ¥140,- 
000. This company consisted of Bethnel I'lielps. who held 3,999 slniics: 
John and George E. Gibbons, tlOO shares each; Albert Dennison, 400 
shares; P. E. Palmer (Agent), 1 share. Total, 5,000 shares, at .'125 a 
share. This concern was merned, in .lulv, 1848, into the present Brmtd 



riRo.vn FUtooK congregational riniKCH. 747 

Ih-Ofik Manufacturing Companj), organiz('(l witli a (-apital ul' i^iOOjOOO, 
ami a large number of stockholders. It lias prospercil, until now it 
ciiiiiains 19 sets of macliinorv, uses 1,000,000 ])oumls of wool per 
anuum, aud cMiiplovs 400 hands. The l)uiiding is 328 Ijy 40 feet in size, 
4 stories high, with seveial wings and additions. The present agent, 
Mr. Alex. Heniple, has had cliarge of the works for nearly twenty 
years. 

There is said to have been a mill erected here about 1834, wldch 
was burned, hut of which we have no farther data. About 1848 there 
was a ]>earl button manufactory, operated by one Brown, in the old 
White Mill, which was swept away by the flood of 1869 ; and another 
liutton mill in Pearlville, al)Out half a mile east of Broad Brook, erected 
al>out 1S58, owned and run for a few years by A. Hamilton, and was 
finally burned. There was, also, at one time, a grist-mill and a tannery 
at Broad Brook, which are now extinct, and beyond the memory almost 
of file oldest inhabitant. 

The Coniire<jational Church of Broad Brouk. In ilarch, 1850, 
application was made to the Connecticut Home Missionary Society for 
aid to establish a cliTirch in the village, which then had a population of 
about 800. The Ejjiseojialians already had a house of worship here, but 
had only a slender hold upon the peojjle — an attendance of not over 
30. Mr. Palmer, then agent of the Broad Brook Mills, had opened a 
hall, seating some 200 or 300 jiersons, which was well filled on Sundays 
and Sunday evenings, under the ministrations of Rev. Mr. Charles N. 
.'^eymour. The application was endorsed by Rev. Shubael Bartlett of 
Scantic parish. East Windsor, who stated that whereas, in 1816, there 
were not over 5 houses and 40 jieople, there were now 50 houses and 
about 800 people. The required aid was given by the Conn. H. M. 
Society, and a church of 20 members (6 male and 14 female) was 
organized 4th May, 1851, and was placed under the care of Rev. Mr. 
Seymour. On the 1st of Jauiuiry, 1854, a neat church edifice, l)uilt 
in 1853, was oi)ened and dedicated by Rev. Shubael Bartlett, being the 
last ]iublic service that he ever jierformed. In 1865 a ])ars(mage was 
built at a cost of $2,000 ; in 1866 a caliinet organ, cost ■'1500 ; a l)ell, 
losting *600, one-half of which were given by outsiders ; 21 men volun- 
ii rred foi- the war, of whom 2 (l)elonging to the cliurch) lost their lives ; 
1^73, tiie sum of •'?4,000 was paid on the church, incduding a new organ ; 
b^75, .^350 was paid for a library; 1879, a chureli debt of *4,200 was 
canceled. Membership: 1851,20; 1880,135; 1884, 100. Revivah : 
1N58, 10 admissions; 1866,. 20; 1874, 34; 1878, 11. 

Piixtorti. Rev. Charles N. Seymour, actin;/ pastor, 1850-53: !>_ 
Hartford, Conn., 4th Aj.ril. 1815 ; grad. Trin. Coll., 1841 ; Yale Theol. 
Sem., 1843; jiastor ordained Huntington, C(mn., 26th .June, 1844, to 



748 HISTOUY OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

-Slst July, 1S77 : pastor inslallcd Wliatdv, Mass., 8tli March, 1853-27tli 
April, l.SSn; ].astor iiistallcii Brooklyn, Conn., 21st Doc, 1859-7th Oft., 
1878 ; pastor installed Tolland, 8(1 Dec, 1874.— Frt7e Theol. Sem. Catnl. 

Rev. William Mktcalfe Buiichard, pastor installfd (Ifh Scptmi- 
hei-, 1854; dism. -JMli Dec, 1858; grad. Yale Coll., l,s:;7: And. Tlieol. 
Seni., 1841; preached at Littleton, N. H., 1842; pastor ordained Boz- 
rah, Conn., 25tli Oct., 1843-Oct., 1848 ; acting pastor Eastford, Conn., 
1852-53; acting pastor Hebron, Conn., 1853-54 ; |)astor installed Broad 
Brook, Conn., Sept., 1854-Dec., 1858; acting pastor Agawani, Mass., 
IHdO-LSOa ; Vohintown and Sterling, 4th May, 1864-25th Jlarch, 18(58 ; 
acting j)astor Montviile, Cuim., April, 18G8-April, 1871 ; since 1871, 
res., Washington, D. C. — And. TlieoJ. Sein. Cat. 

Rev. Timothy Allen Hazen, acting pastor 1st Dec, 1859 to 1X153; 
son of Rev. Reulien T. Hazen ; h. at Agawani, Mass., 24th Jnne, 182ti ; 
grad. Wnis. Coll., 1849; stndied at Theol. Instit. Conn, at E. W. and 
Union. Theol. Sem., New York city, wlicic he grad., 1853; principal of 
Leno.x Academy one year ; itreached at Dalton, Mass., four years, from 
11th Oct., 1854; acting pastor Broad Brook, 1859-I8ti3 : hecaine j.astor 
at So. Egrcmont, Mass., May, 18()3 : afterwards S(u-ved at Hotisatonic; 
also pastor at Goshen, Conn., since 7th Feb., 1872. — Durfee and Union 
Theol. iSt-m. Oatars. 

Rev. Merrick Knight, acting pastor July, l8()3-Oct., 1807 ; grad. 
Amherst Coll., 1846; Theol. Instit. Conn.,184!'; pastor appointed Cha)i- 
lin. Conn., 1st May, 1850-Dec., 1852; acting ))astor Stafford, Cimii.. 
1853-54; pastor installed Hebron, Conn., June, 1854-Jiine, 1860 ; act- 
ing ])astor Broad Brook, 18(53-67 ; i>astor installed Rock Hill, 6th Nov., 
1867-lst April, 1872; acting pastor Torringford, Conn., April, 1872- 
March, 1875 ; acting pastor New Hartford (South), April, 1875-79. 

Rev. Edward Trumbull Hooker, 17th June, 1868, to 3d June, 
1869; son of Rev. Edward W. Hooker, D.D.; grad. Wins. Coll., 1860; 
served in Co. .V, 8th Vt. Vet. Vols., Jan.. 1S64, to close of war in 1865 ; 
studied tiieol. in Chicago and at Tlienl. Instit. (^onn.; jiastor installed 
Broad Brook, 1868-1869; acting pastor Middletown, Conn., 3d July, 
1869, to Sept., 1872 ; acting pastor New Orleans, La., 1872-75: pastor 
Castlcton, Vt., 1875. — Durfee. 

Rev. Lysander Tower Spauldin(;, 21st Nov., 1869-lst May, 1S77 : 
grad. .\iidi. Coll., 1861; Tlieol. Instit., Conn., 18(54 ; pastor ordained 
West Staflord, 27th Dec, 1864-2(1 Aug., 1867; pastor installed Essex, 
Conn., 2(1 Oct., 1867-12th Oct., 1869 ; acting pastor Broad Brook, 18(59- 
77; acting pastor Chester, Conn., June, 1877, until his death there, 8th 
July, 1878. — Minutex Gen. Conference, ISli^. 

Rev. Joseph A. Freeman, acting pastor, 1877-,sl. 

Rev. RoHERT C. Bell, 11th Aug., 1881-somctimo in 1885. 



THE SCHOOLS OF KAST WINDSOR. 749 

Rev. JEUEMI..VH C. CuoMER, stTved a year. 

Kcv. D.wii) E. Jones, the present pastor, was instnllcil I'.Mli Jan., 

1SS7. 

Tlu' DracoKx at tlic ]in'S('tit time ai-e William II. Tliumpsuii and 
George C. Wliiton, ami tlir |iri'sriit m(iiilirrslii|i 40 malrs ami S2 
feninles. 

/'////xii-iiiii.t. On an ulil map nl Warehouse Point, made ahdut tiie 
oldsr (it the last centuiy, \vc llml the names of Dr. John B.\ncroft, and 
Dr. .losEPH Egcleston, of wIkiiu uc know nothiim' further. Dr. M. L. 
FiSK came to Broad Brook almut 1S4"J, and rcnmxcd to Warehouse 
Point in 18fi4. The })iography of this excellent physieian and faithful 
man will he found in the Genealogies. Dr. E. K. Leonard came here 
in 1864; removed to Rockville in 1879. Dr. H. 0. Allen came here 
in 1879, and still remains in practice. 

]V<ite.i on the Schoolx of East Windsor. These, for lack of existing 
data, are necessarily fragmentary. Prior to 17fiS, when East Windsor 
was se|)arated from the old town, school matters, "east side of tlir Great 
River." were controlled hy the town meeting of the peo])le of Windsor. 
Aliout the first item we have is in " 1702, April ■27th, James Young, 
love began to keep school," and June 22, 1702, " James Younglove began 
to keei> school at Podunk " — and the following is " an account how the 
school monev is divided" : 

£ ». d. 
■•To Ihat pait (if Scantuck - - - - - - - 1 (19 03 

[Teaching] in this part 17 days 
To that part where the meeting hous is - - 3 0!) 00 

In this part One month anti 14 days and half 
To the lower part [Podunlv] - - - 3 10 09 

In this part one month and 15 days and half 
The list ,,n wliich the seJKKil tax was laid was - - - 1,TS7 10 00"' 

The Stoufjhton Mss., from which we learn this, preserves many evi- 
dences that the east side pcojilc were not neglectful of tlie education of 
their children — as, " A])ril 14, 1703, Samuel Tudor began to kee]> school 
at the meeting-lujuse and is to keep there seaven weeks wttnting day" — 
his compensation being d pence per week. 

About 172<;, " IMehetaliel Stotighton, of ^larshlield, Knglaud," as her 
name is written on an old" pamphlet among the Stoiigliton papers, seems 
to have been teaching here in East Windsor — j)robably a private scliool. 
•'.Iiiiie y'' (ilh live of Miijor [afterward f!en. and (!ov. Roger] Wolcott's 
[childi-en j came to School, Sarah was absent from scliool H days, the 
(ifbcr I'oiii- children left school. .Viiiinst 22(1," — Martha Edwards came 



Wiinlmr F.iriMK, 48. 



£ 


». (1. 


00 


04 OS 


III) 


07 01 


00 


0(i 10 


- 00 


05 02 


- 00 


05 01 


- 01 


08 10 


iiig [t'ui- 


17-26] 



7.50 IlIsrOHY OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

to schoiil .rune y 7th, 172t), and was absout 13 days, slm left school Sep- 
toiiil)er y lltli. There is, also, a bill of Miss Mehctabel against Maj. 
Roger Wolcott, viz. : 

By sclicxiling S:iiali Wnliotl 7 weeks at S pence 

IIe|izil)ali 10 " and 4 days at y pence - 

Josiali 10 ■■ '• 3 ••" 

Kppefras 10 " " 2 " " 

Knistus 10 ■' " 1 " " 

Total - - - 

On another page she made tlie entry tliat her " seh 
came to £02— 08s.— 10-7." 

As we have already seen (p. 578), the learned pastor of this parisli. 
Rev. Timothy Edwards, trained many yonug men in his own family, 
l)oth for college and the ministry. And the same may be said, thoiigli 
in a less degree, of his snccessors in the pastorate. Revs. Perry, JlcClure, 
and Rolibins. Resides their individual labors in this direction, the ear- 
lier ministers paid nmcli attention to the jniblic edncational affairs of 
their parishes; and, as late as tlie Rev. Mr. Robbins's and MeChire's 
day (1828), the pastor maintained a regular visitation of all the schools 
within the town ; and, in default of any official examining boards, ex- 
amined candidates and gave certificates of capability and character 
to would-be teachers. 

From Mr. Roe's Uccleaiastical ffiatm-i/ of Eaxt WiinUor, we find that 
the first recorded amount raised by tax for schooling in tlu- North 
parish was £20, while the salary paid to tlic Rev. ilr. Potwine was c£(iO. 
This was in 175-3-4-5 ; and the first sclKiolhouses appear to have been 
erected in JIain street, and the two were erected proljably at about the 
same time. The first regular districting of the parish took place in 
1766, and the report of Messrs. Elienezer Bliss, David ."^kinner, and Lem- 
uel Stoughton, appointed a committee for the purpose is dated Feb. 27, 
1766. Its substance, as far as can be gleaned from tlu! record, is: 

•• 'I'lial tliere .shall be four schools, viz.: 

" 1st. On the west side of Scantic River to coniprelieud all norlh of the ineetiii;;- 
housc, west of said river to a mile and a half from Great River. 

"2d. East of Scantic, to comprehend all east of said river, south of the center line 
and west of the land called Secpicstered Land. 

"3d. To comprehend .'ill east of Scantic River, north to Entield. 

"4th. To comprehend all west of Scantic River, and south of the mectinj; hou.se, 
a mile and a half from the Great River." 

Those wli.i timlerstand the bounds of tlie )iai-isli will be mIiIc to esti- 
mate, from these data, the disttinces which their ancestors, wIk'Ii cliil- 
drcn, had to travel through storms and cold to the places where tlie iitdi- 
ments of education must be obtained ; to some of them, at least, it was 



SCHOOLS OP EAST WINDSOR. 751 

a |ir:u',tii-al illiist i-atiou nl' •• kiiDwlcilp' liciiiu' oli(aiii('(| umlci- ilitli- 
I'ultics." 

Tlic tcaclicrs must also haw had their share of patieiice and indus- 
try, and been willing to do much tor small pay — for at this [leriod, thirty 
pounds was all the money raised for the support of schools, and that was 
paid in grain — wheat 4.s., rye 3.s., and Indian corn 2.y. i)er bushel. 

In Decemlter, 1771, a new district was set off east of Scantic, viz. : 

" ]'(>ted. To make a district of schooling of the south-east corner of the society, e.\- 
tending north of Ketch Brook, to include Simeon Barber and Roger Loomis, and ex- 
tending west to the east end of the three mile lots, including .Jerijah Bissell who lives 
on the east end of said lots, and to extend east and south to the bounds of the society." 

Thus matters remained until 1781 — when a committee was ap- 
pointed to i-earrange all the districts as they thought best and report to 
the society. On the 31st December, 1781, the committee made report. 

After dividing the parish into six districts — three on the east of 
Scantic and three on the west — and running the several boundaries, 
they close as follows : 

" All wiiicli is siilnnittcd to your ) Wishing you 
better wisdom by your most J- the blessing 
ol)edicnt humble servants, ) of peace. 

Aaron Bisseli., 
Amasa Loomis, 
Thomas Foster, ) 

■ The above report was accepted with the following alterations, viz.: 
" That Samuel Bartlett be set and belong to the school district north of the high 
way between Israel Stiles and said Bartlett — and that .John Bartlett be set and belong 
to the .south district of schools west of Scantic lliver in the woods — and ili:it William 
Bartlett, now living at Scantic Mills, belong to the school district east of Scantic River, 
as reported." 

xVt a meeting of the North Society, hold in Decemltor, 17S0, a jteti- 
tion was presented from the inhal)itants of Warehousi' i'oiut to beset off 
as a distinct school district. The petition was graiited ami tiie bounds 
defined as follows : 

" Beginning at the north-west corner bounds of East Wiiidsur, wluii running South 
along the line of Connecticut Kiver to the .south side of a lot nC land latwly owned by 
Tunotliy Thrall, then cMSt by the south line of said land williin forty rods of the Coven- 
Iry road, then north the same distance from said road t.. Kniirld line, then west to the 
tirst nicntloncd lionnds." 

In Oeei'mber, 17'.'-!, tit a nn^efing of tlie society, it was 

" 1 '"to/. That the south-east district of schooling conunonly called Ketch-.Mill dis- 
trict be divided, and the Ketch-Brook as it runs through said district be a dividing line 
of said district." 

The last act which a])]iears ti|ion recor(l of this ecclesiastical society 
in reference to couanon schools, is (Uited iMh day of November, 17'.l.>. 
The usual two pence ou the pound was voted for the use of schooling 



fee 



752 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOH. 

for the coming year, and the usual coniniittee of 12 persons chusi'a to 
collect the money and superintend the schools. After this, school mut- 
ters disappear from the records of the ecclesiastical parish. 

The Perry Mas. (in ])ossession of the South Windsor church) jiivos 
us the following : 

" East Windsor, April 23, 1771. Mrs. JIargaret Ledly was employed to teach 
school at the rate of 26s. pr. mo., she boarding herself — to be made up in proportion to 
the luiiiiber of scholars sent by each person, and thej- also bearing a proportionate ex- 
pense of hcmse-hire. 



I'diviitx of Schiihirs. j 


\o. of 01 


Joseph Perry 


2 


Moses Wells 


3 


Charles Mather 


2 


Oliver Chamberlain 


3 


(absent 2 \vks.)Sani" Webster 


2 


Aaron Hissell 


3 


Wid" Drake 




.Jonathan Drake 




John Smith, Jr. 




Capt. Grant 




Benj. Cook 




Ebeuezer Bissell 




Matt. Bissell 




for two weeks) Aaron Grant 


2 



6 


il. 
(i 


6 


6 


6 


6 


y 


9 


■5 


4 


6 


6 


9 


9 


3 


3 


3 


3 


3 


3 


3 




3 
3 

1 





" The school kept 11 weeks. 1'hc hire of the House was 10.v. This divided -.luunv^ 
23 scholars leaves O^i/. to he paid pr. scholar for house hire." 

Schools and School Districts in East {noic South) WinJxor. The 
late Dea. Ahner Reed, who died iu iSOt!, at the age of 95, fiirnisiu;d 

his grandson, the iiiithor of (his history, in ls5S, with tlio follow iuii- ac- 
coinit : 

•■The 1st School Society of So. Windsor Is composed of liv<' districts, four ou the 
main street and one at Lonj;' Hill. (/»/ Jlixl.) fi'oni Scanllc river to Stroiiii;'s road, so 
called. The school house, ever since my retuend)rance, stood ju.st about on. or adjoin- 
ing the S. E. cor. of the ground now owned by the Theological Institute. When the 
Academy was built, the lower part was designed for the District S<-hool and the olil 
house was taken down. It was an edilicc about IS feet sciuarc. with a large chimney 
and tirei>lace in the centre of one end, a partition ran across even with the jand)s, form 
ing a closet ou one side and on the other a little scjuare hall into which the outside door 
opened ; a door in the partition opetnng into the sanctum. {M Dixt.) extended from 
Strong's road down to the Shew road, so called, running out Ea.st between my lot and 
that of Moseley Newberry. The School house formerly stood on the East side of the 
street, directly opposite where it now stands and in size and construction was similar to 
that of the 1st Disl. Some .")() yrs. ago it was moved across the street and .some years 
later was burned ; and was rebuilt with brick, much after the former fashion, but as il 
stood on the line of the street, thus affording the children no play -ground except in the 
street, and as it obstructed the view South fnmi Dr. Gillette's house, it was linally taken 
down and rebuilt several rods back from the street. (..'(/ l)i«t.) extended from the Shew 



SCHOOLS OF EAST (NOW SOUTH) WINDSOR. 758 

ro.id ti) one fonnerly called the Ezekiel Loomis Road, running East ; the school house 
was on the East side of the street, in the centre of the District and built much like the 
olliers, except that there was a closet on each side of a large chimney and fireplace, on 
I lie Nortli side and the outside door opened directly facing the fire, on the South, there 
licing no place for the scholars to shake the snow or rain from their clothes, or mud 
from their feet except in the school-room, which, I think, could not have been 20 ft. 
s(iuarc, including the closets. As to its furniture, the following description will answer 
U>r that of all the 4 schools. The writing-tables were of plank, fastened to the wall or 
Nide of the room and extending all around, except on the chimney side and door-way. 
'I'lic scats for these tables were also of plank, with legs driven into auger holes, and the 
writers, of course, sat facing the wall. On the inner part of the room were the .seats 
for th(> younger scholars, made of plank or thick slabs with similar seats, but without 
backs. Such was the noble academical institution in which I received toy education, 
attending ;! months in the summer until I was 8 years old, and 3 months in the winter 
until I was 15 years, — the summer school taught by a female, the winter by a male. 
Five years after I left this house as a scholar, I entered it as a teacher for the winter 
and had more scholars than could be accommodated with any comfort. On one seem- 
ingly as cold a day as ever blew, I foimd the house tilled when I got there in the morn- 
ing, and so closely crowded together that it was difficult to open the door to get in ; all 
standing up and trying to get to the fire, and many young ones crying. I ordered 
those at the fire to fall back and let a party of young ones take their place, and so by 
dividing by platoons, by about 11 o'clock they had all got so far warmed that I ordered 
them to take their seats, and by storing into every nick and corner I finally got them 
all seated and undertook to count them, when I found that my family consisted of 103 
members. This house was sold to Maj. Daniel Hayden, and by him improved as a 
woodhouse and a new school-house built about 1806 or '07. This was of oblong shape, 
a little more roomy than the old one and occupied the same site as that, on the S. E. 
cor. of the lot occupied by Rev. Dr. McClure during his lifetime. It was at first fur- 
nished in similar style to the old one — but afterward more according to modern ideas — 
and was afterwards disposed of — and two-storj' building, built by Abiezer Porter for a 
brad and tack factory was bought and converted into a sort of Academy, the District 
SI liool occupying the lower part and a school of a higher grade the upper part. This 
house is a few rods N. of the site of the old one on the opposite side of the street. 
[ ith Dixl.) extended from the E. Loomis road to E. Hartford, the school-house being on 
what is called the old road, formerly the main road to Hartford and a little E. of the 
present main road. It was of the same size and construction as the other houses. 

•■ Krom my earliest recollection, the teachers were generally inhabitants of the dis- 
iiii 1. The regular price of a man teacher W'as40 shillings N. E. money, and board for 
1 MKinth; for a female teacher from one dollar to one and a half a week and board. 
S.iinitiincs. if they lived near the school-hou.sc. they would engage for $3 a week and 
linard themselves. During my school days the books in use were ' Dil worth's Spelling 
Book,' ' Dilworth's Arithmetic,' called 'The Schoolmaster's Assistant,' the 'New Eng- 
land Primer,' the ' Psalter and Bible.' The 1st class was called ' the Bible Clas,s,' and 
li.ad no other book to read from, until about the third winter before I left school (1786'/) 
when • Webster's Spelling Book ' was introduced, and next winter his 'Art of Reading ' 
and ' Morse's Abridgment of his Geography.' Previous to this((H the branches taught iu 
the schools were Reading, Writing, Spelling, and a very little of Arithmetic. The Cat- 
echism was always recited Saturday noon, which ended the week. Dilworth was an 
Kiiglisli author, and the words iu his Spelling Book ending in tioii, tiiai, nim, &c., &c., 
Iiail their enditigs divided into two sj'Uablcs. His Arithmetic, I think, was plainer and 
easier and better calculated for common schools than any that I have ever seen. I did 
not study it at school, but all my knowledge of Arithmetic 1 got from that book after I 
left school and without an instructor. There were no engraved w riting copies in tlio.se 
days — every master wiote copies at the head of a page, and you may imagine there 
Vol. I. — 9o 



764 HISTORY OK ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

was a great variety of hands, and I was expected to imitate lliein all. The last winter 
I attended school («>. 15) we had a tca<'lier who called himself a doctor and was a sort of 
Separate preacher [the Haptists were then called Separates, or Separatists], who, every 
morning when he opcni'il school, would have all the scholars who read in Bibles, use 
them and follow him while he read a chapter, and would charge us to mind how he 
read and learn to read as he did — which was in what used to be called the 'Separate 
tone' — sec-saw, up and down. He was succeeded by Mr. George (brother of the late 
Dea. Araasa) Loomis, who, the winter previous, attended a Writin,g School at Coventry, 
and he had a number of pieces of writing on Whole .sheets of Foolscap, which he had 
copied — and among them were imitations of Roman, Italian, (ierman and Old ICnglisli 
te.xt; the two latter 1 had never seen, and felt a desire to try and copy them. There 
was no paper in those days tit to write upon, except English paper, and that was not 
plenty; but my teacher offered to furnish me paper if I would copy them for him — 
which I did so much to his satisfaction that he used them as copies, afterwards, in tlie 
schools which he taught at Hartford and Albany. 

• I slundd have said, in relation to the 5lh J)ist.. or Long Hill School, in liie S. E. 
pari of the town — it was similar in size and accommodations to the other four, though 
smaller." 

The Academy on Eaxt Wimhor Hill was erected by private eiitei- 
prise early in the preseiit century, ])robab]y al)Out 1800. It was a two- 
story edifice, with lielfry and bell ; the upper floor used for the academy 
])roper, the lower for a district school, and still holds its own in this 
year of grace 1891. 

It was always well coiuliicted, had a wide reputation, and not only 
many nf (he youngmen of East Windsoranditsneighlioringtowns were tit- 
ted for college there; liut numbers came also from distant places. Its teach- 
ers weri' widl selected, mostly college graduates, generally of Yale, and wtir 
of the highest standing. Among these we may mention Mr. John I1.\ll, 
who graduated at Yale, 1802; was tutor there 1804-7, and from I80!tti. 
'2!) made his home in East Windsor, leading a scholarly life, teaching, 
etc., and then founded his celebrated school at Ellington. Prof. Ei,E.\zi:i; 
T. Pitch, who took the academy in Oct., 1810, having graduated from 
Yale College the inontli before: lie was afterward Professor of Theology 
at Yale and Preacher lo llir ( ',,11,. u-,.. 1 SI 7-185:!, — a notable tiiinkcr 
and writer; a modest man, liul a gon,! Ic;iclier. I>tiriiig his term wi- 
find the following nolo in l\,\. Mr. Kubbius's I>i<tn/, under date ,d' ■J4 
April, 1811: "The acadciuy li,'i-,' lirnl an exhibition. It began almul 
eight o'clock in tin' cv,iiing and ccuitiiiii,',! until two in the morning. 1 
did not attend. It is said t,i lia\r lii'cn a xcry good one." MiLo Lo,)Mls 
North, wlio graduated at Yale College l.Sl;), took the academy in 1814- 
1815. He lieeame a physician, and must have been immediately followed 
(I81ti) liy Samuel Stiles Stehhins, who graduated at Yale College 1807. 
and commenced the study of theology with Jlev. Dr. Roliliins, tli<nigli he 
never became a minister. Joein Hall Urockway (sou of Kev. Dioilate, 
of Ellington), graduated at Yale College 1820, a lawyer, and afterwards 



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THKOLOCJICAL INSTITUTE OF CONNECTICCT. 755 

Rc|ircscntiiti\c in United St;itcs ('ongrcss, tinmiit tlic acailcniy iSiO; 
OziAs SiiiOLDON Eells, Son ol' Rev. Oy.ias, of IJarklianistod, Conn., 
innni'iliatcly after his uradnation at Williams Colleiie, 1S:21, heeann^ the 
teacher, and sindied theology with Dr. Hohliins niitil (prolialily Oct. 1) 
l!S2-'!, when he was lieense<l to preach, (ien. Nathan Johnson, of Ilart- 
foi-d: Dr. Alvan Talcott, of N'einoii. Conn., lS-i4-18L'(;; Dr. iMaro M. 
Reed; Judge William Sthonc, of the C S. Su|irenie Court; Kkastus 
NoUTii. and ollieis of eipial woitli and aliilil\- ai'e rememhered as among 
the princijials ol' III is academy. Its ellicieney continued until ahiint 1S85, 
after which it declined, lieing gradually aiisoilied li\ the \aiii'd iust ruc- 
tions afforded liy li slaldishment upon the liill of tiie 'I'lieological 

Institute of Connei'ticut : and, since the rcmoxal of that institution to 
Hartfoi'd, has not fiei'ii re\i\cd. It is wurtliy of note that the young 
ladiex of East Windsor, after learninu- all that coulil lie taught thoni at 
the Academy on the Hill, were usually sent to some of the Hartford "fin- 
ishing schools," among w-hich the most prominent was opened alxmt 
1800 Ijy Jlrs. Lydia Bull Royse. Among her scholars from East Windsor 
were Ann Watson, Frances and Maria Bissoll, Helen and Ursula Wolcott, 
and Betsy Rockwell (see very interesting letter from R('\'. Prof. J. J. 
JicCook, p. li45-6-t7, HaHford Co. Mem. Hist., vol. i. 

'I'he Sciintlc Academy, near the meeting-house of the North Parish 
(now l<]ast Windsor), was erected in 1817, according to a memorandum 
in I)r. Thou. lidJililns'x Diary. Though a two-story edifice, it was a hiiiu- 
liler institution, both architecturally and educationally, than that on the 
Hill : liiif it pro\ idcd wmter education in the higher English studies, and, 
to some extent, ill the classics; and Yale College students were gentu-ally 
em]iloyed as teachers. It has i)een discontinued for many years. 

It u ill also be seen, hy reference to the Reed Genealogy in another 
|)art of this work, that East (now South) Windsor held, for many years, 
(piite a School of Art and Desiyn, in Dea. Abner Reed's engraving estal> 
lishiiujnt. Its graduates (the good Deacon w^ould have called them 
■•apprentices") were, subsequently, mostly identified with the history 
of bank-note engraving in the United Stati's — of which branch of 
engraving the Deacon was a pioneer. 



The Theological Institute of Connecticut (now the Hartford 
Theological Seminary) was the result of a (■onference held at East (now* 
South) Windsor, 10th Sept.. IS:',:], l,y .'.(J Congregational ministers, 
among which (he more prominent members were Drs. Saniiud Sperry, 
Asahel Nettleton, Nath'l Ifewitt, Daniel Dow, C. A. Calhoun, Joseph 
Harvey, and Rev. Cyrus Hale. 'I'his conference was the expression of 
a widesjiread alarm created liy the speculations and dogmas of " the 



766 IlISTOUV OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

New IJavcii Divinity." Tlu' I'aiiioiis " Concio ;ul ('Icriiin" scnncni, 
l)r('iicluMl Sept. 10, 1S:28, by Prof. Natlianiel W. Taylor oC the Tli.'(,l,,oi- 
cal Department ot Yale Colleiic, had hi'onght into ])riiniincnc(' inlain 
views held by himself and iiis associates ; which, the more tliey were 
discussed by the then leaders of religious thought in New Engliind.sueli 
as Jeremiah Evarts, Oov. John Cotton Smith, Drs. Tyler, Nettleton, 
Humphrey, GrifiRn, Eben'r Porter, Woods, and others, seemed to be 
■"antagonistic to biblical doctrines respecting the divine government, 
human depravity, regeneration, and the essential diffei-ence between the 
motives that govern renewed and unrenewed men." 

At this East Windsor convention of 1833, " The Pastoral Union ol 
Connecticut " was organized on the basis of a Calvinistic creed. Its 
constitution provided for the establislnnent of a theological seminary ; 
and in the measures which they at once adopted to execute this design 
they sought, in several ways, to guard against the perversion of conse- 
crated funds and other jierils develoj)ed in the ex))cricncc of similai- in- 
stitutions. The control of the seminary was vested, not in a self-|ii r 
petuating corporation, but in a board of trustees chosen annually liy Ihr 
Pastoral Union; and required, as a condition of their holding otiice, ti> 
give assent to the creed of the Institute, which was thus brought into 
close relation with the churches. The institution was located at Easi 
Windsor, and its corner-stone laid by Dr. Perkins of East Hartford, 13tli 
May, 1834 ; its first course of instruction opening the following antiinin 
to a class of 16 students. Dr. Bennett Tyler was its first professor ut 
Theology, Dr. Jonathan Cogswell the first prof&sor of Church llistorx. 
and Prof. William Thompson gave instruction in Hebrew and (Jrcik 
exegesis. The Institute, dependent at first uj)on donations, received in 
1839 its first endowment of #11,000 from Miss Rebecca Waldo <A 
Worcester, Mass.; and donaticms, varying from sll to 1*7,000, were re- 
ceived during the next few years for support of professors and increase 
of the library. In 1849 a second professorshij) was endowed by the lie- 
quest of Mr. Chester Buckley and his wife of Wethersfield ; and an 
attempt to set aside this will was singularly fortunate, in that, by the 
compromise effected by the late Hon. Seth Terry of Hartford, consider- 
ably more than the sums s])ecified in the will was secured to the 
heirs-at-law, and to various public institutions and charities a large i)ro- 
])ortion of what was Ijeqneathed to them. The third jtrofessorship 
was endowed partly by Rev. Dr. Asahel Nettleton from the proceeds of 
" Village; Hymns.'' 

Students were furiiislie<l with ample facilities for physical exercise : 
70 acres of choice land on the ri\ci- were olfered (rent fi-ee) for their 
use ; and cacli student also had (he free use nl a liox of tools in a work- 



EAST Windsor's litei!ai!Y mkx. 757 

sh(i]i to lie iiscil ill cold ami stoniiv ufatlicr. I'.ut tlio yoiiiii;- men, as a 
nilf, did not •• lake "' to manual labor. 

I>ut. from llic lirst, the disadvantai;-cs iiicidriit lo its Icicatidii had 
been embarrassing to the seminary, and at the end ol twenly years they 
awakened grave ai)|)rehensions among its firmest i'riends. Its isolation, 
sullieiently e.haractei-istic in 18H4, had become exti'eme in 1H[A. The 
lack of social and church life and of a literary atnios]ihei(' in the sur- 
rounding community aggravated the discomfort of separation finm the 
outiM- world. 

Finally, 1856, an invitation was offered to the officers of Yale Col- 
lege to consid(>r the mattiu- of uniting the two seminaries. This ])ro]io- 
sition, as well as one fiom the f'lerical Fellows of Yale College in 18ti4, 
came to nought. Then tht; removal of the Seminary to Hartford was 
agreed upon, and effected Sept., 1865, by the teiiiporary occupation of 
two spacious dwellings on Prosjject Street, Hartford, and two others 
subsequently occupied by students. This arrangement continued for 14 
years, when, by the generosity of the late James B. Hosmcr of Hartford 
(who gave it |ilOO,000 for the erection of a building, founded the pro- 
fessorship of New Testament Exegesis, and made it residuary legatee of 
his estate), the Seminary was enabled to occupy its ]irrsent line building 
upon Broad Street. 

Among its recent lilieral benefactors have lieen ^fr. Richard IJond 
of r>oston Highlands, Messrs. S. S. Ward, Roland Mather, Newton Case 
of Hartford, the latter especially advancing the growth of its library. 
Mr. Joseph Carew of South Hadley Falls, Mass., donated #5,000 for an 
annual lecture course, and a similar fund has been given by five in- 
dividuals for a Lectureship of Foreign Missions, ultimately .to be en- 
larged into a Professorship of Missions ; while 22 scholarships, varying 
from #1,000 to #2,000 each, have been created by friends for use of 
needy students. By an amendment (1880) the charter now covers 
property to the amount of one million dollars, with the usual condition. 

Before its removal to Hartford the largest numl)er of students was 
34; the catalogue of 1884 contained 54. The library then had 7,000, 
it now has 42,000 volumes. The three professorships of 1H;}4 ha\e in- 
creased to live, to which has lately been added an Associated Professor- 
ship of Sacred Music and Hymnology. Among tlu^ological seminaries 
this one stands pre-eminent for the numbcir of its graduates who have 
entered the home and foreign mission fields. Its theology is Calvinistic, 
and in harmony with the accredited fornudarics of New England Con- 
gregationalism. (Condensed fi-om article in Hartford Co. Mem. Hist., 
by Rev. Wni. Thompson, D.D., Dean of Faculty.) 

Literary Men. Of these, if we except the Rev. Timothy Fdwards, 
the lirst was Gov. RoGKii WoLCOTT, who wrote and issued, in 1723, 



758 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

'' PoKTicAL Meditations, /'('//;// tin- lui/inireiiwnl of gome Vaitant Ifou/sJ,// 
lioyer Wolcott, Esq.; with a Preface by the Reverend Mr. Biil/c/ri/ of 
Colchester. Netv London: Printed and Sold hy T. Gree^i, 112'k'' In 
the preface of 5() ])aji;e.s Mr. Biilkley paiiil'ully ilclivcrs himself on 
matters and thhigs in general, hut chiefly (lu the tith' of tlie Indian 
ahorig-iues to their huids. Tlien foUow a dedication to the Rev. 'I'iniothy 
Edwards, a few poetical meditations on Scripture texts, and a poem of 
60 pages, entitled, " A Brief Account of the Agency of the Ilonoural)lc 
John Winthro]), Esij.; in the Court of King Charles the Second, Anno 
Dom. 1602. When he ol)tained for the colony of Connecticut Ilis Ma- 
jesty's Gracious Charter." The volume closes with an " Advertise- 
ment " hy Joseph Dewey, a Colchester cloth-makci-, who "having lieen 
something at charge in jironioting the Pultlishing Uic for(>going Medita- 
tions," hereby taketh oerasion lo give his country people a few di- 
rections towards tlie better preparation of wool for the weaving. 

Of this work, Rev. Dr. Tarbox, in Hartford Co. Memorial Hixlnry. 
says: "There is nothing noteworthy about the shorter pieces in the 
book, but the ' Brief Account " ' is of historical interest, its subject iieing 
the procuring of that charter so pi-ecious in Connecticut tradition, which 
Wadsworth afterward hid in the Chartei' Oak. The greater pail of liie 
j)ocm is in the form of episode, Winthrop descril>ing to the king the 
plantation of the colony and its war with the Pequots. Not much can 
be said for its literary merits. The description of Connecticut Rivei- 
and its banks — a favorite theme with later Ilartfoi-d poets — is conven- 
tional aiul untrue. ' Philomel higli ])ercli't u]ion a tlioi-n,' meadows 
enamelled with roses and violets, elms embraced by fruitful vines, figure 
in the same landsca])e with the beaver and tiie mink. 'I'he fragmatie 
style of the narrative is heightened by I lie usual classical insipidities — 
Aurora, Phoebus, Cynthia. Tithon, Thetis, and Lucifer carrying on their 
astronomical operations in lauglialde ])roximity to the names of Uncas, 
Sassacus, and Miantinomah. The burning of the Pe(iuot fort a( Mystic 
— which the ])oet calls a ' castle ' and a 'stately palace ' — is |>aiuted 
with an epic ]ionip that emulates Virgil's picture of the destruction of 
Troy." A much better example of the Coveruor's literary abilities is 
to be found in the Mss. vol. deseiilied cm page 568;' and in his .\iitci- 
biography, ])ortions of which are ipiotecl in the Woh-ott GeneaUnjy, in 
our "id volume. 

Era.stus Wolcott Ellsworth, l)orn in East Windsor, 1822, son of 
Hon. Erastus Ellsworth, and a graduate of Andierst College, is the hon- 
ored living representative of Kast (South) Windsor's literary men. lu 



' Reprinted in Mosk. His. Sor. ( 'oil. , iv. 262. 



EAHLV ruLlTlCS IN KAST WINDSOR. 759 

1S,")."> lie ]iiililislu'il a lidok dI' ikii'MIs' of lllllcli iiiriit, llic lolijffst of whicli 
is liascil upon the story of 'J'lu'seus and Ariadne. One of these poems, a 
lemarkahly good one, entitled ''What is the Use," has received the wcil- 
iiierited compliment of being repnhli.shed in tlie poe( Whil tier's Sotup of 
Three Coitiirii^x ; and the poems "Tulooni "' ainl " .Ma\ tiowei- " are ([noted 
in tiie poet Stedman's Library of Aiiierii-Kii Li/cni/iire. 'I'liese poems 
weiT lirst published in l'utnai)C» Majiazlne. 

Ml'. KUsworth also presents in his intellectual mai<e-n|) the vei-y un- 
usual union of strong poetie feeling uilli a raic meehanieal taste and 
aliiiity. He is the inventor and patentee of an e.xceedingly curious and 
exeellent hydraidic machine, as well as of other mechanical conti'ivanccs, 
indicating a high order of meehanieal talent. Jfr. Ellsworth has lived a 
retired and studious life in the jiaternal mansion, and, surrounded by the 
love and respect of relatives and friends, has not seemed to care to 
assume that more jiromincnt position in literary and scientific society to 
which his few pulilished works, as well as his acknowledged talents, 
entitle him. 

Po/ilicn in Eaat Wimhor in the Barli/ part of Present Cevtitrii. Our 
sources of information concerning politics in the early part of the pres- 
ent century in this town arc but fragmentary — but we will ]iieee them 
together as well as we can. The late Edward King of Indiamipolis, 
Ind., has preserved for us the following specimen of political rhyme, found 
aiudiig his grandfather's papers, and referring to a Fourth of .Inly cele- 
bration held at East Wimlsor in 1801 : 

'Twas on tliL- tiftli iliiy ol' .Inly, 

'riic ik'iiKicratsdid meet, sir, 
Bciieiitli a bowry green and high. 

Erected in the street, sir. 

The thundering cannon's early roar 

IJe-kindled all their slander, 
TiM'n'd (Hit more plenty tlian lu'fore, 

Led on by Alexander. 

CliafiiK — i.) blesseil naiiie! () denKJirai: 
lie fears no kind of danger. 
(iiMie, join the gang with gallaiil I'l.-ili, 
He'll welcome every stranger. 

Ladies attend most gaily drest 

In petticoat and jerkin, 
With loaves of brea<l made of the best, 

And butter li\ the lirUin. 



' I'wMK ; l>ij ErnMitK Elh'i-orlh . Published by F. .\. Hr.uvn. llarlford. ISoo. Latest 
poems contributed to Travelfrs liecorcl, Hartford, Conn. 



760 HISTORY OK ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Likewise a basket full of pease, 

With lusty loaf of cake, sir, 
Almost as big as th' mammoth cheese, 

As good as e'er was bak'il, sir. 

Chorus — O blessed name, etc. 

And now the board had been well furnished, had not the lattunrd liirkcy li:ilk'dtlie 
circus — the fact was this: T. Wolcott had been fatting a line toni and cram'd him 
with food as often as (you please) and weigli'd him a.s often, but on Friday before holi- 
day poor Tom was choked in the operation and e.vpired — (fable says he died by his 
own hands, scorning to suffer in such a cause) ; make what you please of it and weave 
it in. 

And now the sirculating glass 

Is passed round and round, sir. 
Till some ly prostrate on the ground. 
And others can't be found, sir. 

And I am told that mistres >S., 

Who crauled home by the fence, sir. 
Crept off to bed but ne'er imdrest. 

And has not been seen since, sir. 

(Hidiiis^O blessed name, etc. 

Como on, my lad, and Ijring your lass, ■ 

And tast our hhsius wine, sir ; 
The Democrats are gaining fast. 

The Feds are on decline, sir. 

No more let's drag the galling chain, 

Our work is fast compleating ; 
Ther'll not a Federalist remain 

Till our ne.xt happy meeting. 

('Ikii-uh — O ble.s.scd name, etc. 

End/irscd mi the bitch- : 

" A specimen of the wit, satin', and iMJi-tical grriius of the Federalists of East Wind- 
sor, supposed to be written by <). Tudor, tlic great jiout and historian." 

When Nathaniel Rockland (b. ITT'J) first votcnl (lT92-:{), there were Init six Demo- 
crats in the town of E. W. Jaiiies Rockwell and his three sons made 4 ; Mills 

was the tittli. 

The Diuri/ of Rev. Thoma.s Robbing, pustor at Iv \V., ISOS (o l,s-27, 
gives us many interesting glimpses of ]H)litical feelino' ami i-litinocs in 
this town. It mnst be renuMnhercd, however, that as one of " the osttili- 
lisiied order," the Rev. Mr. Rolthins was iialtii-ally :i Fcdri-tiiist, and tlic 
holy horror with which he regarded the Denioeracy of thtit day and till 
its behjngings, seems to us of this day its being (|uite uncaHed Inr tind 
coniicah Ffe says (1798) that "(lie Dcnincrtils in ('(ingress ate vciy 
ini])ii(lent " : — (1700) "had a Idtid dis|iiitc witli some Armli/inii-y mn/ 
Dciiiocrats" \ — (l80I)"the democrats are nniking great exertions to 
destroy the laws respecting religion in this Statt?" — speaks of them as 
"deltided nemoerats," ami of a town as " infesteil with Demoeriits" — 



I>IAI!Y OF KKV. 'IIKIMAS UOliBINS. 761 

( I8O0) " DemociMcv is now making its most violent (^('lorts in this State. 
Mill/ the God of liar fatlicrii preserve UK !" This invohnitarv appeal to 
hea\en often appears in his notes on Democracy; yet, wlicn he made 
( ISO:')) ;i missionary tour into Pennsyh ;niia he has to admit that "most 
of llic miiiistcis and pious peopli' in tins pai't of the country, and of all 
riasses, are Denioerats"- — -a |)retty hard pill for such a thorough-going 
( 'onnecticut Federalist as he to swallow. 

in ISOS he commenced his ministrati(jns in East Windsor, and 
thcnccfoilli liis Diarij keeps us jH-etty well informed as to political mat- 
ters in his own and the adjoining North parish of East Windsor. Thus: 

ISII8. ■■ Roik' to Scantic and attended Freemen's Meeting, and prayed at opening 
of tlie meeting. The votes here were : Federalist, 326 ; Denioerats, 63, about tlie same 
as heretofore. I hope Democracy is declining in this State." 

1809. April Freemen's Meeting. Rev. Mr. Robbins officiated as before ; votes for 
Governor: Federalist, 313; Democratic, 93; "more of the latter than have ever been 
here before." 

1810. He again officiated at Freemen's Meetings. Federalist votes for Governor, 
193 (divided between two candidate,s) ; Democratic, 90 — total, 285. The population of 
E. W. at this time was 3,081 ; but, owing to certain property restrictions in the Conn, 
law, the number of voters was considerably less than on the present basis; and this vote 
of 1810 would indicate about 600 voters in E. W. at that time. 

1811. "Prayed at the opening of the Freemen's Meeting"; votes for Governor 
were : Treadwell, 168 ; Griswold, 86 ; scattering, 2. I believe Mr. Griswold had about 
thirty Federal votes. The remainder were Democratic. I think this last effort of De- 
mocracy, through the mercj- of our fathers' God, will meet with a gieat defeat." Tread- 
well and Griswold were both Federalist candidates ; the latter was elected Governor, 
II nd i)artly by Democratic votes. 

1813. Freemen's Meeting : vote for Gov. Griswold (Fed.), 303 ; Boardman (Dem.), 
19. " The meeting very harmonious." The light vote shows that there was really no 
party contest. 

Sept. 21. " Rode to Scantic and attended Freemen's Meeting. The highest Fed. 
x'ote for nomination was 251 ; The Dem. nomination not, called. There were but 27 
Dem. votes for a representative." 

1813. Freemen's Meeting ; votes : Fed. (divided between two candidates), 206 ; 
Dem., 74; .scattering, 4 — 284. Sept. Freemen's Meeting "remarkably harmonious and 
expeditious." Highest Fed. vote for nomination, 166 ; Dem. nomination not called. 

1814. Fixemcn's Meeting. Fed. voles, 187 ; Dem,, 63. 

Sept. Freemen's Meeting. "Highest vote for nomination, 119. No Democrats " 

1S16. Freemen's Meeting. Fed. votes for Gov.. 187 ; Dem., 89 — total, 276. He 
iiolis. a few days later, that "the Democrats in the State have made very great exer- 
tions at the late Freemen's IMceling and have .almost carried the election." Sept. "Our 
lute Freemen's Meeting has issued unfavorably" — from which we may deduce the fact 
tlial Democracy was again in the ascendant. 

1817. Freemen's Meeting. " The efforts of the Democracy arc astonishing. " Votes: 
Fed., 233 ; Dem., 128 ; it is supposed that nearly 30 Federalists voted for Mr. Wolcott, 
the Dem. candidate. 

^'Iit. Fed. votes, isi) ; Ik-ni., !M ; ■riiaiiy siaid ;i( hoiiic.' The Di-mocrals lliis 
year were victorious. In October .Mr. Kobliins .says, " Our Assembly adjourned yes- 
lerday. They have not done much evil, but they have had a contemplible .session. A 
liily God frowns upon our State. " In Nov. (having a few montlis before met President 
Jlonroe and shaken hands willi him), Mr. Itobbins admits that he has read the Presi- 
dent's message, and thinks " it the best we have had since Federal times." 
Vol, I.— 96 



T(i2 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

1818. Fmiiiiii'x Mirliiuj. Voles for Iroasuror: Fed., 188; Dcrn., Ill; the first 
vole for a Deiii. representative, late a federalist, was l;i6. The meeting contiuuecl iniile 
late. Denioeracy does not appear to abate in zeal or malignity." Srpt. " We [Feder- 
alists] did une.xpectedly well." Votes for nomination, 232 ; Deni., 128. The State did 
not keep so strongly Federal as East Windsor. But the reign of Federalism had well- 
nigh gone — and in November the good parson says, "The President s message repre- 
sents our country in a very prosperous state. I thitik it is," 

1819. Fin mill's .UiHiii;/, Votes; Fed., 327; Dem., 177. "The Federalists did 
e.xeeedingly well." 

1830. Fnriiirii's Miitiiiij. Votes: Fe.l.. 242; Dem., 101; "the majority mueh 
less than last year. ' 

1821. And now the tide is eviileiilly ihaiigiMg. Fiirinni's McliiHj. "The votes 
were very elo.se ' ; Dem., 18(i ; Fed. " but two or llirce more." 

1822. "The Fn-ciiuiin Mutiinj here issued very lavoralily. ' 

1823. " Election e.\ciles but little notice." 

1824. "Opened till' Electors' meeting with prayer .uhI Irli the meeting as usual. 
They chose Demorratii' representatives. Tlic lirsi liuic iloth irreligious and imgodly 
men. A severe and holy frown of lie:iven. ' 

^ Eiu^t. Windxiir inn, alioiit 1S20.— The late .Mr. IIknhy Watson 
of Northampton, Mass., a native of East Windsor, wlm dicil in Fch- 
rtiary, 1801, kindly furnished tis witli the foUowing- notes (if liis 
reeollections of "The Hill" as it was alimit 1S20, which he prefaced 
with the followino- renmrk : "•T'lu'rc is one thing especially worthy of 
note — tlic "ii'at ao-e to wliicli so many of the })arties live<l. I have 
iicvi'i' known a place so healthy as our old East Windsor. If a child 
survived his lirst, oi' ;it most his second ye;ir. he mioht lie almost suit 
that lie was hooked for e.xtreme old age; and, if he did not f;ill 
olT ;i lo;Ld of wood, get drowneil in the Connecticut River, die of con- 
sumption at from 20 to :!0, or possihly get the ])iieumoiiia, he was .<»/■'■ 
to reach it. I do not recollect ever to have known an East Windsor 
horn hahy who was over one year old to die. Of course there were noiw 
who did." 

The fact of loni/evity thus humorously adverted to hy ^[r. Watson 
is, indeed, a most noticculile feature of this locality. 

We have taken Mv. Watson's "Notes" as a Imxix of ;i survey of 
"The Hill " — our own oliser\ations, or those ohtaiiu^d from other sources 
heiiig designated hy hrackets. 

That p(U'tioii of South (formerly Ivist ) Windsor, known as " Kast 
Windsor Hill," is the platc;iu, less than iialf ;i mile in length, which 
lies lietweeii the declivity descending on the north to Scantic, Hiver 
and that descemling on the south to 'I';iylor"s T.rook, known as " 'l";iylor"s 
ITollow." Thi> street is straight, wide, and heautifully ornamented with 
three rows of m;iple trees which, according to the Asa Boirc llec, wei-e 
set out in April 1S14. The houses and shops on "The mil," ahout 
the year IS-JO were occupied as follows: 

Beginning on tlie west .side ;it the north and moving south, the two- 
story hrick house on the very hriiik of the hill, overlooking .Scantic, was 



lOAST WINDSOR HILL, ABOUT ISliO. 763 

owned ;iiiil (iiTii|iic(l Ky 1']li B. IIaskkll, uu:reli(int , of the liiiu of llisscll 
tt Haskell [From notes in luv. Dr. liolibins'.i Diari/wQ leani that it was 
erected abont 181:2 or '13. It was on land originally of Capt. Aaron Bis- 
sell, liis (silent) partner in bnsiness, and wUosc^ daughters were the first 
and second wives of Mr. Plaslvell]. After Mr. 11. 's removal to Ogdens- 
burg, N. Y., about 1844, this i-esidence was owned and occupied by Wal- 
ter Phelps from Hartford, next by Dr. Goodrich from Ware, Mass., now 
by Wayne H. Rice. 

Next was a brick two-story house, exactly similar to the Haskell 
house, owned and occupied l)y his father-in-law, Capt. Aaron Bissell, 
fdniier diul sheep-breeder, of the firm of Bhaell ^- HiixkeU. [Dr. lioh- 
/liiis's fHary records that, in July, 1813, Capt. B. ''is building a xcry line 
house," and at a later date speaks of it as " a very valual)le house."] It 
stood on the site of a two-story lean-to house, formerly owned liy Noah 
Bissell — {Dea. A. Reed Mss.) After Capt. Bissell's death (1834), 
Mr. Increase Clapp came into possession of it and resided in it until his 
death (1859), after which it was occupied by his son, Carlos W. Clapp. 
Increase Clapp, in 1820, was the hlackmnitli of the village, residing a 
short distance out on the Wapping Road at the house since occupied by 
his son George. In 1879, bought liy Ridiaiil 'V. Abl)e, who canic from 
Enrield. 

'I'lic next bouse was a /(^rc/-**, oiu-e kcjit by (.'apt. Aaron Bissell, but, 
aliout iS-iU, bya Mr. Mack. North of the house, on the line of the sired, 
were and still are the horse-shed and bain belonging to the taveiii ; Ihe 
barn abutting on the north, by the road which here i>asses down into Ihe 
meadows to Bissell's Ferry. This tavern and farm subse(|uently became 
the propci-ty of Daniel Gilbert Sperry. hi 1S71, bought by 'riieodore F. 
Baurroft. 

Next south was the ilry-gooils and grocery stoi'e then kept by Bis- 
Kell if Haxkvll. h bad been, in railier days, occupied by BlxxeU ,f 
Tiiiliir. w lirni composed of Aaron IJissell .'ind Sanniel Tudor [Samuel Tu- 
dor, b. I77t* in F. W. ; was afterwards head of the liini of 'I'udor, Wood- 
liridge A ( 'o., fiirmcil in 1805, one of the largest dry-goods inip(jrting 
bouses in llartfoid : from 1812 or '13 to 1818 partner with Woodbridgc 
A- 'I'alcdtt; at one time in business with I'hilo Ilillyer ( Tinlnr A llillyei) 
dry -goods importei's " near 8t. John's Tavern," and later be dealt exclu- 
si\cly iu IJritish dry goods. His house was on Main street, near " Need- 
liam's Coiner," Hartford. H(! died 2'.) Jan., 18t;2, ic. 92.— Ilartfnrd Co. 
Mem. Hist.] ; and, after Bissell <fc Haskell's time, by Jessk Charlton. It 
stands now, not materially altered from what it was in 1S20, and a store 
(owned by ('al\iii /. I'arnielee) and ])ost-oHiee is still kept there. A 
larue elm life, with a liorse-block under it, stood in front of the door. 

Next was the store-house (dry goods and groceries) formerly occu- 
pied by John Watson, subse(iueutly by Henry Watson; about 1820 it 



764 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINllSOR. 

was used by John Watson, tlu'u largely engaged in fanning and slicc])- 
breeding, for storing wool, and wheat and oats after they were threslied. 
About 1839 this building was removed out on to the Wapping Road. 

Next was the two-story brick house occupied liy.lFENRY Watson 
from 1809 to 1828, when, upon the death of his mothei'^he removed into 
l/l// the John Watson mansion. Prior to 1809, this house had been occu- 
pied as a tavern by John Alderman; after the building of the Theologi- 
cal Institute it became the residence of its ju-esident. Rev. Dr. P.enuett 
Tyler, and subsequently of Prof. Cornelius Hooker, and latin- again, a 
tavern. It burned down in 1889. The barn connecteil with it stood 
facing the street and close u]ion it, a short distance to the south ol the 
house. 

Next was a two-story brick house of the style of the Haskell and 
Bissell houses (l)uildcd in 1815 — Am Boive Rec, and remodeled aliout 
1832 to its i)resent style), owned and occupied by Epaphr.\s 1>tssei,l, 
farmer. This house was aftci-wards sold to and occupied by Elihii 
Wolcott, later by Oliver D. Cooke, Jr. of Hartford, who remodeled it, 
and later by Hon. Erastus Ellsworth. After his death, 1879, his son- 
in-law, Dr. Wm. Wood, resided there, and it is now occupied iiy his 
family, and by Mr. Erastus Wolcott Ellsworth. In the south front 
corner of the lot, nearly op]iositc the schoolhousc. Dr. Wood, at a 
later day, erected a two-story shop or office, in which is now ston'il liis 
valuable ornithological, zoological, and anti(iuarian collections. 

Next was an old two-story, unpainted house, known familiarly as 
"the Molly Smith house" — the last on the west side of "the Hill" go- 
ing south. Miss Mollie Smith resided here until her death in 18(i2. 
at the age of 93. With her lived Samuel May, sadiUer (Oid hdnn'Ks- 
maker, and his family. His shoj) stood in the S. E. corner of the dooi- 
yard, at the very l)riidv of the hill overlooking Taylor's Hollow; ami 
the hill south of this sho]) was the "coasting" ground of the boys of 
the neighborhood. 

We pass now to the nisf siJe of the road and travel noi-tbwaid 
again. 

Op])osite Jliss Mollie Smith's house was anotlici- unpaiiit<'ci. olil 
frame hoiiS(>, belonging probably to Eli oi' .John IJis.sell, l)ut then occu- 
jiicd liy a Mrs. Murll, whose bachelor son, .Iacob Murll, was the tvlierl- 
wright and carriaije-maker of the village. This house was subseciucntiy 
torn down and a new house erected of a more modern style, by Mrs. 
Ursula Skinner. 

Next north of the Murll jilace stood, and now stamls. the Ai;ii/,'ii/i/ 
huUdhuj (see jjage 7.54 ). 

Next north of this and nr;iiil was .lacdii .Murli's rdrriaqe-miikiii;/ 
ulidji, and next nortli of tln' siiop was tlir ivsidcin'c of .Jesse Charlton, 



RESIDENTS IN EAST WINDSOR. 765 

till' tailor, wlioso slii>|i was a tew rods nortli of liis lioiise, and wliere he 
also kept a small stoi-k of dry 'jonds, candios, etc Tfc was also at one 
time a dcpnty-slieril'r, and is well rcniciidiri-cd liy many I'm- Ins nnrailinj;- 
suavity of manner and his kinchiess to cliildrcn. This house was Imilt 
by — Wells. 

Next came the residence of Godkrey Scarborough, lawyer: it was 
afterwards occupied by Selah B. Treat, also a lawi/rr, hut who subse- 
quently became a clergyman and was, for a long- series of years, secre- 
tary of the Board of Home Missions in Boston. It was afterward pni-- 
ehased by Erastus Ellsworth, and occupied by Hi-. Elijah F. Beed. In 
iS.m it was bought by John S. Clapp, and by liini druiolisbi'd iu 1S.')7. 
He (>rected a new residence a little north of tlu' did site 'i'liis place is 
now owned and occupied by Calvin Z. Parmelcr. 

Xext was the residence of Mrs. Mary (widow of Oliver) Day, with 
whom lived Miss MoUie Day, and the family of Elisha Wells, who 
died about 1834, aged 84, his wife dying, aged 93. This house stood at 
the corner of Main Street and the Wapping Road. 

Across the road, on the opjiositc corner, was the mansion of John 
Watson, merchant. This house, three stories high, large, roomy, and 
finished inside and out with scrupulous nicety, both as to rpiality and 
style of materials and workmanship, was erected in 1788-90, and stands 
to this day, an admirable specimen of the finest domestic architecture of ^, i-T^'' 
that day. it was occupied l)y Mr. John Watson until his death in 1824, 
aged SI : then by his widow until her death in 1827, aged 7(5; afterwards 
by Henry Watson until his death in 1848 ; after which it was sold to, and 
has since been owned and occupied by, Theodore Bancroft. 

Next: north, was a small, but neat, gambrel-i'oofcd house, occupied 
by Mrs. Rhoda (widow of Thomas) Griswold, and aunt ol ^Irs. Aaron 
Bisscll. She died in 1838, aged 93. In the northwest corner of her 
yard was a tailor's sJiop, for many years (before and after 1820) unoccu- 
pied. This is now occn])ied by Mrs. Sperry, and her daughter Miss 
Ruth T. Sperry, the Assistant Editoi- of this History. 

Next came the residence of Mrs. Lucy Wehster and family : with 
whom lived Asa BowE, the shoemaker of the vicinity, and bis family, 
his wife being the daughter of Mrs. Webster. .Mrs. W. dicil in 1823, 
aged 83. Now occuiiied by the widow and daughter of Julius Ibigi'. 

Next north was the residence of Julius Birge, the tnnncr: whose 
father, Jonathan Birge, the cabinet-maker, had resided there previously. 
This was subsc(picntly the dwelling of Dr. Rockwell. 

Close by, on tin; i)rojecting brink of "the Hill." was As.\ Dowe's 
shoe shop. Mr. Birge's /aH-//(/;-</ was a rod or mine dciwn the Hill, on 
the north of this shop. 

.MI the hiiuses and shops on the east side of ■' the 1 1 ill "street stood 



76f> UlSTOItY OF ANCIKNT WINUSOU. 

flush upon the line of the stivct, except the Murll and (iriswold houses. 
l)u the west side, all stood l)aek from the street, with small dooryards, 
exee))t the two tavern houses and tiicir liaiiis. 

Taverns. On page 418 \vi' iuive noted the licensing, Dec, 177.'), ol 
Nathaniel Cook, and of the widow Grace (Minor) Grant, mother of 
Mr. (afterwards Captain) EbeneZer Grant, to whom, aliout 17H4-r), she 
resigned her tavern-keeping business. To what is there said nf ('apt. 
Joel and his son, Ca|)t. Giles Loomi.s, as tavern-keepers, may lie added 
that the tavern-proi)erty nccupied by them finally came into the posses- 
sion of Major Abiel Wolcott, who took down the old original part of the 
house, and erected an addition, in which ho lived until his death. 

Of the Landlord Porter, mentioned on same page, Deacim {{ecd's 
Ms'-s. says: "Nathaniel Porter was an old man when 1 fust kucu 
him, iTsiding with his son Nathaniel, who, with his family, occupied the 
house. Old Landlord Porter had once been to the West Indies, and many 
and large were the stories he used to tell about what he had seen there." 

In the possession of the heirs of Edward King, deceased, of In- 
dianapolis, Ind., is the old sign which for nearly a century swung at 
Bissell's Ferry. Originally, this sign bore in its center a design of 13 
interlacing rings, each ring having in its center the representafiou of 
some tree, or trees, peculiar to the State which it designated, hi (he 
center of this circle of i-ings was the profile of George Washington : 
above it the legend, " The 1?> United States," and beneath it, " Knter- 
tainment. | By David Hissell | .\. P. 1777. In 17s7 the words, •• I'.y 
David Hissell," were painted out, and " E. AVolcott " ( Erastus Wolcc.tt ) 
substituted ; also, the date 17.S7 was jilaced in each upper cornci- of tin' 
sign-boa I'd. 

In or about iSdl the sign passed into the iiands of .biscpb i'bcips. 
and it then hung at tlic did house that the -liiii's Hmf/irrs pulled down to 
make room for their new une. It was at tliis time made over, the whole 
face being painted out, and a new design gi\eii, \i/,.: On the oliNcrse a 
copy of the first gold eagle coined in 17'.l5, and upon the other side (be 
reverse of the same coin, and d. Phelps' nanu' undeiiicatb. 

In 1816, J. Pelton bought the ferry tavern (now the Aln/s/nnan') from 
Epaphras Bissell, erased all the letters of Phelps' name from the tavern- 
sign, exccjit the J. and the P., which were the initials of his own name, 
and hung it over the middle of (be b'i-ry i-oad, fi-om the limb of a larev 

elm that stood in the corner of the d yai-d, about six roils southwest 

of the house, where the stuni}) of the tree still stands. 

The tavern thus ke])t successively by David Hissell, I'lrastus Woleott, 
and Joseph Phelps, probably passed down an unbioken line of iUxxill 
inn-keejiers, frcnn John, Sen., to whom an inn-license was gi\en in l(i4.S, 
in conueetion with llie grant of the b'rrv. See ip. 41S, Xote. 



CAPT. KRENKZER GRANT, THE MEHCHANT. 767 

^fcrc/Kiiitti ill Eaxf Wiiidnar. Fmciiiost aiiioiiu; lliesc was Captain 
Klu'iii'zci' (iraut, lor many years llic leading merchant of tliat ])orti()n of 
Wimisoi- cast of the Connecticut River, lie was tlie youngest son of 
Samuel and Grace (MinoiO Grant, and eanu; into the |)ossession of tii(! 
iionieslead on Ihe east side of tile Cival l{i\er. His father died in 
ITIli, and Ihe lioy nnisl ha\e lieeu |-eare(| li\ his uid(iu<'d inolher, an 
clhcient husiness woman : and was lilleil \\w college hy K'e\ . 'I'inKjthy 
Edwards, first ministci-nf the parish. Me w as giadiialed Ironi ValcCol- 
K'ge in 1726, and \\c liml him sihui alter engaged in the slnpping trade 
with tlie West Indies. 'I'he earliest date found among such of his papers 
as remain is that of: " Andrew McKec's Acount April o, 172.S, for 
carting three Loads of corn to the vessell at the rever It.sA." 

Ne.\t, among a mass of similar papers, extending from 17-!3 to 
ITTo, is a I)ill of Lading, which we copy as a sample of commercial docu- 
ments " of that ilk," viz. : 

" Shipped hy the Grace of God, iu gnod ordci' and well conditioned by D. >h^riville 
.luri' ill iind upon the Good Sloop called the Hiiiiihird wherof is Ma.stcr under God for 
this prescnl voyage Tho' Coleman and now riding at Anchor in the Carlisle Bay by 
God's Grace liound for New London, so say one Hogd Hum for acct o Ri.sque of tlie 
Shipper . . . being marked and numbered a.s in the Margent and are to be delivered 
in like good order and well conditioned at the aforesaid Port of Nevv London (the dan- 
ger ot the seas only excepted) unto M'. Ebene/.er Grant, Mercht — in his ali.sence to 
Cap' Tho' Coleman or to their Assigns, he or they paying Freight for the said Goods 
live pounds p' Tunn with primage and average accustomed. 

■' 111 witness whereof The Master & Purser of the said ship hath alliniied lo 2 bills 
of Lading all of this Tenor and date the one of wliieli 3 bills being ai-conipllslied the 
other to stand void. 

" And so God send the good ship to her desired port in safety. 
" Dated in 

" Barbadoes, y" 2', Vi'i'i 

" Tho' Coleman." 

It is diriieiilt to give e.\act data of the growth of his husiness ; hut, 
from this time until 1779, Mr. Grant seems to have engaged in mercantile 
" \eiitiires" of this description. He owned shares in different vessels 
Mild cargoes, and linught horses and tohacco from his towns-i)Cople, which 
he shipped lo the iiarliadoes. In i-etnrn, he received, first and princi- 
pally, riim ; also molasses, sugar, and indigo. These goods were con- 
signed to New London or Middletown, and thence, after paying duty, to 
Windsor. 

.^^r. (ir;iiit was also a hirge ship-owner, and even built several vessels 
at the month of the Scantic. One of these, The Pi't/i/i/^wna a hrigantine, 
liiiilt by Chai-Ies Gaylord, at the mouth of the Scantic Rivi'i-, during 1747 
and "48, at a cost of .£212, 1 2.v. She was owned by a coin|iany of East 
Windsor men iu Ihe following proportions: Ebenczcr (irant, J; Mr. 
I,:i\\ renee. \ : .Nallianiel Day, \: Lbeiiezcr Hliss, y',. ; John and Charles 
(ia\liir(|. ,'. : Samuel Watson, ,'. ; Ebenezer Watson, who worked on 



768 HISTOHY l>r ANCIKNT WINHSOR. 

her, ,ig ; Aiiiiui Trumblo, j'g ; Daviil IJisscIl, ^'g. The " Laiiiu-liins Din- 
ner," given at her hunieh, cost £'20. Th(> Pe;/(/i/s first ti'i]) was to the 
Barbadoes, under command of Cajit. Williani Filley, freighted with 
"tobacco bo't of Sundry Persons at 7 jienrr |ici' pound" — some at 8 and 
!•(/. In 1757 Mr. (Jrant purchased of Nathaniel Hooker, merchant, of 
Hartfoid, |'|. of the sloop Sarah, "being a sipiare stern vessel of about 
(55 tons burden"; and, in 1755, he purchased from Thomas Elmer, Joseph 
Rockwell, Jr., and Jerijah Olcott | part of the sloop SusaintaJi, 50 t(nis. 
The schooner Ami, used by Mr. Grant, and the brig PoUi/ (according 
to Ehenezer Grant's Account Books) were also built in East Windsor, at 
the Scantic's mouth, where there was a hridr/e erected about 1746-8. In 
1810 Mr. li'ihliins's Diary records that "there arc two vessels l)uilding at 
this place." When his son Roswell graduated from Yale, in 1767, he 
innnediately received him into partnershiji with him. 

Mr. Grant jjrospered apace. In 1768 the brigantine Hartford car- 
ried from New London to the West Indies, f(n- Ehenezer Grant & Com- 
pany, 6,000 l)rick, 6,000 staves, 2,000 plank, and ui)war(ls of 4,000 hogs- 
head hoops. One consignment of rum comprised 877i gallons. In 1768 
was paid 15 shillings of duty on two hogsheads of rum. About 1767 
Mr. Grant erected a "shop" about two rods south of his then new resi- 
dence, and therein he sold dry goods, rum, groceries, hardware, and fancy 
articles. He bought his goods in New York and Boston, and we find 
bills fi'oni Beckman & Son, Samuel Browne & Co., of New York; and 
from John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Daniel Waldo, John Barrett it 
Sons, of Boston. In 1768 John Barrett writes: "Your supply being an 
Object of Consequence to us, I shall take great pleasure in waiting on 
you at our store." The Revolutionary War ruined business for Mr. 
Grant, as for so many others, and, after peace was declared, Mr. Grant 
was occupied in settling with his creditors. 

Mr. Grant and his children were liorn in the house "supposed to 
have been the original one built by Samuel (son of old Recorder Matthew 
Grant) after he had removed from his I'csidence on the meadow, where 
he had first located east of the river.* The interior of this ])ortion, 
with its great beams and broad-paneled walls, and its vast chimney, 
laid up with the broad, flat bricks of that day, and cemented with clay 
instead of mortar, inilicatcs its antiipiity, and dates its erectidu back 
of 1700." 

The (n(!w) main l)uilding, fronting on the street, was modeled after 
the residence of his business coi-rcs])ond<Mit, Gov. John Ifancock of Bos- 
ton, and its constrnctidu was planned by the same areiiitcct. Miic-ii nf 

*J[iit(lie\v Grant's lecoril. written about 1G77. in liis account of the great Uooii of 
Mareh 16S8-S), says; "For all the ground | meadow] then [South Windsor.] was 
drowned to one little ridge where Samuel Grant's now house stands." 



TH.VDIO, MANUFACTLIRES, AND COMMKUCE. 769 

the written evidenc-e of the coiiliact lor the liuusc, iueliitliii!;- bills for 
tiiiilier, etc., yt't exists. 

In the hiuuls of his ttraiulsou, the late Col. Frederick W. (Jrant, 
lliis line specimen of colonial architecture was carefully preserved in its 
original state, and around it cluster many historic memories, which he 
was wont to narrate with aidor. The southeast front room was occupied 
hy Gen. Richard Prescott after his cajiture by the Americans during 
the RevolutiouaiT AVar. ('apt. Elicnezer Grant survived thr Rev. 
Mr. Edwards many years, and was active in church and |iarisii 
affairs during the niiuistr\ of his successor, Rev. Mr. Perry. Tiie 
old account l>ooks of the former show many entries for '• Rum, A-c," 
which he sold to his pastor. C'apt. Grant married for his second wife 
tlic willow of Capt. David Ellsworth, and mother of (Jhief .Justice Oliver 
Ellsworth. 



Tniile, Manufactures, and Commerce. — Prior to the date of Air. 
.Fill in Watson's store, according to Dea. Reed's Mss. letters, there had 
hcen two merchants in East Windsor. "One of these, Nathaniei, Porter 
( the " Landlord Porter " mentioned when speaking of taverns), k(^pt a 
store in an addition built on to tlic north end of his house, projecting 
some fifteen feet in front, and, by a slight excavation of earth, being set 
high enough to form a cellar below for liquors, etc.. and a room above 
for dry goods, approached by an outside .stairway. 

"Tlif othiM- .store, that of Afr. Augustus Mills, was built, in the same 
manni'r; and, indeed, Mr. Watson's store was an exact (-ojiy of Mr. 
Porter's. 

"()f iiniiiiiJ'iK-luvcs i\\cvi' wrw Uiiw to my knowledge; and,lliongh 
there were a few mechanics:, such as join('rs, carpenters, shoemakers, 
blacksmiths, etc., there were none i)ul what made /'";■«(//)// their |irineipal 
business. There were two hlai-ki<viitlis, Mr. William ( lather of William 
and Edward) Stoughton, who lived in an old red house south of my late 
residence in South Windsor; and Mr. Ben.iamin Oilman, whose slioj) 
stood in the middle of Strong's road leading to Wapjiing; and there was 
a Mr. House in Wapi)ing. 

'■'Com lucre; there was none, unless exjiorting of toliacco to the West 
Indii's could be so denominated. It was Ihe juactice, as far back as I 
••an reniendtei', for tlie town to apjioint, at the yeai-ly town meeting, an 
Iiispectdr and Presser of Tobacco. Mr. Nathaniel P(U'ter occupied the 
otliee Inr many years, and the under room of his old store was appropri- 
ated Id that use. The tobacco was ])aeked down in hogsheads and 
presseil with screws to a solid body, and when thus made ready for mar- 
ket, was bought u|> and exported to the West Indies. The price of 
tob;icco, as far back as f ean reuii'inber, and for years after, seemed to lie 
Vol. I.— 97 



770 HISTOKV OK ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

a fixed ])rice, — fivo ])eiu'u a ])()iiud; some years it was down to five ecuts. 
For some years after my earliest recollection the i)rices of corn and ryi' 
were as regular as if fixed l)y law: corn, 2s. Qd., or 42 cents; rt/f, 3s., or 
50 cents. Gin distilleries soon raised the ]»rice of rye and corn, and the 
mannfactnre of cigars the price of tobacco. To ask higher than this for 
grain was thought to be extortion. The northern i>art of the town of 
East Windsor, the North Society, as it was then termed, was always 
noted for raising great quantities of rye. In the year 1783, or '84, as 
near as I can ascertain, and on the 17th or 27th of June, I am not quite 
certain which, there was a severe frost which killed all the rye, far and 
near, except now and then a small ])atch that was jjrotected by woods or 
ill some other way, so that there was not enough saved to supjjly tlie 
peojile, and not a liushel could be bought. One resident of the North 
Parish, a large farmer, and who raised a considerable quantity of rye in 
detached parts of his farm (and which luckily had not suffered much 
from the frost), took advantage of his good luck to force " a corner " on 
rye. He let no one know that he had even enough to supply his own 
family. Peo])le were calling frequently, and from every quarter, to pur- 
chase, but without success. 1 recollect well a man calling upon my 
father, who said he had come seventy miles from Rhode Island on horse- 
back, with three empty bags, hoping he might be able to got them filled. 
He had tried all along the road and had got none, and said he would 
have been thankful if he could have got even enough for one bagfull to 
carry home to his family, who had not tasted bread for three weeks 
before he left home. The North Parish farmer referred to kept close as 
long as he could, until just before harvest time, and then it came out 
that he had rye to sell, and, though he put his i)rico at 75 cents a bushel 
(a price never before heard of), he ra)>i<l!y roinrd money, lor his nci'jli- 
bors were fairly compelled to accede to any dcuiMiiil lo pro<'urc rye to 
eat and to sow." 

Nathan Pelton came to East Windsoi- from .Middlrtown about 17((o. 
l)riiiging with him two slaves as workmen. He did a large business as 
a blacksmith, but had also a farm, the one now owned l)y Mrs. Cai'roll. 
His name always apjiears in the tax-list as one taxed for "Faculty :'" 
that was an income derived from some source other than farming. 
See act passed by the General Court, 13 May, 177!>. 

Severe Winters, Ffoixh, efr. " The winter of 17S0-1 was very severe ; 
there was the greatest body of snow on the ground ever seen — one 
snow-storm which lasted several diiys covered almost all the fences so 
that but the tops of a f(>w ))osts were to be seen. Tin- storm ended with 
rain, which ud llir snou to some rxtrut. and clcnird off colil and froze 
a solid crust tliat would bear tc;iuis with the heaviest loads of wood ; and 



SEVERK WINTEKS, FLOODS, ETC. 771 

])t'ii|il(' ilrt'w their wood from the woods iinywlicix! across k)ts over the 
rcuccs, till' sleds slidiuir as it" on smooth ice. In cutting trees they stood 
upon the crust, so that when tlie snow was off, the stnni]is stood aliout 
six feet liiirh. 

•• In the spring of 1801, there was the greatest flood in tlie Connecti- 
cut e\erl<noun: the river became dammed up with ice at the straits 
near Middletowu, causing the water to rise to an heretofore unknown 
heighth, covering all the meadows on each side of the river ; ap})le trees 
on the highest places in the meadows showed only a small part of their 
tops above water ; the flood set back iu the brook north of my house so as 
to flood about ten rods wide and covered several acres of land east of the 
sti-eet. Two of my neighbors and myself with our wives got into a boat 
witliin one and one-half rods of the northwest cor. of my house and sailed 
in a straight line to the old ferry place at Windsor (before they had a 
In-idge across the Little River), without the least obstruction. In Ilart- 
f(jrd the ferry boats could traverse many streets, and many families were 
taken from their chamber windows, the water having risen to the second 
story of some dwellings. Previous to this flood the black, or barn-rat, 
was the only kind of rat known in this town. During this flood the 
u'Jiarf-rat came upon us like an invading army, appearing first at the 
lower end of the town ; and, iu the morning, before the sand in the road 
had been disturbed by travel, might be seen their tracks where they had 
crossed the road obliquely iu a body, like a drove of sheep, from one 
house or barn to another — till, in a few days they had distributed them- 
selves through the street to Scantic River, and how much farther I know 
not. Every house, bai-u, cornliouse, and hog-pen was fully inhal)ited by 
them, and to make their conquest sure they set eagerly to work to clear 
out all the black rats and mice. In my father's barn (and the same 
could 1)0 said of others) there was an almost continuous squealing of rats 
and mice that the conquerors were assassinating ; and, when the barn 
became em]jtied of hay great numbers of fleshless carcasses were found 
uiion the girts and plates of the barn. Some harbored under the hog- 
]ien floor and a few minutes after food had been given to the hogs, num- 
bers could Ijc seen in the trough feeding with the hogs. No black rat 
has ever, to my knowledge, been seen in that vicinity since that time." 
{Dea. Abner Reed's Mxs.^ 

Rev. Thomas Robbins^s Diary, pp. 7o3, 740, chronicles very heavy 
floods in March and in May, 1818, in one of which the bridge across the 
river at Hartford was swci)t away. 

Cheese-making. In Dr. Riibbins'x Diary, we find this record, .March, 
1H1 1, " Received a letter from Mr. Battell, with ■'ii'400 to be paid several 
families here for cheese.'''' Afr. nattcll was a merchant at Norfolk, Conn., 
180 miles away from East Windsor. As appears from another note this 



772 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

chcoso was brought to Mr. Hohliiiis and lie repacked it to be scut to Mr. 
Battell — a nice use to put a minister to. 

Potatoes. The lirst seen in East Windsor, accordiug to Tlionias H. 
Bissell of Hartford, by his groat-graudfatlier (Mills) were lirouuht in his 
saddk'-l)ags from JJostdu, where be had gone to piiicb:ise pnnls. lie 

invited in some friends In eal s e uf them roasted in tbe emliers, ;ind 

planted the remainder. .Mr. I!, lias also heard his father say that in his 
boyhood (17G0-17S0) lh;il iiis lather cultivated but few potatoes, only in 
the proportion of one bushel to thi-ce of turnips ; and that there were 
then but two varieties known, one called Spanhli potatoes and the other 
Eiu/liith Whites, it is further related that "way back" in Kast Wind- 
sor times, some one of the few who saw a Boston news]iaper, noticed the 
advertisement of potatoes on sab'; and, unable to imagine what they 
were, empiired of the luiiiistei-, who was supposed to know e\crytliing — 
lint even he was not ai)le to say as to wbetlier they weie vegetables or 
anininls. 

PiiuiDs. The lirst in Kast Windsor was owned by Miss IJacbel 
McUlure, ilauditer of Rev. David .M<'( "lure ; the second by Miss Harriet, 
daughter of .lobii Watson : tlie tbiid by Miss Betsy, ilaiigbter of .Martin 
Rockwell. 

Watches. In \1W>. there was not a gobl watch in Kiist Windsor — 
and only forty-seven in the comity. 

Coaches. In 1796, Kast AVinds.ii- had three coacbes. taxed at .*17 ; 
and in 1820, si.\ty-six riding carriages. 

Fat Cattle. "A fat ox was dro\c fi-oni lu/retbis morning, fatted by 
Capt. [Aaron] Bissell [of K. W. Hill] of this town, for IJoston. \\v is 
seven years old; has been fed with meal three years, and has eat about 
300 bushels of corn, lie measures around the girth nine feet and two 
inches. He is undoubtedly the best o.x ever fatted in America" — Boh- 
bins's Dian/, da,tc Dec, ISOS. in Jan., 1S15,he records the killing of a 
cow, by Mr. Wolcott, which weighed S50 lbs. Capt. P]bene/.er (Irant is 
known to have received ordeis I'oi- fatted cattle, from <!ov. Hancock of 
Boston, for his own table-use. 

3Iilitar//. "The military comp.-iiiy bei'c is \cv\ bandsouie." says 
Dr. Bobbins in his I)iai-y, in ISO'.i, tbe year of bis settlement at Kast 
Windsor; and in Se]itember of same yeai' he witn<'ssed the "military 
gathering in the north part of tbe society. All the regiments of the first 
brigade, five of infantry with their artilleiy and oni' of cavalry, were col- 
lected and inspected. Treated politely by the offi<eis — Saw many 
acquaintances." 

The "training" lasted for two days; on the second day '•the brig- 
ad(! embodied and were re\ iewed l>y the Major-Oeneral. Tbey pei'- 
formed reinarkablv well. Tlu're were about 8,000 men nndei- arms, and 



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THE (iOV. KOCER WOLCOTT HOUSE. 773 

Sil|ipOS('(l to lie at least tlu're times that liumlier of s]iectalcii-s. 'Ilie 
weatlier very line. Tlio dust very tiuublesume. I saw no iustamn; ul' 
lijiliting, niiseonduct, or intenii)ei-ance. There were very few females. The 
|ilaee [probably East Windsof Hill] was (excellent. l>ined witli the offi- 
cers. No accid(!iit took plaee." The Reverend l>(i<t()r wiis afterwards, 
and din-iliir all his [lastorate heie, tin' i-eu-nlai-ly edniiiiissidned elia|iiain (if 
tile reiiimeiit, and took nuicli picasiii'e in (he perfniinanee of his iluties 
as sneh. 

FJiii Irrrs. In his ]>i<trii. Dr. Thomas Rohhins reenrils, in .Mav, 
I Ml 6, " worked all day aetting' up young elms in the woods and setting 
them ill the street"'- — and his biographer adds, "from the lower end of 
Ivist Hartford street, almost all the way to East Windsor Hill, and be- 
yond, the traveler, at the present day, finds a succession of elm trees, 
some of them of gigantic size. Doubtless some of these trees in flu; 
south part of South Windsor are the very ones which Dr. Robbins was 
setting out in the spring of 1816." 

Traditionary evidence points quite positively to the fact that a large 
numlier of these elms were i)lanted during the Revolutionary war, at the 
suggestion of Gen. Lafayette, who saw that it would not only benefit the 
town, but would furnish much needed employment for the number of 
Hessian soldiers (captured w^ith Burgoyne's army) who were at one time 
liilleted in this part of the then East Windsor. See p. 076. 

Th(^ Wolcott 3Iemorial preserves a jihotographic jiortrait of one 
magnilicent elm of South Windsor, which stands in front of the Sanuu'l 
Wolcott house. It measures, at the height of five feet, twenty-three feet 
in circumference, and at the height of eight feet, twenty-nine and a half 
feet in circumference. The sjjread of its branches lias a diameter, from 
north to south, of 102 feet, and its entire height is 108 feet. Numerous 
branches start out at the height of eight feet, and the whole tree is still 
healthy and vigorous — being estimated to be al)out 200 years of age. 

Thi' old Wolcott Houses. The Ephraim Wolcott farm, now owned 
liy I'lnoeh W. Pelton of South Windsor, was made up in 17-)0, and in- 
ciiidis a portion of the old (Sovernor Roger Wolcott farm. The old 
•• (iovernor's i{oad" (see p. 41:')), which passed through the original 
faiin, is now a bonnihii-y line between Mr. Pelton (i'e|iresenting the 
Epiiiaiiii Woh'olt fai-m ) and 1!. .\raguirc, who owns what was the other 
part of the (Jov. Wolcott faiin. And Mr. Pelton oeeu])ies the Ephraim 
Wobott house (built in the seventeen hundred and /;/h'e.«), which stands 
four or live rods north of " Govei-nor's Road." The Governor's laud e.x- 
teiuled about twenty-five feet north of the " (<overnoi-"s Road" and met 
there the farm of Ephraim Wolcott, or, rather, of some cousins (of the 
name of notchkiss,or Hoskins), from whom Ephi-aim Wolcott inherited it. 

'i'lie (lovei-noi- Woleotl liouse itsi'lf stood about four or live rods 



774 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

soiitli of tlu; ■' (iovenior's Road." Its site is now unocciijjied ; l)ut a well. 
])(M-taiiiiiijr to tlio house, can still he seen, ahout tw(;Ive rods south of the 
" (lovernor's Road" and three west from tlie main I'oad. 

Tlie (iovernor's lionse was standing until aliout (and iml much later 
than) 1S?)0 ; and one of its last (|iri-lia|is lite last) iic<-u|iaut uas .lnhn 
Alexander. In 18;!0 Mr. I'luuhs Willry, a merehant fnim linsldn, 
purchased the Gov. Wolcott farm from Miss ('hloe Woleott. 'I'here 
were then two houses on the place — the (Jovcrnor's, and another 
which Mr. Willey oecupied until 1848. Ahout 1850, he sold a part of the 
farm, iiuduiliim; the site of the " Governor's House" to !>. Maguire, afoT'c- 
said. Mr. PeltDH ])urchased the other lialf from his lialf-lirothers, the 
sons of Mrs. Uetsy (IVlton) Wolcott. Inside of his (the old Ephraiin 
Wolcott) house, uj)on an attic-iieam, is nailed a piece of hoard, marked 
" A. W. 1752," which has been supposed to he the date of its erection. In 
digging a little to the N. W. of this house the distinct outlines of a cellar 
were found — the site of a still older house. 

The old "Governor's House" was described hy those old peojile who 
remembered it as heing unpaintcd on the outside. The i-oums were 
wainscoted in dark wood, and ahove the wainscot, upon tin' plastered 
walls, were huge ]iaintings of dragons and men ; and in one room, it is 
said, upon the walls was ])ictured the ilassacre at Deerfield. 

Through the kindness of Mr. Erastus Wolcott Ellsworth, of South 
Windsor, we arc enabled to gratify our readers with a view of this his- 
toric mansion, which he has drawn (especially for this work) from the 
descrijition of those who well rememhcr it. 

The Samuel Woleott House stood ujion the site now (I81il) occu- 
jiieil by the residence of Mr. Frederick A. King. 

SittaU-pox and vaccination. Mohhinx' Diary records, Feb. 21, l81s, 
" a man in Scantic and one at Long Hill have got the siuall-pox the 
naiiual way, without knowing how they got it. People are considerably 
abii incd, and are vaccinating." It used to be said that this disease was 
lirought to Scantic intentionally, in the clothing of a (luasi-jihysician in 
want of practice, from a small-pox hospital in New York, he having lieeii 
vaccinated, (hi the 28th of same month, Mr. Rohljins records that " Dr. 
[Sylvanus] Fansher is vaccinating this town, hired hy the selectmen for 
■fl50." This Doctor's name does not appear among those of the regular 
faculty of Connecticut for 1818, and whether he was an educated physi- 
cian, or had simply taken up the business of vaccination as a specialty, is 
not clear. He afterwards applied, but without success, to the Connecti- 
cut Legislature for the grant of a lottery that he might l)e enaljled to 
vaccinate the whole State. At the iniuest ''of the civil authority 
and selectman," Mr. Robhins aftcrwaids wrote a statement conccrninii 
the vaccination in East Windsor for jiublication in the nc\vspapci-s. 



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Tin: IlilSH liLKMKNT IN THE WINDSOR TOWNS. 775 

Till' Irish Ulemc lit in tin: WiinliKir Tmriix: (CDiitriliutcd liy Dr. Jauics 
Cougau of Windsor Locks.) 

Puring tlic 18th century tlu'iv wcuv Imt few, if any, of Irisli hiitli 
or parentage within the limits nf tlic ohl town ol' Windsor. John Mc- 
]\Ioi{AN, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and John Richardson, from the soutli 
of Ir(>lan(l, resided on the west side of the Conneetient before tlie Revo- 
lution. 

After the dissolution of the Irish Parliament, emigration rapidly 
increased — France, Austria, Spain, and the United States divided the 
tluiusands that tied from Ireland's shores. The war of 1812 settled the 
(|uestion of "once a subject, always a subject," and, for the future, the 
Irishman leaving his native land could hope for the protection due an 
American citizen. 

As a result of the groat influ.^ of Irishmen into the States, ever}- 
hamlet, village, town, and city became an asylum for those escajjing 
from the unjust and tyrannical exercise of British laws and power. 

At the distilleries in Warehouse Point (East Windsor) were a few 
Irishmen employed within the first quarter of the century — among them 
Michael McMann. The digging of the canal at Windsor Locks af- 
tracted a number of Irishmen — and the names, Guinnei/, Moore, Burke, 
MeMdhm, Fitzgerald, Hayes, and Doyle, testify to their race and the 
land of their birth. Several of these became prominent residents — 
thus forming the midei of those Celtic homes which now number one- 
third of the total within the boundaries of the old town of Windsor. 

Paper mannfaetiu'ing at the Locks, at Rainliow, and at Poiiuonoek, 
brought to these parts many of the craft — paper-makers who had lost 
their jiositions in the Irish mills, conse(|uent upon the introduction of 
machinery therein. Among this class were the Eni/lixli, (Moi/an, Byrne, 
Lester, i\nd (7rt;vy*// families, all from County T>nblin,and whose descend- 
;iuts continue to live within AVindsor limits. 

At the beginning of thcsec(md half of this century, the; County (Jal- 
way, inland, gave to the Locks and the adjacent villages the Fureyn, 
(tiliiijaiiK, PersseH, FaheyH, Burkes, and Healeys, and their deseendants 
are numerous on both sides the river. 

Patrick Geary was the first Irishman in Broad Br(jok, and Mul/i- 
;/<ni the ne.Kt. The Dalys, B^'ardons, and CarroUs in East Windsor Hill 
and South Windsor; the Lymans and Norrisex at Windsor (Irecn ; the 
li'iueher family at Scantic; the McMahons m\(\ Breiiiiaiiti ni'-'-ihc Point"; 
the CarroJh, Cunniiiy/iams, and FaUoiix at Poijuonock ; the lloaehx iind 
(fonelers at Bloomfield. 

.Most of the Irish are members of the Catholic faith. The first mass 
ci'liliiated in AVind.sor was on the lianks of the camil, just south of the 
i:iilid;id liridire crossing the Connecticut. I>r. Powers of New York city 



776 HISTOIiY OK ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

was the celelji'iiiit, in 1<Sl',S. Rev. Dr. Canuody was (he first priest as- 
signed to Windsor. 'J'he first Roman Catliolic chureh was bnilt by Rev. 
James Smith, its cornerstone lieing laid 14 Sept., 185"2. 

Besides a convent and a pai'oehial school at Windsor Locks, tlir 
Catholics have a costly and snl)stantial structure at Po(inonock ; a re- 
modeled church at Windsor; a church and residence at Broad Brook, 
and a church, built by Rev. Michael Kelly, at Bloomliebl. 

James Coogan, native of Dublin, Ireland, came to Windsoi- jjoeks 
in 18-15, being then 37 years old, and resided there until his death in 
1S70. He became the most influential, as he was the wealthiest ol' his 
class. lie represented tlic town of Windsor Locks in the State legisla- 
ture of 1866; served se\eral times as juror for Hartford county, and 
filled every position within the gift of the town that he couhl lie per- 
suaded to accept. 

]\'ii I- of 1812. Samuel CnAPiN, who enl. 30 April, 1813, uudcr Capt. ("liaunccv 
Ives, in 37tli U. S. Inf.. and was di.sc. 2S April, 1814, at expiration of term, is the <<////, 
East Windsor name given in ,tlie Cuiiii. Official lite, as of soldiers in tlie re.i;ular army 
during this war, although some from East Windsor may have enlisted from some of 
the adjacent towns. 



In the Mc.n'i-iiii ]V,ir the following East Windsor men enli.sted : 
BL(H)GETT, SAMUEL, eul. 1 .July,' 1847, Co. L, ad U. S. A., and d. lit Dec, IS4S. 
CUIITIS, DAVID, cnl. 6 Dee., 1844, Co. I, 1st U. S. Inf. ; promoted Corpl .'i April, 

184.5 ; Sgt. If) .July. •4.') ; I.st Sgt. 1 April, MS ; disc. .T Oct., 1S4S. 
HAMILTON, MARVIN, enl. !) April, IslC, Co. F, 1st V. S. A. ; disc, .lisalded. :>.-. 

April, 1848. 
MARBLE, MORROW, enl. 1(! April, 1847, Co. F, '.It h C. S. Inf.; disc, disal.led, •,'); 

Dee., 1847. 
PORTER, THOMAS B., (Sgt.) enl. 7 May. 1S47, Co. I!, 1511, V. S. Tnf. ; pn.m. C.rpl 

31 May, '47 ; red. to ranks 13 Aug. '47 ; iirom. Sgt. .") May. 'Is ; disc, ."i Aug, Is , 

expiration of time, 
ROCKWELL, JABEZ J., eul. 18 May, IS47, Co. L, 4tli U. S. A. ; disc. 18 Aug, '4s ; 

time expired. 



Fj,ixt Whulxor'g Sharr n, //„■ War of the Cii'll Rrhr/Uo,,. 

At a, Special town meeting coinciied at tlie liasement room of 
the meeting-house in Scuintie village, on Wednesday, the :2o(l day of 
July, A.D. 1802, Nelson S. Osborn was apjiointed moderator. The follow- 
ing resolution passed by an almost iinaiiiiiioiis \citc : 

'• lieHolml, There sliall lie paid from the treasury of tliis town, in addition to the 
Sinn already appropriated to each person resident of this town who has been accepted 
since July 4, 1802, or who .sh.all hereafter be accepted, on or before the 20th day of Aii 
gust next, into the service of this State , and turned over to the service of the United 
States, as a jiarl of the militia of this State, under and imrsuant to a call from the 
President of the United States for volunteers or militia for three years or during the 



EAST WINDSOR SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR. 77* 

war. the simi (if iiiiicly d.illais. iiiiiking in all tlic sum ol' (nu- Iniiulrcd dcillars. llic saiiii- 
to 111! paid by diri-clinii of tliu selccliueii of Hit' town wIk.-ti siu-li vohiiilccr sliall In- iiius 
terecl iuto the service of tlie United States. " 

To aid in suppressing tlic southern rebellion East Windsor e.\penil- 
ed for lioiinties, eommntations, and support of soldiers' families, !|45,- 
ToO.0 1 ; the estimated amount ptiid liy individuals for bounties to volun- 
teers was $3,000 ; the orand list of the town was, in 1864, fl,214,:!00. 



LIST OF SOLDIKKS FURNISHED TO THE U. S. SERVICE IX THE WAR OF 
THE CIVIL REBELLION, BY THE TOWN OP EAST WINDSOR, CONN.' 

ABBE, LESTER G., enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols.. 2.5 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1868. 
ADAMS, CHARLES C. Rev. (cliaidaiii), cid. 22 Conn. Vols., 18 Sept., 18«2; res. 2 

Jlch., 1863. 
ADAMS, HENRY H., enl. Co. G, 10 Conn. Vols., Aug. 8, 1802; d. 2', Oct., ISlU, Flor- 

ence, S. C. 
ADAMS, HENRY M., enl. Co. G, 10 Conn. Vols., 7 Aug., 1862; w'd 17 S(!pt., IKfU, 

Sharp.sburg, Md. 
ADAMS, JOHN, enl. Co. K, .5 Conn. Vols., 22 Aug.. 1863; wd. 15 May, ISOI; Iransf. 

to Co., failed to report. 
ADAMS, WILLIAM, (dftd. or subs.), enl. recruit Co. 11,20 Citui. Vols., 2.T Aug., 

1863. 
ALBRO, JOHN E , enl. 1st Light Batt., 14 Nov., l.HOI; n-enl. Vet., 20 Dec, 1S03; w'd 

10 July, 1863.' 
ALDRICH, WM. C., eul. Co. A, 23 Conu. Vols., 30 Aug., 1802; di.sc. 7 July, 1863. 
ALLEN, HENRY E., enl. Co. L, 1st Art., 5 Feb., 1862; reenl. Vet., 9 Feb., 1804. 
ALLEN, JOHN W. (s. Damd, s. Samuel, s. oi .'iimiicC), enl. Co. G. 16 Conn. Vols., 5 

Aug., 1802; d. (of wds. rec'd Sharpsburg, Md.) 35 Sept., 1802; Col. Gowdy says 

killed at Autietam. 
ALLEN, SOLOMON H. ((!orp'l, only .s. Winl/u-oj,, n. .K,/„w,.„). ru]. C,.. G. K; Conn. 

Vols., Aug. 8, 1862; killed Sharpsburg, Md., 7 Sept., 18(i3; Col. Gowdy .says killed 

at Antietam. 
ALLEN, SETH S., enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., Aug., 1802; disc. 26 Aug., ISO:!. 
ALLING. EDAVIN (Corp'l), enl. Co. G, 16 Conn. Vols., Aug., 1S62; pris. 17 Scpl., 

1S02. and 20 Apl., 1864; disc. S Juue, 1865. 
ANDERSON, TIIKO.. enl. Co. H, 29 Conn. Vol.s. (cold), 24 Dec, 1863; died 21 Aug., 

1865. 
ANDRUS, JACOB, ml. Co. B, Coiui. Vols., 12 Sept., 1,801; disc; enl. U. S. A., 

1 Nov., 1S02. 
ARCHER, JOHN, enl. Co. G, 10 Coiui. Vols., 7 Aug., 1H02; prom. Isl Lieut. Co. D, 

21 Apl., 1865; di.sc 30 June, 1805. 
ARMBRUSTER, ALBERT (Capl.), Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1862; res. 1 Nov., 

1862. 

' This list is intended lo in<lu(lc the names of all men uhoerileri'd Hie service dur- 
ing the war from honest and patrinlic nmlives. .Vii cxaminalion of ollieial records of 
the State of (jonneeticut reveals a startling number of tlescrlionx. This was due directly 
to th(! system which prevailed, during a part of the war, of offering large bounties for 
enlist nient ; and the (;vil was not conliiied to the .soldiers of any oik' town, but was very 
general. " Bounty jumping" became a business. These deserters, — as a general rule 
— did not belong to the towns where they enlisted. The names of drafted men held lo 
serve, and substitutes accepted under thedraftof '63 are not given unle.ss they actually 
reached the regiments to which they were assigned and are taken up on company rolls. 
Vol. I. —98 



778 HISTuliY OK AN(I1:NT WIND.SOlt. 

BAKER, RAINSFORl). cnl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols.. SOAuir., 1802; disc. 2G Auj;., 

1863. 
BAKER, WILLIAM, cnl. Co. G, 1st Ily Art., 15 Nov., 1804 ; deserted July 30. 1H65. 
BANCROFT, CHARLES, enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 20 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 

1803; enl. 10 Feb., 1864, 1st Light Hatt.; d. 9 June, 1864. 
BARBER. CHARLES H. (Corpl), enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols.. 25 Aug., 1802; disc. 20 

Aug., 1803. 
BARRETT, JAINIES (dttd. or subst.), Co. F. 20 Conn. Vols., 24 Aug.. 1863; d. 2!t 

Oct., 1863, Cow.iu, Tenn. 
BARTLETT, HENRY A., enl. Co. B, 22 Conn. Vols., 28 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 

1863; d. 1 Jlch., 1886; ( s. of Ilem-y, s. of Diirid) — Qa\. Gowdy. 
BARTLETT, STEPHEN T., enl. Co. B, 25 Conn. Vols.. 26 Aug., 1802; disc. 26 .\ul'., 

1863. 
BATES, SEBRA, enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug, 1862; disc. 7 Jidy, 1863. 
BAXTER, JAMES, enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 28 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July. 1863. 
BAYLISS, EDMUND G., cnl. substitute, Co. D, 1st Conn. Cav., 18 Aug. 1864, ni. o. 

2 August, 1865. 
BEDOR, PETER, cnl. Co. K, 1st Hy. Art., 23 May, 1861; disc. 23 May, 1864, Huh 

exp. 
BINHEIMER. ANDREW, enl. Co. G, 1st Hy. Art.. 5 Feb., 1864; wd. 24 Aug., l.sot 

disc, disab. 16 June. 1865. 
BISSELL, CARLOS F., enl. Co. G, 25 Coiui. Vols., 23 Aug., 1862; killed Irish Bend. 

La., 14 Apl., 1863. 
BISSELL, ELIHU, cnl. Co. B, 8 Conn. Vols., 27 Sept., 1861; d. Portsmouth. Va.. 24 

Nov., 1863. 
BISSELL, HEZEKIAH, 2d, enl. Rifle Co. A, 1 Conn. Vols., 22 Apl.. 1801; disc. 31 

July, 1801; enl. (1st Lieut) Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1862; disc. 26 Aug.. 

1803. 
BISSELL, SAMUEL T., eid. Co. G. 25 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1862; disc. 20 Aug, 

1863. 
BLANKHORN. JOSEPH, eid. Co. C, 7 Conn. Vols.. 12 Fcl),, 1804; disc. 16 June, 

1865. 
BLODGETT, JOHN R., enl. 1st Ll. Ball. 26 Oct . 1801; re cnl. Vel. 4 Mch.. 1864; 

disc 11 June. 1805. 
BLODGETT, RALPH, enl. 20 Oct., 1861. 1st Light Batt.; re-enl. Vet., 4 Mch., 1864. 
BOISE, JOHN iM.. enl. Co. A. 1st Hy. Art.. 22 May. 1861; disc. 21 May. 1864. term 

exp. 
BOLAN, JOHN (dftd. or subs.), Co. A, 2(1 Coiui. Vols, 24 Aug., 1863; wd. 22 July. 

1H64; disc. 20 June, 1864. 
BRADY, GEORGE (dftd. or subst.), Co. C. 20 Conn. Vols., 24 Aug.. 1863; transt 

to Co. G, 5 Conn. Vols.; disc. 10 July, 1865. 
BRAGG, ALBERT F., enl. 12 Coini. Vols., 30 Dec. 1863; not on rolls June. 1864. 
BItAGG. FRANK, cnl. Co. H. 16 Conn. Vols., 7 Aug., 1862; disc. 24 June, 1865. 
BRAMAN. NORTON M., Jr.. enl. Co. A, 1st Hy. Art., 17 Aug.. 1803; disc. 25 Sept.. 

1865. 
BRANCH, JAMES, cnl. Co. E, 1st Art , 28 Dec. I,s63; deserted 1 Aug.. l.'<65. 
BREEN, JOHN IL. enl. 1st Conn. C.-iv.. unassigned. 11 Oct.. 1864; killed H 1!. accident 

8 Mch.. 1865. 
BRISTOL. HENRY B.. enl. Co. K, 2d Art., 5 Jan., 1864; killed 1 June. 1864, Cold 

Harbor, Va. 
BRITT, THOMAS (dftd. or subst), cnl. Co. F. 26 Conn. Vols,, Aug,, 1863; deserted 

2 Oct.. 1803. 
BROWN. GEOIWJE B., enl. Co. K. 1st Cav.. 4 Jan . 1864; wd. 10 June. 1864; disc. 8 

Julv. IS(;5. 



EAST WINDSOR SOLDIEHS IN TlIK CIVIL WAIi. 779 

BHOWN, .lAMES, onl. Co. M, 2d Art., 13 Fob., 1S64; lioserteil 5 Apl., 1804. 
ISKOWX, JOHN, ciil. Co. B. 35 Conn. Vols., 1 Sept., 1863; disc. 30 Aug., 1803. 
BKOWN, JOHN .M., enl. Co. G, 35 Conn. Vols., 30 Aug., 1862; prom. 2d Lieut. Co. 

II; disr. 26 .Vug., 1863. 
Bl'HKK, THOM.XS. enl. Co. C. 1st Art., 23 May, 1801; <lcscrtfd 1 Aug., 1.S61. 
lUHTON, KDWAUD, enl. Co. A, 22 Conn Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1803. 
niTTON. HICIIAHI). cid. Co. A, 23 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 Jidy, 1863. 
CAIUJILL. (JEOKOE A., ml. (nnisiciiuO l)an<I ol" 3d Brig., 1 Jan.. 1864; di.sc. 25 

8cpt.. 180."). 
CAHILL, DENNIiS, enl. Co. D, U Batt. Inf., 26 Oct., 1864; disc. 3 Aug., 1865. 
CASEY, THOIIAS, enl. recruit 1st Art., 10 Jan., 1804; not taken up on rolls. 
CASSIDY, MATTHEW, enl. recruit Co. F, 1st Art., 4 Jan., 1804; deserted 10 F(a)., 

1804. 
CHAPIN, LEANDER. enl. Co. A, 16 Conn. Vols., 18 July, 1862; died Andcrsonvillc, 

Ca., 21 July, 1864. 
CHAULTON, THOMAS, enl. Co. A, 20 Conn. Vols., 18 Sept., 1862; disc. 17 Aug., 

18()3; re. enl. Co. E, 1st Hy. Art.. 4 Jan., 1864; disc. 25 Sept., 1805. 
CLARK, GEORGE E., enl. Co. D, 2d Hy. Art., 4 Jan., 1864; wd. 19 Sept., 1804; 

transf. to V. R. C; disc. 4 Sept., 1865. 
CLARK, THOMAS, enl. Co. D, 1st Hy. Art., 19 Nov., 1864; deserted 11 May, 1865. 
COLTON, GEORGE N., enl. Co. C, 8 Conn. Vols., 14 Oct., 1801; di.sc. 22 Nov., 1801; 

cul. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols , 25 Aug., 1862; disc. 25 Mch., 1863. 
COILLY, JOHN, enl. Co. M, 2d Hy. Art., 25 Oct., 1864; disc. 13 June, 1865. 
CONE, WILLIAM IL, enl. Co. B, IstCav., 10 June, 1864; disc. 2 Aug., 1865. 
COSTELLO, THOMAS, enl. Co. K, 13 Conn. Vols., 15 Feb., 1862; wd. 19 Sept., 

1864; re-cnl. Vet.; disc. 6 Sept., 1865. 
COTTER, JOHN, enl. Co. A, 21 Conn. Vols , 18 Aug., 1862; disc. 30 i^Iay, 1865. 
COVELL, WILLIAM C, enl. Co. H, 16 Conn. Vols., 9 Aug., 1803; disc, disab. 17 

June, 1865. 
COTTER, WILLIAM, enl. Co. B, 16 Conu. Vols., 12 Aug.. 1862; died at Anderson- 

ville, Ga., 3 Oct., 1864. 
CRANE, JAMES M., enl. Co. G, 35 Conn. Vols., 28 Aug., 1862; disc. 20 Aug., 1803. 
CRANE, LUCIUS, enl. (wagoner) Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 8 Sept.. 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 

1803. 
CROSSETT, JOHN W., enl. Co. C, 22 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1803; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
DAVENPORT, M. GEORGE, enl. Co. A, 10 Conn. Vols., 14 Dec, 1803; d. in rebel 

prison at Florence, S. C, Oct. 12, 1864. 
DAVIS. HUMPHREY, enl. Co. A, 33 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
DAVIS. JOHN, enl. Co. D, 29 Conn. Vols, (col'd), 8 Aug., 1864; disc. 24 Oct., 1805. 
DAWSON, HENRY A., enl. Co. A, 3 Conn. Vols., 11 May, 1861; disc. 12 Aug. 

1861. 
DEAN, NATHAN S. (Corp'l), enl. Co. F, 5 Conn. Vols., 22 July, 1861; re-cnl. Vet.; 

wd. 15 May, 1864; disc, disab. 11 July, 1805. 
DELANCY, GEORGE, enl. Co. A, 29 Conn. Vols, (col'd), 17 Nov., 1864; disc. 24 Oct., 

1865. 
DEVINE, DENNIS, enl. Co. I, lOConn. Vols., 25 Apl., 1864; transf. to Co. B, 6 Conn. 

Vols.; disc. 21 Aug., 1865. 
DEVINE, JOHN (dftd. or subst.), enl. Co. D, 20 Conn. Vols., 24 Aug., 1863; deserted 

1 Oct., 1863. 
DILL, WILLIAM L., enl. Co. A, 23 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1862; disc. 10 Jan., 1863. 
DOIG, DAVID, enl. Co. E, 13 Conn. Vols.. 22 Dec, 1861; disc disab. 20 May, 1862. 
DIFF. WILLIAM, enl. Co. B. 16 Conn. Vols., 28 July, 1862; killed. Sharpslmrg. .Md.. 

17 Sept., 1862. 



780 HISTORY OF ANCIKNT WINIISOR. 

ELLSWOUTII, CIIAUNCKY B., oiil. Co. G, 2r, Cniiii. Vols., 8 Sept., 1SG2; disc 

26 Aug., 1863. 
ELLSWORTH, nAVILAII I., .-iil. O.. L, 1st lly. Art., 36 Fdi., 1862: il. 26 July, 

1863. 
ELLSWORTH, .JOHN. <nil. i\<. <!. 2.". Conn. Vols., 29 Aug., 1862; disc. 36 Aug., 

1863. 
ELLSWORTH, THEODORE, ird. Co. (i, 25 Conn. Vols, 6 Sept., 1862; ilisc. 26 Aug., 

1863. 
ELLSWORTH, WILLIAM H. (Corpl), enl. Co. (J, 2.". Conn. Vols , 8 Sept.. 1862; disc 

26 Aug., 1863. 
KLV, GEORGE B. (dftd. <ir suhst.), cnl. Co. H, 20 Conn. Vols., 27 Aug., 1863; dcscrtcil 

6 June, 1864. 
El'STEIX, ALBERT, cnl. Co. A. 32 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug.. 1862; disc. 7 July. 1863. 
FARGO, RANSOM J., cnl. Co. M, 2d Art., 13 Feb., 1864; deserted 31 M:iy, 1864. 
PARREL, WILLIAM, cnl. Co. F, 7 Conn. Vols.. 28 Oct., 1864 ; disc. 20 July. 1S65. 
FENERAN, PATRICK, enl. Co. M. 2d Art., 'J Feb., 1864; transf. to Co. C; disc. 18 

Aug., 186.5. 
FENNIS, JOHN, enl. Co. E, 3 Conn. Vols., 11 May; disc. 12 Aug., 1S61. 
FISH, ANDREW J., enl. Co. K, 12 Conn. Vols., 10 Feb., 1862; reenl. Vet. 1 Jan., 

1864; disc. 12 Aug., 1865. 
FISH, FRANCIS ()., cnl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 8 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
FISH. HORACE S., enl. Co., A, 1st Squad. Conn. Cav. (Co. C, 2d N. V. Cav.), 3 Aug., 

1861 ; d. Apl., '64, Annapolis, Md. 
FITTS, JOHN F., enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols.. 2'.) Aug., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
FLEMING, ELLIOTT, enl. Co. G. 16 Conn. Vols.; killed at Antietam 17 Sept., 1862 

(Col. Gowdy). 
FOX, J.AMES F., enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 8 Sept., 1863; disc. 26 A\ig., 1863. 
FRANK, FRED. W., enl. Co. A, 23 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1863; deserted 5 Oct., 

1863. 
FRANK. LEANDER, cnl. Co. C, 7 Conn. Vols., 8 Sept., 1864; disc. 20 July. 1865. 
FRESENirS, CHARLES, enl. Co. F, 1st Hy. Art., 14 Oct., 1864; disc. 25 Sept., 186.5. 
GAGE, CHARLES E . enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 9 Sept., 1862; disc. 36 Aug., 1863; 

enl. Hd.-Qr's Troops, La. 
GARY, MICHAEL, enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; di.sc. 7 July. 1863. 
GATES, HERBERT M., enl. Co. H, 16 Conn. Vols., 7 Aug., 1862; transf. Invalid 

Corps, 20 Aug., 1863; disc. 13 July, 1865. 
GAYLORD, SEYMOUR C. (Sgt.), enl. Co. A, 16 Conn. Vols , 11 July. 1862; tran.>t. 

Invalid Corps, 13 July, 1863; di.sc. 6 July, 1865. 
GIBSON, DANIEL G. (Corp'l), enl. Co. E, 3 Conn. Vols., 25 Ajil.. 1S61; re cnl. Co. A. 

16 Conn. Vols., 11 July, 1S62; taken prisoner Apl. 20, 1S64; <lied 30 Sept . l'^64. 

Andersouville, Ga. 
GLEASON, MARTIN, enl. Co. A, 16 Conn. Vols., 23 Dec, 1863; pris. 20 Apl . 1S64. 

transf to Co B. 6 Conn. Vols.; disc 21 Aug., 1865. 
GONDAR, HERMAN, enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug.; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
GORDON, FRANCIS H.. enl. 1st Hy. Art., 30 Dec., 1863; not taken up on rolls. 
GOWDY', EDWARD G., enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols.. 9 Sept., 1862; disc. 24 July, 1863; 

enl. Head(|uarters Troops, La. 
GRAHAM, JOSEPH, enl. Co. H. 12 Conn. Vols , 2T Dec. 1861; reenl. Vet. 26 Nov.. 

1864; transf V. R C. 23 Apl , 1865; disc 11 Dec, 1865. 
GREATOREX. WILLIAM, inl. (musician) band of 3d Brig.. 1 Jan.. 1S64; disc 35 

Sept., 1S65 
GREEN, RICHAKl) C . cnl. Co. G. 25 Conn. Vols.. !l Sept., 1S62; disc 26 Aug.. 

1863. 
GRUBE, MARlliN IL, cnl. Co. M, 2d Ily. Art., 12 Feb., 1864; wd. 1!) Sept., 1864; 

disc, disab. 20 May, 1865. 



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HAfiAN. PATRICK, cnl. (lifted, or subsl.) C.i. A, 5 ( niiii. \<As., L'!l July, 18G3; disc. 

2i).Iul_v. ISl)."). 
IIAUrER, JOHN L.. ("111. ('(1. (!, '-'5 ('oiiii. Vols., 9 Si.pt., l,S(i2; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
HAKKELL, HENKY, eiil. o Jan.. ISiU, in Co. K, 29 (cold) Conn. Vols.; disc. 24 Oct., 

ISfj.j. 
H.\SC.\I.I.. JAMES B., cnl. Co. C. 2(1 Conn. Vols.. :i(l July, lSfi2; deserted 29 Sept., 

1S(J2, 
HAYDEN, JOHN, enl. Co M, 2d Hy. Art. 2(i 0<t., IS{;4: trjin.sf. to Co. C; disc. 18 

Aujc.. 186.->. 
HAYDEN, PETER, cnl. Co. M. 2d Hy. Art., 12 Feb., 1804; transf. to Co. C; deserted 

1 Aug., 1865. 
HEIN, ADAM. enl. Co. A, 10 Conn. Vols.. 28 Dec, 1863; disc. 25 Aug., 1865. 
HEKIC. ANTON, enl. Co. C, 22 Conn. Vols., 21 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863; re- 

c 111 Co. G, 1 Art., 30 Dec, 1863; wd. 24 July, 18G4; disc. 2.5 Sept., 1865. 
HI8SEUICH, E.MH., cnl. Co. II, 6 Conn. Vols., 9 Sept., 1861; wd. Pocotaligo, S. C, 

22 Oct., 1862; dropped from rolls; suppo.sed to have died 23 Aug., 1862. 
HICKEY, WILLIAM, enl. Co. F, 7 Conn. Vols., 18 Oct., 1864; disc. 20 July, 1865. 
HOI5SON, HENRY, eul. Co. P, 29 Conn. Vols, (col'd), 15 Nov., 1864; disc. 24 Oct., 

1865. 
HOUSE, CHARLES II., enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols.. 28 Aug., 1863; wd. 14 Ajil.. 

1863; disc. 26 Aug., 1863; re-enl. Co. I), 14 Conn. Vols., 28 Jan., 1864; v.i\. 6 .May. 

1864; transf. to Co. B, 2d Hy. Art., 30 May, 1865; disc. 18 Aug., 1865. 
HOWE. WILLIAM, cnl. recruit Co. K, 2d Art., 29 Dec, 1863; deserted 17 Jan.. 1S64. 
HOXIH. FRANKLIN, enl. Co. C, 2d Art, 31 Dec, 1863; disc 18 Aug., 1865. 
lIinsoN. EDWARD, enl. 5 Conn. Vols., 11 June, 1864; not taken up on rolls 
HIEBNER, WILLIAM (dftd. or subst.), enl. Co. D, 20 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug.. 1863; 

deserted 1 Oct., 1863. 
HUNTER. NATHANIEL, enl. Co. L, 1st Art., 6 Mch., 1862; disc.disab. 16 Feb., 1863. 
HURLBURT, SAMUEL E. (Sergt.), enl. Co. H, 1 Conn. Cav., 9 Dei^., 1863; wd. 29 

Mch., 1S64; disc 2 Aug., 18(55. 
JOHNSON, ALBERT H.,"cnl. Co. A, 1st Squad. Conn. Cav. (Co. C, 2d N. Y. Cav.), 5 

Aug., 1861; disc, to enlist U. S. A. 
JOHNSON, CHARLES, enl. Co. E, 10 Conn. Vols.. 31 Oct. 18(>4; deserted 5 Aug., 

1865. 
JOHNSON. CHARLES L., enl. Co. B, 16 Conn. Vols., 14 Aug., 1862; wd. 17 Sept.. 

1S62; pris. 20Apl., 1864; disc 24 June, 1865. 
JOHNSON, GEORGE R.. enl. 5 Conn. Vols., 11 June, 1864; not taken up on rolls. 
JOHN.SON, WILLIAM H., enl. 2d Art., 13 Feb., 1864; not taken up on rolls. 
KEEGAN, PATRICK, cnl. Co. M, 2d Art., 12 Feb., 1864; killed on picket. 24 May. 

1864. 
KEENAN, HENRY P., cnl. Co. G, 20 Conn. Vols., 22 July, 1862; transf. to V. R. C; 

disc. 7 Sept , 1865. 
KELLOGG, CHARLES, cnl. Co. E, 24 Conn. Vols., 21 Aug., 1862; transf. to Co. II. 

1 Mch., 1863; disc. 30 Sept., 1863; re-enl. Co. K, 1st Ily. Art., 18 Dec, 1863; disc. 

25 Sept., 1865. 
KING, JOHN, enl. (subst.) Co. E, 6 Conn. Vols.. 15 Nov., 1864; disc. 21 Aug., 1865. 
KING. CHARLES C. (Sgt.), enl. Co. E. 3 Conn. Vols., 11 Jlay, di.sc. 12 Aug., 1861; 

enl. (Sgt), Co G. 16 Conn. Vols., 3 Aug., 1862; d. 20 Sept., 1862, from wounds 

rcc'd at Sliarpsburg, Md. 
KRIENER. BENEDICT, cnl. Co. A. 22 Conn. Vols., 19 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
LIVINGSTON. AMAZIAH (Corp'l), cnl. Co. M, 2fl Hy. Art., 12 Feb., 1864; wd. 1 

June. 1864; disc, disab. 30 Jan., 1865. 
LORD, CHARLES A. (Corp'l), enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 

Jidy,'jl863. 



782 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

LORD, IIKNHY L., cnl. Co. K, 12 Conn. Vols., 10 tVU., 1S62; wil. 10 .Jiim-, lf<63; 

reenl. Vet., 17 Pel)., 1864; ili.sc. 12 Aug., 1865. 
LORD, LE.MUEL R. (Sgt.), enl. Co. G, 23 Conn. Vols., 2:3 Aug., 1802; disc. 26 Aug., 

1863. 
LORD, ORTON L., cnl. Co. .\, 8 Conn. Vols., 25 Sfpt., 1.S61; killnl ;lI Shurpsburg, 

Md., 17 Sept., 1863. 
LORD, 8AMl'KL L. (Sgt.), cnl. Co. A, 3Conn. Vols., 11 .May, 1861, di.so. 12 Aug., 1861; 

Pill. Co. A, 8 Conn. Vols., 10 Sept.. 1861; reeul. Vet.. 5 .Ian.. 186-t; jirom. Isl Lieut. 

Co. H; m. o. 13 Dec, 1865. 
LOYD, JOHN, enl. recruit 5 Conn. V.jIs., 11 .June, 1864; not taken np on r.>lls. 
JIAGUIHE, EDWARD (dftd. or subst.), Co. 1. 8 Conn. Vols., 5 Sept., 186:!; wd ID 

.lune, 1864. and 29 Sept., 1864; disc, disab. 28 Nov., 1865. 
.AIAllER, .lOlIN. enl. Co. G, 9 Conn. Vols., 27 Sept., 1861; d. 21 Get., 1863. 
MAIIONEV, JOHN, enl. Co. 1, 8 Conn. Vols., 5 Sept., 1863 (dftd. or subs.). 
MASON, GEORGE, enl. Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols., UNov., 1861; disc. It Nov., 1864. 
]\L\.SON, JOHN, eul. Co. A, 23 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1863; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
jNIcCABE. WILLIAM (dftd. or siibst.), Co. F, 20 Conn. Vols., 24 Aug., 1863; deserted 

15 Sept., 1863. 

McCARTY", CHARLES, enl. Co. B, 8 Conn. Vols, 37 Sept., 1801; dise. ilisab. 22 June, 

1863. 
McCARTY', FLORENCE, enl. Co. B, 8 Conn. Vols., 27 Sept., 1801; traiisf. to Invalid 

Corps, 30 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Sept., 1864. 
McELROY', GEORGE, eul. Co. A, 1st Squad. Conn. Cav. (2d N. V. Cav., Co. C), 9 

Aug., 1S61; disc. 10 Sept., 1864. 
McKOWAN, DUANE, enl. Co. K, 1st Hy. Art., 23 Dec, 1863; dise. 25 Sept., 1865. 
MOONEY', MICHAEL, enl. Co. I, 14 Conn. Vols., 11 Feb., 1864; d. 23Mcli., 1864. 
MOORE, JAMES M. (Corp'l), enl. Co. E, 14 Conn. Vols., 6 Aug., 1862; prom. 2d 

Lieut. Co. C, 16 June, 1804; killed 25 Aug.. 1864, Ream's Station. Va. 
MORGAN, EDWARD, enl. Co. B, 5 Conn. Vols., 20 Aug., 1863; (subst. or dftd.); ra.o. 

19 July, 1865. 
MORGAN, JOHN, enl. Co. D, 2 Conn. Vols., 7 May, disc. 7 Aug., 1861; re-eul. Co. G, 

16 Conn. Vols., Aug. 5, 1862; disc, disab. 31 Oct., 1864. 

MORRILL, LEONARD G., enl. Co. G, 16 Conn. Vols., 5 Aug., 1862; pris. 17 Sepi , 

1864; disc. 7 Sept., 1865. 
MORROW, JOHN T., enl. Co. C, 1st Hy. Art., 23 May, 1861; deserted 21 Aug., 1801 
]MILLEN, PATRICK, eul. Co. F, 7 Conn. Vols., 1 Nov.. 1864; m. o. 20 July, 1865. 
MUNSELL, ELIJAH, enl. Co. A, 3 Conn. Vols., 11 May, disc. 12 Aug., 1861; reenl. 

(Corp'l), Co. G, 16 Conn. Vols., 5 Aug., 1862; killed at Sharpsburg, .'Mil., 17 Sept.. 

1863. 
MURRAY, JAMES, eul. 1st Hy. Art., 22 Nov., 1802; Iransf. to 14 U. S. Inf., 36 Nov , 

'62, being a deserter therefrom. 
NEISENER, MARX, enl. Co. G, 16 Coun. Vols., 8 Aug., 1862; disc. 23 April, 1863. 
NICHOLS, JAJIES, enl. Co. H, 1st Hy. Art., 9 June, 1864; disc. 35 Sept., 1865. 
NICHOLSON, HENRY, enl. Co. G, 16 Conn. Vols., 6 Aug., 1862; disc, disab. :! 

Dec, 1863. 
NOBLE, HEZEKIAII B. (Sgt.), cnl. Co. A, 32 Conn. Vols., 33 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 

July, 1863. 
NORTON, lUGII (subs, or dftd.), enl. Co. H, 5 Conn. Vols., 22 Aug., 1863; deserted 

1 Apl., 1864. 
NY'E, SPAFFORD B., cnl. Co. A, 8 Conn. Vols., 25 Sept., 1861; transf. Vet. Res 

Corps, 8 May, 1864; disc. 24 Sept., 1864. 
OBGOIS, CHARLES, enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols.. 23 Aug., 1863; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
O'BRIEN, GEORGE, cnl. Co. C, 2 Hy. Art., 5 Jan., 1804; disc. 18 May, 1865. 



KAST WINDSOR SOI.DIKKS IN THE CIVIL WAK. 783 

OLCOTT. SIDNKV A., ciil. Co. A, il Comi. VdIs., 25 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 .Inly. 

1803. 
OSBOKX. DAVID W.. ciil. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; disc. 1 July, 1803. 
OSBORN, WILMAJI A. (Corp'l), enl. Co. E, 22 Conn. Vols., 22 Dec. 1861 ; 'deserted 

2.") Xor., 1863. 
PARKER. NELSON, cnl. 1 Nov., 1804, 2!t Conn. Vols, (col'd), iiuassigued ; disc. 

Dec, 1864. 
PARSONS, ARTHUR II.. enl. Co. A, 3 Conn. Vols.. 11 May. disc. 12 Aug., 1801; 

rc-enl. Co. G. 10 Conn. Vols., 5 Aug., 1862; m. o. 24 .lune. 1865. 
PARSONS. CLIFFORD D.. enl. Co. A, 3 Conu. Vols., 11 May. disc. 12 Aug., 1861; 

reenl. Co. A, 8 Conn. Vols., 30 Sept.. 1861; re cnl. \ct. 24 Dec, 1863; disc 12 

Dec. 1865. 
PASCO, DANIEL A., cnl. Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols., 24 Oct., 1801; reenl. Vet. 12 

Dec, 1863; disc. 21 Dec, 1865. 
PASCO, GEORGE D., enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 .Tidy. 1863. 
PASCO. JULIUS N.. enl. Co. K, 12 Conn. Vols., 10 Feb., 1862; re-enl. Vet., 17 Feb., 

1864; disc 12 Aug., 1865. 
PASCO, THEODORE W., enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1802; di.sc. 7 July. 

1863. 
PATTERSON, JAMES (Corpl), enl. Co. C, 1st Conn. Cav., 14 June. 1864; di.sc 2 

Aug., 1865. 
PEASE, CHARLES W.. cnl. Co. A, 16 Conn. Vols.. 9 Aug., 1802; killed. Sharps- 
burg, Md.. 17 Sept., 1862. 
PEASE, EPHRAIM, enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1802; disc. 7 July, 1803. 
PETTIBONE. GEORGE O., enl. Co. B, 25 Conn. Vols., 27 Aug., 1862; disc 31 July, 

1863, to enl. Headquarters Troops, La. 
PFIEFER. JOHN. enl. Co. G, 16 Conn. Vols., 5 Aug., 1802; -nd Antietain, ]M.l.. 

17 Sept.. 1802; pris. 20 Apr.. 1804; d. Ann.apolis, Md., Dec. 27. Is64. 
PHELPS. EDWARD F. (Corpl). enl. 1st Light Batt., 14 Nov., 1S61; disc. 13 Nov., 

1864. 
PHELPS. IIALSEY F. I)., cnl. Co. B. 8 Conn. Vols., 27 Sept., 1861; killed, NewI.ern, 

N. C, 14Mch., 1802. 
PHELPS. MOSES, enl. 1st Light Batt., 14 Nov., ISOI; disc, disah. 11 May, 1804. 
POLE, CHARLES W. (dftd. or sub.st.), Co. G, 20 Conu. Vols., 24 Aug., 1863; transf. 

to Co. G, 5 Conn. Vols.; disc. 19 July, 1865. 
POTTER, ALBERT H., enl. Co. B, 10 Conn. Vols., II Aug., 1862; pris. 20 Apl., 

1864; di.sc 24 June, 1864. 
POWERS, CHARLES W., enl. 21 Dec, 1803, Co. F, 2!) (cold) Conn. Vols.; disc. 24 

Oct., 1865 
POWERS, JOHN, enl. Co. C. 1st Ily. Art., 23 May, 1801; rccnl. Vet., 10 Dec, 1863; 

disc 25 Sept., 1865. 
PRATT. FRANK D., enl. Co. F, 1st Ily. Art., 5 J.in.. 1804: wil 15 July, 1864; disc 

disab. 20 June, 1865. 
PRATT, EDWARD, enl. Co. B, 2!) Conu. Vols. (cold). 1 Nov., 1804; m. o. 24 Oct.. 

1805. 
PRIOR. ELMER A., cnl. (!o. B. 11 Conn. Vols., 14 Nov., 1801; deserted 28 Nov., 

1801. 
PRIOR, S. FRANKLIN, cnl. Co. B, 16 Conn. Vols.. 11 Aug.. 1802; killed. Sharps 

burg. Md., 17 Sept., 1802. 
PUTX.\M, RICHARD A., enl. Co. C. 29 Conn. Vols. (cold). 5 Nov.. 18(>4; died 9 

Jan., 1805. 
REAIJDON. DENXIS, cnl. Co. G, 1st Hy. Art., 5 Nov., 18(!4; disc 23 June, 1805. 
KKED. BARZILLAI H., enl. Co. K, 1st Conn. Cav., 4 Jan., 1864; disc 2 Aug , 1865. 



784 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

HEAD, LUCrp:N W. (Sfrt.). fill. Co. II, 22 Couu. Vols., 29 Au-.. 1862; disc. T .Iiilv, 

1863. 
REED, RALPH R., eul. Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols., Oct. 34, 1861; iv cnl. Vet., 1 .I;.u., 

1864; disc. 21 Dec, 1865. 
RICE, RODNEY II., enl. Co. B, 22 Coiiu. Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; d. 12 Mih., ISIK, 

Arlington, V;i. 
RICHARDS. GEORGE, cnl. Co. C, 29 Conn. Vol.s. (col'd), 8 Dec, 188:i; disc. 24 Oct.. 

1865. 
RICHARDSON, FRANCIS H. (Coii)'l). cnl. Co. A, ;J Coun Vols., U iMay. 18C)1; 

disc. 12 Aug., 1861; enl. Co. A, 22 Conu. Vols., 29 Aug., 1862; disc 7 .Iidy, 1803. 
RIVERS, GEORGE, enl. Co. B, 7 Conn. Vols., 13 Feb., 1864; deserted 29 Api.. 1864. 
ROBINSON, CHARLES L., cnl. Co. B, 16 Conn. Vols., 9 Aug., 1862: drowned in the 

Potomac 24 Apl., 1865. 
ROBINSON, MARO L., enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., Sept, 27, 1862; deserted 23 Nov., 

1862. 
ROE, JOHN (Corp'l), enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 29 Aug., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
HOEHNER. EMRAI (Corp'l). enl. Co. C, 20 Conn. Vols., 21 Aug., 1862; disc 13 June, 

1865. 
ROEHNER, WILLIAM II., enl. Co. C, 20 Conn. Vols., 6 Aug., 1862; disc. 13 June, 

1865. 
ROCKWELL, ALPHEUS, cnl. Co. B, 16 Conn. Vols., July 16, 1802; disc .lisul). 14 

Mch., 1803. 
ROGERS, WILLIAM, enl. Co. B, 29 Conn. Vols, (col'd), 14 Nov., 18(54; disc 24 Oct., 

1865. 
ROSS, JOHN, 1 Coun. Cav., 10 June, 1864; not taken up on rolls. 
ROTH, WILLIAM, cnl. Co. K, 11 Conn. Vols., 11 Aug., 1864: deserted 15 Sept., 1865. 
SAVORY, JONATHAN, enl. 1st Light Batt., 6 Dec, 1861; re-eul. Vet. 19 Dec, 1803; 

disc 11 June, 1865. 
SEXTON, HENRY' M., enl, Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; disc 26 Aug., 1863. 
SCHWAB, ISAAC:, enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1862; disc 7 July, 1863. 
SCOTT, JOHN, enl. Co. L, l.st Hy. Art., 12 Mch., 1862; di.sc 13 Mch., 1865. 
SHAEHAN, JOHN, enl. Co. M, 2 Hy. Art., 12 Feb., 1864; deserted 12 July. lSfi4. 
SHELTON, CHARLES M., enl. Co. I), 2 Conn. Vols.. 7 ilay; <lisc disab. 20 June 

1861. 
SHEPARD, JAMES A., enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 19 Aug., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863 
SIMMONS, SAMUEL, eid. Co. E, 29 Conn. Vols, (col'd), 21 Dec, 1863; disc. 24 Oct., 

1865. 
SKINNER, CHARLES B. (musician), cnl. S Aug., 1862, 16 Conn. Vols.; disc disab 

29 Dec, 1862. 
SKILLMAN, JOHN II. (Corji.), enl. Co. G, 25 Conn, Vols., Sept., 1862; ni. o. 26 

Aug., 1863. 
SKINNER, WELLS G., enl. Co. G, 35 Conn. Vols., 3 Sept., 1862; disc. 36 Aug., 1863. 
SMART, JOHN H. (Corpl), enl. Co. G, 16 Conn. Vols., 5 Aug., 1862; pris. 20 Apl., 

1864; disc 24 June, 1865. 
SMITH, ALBERT M., enl. Co. G, 2 Hy, Art., 13 Feb., 1864; disc 1 June, 1S05. 
S.MITII, CHARLES, enl. 1st Lt. Batt., 12 Nov.. 1864; ni. o. 11 June. ISO.'). 
SMITH, CHARLES E., cnl. Co. L, 1st Conn. Cav.. 5 June, 1S04; d. An.leis.inville, 

Ga , 19 July, 1864. 
SMITH, JAMES, 1st, enl. Co. M, 2d lly. Art., 13 Fell., 1804; deserted 4 Apl., ISO-t. 
SMITH, JAMES M,, enl. Co. A, 5 Conn. Vols., 22 July. IsOl; ilisc di.sab. 5 .Mav, 

1862. 
SMITH, RICHARD, enl. Co. F, 1st Art., 5 Jan., 1S64; disc, disab. 21 Feb., 18(«. 
SMITH. ROHKKT, enl. Co. D, 1st Hy. Art., 19 Nov., 1864; deserted 1 Aug.. 1865 
SjMITH, SA.MUEL C, enl. Co. B. 22 Conn. Vols., 30 Aug., 1862; disc 7 Jidy, 1863. 



KAST WINDSOR SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR. 785 

SOLON. i^IIClIAEL, enl. Co. G, 1st Hy. Art., 2 Nov., ISW; de.serted 29 July, 186.i. 
SPENC'KK, GKOUGE, enl Co. B, 16 Coun, Vols., 9 Aug., 1863; pris. 20 Apl., 1864; 

disc. 19 June, 1865. 
SPERRV, JOSEPH H.. enl. Co. A, 22 Comi. Vols.. 23 Auv:., 1862; disc. 7 July, 1863. 
SQUIKES. ClIAULES W.. cul. Co. B, 16 Conn. Vols., 12 Aug., 1862; pris. 20 Apl., 

1864; disc. IT Apl., 1865. 
8TAHK. THOMAS (inu.sici;in), enl. Co. C, 20 Conn. Vols., 5 Aug., 1862: disc. 13 

June. 1865. 
8TEIXMETZ, CHIUSTIAN, eul. Co. E, 3d Conn. Vols., 25 April, 1861; m. o. 11 May, 

1861: enl. Co. G, 16 Conn. Vob.., 5 Aug., 1862;d. at Annapolis, Md., 31 Mcli., 1865. 
STORMS, ADOLPH, eul. Co. G, 16 Conn. Vols., u Aug, 1862; disc, disab. 26 Oct., 

1862. 
STOWE. FREDERICK W., enl. 1st Lt. Batt.. 14 Oct., 1864; 2d Lieut, by bvt.; disc. 

11 June, 1865. 
STRUNZ, ADOLPH, enl. Co. G, 16 Coun. Vols., 6 Aug., 1863; disc, disab. 26 Oct.. 

1S62. 
TAYLOR, JOHN E., eul. Co. I, 18 Conu. Vols., 30 Dec, 1863; wd. 5 Juue. 1863; 

disc 27 June, 1865. 
THOMPSON. EPHRAIM H., enl. Co. H. 1 Hy. Art., 5 Jan., 1864; disc. -9 Nov., 1865. 
THOMPSON, JAMES, enl. 5 Conn. Vols., 11 June, 1864; not taken up on rolls. 
THIRSTON. JOHN, enl. Co. B, 15 Conn. Vols., 18 Oct., 1864; trans. Co. B, 7th Conn. 

Vols.; m. o. 20 July, 1865. 
TSCHUJEVIE, CONRAD, Sr., enl. Co. H, 6 Coun. Vols.. 9 Se])!., 1861: disc. U Sept., 

1864. 
TSCHUMME, CONHAD, Jr., enl. Co. H, 6 Conn. Vols., 9 Sept., 1861; d. 12 June, 

1862. 
TUCKER, JAMES, eul. Co. I. 18 Conn. Vols., 30 Dec, 1863; disc 37 June, 1865. 
UNDERWOOD, JOSEPH, enl. Co. K, 39 Conn. Vols, (col'd) 9 Jan., 1864; disc 24 Oct., 

1865. 
WAGNER, BERNHARD, enl. Co. H, 6 Conn. Vols., 9 Sept., 1801; reenl. Vet. 7 

Mch., 1864; deserted 11 Nov., 1864. 
WAGNER, EDWARD, enl. Co. G, 16 Conu. Vols., 5 Aug., 1862; des. 17 Sept , 1862. 
WELCH. HENRY B., eul. (wagoner) Co. C, 1st Hy. Art., 33 May, 1861: term c\p.. 

disc. 22 May, 1864. 
WEST, RANDALL B., enl. Co. B. 7 Conn. Vols., 7 Sept., 1861; prisoner July 11, 

1863; not found in Adj. -Gen. 's office. 
WHEELER, JARED, enl. Co. A, 8 Conn. Vols., 25 Sei)t., 1801; disc, disal). 17 Nov., 

IS63. 
WIIKELEB. JOHN L., enl. Co. D, 2 Hy. Art., 5 Jan., 186-1: m. o. 18 Aug., 1865. 
WllKELEli, JOHN N., enl. Co. I, 1st Hy. Art.; 6 Aug., 1864; deserted 6 July, 1865. 
WHIPPLE. BENTON J., enl. Co. K, 12 Conn. Vols., 15 Feb., 1862; reenl. Vet., 

17 Feb., 1864; transf. to Co. F, 10 V. R. C; disc 20 July, 1865. 
WHITE. CHARLES (dftd. or subst.), enl. recruit Co. I, 20 Conn. Vols., 20 Aug., 

1st;;!; transf, tn hospital, and failed to report. 
W1L1,I.\MS Il.VKRIS, missing in action 1 Mch.. 1S05; not taken up on rolls. 
W11,L1.\MS, J.\MES, enl. Co. I, 5 Coun. Vols., 33 Aug., 1863: deserted 1 Oct., 1863. 
WILLIAMS, ROBERT ()., enl. Co. A, 15 Coiui. Vols.. 11 Oct.. 1S64: wd. 8 Mch., 

1865; d. of wds 1 May, 1865. 
WH.LISTON. JOSIAH F. (musician), enl. Co. E. 14 Cmm. Vols., 6 Aug., 18(V>; m. o. 

31 May. 1805. 
WORTS. JOHN IL, enl. 39 Conn. Vols. (<-old), 3 Jan., 1S04: deserte.l 19 Jan., 1864. 
WKKUIT. WILLIAM C, 1st Conn. Cav., 2.S Dec, 1863; not taken up on rolls. 
WRIGHT. IRA S., 1st Conn. Cav., 14 June, 1864; absent at muster out. 
WARD. ELIJAH (Sgt.), enl Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 30 Aug., 1863; d. 7 Aug., 1863. 
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HISTOHY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



AYAKI), JOHN, eiil. Co. E, 10 Conn. Vols.. 9 Oct., 1861; wil, 14 .Mcli., IfiW; liisi 

(lisab. 17 Nov., 1863: re ciil. Co. C, 1st Ily. Art.. 1 Jan., 1864; m. o. 25 .Sept., 180. 
WARD, LAWRENCK, eiil. Co. C, 1st Hy. Art., .'5 Dec, 1863; in. o. 25 Sept., 1865. 
WARD, THOMAS M., eul. Co. E. 10 Conn. Vols.. ;iO Sept., 1861; d. 22 Oct., 1862 

WasbingtOD, D. C. 
WARNER, SAMUEL, eul. 30 Conn. Vols, (cold;, now Co. D. 31 U. S. V. (cold) 

11 Feb., 1864; m. o. 7 Nov., 1865. 
WATERS. WILLIAiM A., enl. Co. B, 35 Conn. Vols. 30 Aug., 1862; disc. 26 A ng. 

1863. 
WARRINER. WILLIAM I)., native of Spiinglield, Mass.; many years a resident ol 

E. W., ami married there; eid. Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols ; wounded at i\nti(tam, an( 

d. 15 Oct., 1862 (Col. Fr. Gowdy) 



,f Ofijn' of H,isf ]V;,i,Jsor Town Clerks. 



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Jiilv, 17<;s to ITKtl, IS years. 



jtX./<X^^^ &^/jX^M 



17^(1 to doatli ill 17911, 18 y.-ars. 

7 March, 1799 to isiio. liC ycurs. 
Aliiici- R.-«l, Nov. 14, 1825, to 1834, 9 years. 
James Moore, 10 Nov., 1834, to death, 27 Apr., 1843, 8J years. 
Ahuer Reed, 2d term, 1 May, 1843, to 1845, 2 years. 
Isaac Osborn, 4 Aug., 1845, to 1854. 

Phiiicas L. Blodgett, 10 Feb., 1854, Oct., 1867, nearly 14 years. 
Elbridge 11. Leonard, M.D., Oct., lSii7, to 1 Oct., 1874. 
Mahkm H. Bancroft, from 1874. 



Qravcynrdx. 

Ireland District, now known by its |>ost-otlice name of Melrosk, foi- 
many years buried their dead in Ellington. The deed for the present 
burying ground, near Mr. Gowdy's, was given in 1794, and the first 
interments tiiere were the children of James Thoni|ison, in 1770. It 
also contains the remains of Miss Jane Orcutt (^Orcett on headstone), 



EAST WlXnsOI! fJKAVKYARDS. 787 

wliii cniiic tVoiii till' north cif Iri'Iaiiil ;it the age of fifteen: made 
her lionie in the family uf Jlr. Simons (great-grandfather of Col. 
Francis Gowdy) and died, aged fifty-five, in 1805, leaving by will a por- 
tion of her little property (■'JiSO) to the Seventh School District as a per- 
manent fnud, the income from which was to be spent in support of the 
district school, which has been done down to the present time. Also 
liere rests John Cameron, a Scotchman, soldier under Burgoyne, who 
laid down his arms at Saratoga and who died here in 1813. 

Scantic graveyard, near the meeting-house, deed given 17.51. 

T/ie Prior Street graveyard, near Caleb Potwine's, deeded 1780. 

^Viirehouse Point graveyard, deeded in 1801. 

Ketch Mills graveyard. Of this we have no data. 



CHAITKI? Vlll. 
SOUTH WINDSOK. 



SOUTH WINDSOR, Haitlonl (^.lmt.v — lucorponitcd May, 1S45: 
taken from East Windsor. Popuiation, 1880, 1,U02. Cliildi-cn 
Ix'twcen ages of 4 and Ifi, January, ISSI, 379; January, 1888, 43(i. 
Grand list, #1,310,331. Indebtedness, *4,252.40. Rate of taxation, 8 
mills. Princijial industry, agriculture. Is readied l)y the New York & 
New England Railroad, Springfield division; tttatiois, South Windsor, 
East Windsor Hill, and Burnliam's. The village of Wapping is reached 
from Buckland Station on the main line of same iailr(ia<l. J'oxf-offici'x. 
South Windsor, East Wimlsor Hill, and Wapping. Such is the otlicial 
description of Soutli Windsor in tlie Comiecticut Manual and Ret/inter 
for 1889. 

After the setting off of the northeast portion of East Windsor, in 
1786, to form the town of Ellington, the territory of the town remained 
imbroken for about sixty years. But, as its population increased, it be- 
came evident that its territorial area was too large for the convenience 

of its inhal)itants. From tlie northern to the southern line tJic distav 

was about ten miles, which imjiosed too much travel ujiou those attend- 
ing town-meetings, which were held alternately iu tlie mritiug houses ol 
the North and South parishes. When the town-meeting was held in the 
South parish, it necessitated a journey of seven or eight miles for the 
voters who dwelt near the Enfield line ; and wlien it was in the North, 
or Scantic house, those living near the East Hartford line had a journey 
of alxiut the same length. With the growth of tlic town thcic canir 
also an increase of its jiulilic liusiness, re(|uiring the niorr lrc(|ucnt as- 
sembling of voters, until the burden of attending town business, under 
such circumstances, became very onerous. There was suHicient popula- 
tion to make two good-sized townships; and, that there was a general 
readiness among tlu- people of each section of the town for a <livisiou 
was apparent from the result of a s|ieeial town-meeting held .Vpiii 1, 
1845. Though tiie attendance was small, the majority vote siiowcd a 
widespread understanding how the (juestion at issue would be decided. 
Resolutions were j)assed (138 to 32) expressing a strong desire to have 



BAPTIST CHURCH IN SOUTH WINIISOR. 789 

tlie town divided, and Jfr. Joseph 51. Newberry was ajiiioiiiti'd an " Aacnt 
to at^lend the forwarding of s'' petition." 

At the MiiM'ting of the General Assembly on the first Wedu(!sday in 
May. Isb'i. u|Miii tlie petition of Harvey Elmer and others, the town was 
diviib'd, and "all that part lying south of a lino C(jnimoneing at the 
mouth of tlie Seantie, River, and running thence south 84° 9', east 407 
eiiains 75 links, to Ellington town line," etc., etc., was duly set oft' and 
incorporated as a separate town by the name of South Windsor. Ac- 
cording to the provisions of the crcatiug-act, the first town meeting of 
South Windsor was held upon the first Monday of August, 1845, Theo- 
ilipie l<;iiii(i- calling the meeting, and acting as its moderator. The first 
ri'piesentative from the new town to the General Assembly was Benoni 
(). King. 

T'Ui'ti Clerks of South Windsor, from the organization of the town 
in 1S45 to 1881 : 

Ebenezer Pinney, 1845. William H. Clark, 1860. 

James Francis, 1847. P. A. King, 1S62. 

Alfred Bemis, 1850. Henry Holman, 1869. 

Benoni 0. King, 1851. Chelsea C. Vinton, 1872. 
Eli R. Olcott, 1855. 

T/ie Baptist Church in South Windsor. The first Baptist preaching 
here, of which we have any record, was about 1790, by Rev. John Hast- 
ings of Suffield, who baptized several converts to the new faith. 
After him came Rev. Mr. Marshall, holding meetings at private houses, 
and being finally haled before a justice and fined $60 for so doing 
against the laws. But persecution prevailed not against the earnest- 
ness of tliose preachers who followed them, and three marked revivals 
of religion are recorded, viz. : In 1790, imder Mr. Hastings; in 1797, 
under Jlr. Nelson, first pastor of the Hartford Baptist Church ; and in 
1809, under Rev. Mr. E. Cushman's preaching; the converts of these 
revivals being received into the connnunion of tlie Baptist cliurches 
of Sullield, Wetherslield, and Hartford. 

From the Diari/ of Rev. Thomas Robhins of South Parish (now 
South Windsor) we get some glimpses of the early incoming of the 
iJaptists. ^fay 4, 1816, he writes: " Am considerably troubh^d with the 
rllorts of the Waj)])ing l>aptists to get in liere." In Sept. he notes a 
(•all made by liim on Mr. Rlakeslcy, then tlic !!:iptist minister at Wap- 
piug, " wlio appears to be very hostile" ; and, in 1817, that he " makes 
uie a good deal of troulilc." 

Mission work, began in 1S20 i)y Hev. AVm. IJentley, continued until 
1S24, and a revival which attend(Hl his labors led to a desire for a place 
of worship and a church organization. Tliis was effected January 14, 



790 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

1823, in tlie southeast lower room of the liouse of Mr. Alexander Kinir. 
and 9 males and 30 females enrolled their names as members.' 

Cash sul)seriptions were made amounting to $192 ; days' laboi- 
promised to the amount of 101 days ; Alex. King gave standing tim- 
ber for rafters, studs, braees, and Ijoards for roof-covering ; others 
gave timber and stone to the amount of •'133; another the hair fm 
moitar in plastering, nails, etc., etc.; and it is gratifying to add that 
miicli prompt and generous aid was rendered by neighbors of othei- 
den(miinations. A second appeal for aid was found needful, which 
was met l)y donations of cash and materials to the amount of !i=62.25. 
The new building was so far completed by Novemljer, 1823, that three- 
fourths of its slips were offered for sale, and preaching services in- 
augurated. . . . Again, we quote from Rev. 3Ir. liohbinx Diary, 
14th Jan., 1823: "The Baptists had a meeting here and formed a 
eliurcli, live men and aliout fifteen women in our Society, and nearly as 
many more in neighboring ])laces. The business has been long contcm- 
]»lated. I have different and most severe trials come at once." And 
29th April, 1823 : " A frame of a Baptist meeting-house was raised in 
this neighborhood, 42 by 30, with 14 foot jjosts. It is my cross and 
affliction. I hope to be profited by it. My jieople suppose it will not 
strengthen their party. The good Lord be our help. First meeting 22 
June, 1823. It was numerous. I hope the triumphing of the wicked 
will be short." And this was the feeling of a really ]iiotis man, who 
had rather more than a usual share of charity for other denominations. 
For several years the church was served by pulpit sni)])lies, of whom Be\ . 
John Hunt served the longest, in 1826 and '27. In October, 1827, Gurdon 
Roljbins began to labor here, and here was ordained to the Gospel 
ministry, continuing as pastor until the fall of 1831, or spring of 1832. 
Under his labors, a revival in 1829 and '30 added 23 to the church. 
After him E. Doty, from May, 1832, half the time ; in 1833 W. Bent- 
ley ; others for brief periods, until late in 1835 Rev. Sidney S. Cartel- 
opened a protracted meeting, at which 13 were baptized, antl he was 
ordained 1st Marcli, 1836. Until A]pril, 1838, the church depended on 
students, missionaries, etc., when Wm. lieid liegan ; was orthiined .hiiir 
10,1838; terminated his pastorate Octol.er 14, 1839. During 1841 or 
"12 the Methodists occupied the liouse. In A].ril, ls43. Rev. Wm. C. 
Walker began here ; remained until 184.'). After that a season of 
spiritual dearth ; house closed, except as occupied by the Congregation- 
alists during the erection of their new church. August 10, 18.51, Rev. 
Gurdon Robbins supplied the ]iul]iit, and announced that the house was 



'In 1874 one of thesp fcinalcs, llarrii-t (ilaughtcr of Alex. Kinj;), still irsidcil in 
this house, which she owned. 



SOLITll WINIiSKl! IMlVSiCIANS. Ti'l 

to be opened for lay meetings ; the edifice was re])aii'ed in 1S52 ; or- 
ganized anew IStli Februaiy, 1852; re-dedicated Januarv, 185:!. Re- 
vivals occurred in 1851 and '58 ; and, under ('florts of Walter S. Wil- 
liams of Hartford and others, meetings were continued until the fall of 
't!l, wlu^n Rev. Sidney S. Carter came and labored until spring of '62. 
Then sup])lies until the spring of '64, when the church was again closed, 
and edifice occupied for two years by the Episcopalians. In 1870 it was 
;main repaired and reopened for Baptist worshij) by Rev. Russell Jennings 
(if Deep River, Conn.; Rev. Richard E. Whittemore preached for seven- 
teen months, beginning in June, 1870 ; Rev. Edward S. Towne bi^gan 
5th November, 1871, was ordained here 24th January, 1872, ami was 
its pastor 1874. 

The church, since its organization, has had 17-) names on its I'oll, 
up to September, 1874. 

The present church edifice (on what was foi-inerly known as iius- 
sell Loomis' home-lot) was erected during Mr. Jennings' ministry ; raised 
21st and 22d November, 1873 ; dedicated 9th Sejitendjcr, 1874; is a 
frame edifice, with brick basement, 68 by 37 feet ; has a fine audience 
room, with l)asement, etc.; and cost, with furnishings and land, about 
■-^17,000 ; this amount, by the addition of parsonage and farm, secured 
to the church by Brother Jennings, with the sums exj)ended by him in 
the interests of the chuieh in this town, being inei-eased to nearly 
$27,000. 

/'Ju/xicianK of Smith Wiiuhor. EuHK TiiDOR, (see jiages 456-8) 
was the first doctor on South Windsor soil. In the seating of the meet- 
ingdiousc in 1761 (p. 584) a Dr. Convess (Converse), is mentioned. 

I>r. Charles Mather (sec p. 458) resided on East Windsor Hill 
from about 1765 to 1795. 

Dr. Elijah F. Reed, who succeeded Dr. Mather in location and 
I)racticc in 1795, was a man of markeil ability. He was a native of 
East Windsor, and was probably a student with Dr. Porter of Warehouse 
Point ; and began his professional life in 1789 in that part of iJoIton 
now Vernon, Conn. He was especially skillful in midwifeiy, and in the 
treatment of the fever peculiar to the Connecticut ^'alley. In 1848 
was published a pamphlet essay entitled A Hintory of Febrile Diseases, 
occurring in his })ractice, between 1799 and 1837. He died in 1847, 
aged 80. He had a son. Dr. Maro McLean Reed, who enjoyed a large 
and successful practice at Jacksonville, 111. (Sec lleeJ Genealo(/i/ in 
our second volume.) 

Dr. Sydney W. Rockwell and Dr. Horace C. Gillette may lie 
saiil to have succeeded to Dr. Reed's practice. Their records will be 
tiiimd in the Roclnvell and Gillette Genealoffiex of our second vobinie. 



792 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Dr. Gillette rcmiived to Chicane, in lHtJ:3. He died in St. Cliinles. 111., 
in 1878. 

C()ntem])()raneous with Dr. Iluei^well in jtractice was Dr. AVilliam 
Wood. He was the sdii of Rev. Lnke and Anna (Pease) Wood, and was 
born in Waterlnirv, Conn., Jnly 7, 1822. At the age of ten years he en- 
tered the academy at Old Killing-worth, now Clinton, Conn. Remaining 
there three years, lie fitted himself for Vale College; hut his youth deltar- 
ring him from admission, lie eontinued his stn<iies under the private tutor- 
ship of Professors Mai'sh and LommIu at \'ermont for two years. On 
his return to Clinton, which journey of nearly 200 miles he accomplished 
on foot, Avith his clothes and books strapped over his back, he spent an- 
other year at the academ}' studying; but, having overtaxed his e^'es by 
too close application, lie was comjjclled to abandon his cherished plan of 
entering Yale as a senior at the age of 16 years. For two successive 
winters he devoted himself to teaching, and during the warm months 
pursued medical studies. He was i)rincipal of the academy in I<]ast 
Windsor Hill, assistant teacher at the academy at AVestfield, Mass., 
jirinciijal of the High Siihool at Webster, and assistant teacher in the 
Pavilion School at Hartford, Conn. 

Subsequently he attended lectures at the Berkley Medical College, 
Pittslield, Mass., and at the medical department of the University of 
New York, from which, March, 1847, he graduated M.D. In the 
autumn of the year established himself in practice at East Windsor 
Hill, Conn. 

In 184S he married :\Iary L. Ellsworth, daughter of Erastus Ells- 
worth. Mrs. Wood and one daughter, Mrs. Lewis Sperry, and a son. 
Win. R. Wood, survive him. Mrs. Dr. Childs of East Harlt'onl and 
Mrs. F. A. Hrown of Hartford are his sisters. Mr. Luke AVood of Clin- 
ton is his only surviving brother. Dr. Wood was a student of nature. 
He devoted much time to the study of ornithology, zoology, and anlia'- 
ology, and had a valual)le collection in each of these departments, lie 
was also a skillful taxidermist. His method of mounting his specimens 
showed a keen observation of their manner and habits. His colbu'tions 
of birds and their eggs and Indian relics (still retained by his family ) 
are among the finest in the country. 

His ])ublished writings, fc.r the most part, relateil to natiiial 
liistory, and ajipeared in the Ami-ricati Niitnni/ist an<l in other popular 
journals. Among his works may be mentioned a series of twenty-one 
articles published in the Hartford Timea in IStil upon "The Rapacious 
Birds of New England." Another of his valuable contributions to 
science was an article publisheil in Tin' Locomotit'e, entitled, "Who 
first successfully a|i|ilied sleani to the navigation of vessels?" and 
proving must conclusively that the distinction belonged to John Fitch 



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SOUTH WINDSOIi's rHYSlCIANS AND INVENTORS. 793 

of Sdulh (tlicii East ) Windsor, Ciiiiii.. ami not to Holint Fiillon. as is 
p'licrallv lidicvod. 

Kesides his assoi'iatioiis with ]ii-iih'ssi(>iial Di-Liani/.ations, he was an 
honorary memher of thr Lvccuni of Natural Ilistor}- dI Williams ("nl- 
Icgc, corresponding nienihcr of tho National Ornithohigical Club ol ("am- 
hridgc, Mass., and he hehl positions of honor and trust in various medi- 
cal societies. He was considered liy the memliers of his piufcssion a 
very skillful practitioner. 

Dr. Wood was a lover of yood music, and for thirty yeais led liic 
service of song at the First Church. He was a devoted leader, and was 
never absent from his place unless illness or professional duties ke])t 
him away. 

His favorite recreation was fishing, and he was an enthusiast. in Ihe 
art. He was very social in his nature; had a keen sense of the humor- 
ous, and his fund of anecdote was inexhaustible. He was very sympa- 
thetic, devoted in his attention to his patients, and always jirompt to 
fulllU any engagement, professional or otherwise. He was an active 
member of the First Cong. Church and Society. He died Aug. V), 1855. 
Charles Lewis Blakeslee, M.D., succeeded to Dr. Rockwell's 
practice. He is the son of Ichabod and Maria (Holmes) Blakeslee, 
and was horn in Russell, Mass., 13th No\ember, 18tW ; had a conunon 
school education; studied medicine with Dr. Judson W. Hastings of 
Feeding Hills, Mass., and graduated fiom medical deijartment. Univer- 
sity of New York city, .\hii'ch, ISMO, settling in South Windsoi- in the 
May following. 

Dr. Frank Burnett, of Webster, Mass.. and a icccnt gi-adiialc of 
the Long Island Medical College, settled in South Windsor in lb85. 
He remained two or three years and then moved to Rhode island. 

Invcntorx. Fast (now South) Windsor claims the honor of being 
the hirthphtir of JoHN FiTCH, of steand)oal fame, and of Eli 'I'erry, 
the originator of the cheap "Yankee clock" industry, which has placed 
the chjck within the means ol the ])Oorest family in almost evc^ry part 
of the civilized woild. 

South Windsor's claim to FlTCH has l)een somewhat disputed liy 
the neiglil)oring town of East Hartford, inasmuch as the old house in 
which he was born was very near th(! line between the two towns. Jhit 
a note received Septeml)er 3, 1891, from John A. Stoughton, Esq., of 
Iilast Hartford, says: " I have verifiiul the eruot loeafion of John Fitch'n 
I'irth/ilnce. It is about /jO rods west from the residence of Edgar A. 
Burnham, on the imrtli side of the cross-road extending to the Elling- 
ton idad. it nuiy be further described as a point about six rods north 
of said cross-road and fifteen rods east of the east line <if said old road. 
The hiiuition ix J'lil/i/ ((nil e/edrfi/ In South Winihor. Tlu; line between 
Vol. I. — 100 



794 HISTUIiV OK ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

East Hartford and South Windsor is almost coincident with the imrtli 
line of the cross-road. The house in which John Fitch was horn stuod 
west of Mrs. Kilhurn's j)resent house; between it and the junction of the 
old road with the cross-road." For a l)io,ii-rai)hy of Fitch, see Fitch 
Gienealociym our second \(ilunie. 

Eli Terry's biography will be found in the Terry GeneaJoiiij of our 
second volume. 

In Art, South Windsor bids fair to be honorably rei)resented by 
Miss Amelia M. Watson of East Windsor Hill, whose charming walei- 
colors exhibit decision of touch and a poetical nature which gives to her 
pictures the fine flavor which most American artists seem to find only 
in the Old World, but which she has no dirticulty in linding among purely 
home scenes and surroundings. 

Indian Burial Places in South Witidmir. Mr. Clias. W. Vibert of 
South Windsor has kindly furnished us with the following, which m:i\ 
l)e cimsidered as su])plementary to what has been said on pages llo and 
114. "This burial place is on the east bank of the ('onnecticnt Rivei-, 
about two miles south of the mouth of Scantic River. Through the 
middle of it runs the mad to what was called 'The (iovernor's Ferry.' 
[See p. ToO.] It is from a half to three-quarters of a mile in length, and 
its original width cannot lie determined, as so much has been washed 
away by freshets. It presents no surface indications of its having been 
used for burial purposes ; but, when the river channel changes, and at 
high water, the banks cave off in such a way as to show the graves 
]ilainly. They are from two and a half to three feet deep, and the 
banks break down straight foi- live or six feet, so that the graves are 
distinctly outlined. Tliey appear to have been scoo|iei| out in tin' Inrni 
of a bowl, and tilled in witb nuieli darker earth, mixed with small 
stones and bits of charcdal and bnined bones. The lindies wcic all 
placed in the graves, lying on the side, with legs drawn u|) and bead 
towards the south. From three of these graves I was enabled tn sciiiie 

tliree skulls in verv g 1 condition, which are now in the I'ealiody 

Museum, New lla\cn. Williin t went \ years 1 lia\c seen some thirty 
graves opened, ami not an implement or relic; of any description in any 
of them."' .As the locations of the burial-places of the Seantic ami 
PoJiink ti'ibes are known, the (picstion arises : What Indians wen; buried 
in this ].lace as (leseiihed by Afr. Vibert? Was it the burial phu-e of 
the Windsor tribi's lu't'on tli.^ advent of the ubite man ? 



SOUTH WINDSOR IN Till': Civil. WAR. 795 

SOUTH WINDSORS SII.VKE IN THE WAR OF THE CIVIL HEBELLION. 
(('ontril)iit('(l l)y 10. DwiGHT Faunham of South Windsor ; compiled 
fnnii 'ri>wn and Statt; roeords, ("rdl'ut A- .Moiiis" Hint, of Conn. in. the 
War of \Xt'A-{)i'). Stafi' Catiilof/iie if Cunii. I'o/ ii nteer.s, 'dni various [u-i- 
vatr siiurccs tit' iuloniiatidli. ) 

'I'lic ffiilicriiatorial election of the sjiriug of 1860 decided the posi- 
tion of Conneeticut on national (piestions,' the forthcoming issues being 
sharply defined ; and the Presidential eli'ction in Novemlior following 
gave a Republican majority for Lincoln." In South Windsor the votes 
at the spring and fall elections closely followed the lead of the State 
elections. The total South Windsor vote for Governor was ;589, of 
which Buckingham (Rep.) received 198, a majority of 7 over Seymour 
(Dem.) ; the Presidential vote was 308, 81 less than in the spring, Lin- 
coln receiving 177, 21 less than for Buckingham. The opposition polled 
131 votes, (iO less than cast for Seymour for Governor, which was thus 
divided : Breckenridge 91, Douglas 39, Bell 1. 

Again, in the spring of 1861, after the secession atiimii!< of the 
Southern States was fully declared and overt acts already committed, 
and the question of coercing them into submission became the issue of 
the day — fully accepted by each party — the gubernatorial election re- 
sulted in 43,012 votes for Buckingham, being a majority of 2,009 over 
Loomis, the Democratic candidate. In South Windsor, at this election, 
the vote was 192 for Buckingham, 174 for Loomis, a majority of 18 for 
the former. 

During the excitement following the surrender of Fort Sumter 
material was procured and the ladies of South Windsor asseml)led, 
April 24th, 2oth, and 26th, at the house of the late David iL Tudor, to 
make a flag, which was duly raised upon a suitable staff directly oj)po- 
site the Congregational Church. Speeches were made by ex-Lieut.- 
Govcrnor Sill, Judge Gilman, C. C. Wait, and Major Ilemmiugway, and 
patriotic songs enlivened the occasion. 

Ihit once during the war — desi)ite the bitterness of feeling natu- 
rally engendered by differences of political views — was the national 
Hag disturbed. Following the disaster to the Union arms at the first 
battle of Bull Run, July, 1861, the opposition made loud demands for 
l)eace, and " ])eace meetings " were held and "peace flags" raised in 
many parts of the State. On the morning of Sept(miber 1, 1S61, it was 



'Total vote, 88,375, of wliich W. A. liuikingbaiii ivccivcd -It, 158, a majority of 
only 041. 

■ Total, 77,293; over 11,000 less than in tin- spriiij; before Of llii.s Lincoln received 
4"), 71)2. only 666 less Hum the Hepublicans had cast for Governor in the same year. 
Donglas received in the State ]r),,")22; Breckenridge, 14,641; Bell, 1,485; fusion, 1,852. 
Total opposition, 33,500, givin;; Lincoln a majority of 10,292. 



796 HISTDItV l)K ANCIENT \VINIIS()|{. 

discovered that a white fla<^ was waving at tiic licad of the staff, instead 
of the national cnibleni, and that the ro]ies liad been so arranged as to 
make it dilliciih of access. It was, hnwcvcr. i|iiickly removed, and the 
" peaec |iait\ " ucic soon lost sight of in tiie cxcilciiiciit whicli attended 
the preparation of troops for tiic ihrcc-ycais service, the making of 
haveh)eks, presentation of flags, etc. The liist (lounecticnt vohiiiteer 
regiment h'ft eanip at New Haven for Wasiiington May ITth. and then 
the enei'gies of the ladies were dis]ilayed in the |)reparation cii' lint, 
handages, and other hospital and sanitary provisions for the soldieis in 
the field — they being, during the first year, organized as " l\e(l. White, 
and Blue" societies. At a meeting held September 16th, in Third Dis- 
trict sclioolhouse, these lady workers, under the direction of j\[rs. John 
Olmstead and Mrs. T. G. Talcott of Hartford, were organized as auxiliary 
to the U. S. Sanitary Commission, through which the results (both in 
su]>plies and money) of their labors were distributed. 

In Wapping, also, the ladies of the two cliurch societies early or- 
ganized a "Union Soldiers' Aid Society," and laliorcd as such tlirough- 
out the entire course of the war. 

Oct. 7, 1861, at the regular Mnnu:il town meeting, the fullnwing 
resolution was passed and duly si)read upon the town records: 

'■ \ViiEiiKA.s, a formidable and wicked <-iiiiiliiiiati()ii nf :unliiticiu.s men, false In their 
oaths of allegiance to the United States, by misleading a ])ortiiin of the )ieo|)le. 
have, together with those whom they have deluded, made an unprovoked and de- 
liberate attack by arms upon the Government of the United States; and 

" WiiEKE.\s, in all times, it is proper to express our attachment and devotion to our 
country, and especially in times of threatened danger; therefore, 
" Ut'sdli-etl, By the citizens of South Windsor, that we will unconditionally, now, 

and at all times, cordially support the Government in its elTorts lo repel all attacks 

upon it. from all foes, whether foreign or domestic. 

" li'i'Mileed, That we wait not to enquire w/io is to administer the laws and support 

the Constitution of the United States; but we are ready to su.stain 1)\ all proper means 

those who are now charged with that duty, to the full measure of our ability, without 

asking or desiring any offer of compromise to those engaged in armed rebellion against 

the best human government ever instituted " 

This was Soiilli \Viiidsoi'"s decided utterance ;it liic time wlicn, the 
lbi-('e-mi)uths \-oiuuteers ha\ iug retiu'iicd IVuni (iu' lielil, act ive i-eci-uit- 
ing was going on in the State, under the I'lcsideiit's jiroc'laiiiiitinn lor 
500,000 three-years volunteers. The regiments furnished by Conneeti- 
cut comprised all raised u]) to and including tlu; loth. Tiic number 
enlisting from this town, in one or other ul' these regiments, up in .liily, 

1S62, was ;5<S, lu) bounties to (■ncourage enlistments having I n uflcred 

l>y the town. The State furnished a monthly :illiiw;iiiie tn s )](lieis" 
wives and children. The iimoiint thus received liy South Windsoi- lium 
the State Compti-diler's ulhce during the war u-;is -ifiSj'Oo.m, the first 



SOUTH WIND80K IN THK riVll. W M{. lit" 

jiayiiR'ut lii'iiiir made November 13, ISlil, and the last ;'iO|li .laiuiaiv, 

is'cc. 

'J'lie reveises rdllowiiit!; the MeClellaii eam|iaiun in tlie spiiiiir and 
siiiiiiiiei of \Siy2 oceasiciued two successive calls (.Inly and Aiiiriist ), one 
loi- ;!00,000 three-years, and the other lor ;50(),00n iiinc-inoiitlis men; 
volunteering \vTis n(jt active; the exigencies of the sitiialinu admitted o\' 
no delay : drafts were in in-ospective. The number to be furnished l)y 
this town under this call was 60; and a town meeting was held 26th .Tidy, 
1S()2, to raise a tax, or in some way to raise money to encourage enlist- 
ments. The meeting voted a -flOO bounty to any person who had or 
should enlist into any of the regiments being raised under the call bo- 
fore the "JOth day of August, 1862. Twenty-three men of South Wind- 
sor enlisted, nearly, if not all, before the date mentioned. August 20, 
1S62, another town meeting was held, with the object of offering the 
same Imunty to any who woidd volunteer into the nine-months service. 
At this meeting Messrs. T. E. Bancroft, Nathan Willey, Lorin Loomis, 
and Seth Vinton were appointed a committee to " sui)erintend and en- 
courage enlistments, and to use all proper means to raise a sufficient 
nundier of men to fill the quotas of this town for tfie three-years and 
nine-months' men, recently called for by the President." 

Sejjtember 1st (previous to which time 17 had enlisted for nine 
months) another town meeting was convened to " consider the projjriety 
of increasing the bounty paid by this town to volunteers for nine 
mcmths." Up to this time (the town's quota being 60) 23 had enlisted 
for three years, 17 for nine months — total 40, being 20 still to be 
furnished. The meeting raised the bounty to be paid the nine-months 
men, ijoth those who had and those who shoidd enlist, to •'1150 ; and, 
also, in case the quota should not be raised before the time ordered for 
the draft, the bounty to all nine-months men should be >!f'200. The 
(|Uota was not liile(i at time of draft, Septendjer 10, 1862. There a])- 
]i('ar to lia\(' lieen luit lour volunteers tlit; date of whose enlistment was 
later than the date of this meeting and previous to the Sejitemljcr 10th. 
On that day the selectinen, Charles N. Pease and Sanniel T. Avery, met 
at till' liciuse of Hardin Stoughton, in Wapping, and there (•oHducte(i the 
dralt — all persons enrolled having been previously wained to appear (in 
pai-ade at said place. Forty-three names were drawn, and the dralt-lots 
fell upon twenty-six persons. 

In the (Utile aiisence of any records both in town clerk's office 
and at I lie State -Vdjutant-General's ollice as to this draft, we are safe 
in asserting that none of tlidse drafted at this time entered the 
service. Many were excuseil, and unt a few "made liiemstdves scarce" 
in llicir acciist(inic(l liannts. Sejitemlier 15th niiir (lrafte(| men finni 
."^(iiitli Windsor actually reported for duty at Camp llalleck, in ilartfortl ; 



"OS THSTOIiY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

and ail ordor I'liiauathiji lioiu the Ad jutant-Cu'iKTal's ollice, October lU, 
18()2, states that l-l were still wantiufi: towards lilliiifjj the town's ipiota, 
and orders another draft Xovemher 5tli, unless the rei|iiired niimlter Ite 
fnriiished bv 'MHh OetoI.er. The draft was later iiostjioned to I'.tth No- 
vember, and finally took phice in Imt few towns in (he Slate. 

October l<Sth. At a town iiie<'tinii- warned for the |iiir|iose, it was 
\oled to L;i\-e all wlio liad \ (liiinteei-eii. |icrsonally oi- by substitutes, the 

su f >=-iOl), on OI' after tile Itli of .) uly, 18li:'. ; provided the Lej-'isla- 

ture will ratify the act, or pass an enabling act tlierefor. The treasurer 
was also authorized to l)orrow money to carry ont tlu' pro\ isions of this 
vote. 

Again, at a town meeting lield Novemiier Ath, for the pui-pose of 
adopting measures to avoid the necessity of a draft (ordered for this 
day), it was " Rexolved, that the Selectmen l)e instructed not to make 
any draft, at any time, on the order of the (Governor, until the town of 
South Windsor is (;redited with all men that have enlisted at any time, 
or jilacc, who were citizens of this town ; also, all |ieisons who ha\c 
licen fnriiished as sulistitiites by drafted citizens of tiiis town : ami we 
herehy pledge the town to pay all lines and expenses that the Selectmen 
may be subject to for the non-fnltillinent of such order." The select- 
men were also ordered to make careful enquiry as to all enlistments, 
drafted men, substitutes, etc., the just quota of the town, etc.; and re- 
port to an adjourned meeting to he held November 17th. At that meet- 
ing, however, no such report was handed in, and the meeting, after 
jiassing a resolution of censure upon the Governor for ordering a salute 
(ired on account of the removal of McClellaii from the command of the 
Army of tlie Potomac, was declared dissolved by the chainuan, Mr. 
Theodore Elmore. 

It seems proliable that the efforts of the selectmen bad resulted in 
obtaining credit to the town of men who had previously been accredited 
(in the Adjutant-General's office) to other towns. Tliere was no more 
drafting. Some of the nine-months men had already left the State, 
and all soon did, to take |iart in tiie \arious cauipaigus of tlie spring 
and summer of 18(58. 

N'iewed in relation to the events of the war itself — which had tiius 
far brought discouragement and disaster to the Union arms — the true 
signilicance of these evidences of local feeling in South Windsor are 
easily translatable. 

But by the end of .Inly, 1S68, the scene of war had changed. 
Victory was everywhere felt along the Union lines, and at all puints, 
excepting in Virginia, the ConhMlerate cause was becoming ukui' dcs- 
))crate. At the height of the now rapidly culminating sti'ugiilc, \i>liui- 
teering was found to be inadequate to meet the demand for recruits, and 



SOUTH WINDSOR IN TIIK ( l\IL WAR. 799 

a new draft was ordoi'ctl. 'I'lir I'lircilliiu'iit in tliis tnuii was iiiailr liy 
Messrs. Newton Willcy and (ieoru'e (). Keyuulds as euniUing otlieers. 
It canscd mneh excitement and ill-feel inu;, and threats against persons 
and property were freely made. It was, no donbt, the cause of the 
hnrning- of Jlr. Oliver Cook's liarn. .fiuie 23d, as Reynolds was a nephew 
of, and residing with, Mr. Cook at the time. That a similar loss did 
not ha])pen to Mr. Willcy's property was, perhaps, due to the fact that 
he was known to be fully ]irepared for any such attempt. 

.fuly 29, 1863, at town meeting, warned for the ]iiir]iosc, a liounty 
of #300 was voted to any person who should he drafted and iialiie to 
serve in the army ; and a sum not exceeding ^10,000 was a|)|ini|iiiat('d 
for the jnirpose. 

August 11, 1863, at Hartford, the draft for tlio town of .'^outh 
Windsor was held, and 44 (out of 150 enrolled) were drawn, some 
of whom were excused by the examining surgeon ; a few disappeared 
from sight, and the rest furnished substitutes, with one exception, viz., 
William H. Gill)ert, who entered the service, being assigned to the 
Eighth Connecticut Volunteers ; was the only drafted man from South 
Windsor wlu) served in the ai-my. He had some time previously been 
rejected as a \()lunteer by the surgeons on account of deafness, and 
had not been in the ser\'icc a week under this draft before a discharge 
was offered him : Iiiit lie refused it, and served faithfully to the end of 
the war. 

At a town meeting held August 21, 18(33, the sum of $10,000 was 
appropriated for the purjjose of giving assistance to all drafted citizens 
and to their families ; but this action was superseded by that taken at a 
meeting on 30th .Sejjtember, 1863, by which the sum of #300 was 
specifically ordered to be paid to the men drafted in 18(53, and also to 
those drafted in September, 1862, who went themselves, or furnished 
substitutes to the amount of #150 — of whom an examination of orders 
di-awn on the town by the committee shows there were nine. Of the 44 
drawn at Hartford, 11th August, 1863, 14 furnished sulistitutes, and one 
entered the service, making 15 to the credit of the town's ipiota, which 
was not filled as late as December 26th of that year, when a meeting 
was hell! to consider tlui matter of making it up under the late call for 
:'.<)0,(M)0 men. Another President's call for 500,000 soon followed, and 
that the eommittee on enlistments was not inactive is evident from the 
fact that South Windsor's (piota unchu' both levies seems to have been 
filled by .June 1,lSf;4. It is a matter of history, however, that the 
stnngtii of till' army at tliis time was very little increased by tlie addi- 
tion of such ruiibish as was added liy these drafts. In March, 1864, 
Oen. fJrant was appointed to the supreme control of the army, and fortune 
auaiii b.-fiiriidc'i| tlie Union cause : in Novcmlier Lincoln was re-elected 



800 HISTOKY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

President, and in this pulitictal cainjiaign, and for tlie fu-st time during the 
wai-, Soiitli Windsor cast a I (allot in sympathy with the ojjposition party, 
viz., 187 for McClellan, 171 for Lincoln ; while its action in the s|(ring 
of the same year had been 171 for Bnokingham (Rep.), and IfA for 
Seymour (Dem.). 

Under the President's call of December, 1864, for 300,000 men be- 
fore February 15, 1865, the town's action in providing for a future pioli- 
able call for troops was commendably prompt. November 21st it was 
voted to pay any person liable to the draft $300 in ease he shall volun- 
teer, or furnish a substitute, and that the committee should assist tliose 
who desired to furnish substitutes, etc. Under this vote, 10 pcr.sons 
furni.shed .substitutes. But Lee's surrender, April, 1865, brought an 
end to the war, during which the town of South Windsor had been 
called upon to furnish 167 men, and at its close was credited, in the 
Adjutant-fTeneral's ottice, with 188 — an excess of 21 over rciiuirements. 
Of these 188, 87 were substitutes, but the State records show only 52 
substitutes to the town's credit ; if so, 35 of these 87 never reached the 
regiments to which they were assigned, and of the 52 who did 21 de- 
serted. Of the 188 from South Windsor, 6 were killed in action, 1:! 
wounded, 18 died of disease, 17 were discharged before the expiration 
of their term of service, 7 held commissions, 13 were warrant officers. 
In round figures, the military expenses of the town during the war were 
#35,349;' and, though the town was heavily in debt at the close of the 
war, the indebtedness was practically extinguished by 1870. 

The most conspicuous figure in the field from South Windsor In 
virtue ixith of cliaraotei' and position, was Col. Alukici' W. Drakk. 

M.ST OF .SOLDIERS FURNISHED TO THE U. S. SERVICE IN THK 

WAR OF THE CIVIL REBELLION, HV THE 

TOWN OF SOUTH WINDSOR. CONN. 

(Compiled from the Oflicial State Record, and ii List prepared by E. D. Farnhah, Esq.) 

ALLEN, WILLIAM II., eiil. Co. H, 10 Cmui. Vols., 8 Aug., 1803; disc. L>4 .Iiiiic. 

1805. 
ANDERSON, CHARLES, ciil. (sub.sl.) 5 C.iiiii. Vuls., r, .Liii., IS04; (k'st-rl.-d !l .laii., 

1864. 
ASTOUGA, CHARLES, enl. (sulist.) Co. C. V2 Cuim. Vols., 1 .\|.l., 1804; .lis,-, lit 

Aug., 1805. 
AVKI{Y, ALFRED, must. 20 Apl.. 1801, 1 Conn. Vols.. A nuiulh.s; disc :il .luly. 

1801; enl. Co. H, 10 Conn. Vols . 7 Aug., 1803; di.sc. 9 Dec, 1862. 
AVERY, CHARLES (1st Lieul.). enl. Co. G. 25 Conn Vols., 25 Aug., 1863; taken pris. 

at Bra.sliear City, La., 23 .lune, 1803; and was pris. at Camp Ford, Texas, at tinn- of 

liis llegt's discharge, 26 Aug., 1863. 



' ILtrifiird Cuunly Memnrinl JlixUiry states that the town of South Windsor e.x- 
pciidcd for bounties, commutations, and support of soldiers' families, ij!35,800 ; tin- 
estimated amount paid by individuals for bounties to volunteers and substitutes was 
110,000. Crand livl in 1S04 was ^j;!, 211. 873. 



SOUTH Windsor's soldikks in thic civii. \v.\if. 801 

AVKKY, lIF.XltV, ml. C.i. (i. 2', ('oiiii. Vols., 'i-i Au^.. !*«; disc. 2(i Aiif,'., lH(i:i; aim 

,l;i:i/ciI l.y a hall al Irish Hcii.l. La. 
AVKKS, (JKOHOK W,, enl. Oo. G, 25 Coiin. Vols., Aug. 2.1, 1862; disc, 20 Aug., 18«:i. 
AVKHS. I'AUl-KiMoN B., eul. Oo. 11, 12 Conn. Vol.s., 15 .liin,, 1862; re enl. Vol., 22 

Jan., 18C4; disc. 12 Aug., 1865. 
BAILEV, LEVI A., cnl. Co. I), 11 Conn. Vols., 12 Nov., 1,H61; rccnl. Vet , 11! Doc, 

1863; disc. 9 June, 1865. 
BARNARD, CHARLK8, cnl. Co. F, 7 Conn. Vols., 5 Mcli.. 1864; tiansi'. U. S. N., 28 

Apl . 1864. 
BEERS. JAKE II., cnl. (suhsl.)Co. H, 22 C i. Vols., 16 Sept., 1S62; di.sc. T .liily, 

1.H6:! 
BELKNAP, ELAM, cnl. Co. (J, 25 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 186:!. 
BELKNAP, JOSEPH, enl. Co. C, 25 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1S62; disc, disali. 26 Aug., 

1863. 
BILLS. GE(»HGE, cnl. Co. D, 11 Conn. Vols.. 12 Nov., 1S61; killed at Newhi-rn. N. 

C., 14 AIcli.. 1.862. 
BILLS, JAMES, enl. Co. I), 11 Conn. Vols., 12 Nov.. 1861; wd. 17 Sept., 1862, Sharps 

burg, Md.; disc. 25 Dec, 1865. 
BILLS, PROSPER B., cnl. Co. D, 11 Conn. Vols., 27 Nov., 1861; d. 8 Apl., 1862, at 

Newbcrn, N. C. 
BISSELL, WILLIAM O. (Sgt.), enl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols., 8 Sept., 1802; d. 15 Feb., 

1863. at Baton Rouge, La.; he was of Hartford. 
BRADLEY, JOHN, enl. (subst.) 30 Nov., 1864, Co. G, 7Conu. Vols.; dcs. 1 Mcli., 1865. 
BRAGG. CHESTER H., enl. 13 Sept., 1861, in 12 Conn. Vols.; but d. 18 Nov., 1863, 

at liome, never having been mustered in U. S. Service. 
BRAGG, FRANK, enl. 7 July, 1862, Co. II, 16 Conn. Vols.; disc 24 June, 1865; was 

from East Wind.sor. 
BRA(;G, CYRIL (Cor.ri). enl. 30 July, 1862, Co. II, 10 Conn. Vols.; disc. 24 June, 

1S65; was from Bolton. 
BRAGff, JOHN, cnl. Co. H, 16 Conn. Vols., 8 Aug., 1862; di.sc 15 July, 1864. 
BRAMAN, JAMES, enl. (subst.) Co. M, 3d Hy. Art., 9 Feb., 1864; deserted 15 Mch., 

1864. 
BRAMAN, THOMAS N., enl. (subst.) Co. E, 1st Hy. Art., 31 Dec. 1863; <Iisc. 25 

Sept., 1865. 
BURKE, JOHN, enl. Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols., 5 Meh., 1864; disc. 21 Dec, 1865. 
BURNHAM, EDWARD S., enl. Co. H, 16 Conn. Vols., 8 Aug., 1862; disc 24 June, 

1865. 
BURNHAM, ERA.STUS W., enl. 28 Dec, 1861, 12 Conn. Vols.; disc di.sab. 14 Jan., 

1863; enl. Co. A. 1st Hy. Art., 5 Jan., 1864; disc 35 Sept., 1864. 
BURNHAM, HIRAM, eul. Co. I, 30 Conn. Vols., 13 Aug., 1862; killed at Cliancellors- 

ville, 3 May, 1863. 
BURNHAM. SPENCER H., enl. 5 Sept.. 1861, Co. A. 7 Conn. Vols.; wd. at Bermuda 

Hundreds, 14 May, 1864; di.sc. 23 Sept., 1864, 
CALHOUN, GEORGE W., enl. Co. II, 22 Conn. Vols., 17 Sept., 1862; disc 7 July, 

1M63, 
CARROLL, JOHN W., enl. (subsl.) Co. F, 11 Conu. Vols., 14 Mch., 1864; disc 21 

Dec, 1865. 
CARTER, JOSEPH W.(Corpl), eul. 22 Nov., 1861, Co. H, 12 Conn. Vol.s.; reenl. Vet. 1 

Jan., 1864; wd.; an excellent soldier; repeatc^dly reduced to the ranks for his one 

tailing, he was as often restored to his position; volunteered as one of the 1,000 

forlorn hope for the storming of the works at Port Hudson; and but for his failing 

wiiuld proli. have rec'd a commission. Hi' was born al Wappiiiir ; ni.o. 12 Aug., 

1865. 
CARTER, SIDNEY S., Jr. (Sgt.), eid. Co. II, 16 Conn. Vols.. 20 Aug., 1862; transL 

Invaliil Corps, 30 Sept., 1863; disc 24 June, 1865, 
Vol, I.— 101 



802 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

CHAPIN, EDWAHO. ciil. in Aiii;., lS(i2, Co. A, 31 Ciuiii. Vols.; disc. Ifi .Iiiiu'. 180"). 
CLARE. JOHN, cnl (subsl ) 1!) Nov., 1S(!4. Co. D, S Conn Vols.; .Icsiitc-d s I),-i-.. 

1864. 
CLIFFORD, MICHAEL, ciil. lil Aug., isr>2, Co. H. 21 Conn. Vols.; d. .lunc, 1864, at 

Poitsiuoulli, Vu. 
COLLINS, AVILLIAM, cnl. (suli.st.) Co. A, 6Conn. V<ils., 14 Nov., 1864; disc. 21 Aug., 

1865. 
CONNER, JOHN, onl. (suhst.) 12 Nov., 1864, Co. K, 10 Coun. Vols.; disc. 25 Aug., 

1865. 
CRANE, CURTIS L., cnl. Co. H, 1(1 ('(.nn. Vols., 18 Aug., 1862; disc. <lis:il.. 14 Fcli., 

186S. 
DALY, PATRICK, cnl. (sulist.) Co. B, 11 Coiui. Vols., 5Mch.. 1864; deserted 1 Dec, 

1864. 
DART, OLIVER, Jr., cnl. Co. D, 14 Conn. Vols., 4 Aug., 1H(;2; wd. at Fn-d.-riiks- 

buig, Va., 13 Dec, 1862; disc, disal). 8 Feb., 1863. 
DAVIS, FRED. A., eul. (sub.st.) Co. F. 11 Conn. Vols., 21 .Mch., 1S(!4; transf. I'. S. 

Navy; disc 15 Oct., 1864. 
DRAKE, ALBERT W. (Ist Lieut.), < id. 22 Apl., ISCl, Co. A, 1st Coiui. Vols ; disc 31 

July, 1861; fW/»;?.'/. onl. 26 Oct., ISIil, 10 Coun. Vols. Inf.; d. at Snulli Windsor, 

Conn., 5 June, 1862. 
DESMONT, THOMAS, cnl. (sidi.st.) 2 J.iu,, 1863, 1st Reg. Conn. Cav.; never tali.n 

upon rolls. 
ERWIN, HENRY, enl, Co. E, 23 Conn. Vols., 30 Sept., 1863; disc 7 July, 1863. 
FAHNIIAM, EDWIN D. (Corp'l), enl. Co. Q, 35 Coun. Vols., 31 Aug., 1862; disc 26 

Aug., 1863. 
FARNHAM, EDGAR A., Surgeon's Steward U. S. Str. Extnlh. Feb. -Apl., 1865; 

stationed New Orleans, La. 
FLINT, ALVIN, enl. Co, D, 11 Conn. Vols., 12 Nov., 1861; killcii al Sli.irpsburg. Md.. 

17 Sept., 1862. 
FLYNN. MICHAEL, enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 4 Sept., 1862; disc 26 Aug., I.s63. 
FOSTER, EDWIN C, eul. Co. II, 16 Conn. Vols . 8 Aug., 1863; disc 24 June, 1865. 
FOSTER, PHILIP H., enl. 15 July, 1802, Co. B, 16 Conn. Vols.; killed at Sharps 

burg, Md., 17 Sept., 1862; was from Vernon, Conn. 
FOSTER, THOMAS J., enl. Co. G, 35 Conn. Vols., 29 Aug., 1862; deserted 15 Nov., 

1862. 
GILBERT, DANIEL R. P., enl, 20 Nov., 1861, Co. A, 12 Conn. Vols.; re-enl. Vet.. 

1 Jan., 1864; disc. 12 Aug., 1865. 
GILBERT, JAMES N., enl. Co. A, 12 Conn. Vols., 20 Nov., 1861; disc. 20 July, 1862. 
GILBERT, WILLIAM H., enl. (drafted) 5 Sept., 1863, Co. H, 8 Conn. Vols.; di.sc. at 

muster out of Reg't., 12 Dec, 1865; was from Hartford. 
GLASGOW, JOHN A., enl. Co. 1, 29 Conn. Vols, (cold), 4 Mch., 1864; disc disal>., 24 

Oct., 1865. 
GOEHRING. BERNHAHD, cnl, Co, II, 22 Conn. Vols., 11 Sept., 1862; disc 7 .luly, 

1863. 
GOWDY, GEORGE W., enl. Co. II. 13 Coun. Vols., 33 Nov., 1801 ; re-enl. Vet., 1 

Jan., 1864; disc. 13 Aug., 1865. 
GRANGER, LORENZO, enl. recruit Co. C, 5 Conn. Vols,, 22 Aug,, 1863; deserted 21 

Mch.. 1864. 
GRANT, SHELDON J. (Sgt.), enl. 22 Nov., 1861, Co. H, 12 Conn. Vols.; disc. 2 Sept . 

1863, to take a captaincy in 99th U. S. Col. Troops. 
GREEN, AUSTIN L , enl. Co. A, 12 (Vmn. Vols., 25 Dec, 1861; recnl. Vet., 1 

Jan., 1864; disc. 12 Aug., 1865. On Mch. 28, 1863, while his Co. was on a recon- 
naissance on Grand Lake, La., in the gunlioal Diitmi, the boat beconung disabled, 

they were compelled to surrender to a superior force; and he (with Loren Hayes, 



SOUTH WlNDSdlt's SOI.DIKItS IN TIIK CIVIL \VAI{. 80:^ 

Joseph M. Snow, and Aaron Parsons of South Windsor) was captured, soon paroled, 
and cxcliangcd in Brashear City, La., July, 1863. 

(}HEEN, CHARLES (Commander in U. S. Navy), at breaking out of war was sla 
tioned at Buffalo, N. Y., as Light-house Lispector; was soon ordered upon bloek- 
ade service, stationed off Wilmington, N. C, and a while off Fernandina, Kla., in 
the sloop of war ./rtHW*toir«,' toward the close of 1863 was ordered to Boston, and 
placed in command of the reeniitingship Ohio. He is now on the retired list, witli 
rank of Commodore. 

GKEEX, CHARLES G. (son of above) was with his father as Captain's Clerk, while 
on blockade service, and found time to study medicine; after leaving this service, 
he attended med. lectures in N. Y., and in summer of 1863 was app. Assistant Sur- 
geon in a Penn. Reg't of hundred-(hiys men; later he ent. the U. S. N. as Assist- 
ant Surgeon, remaining there six years; with his fleet he was in Russia in 1867-8. 

GREEN, SAMUEL T., (son of Commander Charles) was with his father in Boston, 
from Dec. 1803, to Oct., 1865, as Captain's Clerk. 

GREEN, LEONARD A., enl. 11 Aug., 1862, Co. F, 16 Conn. Vols.; d. 20 Dec, ISIW; 
he was from Rocky Hill. 

GREEN, WILLIAM WOLCOTT, enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; di.sc. 26 
Aug., 1863. 

GRIFFITH, JESSE R., enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 9 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 
1863. 

HAYES, JULIUS, enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 9 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863; pris. 
Brashaer City, La.; paroled and sent to Ship Island to await exchange. 

HAYES, LOREN (Corp'l), enl. Co. A, 12 Conn. Vols., 27 Dec., 1861; wd.; re-enl. Vet., 
1 Jan., 1864; disc. 13 Aug., 1865. [See Austin L. Green, above.] 

HAYES, WALDO, enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 9 Sept., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 

HILL, HENRY, enl. Co. D, 26 Sept., 1861, 9 Conn. Vols.; d. 10 Aug., 1862, Brashear 
City, La. 

HOGAN, WILLIAM, enl. (subst.) Co. E, 14 Conn. Vols., 31 Aug., 1863; (U'sertcd 
May, 1864. 

HOLLISTER, HENRY 11., enl. Co. B, 1st Conn. Vols., Ill Apl., 1««1; .Use. 31 July, 
1S61; (Corp'l). enl. 30 Jan., 1862, Co. L, 1st Hy. Art.; disc. 13 Fell., 1865. 

HOLLISTER, ORRIN G., enl. 23 Aug., 1862, Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols.; wd. in shoulder 
at Irish Bend, La.; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 

HUNN, HORACE, enl. (subst.) 15 July, 1862, Co. B, 15 Conn. V.vls.; killed 16 Sept., 
1862; was from Vernon, Conn. 

HUTCHINS, TIMOTHY H., enl. (dftd. .>r subst.) Co. II. 5 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 
1863; deserted 6 Sept., 1863. 

IRISH, EZRA, enl. Co. D, 12 Conn. Vols., 4 Dec, If^OI; d. 9 .Mch.. KS(i2. 

JACOBS, HENRY, enl. Co. D, 12 Conn. Vols., HI Feb., 18l>2; re enl. Vet.. 23 Mch., 
1864; disc 12 A"g . 1865. 

JOHNSON. JOHN, enl. (.subst ) Co. Iv, irCinn. Vols.. 21 .Mrh., ISCI; d. 14 May. 
1864, at Hampton, Va. 

KAYTON, THOMAS E., enl. (sub,sl.) 2d Art., 5 Jan.. lS(i4; not on rolls. 30 June, 
1864. 

l.OPKZ, CHARLES, enl. (sub.st.), Co. A, 20 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug.. 1863; deserted 29 
Sci>t., 1863. 

LORD, SYLVESTER O., enl. Co. D, 11 Comi. Vols., 12 Nov., isiil; re enl. Vet., 
13 Dec, 1H(!3; disc. 25 Dec . 1865. 

I.OOMIS. HIRAM C, enl. Co. A, 21 C i. Vols.. 31 July, 1S(>2; wounded; disc. 

disab. 11 Feb., 1«65. 

LUCAS, GEORGE A., enl. Co. B. 6 Conn. Vols.. 12 Sept., 1861; re-enl. Vel., 24 
Dec, 1863; disc. 2 Sept., 1865, 



80-4 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

MARISOSAS, GUENIO, enl. (subst.) Co. II, 12 Conn. Vols., 1 Apl., 1864; deserted 

9 May. 1864. 
MARTIN, JOHN, enl. (subst.). Co. H, 11 Conn. Vols, 18 Mcli., 1864; disc. 21 Dec., 

1865. 
MATTERSON, WILLIAM J., enl. (subst.) Co. K, 7 Conn. Vols.. 26 Feb., 1804; de- 

serted 4 May. 1864. 
MAYLET, THEODORE, enl. (subst.) 26 Mcli., 1864, Co. C, 11 Conn. Vols.; deserted 

19Meh., 1865. 
McDERMOTT, JOHN, enl. (sub.st.) Co. I), 11 Conn. Vols., 28 Meli., 1864; t;iken i)ns- 

oner 16 :M.ay, 1864; furloughed 26 Dec, 1864; failed to return. 
McMAHON, PATRICK, enl. (subst.) 26 Feb., 1864, Co. I, 7 Conn. Vols.; pri-soner at 

Drewry's BluiV, 16 May. 1864. 
MEEIIAN, TIMOTHY, enl. 2d Light Batt.. 5 Dec, 1863; taken prisoner 16 May, 

1864; disc. 9 Aug.. 1865. 
MILLER, HERMAN, cul. (subst. i, Co. H, 5 Conn. Vols., 28 Aug., 186:!; disc 19 July. 

1865. 
MINER, JOHN G., enl. Co. A, 12 Conn. Vols., 27 Dec, 1861; disc disab. 14 Jan., 

1863. 
MINER, JESSE L., enl. Co. A, 12 Conn. Vols., 20 Dec. 1861; d. 5 .May, 1863, Brasliear 

City, La. 
MOFFET, WILLIAM, enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 26 Aug., 1862; disc. 26 Aug., 1863. 
MITCHELL, STEPHEN E., enl. (subst.) Co. C, 15 Conn. Vols., 4 Jan., 1864; disc for 

disab. Sept., 1864. 
MOULTON, HENRY B., enl. Co. K. 1st Conn. Cav.. 4 Jan.. 1804; disc 2 Aug.. 1805. 
MULLIGAN, THOMAS, enl. Co. I, 20 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1802;di.sc 13 June. 1805. 
MUNSELL, ELIZUR (Sgt.), enl. 5 Aug., 1862, Co. G, 16 Conn. Vol.s.; killed at Sliarps- 

burg, Md.. 17 Sept., 1862; was from East Windsor. 
MUNSELL, EDWIN, enl. Co. A, 12 Conn. Vols., 27 Dec, 1861; disc disah. 7 Apl.. 

1862; enl. Co. A, l.st Hy. Art., 17 July, 1863; disc. 25 Apl., 18(15. 
MUNSELL, WILLIAM, enl. Co. E, 10 Conn. Vols.. 30 Sept., 1S61; d. 3 Apl., 1862, 

Newberue. N. C. 
MURPHY, CHARLES, enl. (subst.) Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols., 5 Meli., 1864; disc 19 

June. 1865. 
MURPHY, THOMAS (musician), enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols.. 23 Aug.. 1862; disc 

7 July. 1863. 
NEWBEKHY. HOHACE II.. enl. Co. C, 21 Conn. Vols., 21 Aug., ISOI ; d Mdi 

1803, Baton Rouge, La. 
O'HARA, JAMES, enl. (subst.) Co. H, 11 Conn. Vols., 19 .Mcli., 1864 ; Inuisf lo V. S. 

N., 1 July, 1864; deserted 3d quarter, 1864. 
PAGE, HENRY A., enl. Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols., Oct. 24, 1861; disc, disab. 31 Mch.. 

1863; taken prisoner while in a foraging party a few days after ea|)ture of New- 
berue, N. C.; confined at Salisbury and i)aroled early in .lune. 1802; disc. dis. 31 

Mch., 1863; afterward Asst. Surg. 10 Conn. Vols. 
PARSONS, AARON, enl. Co. A, 12 Conn. Vols.. 8 Jan , isi;3, re enl Vet., 22 J.in.. 

1804; shot through the lungs at Cedar Creek, Va.. 19 Od., 1864; must, out 12 

Aug., 1805. — Sec, al.so, Aimtiii L. (liven. 
PEASE, EDMUND M. (2d Asst. SurgeonV Ki Conn Vols.. 1(1 Aug., 1802 ; di.-c. 9 Jan.. 

18(i4, to be Surg. 9lli U. S. Vols. 
PETTIBONE, GEOHGE, enl. Co. H. 12 Corui. V..ls.. 22 Nov.. 1S61; .lis,-, disab. 17 

Feb., 1802. 
PPHPPANY. DANIEL S., enl. (sub.^i.) Co. F, 5 Conn. Vols.. 27 Aug.. 1803; woun<lcd; 

disc for (lis.ib. 31 June. 1805. 
PIEKCE, ALBERT P.. enl. 19 Apl, ISOI. Co I'.. 1 Comi Vols; ilisc 31 .luly.lSOl; 

enl. 30 Jan., 1862, Co. L, 1st Hy. An., disc 13 Feb., 1865. 



SOUTH WINDSOIi's SOLDIKItS IN TIIK CIVll. WAR. 805 

POHTEH, I,KKOY L.. onl. Co. A, 23 Conn. Vols., 28 Aug., IH(i2; d. 3 Nov., 1862, 

\V:i.-;Iiin.!;l.>ii, 1). C. 
PHATT, REL'BENK., enl. 24 July, 1862, Co. O, 16 Conn. Vols.; disc, for disiib. :il 

Dec, 1802; from Stafford. 
PRESTON. HENRY B., cnl. 23 July, 1861, C,>. G, o Conn. V.ils.; di.sc. disab. 1!) Apl., 

1862; from Vernon. 
I'ROSSER, BENJAJUN. cnl. Co. A, 7 Conn. Vols., 27 Fcli., 1864 ; transf. to U. S. 

Navy, 28 ApL. 1864; di.sc. 8 Jan., 1806. 
REYNOLDS, i;EOU(!E C, app. Asst. Surg. U. S. N., 1864; lion, di.sc. 180"). 
RILEY, GEORGE, cnl. (sul)st.l Co. F, 7 Conn. Vols., 27 Feb., 1864 ; descried 22 Dec, 

1864. 
ROBERTSON, AUGUSTUS, cnl. Co. II, 16 Conn. Vols., 8 Aug., 1862 ; disc. 24 June, 

186.5. 
ROBBINS, ORRIN, enl. (subst.) Co. K, 1 Ily. Art., 4 Jan., 1864 ; des. 14 Aug., 180r). 
ROCKWELL, EDWARD F., Jr., cnl. Co. A, 21 Conn. Vols., :il July, 1862; disc. 10 

June, 1865. 
ROCKWELL, ALPHEUS, cnl. Co. B, 16 Conn. Vols., 16 July, 1862 ; di,sc. disab. 14 

Mch.. 186:!. 
ROCKWELL, LESTER A., enl. 17 Sept., 1864, Co. G, 1 Conn. Cav.; prisoner, 11 

3Ieli., 1805; deserted 30 Apl.. 1805. 
SADD. FRANKLIN A., enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 28 Aug., 1802; disc. 26 Aug., 

1868. 
SCANLON, JOHN, enl. (subst.) 10 Nov., 1864, Co. F, 11 Conn. Vols.; disc. 21 Dec., 

1865. 
SHANLEY, TIIOJIAS, enl. {.subst.) Co. I, Conn. Vols., 8 Dec, 1864 ; disc 14 June. 

1805. 
SINCLAIR, WILLIAJI (Sgt.), enl. Co. K, 29 Conn. Vols, (i-old), 8 Jan., 1804; disc. 

disab. 8 June, 1865. 
SKINNER, CHARLES B. (musician), enl. 10 Conn. Vols., 8 Aug., 1862; disc. di.sab. 

2!) Dec, 1802. 
SKINNER, WELLS G., enl. 8 Sept., 1862, Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols.; disc 26 Aug., 1808. 
SJIITH, JAMES, enl. (sul).st.)Co. II, 22 Conn. Vols., 18 Sept.. 1862 ; deserted 26 Sept., 

1862. 
SNOW, JOSEPH M., eid. Co. A. 12 Conn. Vols., 20 Nov., 1801 ; re enl. Vet., 1 Jan., 

1864; disc 13 Aug , 1865. — See Austin L. Grcun. 
SPERRY. GILBERT^D., served in Co. C, 10 111. Cav.;cnl. L..da, 111 . Feb., 1862; d. from 

' \|"'-i n scout duty, at Forsyth. Mo., 12 May, 1862. 

>T.\|;KS, CIloRGE A., cnl. 5 SejU., 1861, Co. A, 7 Conn. V<ils.; pris. at a.ssault on 

I'l Wj-ncr, 18 July, 1808; confined Charleston, S. C., jail a week; from llience 

to Libby Pri.son a ninnth; from there to Belle Isle, until p.iroled 15 Mcli . 1864; 

disc. 4 Sept., 1864. 
STEFFEN, HENRY, tnl. (subst.) 3 Dec, 1804, Co. I. Conn. Vols.; disc. 21 Aug., 

1M15, 
STOUGIITON, FRANCIS, eid. Co. H, 12 Conn. Vols., 22 Nov.. 1861 ; di.sc. for di.sab. 

2 Dec, 1864. 
STOUGHTON, ERWIN, cnl. 15 July, 1803, Co. I), 14 Conn. Vols.; disc. di.sab. 13 

Jan.. 1808. 
STOUGIITON. FRANKLIN, enl. Co. A, 22 C<mn. Vols., 28 Aug., 1802; disc. 7 

July, 1808. 
>rol(;HTON, FRANK E. (Sgt.), enl. 15 July, 1862, Co. D, 14 Conn. Vols.; b. So. 

W., 10 Jan., 1884; at time of opening of war was overseer of a weave-room in a 

VcriKin mill, uliincc he eid.; was made First Sgt.; bore his part well at Antietam; 

at Friiliri( Usburg, owing to illness of superior offleor, he commanded his Co., ami 

lor his conduct here and .a little later at Clnincellorsville he was (May 16) prom, to 



806 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

be 3d Lieut, of Co. 11, which a month hiter he led in the battle of Gettysburg, where 
he rec'd several wounds, one passing through his body and afleeting his lungs. 
During the winter of 1864 he was detailed on recruiting service, but in the sunuuer 
campaign of that year was again at the front; prom. 1st Lieut, in Mch.; July 1 he 
was prom, to be Capt. of Co. G, which Co. he led at Hatch's Run, R(;ams Station, 
and all the contests that followed up to Dec. 30, when he resigned and was honora- 
bly discharged. He d. 1 Jan., 18G6, and was buried at Wapping, 3 Jan., 1866, with 
Masonic honors. 

STOUGHTON, NOHMAN F., enl. 23 May, 1861, Co. I, 1st Conn. Heavy Art.; n; enl. 
Vet., 16 Nov., 1863; di.sc. 25 Sept., 1865. 

STOUGHTON, SANFORD (Corp'l), enl. Co. H, 16 Conn. Vols.. 8 Aug., 1862; d. 28 
Oct., 1862. 

STOIGHTON, SAMUEL B., enl. Co. A, 22 Conn. Vols., 23 Aug., 1862 ; disc. 7 July, 
1863. 

STOUGHTON, SIDNEY E., enl. U. S. N., 9 Sept., 1864 ; disc. June, 1865; served in 
Str. Tsonoma in W. Gulf Blockading S(piadron. 

THOMPSON, SAMUEL H. (1st Lieut'!), enl. Co. II, 16 Conn. Vols., 13 Aug., 1862; 
d. 21 Oct., 1863, at home. 

THOMAS, JOHN, enl. (subst.) Co. E, 11 Conn. Vols., 1!) Mch., 1864; wd.; disc. 21 
Dec, 1865. 

THOMAS, ALEXANDER, enl. (subst.) 26 Nov., 1864, Co. A, 11 Conn. Vols.; deserted 

11 May, 1865. 

TWINING, GEORGE A., enl. Co. A, 7 Conn. Vols., 5 Sept., 1861 ; disc. di.sab. 1 Dec, 

1863. 
VINTON, CHELSEA C. (3d Lieut.), enl. 7 Aug., 1863, Co. D, 14 Conn. Vols.; re 

.signed 36 Dec, 1862. 
VINTON, RANDOLPH J., enl. Co. A, 7 Conn. Vols., 5 Sept., 1861 ; d. 27 Oct., 1862. 

at Hilton Head, S. C. 
WARD, MICHAEL, enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., 2 Sept., 1862 ; disc 26 Aug , 1S63. 
WEBB, WM. H., enl. (subst.) Co. G, 11 Conn. Vols., 19 Mch., 1804; deserte<l 20 Aug.. 

1864. 
WHEELER, WILLIAM C, eid. Co. H, 12 Conn. Vols., 22 Nov.. 1861 ; disc di.sab. 

Feb., 1864. 
WILCOX, JOHN, enl. (subst.) 2d Light Batt., 4 Dec, 1863 ; di.sc 9 Aug., 1865. 
WILLEY, NATHAN (Corpl), enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols.. 21 Aug.. 1862; di.sc in La.. 

7 Aug., 1863. 
WILLEY, NEWTON, enl. Co. A, 16 Conn. Vols., 17 July, 1862; was severely disab., 

wd. at Antietam, Sept., 1862; disc, di.sab. 6 Feb., 1863; was one of the enrolling 

officers of the '63 dft.; although then not wholly recovered from the elTects of his 

wds. he applied and was e.xam. for app't as commissioned officer in colored reg't 

then being raised by the State ; disappointed, however, in this, he re-enlisted in the 

12 Conn. Vols., 4 Jan., 1864, that reg't being then in the State on veteran furlough. 
He was disc, from its roll, 5 July, 1864, to receive com. as 2d Lieut in 30(col'iil 
Conn. Vols.; took part in operations before Petersburg in the spring and summer 
of 1864 ; June 21 he was prom. 1st Lieut.; early in Aug. of thai year he was sutler- 
ing in hospital from illness caused by expos\ire and fatigue. He returned home on 
leave of ab.sence in Sept., but died 15 Oct., respected by all who knew him. 

WILLIAMS, HENRY, enl. 17 Dec, 1864, Co. D. 10 Conn". Vols.; disc 25 Aug., ls(i.-,. 

WOLCOTT, FREDERIC W., enl. Co. A, 7 Conn. Vols., 5 Sejit., 1861; d. 31 Oct.. 
1861. 

WRIGHT, RICHARD, enl. (subst.) Co. I, 29 Conn. Vols, (cold), 4 Mcli., 1864; de- 
serted 14 Mch., 1864. 



CIIArTER IX. 

ELLINGTON PARISH AND TOWN. — FOKMEHLY A PART OF EAST WIND 
SOR, NOW BELONGING TO TOLLAND COUNTY. 

BT iiKV. JOHN C. B.\Iliiy OF ELLINGTON. 



7. Territory. 

ELLINGTON was formerly included in the town of Windsor. Its 
territory was acquired b}' that town at two different times. 
(1) hi 1671, September 19th, Thomas and Nathaniel Bissell, as 
agents for Windsor, purchased of the Indians [see chapter on Indian 
Purchases, p. 130] an extensive tract of land " lying without the l)ounds 
of Windsor, on the east side of the Great River, bounded on the south 
by Potuneke River and land that was Tantonimo's, on the east by thi: 
hills beyond the pine plains [probaldy Ellington'\, on the west liy the 
Scantook as it runs till it comes to run due east from the mouth of the 
Fresh Water River till you come to the hills l)eyond the pine plains, 
which said line marks the north bounds." This purchase included the 
east part of East Windsor, the northeast part of South Windsor, the 
southeast part of Enfield, the southwest part of Somers, and the west 
jiart of Ellington. The east line of it extended along the foot of the 
liills on the east side of the plain where the village of Ellington now 
stands.' TJie next year, 1672, the town of Windsor applied to the 
General Court to have this purchase included in that town. The 
record of the session for October, 1672, contains the following : " Whereas 
Mr. Joseph Fitch, Corporal Samuel Marshall, and Jacob Drake, by the 
appointment of the town of Windsor, September 9, 1672, moved this 
Court to grant them some enlargement on the east side of the river of 
Connecticut, by reason of a purchase they have made of the Indians, 
they having an eye that at a convenient time it may be fit for a planta- 
tion: This Court, upon the said motion for the encouragement of such 
as shall plant there, grant the bounds of Windsor shall extend eastward 



'For portions of this cliapter enclosed in brackets, thus [ J, n. R. s. is responsible. 

' " Voted, that Nathaniel Uissell's and Tliomas BisscU'.s heirs have 200 acres of land 
on the nortli side of the lanil formerly pnrcha.sed by the town, and within the purchase 
of Siiid Bissells of Arowonuck the Indian, proviiled the sai(i Bissells make over to the 
town all the right to the purchase made of Arowanuck or Will." Tnwn Acta of Wind- 
v"/-, ii. 102. Dec. 1708.— II. R. s. 



808 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

five miles from their former boiiiuls, provided all former jjrauts made of 
any parts of those lauds are exeepted in this grant." ' The eastern 
boundary of Wiiulsor, as thus estalilished, was about 200 rods east of 
the spot where the Ellington chureh now stands, and a short distance 
east of the highway leading from Vernon to .Soniers. 

(2) The part of Ellington lying east of tliis line and known 
originally as " The E(iuivalent," was granted to Windsor i)y the (Jeneral 
Assemlily of the (Colony of Connecticut as an indemnity for certnin lands 
of which that town had been deprived in the settlement of llic disputed 
boundary between Connecticut and Massachusetts. Tlie tnuns of 
Suffield, Enlield, and Somcrs were settleil umb'r the ;iiitliority i>f 
Massachusetts and formed part of that colony till 174!l. In settling a 
cpiestion of linundiiry between the two colonies in 1713, a considerable 
part of the i)ur(hase made by Windsor in 1671 (as already described ) 
was conceded to Massachusetts, as was also a tract on the west side ol 
the Connecticut, now in Suffield, which had been purchased by "Wiiidsm- 
some time ju'evious. 

From i)apers in the State Archives the following facts have lieen 
collected : In September, 1715, the petition of Windsor by their select- 
men stated that by a recent arrangement of the bounding line witli 
JIassachusetts, several thousand acres have been taken from that fnwn 
and annexed to the other colony ; that the Assembly had agreed that a 
suitable equivalent in public lands elsewhere should be rendered to 
Windsor ; they therefore re(piested the Assembly to assign to them 
forthwith an equivalent in some place convenient to the town and with 
due allowance for the distance. They feelingly reminded the Assembly 
of the extra hardships and expenses they had borne by l)eing a frontier 
town; followed by a grievance of having such a quantity of land, pur- 
chased many years previously by that " ancient town," " taken out of 
the bosom of the town " and forced to receive an indemnity in '• a remote 
place." The petition was signed by John Elliot, Israel Stoughton, 
Nathaniel Loomis, Jonathan Ellsworth, and Henry Wolcott. It was 
granted in the upper house and negatived in the lower. A committee of 
conference was appointed, but no result appears on record. 

In May, 171C, Matthew Allyn and Roger Wolcott, agents for Wind- 
sor, in a j)etition i-eminded the Assembly of the loss to that town of 
7,259 acres of land by the settlement of the north line of the colony, and 
requested the appointment of ;i committee to lay out an e(puvalent from 
the public lauds. They said, "we beg leave to express our couiemmeut 

' TrinnbiilVs Oil. Hec. ii. 185. A copy of this record among the pajii is in the St;itc 
Archives, was en(h)rse(i by the person wlio arranged them, a few years ago, as relating 
to Tolland. II undoubtedly, however, refers to Ellington, and the west part of Ver- 
non, which last w;is also a part of the ancient town of Wiixlsor. 



KLLINOTON' — ITS TEHRITORY. 809 

ti> SCI' this :iiiciriit fnwu. uhicli has chccrl'iilly lioiiic lu-r part in the 
cliai'tir (il tliis ciildiiy I'idiii the int'ancv thcrcnl', a |iMitirular instance in 
tlius sntlVrinji' so n'lrat a hjss, which wc cmild not ha\c cxjx'ctcd I'roni 
this Ass(Mnl)ly." With this memorial \v;is presented an atliihivit of 
Thomas Sl(iuclit(.n, \\\u> testilied tliat in alxnit 1702 Calel) Staiiioy, 
county surxcyiii-, was enipliiy<'d liy Windsm- to ascertain tlic cast boniids 
of tlic town, '■ wild lienau ;it tlie Great River and measured eastwardlv 
eight miles, which eii^ht miles extended lialt' a mile east of the marsh 
known hy the name nf the (ireat Marsh": also a statciiu'ut inim Wni. 
ThompsiiM. Xew Haven county surveyor, wlio, under the employment ol 
MattJicw AUyn and Roucm- Wolcott, had ascertained that six thousand 
two hundred and forty acres from Windsoi' liad licen assigned to Enfield, 
and one tiiousand and ninete<'n to Sulheld : in all. seven thousaml two 
hundred and fifty-nine acres. 

Upon tliis application the Assemhly appointed ".losepli Talcott, Es(|., 
and .Mr. Tliomas i\imherly a cunnnitlee to lay nut to the town of Wind- 
sor lands e(piivalent for what is taken from fhein, hini;- hetweeu the 
towns of Windsor and Tolland, north of Ihe claim of .loshna's legatees. 
.\ii(l if in that place there shall not he found lanil suriicient to make the 
eipii\aleiit. considi'ral ion hciiiii- had to the distance of the place and 
i|uality of the land, the remainder shall lie laid out lo (he town of Wind- 
sor in the ungranted lamls of this colony ahove Tolland." 

In Afay. 17"2-2, six years after the ahovc-mimcd conunittec was 
appointi'il, .Mr. Israel Stoughton, selectman of Windsoi-, in the name of 
the town, reminded the Assemhly of the ahove resolution; and staled 
that the conunittec, thongli often reipiested, '• inive hitherto lefnsed to 
lay out such e(|nivalenf lands to the town of Windsor," and petitioned 
for the appointment of a new conunittec or the addition of one to (he 
former, and to give full jiower to any I wo of theui. Th(> .\ssendilv 
granted Ihe petition, and added William I'it kin, Ivsip, to thi' pre\ious 
committee, "and any two of them are to act with fidl powci- in the I- 

ter to them releireil." 

In ( (ctohcr. 1722, •• I'jion the motion of (he Windsoi- rcpresental ives, 
this Assemhly do appoint James Wadswoith and .lohn Hall, Kscps., with 
the assistance of Mr. Thomas Kiniherly, county surveyor, to lay out (o 
said town their eipii\alcnt lands." 

in .May, 172:!. James Wadsworth ami John Hall mad(^ report that 
in April previous they had laid out to Windsor ahout eight thousand 
acres of land as an e(|nivalent for the lands taken from that town, whicli 
report the Assembly adopted, ordered to hi' put on the public records of 
the colony, and that a patent be issued " under (he seal of the colonv, 
ami signed by the governor and secretaiy, to the inliabi(an(s, pro|iriefors 
of said town" of Windsor. In this patent, signed by (Jovcrnor Salton- 
Voi,. I. ^11):.' 



810 HISTORY 111- ANCIENT \VlNDSOn. 

stall, the hounds of the tract are dcsciihcd as follows: '• Jioiiiidcd wi-.st 
upon a right line drawn from the northeast to the southeast eorner houutl 
walks of said town : and east ]iartly Ity Willimantick lliver, partly liy 
Stafford hounds, and partly liy Tulland township; northwardly partly 
hy Enfield' hounds, and partly by Stafford bounds; and southwardly 
partly l)y said Tolland bounds, and in part by Bolton bounds, which is a 
line drawn from the south end of Meshenups Pond to the afoi-e-incntinacd 
line from Windsor northeast to southeast corner." 

Thus, after ten years, Windsor ol^tained reparation for the lands 
she had lost. [Twenty years, however, jiassed away before any division 
of this tract was nnnle among the ])ro[)rietors. During this interval, 
yearly meetings weiv held, at which the division of these and other com- 
mon lands was the ]irincii)al sui)ject of discussion : but the lapse of time 
had so complicated the claims of proprietors, and intensified their differ- 
ences of opinion, as to embarrass their proceedings and jirevent them 
from coming to any mutual agreement. Finally, in 1743, as a desperate 
attempt to extricate themselves, they acceiited the report of a connnittei' 
appointed many years before, and under their direction the allotments 
were made. Beginning east of where the }ni'scnt road from Rockville 
to Ellington Center loaves Vernon or Rockville, they laiil out the lots 
in half mile ranges, to Somei's and then back again. Beyond this 
second tier, the lots were laid north and smith in two tiers; all the 
south range hounded soufii by Tolland, and all the north on th<' north 
hy Stafford. Beyond this a number of lots were laid out the whole 
hreadth from Tolland to Stafford, and thus till the last lot was bounded 
by the Willimantic. In all these surveys and allotments, the jKUid be- 
tween Ellington and Tolland was uniforndy written Meiishanips : for 
the north pond bordering u]ion Stalford no otliei- name is known than 
Square Pond. " — h. R. s.] 

II. Si'ttlcmcitt. 

Nearly fifty years elapsed after the first purchase of lands now in- 
cluded in Ellington before any pernnxnent settlement was ma<le there. 
The earliest settlers considered the land upon the hills further eastward 
superior to that of the plain in the eeiiti'al and western jiarts of Elling- 
ton. The towns of Bolton ( whi(di iiudnded \'ernoii), Coventry, ileliron, 
Mansfield, Stafford, Tolland, and Willington, were settled and incorpo- 
rated befori' any settlement was made in this town. Churches had been 
organized in all these towns, also in Columbia ;ind Somers, several 
years before Ellington had need of :in\ sneh oriiani/ntion. .MItheother 
towns now included in Tolland county were oeeupii'd eailierthan Elliui;- 

'Eiiticld iucliiilcMi SniiuTs till I7:!4. 
"^ Biu-Ih !■:■< Hist . CiUei-t. Coin,. 



SKTTl.K.MENT OK KLIJ NCTi )N. 811 

tun. Any one wlio is faniiliar with tlic present aspect of this town, and 
the evi(U^Tices of its tlifil't and prosperity, eannot readily understand why 
it should ha\e lieeii ciinsideiTil in those eai-lier limes so uudesirahle. 

It seems pi-olialile that the earliest settler here was Sanuiel Pilinev, 
in 1717.' I''iir sexeial years before that date li<' had heen employed 
miieli of the time liy the town of Windsol' in siir\ c) iiii;' hinds east of the 
Coimeeiieut l\i\er. lie thus had an exeellent opportunity for select iiiu-. 
and he prolialily jiureluised oi that town the hind on which h<' settleil. 
This was in the southwestern part of i^lliiLU'ton. and contained about, 
1,000 acres, being about one and a half miles in e.\tent from east to 
west, and one mile from north to south. Some portions of it arc still 
owned by his descendants.' The village of Windermere is near its 
northeast corner. His first residence here was a log house, which stood 
about twenty rods southeast of tlie brick dwelling house lately occupied 
by Nelson Pinney. That log house was ]iroliably the first liuilding 
erected in Ellington. 

The earliest known record of hind surveyed within the present 
limits of Ellington reads thus : 

" L;inil surveyed to Daniel and Jelm Ellswiirlli, sons nf Lieiilenant .lolni Ellsworlli 
of Windsor, by Tliomas Kimljerly, Surveyor of tatid in tlie county of Fiartford, 16"' of 
JIanii 1T20, five Inuidred and forty acres of land between the mountains east of Wind- 
sor and Connecticut Kiver, at a place called by the English t/ic Grent Mnrxli, and by the 
hidians Weauskashiick — 340 acres bought of Capt. JosepJi Wadsworthand two hundred 
acres bought of the Bissells, by said Lieut. John Ellsworth, began at a pine tree marked 
and having two mere stones by it, standing on the plain, near the north west (Query, 
north iii.it '!) corner of the said marsh, [then all the bounds are described] Samuel Piiuicy 
and Daniel Grant, being under oath, assisted in carrying the chain."' 

r>ieut. Joim Ellsworth came from (East) Windsor in the spring of 
17:21), made a clearing on the east side of tlic Great Marsh, and built u 
snndl house near the )ilace where N. W. Charter now lives. Tradition 
says he and his two sons were accustomed to come from their home on 
.\h)nday morning with their ox-team, and return Saturday aftei-noon. 
On the clearing that they had made tliiy raised pease, corn, and turnips. 



' [Corroborative evidence as to this dule is found, we think, ui an additional entry 
made by some person unknown, to the original Mss. of jMattluw Grant's Old V/iiin-k 
HtivnJ, in these words: "The year 1717, I set down all that have died in EUenton [El- 
lington] to the year 1740." The first name on the list is that of Lt. Ellsworth, and the 
second that of "Isabel (?) Pinye." — ii. n. s.] 

° [It was afterwarils divided to his three sons: Siiniicl, Jr., having his share on the 
northern side of the tract, his house being near Mr. Henry Beebe's dwelling. Jostph 
took his share on the .south side, his ho\ise being fifteen rods east of the William 
Pinney brick house, where the ancient well is still to bo .seen; and the center of the 
tract fell to lieiijainiii. — H. R. s.] 

^ Barber's Hist. Colter, of Conn., p. 547. 



812 HISTORY or ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

One Saturday afttMiioon in Octohcr, 1720, the father sent the bovs to 
gather some turnips to carry home, while he went to fell a, tree. As he 

dill not return when llicy i'\|iee,t('d him, they went to look for him, and 
loimd that Ihe tree liad fallen u|miii and kill.Ml him. A sldue. set u|i to 
mark the place where he was killed, is now standing liy tiie roaiiside on 
the west side of the hiiihway a short distance south of the house of 
Edgar Pc^ase. ii (•(mtaius the lolliiu ing iuscriptinn : "Lieut. John 
Ellsworth was kille.l here hy the tall of a t ree, ( >rt. 26'!', 1720, aged 
4!) years and 15 days." ' 

The land bought liy Lieut. Lllswoi-th is imw or was riMTutly nwned 
by Kgbert Tilden, Asaph McKinney, Wellington Cliarlcr. ihe family of 
the late Lafhrop Tease, and others. Like the trad li.Miglil by Sanmel 
I'iiiiicN. it I'onlains siiiiir lA' the best laml in llic Inuii. Ileside the Fin- 
ney and Ellsuiirtli families, tliei-e were, licloic 171(', faunlies named 
Booth, Burroughs, Cliapin. Cai'ter, ('liapman. l>a\is. i)iirnian, Prake, 
Eaton, fiibbs, (irant, (uaNrs, (Iriswold, llalbutk, Ihibbard, .McCray, .Me- 
Kiiistry, Pearson, Ivussell, Scott, Skinner, Sti-ickland, Taylor, and 
I'hompsoii. 

III. Or;ii(iilr;,(ll.fii of Clnirrh xinl Sonrti/. 

The first s.'ttlers nf all the rarly Coniieeticut towns eonsidrrcil it 
one of their most ui'gent duties to pr()\ide loi- stateil i-eligious instruc- 
tion. The earliest settlers uf Lllington, nr Wiinhor (his/wn, as it was at 
first called, fiu- many yeais attended the ministry of Rev. Timothy Ed- 
wards, in Kast (now Suutli) \Vinds(U-. I!ut the distance, eight miles, 
was too great, and they very soon began to think of olitaiuinga minister 
of their own. Theii- first action in the matter seems to have been taken 
as early as 1725, for, in jieeendier of that yeai-, the Second Society of 
Windsor (now South Wiinlsor) \iited "that the inhabitants of (ireat 
Marsh shall be fi-eed fioui tbeii- ]iart of .Mr. Edwards' salary Utv the 
year past, pro\ided fbey do ou tlieir own cost pro\iile themselves a min- 
ister to preach the gospel to tiiem IVoni this present time till the (irst 
day of .\pril ne\t." In Felunary following the town " considering theiv 
is likely to l)e a society on the hnul laid out on the Ivist Side of the 
Biver," granted " :')0 acres to be laid out b)r a home lot [for a minis- 
tei-] in the ancient town patent, and 40 acres in the eipnvalent." ^ 
Several years idajised before the people at the (rrral Mush were able to 
avail themselves of this grant, as they were b'w and poor, numbering in 



'Some yc.irs ago a iiinn who |iunlias(;(l a part of tlic old EUswortli farm, took up 
the stone which marked thf spot u hne Lieut. Ellswortli was kilU-d. designing to use it 
fnr a (hull- ntcji ; liut .Mr. .Miller, a nciy-hbor. lieariiig of liis projinsed vaiid.-disni. pur 
chased it from him, and set it up where it uow is. — li u s 

" Totcn Ai-U uf Wiiiil.'t'ir. Hk III, is. 



or(;axizati()n of curHcii and society. 



813 



17o0 only olevoii families. Hut in 1731 thi-y liiied a minister, and two 
years later tlioy made arrangements to jniy him forty pounds a year and 
liis riicuoiid. Tliis they continued to do lor lour years, thoun'h thev 
iiiniiliiTi'd :ili idid in 17-">4 only one hiiiidrcij and ten yjersons. 

.\s was llie eustoui in those d;i\s, lliey apjilied to the General 
.Vssi'iiiliiy of the Cdlduy for aid in |ianieldal matters. From papers in 
ilie ai'chives of the State the following summary has been pre|)ared con- 
cerning the ecclesiastical affairs of Ellinglon : In May, 1732, the in- 
haliitants [''of Kast Farms"] petitioned for exemption from ministerial 
taxes in Fast Windsor. Upon this memorial the Assembly voted " that 
llic iiicniiirialists shall be allowed to inii)rove the minister's rate levied 
npiin lliciu by the society on the east side of the river in Windsor for 
tin's |ircs<'nt year for the hiring of a preacher, among themselves ; and 
sii joi- tjic future as long as the society shall consent thereto." — {Col. 
I!r,-.. p. ;',S-J. ) In j\[ay, 1734 {<'<>l. /ice. \>. olO), tlwy again jietitioned 
tlic Assembly III continue the same exeui|ititiu. They stated that it had 
bi'cu granted them by vote of the town two ycais of the three in which 
tlicy bad suppni-fcd a minister of their own, but in the preceding yi^ar 
niiuisterial taxes had lieen laid upon thcui. They desired to be freed 
fi'oui thcui entirely. Tlie Assemldy freed them from ininisterial taxes 
in Isast Wiudsdi' so long as they niaintaiuc(l an orthodox minister among 
themschcs. This memorial of 1734 was signed by thirty-five persons 
ri'siding " in the east part of the township of Windsor, couuuonly called 
(bishcu."and u])on it was written, " there aic one hundred and ten 
souls ill the parish." ' Acconijianying it was a paper which read thus : 
■■ Windsor, May 13, 1734, we the subscribers are perfectly willing that 
ucighiiors that live at the (rreat Marsh shall be excused from pay- 
ing rates to Mr. Edwards, so long as they hire a uunister among them- 



' Niuiies of t\w signers of the petition of 1734. Tlio.sc iiiarUcd [*| had no male de 
scendants in the town hearina; tlieir name in isao. 



Samvie] Piiinev, 
'.Inhii j'.iirn.imlis. 
'' ICphiaiiii ( 'hM|iiii. 

* Isaac ll.avis, 
*Natliaiiicl (iraiit, 

■ Daniel Pearson, 

■ Nathaniel Taylor, 
William Thompson, 
Samuel Thompson, 

' Nathaniel Grant, .Ir. 
" Hen janiin (!raiit, 

• Daniel Ellswoilh. 

Xearlv all I lie si 



* Daniel Kalon, .Jr., 



I'll, 



.Ii- 



* Ephiaim Cliaiiin, .Jr., 

* Nathaniel Davis, 

* .Joshua Hooth, 

* Roger Oriswold, 

* Daniel Kalon, 

* .John Graves, 

* Joseph Graves, 
*.Iolin Burroughs, 

* Samuel Gibbs, 

* Samuel Gibbs, .Jr., 

* Giles Gibbs. 

near llie mar.sh — mostly west or 
northwest, I wo or tliree a mile and a half N. K. of the present meeting house. Settle- 
ments on the inoiiiitain jjrobably had not comnieuccd. — H. K. s. 



Samuel Kus 
*I.saae Davl: 
*Josiali ll.llnck, 
Samuel I'iiinej, ,Ir., 
Joseph Pinney, 
Benjamin Pinney, 

* Jonathan Grant. 

? Simon Chapman, Jr. 
Ephiaim Person, 

* David Cliapin, 

of this petition re.siilei 



814 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOK. 

selves : we live on the street and are the Rev. Mr. Miiward.s' euiistant 
hearers." This was signed l)y 50 persons. 

In May, 1735, a petition (^Col. Rec, p. 564) signeil li\ Iwenry-three 
jieisons was presented to the Genei-al Assembly, asking tor llir cnctidii 
of their precinct into a distinct |iarish, the western lini' of uliicli sliould 
lie loin- miles iVoin the (ireat i\i\fr, "and that we may \\n\v liliert\- to 
ordain and settle an orthodo.x minister among ns, that so we may have the 
ordinances of Clirist in the gospel dispi'nsed to us in oni' own territories." 
'I'hey repioaelied their hi'ethren of Kast Windsor for taxing them in two 
\ears of the fonr in wliicli they had su|)ported a minister of lln'ir own, 
and reipiested that indemnity might he made in freeing them from count ry 
I'ates the two ensuing years. The ]ia|)er was endorsed, "The petition of 
the Great Marsh people." ' The Assembly appointed Ozias Pitkin, Esq., 
Capt. Thcmias Wells, and Mr. Jonathan Hills " to repair to and view 
the lands which the memorialists live uj)on, and land adjacent, and if 
they judge it is best to have a society there, to set them a line, and 
make report thereof to this Assembly in October next." At the Oc- 
tober session this committee reported that they had performed the duty 
assigned to them, " and considered the circumstances of the inhabitants 
there, [and] did judge it liest they should be a distinct society there." 
The Assemldy did 

■' llicrt'iipon frraut tliat the said inlialiitaiits he one distinct Sdcicty by llicinsclvcs, and 
tliat tlicy liavc tlio same parish pciwers and privileges as other Societies allowed Ijy law 
in this government have, and that the bounds of this society shall be the following 
lines: to begin upon the Colony Hue between the towns of Windsor and Endlield five 
miles and a half cast from ConnecticiUt Kivcr, and from thence to run south nine de- 
grees west imtil it intersects a west line drawn from IJolton IiouikIs half a mile south of 
.said Bolton north west corner, and from tlienee east to said l$olton bounds, then north 
to said Bolton north west corner, then east to Tolland bounds, then north to said Tol 
land north west corner, then east to Willimantic Hiver, then north to .Stafford bounds, 
then west to the South west corner of said Stafford bounds, and from thence further 
west by the said Colony line to the place tirst mentioned; and tli.it tin; .said society 
shall be known by the name of Ellington Parish." 

In 171)0, when the parish of North Itolton was established, now the 
town of Vernon, a tract in the south part of Ellington, half a inilt> in 
width from north to soutii, and one and livi.'-riglith miles in length from 

' Names of the |)ctitioners of 1T85. Names marked [*) were extinct in liSSO. 

Samuel Pinney, *. James McCarter, Ephraim Parsons, 

* Isitac Davis, *Beuj. (irant, *. John Burroughs. .Jr.. 

* John Burroughs, *Nath'l Davis, *Samucl Gibbs, .Jr., 
Samuel Pinney, .Jr., *Nath'l (Jraiit, Simon Person, 
Wni. 'I'honipson, *Nathl Drake. .Ir.. * Eph'm Chapin, .Jr., 
Samuel Thompson, *Josiah Drake, Daniel I'earson, 

* Nathaniel Taylor, * Ephraim Chapin, * Samuel Gibbs. 
Simon Chapman, Jr., * Daniel Ellsworth, — n. k, s. 



rNCOIiPORATlON 01' ELLINCTOK. 815 

(■ast to west, \\;is iiirludril in tluit |i;irisli, ami now I'Driiis llu- iimHiwest 
part of VeriKiii. 

At the same session of tlie Assembly (October, 1735), a petition 
was jiresented \)\ a committee of jliree — Isaac Davis, Daniel Ellsworth, 
anil .liilin IJnrroughs — askinu' " lilieitx that we may oi'dain and settle 
a nood orthodox minister among lis." in resitonse it was voted : 
"This Assembly <l(i grant liberty to the inhabitants of the easternmost 
soci(>ty in AVindsor to imbody themselves into church estate, they first 
having olitained approliatioii of their neighboring churches." The 
church was organized not long afterward, probably in 17o5, though 
the exact date cannot be determined. 

The continuation of this history of the church will follow the ac- 
count of the formation of the town, and the lists of soi )f its otbcers. 

IV. Incorporation of the Town — Officers. 

As early as May, 176'2, the inhabitants of Ellington parish, through 
their agents, Abner Burroughs and Stone Mills, petitioned the General 
Assemljly for incorjjoration as a town. They stated that they were so 
remote from the main body of their fellow townsmen and from the place 
of holding jniblic meetings, that they had little advantage of voice or 
vote in town affairs; they made no complaint of the management of 
those atf'airs, but claimed that the people of the town being generally un- 
acquainted with the concerns of the parish could not take due care of 
their interests, so that they, in great measure, lost their town privileges. 
They alleged that no parish in the colony was in such urgent need of re- 
lief, as the town meetings were generally held at Windsor, on the west 
side of the Connecticut River. 

This petition was negatived by the lower house. In May, 1764, 
through the same agents, they renewed their petition, setting forth the 
great extent of the town of Windsor, which without Ellington was erpial 
in size to some four towns in the colony. They alleged that Ellington 
was nearly seven miles sciuare, and that their list was over £7,000 ; that 
the middle of the parish was more than ten miles distant from the rivtu-, 
and fourteen from the place of holding town meetings, the more impor- 
tant of which licing held in Decendier could not be attended by Elling- 
ton I pic. Tiu' transaction of business with the town ofliccrs reipiired 

an ai)scnce from home of two days, and the expense of a man and horse 
one night. They also wished the power of reviving a " good discipline," 
and reducing to good order some who, living so remote, " are now a law 
unto themselves." This petition, like that of two years previous, was 
negatived in the lower house. 

Three years afterward, in May, 17t>7, their |ictition was icncwcd, 
Matthi'w llvdc appearing as agent for the parish. Action was postponed 



816 HISTOKV OF ANCIENT WFNDSOU. 

till Octolier following, and then ugain till May, 17t)8. Meiinwliilc in 
December, ITtiT, the town of Windsor in town meeting voted to lie 
divided into two towns, with the Connecticut River as the line liefween 
them. In May, 1708, the Assemldy took action' in accordance with this 
vote, and constituted the part of Windsor lying east of tlic ri\ci' the 
town of East Windsor. 'I'his action afforded essential relief to tiic peo- 
ple of Ellington, though the principal town liusiness was still trans- 
acted eight miles away. A few years later, in 178(5, the claims of El- 
lington to a separate organization were conceded, and the parish, with 
the boundaries established in 17Br) and modified in 17(jO, became the 
town of Ellington. The population of tlie town at each United States 
census has been as follows : In 1790, l,05(i ; in 1800,1,209: in l.slO, 
1,344; in 1820, 1,196; in 1830,1,455; in 1840, 1,356; in 1850,1,399; 
in 1860,1,510; in 1870,1,452; in 1880, 1,569; in 1890, 1,.539. The 
more recent increase has been duo to the growth of a settlement .it the 
southeast part of the town, adjoining Rockville. 

At a town meeting held on the second Monday of November, 17H7, 
Ebeuezer Nash was chosen to represent the town in a convention to lie 
held at Hartford on the first Tliursday of .lanuary, 1788, to vote ui>ou 
the (piestion of accepting the proposed new eoustifution of the United 
States. At a town meeting held December 17, 17S7, the (puistiou was 
put to the town whether they aj)proved (if the proposed new constitution. 
The town voted in the negative. In aiToiilaiK c with this vote, Mr. Nasli 
voted in the convention against the constitution, being one nf the iiiiuni- 
ity of 40, the vote standing 128 attirmative, 40 negative. 

The delegate from Ellington to the convention whi<',ii buiiied the 
State constitution, in iSlS, was Asa Willey. The vote of the town. Oc- 
tober 5, 1818, on the question of accepting the Stat(> constilnlidu, was : 
aHlrmativc, 41 ; nc^gative, 93. 

Although the town contained at the time of its organizatinn alwuit 
one thousand inhabitants, the number of " freenum, " t. c, elect (us or 
legal voters, was very small. The original list, dated Sejit. 12, 17S6, 
contains only 42 names, though 16 more were added that day. These 
two lists are as follows: ('ol. Joseph Abbott, Ithamar Bingham, Jabcz 
Chapman, John Charter, Adonijali Day, Jonathan Damon, John Cross, 
Daniel Ellsworth, Esq., (!urdon Ellsworth, Thomas Goodrich, Ziba (rif- 
ford, Timothy Ilolton, Matthew Hyde, John Hall, Benjamin Isham, 
Samuel iving, James Kinney, Jr., William Kinney, Andrew Kinney, Eze- 
kiel McKinstry, John McKnight, Nathaniel Newell, Stone; Mills, Ebene- 
zer Nash, Josc|ih I'inney, E])hraim Parker, Eleazar Pinney, Lemuel Pin- 
ney, Elijah Pomber, Ephraim Parker, Jr., Ezra Purple, Silas Read, Sam- 
uel Sessions, Janu's Steele, Abraham Wallace, Col. Levi Wells, Capt. 



ELLINOTON TOWN" OFFICKUS. 817 

Iclin))()(l Wacisworth, Daniel Warner, Col. Stcjilicn MoiiHon, I'liili|i War- 
nei', Jabez Eniorson, William MoCray, ~ 42. 

AihJitional List: Nathan Aldrich, Diiniel N(!well, Aaron Damon, 
.lacoh Fuller, Welcome Clarke, Daniel (!larke, William Orosvenor, He/.e- 
kiali Russell, (leoi-ge^ Ch arter, Wareluini Foster, Samuel Thompson, 
Jonathan Porter, Reuben Porter, John McC'ray, iloses Smith, Jr., Sam- 
uel iving,= 16. 

In 1787 eight more were admitte.l; in 17.S8, five; 17.S!t, two; 1790, 
live; 1791, ten: 1792, thirteen: 179:!, four; 1794, live. Thus only .me 
iiundred and ten persons, out of a pojiulation of over one thousand, or 
(me out of every ten, became electors in the lirst eight or nine years of 
the town's existence. 

Town Clerks, Beffistrars, and Treaaurerx. 

The office of registrar of births, marriages, and deaths was created 
in 1854. Since that time the same person has been chosen both clerk 
and registrar. The three offices have been filled by the same person 
since 180(3. 

Town Treasurers: 1780-97, Gurdon Ellsworth ; 1797-1802, Levi 
Wells, .Fr.; 1802-05, John II. Goodrich ; 1805-15, Levi Wells (the same 
pcirson |)re\iously named) ; 1815-10, John Ilall ; 1816-35, Robert Hyde 
(also town clerk) ; 1835-40, Oliver W. Steele (also town clerk); 1840- 
41, Daniel Kimball ; 1841-43, Oliver W. Steele; 1843-47, Daniel Kim- 
liall; 1847-50, Oliver W. Steele; 1850-52, Daniel Kimhall ; 1852-56, 
Oliver W. Steele; 1856-60, Benjamin Pinney; 1860-63, Horace M. 
Chapman ; 1863-64, Oliver M. Hyde ; 1864-65, Sylvestcn- Morris; 1865- 
66, Horace M. Ciiapman; 1866-67, Oliver M. Hyde; 1867-68, Sylvester 
-Morris; 1868-86, Oliver M. Hyde; 1886— ,E. Brainard Kibbe. 

Town Clerks : 1786-1806, Matthew Hyde ; 1806-35, Robert Hyde ; 
1835-64, Oliver W. Steele; 1864-66, James 11. Steele ; 1866-67, Oliver 
M. Hyde; 1867-68, Sylvester Morris; 1868-86, Oliver M. Hyde; 1886—, 
E. Brainard Kibbe. 

The second town clerk was a son of the first, the fifth was grantison 
of the first and nephew of the second ; the fourth was son of tht; third. 
During the first century of the town the office was in these two families, 
except for a single year. 

liepresentatives from Ellington in the General Axsenihlji : ' 'I'he 
town was incorporated in May, 1786. 



' Explanatory Note. — Previous to 1819 there were two sessions of Uie General 
Assembly in each year, one in May, tlie otlier in Octolier. Where two names are given 
for any year in the following list, the first was the representative in May, the sec- 
ond in Oetober. Where bvit one name is given (in any year previous to 1819), tlie same 
Vol. I. — 10;i 



818 HISTORY OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR.' 

1786, 1787, 1788, Matthew Hyde; 1789, Col. .Joseph Al.hott, (V.l. 
Levi Wells: 1790, (V.l. Levi Wells. Matthew Hyde; 1791, Levi Wells. 
Matthew Hyde ; 1792. Matthew Hyde ; 1793, Levi Wells, Matthew Hyde : 
1794, Levi Wells, Miitthew Hyde ; 1795. Matthew Hyde; 1796. Matthew 
Hyde, Isaac Wells; 1797, Elijah Peml.er, Hleazar Piniiey ; 1798. Isaac 
Wells; 1799, Isaac Wells, Joseph Ahhott, Jr.; 1800. Elea/ai- Pinney. 
Jose])h Ai)hott, Jr. : 1801, Levi Wells, Jr., Rol)ert Hyde; 1802, R()l)e'it 
Hyde. Levi Wells, Jr. ; 1803, Levi Wells, Jr., Joseph" Ahhott, Jr. ; 1S(»4, 
Levi Wells; 1805, John II. Goodrich ; 1S06, AViUis Russell : 1807, Daniel 
Hyde; 180S, Willis Russell; 1809, John H. (4oodrieh : 1810. Asa 
Willey: 1811, Willis Russell, Robert Hyde ; 1812. Willis Russell ; ISLl. 
Levi Wells; 1«14, Asa Willey; 1815, Pelcg Martin, John Hall; ISlC. 
1«17, 1818, Asa Willey; 1819, John Hall; 1820, Asa Willey; 1S21. 
Joseph Abbott ; 1822, Asa Willey ; 1823, 1824, Benjamin Pinney ; 1825. 
1826, Asa Willey ; 1827, Joseph Ai)l>ott: 1828, 1829, Asa Willey ; 1830. 
1831, Oliver W. Steele ; 1832, John H. Brockway ; 1833, Benjamin Pin- 
ney ; 18:34, Asa Willey; 1835, Joseph W. Bissell ; 1836, 1837, Asa 
Willey ; 1838, John H. Brockway ; 1839, Stcdman Nash ; 1840, Calvin 
Chapman; 1841, Jabesli Collins; 1842, Joel W. Smith; 1843, Asa 
Willey: 1844, Jabesh Collins; 1845, Daniel Kimball: 1846, Oliver W. 
Steele; 1847, Stcdman Nash; 1848, Austin Tilden : 1S49, Hermon C. 
Griswold ; 1850, Darius Crane; 1S51, H(»race Warner: 1S52, Benjamin 
Pinney; 1853, Joseph Snow; 1854, Horace McKninht : 1855. Ileur\ 
Hollister; 1856, Julius A. Kibbe ; 1857, Benjamin Pinney, Jr.: 1858, 
Asel Johnson : 1859, Erastus P. Pease; 1860. Cornelius Farmer; 1861. 
Jlorace M. ('li;i|pin;in : lsi)2. Calvin Pease. Jr.: I8i)3, Henry tJunn: 
1864, Deloraiiir 1". ('haimiaii : 186'), John \V. Thayer: 1866, Asaph 
McKinney : 1867, Oliver M. Hyde; 1868, Robert Patton [successfully 
contested by Henry Bissell] : 1869, Guy P. Collins; 1870, 1871, Nelson 
Warner; 1872, William H. Cogswell; 1873, Henry C. Aborn : 1874. 
J. Abbott Thompson ; 1875, John Beasley ; 1876, Francis Pinney ; 1877. 
Otis Snow; 1878, Ira H. Lewis; 1879, Russell Thrall: 1880. Elam S. 
Hyde; 1881, Ortive C. Eaton: 1882, 1883, J. A!)bott Thompson: 1884. 
Alfred U. Charter : 1885, John Thompson ; 1886, Frederic. A. Pearson : 
1887,* Otis Snow; 1889,* Marcus A. Pinney: 1891,* William Crane. 

Senators from the twentieth district, residents of Ellington. 1S34, 
John H. Brockway; 1837, Benjamin Pinney: 1849. Flavel Whiton : 
1853, Darius Crane ; 1860, Ephraim II. Hyde: 1871. John \V. Thayer: 
«1879, 1880, Robert Patton. 



person attended both sessions. Where .several years are named logellier, willi mily urn 
name following them, the same reiircsenlative was chosen for several eonsecutivt 
terms. 

* Biennial Elections. 



ELLINGTON PKOBATE DISTRICTS. 819 

y. Probate Districfx to ichich Ellim/ton has Belonged. 

Previous to 1759, Ellinjrton was included in Hartford jjrobate dis- 
trict. In that j'ear the Stafford district was established, which included 
the part of Ellington which lies north of Tolland. In 178-2, on the form- 
ation of the East Windsor distr-ct, Ellington, except the part north of 
Tolland, was included in that district, being at that time included in the 
town of East Windsor. The Ellington probate district was established 
in 182ti, including the towns of Ellington, Vernon, and Somers. In 
1^84, Somers was made a sejiarate district. 

Judges were appointed annually by the General Assembly till 1851. 
Since that time they have been elected by the people. These elections 
were annual till 1876, when they were made biennial. 

The judges of Ellington ])robate district have been as follows : 
1826 to 1833, Asa Willey : 1833-34, Benjamin Pinney ; 1834-35, Asa 
Willey : 1835-38, Benjamin Pinney : 1838-41, Asa Willey : 1841-42, 
Oliver H. King: 1842-44. Thaddeus C. Bruce: 1844-46, Phineas Tal- 
r,,tt: 1846-47, Joel W. Smith: 1847-50, Phineas Talcott : 1850-51, 
Thaddeus C. Brace; 1851-54, Phineas Talcott: 1854-55, Dwight 
Loomis: 1855-57, Frank W. Perry: 1857-58, Phineas Talcott: 1858- 
70, Caleb Hoi)kins ; 1870-90, Gelon W. West: 1890—, Lyman T. Tingier. 

In sixty-five years eleven dift"erent persons have held this office. 
.Messrs. Willey, Pinney, Smith, and Hopkins lived in Ellington, the 
cithers in Vernon. Asa Willey was judge eleven years, Benjamin Pin- 
w\ four years, 0. H. King one year, Thaddeus C. Bruce three years, 
Phineas Talcott nine years, J. W. Smith one year, Dwight Loomis one 
\ oar, F. W. Perry two years, Caleb Hopkins twelve years, G. W. West 
twenty years, and L. T. Tingier one year. 

Judijex of the County Court : Three citizens of Ellington have iieen 
judges, or associate judges, of the Tolland county court. Asa Willey was 
presiding judge from Jlay, 1826, to May, 1835. Some account of him 
is given a few pages farther on, under the title "Lawyers residing in 
Ellington." Benjamin Pinney was associate judge from Jfay, 1835, to 
May, K!38, and })residing judge from May, 1842, to May, 1844, and from 
May, 1846, to May, 1847. He was born in Ellington July 4, 1780. He 
was a man of strong will and determination of character, and an ardent 
politician. He held many town othces. and was representative in the 
General Assembly in 1823, 1824, 1833, and 1852. He died June 9, 
isco. 

.Inhii Hall was associate justice from May, 1812, to May, 1818. 
He was born in Ellington Feb. 26, 1783, was graduated at Yale in 1802, 
and was tutor in that institution from 1804 to 1807. On account of 
feeble healtli he did not enter a profession, but jmrchased a farm on the 



820 HISTORY OF ASriENT WINDSOR. 

west side of the village, which, liy thorough and scientific cultivation, 
became very productive. He was also the pioneer in planting trees along 
th(! village street and thus improving the town. His most important 
work was the establishing of the Ellington School, an account of which 
is given on sul)sequent pages. In 1815 and 1819 he represented the 
town in the tJeneral Assembly. Through life he enjoyed the respect 
and confidence of his townsmen. He died ()ctol>er 2,1847. 

\'I. Tlte Conyregational Church and Socicti/. 

As stated on previous i)ages, the society or parish was cstahlislied 
in October, 1735, and the church was organized soon after. On the 20th 
of December, 1737, the i)arish voted to build a meeting-house forty-five 
feet long and thirty-five wide, with twenty-foot posts; more than two- 
thirds of the parish being in the aflirmative, and l)eing well agreed as to 
the site. In May following they petitioned the Assembly to confirm their 
choice without putting them to the expense of a committee to selec't a 
site ; also, on account of the increased value of the lands by building a 
meeting-house, they rerpiested leave to tax the lands owned by non-resi- 
dents ; but their petition was negatived in both houses. In May, 1730, 
a ])etition was again presented to the Assenddy, stating that timber for 
tlie meeting-house had been prepared, and requesting the appointment 
of a committee to fix ujjon a site before the close of the session, that it 
could be accepted by the Assembly and the work proceeded with. 'J'hey 
also requested the appointment of the same gentlemen who fixed the 
limits of the parish. The Assend)ly appointed Capt. Thomas AVells, 
Capt. Joseph Pitkin, and Capt. Jonathan Hills, who at once attended to 
their duty, selected the spot already cdiosen by the society, and made 
their report : whereupon the Assendily resolved "■ that the place so afiixed 
shall be the place whereon said inhabitants shall l)uild their meeting- 
house for divine worship ; and the said inhaliitants are hereby <>r(lcre(l 
to ])roceed to build the same at said place aecor<lingly." 

The first meeting-house was built sume lil'ty or sixty feet east of the 
fence which extends north and south nearly in front of Edwin Talcott's 
house. It fronted southward and continurd (o lie used sixty-seven years, 
till 1S0(). it was never jiainted, either within or without, and never 
plastered, but slieathed up inside to the lal'lers, wliieli wei-e exposed to 
view within. [It is said, on excellent aiilboiity. that, at its /vn'.v//;//, all 
the men belonging to Ellington sat down together on the east sill <>!' th(> 
frame. — ii. u. s.] 

On till' 24th of Deei'inber, 1800. the society voted, .")0 to 21, to 
build a new meeting-house, and appointed a connnittee to go to the 
county court, to have a committee chosen by the court to fix the site. 
Three such eonnnittees were chosen in succession, Ijiit thi'ii- several re- 



ELLINGTON fONfiREGATIONAI, CHURCH. 821 

ports were rejected by the society. At leugtli ii re|)ort made by a com- 
mittee chosen by the society was accepted, Dec. ti, 1802, by a vote of 27 
t.. 17, and on the 16th of March, 1803, the society voted, 39 to 7, to 
build on the spot thus chosen, the ex))cnsc to be met by vending: the 
I lews. It was also voted tiiat the new meeting-house be completcfl l)y 
Oct. 1, 180;"). It was not finished till a few months later, and was (U^di- 
cated June 25, 1806, on which occasion a sermon was preached by (he 
pastor, Mr. Brockway, which was afterward printed. On the 27tli of 
.hine, 1806, the society voted that the Rev. Mr. Brockway, in future, 
should abandon the old meeting-house and preach in the new meeting- 
liouse, one conservative member voting in the negative. This building 
stood on the park, directly opposite the present church, and fronted 
south. It was taken down and removed to Rockville in 1868, where it 
is nftw known as " White's Opera House." 

It received extensive modifications in 1831), a floor being laid over 
tlie whole building on a level with the galleries, the lower jiart being 
used after that time for a town hall, and the upper part (iccujiied for re- 
ligious services. 

About 1860 there began to be discussion aliout Ijuilding a new 
meeting-house. !>everal years afterward a considerable sum was sub- 
scribed for that purpose, and on the 28th of March, 1867, the suli- 
scril)ers met for organization and action. Six months later a committee 
was a])pointed to press the matter, which was done so effectively that 
tJu" new edifice was speedily completed and was dedicated Aug. 26, 1868. 
It stands on the south side of the street, directly op|)osite the location of 
the previous meeting-house. The town voted a large appropriation in 
aid of the building, in considei'ation of which a room for a town hall was 
fitted up in the basement. 

In the first hundred and fifty years of the chuicji it had fifteen set- 
tled pastors. The first of these was Rev. John Mc^Kinstry. He was 
l)orn in the parish of Brode, county of Antrim, in the north of Ireland, 
iu 1677, of Scotch parents, who had removed thither from the vicinity of 
Kdiuburgh to escape ])ersecution in the reign of Charles II. He was 
educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he received the degree 
of M.A. in 1712. In 1718 he was one of a large company who emigrated 
from the north of Ireland to New England. He was chosen pastor of 
tiie church in Sutton, Mass., March 21, 1720, and settled Nov. 0, 1720. 
His pastorate there cndrd in September, 1728. Some little time after- 
wards, as he was journeying witb his family toward New York city, be 
was delayed in East Windsor liy the illness of his wife and was invited 
to preach at " Goshen." Tlu; result was his continuance there a quarter 
of a century, till the end of his life. In 1781 a definite agreement was 
made with him to minister there. This was four or five vears before the 



822 HISTORY (IF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

society uiid the i'liiir<;li were organized. After that Di-gaiiizatioii he was 
regularly settled as i)astor. The date of his settlement cannot be ascer- 
tained, because the records of both church and society for the first half 
century have disapjieared. Uis salary for the first four years was forty 
pounds a year and his firewood, and for the ne.xt two years fifty pounds 
and firewood. In Jlay, 1737, he petitioned the Assembly for an increase, 
alleging that his salary was too small, and that the ability of liis people 
was not eiiual to their benevolence. lie therefore requested that the 
lands in the ])a-rish owned by non-residents might be taxcii for the next 
six years and the proceeds added to his present small salary. His peti- 
tion was negatived in Itoth houses. He had previously bought of An- 
drew .McKee a piece of land in Ellington, by deed dated April 27, 1736. 
On this he built a house, very elegant for those days, which stood near 
the spot occu]iied by tlie residence of the late Mr. Austin Tilden. Public 
worship was held in this house before the first meeting-house was 
erected. [Three yi'aj-s after, he l)ought about thirty acres of land ad- 
joining his first purchase, of Simon Parsons — deed witnessed l)y Daniel 
Ellsworth, John Fairfield, and Samuel Parsons. — WIikLw)- Rec-I 

In May, 1747, a ])etition was presented to the Assemlily by Danirl 
Ellsworth, agent for the society, "representing the burdens lying upon 
said parish by the diminution of their inhabitants, and the resignation 
of their minister in his pastoral office, and their inability to settle an- 
other minister, and pi-aying for a tax on all the unimproved lands 
within said jiarish." The Assembly granted the petition by authorizing 
a tax of four pence an acre on all such lands for four years, for the use 
and benefit of the parish (^Col. Rec, p. 314). Mv. McKinstry, though he 
resigned in 1747, seems to have continued to be pastor, at least nomi- 
nally, until 1749. He resided in Ellington until his death, January 20. 
1754, at the age of 77. He preached on the Sunday before his deatli. He 
was sensible, pious, a sound Calvinist, plain in maniuu-s, and spolve a broad 
Scotch dialect. His widow, originally a Miss Fairfield of Wenhain, Essex 
County, Mass., ilicd in 171)2, aged SI. One of bis daughters, while on a 
visit to Massachusetts, was i<iiied liy a sIum' who hoped thereliy to secure 
his freed(mi,l)ut was executeil tlierefor. Some disagreement between liiiu 
and the church arose in his later years, in regard to church discijiline. He 
considered hims(>lf unjustly treated, and for that i-eason was unwilling to 
have his grave among the gi'aves of his jieople. He therefore selected an- 
other spot forl)urial, now i<nown as the McKinstry Jiurial Ground. Many 
of his descendants have lieen buried there with him. His oldest son was 
the first pastor at ( 'liicojiee, Mass., from 1752 to 1813. Another son 
was a physician in 'i'aunton, Mass., for 15 or 20 years, until 1775. 
There are many descciKlants of Mr. McKiusti-y now living in various 
]mrts of the country, a few of them in Ellington. 



I>AST()I!S (IF ELLTNCTON CONCREGATION AL niUKCIl. 823 

'J'lie second niiuister, Nathanifx IIuntinoton, was liorn in Wind- 
li;ini. Conn., t>;i-a(ln:it(Ml at Yale in 1747, was onlainoil jiastor in Octolicr, 
174H, and died of consiiniptidn, Ajiril -JS. 17")(;. in liis :!-Jd year. His 
uravc is in Ellington. 

The tliird minister was Skth Norton, born in Farmington, gradn- 
atcil at Yale in 17;")! [from wliieh, as well as from llarvaid University, 
lie altcruards received the degree of M.A.]. 'I'lic date of liis oidinaiioii 
is iniloKiwn. He died of consnm])tion, .January 11*, 17ti-, in liis :!lst 
\car. anil was intci'i'cd in i<]llington. 

The fourth ndnister, John IJliss, was a native of Longmeadow, 
Mass., graduated at Yale in 1701, was ordained in October, 17t!4, and 
dismissed in December, 1780. He resided in Ellington till his death, 
February 13, 1790, in his 54th year. 

After his dismissal the church remained without a pastor till 17111. 
'i'hc people felt the burdens of the Revolutionary war, and were nnalile 
to maintain a minister. The salary of Mr. Bliss was not fully paid till 
•March, 1785. On the 17th of November, 1785, the society voted to set- 
tle JMr. Daniel Thomessen, or Tomblensen, as their minister. The call 
was repeated a month later, but was not accepted. The person lefencd 
to was doubtless Jlr. Daniel Tomlinson, a native of Derby, and a giadu- 
ate of Yale in 1781. He was jiastor at Oakham, Mass., from 1780 to 
1s4l*. More than three years afterward, Feb. 23, 1789, a call was given 
lo |)a\id Hale, a native of Coventiy, and a graduate of Yale in 1785. 
'J'liis call was declined, and six months later, August 31, 1789, John 
Ellsworth, a native of Ellington, and a classmate of Mr. Hale, was in- 
\ ited to be pastor in his native town. He also declined. He was a 
grandson of Mr. McKinstry, the first minister. He died November 22, 
17'.il, and his gravestone is in the McKinstry burying ground. 

In November, 1790, a call was given to Azcl Backus, a native of 
Norwich, and a graduate of Yale in 1787. He did not accept, but (he 
next year he became pastor at Bethlem (how Bethlehem), Conn., and 
after a pastorate of 22 years there he accepted the presidencn- of Hamil- 
ton College, Clinton, N. Y., where he died in 181t;. 

Till' fifth minister, Joshua Lkonaud, was boin in Raynliam, .Mass., 
.lime 25, 176i), and graduated at Brcjwn University in 1788 [receiving 
his second degree at Yale in 1792]. He was ordained September 7, 
1791, and dismissed in October, 1798. He died at Cazenovia, New York, 
Hecember 18, 1843. 

The sixtli pastoi- was Diodate I'ROfKWAV. lie was a son of |{ev. 
Thomas Broekway (Vale, 17t>>!). pastor of thr chnrrb in Columbia, 
Conn., where lii^ was boi-n December 2H, 177(). Ih; was graduated at 
Yale in 1797, and ordained jiastor at Ellington, Septend)er 18, 1799, 
his fatliiM' preaching the sermon fi-om a platform erected under the elms 



824 IITSTOHY OF ancient WINDSOR. 

iuljuiiiing the cliurch. His salary for several years was £110, aud tlir 
use of about fifty acres of laud laid out for the Iieuefit of the ministry. 
In 1813 he tendered his resignation l)eeause the salary was inadequate 
to support his family. Instead of acce])ting his resignation, the soeiety 
added 50 per cent, to his salary, and he relin(|uislic(l the use of the par- 
sonage land. In February, 1821, he relincpiished scM'nty dnllars of his 
salary for the current year, and continued to do the same; for the two 
following years. He performed the duties of his office till May, 1829, 
when ill-health obliged him to ask for a colleague. The pastoral rela- 
tion was continued unchanged till his death, January 27, 1849, at the 
age of 72, after a fifty -years pastorate. He was a member of the coi-po- 
ration of Yale College from 1827 till the close of his life. During his 
whole life 

"he enjoyed tlie public estoeiu to a degree, and witli an uniinnnity tliat lias seldom 
fallen to the lot of any clergyman. Perhaps very few persons whose lives were pro- 
tracted until old age, so remarkably escaped the ill-will of tlieir fellow-men as Mr. 
Brockway. Even the most worthless delighted to speak of liini with high esteem and 
veneration. Possessing the kindliest feelings of nature, and having in his own family 
an unusual amount of affliction, in the form of disease and death, he knew how to .sym- 
pathize with those who were called to mourn. He possessed in a rare degree that 
union of qualities which made his [iresence equally agreeable at a funeral and at a wed- 
ding: he was therefore often invited out of his precincts to officiate on tho.se occasions. 
Kindness to the poor, gentleness to the young, and equal affability to all, were marked 
features in his character. Possessing superior abilities as a pastor, lie had l)ecome a 
father in the ministry, .and the common title, ' Father Brockway,' truly expressed the 
regard in which he was held far beyond the limits of his own i)arisli." ' 

On the 19tli of August, 1880, a call was given to Rev. Henry Rob- 
inson, a native of (iuilford (^'ai(•, isll, Audover, 1810), luit was not 
accepted. 

The Rev. Lavius Hyde was the seventh pastor. He was born in 
Franklin, Conn., January 29, 1789, graduated at Williams College in 
1813, and at Audover Seminary in 1816. He was installed in Novem- 
ber, 1830, dismissed Feliruary 4, 1834, and died at Vernon, April 3, 
186.5, aged 76. His grave is in Ellington cemetery. 

After his dismisstil a call was given, in March, 18;!4, to Rev. .hiiiics 
W. Ward (Dartmouth, 1826, Audover, 1830), which was not accepted. 
In August, 1834, Rev. John Boardman (Dartmouth, 1817, Andover, 
1820), was invited to tlu> pastorate, but he declined. 

The eighth pastor, Rev. EzEKlEL JIaksh, was l)orn in Smith Dan- 
vers (now Peabody), Mass., October .5, 1808, graduated at Bowdoin Col- 
lege in 1831, and at Yale Seminary in 1834. He was ordained April 29, 

' A biography is contained in lion. 'I'hom.is Day's Memoirs of t/u- Clfms of 17'J7. See 
also Dwifflit's Tnnvlx. It is related of him that he fell from the tower of tne church 
dedicated in 1806, a distance of 65 feet, and was not killed. His son. Hon. John Hall 
Brockwav. was in V. S. Congress, 18.39-4.3. 



PASTORS OF ELLINGTOX CONGREGATION A I. rUrRCH. 825 

1885, <1 ism isscd April 29, 1844, and died of consunipfiou at Knfield, Aiig'tisf; 
80, 1844, at the age of 36. His grave is in I'eabody, ^lass. 

His successor, the ninth pastor, was Xathaxiel If. Egcleston, a 
native of Hartford. He was born May 7, 1822, graduated at Yale in 
1840, and at Yale Seminary in 1848, was ordained February 19, 1845, 
and dismissed March 4, 1850. He now resides in Wasliington, D. C. 

Rev. George I. Wood, the tenth pastor, was born in Stamford, May 
20, 1814, gi'adnated at Yale in 1833, and at Yale Seminary in 1838. He 
was installed Jinie 26, 1850, and dismissed July 20, 18.54. He now re- 
sides in AVashington, D. C. 

The next pastor, tlie eIev(Mith in the succession, was Ive\ . Thomas 
K. Fessenden. He was born in Brattleborough, Vt., Septemlier 10, 
1>!13, graduated at Williams College in 1833, and at Yale Seminary 
in 1837. He was installed January 30, 1855, and dismissed Noveml>er 
10, 1864. He has since resided in Farmington. 

lie was followed by Rev. Horace B. Woodworth, a native of (Jhel- 
M a, \'t., where he was born March 1, 1830. The twelfth pastor gradu- 
;ited at Dartmouth in 1854, and at the Theological Institute of Connecti- 
iiit — now Hai-tford Seminary — in 1861. He was installed February 
8, 1865, and dismissed August 24, 1869. He is now living in Grand 
Forks, North Dakota. 

From October 21,1869, Rev. Geo. I. Wood, a former pastor, was actuig 
jiastor for eighteen months, till the spring of 1871. Rev. John C. Moses 
was installed the thirteenth pastor, Sej)tember 13, 1871. He was a na- 
tive of Ticonderoga, New York, and was born February 25, 1824. He 
was graduated at the State Normal School in Albany, N. Y., in 1846, 
and at Auburn Seminary in 1852. His pastorate was terminated by his 
dismissal, October 22, 1872. He is now living in Clinton, Iowa. 

Rev. Shear.iashub Bourne was acting pastor from December 15, 
ls72, for two and a half years, till June, 1875. He was born in Bristol, 
|{. 1.. December 28, 1822, graduated at Yale in 1849. and at AndovcM- in 
1S,");1. His residence is now Bristol, R. 1. 

Tlie next Jiastor, the fourteenth, was David .^. lloi.iiiiooK. He was 
liorn in Chester, Mass., October 29, 1848, gradiuit.Hl at Yale in 1872, 
and at Yale Seminary in 1875. He was ordained J[ay 4, 1876, and dis- 
missed on account of ill-health October 11, 1880. \h) died of consum[)- 
tion at New Haven, January 25,1881, aged 32. 

The (Ifteenth pastor. Rev. Sylvanus C. Kendall, was born in Sears- 
mont, Maine, November 23, 1824, graduated at Amherst in 1848, and at 
Andover in 1852. He was installed April 20, 1881, and dismissed Seji- 
tember 14, 1886. He now lives in Bradford, Mass. 

Rev. William T. Hutchins lieeame acting jiastor Dci-cniiier 19,1886. 
He was born in Springfield, Mass., January 20, 1849, and graduated at 
Vol. I.— 104 



826 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Yale Seminary in 1870. A rail to settle as |iastor was extemleil to liini 
in September, 1887, and lie was installed .Inne 13, 1888. 

Deacons of the Church in JJJIiiii/foi. As the cluireli records prrvi- 
ons to 1799 have long been lost, no coniplete list of these oHieers can ]h' 
made. The list given hei-ewith is as nearly complete as practicable. 



Names. 


Elected. 


Died. 


Age. 


Timothy Nash, 


Unknown. 


March 15, 1750. 


57 


Isaac Davis, 






Unknown. 


I'likiiown 


Job Drake, 


" 




Kemoved from the town. 




Hubbard, 






" 




David Skinner, 


" 




Unknown. 


liiknown 


Medina Fitch, 






Nov. 14, 1793. 


70 


Jonatlian Porter, 






July 5, 1783. 


71 


Itliamar Binjchani, 


" 




April 26, 1791. 


63 


John Hall, 


" 




May 26, 1796. 


52 


Gurdon Ellsworth, 






June 36, 1803. 


65 


Rufns CoUin.s, 






July 20, 1808. 


57 


Joseph Kingsbury, 






Aug. 29, 1823. 


66 


John H. Goodrich, 


May 4, 


ISO!). 


Hcmoved elsewhere. 




Jolin Newell, 


Oct. 17 


, 1813. 


Feb. 11, 1836. 


7s 


Benjamin Pinuey, 


Oct. 17 


, 1812. 


June 9, 1860. 


81 1 


Charles Sexton, 


Nov. 3 


1836. 


Removed elsewhere. 




Noah Pease, 


Oct. 2, 


1835. 


Feb. 23, 1876. 


84 


Dan Russell, 


Oct. 2, 


1835. 


Oct. 27, 1840. 


47 


Julius S. namniond. 


Oct. 4, 


1856. 


Jan. 23, 1878. 


79 


Kchvin Talcott, 


May 1, 


1803. 


Still in olhce. 




Elisha Smith, 


May 1, 


1863. 


Feb. 38, 1876. 


51 


Henry Beebe, 


March 14, 187S. 


Still in office. 





AMI. 2'hc MethoJist Episcoi><d Churrh. 

A church of this order was formed in the northeast part of the town 
as early as 1790. It has usually been united with one or two other 
churches, especially those in Tolland and West Stafford, the whole form- 
ing a kind of circuit under the charge of the same iiiiuister or niinisti'is. 
The following list gives the names of the ministers who have had charge 
of this church : 1700, Nathaniel 15. Mills ; 1791, liemuel Smith. Men- 
zies Raynor; 1792, Hope Hull, (ieorge Roberts, F. Aldridge ; 17!»:'>, Jo- 
seph Lovell ; 1794, Lenniel Smith, George Pickering; 1795, ('hristoi)hcr 
Spry, Nathaniel Sneathing; 1790, Evan Rogers; 1797 . . (?) 1798, 
Lawrence McComb; 1799, Daniel Ostrander; 1800, Abner Wood : ISOI, 
Justus Jocelyn, Henry Eames ; 1802, Elijah iJaeheler, .VIe.xander Mc- 
Lean ; 1803, Augustus Joeelyn, Elijah IJacheler ; iSdi, John (Jove; 
1805, Noble W. Thomas, i'.enjamiu Hills; 180(i. John Tinkham, Tli.'- 
o])hilus Smith; 1807, Hollis Sampson, (!. R. Morris; 1808, I'.enjamiu V. 
Landlord [or Landiert]; 1809, U(uijamin 1'. Hills, William llinnian; 
1810, Joel Steel, Samuel Cutler; 1811, Philij) Mimger, Robert Arnold ; 



METHODIST El'ISCOPAL riHUini, ELLINCTON. 827 

1812, Elias jMarl.le, Tliomas Tucker; 181;5, Kdwaid Jlydo, Benjamin 
Sal.in : 1814, Joel Winde, Jol) Pratt; 1815, William Marsh, 0. Roberts; 
181ti, Salmon Winchester, Nathan Payne; 1817, Benjamin Sai^n, 
Salmon Winchester ; 1818, Leonard Bennett, Hezekiah Davis; 1819, 
L. Bennett. Francis Dane; 1820, Ebenezcr Blake; 1821, Ehen.-zcr 
IJlake, Daniel Dorchester ; 1822, Joel W. McKee, Allen Barnes ; 1823, 
Joseph Ireson, John W. Case; 1824, Moses Fifield, J. Ireson, Seth 
Cogswell; 182;"), Elisha Frink, B. F. Lambert, Leonard B. Griffin; 1820. 
Erastns Otis, Daniel L. Fletcher; 1827, Erastns Otis, Rufiis Si)aiilding: 
1828, Hermon Perry, (icorge Stone; 1829, Hezekiah S. Ramsdell, Paul 
Townsend, Horace Moulton; 1830, John W. Case, Paul Townsimd ; 
1831, H. S. Ramsdell, Jefferson Haskell; 1832, Nehemiah Rogers, 
Charles flayward ; 1833, Moseley Dwiglit, Hiram Gregg, William AVit- 
cutt; 1834, Ezra Wlthoy, Loren Pierce; 1835, Leonard B. Griffin, Proc- 
tor Marsh ; 1830, L. B. Griffin, John Cad well ; 1837, Stephen Gushing. 
Robert D. Easterbrook ; 1838, James Shephard, Asa Niles ; 1839, Asa 
Xiles, Moses Stoddard, Loren C. Collins ; 1840, Lorenzo W. Blood, Lyman 
Leffingwell ; 1841, L. W. Blood, Edmund A. Standish ; 1842, Warren 
Emerson, John Standish ; 1843, Isaac Sherman ; 1844, Abraham Hol- 
uay; 1845-0, Charles Morse : 1847, J. Burleigh Hunt ; 1848-49, B. M. 
Walker; 1850, W. W. Hurd ; 1851-52, Charles Dixon; 1853-4, Ziba 
Loveland; 1855, E. Strobridge ; 1850-57, William Philips ; 1858, Fred- 
eric C. Newell; 1859, Joseph Smith; 1800-01, George W. Coi-tiss; 
1802, Nathan F. Culver ; 1803, George Burnham ; 1804, D. L. Brown ; 

1805, Boyington; 18G0, William Dixon; 1807, Isaac Forlies; 

1808-70, Leonard S. Goodell ; 1871-74, AVilliaui Dixon; 1875-70, 
Henry Arnold ; 1877-78, Ijconard S. (}ood(!ll ; 1879, no regular preach- 
ing; 1880-84, 0. E. Thayer; 1885, J. B. Ackley ; 1880-89, O. E. 
Thayer; 1890-91. 

A church edifice was built about 1798, l)ut was not completed till 
1822. It was burned about 1830. The ])resent edifice, on a site ojipo- 
silr to tlial of (hi' previous one, was buiil in 1S34. 

Tlie Advent OImri:h. 

This is an offshoot from the Methodist Church, and dates from (he 
".Millerite" excitement in 1841-42. The congregation still have oc- 
casional services. 

\'1I1. The Baptht Church. 

A Baptist society was formed January 17, 1842, at (lie house of 
Thomas King, where Mr. Shippey now lives. A Baptist church was 
organized Febi-uary 8, 1842, consisting of six mciiil)ers, which number 
was increased within two or three years to thirty-two. Services were 



828 niSTORY OF ancient WINDSOR. 

held for two luonth.s in the .scliDolliouse of tlu' center ilistiiet, afterw:inls 
at the conferenee house belonging to membei-s of the Congregational 
Society, now Mr. Mandell's residence. Rev. Geoi-ge Mixtei' was the 
pastor. 

Meetings of the society were held at intervals for nearly three 
years, the last one Dec. 25, 1844. A vote was passed Oct. 11, 1842, 
"That when the Society build a meeting-house they build within half a 
mile of Ellington green." 'i'ln' list of members of the; soci(>ty contains 
the names of forty-two persons, but several of these had little moi'c than 
a nominal membership. The organization had neither the numbers nor 
the resources recpnsite for a vigorous and prosperous existence. The 
leading men soon saw that the project could not succeed, the minister 
removed from the town, and jmblic services ceased. The church was 
not formally dislmnded, but when the Baptist Church in Rockville was 
formed, in June, 1849, some of those who had been members of the 
Ellington church were among the original members of that new organiza- 
tion, and the record Ijooks of the Ellington church and society are now 
used for keeping tlu^ records of the church and society of Rockville. 

Rev. George Mixter was l)orn in Monson, Mass., Jan. 7. 1795. lb- 
had no distinctively theological education, but began to in-each in Mtnison 
and Wilbraham about 1835. He was ordained and settled at Wales, 
Mass., in 1836, and removed from there early in 1842 to Ellington, 
where he remained about three years. He afterwards preached at vari- 
ous places in eastern Connecticut till 1862, when he gave up pastoral 
work on account of failing health, but contiinied to |preach occasion;di\ . 
He died at Sonierville, (!onn.. .Ian. 8, 1879. 

IX. Schooh. 

Mention is made of a school at "Great JIarsh" in 1724, several 
years before the j)arish of Ellington was incorporated. The records of 
the parish or society previous to 1786 have long been lost, but there is 
no reason to doubt that during that half century it maintained one or 
more schools, as the law required. 

The earliest votes of the society that have been i)reserved are dated 
Nov. 7, 1785. One of them is this : " Voted to apply to the gineral 
assembly to be held at hartford in may next to let the Parish of Elinton 
of as a town." This ai)plication was granted in May, 1780. On tlu- 
6th of December, 1785, Col. Joseph Abbott, Dea. Ithanuir Hinghani, 
Gurdon Ellsworth, Lieut. Matthew Hyde, Hezekiah Russell, Ichabod 
Wadsworth, .John Shurtleif, and Ezekiel McKinstry were ajipointed 
school ctnnmittee. Messrs. Abliott and McKinstry were designated ''to 
take care of the school money belonging to this parish, and ajjply the 



THE SCHOOLS OF ELLINGTON. 829 

same to the use of the ]>arish." The amount of this money depended, in 
|iart, upon the Grand Ijist of the parish, wliicii is stated in these same 
I'ecords to have lieen for 1785, i£li,617, Ok, Sti/. Th(! rate; of taxation for 
schools, as estaidished by cohniial hiw in 1702, was "forty shilliu<;s u]ion 
every thousand pounds." 

At a town mtu^tinu- iiehl in Decenilicr, 1788, a eonnnitteo was ap- 
pointed " to revise the school districts." This implies that separate dis- 
tricts had been formed before that time. This comnuttee reported Dec. 
14, 178VI, and in accordance with their recommendation the town voted 
that there should be seven districts, and designated what families should 
be included in each. No exact territorial boundaries were cstaldished, 
not being then required. The districts now numbered one to five (corre- 
spond in general with those so designated a hundred years ago. The 
other two were in the part of the town lying north of Tolland. 

In 1798 the oversight of schools was transferred from towns ti> 
school societies. A new district was formed in the center of the town 
in April, 1812, including parts of Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 5. At the same time 
the most eastern district in " Equivalent " was divided into two districts, 
liut they were re-united in 1820. In 1814 the new central district was 
designated by vote of the school society No. 6, and the thi'ce Eciuivalent 
districts as Nos. 7, 8, and 9, until the two last named were reunited in 
ls20. A new district was formed at the west side of the town Maidi 1, 
1822, which has since been known as No. 9. 

The town gave consent, by vote passed Jan. 7, 1807, that the south- 
east part of the town should become part of the Rockville East district 
in the town of Vernon. October 4, 1869, three families in the north- 
west })art of the town were set off to the 7th district of East Windsor. 

Toirn Deposit Fiitnl. At a town meeting held Jan. 23, 1837, the 
town appointed Asa Willey its agent to receive from the State Treasui-er 
its portion of the " Surplus Revenue" distributed to the States by act of 
Congress, passed June 23, 1836. The money thus received is now 
known as the " Town Deposit Fund." The amount assigned to Elling- 
ton was -13,736.93. The town voted, Aug. 28, 1837, to appropriate the 
whole income of this fund to the use of common schools, to be divided 
equally among the school districts. But the next year, Dec. 3, 1838, 
the town voted that one-half of the interest accruing from Oct. 1, 1837, 
to Oct. 1, 1838, should be used for ordinary town expenses, the other 
half for schools. The law of the State until 1855 pei-nntted such use of 
till' mone}'. 

Local School Fund. There is a fund lielonging to th(> town amoimt- 
iug to •'S2,177, the income of which is yearly applied for public schools. 



830 HISTORY OK ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

The origin of this fund is not now known witli ccrtaintv. A iiart of it 
is believed to have come from the sale of lands in the pai-ish which were 
at first reserved for hisrhways. A part may have come from tlie 
" Western Lands " (so called), that is, those now forming nine towns in 
the northwest corner of the State. The sale of those lands was ordered 
hy the General Assembly in 1733, l>ut no actual sales were made until 
five years later. The whole amount received by the Colony is iielieved 
to have been about £70,000. Another source of the local school funds 
was " Excise moneys," granted by acts of the General Assembly ])assed 
in 17(36 and 1774. The school fund belonging to the town was in ex- 
istence before the close of the eighteenth century. 

Schools of a hu/lier order. On the 10th of October, 1831, the school 
society voted, by two-thirds of those present, to institute a school of a 
higher order, the society to be at no exjiense for providing a l)uililing. 
Notliing ever came of this vote. 

But private enterprise had already established a school whicii foi- 
many years was of great benefit to the community. In 1825, Mr. John Hall 
opened a school, primarily for the instruction of his own children, though 
it was not limited to them. It was taught in a small building then 
standing a short distance east of the spot now occupied by the house of 
Austin Tilden. A graduate of Yale was employed as teacher, and both 
boys and girls were received as pupils. This school was contiiiueil till 
1829. The building is now the residence of Lemuel P. Henry. 

This was succeeded by " the Ellington School," which was incoipo- 
rated by the General Assembly in 1829. Mr. Hall and several promi- 
nent gentlemen of New Haven, Hartford, and other places, were the 
trustees. A large and handsome building, 128 feet in length, was 
erected on the gentle rise of ground west of the village, where Joseph 
Bancroft's house now stands, and the school was opened in the autumn 
of 1829. Mr. Hall was princijial for ten years from that time, and his 
assistants were mostly graduates of Yale. Some of those teachers 
afterwards filled prominent positions. Of these may be named Hon. 
Alphonso Taft of Cincinnati ; Rev. Dr. Samuel G. Brown, a graduate of 
Dartmouth, professor there, and president of Hamilton College, N. Y.; 
Rev. Dr. John L. Taylor, professor in Andover Theological Seminary : 
Rev. Chester S. Lyman, j)rofessor in Yale University ; Rev. Dr. Edward 
Strong, i)astor in New Haven and Boston; Rev. Julius A. Reed, Home 
Missionary Superintendent in Iowa; Ariel Parish, principal of Westfield 
Academy and of the High School in Springfield, Mass., and Superin- 
tendent of Schools in New Haven ; Luther Wright, principal of Willis- 
ton Seminary, East Hampton, Mass.; and Rev. Stedman W. Hanlvs, Sec- 
retary of Seamen's Friend Society, Boston. 



THE EIJ.INTJTON SCHOOL. 831 

Tlio ])tipils, who wcro boys exclusivoly, caiuo not only from Connec- 
tit'ul. hut from Massachusetts, Rhode Ishmd, New York, and other 
states as far south as Louisiana ; also from the West Indies and Brazil. 
They were prepared either for college or for business life, and sonic of 
them afterward became men of prominence. Among them were Ifenry 
C. Deming, Representative in Congress; Henry W. Ellsworth, jMniister 
to Sweden ; Rev. Chaimcey Goodrich and Dr. Levi Ives of New Haven : 
Rev. Dr. John L. Taylor, already mentioned ; James W. 'I'uckcr, long a 
banker in Paris ; Fi'ancis Bacon of Litchfield, who died ere his prime; 
Colin M. Ingersoll of New Haven, Representative in Congi-ess ; Donald 
(1. Mitchell, the well-known author; Frederic Law Olmsted, the land- 
scajie architect who laid out New York Central Park ; Rev. Dr. Edward 
W. Oilman of New York ; Rev. C. S. Lyman, jjrevionsly named ; Gen. 
William 8. Pierson of Windsor ; Rev. Junius M. Willey of Bridgeport ; 
Robbins Battcll of Norfolk ; Ebenezer P. Mason, the enthusiastic young 
astronome;- ; William R. Bliss, a successful author ; Rev. Birdsey G. 
Northrop of educational fame ; Dr. Levi W. Flagg of Youkei-s, N. Y.; 
Rev. Dr. Gordon Hall of Northampton ; Gen. Francis P. Blair of St. 
Fjouis, Mo.; Rev. Dr. Azariah Eldridge of Yarmouth, Mass.; Rev. Dr. 
Edward E. Rankin of Newark, N. J.; Richard S. Dounell, Representa- 
tive in Congress from North Carolina. The whole number of pujiils in 
those ten years was a little over three hundred. During that time it 
was regarded as one of the foremost classical schools in the country. 
After it i)assed into other hands it came to have more the character of a 
village academy, receiving pu])ils of both sexes, and jjreparing very few 
lioys for college. It was continued, with varying fortunes, and with sev- 
eral changes of management, until about 1870. The building was de- 
stroyed l)y fire in October, 1875. 

In 1844, Edward Hall, the oldest son ..f the founder ..1' the Kiling- 
t<iu ScIkioI, established a family school which in a few years acquired an 
exeeilent reputation. The boys that were placed in his charge received 
a thorough training, both morally and intellectually. The .sehool was 
maintaiued successfully for nearly thirty years, and many lioys li\ ing 
in (lie iiiwii, as well as those from aliroad, were profited by the <ip|)or- 
tiuiilies which it afforded. 

For nearly half a century the two men. father ami son. weie lore- 
most in promoting education in the eoniniunity. I'hese two seliools ob- 
viated Ibe necessity for any other school <>f a higher rank than the dis- 
trict schools. Beside these schools there have bei'u select schools main- 
tainecl usually for a few terms only, also private schools established l>y 
individuals. The most important of these were the schools of Mrs. E. 
I). Marsh and Miss E. C. Bmi'kwav. 



832 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

X. Lawyers who resided in Ellington. 

Asa WiLLEY. lie was born in East Haddam, Feb. 22, 1774 ; 
studied law with Hon. Sylvester Gilbert of Hebron, and was admitted 
to the bar in Pebniaiy, 1801. He opened an office in Ellington about 
1803, and resided there the remainder of his life. lie represented the 
town in the General Assembly in May and October, 1810, 1814, 1816, 
1817, and 1818; in 1820,1822, 1825, 1826, 1828, 1829, 1834, 1836, 
1837, and 1843 — in all, twenty sessions. He was chosen chief judge 
of the County Court in 1826, and held the office by annual re-election 
till 1835. When the probate district of Ellington was established, in 
1826, he was appointed judge, and was reappointed yearly till 1833; 
also in 1834, 1838, 1839, and 1840, thus holding the office for eleven 
years. He was also a delegate to the convention which framed the 
State Constitution in 1818, and clerk of courts, 1850-51. He died 
Dec. 9, 1851. His only son, Junius Marshall Willey, became an Episco- 
pal minister. The house where he lived has been for many years the 
residence of Rev. (J. I. Wood. 

John Hall Brocmcway, the oldest child of Rev. Diodate Brockway, 
was born in Ellington, Jan. 31, 1801. He was graduated at Yale in 
1820. studied law with Seth P. Staples and Samuel J. Hitchcock in New 
Haven, and was admitted to the bar in that city in April, 1823. He 
opened an office in his native town, and resided there during his life. 
He represented the town in the General Assembly in 1832 and 1838. 
and was State Senator from the 'i'wentieth district in 1834. In April, 
1839, he was elected Representative in Congress from the Sixth district, 
comprising Windham and Tolland counties, and was re-elected in 1841. 
He was appointed State's Attorney for the county in 1849, and held the 
office until 1867. He died July 29, 1870. 

Franklin JI. Charter was born in Ellington, Jan. 21, 18.o2. Ilr 
stndied law in Rockviile, and with J. L. Barbour in Hartford, lie was 
admitted to the bar in 1887, and soon after openeil an otVice in Rock- 
viile, continuing to reside in I'^llingtun. lie has now an olVice in Miiiug- 
ton. 

XI. Phjjuiciaiis irho hare ju-articed in Ellintiton. 

Joel Carpenter, born in 1720, seems to have been the earliest 
physician resident in Ellington. His wife was Mary Ruggles, and of 
his four children the two sons became physi(^ians. He died in Elling- 
ton, Jan. 25, 1789. 

Robert Morison. A physician of this name lived in Ellington 
1757-61, as is indicated by the tombstones of his wife and an infant 
child in Ellington cemetery, fiittle has been learned about him, but he is 
believed to have come from Scotland, and to have remained in Ellington 
but a few years. 



THK PHYSICIANS (IF KLI.INCTON. 8-33 

Joseph Bissell Wadswokth was born ,iu Hartford in 1747, l>ut 
dnring his boyhood his home was in Windsor. Jle was graduated at 
Yak' College in 1700, and settled in Ellington in 1775. He was a sur- 
geon in the Revolutionary Army, and kept a journal during that time, 
l)ut it has been lost. " Old people invariably deseribed him as the hand- 
somest man and the most polished gentleman they ever knew. Besides 
his regular education, he possessed many elegant accomplishments rare 
among his contemporaries. A peculiar neatness and elegance of taste 
and style was a marked characteristic. He wore a large three-cornered 
hat, scarlet coat, white or yellow vest and breeches, and topped boots, 
— a costume which appears to have been rather frequent among those 
who occupied a high rank in society." 

The following letter written by him to his father-in-law, Mr. Allyn 
of Windsor, may be of interest: 

"Camp West Point, May 1, 1778. 
' Ilon'd Father: I return you my hearty thanks for the favor of your two 
letters. I can inform you that uotwithstaniling my taking a bad cold coming from 
home, whereby I have been incapable of joining my regiment until last Saturday, I 
am now, through the goodness of God, almost well. As to news, we have none here, 
excejit what you wrote. We have no enemies nigh that appear, but snakes; and tltey 
have not yet forgot the severity of winter, and I desire the time may come when the 
toric'S and ministerial tools may lie as still as the snakes have here the winter past. 

" Let me beg the favor of aline from jou every opportunity, as it will revive the 
spirits of your obedient sou, 

■'.losEPti B. Wadsworth. 

" jMy sincere regards to mamma and sisters and all friends. 

" P. S. I can not forget to return ^-ou my sincere thanks for the kind care you 
have taken of my family since my absence. May the choicest of Heaven's blessings 
rest on you, your family, as well as on tlicni, is the jirayer of j'our ob't son, in haste, 

"J. B. W.VDSWORTH. 

" N. B. I have now 21 under my care, sick with the measles, fevers, et<'." 

Dr. Wadsworth liied in Ellington, Mtircli 12, 1781, in the ;!7th year 
of his age. II(^ had a high reputation as a physician and surgeon. His 
house stood where Harlow J[aitin now lives. 

.losKPii Kingsbury was itoni in Ellington in Hod. He was the 
son ol' a i'armer, and in his latter ye;iis often described the habits of 
soeii'ty ill the days of his youth, 'riiuugli residing more than a mile 
from the meeting-house, he used in summer, until more than a dozen 
years old, to attend service without hat or coat, and with breeches that 
left the legs bare below the knees — a simplicity of dress, however, that 
was common to boys of his age in Ellington at that day. He wrote an 
elegant hand, which he had actpiired mostly by writing on birch bark, 
then in general use among school boys as a substitute for [lajn'r. Under 
similar disadvantages he acMpiired a good English education. At the 
age of twenty-one he enlisted in Washington's army for three years as 
Vol. I.— 10.-) 



834 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

a fifer. He was in tlic liattlcs of Monmouth, Germantown, and otlicr 
engagements, and sinned in the sufferings of that army during his time 
of service. He was also in tlie State troops as sergeant. It was his 
settled resolve in early life to he a physieian, and he did not relin(]uish 
this purpose when he entered the service of his country, but imj)roved 
his opportunities, when he had leisure, to frcfpient hospitals and learn 
by observation, as well as by instruction, which many of the surgeons 
willingly gave him. In this way he had obtained, before quitting the 
army, a considerable amount of professional knowledge, and after study- 
ing a while with Dr. J. B. Wadsworth he commenced practice. I>r. 
Wadsworth died in the sjjring of 1784, and four years afterward Dr. 
Kingsbury married his widow, who was a lady of wealth. As his 
health was not vigorous, he gradually withdrew from practice. He was 
considered an excellent jjliysician, and was one of the original members 
of the Tolland County Medical Society at its organization in Sejitember, 
179:^. He was, in most cases, jiartial to sim])Ie and botanic remedies ; 
his ideas on medical science were original ; his success often indicated 
a j)eculiar skill ; he enjoyed a high rank in his profession : health and 
poverty only were needed to urge him to exertions that must greatly 
have extended his fame. He was a deacon of the church for aliuut 
twenty-five years before his death. He was a gentleman of the nld 
school, and adhered to the costmne of the revolutionary age. He was 
through life regarded with high respect and esteem by the whole enni- 
munity, and was a rare instance of one who had the good fortune to 
ascend from eouiparatively humble life to tjie highest social rank in his 
native town, and yet i-etain the warm friendship of the eai'ly companions 
whom he had so greatly distanced. His i-esidence was twenty or thiity 
rods west of the eoiner where Harlow .Martin lives. He died August 
29, 1822, aged 66. 

Dr. James Steele, a native of Tolland, was a resident in Ellington 
as early as 1782, in which year he was married to Jemima Wolcott. 
He lived about a mile east iiy north from the church, in the house after- 
ward occupied by his son, Oliver Wolcott Steele, and now the residence 
of R. A. Taft. He was, however, rather a merchant than a physieian, 
and the store in which he traded, a few steps north of his house, has 
been taken down within a vei-y few years. He died January 15, l8l'.'. 

RuGGLES Carpenter, son of Dr. Joel Carpenter, above-mentioiu'd, 
was born in Ellington not later than 17()9, for he was admitted an 
elector in 1790. In 1791 he was collector of taxes in the ecclesiastical 
society. He practiced medicine in Ellington till 1813, when he re- 
moved to Tolland. After a few years he returned to Ellington, but 
soon I'emoved to some place in Massachusetts, and thence again to De 
Ruyter, Madison County, New York, where he died about 1840. His 



THE PHYSICIANS OF ELLIX(;TON. 385 

resiflfnoe in Ellingtou was about a mile and a half SDutheast of tho, vil- 
lage, where Mr. Patzokl now lives. 

.\i.LYN Hyde was born in Ellington, April r>. 111'-]. lie settled as 
a physician in his native town, where he practiced successfully till old 
age inii)aired his activity. He died August 28, 1855. He received the 
honorary degree of M.D. from Yale College in 1824. 

Epaphras Bidwell. In 1802 he was chosen treasurer of the 
ecclesiastical society. No further information has been received con- 
cerning him. 

PoTwiNE. A physician of this name lived in Ellington 

about 1822-25. [Probably Dr. Benjamin Pot wine, grandson of Rev. 
Thomas of East Windsor. See Potwine Genrnlo;/// in 2d volume of this 
history. — H. K. S.] 

MiLu L. North was born in Sharon, Conn.; graduatc-d at Yale Col- 
lege in 1813, and settled in Ellington as a physician in 1822. He re- 
moved to Hartford in 1828, and about ten years later to Saratoga 
Springs, N. Y., where he died in 1856. He received the degree of M.D. 
from Yale College in 183-1. 

Fp.ederic Morgan was a native of Groton, where? he was l)orn in 
171'2. He was graduated at Yale College in 1818; was tutor there 
1816-18; graduated M.D. in 1819: began practice at Colchester Jan- 
uary, 1820 ; removed to Middle Haddam in 1824, to Middletown in 
1826, and to Ellington in 1829. He returned to Colchester in 1830, and 
died there June 18, 1877. 

Chauncey Brown was born March 14, 1802; came to Ellington 
about 1830 ; removed to Farmington about 1833, and iiracticed there 
till his death, August 9, 1879. 

Horatio Dow was born in Ashford, January 30, 1793. lie studied 
lunlicine with Dr. Joseph Palmer of Ashfoni, and witli Dr. Uilbert of 
New Haven, where he attended lectures. He was licensed to ])ractice 
by the Connecticut Medical Society March 28, 1818, and received the 
honorary degree of M.D. from Yale College in 1833. He began prac- 
tice in Vernon in 1818 ; removed to Ellington in 1832. In 1846 he re- 
moved to New York, but returned to Ellington in 1849, and continued 
there till his death, September 28, 1859. 

Joseph Clark Dowe, brother of the ])receding, was born in Ash- 
ford, July 7, 1805; studied with his brother in Yernon, and at Yale 
Medical School. He prai^ticcd clscwhcrc for several years ; then came 
to Ellington in 1846. In the same year he received from Yale College 
the honorary degree of M.D. He removed to .Milwaukee, Wis., in 1848, 
and died there August 21, 1857. 

Calvin Pease was born in Ellington, November, 1820. He studied 
mi'dii'ino with Dr. Fisk of Broad Brook, and about 1850 settled in 



836 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Lebanon. About 1857 or '68 he returned to Ellington. Fn 18H2 he 
represented Ellington in the General Assembly. In the l;ittcr jmrt of 
the same year he became Assistant Surgeon of the Twenty-second Regi- 
ment, Conn. Vols., which served near Norfolk, Va. After l)eing mus- 
tered out, in 1863, he went South, and settled in Mississippi. In 1867 
he disappeared, and-was reported to be dead : but it was not certainly 
known what had liecome of hini, and some lielieved that he was living 
at a later time. 

John H. Manning was born in Lelianon, February 1, 1.S19, and 
graduated at Berkshire Medical Tollege, Pittsfield, Mass., in 1843. He 
came to Ellington in December, 1844, and remained there till March, 
1856, when he removed to Pittsfield, Jfass., where he died, November 
12, 1863. 

Levi S. Pease was bm-n in Wilbraham, Mass., Feliruary 12, 1823, 
and graduated at Pennsylvania Mc^dical College, Philadelphia, in 1846. 
He practiced in Elling-ton from 1847 to 1850, and at Thompsonville 
from 1850 till lu; died there, March 4, 1872, exceiit that he was Assistant 
Surgeon in the army from 1862 to 1866. 

Joel A. Warren was born at Irasburgh, Yt., February 15, 1834. 
He studied at Hanover, N. H., and at the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons, New York, graduating thei-e in 1860. He came to Ellington 
in June of that year, and resided there till his death, Dec. 25, 1890. 

Oliver W. Kellogg resided in Ellington two years, from 1867 to 
1869. He was born in Hartland, July 9, 1817 ; studied medicine at 
Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y., and at Jefferson Medical College, Phila- 
deli)hia, graduating there in 1842. He has practiced in Suffield since 
that time, exceiit the two years when he lived in Ellington. 

Joseph Partridge, a botanic physician, practiced in Ellington a 
few years. He was born in Cheshire, Mass., January 14, 1812 ; studied 
with a private teacher in Pittsfield ; practiced a few years in Stoning- 
ton. Conn.; came to Ellington in the fall of 1856, and remained there 
till his death, January 24, 1864. 

Edwin T. Davis was born in Richford, Vt.. October S, l,s63, and 
graduated in medicine at Burlington, Yt., in July, 1888. Li October 
of that year he commenced jn-actice in Rockvillc, Conn., and continued 
theie till he removed to Ellington in Feliruary, 1891. 

Xn. 3iin!fiters rained up in EUiiiiitun. 

John JIcKinstry, son of the first minister in Ellington, was boin 
in Sutton, Mass., December 31, 1723; was graduated at Yale College in 
1746, and ordained first pastor of the church at Chico])ce, Mass., Sep- 
tember 27, 1752. In 178!' he was released from i)re.aching, but dis- 



MINISTERS liAISEI) IN KMJNCTON. 837 

charged the other duties of tlic imstoiiilf till his dcatli, iit the age of 90, 
Novemher 7, 181:1 

John Ellsworth, grandson of tlie hrst minister in Kllington, and 
ne|iiir\v of the John AfcKinstry above-mentioned, was lioiii iii 17t>2 ; 
liiachiated at Yale in 1785; was ordained the same year at East AVind- 
sor, and hecaiue pastoi- of a Preshytcriau eiiiireh onjhe Island of Saba, 
in the West Indies ; but, his health failing, he returned to his native 
tciuii. wliere he died of consumption, November 22, 1791, aged 29. 

RoswELL Shurtleef, D.I)., was born August 29,1773; graduated 
at Dartmouth, 1799; was tutor there, 1800-04 ; professor of theology, 
1804-27; of moral philosophy and political economy, 1827-38; also 
liiirarian, 1810-20. He was Emeritus professor from 1838 till his 
death at Hanover, N. H., February 4, 1861, aged 87. He received the 
degree of D.D. from the University of X'ermont, in 1834. 

WiLLi.vM Andrews was born Sejjtember 28, 1782 (joined Ellingtcui 
ehureh on jjrofession, 1802) ; graduated at Middlebury College in 1806; 
studied theology with Dr. Asa Burton of Thetford, Vt.; was ordained 
pastor at Windham, Conn., August 8, 1808 ; dismissed Ajiril 20, 1813 : 
was pastor at Danbnry, Conn., from June 30, 1813, to May 29, 1826 ; 
was installed at Cornwall, Conn., July 25, 1827, and died there January 
1, 1838, aged 56. Of his six sons, five became ministers, the other a 
pliysieian. One of his sons was connected with Marietta College as 
Tutor, Professor, and President forty-nine years; anotlier was Profes- 
sor in the same institution eighteen years. 

lloiiACE Belknap (Presl)yterian), Imrn Deceml)er 10, 1791 (joiuecl 
Ellington Church on profession, 1810) ; graduated at Middlel)uiy Col- 
lege in 1816, and at Andover Seminary in 1820. He was ordained by 
presbytery at Bradford, Mass., September 26, 1820 ; was a home mis- 
' si<iiiary at the Soutli, and a member of Harmony Presbytery, S. C, 
1825-29. He was afterward a physician at the South ; in 1850 was 
living in Ohio ; thence he went to Iowa, and later to California ; luit re- 
turned to Iowa, where he died. 

NoKMAN Nash (Episcopal) was born November 17, 17'.H) ; studied 
liieology ill Virginia; was ordained deacon tliere by Bisliop R,. C. 
.Moore, and |iriest in Pennsylvania by Bishop Wm. White. He preached 
in Hamiishire county, Ya. (now' West A'irginia) ; also in Pennsylvania, 
New Jersey, and New York. In 1825-26 he was missionary to the 
-Menominee Indians, (Treen Bay, Wis. lie last resided at I'ort Huron, 
.Mich., where he died in 1869. 

Sylvester Nash (Episcopal), nejilicw of the jireceding, was born 
May 8, 1795; was ordained in Yirginia, and liegun his ministry there, 
Imt olTiciated at St. AUians, in Yernuint, several years; then in Rhode 
Islanil, Maine, New York, Illinois, and other Western States. Failing 



838 HISTOIiY OF ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

health caused him to return East, and he died at St. Albans, Vt., in 
1859. He was able to sway great audiences by his jiowerful singing. 
His wife, from Bristol, R. 1., was a sister of Bishop B. B. Smith of Ken- 
tucky. 

Francis Burdett Nash (E|)iscopalj, brother of the preceding, was 
born November 16, 1812, in S|)ringfield, Mass.: hut his |)arcnts soon 
returned to Ellington, and his boyhood was spent there. He graduated 
in 1837 at an E]iisc(>pal Theological Seminary then existing in Lexing- 
ton, Ky.; was ordain('(l in fluit State, deacon in 1837, |)iMest in 1839. 
His active ministry was in Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Ne- 
braska, Kansas, and Iowa, mostly in missionary work on the frontiei-. 
For several years his home has been in Minnesota. Two of his sons air 
Episcopal ministers: one, F. B. Nash, Jr., at Fargo, Dakota; the other. 
H. S. Nash, is professor in the Episcojjal Theological Seminary at Cam- 
bridge, Mass. F. B. Nash, Sr., lives at Tinta, Minn. 

EoDOLPHUS K. Nash (Episcopal), cousin of the two prtM'eding, was 
Ijorn December 25, 1812 ; received his preliminary educaticm in Elling- 
ton ; entered Kenyon College, Gambler, Ohio, in 1830, but left the next 
year, and taught three years in various places. He rcturne(l to Kenyon 
College in 1834 ; graduated there in 1837, and entered the Theological 
Seminary at Gambler, at the same time serving as tutor in the college. 
His theological studies were interrupted by ill health, imt he was or- 
dained by Bishop McJlvaine in 1847. From that time till 1873 he min- 
istered to various parishes in Ohio — for the most part missionary 
parishes — and a part of the time was also engaged in teaching. On 
account of failing health he withdrew from active ser\nce in 1873, and 
lived at Newark, Oliio, officiating occasionally at various places in that 
vicinity, till his death. He died at Zanesville, Ohio, March 7, 1889. 

Nathaniel Chubbuck was born Se])tember 5, 1789, and removed 
to Orwell, Bradford county. Pa., in 1811. As early as 1823 he lie- 
came a licensed exhorter in the M. E. Church, and was well known 
through a large extent of territory for his ])ower in pultlic address, lie 
died in Orwell, August 1, 1865. 

Austin E. Chubbuck, brother of the i)receding, was born in Elling- 
ton, June 16, 1810, and removed with his father's family to Orwell. Pa., 
in 1818. A few years after reaching his majority he went into busiuess 
at Elmira, N. Y. In 1844 he entered the ministry of the .M. K. Cluurh, 
and was a member successively of the Genesee and Central New York 
Conferences. He died in Elmira, April 15, 1882. 

Prancis S. Chubbuck, brother of the two preceding, was iioiii 
March 10, 1812, and removed with the family to Orwell in 1818. 
In 1847 he joined the AVyoming Conference of the M. E. Church, and 
continued in active service about twenty years, serving as a chaj)lain in 



MINISTERS RAISKD IN KI.LINCTON. 839 

the army in Texas in 1863-4. lie now resides in Nieliols, Tioga 
county, N. Y. 

Joseph Addison Haxton (Presbyterian) was born Noveml)er 27, 
1810 (joined Ellington Ohnrch on profession, 1827) ; graduated at New- 
York University in 1835, and at Yale Theological Seminary in 18:59. 
He was ordained over the Presbyterian Church at- (ireen])oint. Long 
Island, June 7, 1813; acting pastor New River, Ascension Parish, 
Loiusiana, 1845-50 ; pastor North ch.. New Hartford, Conn., 1851-52; 
acting i)astor Manhattanville, N. Y., 1853 ; acting pastor So. Haven 
and lielleport, L. I., 1851-55 : in New Preston and Brookfield, Conn., 
1857-58 ; Princii)al of Collegiate Institute, Norwich Town, Conn., 
1859-62; preaching at Pitch ville, 1859-61 and 1865-67; instructor in 
Coojtcr Union, New York city, 1867-72 ; professor in New York Uni- 
versity, 1871-72 ; and has since lived in New York city. 

Otis Saxton (Methodist and Baptist), brother of the preceding, 
was born August 31, 1818. He joined Ellington Church (Congre- 
gationnl) by letter, 1844 ; became a Methodist jjreacher, and was sta- 
tioned in various places in Western Connecticut. About 1865 he be- 
came a Bajitist, and preached thenceforth in churches of that denomi- 
nation. He was killed by being thrown from a carriage in Simsbury, 
Conn., April 25, 1887. 

Darius Morris was born in South Wilbraham, Mass., Ai)ril 27, 1815. 
His father removed with his family to Ellington in the spring of 1837. 
The son Darius (joined Ellington Church on profession, 1839) entered 
Wesleyan University in the autmnn of that year, and graduated in 
1841. The next two years he studied theology in East Windsor (now 
Hartford) Seminary ; then preached and taught school a few years in 
Willoughby, Ohio. In 1849 he went to California, where he served as 
;i minister, conducting funerals and religious services in forests and 
open fields before the advent of home missionaries. He made geologi- 
cal surveys in California and tlie Rocky Mountains, and published an 
outline of a system of geology. He died at Ellington, August 31, 1864. 

Junius Marshall Willey (E|)iseopar) was born May 27, 1821. 
He pursued classical studies in the Ellington School (joined Ellington 
Congregational Church, 1841, on profession), and studied theology with 
the Rev. Jose])h Scott, rector of the church at Warehouse Point. He 
was ordained deacon in New Yoik city. May 1, 1844, and priest at Mid- 
dletown, June 10,1845. He ol'liciated at Saybrook a short time; then 
at Stonington ; next at Bath, Ale., one year ; then at Litclilield, 1855-58 ; 
at Waterbury, 1858-61. He then served three months as chaplain of 
the Tliird Regiment, Conn. Vols., and was present at the first battle of 
Ibili Hun. He was rector of St. John's Cbiircii. lirid-icjiort, from 



840 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Christmas, 18G1, till his dcntli in that city, April 7, 18(36. His grave is 
ill Ellington. 

Solomon Dwicht Pitkin (Presliyterian) was born June 20, 1822. 
The family removed to Amherst, Mass., in his infancy, and he was grad- 
uated at Amherst College in 1843. He studied at Union Theological 
Seminary, New York city, 1843-45, but graduated at Yale Seminary in 
1846. The next year he was ordained, and foi' three years preached in 
Wisconsin. In 1850 he went to Battle Creek, Mich., where he subse- 
quently became pastor. He died at Woodbridge, N. J., Sejjtember 30, 

1858. " 

Edward Payson Hammond (Presbyterian) waw born Seittemlier 1, 
1831, and graduated at Williams College in 1858. He studied the next 
year in Union Theological Seminary, New York city. He was ordained 
January 2, 1863. He is well known as an evangelist, both in this coun- 
try and in Europe. Residence, Vernon, Conn. 

Frederic C. Newell (Methodist) was born August 21, 183i). Hr 
studied at the Ellington High School, and entered the ministry as a 
member of the Providence Conference, which includes Eastern (Connec- 
ticut to the Connecticut River. He died at StaHordville, Conn., Ajiril 
4, 1891. 

George R. Warner (Episcopal) was boi-u March 22, 18:')8. Hi; 
studied at the Ellington High School, and with |)rivate instructors, and 
was a teacher for several years. He joined Ellington (!ongrega- 
tional church on profession, March 7, 1850, and was ordained as a Con- 
gregationalist in 1875. He studied theology with Rev. D r. N. S. Rich- 
ardson of Bridgeport three years, serving also as his assistant. He was 
ordained deacon in that city by Bishop Williams, November :'>0, 1880, 
and priest at Monroe, Conn., March 6, 1882. He was rcctoi- at Monroe 
from October 1, 1881, to July 1, 1884: afterwards at Danielsonville : 
and is now in charge of St. Thomas' church in Harlford. 

Adelbert Putnam Chai'MAN (Methodist and Episcojia! ) was Imhu 
October 17, 1844. He joined Ellington Cimgi'egational church du pro- 
fession, September 2, 1800, graduated at Yale in 1805; studied al iins- 
ton Theological Seminary (Methodist), 1868-70; joined New York East 
Conference in 1870; was ordained deacon at Bridgeport in April, 1872, 
and elder at Brooklyn, N. V., in April, 1874. Having changed his 
ecclesiastical connection, he was ordained deacon in the Ejiiscojial 
Church at Norwich, Peceml)er 19, 1879, and priest at .Middletown, De- 
cember 23, 1880. He ofliciated for a few years at Middle Haddam, but 
is now at Putnam, Conn. 

Henry Chapman MclvNKiiiT was born in Enfield, Conn., March 13, 

1859. His parents were from Ellington, and returned there in 1800. 
He joined Ellington Congregational church on profession, May 4, 187S, 



MINISTERS BAISKD IN ELLINfiTON. 841 

uradiiiitcd at Yale in 1882, and at Yalc^ Seminary in 1885 ; and was 
(ii'dained pastor of the Congregational Clnii-ch at Falnionth, Me., Octo- 
Imt 7, 1885; dismissed Septemher :!, 1888 : inslallc.l al XoHli (liiilford, 
Conn., March 13, 1889. 

iJicii AKit HuBBARi) Rust (\k-tliodist ) was liorn Se|itemlier 5, 1842. 
ilis fallicr was a temporary I'esident of l*;iliiigt(in as principal of the 
I'lllingtiiii school. The son gradnated at Wesleyan University in 18ti5 ; 
studied in Cnion Theological Seminary, New York city, 186H-68 ; was 
ordained in April, 1868 ; has been stationed at Brooklyn and Sag Har- 
lior, N. Y., Xew Britain, Conn., and various other places. 

]\[ention may also be properly made of Rev. Samuel R. Brown, 
D.D. (Reformed), who was born in East Windsor, June 16, 1810, 
and lived in Ellington with his ])arents, 1813-18 ; afterwards at Mon- 
son, Mass. He was graduated at Yale in 1832, and at Union Theologi- 
cal Seminary in 1838 ; was a missionary teacher in China imder the 
Morrison Education Society, 1838-47, when he returned to America, 
luinging with him three Chinese boys to be educated, one of whom was 
Yung Wing. Mr. Brown was ])rincipal of an academy at Rome, N. Y., 
1848-51 ; pastor of a Reformed Dutch Clnirch near Auburn, N. Y., 
1851-59 ; missionary in Japan, 1859-79 ; died in Monson, Mass., June 
20, 1880. 

lliRAM Smith, born Westfield, Mass., Sept. 21, 1800 ; joined the 
church in Ellington in 1817; graduated at Amherst in 1828; preached 
at Hillsdale, Mich. 

[Or. Isaac Davis, prolial)ly lioru in Windsor, and early connected 
with Ellington parish, moved from there, late in life, to Somers, Conn, 
lie was probably the second child and first son of Isaac Davis of Col- 
chester, and, if so, was born 13th June, 1716. He practiced medicine in 
Somers, and died 14th November, 1777, aged 62 years ; but is best 
known fioin his religious views, having been the founder of a sect 
pccidiar Id tlic colony, and known as the " Davisonians," alluded to by 
Re\-. Sanuiel Peters, in his (so-called) History of Oonnecticut, as a sect 
who " teach universal salvation and deny the existence of a hell or 
devils." Rev. Thomas Whittemore, who wi-oto a Memoir of Oxford 
i'arish, Ccmn., says : " The attention of certain individuals in this town 
was first drawn to the subject of Univcrsalism by the conversation of 
one Dr. Isaac Davis, who \-isited this place from Somers, Conn." He 
was at this time an aged man, and it is saitl he had written a book upon 
the subject. The Davisonians seemed to have ceased as a sect with the 
doctor's dcatb. 

Dr. l):ivis iii. Itailu'l Sliokliiii of Sulticid, Conn., 1.") May, 174."). Children: 

I M.\rtha; m. Hall. 

II. H.\ciir;i,, born in Somers, Couii., 15 Apl., 1756; ni. Tlioiiiiis Fiixou, b. Brain- 
Vol. I.— 100 



842 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

tree, Mass., 19 Feb., 176.5. Sh<' d. iu fonwiiy, :Mas.«.. Jan. 7, 1794. They liaii a son. 
Isaac Daris Faxon, who was {he fatlicr nf tlie lli>n. .lului II. Faxon of Elvria, Ohio; 
and of a son, Isaac Davis, Jr. 

III. I8.\AC. 

IV. Love; m, Ebcnczer Sheldon. . 

(Peters's (?en. Hist. Conn., ed. 1877, p. 199; CnU: Mimll., vi. :U3; Wliilteinores 
Modern Hist, of Uniixrualiiim , 361; Unirersalint (Jiiart., v. 94, xxxv. 2; Sheldmi .Mat/o 
sine, 13; Faxon Family, Hiiiman Msn., and Msa. Notes of Rev. Anson Titus of Ames 
bury, Mass.) — II. R. S.] 

XIII. Lawyers Raised itp in EUini/ton. 

Aaron Chubbuck was born August 4, 1791. He rcniovcil tn 
Orwell, Bradford county, Pa., in 1813. Without special legal training, 
he was appointed to a minor judicial office at the age of 28, and continued 
to hold it by re-appointment and election more than twenty years. In 
1842 he was elected protlionotary of Bradford county, and thus became 
clerk of the courts for three years. In 1856 he was elected Associate 
Judge, and held the office five years. He died August 19, 1881. 

John Hall Brockway. A sketch of him is given on a previous 
page. He was one of the leading lawyers of this part of the State, and 
had an extensive practice, especially in Tolland and Hartford counties. 
In the " History of Tolland county," the Hon. Dwiglit Loomis of Rock- 
ville says of him : "• Ho had a ready command of language, great facil- 
ity in illustration, a genial humor and a happy susceptibility of temper- 
aniont which kindled at once with the sjnrit of the occasion, which made 
him very popular as an advocate and public speaker. Pie was faithful 
to his clients and devoted to his profession, yet the Christian controlled 
the lawyer, and he always discouraged litigation, and was' eminently a 
minister of ])eace. He became a member of the Congregational church 
in 1827, and was always found in his place iu all the assemblies of the 
church. He was for many years teacher of a large Bible class in the 
Sunday-school.'' 

Junius Hall, son of Judge John Hall, was lioni June 8, liSll ; 
graduated at Yale in 1831 ; studied law with his cousin, J. H. Brock- 
way ; also at Yale Law School in 1835 and '36. In the spring of 1836 
he was admitted to the bar at New Haven, and soon after rcniovcil to 
Alton, ill. He j)racticed there and at St. Louis, Mo., till 1846, when lie 
removed to Boston, Mass. He was a representative from Boston in the 
General Court of Jlassachusetts in 1851, and took a i)roininent part in 
the proceedings of the session. His legislative duties seriously impaired 
his health, and he died August 14, 1851. The newspapers of iloston 
spoke of him, after his death, iu terms of high commendation, our of 
them said, " .Mthough he hail been l)ut four or five years rcsiiliiil in 
tliis citv, he bad, liesides commanding general esteem iu all bis social 



LAWYERS RAISKD IN ELLINCJTON. 848 

I'cliitioiis, ni'(|uii'od an enviable rcinitation in his profession bj' those; 
i|iialitit's wliieh recommend a lawyer to the confidence of his clients 
ami of the pnblic, and gave promise of extended ns('fnlness as a pnblic 
man." Another said: " He was a man respected by all who knew liini. 
He was a representative from the city of Bostcm in the late legislatnre, 
and was one of the most elticient members of the House. IJis thoroiigh 
i<nowledge of parliamentary law, his (piick perceptive facnlties, liis 
amilytic mind, his indomitable perseverance in committee, and his per- 
suasive and unvarnislied speeches in debate, rendered him one of the 
most attractive members. He was not a frequent sjicaker, but always 
spoke to the purpose ; and no man's word had more weight, no man's 
iipiniim on nice questions of law was more sought after. Few mi-u in 
that divided House won so many friends. 'I'lie loss of such a man will 
lie deeply felt." 

Levi Wells Hall, brother of the preceding, was born December 
2"), 1818. He entered Yale in 1836 as Sophomore in the class of 1839, 
but after a few months left on account of ill health. He became a 
bookseller in Springfield, Mass., and Syracuse, N. Y. In 1858 he was 
admitted to the bar in Syracuse, and practiced there for about twenty 
years. He was elected district attorney for Onondaga county in 1865, 
holding the otticc three years. In 1878 he gave up practice on account 
of impaired health, and engaged in the manufacture of jdows and 
other agricultural imjilements. He died very suddenly April 19, 1881. 
The Journal of Syracuse, on the day of his death, contained the follow- 
ing notice of him : " Mr. Hall was generally known throughout the 
city and Central New York. He was an active citizen, and his voice 
was often heard in public assemblages. During the war he was a promi- 
nent member of the War Committee, and during a number of political 
campaigns he was a favorite exponent of Riipublican principles. He 
was connected with several organizations of a religious and benevolent 
character, and took lively interest in all puldic (mterprises. Much read- 
ing made him familiar with a great many subjects, and Jiis conversatiou 
always showed that he had a large fund of informati(m at his command. 
lie was of genial temperament, fond of good liumm- and social life. He 
had become |)crmauently identified with the business interests of this 
city. He was a public spirited as well as an enterprising citizen, and 
was first and foremost in many good works. His life was (me of un- 
usual ;icti\ity." 

(>i4L()W VV. ('hapman was born in l^Iliugtou, .lanuary 7, 1832, and 
graduated at Union College, N. \.,\\\ 1851. In Is55 he entered the 
law oHice of Parker A- (Heason of Delhi, Delaware County, N. Y., and 
was admitted to the bar at Owego in 1857. The following year In- re- 
moved to Ijinghamton, which city was afterward his residence. In iStji] 



844 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

he was a[)])ointo<l draft ooiniiiissioncr for Urooinc coiiiity ; tlirsaiiic \i-a\- 
he was apijointcd \>y (Jdv. .Morjzaii ilistrict atturncy lor ISidoiiir roiiiity. 
and in the latter part of that year was elected to the same otlice, to 
which he was re-elected in 18()5. hi 1867 he was elected to the State 
Senate, and was re-elected in 1869. In 1872 he was ajjpointed by (Jov. 
Hoffman a member of the ('onstitutional Conimission of the State, anil 
at the same time was nominated snperintendent of the insurance dr 
partment, which nomination was nnanimotisly confirmed by the Statr 
Senate. He accepted the latter a]ipi)intment, and declined the foinicr. 
He resigned the siiperintendency .lanuary 31, 1876. In 1880 he was a 
delegate to the Republican National Convention which nominated (Jai- 
lield for president. For several years he declined public ofhce, |ii-efci- 
ring to practice his profession. In ls81, after the resignation of I". S. 
Senators Conkling and Piatt, he was one of a large number of promi- 
nent citizens who were spoken of for that position. In 1889 ['resident 
Harrison appointed him Solicitor-(!eiieral of the United States, wliicb 
jiosition he held till his death in Washington, D. ('.. January 19, 189i». 
He was a man of splendid })hysi(]U(', of superior ability, peisisteiit in- 
dustry, and unswerving integrity. 

William M. Ransom was born August 12, 1833: studied lau 
two and a half years in the oHiee of .lohii II. Rrockwav in Klliiigtoii: 
afterward in the Yale. Law School; and was admitted to the b;ir in 
August, 18o5. In March, 1856, he opened an olfiee in (Taleslnirgb. 111.. 
and continued in ]iractice there until 1863. He was also acti\e in 
[lolitics, and was clerk of the Illinois State Senate in the ncniocratic' 
Legislature of lsti3, which was prorogued by the Republican goMTUoi 
June 10, 1863. On account of |)olilical prosciiption engendered diiiiuj 
war times, Jlr. Ransom removed to St. Louis, and engaged in iiisuraiice 
business. In the fall of 1871 ho removed to New Orleans, and was duly 
licensed by the Supremo Court of Louisiana. He made insurance law 
a specialty, and continued the business of insurance. E.vercising a gen- 
eral and controlling supervision and responsibility in insuiauec inlerrsts 
in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas, he reiuoM'd ins 
olhce in March, 1887, to Memphis, Tenn., where he now resides. 

Henry Billings Brown was for a few years a resident of Ellington. 
He was born in Berkshire county, Mass., March 2, 183<), and graduated 
at Yale in 1856. He studied law with John H. Brockway in Ellington, 
and at Yale Law School in 1858-59. He resides in Detroit, Michigan. 
He was chosen a Judge of the Superior Court of that State in 18(!8, and 
in 1875 was appointed Judge of the LT. S. District Court for the East Dis- 
trict of Michigan, in December, 1890, he was ajipointed by President 
Harrison Justice of the Supreme Court of the I'nitecl States. He re- 
ceived the desree of LL.D. from Yale in 1887. 



PHYSICIANS RAISED IN ELLINGTON. 845 

Edwin Burpee Goodell was l)orn May 7, 1851 ; graduated at Yale 
ill lS7T,aiid at Yale Law School in 1880: tlien entered upon jiractice in 
New York eity. 

Franklin M. Charter. A sixctcli ol liini is _i>iveu ainouo- "lawyers 
wliii liave resided in Ellington." 

XI Y. Physicians Raised up in Ellington. 

Joel Carpenter. See " Physicians who Practiced in Ellington." 

William McKinstry, son of Rev. John Jlclvinstry, was born Oct. 8, 
\~'i'l, and was established as a physician in Taunton, Mass., previous to 
1759. He was a man of delicate physical constitution and averse to 
contention. In the turbulent times just preceding the Revolution he 
jireferred peace to strife. This subjected him to the imputation of lieing 
a tory, and, though he bad been generally a favorite, he was now insulted 
and abused so, that, early in 1775, leaving his family in Taimton, he re- 
moved to Boston, where they soon joined him. Gen. Gage appointed 
him Surgeon-General of the hospitals in Boston. Being thus forced to 
l)econie a royalist, he lived on friendly terms with the British officers. 
On the 17th of June in that year he gave, by previous arrangement, a 
dinner party, at which several of those officers were present. At the 
dinner hour the sound of guns announced that the fight on Bunker Hill 
liad already liegun. The guests ate hastily without taking seats at tlu; 
taljlc, then hurried away to take part in the battle. Dr. i\IcKinstry was 
thus fully committed to the anti-American side in the conflict, and when 
the British were compelled to evacuate Boston, Afarch 17,1776, he, with 
his family, went on board one of the vessels. They were detained a few 
days li(?for(' jjutting out to sea, and he died on shipboard at Nantasket 
Roads, Ahirch 21st, and was liuried on George's Island. The family were 
taken to Halifax, where they remained, exce|)t the oldest son, till 1778, 
when they returned to the States, making their home at first in Newport, 
R. I., as their property at Taunton had been conliseated. The next year 
tliey removed to Haverhill, Mass. A daughter of Dr. McKinstry be- 
came the wife of Caleb Stark, a son of (Jen. John Stark, one of the 
commanders in the battle of Bunker Hill. Her home was in Dunbar- 
ton, N. H., where she died Sept. 11, 1839. The oldest son went to 
England and entered the British navy. Ha\ang lost his right hand in 
a naval engagement he withdrew from the service, gi-aduated at Oxford, 
and became an Episcopal clergyman. 

Eli Carpenter was a son uf Dr. Joel Carpenter. He settled as a 
physician at Orford, N. H., and was diowiicd in the Connecticut River 
in 1811. 

RuGGLES Carpenter, another son of Dr. Joel Carpenter, practiced 
in bis native town, ."^ee "■ Phvsicians wlm I'raiticcd in Elliuutoii." 



846 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Joseph KinCxSBUuy practiced in Ellington. 

Ebenezer Pinney, youngest son of C'a|>t. IJenjaniiii Pinncv , ilieil in 
Ellington, Aug. 6, 1780, in his ■24th year. 

Dr. Epaphras Belknap died Oct. 30, 1787, in the -I'Ah year of 
his age. 

Sylvester Nash, born Dec. 11, 1771, studied with Dr. Porter, of 
East Windsor; removed to Augusta, Oneida county, N. Y., in Feb., 1802, 
and to Otselic, Clieuaugo county, in 1828; died in Palermo, N. V., 
Aug. 29, 1847. 

Allyn Hyde practiced in Ellington. 

Oliver McKinstry, great-grandson of Rev. John ArcKinstry, was 
born July 14, 1791; practiced in Monson, Mass., where he died in 
March, 1852. 

John Chubbuck was born in Ellington, Feb. 23,1795. He studied 
medicine with Dr. H. A. Hamilton, of Somers, and practiced several 
years at Warehouse Point, Conn. He then removed to Nichols, Tioga 
county, N. Y., and hiter to Binghamton, N. Y., where he continued for 
many years. He was a surgeon in the Union army in ]}razos and San- 
tiago in Texas in 1863-4. He died at Binghamton March 18, 1878. 

FToLLis S. Chubbuck, brother of the preceding, was born March 13, 
1809. He studied medicine with his brother in Warehouse Point, aH<l 
jiracticed for a time at Orwell, Bradford county, Penn. ; afterward :it 
Elniii'a, N. Y., where he died March 4, 1883. 

Lathrop McCray, born Aug. 23, 1799, and Warren McCray, born 
Aug. 21, 1803, were brothers. They i)racticed mostly in the vicinity of 
Springfield, Mass., and the older brother j)rol)ably died tlicrc. The 
younger died in Ellington Dec. 26, 1876. 

Calvin Pease practiced in Ellington. 

Cyrus B. Newton, born in 1831, studied in Somers with Drs. Or- 
son Wood and E. A. Hamilton; graduated M.D. at Yale in IX.'A'k and 
soon after settled in Stafford Springs. He has taken part in ])ublic life 
as selectman, school visitor, representative in the legislature, and State 
prison director. 

Horace P. Porter was born Feb. 6, 1839. He was graduated M.P. 
at Yale in 1861, and was soon after appointed Assistant Surgeon of tiie 
7th Regiment Conn. Volunteers, and held the jiosition two or three 
years. In 1864 he became Surgeon of the 10th Regiment Conn. Volun- 
teers. He was often detached on important service, having been surgetm 
in charge of a hospital at Beaufort, S. C. ; also surgeon in charge of tlie 
10th Army Corps Hospital. He is now practicing at Oneida, Nemaha 
county, Kansas, and an officer in the G. A. R. 

Eli Warner was Ixirn March 24, 1843, and graduated at the Col- 
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city, in 1867. lie was In- 



COLLEGE-EDUCATED ELLINGTONTANS. 847 

tcrne at BlaokwrH's Island H()S[)itaI, 18fi7-68, and later was in Ward's 
Island Hos])ital. lie was afterward Assistant Resident Physician at 
Kings Connty Lnnatic Asylum for three years. In 1871 he commenced 
practice in Hartford, where he continued till his death, lie was ehaii- 
nian of the city Board of Health, city physician, post surgeon, and mi'd- 
ical examiner. He died of consumption May 28, 1884. 

Hamilton C. Kibbe was born in Somers Sept. 25, 184;!. His 
]iarents removed to Ellington when he was a few weeks old. He studied 
medicine with Dr. Joel A.Warren in Ellington, at the Berkshire Medical 
College, Pittsfield, Mass., and at Michigan University; then became 
.Assistant Surgeon in the arm)' till the war closed,'on hospital duty. He 
then pursued additional medical and scientiiic studies at Michigan Uni- 
versity, and was graduated there in 1866. Afterward he went to Europe 
and studied at Berlin and Tubingen, and in hospitals at Paris. Return- 
ing to America, he spent seven years at Osceola, Mo., two years at 
Charleston, Illinois, and now resides at Oblong, Crawford county, Illinois, 
where lie is both druggist and physician. 

.Fames P. Goodell, born ilay 15, 1849; studied at Cornell Univer- 
sity, and at the Homeopathic Medical College in New York city, where 
he graduated in 1879. He is practicing at Mill Bi'ook, Dutchess countv, 
N. Y. 

Everett J. McKnight, born Jime 12, 1855; graduated at Yale in 
1876, and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York city 
in 1879. He is settled as a ])hysician at East Hartford, Conn. 

Leslie C. Tilden was liorn in Enfield July 31, 1866. His paients 
returned to Ellington in his infancy. He was graduated from the Medi- 
ral Department of New York University, New York city, in 1888, and 
is practicing in Olierlin, Decatur County, Kansas. 

X^'. Ellington Men who have received College Degrees. 

The following list includes natives or residents of Ellington who 
have received a college degree of any kind. Ministers of the churches 
and physicians who have practiced here (cxce})t those born in the town) 
aic nut included. 

A — Graduates of Yale College. 

1746. .Fohn .McKinstry, clergyman. 

1785. John Ellsworth, clergyman. 

1802. .rohn Hall, educator. " 

1820. .loliM Hall Brockway, lawyer. 

1824. Allyn Hyde, }A.D., (Jionorarg,') physician. 

1829. James Wood, medical student (died early). 

1831. .Funins Hall, lawver. 



848 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

1845. Eflvvard Hall, A.M., (honorari/,') teacher. 

185(i. Pleiirv BilliuiiS Brown, lawyer, jii(l<re. 

1856. Cyrus Rrownlee Newton, M.D.. ])hysician. 

1861. Horace Philo Porter, M.H., physician. 

18^5. Arlelhert I'litnani Chapman, clergyman. 

18t;H. Levi Wells Hall, A.M., {honoraty,} lawyer. 

1875. Frederic Noah Pease, Ph.!?., chemi.st. 

1876. Everett James McKuight, jihysician. 

1877. Edwin Burpee (Joodell, lawyer. 

1877. Thomas Dwight (Joodell, professor at Yale. 
1882. Henry Chajiman Mcknight, clergyman. 
18t»l. Arthur Chapin Pease, Ph. B., Civil Engineer. 

B — Graduates ol other institutions. 

1799. Din-t)niii(tli, Roswell Shurtleft', clergyman, jirol'essor. 

1806. MidiUebury, William Andrews, clergyman. 

1816. Middh'hury, Horace Belknap, clergyman, ))hysician. 

18o5. N. Y. Univerxity, Joseph Addison Paxton, clergyman, professor. 

1887. KenyiD), Rodolphus Kihhe Nash, clergyman, teacher. 

1S37. Epiacopal Theological Seitiiiutry, Lexington. Ky., Francis Burnett 

Xash, clergyman. 

1841. Wexleyan University, Darius Morris, clergyman. 

184o. Atithersf, Solomon Dwight Pitkin, clergyman. 

1854. Union, Orlow W. Chajinian, lawyer. 

1858. WiUidiiiif, Edward Payson Hammond, evangelist. 

1865. Wenleyan University, Richard H. Rust, clergyman. 

1866. University of Mic1dyan,\\ixm\\Un\ C. Ivihbe, M.D., physician. 

1867. Coll. of Phys. and Snryeons, N. Y., Eli Warner, M.D., physician. 
1867. West Point, Oliver E. Wood, 1st Lieut. U. S. Army. 

1879. Uomeop. Med. Coll, N. Y., James F. Goodell, M.D., physicinu. 

1888. iV. Y. University Medical Department, Leslie C. Tilden, .M.D., 

physician. 

XVI. Ellinyton in the War of the Revolution. 

Ellington was included in East Windsor until aftci- tlic Ivcvoiution- 
ary War, and therefore has no separate record ol mm who served in the 
Continental army. No com]>lete list of such men can now he made. 
The recently issued "Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Rev- 
olution " is inconi])lete because the rolls of many comjianies and regi- 
ments are missing, except the names of commissioned oHicers. 

The "Lexington Alarm" of April, 1775, called out thousands of 
men from Connecticut who marched at once " for the relief of Boston." 



ELLINGTON TN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 840 

The duty was necossavily tcmjiorary and l>ri('f. Some of the companies 
ivturued home hefore reaching Boston, as fheir ])resence was not needed. 
Upon the organization of regiments for service (hiring tlic year many of 
the same men enlisted, and continued for different terms during the 
war. 

The roll of the Ellington company that volunteered to march to 
Boston, will be found upon page 634 of this volume. 

It has been found impracticable to obtain a complete list of men 
from Ellington who served in the War of 1812. Of the 11,500 names of 
the '' Connecticut Militia " who served in that war but a small number 
can be positively identified as residents of Ellington. There seems to be 
no doubt as to Jabez Collins, Clark Foster, and Ltjian Foster. It 
is preferable to claim none on mere probability. 

In the Regular Army there were over 1,800 officers and men from 
Connecticut, but none of them are credited to Ellington. 

In the Mexican War there were very few enlistments from Ellington. 
The Conn. Official Record gives the name of Henry Buckland, enl. 30 
Apl. '47, Co. F, 8th Inf. U. 8. A., wd. Sept. 8, '47, at Molino del Rev, 
Mexico ; dis. 24 Nov., '48, time ex. 

XVII. Ellington in the War of the Rebellion, 18()1-H5. 

The following votes in regard to the war are cojiied from the town 
records : 

1862, July 28. The town voted to pay a bounty of f^lOO to every 
resident who should voluntarily enlist on or before August 20, 1862. 

This seems not to have proved a sufficient inducement, for 

August 16, The town voted a bounty of !t!200 in cash to each 

able-bodied man who had enlisted or should enlist for the war within the 

nine months previous to September 1, 1862. 

1863, July 27. The selectmen were authorized t<i draw an order on 
tlie town treasurer for not over #300 in favor of each person that should 
lie drafted. 

December 17. A committee of four citizens was aiijiointed to 
encourage enlistments. 

1864, April 4. A committee of five citizens was appointed to 
encourage enlistments. 

November 21. The selectmen were authorized to draw an order on 
the town treasurer for -fSOO in favor of any citizen liable to draft who 
has volunteered or who will volunteer to serve in the U. S. Army for 
three years under any future call, or who has furnished or will furnish 
an acceptalde substitute. 

1866, November 5. It was voted to give to every soldier who 

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850 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

enlisted and counted on the quota of tliis town, and who has never 
received the f 100 from the town, tlie sum of one hundred dollars. 

Below is given a list of the soldiers credited to Kllirigton in the 
Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-18H5. 
The whole number is one hundred and fortj- -three. Of these, six re- 
onlisted, one was killed in iiattle, six died of disease, eight died of 
wounds, and eighteen were wounded hut recovered. 

It is impossible to ascertain how many native» of the town participated 
in the wai-, but other ]iarts of tliis historv contain the names of many 
such persons. 

I>IST OF SOLDIERS FURNISHED To THE UNITED STATES SERVICE 

IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, BY THE TOWN OF 

ELLINGTON, CONN. 

Ahureviations : d. died; (/<'.«. dcscrtod; dixr. (liscli;ii-;i^i'd; dix. disabli'd; nd. ciilislfd; 
m. 0. mustered out; n. f. r. A. (f. <). no further refereiiee in AdjiiUuil (iener;il s 
Office. 

AIKEN, ATWOOD A. (Corp.), recruit, enl. 30 Dec, 1863, Co. A, 2d Hv. Art.; m. o. 

Aug. 18, '65. 
EDMUND, recruit, cnl. 30 Dec, 186:!, Co. A, 3d Hy. Art; disc. June 23, '(in. 
ALLEN. JOSEPH, enL Dec. 7, 61, Co. K, 11th Reg. Conn. Vols.; wounded Antietam; 

disc Dec. 6. '64. 
BAKER, HORATIO R., enl. 25 Aug., '62, Co. F, 2.jth Conn. Vols.; deserted Nov 

12, -62. 
RICHARD, enl. Jlch. 33, '64, Co. E, 1st Conn. Cavalry; des. Apr. 5, '64. 
THOJIAS, recruit, enl. 33 Mch., "64, 13th Conn. Vols.; transf. to Reg. >I(li. 2(i, 

1864; failed to report. 
BEEBE, ELISIIA P. (musician), enl. 1 Aug., 62, Co. D, 14 Conn. Vols.; disc, disab. 

Jan. 1.^. '63. 
BEEBERT, JOHN C. enl. Nov. 30, '64, Co. A, 7th Reg.; substitute; m. o July 20, '6.5. 
BELKNAP, C. K., JR. (Corp'l), enl. 25 Aug., '62, Co. F, 35th Conn. Vols.; m. o. 36 

Aug., '63. 
ORVILLE P. (t'orpl), enl. Aug. 35, 1)2, Co. F, 25th Conn. Vols.; in. o. 

26 Aug., '63. 
BENNETT, WILLIAM II., enl. Co. F. 2.5th Conn. Vols.. 20 Aug.. '62; ni. o. 26 

Aug., 63. 
BLODGETT. LAVALETTE C, enl. Co. G, 25 Conn. Vols., Aug. 25, 62; ni. o. 26 

Aug., '63. 
BOHEN, PETER W., recruil Co. H, 1 Hy. Art.. Dec. 30, 1863; m. o. Sept. 25, 65. 
BRAMAN, NORTON M., JK.. cnl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols., 9 Sept., 1862; disc, disab. 

22 Mch., 1863. 
BRANDEL, JOHN, enl. (substitute) Nov. 15, '64, Co. E, 10th Reg.; ni. o. Aug. 25, 65. 
BRENNAN, PETER, cnl. Nov. 15, '64, Co D, 6tli Reg.; dcs. Feb. O, '65. 
BROWN, JERK.MIAII U., enl. Co. C, 14 Conn. Vols., 4 Aug., '62; died April 5, '65. 
JOHN, enl. 16 Mch., 1864, Co. K, 11 Conn. Vols.; dcs. July 15, '64. 
PATRICK, cnl. Nov. 4, '64, Co. G, 7th Reg.; m. o. July 20, '65. 
BURNS, PATRICK, eid. Nov. 11, '64, Co. B, 7lh Reg.; transf. to Co. A, 4th Reg. U. 

S. Vols., Jan. 4, '65; detached as clerk; re-transf. to same Reg. Dec. 15, '65; 

failed to report. 
BURTON, CHARLES L., recruit Co. B. 10th Conn. Vols., 22 Mch., lS(i4; des. May 

19, '65. 



ELLINGTON SOLDIERS IN THK CIVIL WW.. 851 

BUKOESS. ISAAC, enl. 31 Aug., 1803, Co. 15, 31 Comi. Vols.; disc, disab. 25 Dec, '62. 
CAHIPBELL. FHEDEHIC, recruit Co. F, 7 Conn. Vols., 15 Feb., 1864; transf. to Co. 

(}, l«th Reg., V. R. (;., Apl. 12, 1865; disc. Aug. 14, '65. 
( AURIGAN, JOHN, cnl. Nov. 4, '64, Co. G, 7th Reg. Conn. Vols.; in. o. July 20, '65. 
CARTER. GEORGE, enl. 7 Feb., '64, Co. B, 30 Conn. Vols, (cold); afteiward 31st 

Reg. U. S. C. I.; m. o. Nov. 7, '65. 
CHAPMAN, SAMUEL A., recruit Co. K, 1 Hy. Art., 22 Dec, 1863; disc. 7 Feb.. I.hgl 
CHARTER, IRVING W., enl. 28 July, '62, Co. D, 14 Conn. Vols.; wounded Freder- 
icksburg; transf. to Co. F, 3 Reg. V. R. C, July 13. 1863; disc. Jidy 6, Hr>. 
LEVERETT N. (Corp'l), enl. recruit Co. G, 11 Conn. Vols., 25 Jan., 1864; wound- 
ed Petersburg, June 18, 1864; m. o. Dec. 21, '65. 
(HISM, JOHN A., enl. Co. P, 25 Conn. Vols., 18 Aug., 1SG3; m. o. iG Aug., 1S63. 
CHARLES D.. cnl. Co. II, 16 Conn. Vols., 11 Aug., 1863; disc. dis. June 7, '65. 
CLEARV, TliMOTHY, en!. Nov. 5, '64. Co. F, 7th Reg. Conn. Vols.; in. o. July 30, '65. 
COMINGS, MARTIN, cnl. Aug. 35, '62, Co. F, 35 Reg. Conn. Vols.; des. Nov. 13, '63. 
CONNER, TIMOTHY, enl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; deserted 2 Dec., 

1862. 
CROSLEY, JA^IES E. (Corp'l), enl. recruit Co. C, 10 Conn. Vols., 15 Feb., 1864; 

wounded July 26, '64, Strawberry Plains, Va.; ni. o. Aug. 35, '65. 
C^UMMINGS, NAPOLEON, enl. 24 Mch., 1864 ; recruit Co. E, 1 Conn. Cav.; failed to 

report. 
DeMARCY', WILLIAM, enl. recruit Nov. 17, '64, Co. E, 6tli Reg.; des. Dec. 18, '64. 
DENCOUS, AUGUSTS, recruit Co. E, 7 Conn. Vols., 15 Feb., 1864 ; ra. o. July 20, '65. 
DUNN, ALEXANDER, enl. recruit Co. G, 7 Conn. Vols., 16 Feb., 1863; wounded 

Aug. 16, '64, Deep Bottom, Va., u. f. r. A. G. O. 
FAY, MICHAEL, enl. Co. D, 14 Conn. Vols., 36 July, 1862; m. o. May 31, '65. 
FERGUSON, JAMES, enl. recruit Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols., 24 Mch., 1862; wounded 

June 18, '64, Petersburg; des. Aug. 33, '64. 
FLINT, DANIEL W. (musician), enl. band 3d Brig.. Jan. 1, '64; m. o. Sept. 35, '65. 
GILLESPIE, JAMES J., enl. Nov. 15, '64, Co. D, fitb Reg. Conn. Vols. ; substitute; 

m. o. Aug. 21, '65. 
GOHRING, BERNHARD (Corpl), enl. recruit Co. E. I. si Hy. Art.,22 Dec, 1863; ni.o. 

Sept. 25, '65. 
GRAY, ZEBULON. enl. Co. I), 35 Conn. Vols., 16 Aug., 1862; wounded at Irish 

Bend, La., 14 Apl., 1863; dU-xl April 15, '63. 
GRIGGS, WILLIA.M W., enl. Co. H, 18 Conn. Vols., August 1, 1862; captured June 

15, '63. Winchester, Va.; paroled July 14, '63; wounded June 5. (14, Pi<'d- 

uiont, Va.; died June 15, '64. 
(iUiiNER. CHARLES D. (Sgt.), enl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols, 27 Aug., '62; wounded 

Irish Bend, La., April 14, '63; died 16.Apl., '63. 
ELI, enl. Dec 31, '63, recruit, Co. 6, 2d Hy. Art.; ni. o. Aug. 18, T)5. 
HALEY, EDWARD, enl. recruit, Co. A, 2<1 Hy. Art., 30 Dec, 1863; wounded St pi. lit. 

'64, Winchester, Va.; transf. to Co. c;, 31st Reg. V. R. C. Jan. 24, 05; disc. 

July 38, '65. 
HARRIS, BERNHARD I. (Corp'l), enl. Nov. 15. '64, as substitute, Co. D, 6th Reg.; 

des. Mch. 15, 05. 
IIASKINS. ENOCH C, enl. 29 Aug.. 1862, Co. F. 25 Conn. Vols.; disc. dis. May 

23, '63. 
HATCH, FRANCIS, enl. Co. R, 1 Conn. Cav., 30 Dec, 1863; disc. May 23, '65. 
HATTER. WILLIAM, enl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols., 10 Oct., 1863; des. Nov. 12, 1862. 
HENDEUSON, J A.MES, enl. Co. D, 14 Conn. Vols.. 9 Aug., 1862; wounded Antietam, 

Sept. 17. '62; d. 30 Sept., 1862. 
HIGGINS, JOHN, enl. recruit Co. C, 11 Conn. Vols., 24 Mch., 1864; des. Aug. 25, '64. 
HOY'. FREDERIC, enl. Co. E, 1st Hy. Art., '32 Dec, 1863; m. o. Sept. 25, '65. 



852 HISTORY OF ancient WINDSOR. 

HOUSTON, GEOHGE. eul. Nov. IS. 04, Co. A, 11th Reg. Conn. Vols., as sub 

stitute ; des. Jlay 15, '65. 
HUSSEY, JOHN, enl. Nov. 18, •64. Co. A, lOtli Reg., as sub.stitute; n. f. r. A. G. O. 
HYDE, ARTHUR A. (Corp'l), ciil. Co. F. 25 Conn. Vols.. 25 A\ig., 1S62; woundeil 

Irish Bend, La., Apl. 14, '(>2; ni. o. 26 Aug., 1863. 
ELAM, enl. Co. D, 25 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; ni. o. 2(i Aug., lS6a. 
ELBERT P. (1st Sergt.), eul. Co. I), 14 Conn. Vols., HO .July, 1862; wounded. 

Wilderness, Va , Mny 6, '64, and Petersburg, Va., June 17, '64; dise. Jiuie 8, '65. 
ISHAM, JOHN W. (Sergt.), enl. Co. H, 16th Conn. Vols., 11 Aug., 1862; ni. o. 

June 24, '65. 
JOHNSON, FRANK H., enl. Jan. :i, '65, Co. G, 1st Hy. Art.; m. o. Sept. 25, '65. 
JACOBSON, FRANCIS, enl. recrint Co. C, 11 Conn. Vols., 29 Feb., '64; wounded, 

Petersburg. June 18, '64; died Aug. 26, '64. 
KAVANAUGH, JOHN, enl. Nov. 5, '64, Co. G, 1st Hy. Art.; m. o. Sept. 25, '65. 
KEEGAN, JOHN, enl. recruit Co. I, 7 Conn. Vols., 17 Feb., 1864; ciipfd May 16, '64. 

Drewrys Bluff, Va.; di.sc. May 12, '65. 
KIBBE, HARVEY E.. enl. Co. P, 25 Conn. Vols., 19 Aug., 1862; deserted Nov. 12, 

1862. 
KIES, HARRIS L., enl. Co. H, 16th Conn. Vols., 11 Aug., 1862; m. o. June 24. '65. 
KIMBALL. HENRY (Isf Lieut.), eul. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols.. 25 Aug., 1862; disc. 18 

Feb., 186;l 
LANCASTER, AUG. S. (Sgt.). enl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., '62; de.s. Dec. 5. 

1862. 
LEWIS, ALLEN, enl. Co. I), 1 Hy. Art., 22 May, 1861; disc, disab. Nov. 17, '61. 
LONG, MICHAEL, enl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; d. 19 May, 1863. 
LYONS, JOHN, eul. recruit Co. H, 12 Conn. Vols., 22 Mch., 1864; des. 18 May, 1864. 
MAHONEY, GEORGE, recruit Co. H, 12 Conn. Vols., 22 Mch., 1864; des. May 19, 

1864. 
MAINE, CAREY E. (niu.sician), cid. Co. IJ, 11 Conn. Vols., Oct. 5. ISCI; re-cnl. Vet., 

1 Jan.. 1864; wounded Cold Harbcjr, June 3, '64; disc. .Inly 2(1. '65. 
MARSH, HOWARD S.. eul. recruit Co. G, 13 Conn. Vols., 9 Mch.. ls64; tiansf. I.. 

Co. D, 13th Batt., Dec. 29, '64; ni. o. 25 Apr., '66. 
MAYNARD, JAMES A., enl. Co. I), 14 Conn. Vols.. Aug. 4, 1862; transf. to Invalid 

Corps, Dec. 2, '<J3; disc. June 24, 't>5. 
MELTZING, ADOLPH, enl. Nov. 18, '64, Co. I, lOCoun. Vols., as substitute; wounded 

Mch. 31, '65, Hatcher's Run, Va.; m. o. Aug. 25, '65. 
MILLS, AUGUSTUS W. (principal musician), enl. 16 Conn. Vols , 12 Aug , 1862; 

disc. 17 Jan., 1863. 
MINER, CHARLES H. (Q.-M. Sgt), enl. recruit Co. H, 1st Hy. Art., 1 Jan., 1864; ni. o. 

Sept. 25, '65. 
MOODY, JOSEPH, enl. recruit Co. A, 2d Hy. Art., 30 Dec, 1H63; wounded ( )ct. 19, 64, 

Cedar Creek, Va.; disc. May 14, '65. 
MOORE, JAMES, enl. Co. G, 6 Conn. Vols., as substitute, Dec. 3, '64; in. o. Aug. 

21, '65. 
MORGAN, FRANK M., enl. recruit Co. A, 10 Conn. Vols., 29 Feb., 1864; m. o. Aug. 

25, 60. 
NASH, GEORGE W. (Corp'l), enl. Co. H, 16 Conn. Vols., 11 Aug., 1862; in. o. .June 

24, '65. 
NELSON, JAMES, eid. recruit Co. D, 11 Conn. Vols., 24 Mch., 1864; captured May 16, 

■64, Drewry's Bluff, Va.; paroled Nov. 30. '64; turloughed Dec 15, '64; failed 

to return. 
WILLIAM, eul. Co. C, 10th Reg . as substitute; was Corp'l Nov. 23, '64; des. 

Feb. 18, '65. 
NEWELL, ANSEL D., enl. Co D. 14 Conn. Vols., 4 Aug.. 1862; wounded Sept. 17, 

'62, Antietain; disc, disab, 24 Oct., 1862. 



ELLINGTON SOLDIERS IN TIIK TIVIL WAH. 853 

KILBOl'RN E. (Sgt,, musician), enl. Co. I), 14 Conn. Vols., 18 July, 1862; 

wounded Feb. 6, '64, Morton's Ford, Va.; beoaine 3d Lieut. Co. H, Jan. 23, '65; 

Ml. o. May :il, '6.">. 
XKWMAN, RICHARD (Corp'l), enl. Co. D. 30 Conn. Vols, (colored, afterwards Co. I), 

:!1 r. S. Col. Troops). 15 Feb., 1864; died Feb. 20, '65. 
NIEMAN, WILLIAJI. enl. Nov. 25. '64. Co. C, 11 Conn. Vols., substitute; des. Sept. 

13, '65. 

NIK, JOHN. enl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols., 31 Aug., 1862; m. o. 2G Aug., 1863. 
NOBLES. ALONZO, enl. Co. P, 25 Conn. Vols., 27 Aug., 1863; ui. o. 36 Aug., 1863. 

MARK, enl. Co. F, 25 Coun. Vols., 27 Aug., 1862; deserted Nov. 12, 1862. 
PATZ, AUGUSTUS, enl. recruit Co. E. 1 Hy. Art.. 23 Dec, 1863; des. June 29, '65. 
PEASE, BYRON W., enl. Co. F, 25 Conn". Vols., 25 Aug., 1862; disc. June 27, '63; 
Assist. Surgeon 95th U. S. C. I., May 28, '64; transf. to 81st Reg. Nov. 36. '64; 
trans, to 87th Reg. Dec. 19, '64; disc. Jan. 35. '65. 
CALVIN, Jr. (3d Asst. Surg.), enl. 32 Conn. Vols., 23 Oct., 1862; prom. 1st Asst. 

Surg.; m. o. 7 July. 1863. 
HENRY R. (1st Sergt.), enl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols., 21 Aug.. 1863; disc. Apl. 4, 
'63; Capt. Co. I, 75th U. S. C. I.. Apl. 4, '63; transf. to Co. C, 84th Reg., Sept. 
23, '63; Major by brevet Mch. 13, '65; transf. to Co. A, Aug. 31, '65; disc. Mch. 

14, '66. 

HORTON (musician), enl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols., 3 Sept., 1863; m. o. 26 Aug., 

1863. 
PERCEY, NICHOLAS, enl. Nov. 26, '64, Co. G, 11 Conn. Vols., substitute; m. o. 

Dec. 21, '65. 
PHILLIP, LOUIS, eul. recruit Co. E, 1st Hy. Art., 33 Dec, 1863; m. o. Sept. 35, '65. 
PINNEY. ELEAZER W. (Corp'l), enl. Co. F, 5 Conn. Vols., 31 July, 1861; disc. 

July 'i2, '64. 
PllYOR, ISAAC T., eul.70ct., '61, Co. B. 11 Conn. Vols.; re-enl. Vet., Jan. 1, 64; m. 

o. Dec 21, '65. 
REA, JOHN, eul. Co. D, 7th Reg. Comi. Vols.. Nov. 6, '64; ni. o. July 20. '65. 
REED, NORTON A., enl. Co. D, 14 Conn. Vols., 15 .luly, 1862; d. UDec, 1863. 
REYNOLDS, RANSOM M., enl. recruit Co. K. 1 H. Art., 30 Dec, 1863; died Oct. 7. '64. 
RICHARDSON, SOLOMON L., eul. Co. D, 14th Reg. Conn. Vols., 4 Aug., 1863; 

wounded Dec 13, '62, Fredericksburg; disc disab., 2 Apl., 1863. 
KILEY. WILLIAM, enl. recruit Co. E. 1st Coun. Cav., 28 Mch., 1864; des. Apl. 5, '64. 
MICHAEL J., enl. recruit Co. D, 11 Conn. Vols., 23 Mch., 1864; des. Aug. 13, 64. 
KoniNSON. GEORGE R., enl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols.. 37 Aug., 1863: d. 24 July, 

1863. 
KOLPFS, 'WILLIAM, eul. recruit Co. G. 13 Conn. Vols., 33 Mch., 1864; trans, to Co. 

D, 13tli Batallion C. V., Nov. 36. '64. 
ROOT. HENRY A., enl. Co. K, 25 Conn. Vols., 28 Aug., 1S63; ni. o. July 7, '63. 
KUYCE, JOHN M., enl. Co. F, 35 Conn. Vols.. 35 Aug., '03; m. o. 36 Aug., 1863. 
-t'HULTZE. LOUIS, (Corp'l). eul. Co. H, 32 Conn. Vols., Sept. 16. 1862; m. o. 7 

July, 1863. 
HERMAN, enl. Co. E, 1 Hy. Art., 1 Jan., 1864; des. .July 29. '65. 
SCHALK. JOSEPH, enl. Co. K, 1st Hy. Art., 2 Jan., 1864; m. o. Sept. 25, '65. 
SHAW, HENRY, enl. Co. K. 22 Conn. Vols.. 30 Aug., 1862; ni. o. 7 July, 1803. 
SMITH, SAMUEL A. (Corp'l), enl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols., 29 Aug., 1862; m. o. 26 

Aug., 1863. 
SPENCER, HARLOW (Corp'l), enl. Co. P, 25 Conn. Vols., 22 Aug., 1863; wounded 

May, 1863, Port Hudson, La.; m. o. 26 Aug.. '63. 
ST. CLAIR. CHARLES, enl. Co. F, 5 Conn. Vols., June 31. 1S64: re-enl. Vet. 21 Dec. 

1M63; m. o. July 19, '65. 
SULLIVAN, JOHN, enl. Co. K, 11 Conn. Vols., substitute. Nov. 15. '64; des. Dec. 

13, '64. 



854 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

TAFT, ALFRED A., eul. Co. D, 14 Conn. Vols., Aug. G, 1862; wounded Sept. 17, '02. 

Antietam; disc, disab. 24 Nov., 1863. 
FRANCIS M., eiil. Co, F, 25 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., 1K63; desi-rted Nov. 12, 1862. 
TALCOTT, WALLACE S. {(\)ii)'l), enl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols., 2.-i Aug., 1862; 

wounded May, 1863, Port Hudson, La.; d. 6 July, 1863. 
TARBOX, WILLIAM W., cul. refiuit Co. G, 10 Conn. Vols., 22 Mch., 1864; disc. 

Aug. 2.-), '65. 
THOMAS, WILLIAM, enl. ncruit Co, K, 11 Conn. Vols,, 24 Mcli,, 1864; caiituied 

May 16, '64, Drewiy's Bluff, Va.; paroled Nov. 19, '64; di.se. July 14, '6.-i, 
THOMPSON, JOHN, enl. recruit, 11 Conn. Vols., 34 Mch., 1864; transf. to Reg. Apl, 

7, '64; failed to report; not on rolls, 
JOHN (Corp'l), enl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols., 25 A\ig., '62; wounded Apl. 14, '63, 

Irish Bend, La.; m, o, 26 Aug., 1863, 
JOSEPH, enl. recruit Co. E, 11 Conn. Vols.. 24 Mch., 1864; killed at Cold Harbor. 

Va,, June 3, 1864. 
THRALL, ALVA T. (Corp'l), enl, Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug,, '62; ni. o, 26 

Aug,, 1863, 
JASON, enl, Co, F, 25 Conn, Vols,. 25 Aug,, 18(i2; d, 31 Jan,,, 1863. 
CARLOS W. (Sgt.), enl. Co. F, 35 Conn. Vols., 25 Aug., '62; ni. o. 26 Aug,, 1863, 
TOBIN, THOMAS, enl, recruit Co, D, 11 Conn. Vols., 23 Mch., 1864; deserted 1 Apl., 

1864, 
WALLACE, BRSKINE, enl, Co, F, 25 Conn, Vols,, 25 Aug,, 1862; wounded May 27, 

•63, Port Hudson; d. May 28, '63, 
WARNER, GEORGE R. (musician), enl. Co. F, 25 Conn. Vols., 30 Aug., 1863; m. o 

26 Aug., 1863. 
HORACE, Jn., enl. Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols., Oct. 5, 1861; wagoner, re enl. Vet, 12 

Dec, 1863; m. o. Dec. 21, '65. 
LEMUEL, enl. Oct. 5, '61, Co, B, 11 Conn, Vols, (nnisician); re-enlisted Vel Jan 

1, '64; ra, o. Dec, 21, '65, 
WEBB, WILLIAM R,, enl, Co. F, 2'.t (col'd) Conn. Vols,, 33 Dec, 1863; disc ilisal. 

Mch. 9, '65. 
WHITING, MARCUS, enl. Oct. 5, '61, Co. I!, 11 Conn. Vols.; re enl. Vet. 1 Jan., 

1864; m, o, Dec, 21, '65, 
WILLIAMS. JOHN, enl. Co. F, 7th Conn. Vols., Nov. 5, '64; ui. c July 3(t, '65, 
WILLIKE, FREDERIC, enl, Co, I, 14 Conn, Vols,, Aug, 7, 1863; di.sc May 18, '65. 
WILSON, JONAS E,, enl, Co, F, 35 Conn, Vols,. 25 Aug,, 1862; ni, o, 36 Aug,, 1863, 
WINNER, HENRY, unassigned recruit. 
WOOD, RANSOM E., enl, recruit Co, A, 2d Hy, Art,, 30 Dec, ls63; wounded June 

1, '64, Cold Harbor, Va,; d. June 3, '64, 
ZIEGLER, FREDERIC (Corp'l), enl. recruit Co. E, 1st Hy. Art,, 23 Dec, 1863; ni o 

Sept, 35, '65, 

ADDITIONAL NAMES. 

Persons not credited to Ellington, but natives or residents of the 
town. 

MAYN.\RD, ALONZO, enl, 5 Oct,, 1861, Co, B, 11 Conn, Vol.s.; transf, to Co, I Dec 

37. '61; wounded Sept. 17, '62, Antielani; disc, dis, JIarch 33, '63. 

WILLIAM C, enl, 27 Nov., 1861, Co. B, 11 Conn. Vols.; transf. to Co. I Dec 27. 

1861; transf. to Co. M, 3d Reg. U. S. Art., Oct. 24, '63; disc. dis. Feb. 15, 1864. 

Both of the above enlisted from Ellington, but were wrongly credited to Stafford, 

GOODELL, WILLIAM W, (Corp'l), born in Ellington, enl, from Vernon July 15, 1863. 
Co, D, 14 Conn, Vols.; killed July 3, '63, Gettysburg, Pa. 



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EARLY MEHrnANTS IN ELLINGTON. 855 

PORTKR, HORACE P., born in Ellington, cnli.'itfd from New Ilav.ii 07 Aug.. ISfil. 
.Vssist. Surgeon 7 Conn. Vols.; promoted Surgeon 10 ('. V. M:iy 1, til; disc. 
Nov. n, '64. 

WlLl.EV. JUNIUS jM., liorn in Ellington, enl. Irom WMlerluuy .lone 11. 1864. Chap- 
lain 3 Conn. Vols.; m. o. .\iig. 12. '61. 

\Vl)( ID, OLIVER E., resident for a lime in Ellington, enl. from Guilford .luly 29, 1862. 
Co. B, 1st Reg. Conn Cavalry; dise. Sept. 2. '63, to accept appointment of 
cadet at 'We.st Point; grad. 1807, 2d Lieut. .^>tli U. S. Ail. .Tnne 17, '67; Ist 
Lieut. June 11, '70. 

\ Mercliiiiif:<. — A. Mcl-i'ini wms tlii' lirst in Elliiig'tnn. imd liail a store 
nil tlu: old road foniuu'ly loading to Job's Hill, and alioid west of tlic 
iornior residence of Daniel Warner. He failed in I)iisiness, however, 
;iii(l his iirincipal creditor was the celebrated John Hancock, of Boston, 
lo whom lif had mortgaged his farm, which thus passed into ili-. H.'s 
hands, and lias since been known as the Hancock farm.] 

Cajit. Sessions then traded near where Mr. Shippcy lives, and 
carried on the ])otash business. Dr. James Steele traded where Rodol- 
phns Taft no-w lives. 

[John Hall, a native of Lvine, Conn., was for many years a sticccss- 
fid merchant in the sontheast jiart of the town. His house and store 
stood a little south of a house built by Lyman Ransom, and lately owned 
by Nathan Doane. In those days a merchant did not seek a village, or 
central portion of a to'wn, for business, but relied on his own energy to 
command trade, rather than ujion any favorable location. To this store 
farmers brought their l>eef, pork, and grain. Mr. Hall had many persons 
employed in packing meat, transporting it to market, and carrying on 
some mechanic arts. Wrought nails were made here. At one time 
Nathan Hall, a brother of the merchant and father of Rev. Gordon Hall 
(graduate Williams Ooll. 1808), one of the first missionaries from this 
country to heathen lands, had the care of the blacksmithing dejiartment. 
He afterwards removed to Tolland, ilass. The varied business carried 
on by Mr. Hall was very exhausting to the physical energies of one ubo 
had the oversight of so much, and who carried it on under all tlie dilli- 
culties of transportation and exchange of those days. Heavy loads wci-c 
drawn by ox teams, and exchange was in " hard currency." Goods 
were purcdiased at Boston instead of New York, in those days, by nier- 
eliants in this region. Mr. Hall went to Boston on horseback, and car 
lied his "hard money" in saddle-bags thrown upon the horse. -The 
weight of the specie was often greater than the weight of Mr. Hall, who 
was of medium size.] 



856 HISTUiiV OK ANCIENT WINnsOR. 

XV'III. Inscriptions upon Tombstones in the Ellington Cemetery. 

The town of Windsor voted, March 18, 1733-34, to draw 40». from 
the town treasury to imrchnse a hiirial place " at the place called Grvnl 
Marsh in Windsor." In 1840-42 a large addition was made north and 
northeast of the original cemetery. The first action toward this was 
taken April 24, 1834. 

The oldest inscri])tion is the following : 

" In Memory of .Mr .loscpli Tliiinisdii, who Diwl Dcreml)' ye '.I''' 1741 in ye 32'' year 
of his Age." 

" Here Lyes the Body of Mrs .Margret Tliorason, who Died .lan'y ye 20"' 17.")2 in llie 
87"' year of her Age." 

" In Memory of Mr William Thomson, who Died August *' 1763 in ye 77"' year of 
his Age." 

"In Memory of Mr. Samuel Thomson, who died February the 23 AD. 1782 in the 
91" year of his Age." 

"In Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Mr Samuel Thomson, who Died on ye 22' 
of October, AD. 1776 in the SO"" year of her Age." 

" Here lies ye Body of Mr James Wallos, who Dec'd Febry ye 2'' AD. 17411-7, aged 
77 years & 10 months." 

" In Memory of Mrs Kethorn, ye wife of Mr .lames Wallis, who died May ye 11"' 
176.1, in ye 87"" year of her Age." 

" In Memory of Mrs Agnefs Wallis, daughter of Mr James Wallis & Mrs Catorn 
his wife, who died Feb. ye 31'" 1761 in ye 40"' year of her Age." 

" Here lies ye Body of Mr. John Bingham, who died Septr 9"' 1747, aged 47 years 
& 7 months." 

"In Memory of Mr. Samuel Moulton, who died Decemb' the 17"' AD. 1777, in the 
67"" year of his Age." 

"Here lies ye Body of JIrs Sarah Jloulton. ye wife of Mr Samuel Moulton, who 
Died Oct. ye 4 1747 aged 36 years." 

" Here lyes ye Body of Lucy, ye daughf of Capt. Isaac vV Mrs Hannah llubliard, 
who died June g"" 1751 in yc 8"" Year of Her Age." 

"Here lyes ye Bodyes of Freegrace & Sarah Booth, Son it Daughter of Mr Joshua 
and JIrs Rutii Booth. Freegrace Died Oct' 11"' 1751, Aged 4 Years & 6 Months. Sarah 
Died March 13"' 1745, Aged 3 Years & 39 Days," 

"In Memory of Mrs Ann Smith, ye wife of Mr Philip Smith, who died July 27"' 
1754, in ye 36"' year of her Age," 

" In Memory of J[r Richard Smith .luir, who died Oct' ye 22' 1751, in ye 34"' Year 
of his Age." 

" In Memory of Eus'g" John Burroughs, who ilied Feb. ye 14"" 1757 in ye 73' year 
of his Age." 

"In Memory of .Mrs Pacienls Newlon, wife of Lievit. Phineas Xewlon. who <lieil 
Feb. ye 5"" 1759 in ye 45"' year of her Age." 

" In Memory of Lieut Ebenezer Belknap, who died Suddeidy by a Fall From his 
Horse, July ye S'' 1760, in ye 36"" Year of his Age." 



TOMHSTON'K INSCIIII'TIONS IN KLLINliToV f'KMETERY. 857 

"In MciiKiry of Mrs Susammli Belknap, wile nf Licul. Khene/.cr Belknap, who 
(lied Nov' IS'i' 1750 iu ye 22<^ Year of her Age." 

" In nienxory of Margaret, wife of I)r Robert Morison, who died .lau'y ye 4"' 1701, 
in ye 27"' year of her Age." 

One St )n^ * Timothy Nash Esq. died March 13 17.")6, JE 57. 
'■"' EbcnezerNashdiedSDec, 1823 .E. 80." 

" In Memory of ye Rev' N.vrn.^NiEL Huntington, A.jM. A 2'' Pastor of the East 
church in Windsor si.\ years & 6 months, who died April ye 28 175G in ye 32'' Year of 
his Age. 

" In Memory of ye Rev' Seth Norton, 3'' Pastor of ye Church of Christ in Elling- 
ton iu Windsor, who departed this life January ye lO"" 1762 in ye 31" Year of his Age. 
Behold as You Pass by | as You are Now, So | Once was I, as I am | Now So You Must 
he I Prepare for Death | and Follow me." 

•• In Memory of the Rev' John Bliss, who Died Feby ye 12"> 17!>(i iu ye 54"" Year 
of his A.s.e." 

'■ Whener' you walk this hollow ground. 
And ore my dust you tread, 
O dont forget you soon must slee)) 
Upon this dustey bead." 

"In Memory of Mrs Marran, wife of Mr Joseph IIar|)er, who died Feb'y ye 12"' 
1772 in ye 83'' year of her Age." 

'• In Memory of Mr Jacob Re.\d, who died May ye 28"' AD. 1774, in the 72"' year of 
his age. 

" The sweet Remembrance of the Just 
Shall flouri.sh tho' they sleep in dust." 

'■ In Memory of Mr Joseph 1{e.\d, who departed this life April ye 24 AD. 1774 iu 
ye 67"' year of his age. 

' ' Behold all you t hat pass ii see. 
As I be now so must you be, 
Prepare for death and follow me." 

" In Memory of the Widow Sarah Read, Relict to Mr Joseph Read, who died April 
25 1807 in the 90"" year of her age. 

" In faith she died, and thus she lies. 
That faith foresaw that dust would rise." 

" Here lies the Body of Mr Simon Kinusbeky, Jn'. who Departed this life April ye 
27"" AD. 1776 in ye 33"' year of his Age. 

" My suddiut call Invits you all 
Cold Death for to Remember. 
When Death Doth Come to (!all you home 

To Death you mu.st Surrender. 
O may you all both Great <k Small 

Remember you must Die. 
So that you may Prejiared be 
To live with Christ on high." 

"In memory of Mr William McCray. who Died OctT 13"' AD. 1776 in the 74"> year 
of his Age." 

" In Memory of Mr Thomas Hall, he Died Jan'y 27"' 1777 in ye 64"' year of his 
Age." 

"In memory of Dea. John Hall, who died May 26 1796 JE. 52." 
Vol. I.— 108 



858 HISTdltV UK ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 

"In memory of Oiipt. T)aniki. Elswokth who died .laiiuarv ye 27 AD, 17s-.> in yi 
82'' year of his Age. 

■' 'Twas fourscore ye.nrs I saw, Beheld this world as vain, 
Resigned to nature's law, Immortal life to gain." 

"In memory of Ch.\ri,es ?^lswoktii Esq.. who departeil this life .lany 4"' ITTO it 
ye 47"' year of his Age." 

" While yet alive his virtue sliined. 
The Product of a Pious Mind; 
» We trust his soul is now above. 

Where all is peace, where all is love." 

[According to tlie unaiiiiiiotis statements of ol<l peoiile, Mr. EUswort 
fully deserved the eulogy implied in the first of the ahove lines, 
was the earliest justice of the peace in the parish, having received tho' 
first appointment in 1769.] 

"(apt Bf.n.i.\min Finney Died Xov. 2.5 1777 aged 62 years." 

■Here lies ye Body of Docf Ehenkzeh Pinney, who died of a consiiinplioM 
Augnsl ye 0"' 1786, in ye 2.5"' year of his age. 

" In vain yoii mourn and drop those funeral tears, 
Death and the grave hath neither eyes nor ears." 

" In Memory of Eleazf;i{ Pinney, who died .July 15. 1835 Aged 83." 
[Eleazer Pinney was horn in Ellington ahout sixteen years lieforc 
the incorporation of the township east of the river, and was consequently 
a son of Ancient Windsor. He was a sergeant in the campaign against 
Burgoyne, in a cori)s of Connecticut militia that distinguished itself for 
Ijravery. He was engaged in the liattle fought at Stillwater on the 19tli 
September, 1777, and also in the battle of Saratoga, 7th Octolter, 1777, 
which decided the fate of Burgoyne's army, and was one of the division 
that stormed that general's camp. 

Lieutenant Pinney (for in Ellington, the commission tiiat he after- 
wards held, conferred upon its possessor the title for life), Leftent Pin- 
ney, until his active career was closed by age, ranked among tin; first 
citizens of the place. He represented the town in the legislature, was a 
selectman fourteen years, no other person having held that office so 
long ; and received his fidl share of other town meeting honors. In the 
settlement of estates, guardiansliips, and other responsible trusts, he re- 
ceived a marked preference, (although Ellingion then contained an 
unusual mnnijer of men well qualified for similar proofs of confidence,^ 
and was often jocularly called the administrator-general of Ellington. 

For a week preceding his death he suffered much ))ain, which was 
endured with true Christian patience and resignation. Few men in life 
were more respected, or in death more universally regretted. His 
funeral was numerously attended, for ha was truly a friend of all, 
especially of the ])Oor.] 



TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS BIOGRAPHIES. 859 

" 'I'liis iiuiiiuniciit is erecteil in memory of Col. r.Kvi Wei.i.s who difil DoociiiIkt 
IStli ISO;i in tlic 69Ui year of his age. 

Oh Death thou sole proprietor of man. 
Since the sad hour apostasy began, 
No patriot's love, no human wortli can free 
From the great tribute that is due to thee. " 

[At'tei- the- close of the RevohitionaiT war, Col. Wells removed from 
Colehester to Ellington, not having been previously a resident of the 
latter town. During the siege of Boston, in 177(i. he w;is a captain in 
Spencer's Regiment, afterward a major; he was taken \>\ tiie enemy in the 
hattle of Long Island, and underwent a ])ainful captiviiy. His ciise, with 
those of other officers, is described by Ethan Allen in his account of tlie 
cruelties perpetrated by the British upon American prisoners. After 
his exchange, while in command of a regiment of State troops distributed 
as a guard near the southwest part of this State, Col. Wells was surprised 
in the night by a vastly superior force, and again made a prisoner. On 
this occasion John Lathrop, a respectable young man of Tolland, was 
killed, and Lemuel King of Vernon, then a mere boy, but afterwards 
one of the first citizens of that town, received a stiff knee for life. Dur- 
ing his residence in Ellington Col. Wells was held in the highest estima- 
tion. By a fortunate second marriage (with the widow of Chai'les Ells- 
worth, Esq.) and the success in life of his children, unlike too many of 
his brother officers, he spent the latter years of his life in abundance as 
well as honor. He was chosen a representative, and was for about ten 
years before his death a justice of the peace, tlien an honorable and even 
lucrative office. His gravestone was the first of marble erected in that 
burial ground.] 

' " This monument is erected to remind the livin.s of tlie life and death of M.^tthew 
Hyde, Esq., who died Sept. 24, 1806, aged T2 years." 

■' i\Irs. Roxalania Hyde, relict of Matthew Hyde, Escj., died August 31" 1818, Aged 
84 years." 

[Mr. Hyde was a native of Franklin, married a Miss Stoughton of 
Hast Windsor (a native of Windham), and settled in Ellington years 
before the town of Windsor was divided. Besides his farm he fol- 
lowed the trades of carpenter, joiner, cabinet maker, and general worker 
in wood, — all which, and sometimes others, were wrought at by the 
same person. Having embraced the creed in(!idcatcd by Robert Sande- 
man, and j)erhaps engrafted upon it some improv(!ments of his own, 
he was conscientiously opposed to all war, its contrary to the plain and 
undoubted injunctions of the gospel ; conseipiently was not an advocate 
for the American Revolution. He even allowed his cattle to be distrained 
for war taxes, thougli he would immediately redeem them. He also 
opposed the war as impolitic on any ground whatever, declaring his 



860 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

apprehensions that if independence were secured the large States would 
eventually oppress the smaller ones. But it was evident that his actual 
sympathies did not harmonize with those of the American adherents to 
the British cause. He was not therefore deemed an enemy to his coun- 
try, and never lost the confidence and favor of his fellow citizens, whu. 
in that war contributed even their personal services. As a practically 
wise man, Mr. Hyde enjoyed a standing in Ellington similar to that of 
Roger Sherman in a more extensive field. He was a representative from 
East Windsor for four sessions while Ellington formed a part of that 
town; was active in secm-iug the organization of the town of Ellington, 
and represented it in the legislature at rimrtccii of the twenty succes- 
sive sessions held in the first ten years after its incori)oration. On the 
organization of the town he was ajtpointed a justice of the peace and 
chosen the town cleri<,l)oth which otlices he held until his death, a ])eriod 
of twenty years. Transacting the princijtal business of the former office 
in a town then somewhat famous for its jietty lawsuits, and in numer- 
ous other offices and trusts, his good judgment and inuiuestioned integ- 
rity rendered him a remarkalily useful and influential man. wliile his 
excellence as a private citizen gained him equal respect. 

Upon his decease, his oldest son, Robert, succeeded him as justice 
and town clerk, to which office he was annually re-elected from 
1806-1835, and town treasurer 1816-1835, the records of the town 
remaining in one house from 1786 to 1835. During much of the time 
from 1806 until constitutionally disqualifieil in 1838, Robert Hyde, Esq., 
transacted the greater share of such business as is referred to a justice 
of the peace. He also represented the town at the sessions of the Gen- 
eral Assembly in 1801, 1802, and 1811, and received numerous other 
j)roofs of the confidence of his fellow citizens. 

Daniel Hyde, second son of Matthew, ami occasionally a representa- 
tive, selectman, etc., was, like his father and elder brother, a man of ex- 
tensive reading (besides their own lilirary the Social Library was kept in 
their house), and enlarged capacity for public usefulness. But undesir- 
ous of i)ublic employment, he eitlicr wrought at his father's trades or 
enjoyed a cpiiet home with liis brother at the family residence, neither 
of them having ever been married. He represented Ellington in the legis- 
latine in 1807. 

Allyn, youngest son of Matthew Hyde (we have made no account 
of three who died in infancy), inherited the family sense and intelligence 
in full. He studied medicine, settled in Ellington, and stepped at once 
into a very extensive practice, which he retained until superannuated. 
Dr. Hyde married a Miss Mather of Windsor, daughter of Col. Mather 
and niece of Chief Justice Ellsworth, liy whom the Hyde; family was 
always hel<l in particular i-('S|iect. As i)roperty lias no small share in 



TOMBSTONE INSrKlPTIONS — BIOGKAI'UIES. 861 

fixing a position in society, it may not be amiss to mention that during 
the most exalted years of tlie Hyde family, in a town abounding in 
wealthy men, their condition in life was that of the common farmer. 
Shortly previous to Dr. Hyde's death all three of the brothers, each of 
them being above eighty years nM. wmt to the [lolls and voted the 
Whig ticket. Two at least, if not all the three, daughters of Matthew 
Hyde, had the family cast of character. The same was the case with 
two grandchildren, brought iij) at the family residence, one, Joseph 
Wadsworth Bissell, having licm a representative and justice when 
those offices yet conferred sfime ImnDr on their holders. The wife of 
-Matthew Hyde, Esq., was a woman of a remarkably strong character 
and highly cultivated mind. Iler reading, even in old age, consisted in 
works of the soundest character. Sju- lias many times been seen, when 
above eighty years old, engaged in the perusal of Plutarch, Rolliu. and 
other similar authors.] 

I'll ihi- memory of Col. JosEru Abbott, wlio ilieil Jiiu\- •')th, 1814, aged 7S years. ' 
[Col. Joseph Abbott moved to Ellington from Brooklyn at about 
the close of the Revolutionary war, having purchased a tract of more 
than a scjuare mile of excellent land, situated in the southwest part of 
the town. He was celebrated for his skill in farming; his equal in that 
business, on so extensive a scale, probably never has been found in Tol- 
land county. In conjunction with other favorable circumstances at the 
time, it was by oi)serving his success and imitating his example that the 
farmers on the ))lain discontinued their ridiculously slovenish and un- 
profitable mode of tillage ; ambition and emulation were soon followed 
liy prosperity ; in a few years the agricultural features of their part of 
the town were changed, and Ellington became the pleasant place that 
never fails to excite the admiration of a stranger. It is related of Col. 
-Vbliott, probably with truth, that on one occasion he said he did not 
know of a single bush on his fai'in, and that if he did he would instantly 
send a man to cut it down. He brought his militaiy title from Brooklyn, 
having held a commission in the time of the Revolution, and hanng seen 
service in that contest. See the accoimt of his services in this volume 
among Revolutionary Soldiers, ('ol. A. was twice a representative, 
lie had a son i)caring his name who represented Ellington several times. 
Col. Levi Wells also had a son Levi, whose name among the rejire- 
sentativcs might lead to a mistake liy one who was iu)t acquainted with 
the circumstances.] 

"Ill memory of ('apt. leiiAuoD Wadswoktii. who died Mareli 31, 1815, aged To 
years. 

Stop reader spend a mournful tear 
( )ver the dust that slumbers here 
And whilst you read the fate of me 
Think on the glass that runs for thee." 



ObZ HISTORY Of AN( IKNT WINDriOK. 

[Capt. Wiulsworth was raiscfl in Elliiintmi, " put nut '" luitil he was 
sixteen years old ; sold his hair for a shilling, the first he ever had, anil 
when his period of servife was np. enlisted in the army (war of 1755) ; 
was in the exprilitidu tn Cnliii, 17<r2. and at the elose of that war was a 
sort of veteran of tiic age of twenty, like many of the soldiers in the 
heroic days of onr country, with his moral and religious principles 
entirely uninjui-ed. He married a Miss Drake, who owned about forty 
acres of poor land in the northern part of Ellington. Within a few 
years after marriage she died, leaving one child, a son. Mr. Wadsworth 
was by this time in sufficient standing to be welcomed for a second wife 
into the family of Deacon Porter. The new wife was always one of the 
kindest of step-mothers, having, however, no child of her own. Shr sm 
vived her husband many years. In 177t) Mr. W. had arrived at the dignity 
of orderly sergeant of the militia company, and went with it to New York, 
where his former experience in cam]) and field duties and in taking care 
of the sick elevated him so highly in the estimation of his comrades that 
on the resignation of the captain, directly after, he was promoted 
over the subalterns to the command of the company. As a caji- 
tain he was several times in actual service, ami was one of the three 
or four chief veterans of the town. Ca|)tain Wiidsworth was extremely 
well (lualified to cut a ])ath for himself through the world. He acquired 
a large property, and for many years was one of the jtrincipal farmers oi 
the town. Punctual in attending church on Sundays, he used to ride in 
a superior style that indicated the wealthy farmer, viz. : in a large, heavy, 
two-horse farm wagon, set strong anil stiff upon the axles, the sides built 
like a cart and painted red, with movable end boards, and uni)ainted side 
boards. The men were seated on a slip of Ixiani, while the females were 
accommodated with chairs. In those tlays of comparative simplicity 
Caj)t. W. occasionally attended meeting with his three-cornered", large, 
old-fashioned military hat on, nobody dreaming of its being in any way 
im))roper.] 

" In mcmury of Doctor Joski'h 15. Wadswohtii, wiio Dc'iiarted this life Manli y 12"' 
A.D. 1T84 in y 37"' year of his Age. 

When wecpiiij; fiiends draw near 
And drop a saered tear 
^ly last Best counsel hear; 
For Death, for Death prepare.' 

For biography of Dr. Wiidsworth, see p. 833. 

" In memory of .\li-. .lolin ^McKiiight, wlio died March IG"' ITS."), in y 78' year of 
his Age " 

■' In memory of Jlr. .lohu Porter, wlio died June the 7"' 1773 in tlie sg'"" year of his 
Age." 



TOMIiSTONK INSCRII'TIIINS — lillKJIiA I'lIKS. 863 

■■ In incmorv of Deac" Jonathan Porter, wlm difd July y T)"' 1T8H in the 72'' yeiir 
cifhis A-c. 

Beneath this stone Death's prisoner lies. 
The Stone shall move the Saint shall rise. 
What's now concealed IJeueath the dust 
Shall then ap|)ear among the Just. " 

[Dca. Porter came to Ellington when a young man, from Ipswich, 
-Mass., hought a large tract of land, and, in 1747, huilt a house near the 
juni^tion of the West Stafford and old Soniors roads, which was inhahited 
hy himsi'lf and his descendants for near a century. Its fashion, site, and 
roniarkalily antiquated air inside and outside, during its latter j'ears, would 
sti'cmgly remind one of the garrison houses in earlj' times. Pea. Porter 
was one of a class of men in his time who had a taste for solid reading 
otherwise than religious. Among his books were large quarto volumes 
of history, besides other valuable and curious works of a smaller size. 
Dr. Daniel Porter, who was in the action between the Trumhdl and 
tlie WattH, during the Revolution, and afterwards became a very i-espect- 
ablr physician in the vicinity of Warehouse Point, was his sou.] 

'■ In memory of Mr. Daniel Stoughton. who Died August the 10 A.D. ITMfi, Aged 
S!l years." 

[He was father-in-law of Mattliew Hyde.] 

■' In memory of Doc-t' Epaphras Bucki.and who died ()<-l' :!U"' 17S7 In y •^5''' year 
of Ids Agi', 

My sudden Call Enviles you all 
Cold Death for to Kemendier. 
When Death doth Come to call you home 
To Death you must surrender." 

"Sacred to the Jfemory of Doct' Joel Carpenter, who departed this life Jan. y" 
2.^)"' 17H9 in the fiO"' year of his Age." 

" In Memory of Air. James JIcKinney, who died July 10, 179G, in y 9.'>"' year of his 
Age." 

"In Memory of Mrs. Margaret, wife of jMi'. James McKinney, who died t)ct. 26, 
1798 in y 101" year of her Age." 

■■ In memory of Mr. .Jonathan Grant, wlm died Dec' 2'' 1797, in y" S3'' year of his 
Age." 

■In Memory of Deacon Medin'j] Kilrli, Died Nov'; the 14"' 1792 in the 7t)"' year 
ot Ids .\ge." 

In Memory of Mrs. Lydia, the wife of Deacon Mcdin'h Fitch, who Died Oct'" IB"" 
AD 1762 in tlie 36"' year of her Age. 

You that do Read these lines must Die, 
As well as I that here Doth lie." 
■' In memory of Mrs. Jerusha Skinner, wife of Dea. Daniel Skinner, and Daughter 
In Daniel Bissell Ks(|., of Windsor, who died Nov 26 1797 in y 80"'' year of her age" 

" In memory of Mrs. Betty, wifi; of " In memory of Mr. Stephen Cross, 

Mr Stephen Cross, who died Jan? 16'" who died Nov' 5"" 1796, in y 93'' year of 

1 Ts9 in y 92' year of her Age." his Age." 

(Both on one stone.) 



864 HTSTOItY OK ANTIKNT WINDSOIl. 

"In Memory of Mr, Simon Kinirslx-rv. who dicil Aiiril 18"' A.D. 175(9 in y 84"' yi-ai 
of his Age." 

"In Memory of Doft. .losF.rn KiN(;snuKY. who died Aug. 29, 1S23. .-E. G6." — See 
biography, p. 833. 

" In Memory of Mrs. I{(>xan.\ Ki.MiSBUUY. wife of Dr. Josepli Kingshurv. Bom 
April 20, 17r)3. Died Mareli r,, ]820." 

[Mrs. Rox.\NA KiNRSBURT was daughter of Mr. Jn.siali Allvn, of 
Windsor, a descendant of Col. Matthew Allyn, and, as hcforo mentioned, 
was the widow of Dr. Josepli 15. Wadsworth. As a huniane, aniialilr. 
considerate, worthy woiiiau. mid a lady in all the relations of life, shr 
was rarely equaled.] 

" In memory of Levi Wells Es.i., who died April 28 1828, M e3." 

"To the Memory of C'apt. .Joseph Aldioll, who ilicd Feb. ', 1834, Aged 68 years/ 

"Proverbs, chap. VIII. Amos, chiip. IV. 

"Unto you, O man, I e.ill. Prepare to meet thy God. 

"To the Memory of Timothy Holton, who died Aug. 18, 1822, Ji. 78." 

" In Jlemory of Dr. James Steele, who died June 15, 1819, iE. 62." 
" Death gives us more than man in Eden lost; 
The king of terrors is the prince of peace." 

" In Memory of Francis Belknap, a revolutionary pensioner, who died N(5v. 22. 
1838, Aged 84." " 

•• Allyn Hyde, M.D. Died Aug. 28 185"), ^. 83." See biography, p. 860. 

The three following names are on the same monument. The first 
two were brothers of the jireceding; the third was their niece. 

" Robert Hyde Esq. Died June 13 1859, JE. 91. See biography, \t. 86(1. 
• Daniel Hyde, Died Sept. 16 1867, ^. 97. See biography, p. 860. 
"Ro.\a Bissell, Died Aug. 15 1878, Aged 91 years, 8 mos." 

"Asa Willey, Born Feb. 32 1774, Died Dec. 9 1851.' 

"Rev. Junius M. Wilt.ey, Rector of St. Johns cliurch, Bridgeport, Died April 7 
1866, Aged 45." 

"Rev. DioDATE Brockwav, For Fifty Years Pastor of the Cliurch in this Town, 
Died Jan. 27 1849, Aged 72." 

"John Hall Brockway, Died .Inly 2!t 187<t Aged 69." 

"John Hali., Born Feb. 20 1783. Died Oct. 2 1847." 

John Hall, Esq., (son of John, see p. 855 ) whose name must ever be 
prominently connected with the interests and history of Ellington. He 
was born Feb. 26, 1783. His boyhood was spent at home, amid siicii 
scenes as the traffic carried on iiy his father, and such as the culti- 
vation of a large farm produced. This period of his life was marked 
by activity and ingenuity in his father's affairs, although he was not a 
robust lad. The father died wlien the son was thirteen years of age. 
He was then sent abroad to school, and spent some time in preparation 



TOMIiSTONE INSCUIPTIONS — ^ BIOGRAPHIES. 865 

for college with Rev. Mr. Pruddcn, at Enfield. Pie entered college at 
the age of fifteen, and gradnatcd in 1802. He was a snperior scholar. 
At junior exhibition he received, for his appointment, the Latin oration. 
i'lic year ho graduated appointments w(u-e not given out as they had 
previously been given, nor as they have sine(' been made. Parts were; 
assigned, according as it was thought that each ap|K)intee would exeel, 
and not according to his ni(!rit roll as a scdiolar. Ho received, at gradu- 
ating, a dispute. Two yciirs after this he was ap])ointeil a tutor in Yale 
(College, and remained in this position Ix'twi'cM I \vu and (lircc years. 

As Mr. Hall's Jiealth was deru'ate, lie did not take a, profession. 
|[(^ purchased ;i I'miiii in iiis ii;ili\i' (dun, ;ind siipi'i-iid<'ni|i'i| from ISOS 
to 1821*. Dni'iiig tiiis period lu' spent niurii nf Ids time in iifi'i'ary pur- 
suits, and to tlic rlosc of liis lilr he ciierished a givaf relish for books. 
He was not only an extensive^ reader, but be was eminently an original 
think(u-. In college, and through life, be was fond of discussion; and 
he analyzed trutii more boldly than men of his times were accustomed 
to do. He often em})loyed himself in analyzing the sounds of the letters 
in the English language. He left manuscripts on the structure of our 
language, and arranged a grannnar, in which he followed no antlioi-. 
He devoted years to mental philosophy, and endeavored to make such 
definitions as would be undisputed, and as would not need defining. 
This subject ho had completed in his own mind, but lie died at the time 
he was ready to commit his views in full to papm-. 

His farm showed that taste and adaptation of means to farming 
were not wanting. In bis day the products from a farm in Connecticut 
did not compcnsaie the man who carried it on through hired laborers, 
lie had too much love of the beautiful, in all his efforts, to render his 
labors profitable in a pecuniar}' point of view. The large and beautiful 
elms now adorning the village of Ellington he either j)lant(Ml or induced 
others to plant. 

Mr. Hall originated the Ellington Seluiol, and was its principal for 
ten years from the autumn of 1829. The instruction was of the most 
thorough kind, and a dii'ect and positive influence was exerted by him 
on his pupils. Mr. Hall's health began to fail about the time he relin- 
quished the school. This fact, added to the consideration that the 
school gave no [jccuniary advantage, led him to resign his position. 
The school had enjoyed a high reputation for fitting young men for col- 
lege or for active business in life. 

Mr. Hall was acknowledged as a man of strict integrity and of irrc- 
proachal)le purpose. His varied talent and reading rendered him agree- 
able to gentlemen in any one of the professions, and his acquaintance 
was nmch valued by those who were particularly intimate with him. 
As he lived rejoicing to commit his ways to God, so he died rejoicing to 
Vol. I.— 10!) 



866 HISTORY OF ANCIENT ^\^NDSOI^. 

commit himself to Him in whom he confided. His life closed and death 
opened to him the reality of his trust Oct. 2, 1847, at the age of 64.] 

His oldest son, EDW.\Rn Hall, spent most of his life in his native 
town. After teaching for a few years elsewhere, in 1844 he estal)lished 
a school in Ellington, and devoted the remainder of his life to teaching. 
Mention is made of his school on a previous page. 

Like his father he was a man of earnest Christian character, and 
his constant endeavor was to do good to those al)Out him. Thus his ex- 
ample and influence tended to promote the highest welfare not only of 
his pupils but of the whole community. In his later years ill health 
seriously impaired his vigor, luit his active intricst in the well-l)oing of 
others never faltered. His gifts for benevolent and religious purposes 
were large in pro|iortion to his income, l)ut were never proclainie(l totlie 
world. He died August lH, 1875, at the age of tiG. 

Francis Hall of Elmira, N. Y., another son of .lolm I hill, has been 
a successful man of l)usiness. He was prepared foi- college at a very 
early age, but entered upon a business career as clerk in a book store, 
first in Springfield, Mnss.. afterward in Syracuse, N. Y. Before attain- 
ing his majority be estalilisbed a, liook store in Klniira, and in a few 
years built u]) a ])rosp(^rous trade. 

In the spring of 1859 he sailed for .hipan :ind arri\cd there tbe 1st 
of Novemlier in tliat year, when ports weiM^ open to foreigners under 
Commodore Periy's treaty. Engaging in the t(^a trade at Yokohama, 
he conducted for several years a very profitable busiiu>ss. His letters 
from Japan pulilished in the A^cw Yurk Trihiinc excited a wide-spre:i(| 
interest. He also made iin e\tensi\e eoileelion of artistic articii's of 
Japanese manufacture of special interest and \idne. 

He returned to Auieiica in IS(ii;. and bas siiu'e resided in Elmira. 
though often aliseut on long journeys to differenl parts of the wmid. 
H(; is esteemed one of tbe most valuable citi/ens of Klmira, and takes a 
leading part in ;ill liene\ dleiit and educational movements, esjiecially in 
connection with tbe Elmira Female College. 

"Edwiird Hall, Horn Aug. 10 1809, Died Aug. lU. 1ST5." 

" Benjamin Pinney, Born July 4 1780, Died .June 9 1860." 

"Dr. Horatio Dow, Died Sept. 28 1859, Aged 67 yrs." 

"Rev. L.wius TlyDK, Born Jan. 39 1789. After he had served Ids own generalion 
by llie will eC (!,m1, fell asleej) April 3 lSG.->. 

" I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness." 

" Wyllys Ku.ssell, Died March ]2 1851, Aged 81." 

•■ Oliver W. Steele, Died Nov. 9 1873, Aged 89." 

" Samuel Tlmmpson, Died .lune 22 1875, Aged 93." 

"Daniel Kimball, Died April 25 1776, Aged 84." 



TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS mOGRArillES. 867 

The 3IcKinx(rjj Burial Ground, on the main street of the villao-e, 
is occupied by the graves of Rev. John McKinstky, the first minister of 
the town, and some of his descendants, bearing tiie names of McKin- 
stry, Kllsworth, and Jlorgan. It originated in the determination of the 
minister nut tn be buried among his jieople, because he tliought they had 
treated him unjustly. In lcS5<S one of his descendants erected a new 
granite monument to liis memory, and enclosed the ground with an iron 
railing. A part of the original monument now lies at the front door of 
his descendant, Alexander McKinstry. The inscription on the new 
monument is as follows : 

" Roger McKinstry, anative of Scotlancl, llic fathci-df .John McKi.nstuy. who was 
born in Antrim Co., Ireland, in 1677, a graduate iif the University of Kdinbvirgli, Scot- 
land, arrived in Boston 1718, was the tirst pastor of the chureh in Sutton, Mass., pas- 
tor of tlio ehurcL in Ellington 1T38 to 1744. DiQd Jan. 20"' MrA, aged 77. 

" A learned man, a popular preacher, a sound divine. 'The car tliat heard him 
l)lcs.sed him; The eye that saw him gave witness to liim.' " 

[The following pecidiar inscrip(i(Ui is upon (he gra\estoue of one of 
his sons : 

" Here Rests ye Last Roma 
ins of Mr. At.exandku McKin 
STRt ye Kind husband ten- 
der Parent Dvitiful Son 
affectionate Brother Faitli- 
ful Friend Generous Master 
compassionate & obliging 
Neighbor ye unhappy 
hous looks Desolate & 
Morns & Every Door 
Groans doalful as it turns 
j"e Fillers Languish and each 
Silent Wall in Grief lament 
ye Masters fall, who Departed 
this life Novem' ye 9, 1759 
in ye 30"" Year of his Age." 

" lu Memory of DANrei. Ei.i.swoktii Ks(|, who died July 38 1803, Aged 70 years. 

" Throe skorc years I saw 
liilield this world as vain, 
Kesiiid to natures law 
Immortal life to gain." 

" Rev. Joiln Ellsworth, A.M. Minister of the Presbyterian Church in the Island 
of Saba, West Indies, son of Daniel Ellsworth. Esq., and Mrs. Mary Ellsworth, who died 
Nov. 22 1791, Aged 29." 

See p. 837. The sermon at his funeral was preached by Rev. Jlr. 
McClure of East Windsor, and afterwards published.] 

The original burying ground in the east part of the town was first 
used about the middle of the last century. The Square Fond Burijing 



868 HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Ground Association was formed May 5, 1860. The cemetery occu})ies 
the summit and the gentle slopes of a hill of moderate elevation. 

[On the road to Vernon, on the west side of the marsh, and a little 
north of Mr. Nash's house, is a stone with this inscription ^verbatim 
et literatiiif): 

" Killed in this place. 

Samuel Field KNUiiiT. 

by a cart wheel inling 

over his head in the 

10th year of his age, 

Nov. 8, I8I2! 

But O the shaft of death 
■was flung and cut the 
tender tlower down 
Death's sharpened arrows 
gave the wound And now 
he moulders in the ground." 

The boy had been sent to Capt. Alibott's with a yoke of oxen iiml 
curt for a barrel of cider. 

Ellington seems to be somewhat noted for roadside epitaphs. (_)n 
the farm of Mr. R. G. Goodell a large slab reveals to the passing trav- 
eler a grim death's head, surmounting the following: 

This is y" place where 
Mr. John Abokns was 
Killed by a Flash of 
Lighnliug From lleave° 
August .5"' 1768. 
Aged 46 Years this 
Day all You y' Pass 
this way Prepare For 
Death while in IleUh 
For you must die 
this was Erected l)y 
]Mr. Sain\iel Aliorns of 
Tolaud his brother." 

A largi' iiiuuigratidH of Seoteh-Irish (rigid Presbyterians) abdut (lie 
middle of the last century formed a valuable element in the social form- 
ation of the town, and their descendants, to this day, are among the 
most influential and respectable of its jjopidation. These were the de- 
scendants of those Scotch families with which King James I rej)eopled 
the Province of Ulster, (the northern coimties of) Ireland, which had 
become sadly depopulated and wasted during the Irish Rebellions in the 
reign of his predecessor. Queen Elizabeth. The Highland Rebellions of 
1715 and 1745 also furnished great accessions to these Irish colonies : — 
and when, by their industry, frugality, and skill, they had made the 
deserted region into which they had moved a comparatively rich and 



A LEGEND OF SNIPSIC POND. 869 

flourishing' conntiT ; they were recoffnized hy the "paternal government" 
of Great Britain — as were the American Colonies, later on — by the 
inijjosition of taxes, and embarrassing rejiulations iqion their industry 
and trade ; which, with an extortionate advance in rents, etc., led them 
to seek anotlier country for the freer exercise of their industry and their 
religion. 

Emigrations to America commenced as early as 1(384, mostly to the 
iliddle and Southern Colonies — and were the foundations of Presby- 
teriauisra in the present United States. In 1718, a fleet of five vessels 
arrived at Boston, and the families which they brought broke up into 
several parties, which settled respectively at Portland, Me., and at 
Andover, Pelham, Boston, and Worcester, Mass. In the Worcester 
party (who fared worse than the others — their church Ijeing demolished 
by a mob) came the McKinstri/s. In another fleet of five ships, which 
came from Ireland to the Kennebec river in Maine, proViably came the 
Harpers, Thompsons, *S^je«rs, and other of Ellington's early settlers. 
And in East Windsor, as in Massachusetts, they found, at first, a con- 
siderable prejudice enlisted against them, Ijoth on account of their 
religion and country, being called Iruli, a term which they greatly re- 
sented. "We are surprised to hear ourselves termed Irish people," 
wrote one of their ministers. But the hand of Coil was as clearly 
visible in these Scotch-Irish immigrations to America, as it was in that 
of tiic Mayflower to Plymouth, or of the 3Iary and John to Dorchester. 
Tiiis influx gave to the American Colonies from Maine to the Carolinas 
a backbone of religious, moral, and industrial strength which has ])cen 
\ isilile in the history of these United States from tliat day to tlu> itresent.] 

The first lilacksmith shop in l"]liington was about eiglity rods a litth; 
northeast of the house now occupied by Mr. Nelson VVarnci-. It was on 
an ancient highway, now discontinued. Alinrr Uun-ougbs, of famous 
counterfeiting renown, once used tliis shop. 

Tiie former tavern, now occupied by Fenelon Dow, was built in 
IT'.'O. Previous to that time, west of the meeting-house, tlu-re were only 
tlie Davis house, about eighty rods west of Joseph Bancroft's house; 
tlie house where ^Ir. Price's house now stands; Ihe i)arson's house, wliere 
the late Austin Tilden's house now stands (the well is t]u'r(> now); and 
Deacon Fitch's house, a few feet east of Carlos E. Kilihe's liouse. John 
Cross had a small house near the spot on which the district schoolliouse 
stands. 

[ALe</eiid of Snipsic Pond. — There was an Indian family living at 
the head of Snipsic Pond. The father of the family, Isaac Rogers, was 
going to mill in a boat, and, being intoxicated, fell overboard. When 



870 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

lie rose he eluug to llie side of the hoiit, hut was unahle to get in. His 
daughter was in the hoat, hut couhl not help him into it. She, however, 
put a shingle under his chin to keep his head out of the water, and 
then rowed the boat, with her father hanging to the side, to the shore. 
When he was taken away he was found to l>c dead. He had so tight a 
grasp of the boat that a piece of it was split off and remained in his 
hand when he was carried to his house. This event hajjpened in 1790. 
lie was the husliand of Poor Sarah, mentioned (on page 120) in our 
chapter on Indian history.] 



APPEIs^DIX A (i>ago 70. 



jrATTIIEW (JKANTS OLD C'HLKOII RKCOHD. 

(Collated and Kuviyt'd with the Orif^iiiul Muiuiscript, by Miss lU'Tll T. Spkiiuv. for this Edition.) 

Tins valuable record may well be calletl the very corner-atone of 
Windsor's early civil and religious bistory, as i( ii'i\i's us drlails 
wbicli can l)e, found nowlicre tilsc. Its autbor tells us tb;it lie tbinks 
it unnecessary to record wiiat tlic '■ Elders liaxc a i-ccurd df:" liiit it 
is to be regretted tbat be did imt tell us (/// (bat lie knew, since tbis 
is tbe only record wbicb bas been preserved, and tbe story of its preser- 
\ation is somewbat remarkable. 

It is doubtful wbetber tbis Itook was ever tlie in-Dperty of tbe 
Cliiireb. Mattbew Grant seems to bave written it mainly for bis own ust^s; 
and it was evidently retained in bis own family, and probably went into 
tlie family of bis oldest son, Sanmel (iraiit, wlio was settled in East 
Windsor, and witb wbom old JIattbew spent tbe later years of liis 
life. From tbence some of tbe family c;irried it to Ellington, for on 
a blank leaf some one bas recordetl all tbe deatbs in Ellington of tbe 
lirst generation of settlers, between tbe years 1717 and 1740. From 
tbence it was brougbt l)ack to Windsor, and ])i-obably by Mary tiiant, 
wife of Peletiab Birge, about 1767. Tliey resided sevei'al years in 
"tbe Molly Birge bouse" before removing to Pim^ Meadow, imw 
Windsor Locks. About 1800, tbis bouse, wbicb stood on tbe Icit 
now occupied by tbe bouse of tlie late Roswell Miller, was pulled dciwii. 
Oliver Ellswortb, Jr., wbo evidently bad antitjuarian tastes, picked up 
among tbe rubbisb a manusci'i])t book wbicb bad been tbrown aside, and 
carried it to bis fatbcr, tbe Cbief Justice. Forty years later Mr. Ja])ez 
H. II ay den beard of its existence, and tbat it gave an account of " a 
great flood," and many otber tilings wbicb occurred during tbe carlj- 
years of tbe settlement; but none knew wberc it went to. It bad, 
bdwever, passed fi'om tbe possession of Judgt^ lOliswortb to tbat of Ilev. 
Henry A. Rowland, and wbile tliere, was seen Ijy Hon. l]enjaniin Ilin- 
man, wbo made a copy of it, wbicb is ntiw prestu'ved anu)ng tbe Jlinman 
I'apera, in tbe Library of tbe New England Historic-Genealogical So 
ciety, at Boston. At Mr. Rowland's deatb it came to tbe bands of bis 
son-in-law, Dr. Sill, and he loaned it to another party, fi-om whom ili-. 



872 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Hayden obtained it and niadu a copy, containiuf^- all that could be 
deciphered. Tlie late Col. James L. Lodmis also had a copy made; and 
another copy, made iiy a son of Mr. Rowland, is in the Windsor Town 
Clerk's office. The original lias, for many years past, found a safe 
abiding phice in th(^ library of the Connet^ticut rfistorical Society. 

matii[e\v] (;[i;\]n-|'. 

Church things in general [as they ha\e occurred since oui-J first 
setting down hei-e in Windsor, at least [since Mr.] Unit's first coming 
up here unto us August [10-'!!>] and because the Eldi^rs of the Church 
have [a record] of church |ii-o<'eediiigs in some (liiiigs as they had, 
therefore in such things as [thei-e] be io speak to I shall set down 
here in the [ord]er I can: Coiiceniing (he admission of per[sons 
to] full communion 1 could give aconiit of [all, but] judge there is no 
need of such as are dead and gone from iis to other places. 

and for children fli;il ha\c bin b;ipti/ei| that are with lis 1 shall 
name in their order and 

And others that have not made out for full coiii[iiiiiiiion] oiilv to 
attaine baptism for thiri' children. 

I here note down concerning br. Liciif. \vil[(on] did remove 
from Windsor chiirtdi to goe to nortli[hiiinp1oii] to help to further a 
chunth thai- y" beginning march 2;"), and now b'bu'y y" C, l(iT7, he 
was li[uried] here in windsoi-, he dyed the day bid'ore. 

\^A Lint of those memhens of the rlnin-h tli<it'\ were so in Dorrhester, 
and came up here with Mr. Wtirhmn (iml still are of us. 

[Mr Wolc]ott of Women. 

[Mr P]helps Mrs. Phelps 

[Mr Witc]hrield Decon inoore's wife 

[Mr G]a,ylard Kic. \'or wife 

[Dea. ]\I]oore Jonath. (Jillett's wife 

[John] Fford Lieftn. filler's wife 

— e ThoDeblewife 

Filar geo Phelps' wife 

[Matthe]w Grant 
Deble Senr 
[Geo] Philli)s 
Gillet, sen 
[Gi]llet 

[Philip R]andall 
[Eg]ellstoii 
[Phe]lps 



APPENDIX A. 



873 



[t/m]t have been taken 
[fi(]U ommunion since ire 
[(■iiiji]t: here, [set them down 
[iie]rir(liii!f to the yeitr and 
[(/((]// (;/' the month they irere 
[(id]iiiitted and ntiir remain 
[\Vi]lIiam PnEH's iiouni. 17, 3!) 
[.Joii]n Bisseli, seu may 'A, KUO 
IJoiin] LoOMYSoct, 11. 1()4() 
|Bene]dicts Ali.vakd dcto IT. KUl 
IRobanl] Hayward July It). 1042 
[Daniel C]lauk .lunc 1H lC4;i 
[Steplieu TaJyl.M! marcli 81 1044 



[Scvera! uamt's goiip 



Women admitted here 
Mrs. PiNNF.Y Fobs' S), 1639 
Old Widow Dkakb:, Ff-by 23, 39 
Mrs. WoLcoTT Apl 26. 40 
Sam. Gaylaus wife Apl 27, 45 
.Vlir. Randall's wife Aug 17, 45 
licnodictus Alvok0S wife Jan 13 47 
I be widow Hoskins Apl 9, 48 
Old Mrs Allyn Aug 5, 1649 
Nicholas Senoiions wife Jan-* 22 49 
Will Filleys wife July 17, 1651 
Nath. Cooks wife Aug 29 52 
Wm. Phelps wife Mar 11 54 
Mrs Newbury Apl 1, 1655 
the wife of John Loomys 55 
the wife of John Drake 3 55 
the wife of Mr. D. Clark 11 58 
the wife of Thos. Fkord 30 60 
the wife of Joseph Loomys 
the wife [Walter Gaylar] 
[O. Tudor's wife, April 16]. 

at the bottom of this Jiage.] 



Robart Watson J any 22, 49 
Walter Gaylar may 5, 51 

John MOORE, ordayned 
Deacon, Janv 11. 1651 

John Rockwell July 31. 53 
capen Newberry Apl 11, 1658 
Jacob Drake Apl 11 1658 
Samuell Rockwell 
& Jona GiLLET botli Apl 6. 1663 
Peter Brown and Nathanell 
r..oKE both June 23, 1662 
^■iinuel LOOMYS noum' 26, 1601 
Samuel MARSHALL may 3 63 
.Nathaniel loomys may 3 1663 

I Mliiflus OILLET & 

liniothy BuCKLAND June 16, 1605 
John (iATLAR tt Thomas 
i.noMYs taken in Aug 3[0 ?] 66 
■ inlin .MADESLY octobr 7, 10(i6 
l^ark PuELPS January 37, 1666 
.M'. Nathaniell 



* Dr. lloadly suggests ' fooksi' 
I'ai-ks (y) read Henry Fooks. — c. J. 

Vol. I. — 110 



y" wife of Samuel Loo.mys 

y>' wife of John Porter inay 3 [63] 

y wife of Henry denslo A|)1 |05] 

Thos Allyns wife & 

return strongs wife & 

Timothy Bocklands wife Jan. [05] 

Henry wolcotts wife 

John moores wife A: 

Thos LOOMiss wife Aprel, [06] 

Jacob drakes wife June 3 [66| 

Stephen Taylors wife Aug [66] 

John Strongs wife and 

sliec was baptized Agust [66] 

Josias EiiESWOKT wife & 

Samuel gibbs wife Sept [66] 

Samuel Bakers wife octo' 2 [70] 

Samuel filleys wife Dec [70] 

Mary Saxton & baptized [April, 71 1 

the wido *Fox June 

nathanniel winch's wife Aug [71] 

Cornelius (jillets wife [Feb. 71] 

ye wife of Nathaniel 

i.oo.MAS Sept 38 [73] 

elizabetli chapman 

wido taken in church 

communion Aprel 22 [or 28] 16713] 

See (Jol. Iheords, Vol. I. p. 56, where for Henry 



874 HISTOKY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

iif men 
mr. Natha:niei, ciiArNCKY niiidc 
public declaration of liis faith 
in christian principles, & tlic 
maner of gods working on 
his sowle. Jauury 12, 1667 

Samuel filly taken into 
full communcon Dec. 18, 70 
Samuel fFORWAKD Oct 8, 71 
Samuel Baker Aprell 7, 1672 
Timothy Hall Aprell 28, 72 
Nathaniel Bissell 
mr chauncy reding what 
lie tok from private 

September 28 73 

William filly taken into 

church comunion march 8, 1673 

Samuel g.^tlar taken into 

church comunon .Tune 18 [or 28], 1674 

June 21, 1668 It was by vote of the Church assented to that | Adult persons be it 
husban or wife that desired to have their | children Baptized by mr chancy, should, if 
thay presented | themselves to the elders in privat, and declared to their | ssUesfaction 
thire knowledg in the principles & owned the | fathers covinant, then there should 
nothing be required of them | in publick until they presented themselves for full com- | 
muniou. 

before this time it had been the practic to call such persons | in publiqu, to stand 
forth and answer to questions of catechism | propounded to tliem and to own the 
church covinant. | And the time which mr warham first begann this practic | was 
January 31. 16.57 and went onne in the practic of | it untill march 19, 1664 which day 
he declared to the | church that he had meet with such arguments against the | prac- 
tice conserning the baptizing of members [chi]ldreu, that he could not get throw at 
present, and | could not goe one in practis as hee had don without scrupiel of conscience, 
therefore must forbare untill he had wayed ar | guments and advised with those that 
were able to give [ ] | not that he intended to cast of the practice holy, but only 

to delaye it for a time till he could be better able to answer | his present scruples, for 
if he should act and not of faith rouL 14 would be sin to him. 

So the delaye of it from inarh, 19, I'lJf was three years and | so much as from the 19. 
of March to the 21 of Juen that mr chancy set | it one agayne. 

february 16, 78 Joseph Skinner having never bin baptized desired | that he might 
be baptized and ye church granted it, so he would | be tried concerning his holy and 
blameles life, and one ye church | covinant, and come under dissipline, to be oned as a 
(sub?) member, and so any | others might come in, in like manner, men or womenkind, 
one ye 2 of march there was none that lay | any blame on him in point of his conversa- 
tion, so he oned ye [church] covinant and was baptized | 



AfPENniX A. 



875 



these .liiiui 



Here I note down the persons in order as [they tendered | themselves publikly to 
attayn baptism for their children, | from the time mr. warhiini first begann iiutill he 
layed it | downe and remayne so still and have not put on for | full commuiiiDn, nor 
have not joj'iu'd themselves with | the other company.* 

Thomas Buckland feb 9 50 

John LOMis of Joseph oeto 5. 51 

Joseph BiKG noum 2. 51 

John Tayloh march (?) 28 53 

John Drake born sept 14. 49. baptized 

Aprel 15, 55 
Job DuAK born Juen 15. 5] bapti/.e<l Apl 

15, 55 
beniamn gaylau Apl. 15. 55 
ephraim Hayward Jan>' 11. 56 
Daniel LOMis, of John Juen 21. 57 
Thomas lomiss of Tho. loraas borne Mar 

17, 55 baptized Feb>' 7, 57 
siimuel MARSHALL bom May 27, 53, bap- 
tized FebJ" 7, 57 
iiathaniel looyms of nathl baptised feb- 

ury 7, 57 
Thos BISSKLL born oeto. 2. 56 baptised 

febury 7, 57 
Josia ELESWORT baptized mar, 7, 57 
Josia woLCOT July 35. 58 
Samuel grant may 23. 59 
Simon Drak of John oeto' 30, 59 
John BissELi, of samuell born aprel 5 59 

baptized noumbr. 27, 59 
John BissELL of Thom Jan> 27, 60 
Josiah LO.MYS of uathl febr 24. 60 
Robart watson was taken into | church 
fellowship in 49, and may | 11, 51 
he was cast out and so stod | till 
January 18, 56 betwixt | his casting 
out & taking in he | had mary, John 
&s.vMnEL I which 3 children ware bap- 
tized I January 25, 56 
his dafter Hanna August 15. 58 
ebenezer watson April 28. 61 
nathaiiicl watson Janury 30. 63 
Jedidia w.\tson oeto 7 66 
John BissELL of John May 12, 61 
The wife of owen Tcdor | taken into 
church fellowship Aprel 28. 61, and 
then .shee had five children baptized, 

I SA.MCELL, OWEN, SARA, JaNE, MARY, 

may 12, 61 
enork Drake Decemb. 10, 55 
Thomas Allvn marc 15, 62 
Eleezor gaylar marc 15. 62 
Joseph of Thos Bissel Apl 19. 63 



Thomas Bissell 

mary Marshall 

Wife of Nathanel LOOM YS ' "'■.^- -^l- •^' 

Febury 28, 57 samuel gaylar 

Wife of John gaylar 
Wife of Thomas Bissell 
may 22, 59. samuel grant 
July 17, 59 Peter browns wife 
noum' 27, 59 John Bissell 

& samuel Bissell 

noum' 8, 63 Timothy Phelps 
decemb' 27 63 wife of Tahan grant 
decemb' 11 64 ebenezer Deble 
march 13 64 Return strong & samuel 

GiBBS 

since m' chancy begann as I can | judg 
by his baptizing their children, 
wife of Timothy Hall July 5, 68 

David WINCHELL 

& Isrel Deble septem 18, 70 
Joseph gaylar July 16 71 
samuel Barber oeto 13 71 
Jurroball ffyi.ar march 6, 69 
samuel Deble octobr 12 1670 
John grant oeto 22, 71 
Jonathan wlnchell feb 67 
John Porter. Jun. Feb>- 7 70-1 (?) 
nicolas Buckland Mar 6. 72 
Isrell Debles wife oeto. 6. [72] 

Here I set down the names and ages of 
persons [menkind and] womenkind that 
have been borne and baptized in Windsor 
church I and are yet unmarried and not 
of those that have turned to the | other 
society but live still under ye church's 
cognizance. | 

Stephen Taylar march 16. 44 
Thos EGEL8TON nouni 23. 46 
Joseph Phelps July 11 47 
Thos Deble septem 3 47 
samuel wolcot aprel 15 56 
Jeremy gillet feb 20 47 
John gaylar febu 4 48 
Josias Alvard July 8 49 
John BiRG Janur 20. 49 
Josias GILLET July 14 50. 



*That is, with the otlier chunb, uiulcr Rev, Mr, Woodbridge, 



876 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Timothy of Timothy PriKi.rs liuiitizcd 
novmbr 8, 63 

Thomas Taylar octo 13, 55 

mathew of Joseph lomts nou G, 04 

nathanell cook may 16, SS 

John COOKE agust 10, 62 

Josiah COOKE dessm. 2.), 64 

waliefeld sonu of ebeuey.er deiu.k scptiii. 
15, 67 baptized may 17 6H 

Ebenezer of ebenezer deisle baptized au- 
gust 17, 71 

William of Will Filly Nov. 12, 64. 

Jonathan of Jonathan oillet iuni- baj)- 
tized febury 19, 70 

Jeremy Alvard of Beet baptized Jany :!1, 
55 

Josias Barber feb IT), ,'53 

Thomas, of Tim bukland Jan' 21, 05 

Josias CLARK Janur 28, 48 

Danill clark aprel 10, •">4 

John CLARK aprel 15, 56 

Samuel clark July 7, 61 

sara clark agust 9 63 

nathanel clark septm 9, 06 

Thomas eleswort baptized septm 9. 06 

Jonathan ei^eswort Jidy 4. 69 

John eleswort otobr. 15, 71 

Thomas fylar march 6, 69 

John FILLE born dessm. 15, 45 baptized 
agust 3, 51 

samuell of samuel filt.y .Vpivl 3. 70 

Hcsecia of william gavlar febury 14, 52 

Samuel of Samuel gatlar July 57 

ephraym Hayward Janur 11, 56 

Jeremy of Thos lo.mys July 10, 70 

Jonathan of N. lomys aprel 3, 64 

David of N. lomys Janury 12, 67 

Hesekia of N. lomys feb 28, 68 

moses of N. lomys May 21, 71 

Joseph of John lomys noum 7, 51 

Thomas of John lomys dess 8, 53 

Timothy of John lomys July 28, 01 

iXallianiel of J. lomys 12, 6:. 

David of John lomys Juen 4, 65 

Isack of John lomys Sept 6, 68 

Samuel lomis Aug 19, 66 

27, 77 Elisabeth Chapman had 7 chil- 
dren baptized her son henry was 
born July 4, 1663 

her Dafler JIary was born Oct 27 1665 
her Dafter Elisabeth born Jany 15 

1667 
her son Simon borne Apl 30, J069 



lier Darter IIanna born May 3, 1671 

her Darter Maroret born Mar 7, 1672 

her Daughter Sara borne May 24, 1675 
Elisabeth of John Grant July 15. 1677 
Samuel of Samuel Deble baptized May 

13, 1679 
Sarah Dafter of John Porter Jr. l)ap- 

tized June 3, 77 
Benjamin Ellsworth baptized Aug. 19. 

77 born Jan>- 19, 76 
and Stephen of Xat. Winchell bap. same 

day 
Tliomas of Thos Deble baptized Aug 26, 

Ilezekia of Isaek Phelps baptized Sept 9, 
Samuel of Timothy Palmer liaptized Der. 

Thomas, .son of Joscpli Skinner baptized 

Dee. 23, 77 
Nathaniel son of Tim Phei.ps baptized 

Jany 13, 77 
Elisabeth Darter of Samuell Bissell bap- 
tized Jan 6, 77 
Tliomas son of Thomas Newbery and 

Josep son of Isrell Dewey baptized 

Jany 27, 77 
Jolm son of Samuel Filly baptized Feby 

ir, 1077 

iritntenkiiul 
iMeriam Deble Dec 7, 45 
Sara Pinne Dec. 3, 48 
Sara Wolcot July 8, 49 
Sara Buckland Apl 1, 49 
Elisabeth Alvard Sept 21 51 
Mary Wolcott Dec. 7, 51 
Sara Gaylar Jan> 18, 51 
IIanna Fille July 3, .53 
Abigail of Samuel Gaylau liaptized Oct. 

1 , 53 
l{utli Uo( kwell Mar 11 .'14 
Sara Rockwell born May 12, 5 
Ilaiuia of John Drake born Aug 8, .53, 

b;iptized Apl. 10. 55 
Rebecca NriiEKY May (i. .55 
Ledia Marshall born Feb> 3 bai>lized 

Fel»- 7, 57 
IIanna Loomys of T. baptized Fel)> 14 
Klisabeth Ellsworth Mar. 7, 5 
Abigayl Taylar Nov. 28, 5 
Mary Clark Sept. 26, 5 
■Martha Gaylar June 24, 6 
3Iary Stuono Apl. 25, 58 



APPKNIHX' A. 



877 



Ilanna Stuong, Sei)t. 2, 60 
Mary BnowN July 24, 59 
Hanna Brown Sept. 30, 60 
Abigayl Brown Aug 10, 62 
llepziba Bkown Nov. 20 6 
.Mary Bisskm, of John Dec. 4 
Kulli of John Drake Dec. 
Liilia of John Drake Feb>- 2, 61 

The wife of John Porter admitcil to 
Church fellow.ship May 3, 63 and liad 6 
cliildreu baptized John 12 years of age, 
5IARY 10 years Sara 8 years James 6 years 
Nathaniel 3 H.vnna 5 months, Jlay 10, 

63 
Samuel Porter Jlar 12, 64 
Rebecca Porter Mar 10 66 
Hester Porter May 9, 69 
Ruth Porter Apl 20, 71 ilr. Chancy 
JIary Taylar June 23, 61 
Mindwell T.\tlar Nov 8, 63 
Mary of Samuel Rockwell Jan>' 26 61 
Anna of Sam Fille Sept 2"), 64 
Hanna of Josejih Loomys Feby 8, HI 
Sara of Nathaniel Cook born June 28, 16.")0 

baptized Oct 17, 52 
Lidia Cooke baptized Jan? 17, 52 
Hanna CooivE Oct 28 55 
-Vbigayl Cooke Mar 7, 59 
Mary of Ebenezer Debi.e born Dec. 24, 

64 baptized Dec 25, 64. 
Abigayl of Will Filly Aug 22, 16.58 
l)el)ro of Will Filly Nov 24, 61 
llepziba of Samuel Girbs baptizeil .Mar 

12, 04 
Patience Darter of Sam ftrnns bajilizcil 

Dec. 9, 66 
Elisabeth Ginns Jan> 31 68 
Joanna Giuns Apl 2, 71 
Mar_v of Jonathan (Jii.let Jun ba()tize(l 

Oct 27, 67 



Abigail Buckland Nov 11, 67 
Mary Buckland Nov 17, 70 
Sara of Walter Gaylar 
Apl 2, 55. The wife of Henry Dknslo 
taken into church fellowsliip and had her 
children baptized June 4, 65 
Samuel 6 years old Ruth 12 years AnroAvr, 
10 years Debora 8 years Hanna 4 
years Elisabeth born Feb. is, 65 
Hanna Buckland Sep. 18 54 
Ruth Drake of John Dec. 6, 57 
Mary Drake of John Feb>- 3, 66 
Elisabeth Drake July 24, [64 ?] 
Alary Ellsworth Jlay 9, 60 
Martha Ellsworth Dec 13, 62 
William Fillys wife admitted July 17, 
51 and children baptized Sa.muel, 
John, Mary and Elisabeth. Aug. 3 
Abigayl Filly Aug 28, 58 
.Mary & Samuel Fili,y Apl 
Abigal of Samuel Filly 
Mary of John Gaylar Jan>' 2 
John of John Gaylar Jan 25 
Eli.sabeth Gaylar Feby 26 
Lidia Hayward June 16, 55 
.Mary of Thos. Loomys Jany 27, 5 
Llisabeth of Thos. Loomys Jany 23, 6 
Ruth of Thos. Loomys Apl 8, 60 
Sara of Thos. Loomys Feby 2, 67 
Abigail of Nat. Loomys Apl 1, 5 
Elisabeth of John Loomys May 14 7 
Mary of John Loomys Aug 10 7 
Mary of John Grant May 13, 74 
Joseph of John Drake June 28, 7 
Dameres Darter of R. Strong July 5 
Josep son of Josep Gaylar Aug 
John son of John Grant baptized 62 
Samuel son of Samuel Gibbs baptized 
Apl 22, 77 



May 18, 1674 1 here set down anew the time of [baptizing] of children that have 
been born and have come to my knowledge to enter upon the ohl book, that being full 
there is not place to set in order to find lliem here I i liter persons as tlu-y [were] upon 
the latter. 



[Hero follow tlio rcconls ^^\' liirtlis, UKirriiigcs, and dciitlis, roiml)- 
lished in the jVew Enylaiid Geiiraldi/ical Ili'ijixter, Vol. \ . Also, tlie 
items relating to the Great Flood of 1G39 ; the number of hirths, deaths, 
etc.; and the arrival of Mr. IFiiit at Windsor. Thes(> portions of this 
old record having lieen incorimralod in otluT parts of this \oliiine, ai'c 
\wYo oniittod.J 



«78 



insTonv OF ancient Windsor. 



April 3d, lG3i), the wife of Joseph Chirk died. .May K!, '89, two cliildren died, Jolin 
Phelps and Thomas Senchons. June 7, '39, P[al]mers child died. July 8, Thomas child 
born; 9th day died. Aug. 2oth, John Ilubhard died. Sept. 10, '39, young [?] Matthew 
Grant died. Oct. 20th, Pressella Marshlield died. Dec. 3d, '39, Goode Buel died. June 10, 
1640, Samuel Ko.ssiter died. June 33d, John Dewey drowned in the re[vule]t. Aug. 
32d, Elizbaeth Gunn died. Aug. 2")th, Josias Terey died. Sept. 5th, Mr. Clark's sister 
died. Sept. 18th, Joanna Hosford died. Sept. 23d, Abigail Carter died. Oct. 7th, 
Ann Ma.son died. Dec. ITth, Stephen Tery died. Dec. 19th, Mary Pumery died. Feb. 
nth, Kobard Wilton died. May 29, 1640, the mother [of] Mathew Grant died |wc may 
be mistaken in this name]. >Iay 31st, Samuel Deble buried. 

May 28d, '76. Account of persons that have died in Windsor — to begin : 

Josia Carter 



The 40 year 2 persons 
William Rockwell 
Henry Fookes 

41 year 4 persons 
Joseph Clark 
Giles Gibbs 
John Bissell's wife 
William Horsford's wife 

42 year 3 persons 
John Griswold 
Sara Hueit 
Nathaniel Ilueit 

43 year 5 persons 
Thomas Ford's wife 
John Birg 
Abigail Fylar 
Anna Rockwell 
Richard Birg a child 

44 year 8 persons 
Mr. Hueit 

Old Goode Hayt 

John Thompson's child 

Rafe [or Rose] Newman 

Mary Terey 

One Hagar 

The widow Webster 

Anna Taylar 

45 year 4 persons 
Roger Williams's wife. 
Thomas Moore 

Georg Pa-rum | Putnam ';'| 
Susanna Hueit 

46 year 6 persons 
Nicholas Palmer's wife 
Michell Tery's wife 
Nicolas Oumpsted's child 
Nathan Gillett's child 
John Egclstone 
Samuel Filar 

On these 7 years aliove the 
died are 32. 
The 47 year 27 persons died 
Stephen Tery's wife. 
Hepsibidi Warliam 



John Porter sen's wife. 
Caleb Carter 
Richard Biddell 
George Phelps's child 
Samuel Warham 
Hoyte's child 
Thomas Bascom's child 
Samuel Pond's 2 children died. 
Sara Hayward 
Sara Senehon 

George Phelps another child. 
Mary Hayward 
Thomas Thornton 
George .Vlli.Kander's rhild. 
John Orton 
Goodman Bidwell 
Susanna Hanum 
Anthony Howkens child 
Priscilla Thornton 
Ann Thornton 
Henry Carter's child 
Timothy Roseter 
John Pomeroy 
48 year 25 persons 

John Porter sen. died 
Thomas Dewy 
Samuel AUycn 
George Phelps his wife 
John Haskens 
Danell Clark's child 
Samuell Allen's child 
Benedict Alvard's 3 children 
Henry Wolcott's child 
Richard Sammais's child 
Rose Porter 
Ephraim Bartlet 
James Enno's 2 children 
Phillury Riindall died 
Abigayle Phelps 
Abigayle Gillet 
Edward Cliakwell 
Thomas Xewell died 
Thomas Orton's 2 children 



AI'PENDIX A. 



879 



Abigayl Roseter 

Thomas Holcom's child 
t year 3 persons 

Samuel Cooke 

Ester Roseter 

Stephen Fylar 
) year 4 persons 

Richard Samways died 

Mary Hay ward 

Hauna Taylar 

Johanna Fylar 

year 5 persons 

Peter Roseter 

Richard Burge 

Henry Stiles by a guu 

Elizabeth Roseter 

Joanna Dible 
! [year] Sarah Stowton died 

Joseph Loomys sen,, his wife 

John Williams's daughter 

')2 year these three persons 

year 3 persons dyed 

The wife of William Gaylar, Jr. 

Elias and Elisha Carter 

year 4 persons died 

Sara, daughter of Joseph Loomys 

Thomas, son of Thomas Loomys 

Sara Holcom 

Samuel Pond died 

year 17 persons died 

Henry Wolcot, sen. 

Thomas Gunn's daughter Elizabeth 

Nicholas Hoyt's wife died 

El wed Pumery's wife 

Nicholas Hoyt died 

The wife of Henry Wolcot cUler 

Jcfery Baker died 

The wife of Robard Winchell 

The wife of Richard W — er 

Martha Winchell died 

The wife of Anthony Hawkins 

Nathan Gillct, a son and daughter 

Daiiit'l Hoyt died 

John Hiller sen. died 

Peter Tilton's daughter 

The wife of William Haydeii 

4 persons died. 

Benjamin Winchell 

Jonathan Holcom 

Tlie son of John Gaylar 

William Gaylar died 

year 9 persons died 

Mary Pumery 

The wife of Simon Mills 

The wife of William Gaylor sen. 



The wife of Walter Gaylar 

Thomas Holcom died 

Ester Hayward 

Mary Hlgelston 

Mary Buckland 

The wife of James Enno 

58 year only Joseph Loomys sen. 

59 year 9 persons died 

Mr. Witchtield's wife died 

Joseph Clark died 

Isack Hakes drowned 

The wife of John Rockwell 

The wife of Simon Milles 

The wife of William Wadsworth 

John Drake sen. 

Abigail Parsons 

Thomas Allyu's sou John 
The 60 year 2 persons 

Ketron Gibbs [Catherine] 

Richard Oldage 
61 year 6 persons 

Thomas Stoton sen. died 

31rs. Huit died 

Samuel Milles 

Sara Loomys 

Rose Smith 

Thomas Pjirsons 
47 to the end of 61, the number of 

persons died are 131 
(i2 year 16 persons 

The wife of Thomas Loomys 

Richard Sa.xstoii 

Philura Randall 

Frances Saxston 

John Rockwell sen. 

Wilmot, his wife 

Wife of George Phillups 

Pheby Winchell 

Mr. Branker 

Thomas Buckland 

John Stillcs 

John Bancraff 

Christopher Wolcot 

The wife of Thiimas Barber 

Thomas Barber 

Old widow Hoskins 

63 year 3 persons 

The wife of John Strong 

Hanna Newbery 

The son of John Rockwell 

64 year 4 persons 

Job Drake's son Joseph 
Timothy, son of Tim Buckland 
Mathew of Talian Grant 
Jacob of Jacob Gibbs 



HISTORY OF ANTIKNT WrNDSOR. 



65 year 9 persons 

The wife of John Bissell sen. 

Son of John Owen 

Daughter of Samuel Koekwell 

Simon Rockwell 

David, son of John Loomys 

Mary of Edward Chajjuian 

esiiy [Isaiali] Bartlel 

John Williams Jun. 

Old widow Randal, ST ..Id 

66 year 4 persons 

Mary Jones, wid. of Wm. Rockwell, 
mother of Samuel and John l{.,i.\: 
wife of >Ir. Grant Nicolas 

Nicolas Denslow, 90 old 

67 year 4 persons 

Henry Wolcott's son, it Jos (iaylor'> 
[Samuel Filly's] sou it Nat \Vin|c 11] 

68 year only one person 
Jeremy Burg 

69 year Sam\iel Phelpes 
Mrs. Witchfield 
James Risiugs's wife 

Old Widow Denslow, 84 old 

John Share [Stare 't—R. T. S.] 

Isack Pond 

John Loomys's son James 
These 6 persons died in 6!) year 
TO year 7 persons 

Jlr. Warham died 

John Bartlel 

Ebenezer Debles Daughter 

John Tery['s sou.—/?. T. N.] 
-Son of John Owen 

Mr. Mathew Allyn 

The wife of Nathan (Jillet 
71 year 2 persons 

Henry Wolcot's daughter 

Thomas Maskell 

Mr. William Phelps 

Nathanell Bissell's son 

Thomas Loomys's son 

Joseph Griswold 

Nicholas Buekland's son 
These 5 persons died in 72 
73 year 13 persons 

Widow Fox [wid. of Henry Fooks 'i] 

Deacon Gaylar, 88 old 

Returne Strong's son 

The wife of John Fitch 

John Rockwell ilied 

3 children buried one day 

Son of John Osborn and sou of Zuru- 
babcl Filer. Daughter of Nathaniel 
Bissell. 



Daughter of Anlliony lloskins 

Daughter of John Tery 
74 year six persons 

James Risings wife 

Widow Saxtone 

Thomas Parsons wife 

Begat Egelstone 

John Stiles wife 

Nicholas Bucklands daughlcr 
73 year 12 persons 

John Besum drowned 

John Loomys daughter 

Daniel Hayden son 

Old Mrs. Allyn 

AVilliam Plielpsjvife 

The WidowlToskins 

Nicholas Bucklands son 

Samuel Marshall in war 

Edward Chapman in war 

Ebenezer Deble in war 

Nathaniel Pond in war 

Richard Saxston in war 
62 to the end of To are 91 persons and \'>'i 

in all 244 persons. 

76 Lida Howard 
John Fitch 

Son of John Lewis 

Son of Abram Deble 

Samuel Barbers wife 

Thomas Aulys child 

Lidia Cook 

Mes[se]nge[r']s Daughter 

Thomas Buckland 

George Sanders child 

Elias Shadok 

Samuel Gibbs daughter 

Thomas Bissells son 

William Trals wife 

Timothy Trals son 

Nathaniel Pinne 

Joshua Wels wife 

John Brooks wife 

Hanna Bucklands child All are 19 

77 William son of John Layton died May 7 
The wife of Abram Randal July 8 
Aug 23, 77 Jonathan Gillet sen died 
Ezekia Gaylar died Sei>t 12, 1677 
Deacon Jloore died Sept 18 1677 
John Bissell sen died Oct 3 77 

John Terys sou Solomon died Oct 27 77 
tester daughter of Thomas Bissel died 

Jlay 9 78 
Thomas son of Jonathan Gillet died 

June 11, 78 a n days old 
Oeorg Philups died July 9 78 



APPKXDIX A. 



881 



Isrell Dewey died Oct 23 1678 

Sara wife of Keturn Strong, died Dec 

26 1678 
Mr Witelifield died March 16, 7S on 

Sabbatli morning buried 18th day 
William Tral died Aug ;id Sabbatli 

day 1679, 73 old 
Dec 2, 79 .James Egelstone died llie 

evening before and buried that day 



Samuel Gaylars wife died May 2, 1680 
The wife of .John Williams died April 

18, 81 
Mary the wife of .Joseph I.oniys died 

Apl. 22, 81 
The wife of Thomas Deble sen, died 

May 14, 1681 
The old widow Buckland died .July 

20. lOSl 



[Here follows (lie account of tlie subscription in Windsor, in aid 
of the sutt'erers In' King Philiii's war, which is given on ]>. 228 of this 

history.] 



August ITtJi 1(J77. 
1 herewith set down what cl 
iiur beginning hitherto so far as 

Mr Thomas Allyn - . . . 

Bencdictus Alvard 

Allixander Alvard 

Georg Alli.xander 

Edward Adams 



.John Bissell sen 
.John Bissell jr ■ 
Thomas Bissell - 
Samuel Bissell 
Xathaiiiel Bissell 
Thomas Barber .sen 
Thomas Barber .Jr. 
James Barber 
John Barber, 
Thomas Buckland si 
Timothy Buckland 
Xicliolas Buckland 
Tliomas Buckland J 
Richard Birg 
Diiniel Birg, 
Jeffery Baker, - 
William Buell - 
Samuel Buell 
Thomas Bascom 
John Bart let 
Benjamin Bartletl, 
Esay Bartlet 
John 15rooks 
John BanerotI - 
Peter Bniwn 



lildri'H h;i\e been born in Wimlsdr from 
1 am able to find out : 

S .Mr. (lajiey - 

.■) Edward Cliaiunan 

7 John Casse - 

.") Henry Curtic 

1 Joseph Clark 
Joshua Carter 

1 Seboun CotTen - 



Thomas Dewey - 
'I'homas Deble - 
Isrell Deble 
Ebenezer Deble - 
Samuel Deble 
Job Drak - 
John Drak - 
Job of John Drak 
Henry Denslo 
.John Deuslow - 

Josias Eles worth 
Begat Egle.ston - 
James Egleston - 
James Enno 

Waltei- Ffylar - 
Suroball Ffylar - 
William I'^iliey • 
Samuel Fylley - 
Aml)ros Fowler - 
Samuel Forward 



Jlr Daniel Clark 
Aron Cook • 
Nathaniel Cook 

• Vol. I. — Ill 



Samuel Grant 
Mathew Grant 
Tahan Grant 



88i 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Jolin Grant 






:i 


John Lewes - - - - 




Jonathan Gillet sen 






T 


John I,undon 


Jonathan Gillut Jr. 






■.i 


M. 


Cornelius Gillet • 






H 


Decker .Moor 


John Gillet 






■^ 


John Moore 


Joseph Gillet 






^ 


Samuel Marshall • 


Nathan Gillet ■ 






8 


John Mawdsly - • 




Thomas Gunn - 






4 


John Mosses 




Edward Griswold 






6 


Edward Messenger - 




Georg Griswold - 






$> 


Andrew Moore - 




Joseph Griswold 






■■i 


Thomas Maskell 




William Gaylar Jr. 






~ 


Simon Miller 




Walter Gaylar - 






7 




Samuel Gaylar ■ 






6 


N. 


John Gaylar 






4 


Captain Newbery . . . - 


Joseph Gaylar - 






2 


o. 


John Grifen 






10 


Thomas Orton. - . ■ - 


Jacob Gibbs 




7 


John Owen - - 




Samuel Gibbs 




7 


Josias Owen 




11. 
Thomas Holcom . - . 8 


John Osborn sen 




Robard Ould 


Joshua Holcom - 






3 


P. 


Nathaniel Holcom 






2 


Old Mr. Phelps 


Benaja Holcom - 






2 


Samuel Phelps - 




William Hayden 






3 


Nathaniel Pinne 




Daniel Hayden - 






4 


Nathaniel Phelps 




John Hosford 






8 


Timothy Phelps 




Nicholas Hayt - 






4 


Georg Phelps 




Robard Hayward 






i> 


Isack Phelps- - 




John Hake - 






11 


.\brahani Phelps. 




Josias Hull 






- 10 


Joseph Phelps - 




Mical Homfrey - 






7 


John Phelps 




Luke Hill - " - 






7 


Joseph of W. Phelps 




Anthony Hawkins 






■4 


John Porter Sen. 




John Hodgs 






a 


John Porter sen now - 




Anthony Hoskins 






9 


John Porter Jr. - 




Thomas Hoskins 






1 


Mr. Pinne - - - - 




John Hiller 






9 


Samuel Pinne - 




Timothy Hall 






6 


Eltwed Pumery - 




Christopher Huntington 






1 


Calem Pumery - 




Thomas Henbury 






1 


Nicholas Palmer 






Timothy Palmer 




.1. 


Samuel Pond 




George Jeffery 3 


Thomas Parsons sen - 




William Jess ----- 1 


Thomas Parsons Jr. - 




K. 


John Pettebon - 




IMark Kelcy 1 

L. 


Humfery Prior - 
Isack Pond 




John Loomys - - - - Hi 


William Parsons 




Joseph Loomys - 




2 


John Pettebon - - - - 


Thomas Loomys 




10 


R. 


Samuel Loomys, 




5 


John Rockwell . - - - 


Nathaniel Loomys 






- 10 


Samuel Rockwell. 





APPENDIX A. 



883 



Thomas Riily - - . - 


2 


William Trail 


2 


Thomas Remington - 


1 


Timothy Trail • 


10 


Ebenezcr Parsons 


1 


V. 
Richard Vore ... - 




John Strong sen. 


« 


1 


John Strong Jr. - - - 


4 


W. 
Mr. Henry Wolt-ot - 
Henry Wolcot Jr 
Simon Wolcot - - . - 
JIi-. John Warham 
Robard Winehell 
Richard Weller - 
Nathanell Winehell - 




Return Strong - - - . 

Richard Saxston 

Henry Slilles 

John Stilles 

Thomas Stougliton 

John Shaw - - - • 

Mr. Christoiiher Sanders ■ 


(i 
o 

1 
1 


6 

4 

G 

4 


■|-. 




Jonathan Winehell 


1 


Stephen Terey - - • 


4 


David Winehell - 


3 


John Terey .... 


8 


liobard Watson - 


7 


Peter Tilton - 


;? 


Arter Williams - 


1 


Stephen Taylar - 


8 


Benjamin Woodbridge 


2 


Owen Tudor .... 


.■) 


John Williams ■ - 


T 


Thomas Thornton - 


.") 


John Williams Jr - - 


3 


Jolm Taylar 


3 


Nicolas Wilton, - - . 


2 


John Tomson - - - - 


2 


Samuel Wilson - 


2 



141 



Some omitterl in former aorounts heinj;' gone yet liad children ttorii 
here, as, 



Capt Mason 
Mr Roseter - 
William Rockwell 
Samuel AUyen - 
Simon Hayt 
William Hulbard 
Mr Ludlo 
Elias Partmau - 
Nicolas Palmer - 
Thomas Horton - 
Mathias Scnchon 
Frances Stills 
Mr. William Hill 
llr. Huctt • 
Waltar Hayt 
William llanuin 



Richard Samways 
Richard Bidwell 
John Banks 

The whole sum 

195 
227 
235 
177 
141 
50 

1025 
of these died 128 



Tlic account of persons taken into church coniuiuuinn ;iii(l 
when, t}iat ar(> now living I)(!C. 21, 1B77. 

Onlv vet living that came from Dorchester in full coiiuminion. 



Mr Wolcot sen 
Mr Witchfield 
Mr Pinue 
Waller Fylar 
Mat hew Grant 
Ueorg Philups 



Thomas Debles sou 
Richard Vore 
Abram Randtdl 
Women from Dorchester 
Mrs Phelps 
Deacon Moors wife 



884 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



The -n-ido-n- Gillet 
Richard Vore's wife 
Sister Fylar 
Sister Deble 

Men taken in here 

William Phelps Nov. 10;«l 
John Loomys Oct 1040 
Benedictus Alvard Oct 1(141 
Robard Haward July 1643 
Mr Daniel Clark June 1G43 
Stephen Taylar Mar. 1644 
Robard Watson Jan. 1649 
Walter Gaylar May 16.")1 
Capt Newbery Apl. 1658 
Jacob Drak Apl 1658 
Samuel Rockwell Apl 1662 
Jonathan Gillet Apl 1662 
Peter Brow[n] & 
Nathanell Cook June 32 1662 
Nathanell Loomys May 1668 
Cornelius Gillett & 
Timothy Burkland both Jan 1665 
John Gaylar & 

Thomas Loomas both Apl 1666 
John Mawdsly Oct 1666 
Mr Nathaniel Chancy Jan 1667 
Samuel Filly Dec 1670 
Samuel Fforward Oct 1671 
Samuel Backer Apl 1672 
Timothy Hall Apl 1672 
Nathaniel Bissell Sep. 1673 
William Filly Mar 1678 
Samuel Gaylar June 1674 

Women taken in here 
Mrs. Pinne Feb. 168'.l 



Widow Drak Feb 1639 

Mrs Wolcot Apl 1640 

S. Gaylar's wife Apl 1643 

Bucklands wife Jan. 1647 

N. Senchon's wife Jan 1649 

W. Fillys wife July 1651 

N. Coolis wife Aug 1653 

Mrs Nubery Apl. 1655 

J Loomys wife Apl. 1655 

Jo. Drakes wife Apl. 1655 

Capt Clarks wife Apl. 1658 

Jos Loomys wife Dec. 1660 

Sara Gaylar & 

O. Tuders wife Apl. 1661 

J. Porters wife May 1668 

H. Denslo's wife Apl. 1665 

T. Allyns wife Jan. 1665 

Return Strongs wife Jan. 1665 

Timothy Bucklands wife J;iii. 1665 

H. Wolcots wife, 

John Moores wife. 

Thomas Louia.s his wit'i' Apl. 16(i6 

Jacob Drak's wife June 1666 

Stephen Tailers wife Aug. 1666 

J. Strongs wife Aug. 1666 

Ellsworths wife and 

S. Gibbs wife both Sept 1666 

Samuel Bakers wife Oct 1670 

Samuel Fillys wife Dec. 1670 

Mary Saxston Apl. 1671 

Nat. Winchells wife Aug 1(>71 

Cor Gillets wife Feb 1671 

Nat Loomys wife Sep 1673 

Elizabeth Chapman Apl 167 



Here 1 set down the times nt' s;ierinueiits administered Feb. 16th, 
69 a sacrament which the church liad not had 2 years and 12 weeks. 



Mar. 6, 69, a sacrament 7 weeks since. 
June 5, 70, a sacrament 18 weeks since. 
Aug. 14, 70, a sacrament 10 weeks since. 
Oct. 16, 70, a sacrament 9 weeks since. 
Dec. 25, 70, a sacrament 10 weeks since, 
Feb. 26, 70, a sacrament 9 weeks since. 
Apl. 28, 71, a sacrament 8 weeks since. 
July 35, 71, a sacr. 9 weeks since. 
Sep. 3, 71, a sacr. 10 weeks .since. 
Nov. 5, 71, a sacr. 9 weeks since. 
Jan. 7, 71, a sacr. 9 weeks since. 
Mar. 10, 71, a sacr. 9 weeks since. 
May 3, 72, a sacr. 8 weeks since. 
Nov. 17, 72, a sacr. 28 weeks .since. 
Feb. 23, 73, a sacr. 14 weeks since. 
Apl. 27, 73, a sacr. 9 weeks since. 



Jime 29, 73, a sacr. 9 weeks since. 
Aug. 24, 78, a sacr. 8 weeks since. 
Oct. 9, 73, a .sacr. 11 weeks since. 
Jan. 11, 78, a sacr. 9 weeks since. 
Mar. 5, 78, a sairr. 9 weeks since. 
July 5, 74, a sacr. 16 weeks since. 
Sept. 6, 74, a sacr. 9 weeks since. 
Nov. 8, 74, a .sacr. 9 weeks since. 
July 35, 75, a sacr. 28 weeks since. 
Oct. 3, 75, a sacr. 10 weeks since. 
Feb. 13, 75, a sacr. 10 weeks since. 
.Mar. 7, 76, a sacr. 12 weeks since. 
Sept. 3, 76. a sacr. 17 weeks since. 
I'cb. 18, 76, a sacr. 24 weeks since. 
.May 6, 77, a sacr. 11 weeks since. 
.\ug. 12, 77, a scar. 14 weeks since. 



AITENDIX A. 



B8') 



This was the last before Deacon Moore died. For Deacon Moore's accounts llie 
iliurch debtor to him for bread from l.Mh June, IGfiO, to llth Fel)., 167:!. 

For 27 sacraments. - - - - £2 14 

More bread for 14 sacraments, - - 18 













,t4 2 


Moore's account 


, granted Feb. lOtli, 73. 




at 2 arson and by what li 


c re 


ccivcd n 


f that levy and of fornu 


■r levi(!s unpaid 


4 












Dr. for wine. 








Samuel Baker 


1 


Aug. 14, 70, 


£0 


IS 


(1 


Mathew Grant 


3 


Oct. 16, 7(1, 





13 


4 


Walter Gaylar 


4 


Dec. 2.5, 70, 





13 10 


Captain Newbery 


4 


Feb. 26, 70, 





12 


(> 


Timothy Hall 


2 


Apl. 28, 71, 





14 


6 


Thomas Loomys 


3 


June 2."), 71, 





13 





^Ir. Forward 


2 


Sept. 3, 71, 





1.-) 


!l 


William Ffilley 


2 


For cask of wine. 








jMr. Chancy 


2 


To Sam Loomes, 


2 


6 


(1 


Nathaniel Locmiys 


4 


Nov. 17, 72, 





14 





Hanua Drak 


2 


Feb. 14, 72, 





11 





Stephen Taylar 


4 


Apl. 27, 73. 





12 


(1 


Jonathan Gillet Jr. 


2 


June 29, 73, 





10 


(> 


Samuel Ftilley 


4 


Aug. 24, 73, 





13 


1 


John Mawdsly 


2 


Xov. 2<», 73, 





12 


6 


Abraham Randall 


4 


Jan. 11, 73. 


(1 


11 


6 


Cornelius Gillet 


2 




11 


11 

6 
12 
12 
13 


— 


Mr. Wolcott 


4 


Jlore after tliis. 

A 11 gal. and 1 at 4.*. per 



6 
4 



Samuel Rockwell 
Samuel Gaylar 
IJeut. Fylar 


2 

3 6 

4 


gal.. 
More wine, 
In 76 wine. 
In 76 wine. 







Widow Buckland 
llanna Moore 
Samuel Gibbs 


3 

2 

3 


In 76 wine. 





s 







.£6 6 6 


In 77 wine, 
Aug., 77, 
.\ cask. 


(1 




3 




6 


Received of granted in "o, 
Abraham Randall 
.lolin Strong 


£2 3.V. 

4 
2 




.-> 


11 


4 


John Loumys 


4 


of John Loomys for bott 




7 





himself 


4 


his own 




4 





Mr. Chancy 


2 


Richard Vore 




4 


Samuel Rockwell 


2 


Captain Clark 




4 





Samuel Gaylar 


1 G 


Jciliu Strong 




2 





Nalhanell Loomys 


4 


George Phillups 










Thomas Loomys 


4 


Timothy Buckland 




7 




Mr. Pinne 


4 


Nicholas Senshon 




2 




Walter Gaylar 


4 


Samuel Marshall 




3 




Mathew Grant 


2 


Henedietus Alvord 




4 




Sergl. Alvord 


4 


Uobard Watson 









Wiiliam Filley 


4 


.Mr. Piiine 




4 




John JIawdsly 


4 


Thomas Deble 




3 




Jonathan Gillet sen 


4 


'I'liomas Loomis 




4 





Richard Vore 


4 


I'l-lcr Briuvn 




2 





William I'hclps 


4 



886 



HlSTOIiY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Mrs. Plielp-s 
Nathan Gillet 
Stephen Taylar 
Peter Brown 
Lieut. Fylar 
Ilanna Moore 
Ilanna Drake 
Mr. Wolcot 
Jonathan Gillet Jr. 
Capt. Clark 

The year 1717 I set down all that have died in Elenton [Elliuuton] 
to the year 1740. [This is cvidcnitly written by another person.] 



2 


Samuel Ffilley 


G fl 


Samuel Gibbs 


4 


Samuel Baker 


2 


Mr.s. Allyn 


4 


Mr. C'orni.'ili 


2 




2 




4 


Cornelius Gillel 


2 


with former 


4 







4 




1 









r, 9 




4 


.5 


13 S 




2 


o 


19 9 



Lieut. Ellsworth was killed by iIk 

falling of a tree 
Isibe Penye died 
John Burg died 

Ensg. John Burah lost a child died 
Samuel Gibbs lost a daughter died 
Samuel Peney lost a daughter died 
Nathaniel Grant a ehild died 
Goode Graynies died 
Ephraim Napes wife died 
Nathaniel! Taylor died 
Daniel Eton died 
Capt. Ellsworth a child died 
Lieut. Hubbard a child died 
Daniel Epeen a child died 
William Carter two children died 
Stephen Poaine a child died 
Symon Chapman died 
Ensg. John Burah si.x chiUlreu liorii 
Samuel Gibbs three children born 
Nathaniel Taylor three children 
Samuel Gibbs Jr. two children 
Daniel Eton three children 



Nathaniel Grant two children 

Nathaniel Grant Jr. three children 

Benjamin Grant two children 

Capt. Ellsworth five children 

liieut. Hubbard two children 

Carter one child 

Simon Person one child 

David Chapen three children 

Strickland two children 

Tim Scott one child 

Samuel Porson one child 

Zidon Skiner one child 

two Dommans two children 

Craa one child 

three Pineys seven children 

Davies one child 

Mr. McKinster two children 

Booth four children 

two Drak four children 

Pars [PeesV — .ff. T. S.] 

Thompson's 3 children 

John Burah one child 



Rerordx of fJie Wimhor Church iiiuli'r itx S<-cond Faxtor, 
Rev. Samuel Mather. 
Transcrilied hy Rev. Islv. Rowland, from the original record in tli 
handwriting of Mr. Mather. 



The following year were admitted to 
the Chnrch, the 1" year, 1685 



John Filer 

Experience Filer 

Jonah Barl)er 

8am' Tiidor 

Jose]>h Skinner it Mary his Wf 

Hannah Looniis 



Nath'l Loomis 
Hester Eglestone 
Sam' Grant 
Martha Wolcott 
Dan" Loomis 
Marv Brown 



APPKNDIX A. 



887 



Abigail Bissell 
S a rail Porter 
Elisabeth Loomis 
ilai'V Loomis 
Hannah Loomis 
Johanna Porter 
Jol, Drake 

The Lord malce the next 

Mary Rowley- 
Elisabeth Drake Wf of Job 
Mary Loomis Wf of John 
Abigail Dewey 
J(jhanna Porter 
Simon Wolcott 
John Loomis 
Elisabeth Denslowe 
.Sam' Willson & Mary his Wf 
VVm. W'orman 
James Porter 
Ann Newberry 
Lydia Loomis 
Hannah Gillett 

[Three names illegible.] 

.Iiihauua Wolcott 
Mary Brown 
Mary (i ay lord 
Mary Phelps 
Aliigail Bissell 



Joseph Baker and Hannah his Wf 
John Porter Jr. 
Joseph Loomis 
Mary Grant Wf of Sam' 
Dorkas Mills 
Michael Taintor 
ilary Rockwell 
year a good year. 

1686. 

Hannah Harmon [Hannum ? ] 

Henajah Holcomb 

Sam' Barber 

Elisabeth Buckland 

Ruth Baiber 

Johanna Taylor 

George Griswold 

Esther Bissell 

Mary Loomis 

John Mansfield 

Israel Bissell 

Thos. Bissell 

Rob' Watson 

Jose] ill Loomis 

ItiXT 

Abigail Barljer 

Ruth Loomis 

Maiy Griswold Wf of George 

FTannah Strong 



•■ This year, 1688 : not so much as one wei-e added to the chui-cli tins 
year, but as many dieil out of it as wore added the yeai- liefore. Tiie 
good Lord awaken and huuilile us." [See facsimile of this entry on 
page 219]. 

1H8!> 



Klisabctii Luduiis 
Mary Buckland 
Martha Ellsworth 



Abigail iianuan 
Sarah I^tioinis 



Sam' Loouiis 



1690 
Elczer Ga\'lord 



880 HISTORY OF AN(I?:NT WINDSOK. 

1691 

ricniT Wolcott Marv Rowrl 

Hitini;ili Piilnicr 

169-2 

('Ornelius liniwu Nathan llariiiaii 

Eliphalet Rowley [or Roucl] :\rartlKi Gaylord 

Experience Oihs 

1693 

Jacol) Gil)l)S Is Woleott 

Elisabeth Wf of [Jacol, (iihhs] M' Stuugliton 

Ffephzehah Ri'own 

1694 

Elisabeth Wf of Jas Kiu^ Sanih Phelps 

Elisabeth Wf AUain Josei)h Griswold 

Aliigail Kent 

16!I5 
[Names (about I'i in iiuiiilicr) not legible.] 

Iti9(; 

Edni. Marshall Hester Ph.'lps, Wf of Josiah 

Mercy Westliiig [Westhni.l .'] Huth Looniis, Wf of Nath' 

^largaret Strong Jn Stoughton 

Dorcas Mills Sarah Pinney 

Sam Mather, of Windsor. 

Covenant of the Wiiidxar (Jkurc/i, 1647. 

(Keprinted from the Congffyatioiitd t^nurterhj. April. 1SC2. ) 

[For this interesting document — -Creed and Coveniiut, for it partakes of both ele- 
ments, — we arc indebted to the kindness of Hon. J. II. Trumbull of Hartford. Mr. T. 
says, "I found it a few weeks since in the -i/.*?. Note Book of Matthew Grant, along 
with full notes of a sermon by Mr. Warhan\, August 15, 1647 (two months before this 
covenant was adopted), ' on the matter and ft)rm of a church and of baptizing children.' 
I was pleased with the discovery, as the covenant is of much earlier dale than any I 
liave seen or known of in Connecticut. Mr. Warham was at the Cambridge Synod in 
.June, 1647 ; out of which, apparently, grevv' the sermon, and the sermon prepared the 
way for the adoption of the Covenant. I may observe, however, that the sermon is in 
great measure a digest of Hooker's Sunvi/, which Mr. W. must have not only peruse<l, 
but thoroughly studied in MS.^ for it was not printed till the next year." This 
Covenant is dated at Windsor, October 28, 1647. — Hkv. H. M. Df.xtkr.] 



API'ICNDTX A. 889 

1. \Vf bolieve though God made iiiaii in an lioly and blessed coiulition, yet by liis 
fall lie lialli jilunged himself and all his posterity into a niiserable slate. limii. Ill, 23: 
V. Vi. 

2. Yet God hath [irovided a sufficient remedy in Christ for all broken-hearted sin- 
ners that are loosened from their sins, and selves and world, and are enabled by faith to 
look to Ilim in Christ for mercy, inasmuch as Christ hath done and snfTereil for 
su( h whatever His justice requires to atonement and life ; and he doth accept Jlis 
merits and righteousness for them that believe in Ilim, and im|)uteth it to them 
for their justification, as if they had satisfied and obeyed lliemselves. Hch. VII. ^"i; 
M.il. XI, 28; XXII, 24; V, 4, 6; i Cor. I, 30; /?«/«. IV, 3, 5; V, 10. 

3. Yet we believe that there is no other name or means to be saved from the guilt 
and the power of sin. John, XIV, 6; Actx, IV, 13. 

4. We believe God hath made an everlasting covenant in Christ with all penitent 
sinners that rest on liim in Christ, never to reject, or cease to do them sood. //(•/'. 
VIII, 6; VII, 22; 1 Son,. XII, 22; Jer. XXXII, 40. 

0. We believe this Covenant to be reciprocal, obliging us to be his people, to love, 
fear, obey, cleave to him, and serve him with all our heart, mind, and soul ; as him to 
be our God, to love, choose, delight in us and save and bless us in Christ ; yea. as Ids 
covenant binds us to love him and his Christ for his own sake, so to love our brethren 
for his sake. Dent. X, 12; //w. Ill, 3; II, 21; Deal. XXVI, 17-19; John, IV, 21. 

(5. We believe that God's people, besides their general covenant with God. to 
walk in subjection to him, and Christian love to all his people, ought also to join 
themselves into a church covenant one with another, and to enter into a particular com- 
bination together with some of his people, to erect a particular (Ecclesiastical body, and 
kingdom, and visible family and household of God. for the managing of discipline and 
public ordinances of Christ in one place in a dutiful way, there to worship God 
and Christ, as his visible kingdom and subjects, in that place waiting on him for that 
blessing of his ordinances and promises of his covenant, by holding communion 
with him and his people, in the doctrine and discipline of that visible kingdom, where 
it may be attained. Rom. XII, 4 5, 6; 1 Cor. XII, 27, 28; Ephe.i. IV, 11, 12: Art.^. H, 47; 
E.vod. XII, 43, 44, 4o; Gen. XVII, 13; Isa. XXIII, 4. 

7. We for ourselves, in the sense of our misery by the fall and utter helplessness 
elsewhere, desire to renounce all other saviours but his Christ, and to rest on God 
in him alone, for all happiness, and salvation from all misery; and do here bind 
ourselves, in the presence of men and angels, by his grace assisting us, to choose 
the Lord, to serve him, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep all his commandments 
and ordinances, and his Christ to be our king, priest and prophet, and to receive his 
gospel alone for the rule of our faith and manners, and to [be] subject to the whole will 
of Christ so far as we shall understand it ; and bind ourselves in sjiecial to all the mem- 
bers of this body, to walk in reverend subjection to the Lord to all our superiors, and 
in love, luunility, wisdom, peaceablene.ss, meekness, inolTeusiv(mess, mercy, charity, 
spiritual helpfulness, watchfulness, chastity, justice, truth, self-denial, one to another, 
and to further the spiritual good of one another, by example, counsel, admonition, 
comfort, oversight, according to God. and subnul our |selves| sui)jecl to all cliurcli 
adiiiiiiislration in the Lonl. — FtNls." 



APPENDIX B (Page 76). 

THE FIRST MEETENG-HOUSE OF WINDSOR. 

By Dka. Jabez H. ITatden. 

(Condensed from his Address at the Qnarter-Millenial Anniversary of the Windsor f'lnireli, 1H8IV) 



UNFORTUNATELY the records of town votes and town accounts, the first fifteen 
years, have crumbled to dust, and we liave no record of the meeting-house during 
tliis period, except this simple reference to it on the Colony records. Probably 
the records once told its cost, and perhaps its dimensions ; but we have built a theorj' 
from such facts as we gather under later dates, and feel confident that we know nearly 
its dimensions, how it was covered, how it was seated, who sat in the wall slips, who 
sat in the body of the house, and who sat in the Great Pew. 

Eighteen years after the house was built, we find among the recorded acts of the 
Townsmen, now called Selectmen, the following item: lfi.>S "The Townsmen being 
met on Monday, the 13th, September, Lieut. Newbury is desired to get such sills ' for 
the meeting-house as are wanting and to bring them to the water-side."' In the town 
accounts, 16.)9-60, is a credit to Mr. Newbury, "For the remainder of the work to the 
silling and underpinning of the meeting-house, .£10 9.v 6rf." They evidently dispensed 
with underpinning at first, and probably built the house without sills, resting the posts 
on some temporary fotmdation. It seems improbable that sills could have decayed 
within eighteen years. 

January 7, 1660-1, " The 'I'ownsmen met and agreed that the meeting-house should 
be shingled, all the gutters on both sides of the lanthorn, and not alter the form of the 
roof." A few weeks after we have the following entry ; " The Townsmen made a bar- 
gain with Samuel Grant to shingle the inside roof [west side] of the meeting-house, 
from end to end, on both sides of the lanthorn, with 18-inch .shingle. He is to get the 
shingle in the woods, and cut them and hew them, stud lay them on one inch 
and a quarter thick, generally, and seven inches in breadth, one with another, and he is 
to have 4s. per 100 for all plain work, and for the gutters, because of the more dilliculty 
of laying these, he is to have what he shall in equity judge to be worth more than 4«. 
per 100 ; and for the time, he is to do the north side of the lanthorn before midsummer 
next, and the other side by October following." Like the Dorchester meeting-house, 
this one was at first thatched. The contractor was given from Februarj- to October to 



' Sills were not always u.sed as a support for the floor, but in early times the floor 
was often on a level with the bottom of the sills, making a step down from the door sill 
into the room. An example of this style of house was the Gaylord House of 'Windsor 
Locks, built about 1711, and pulled down about 1830. The sills projected into 
the rooms, as the corner posts and "summer beams" did, the sills forming a low, 
narrow .scat, very convenient for children. Mrs. Albert Denslow, of AVindsor Locks, 
still remembers this house, and the seat along the side of the room in which she and her 
little friends played. 

'' Toirn Eecnrds, Bk. I. :iO. The "water-side" here referred to is the rivulet, 
or Little River, bank. 



APPENDIX I!. 891 

shingle one side, and this twenty-six years aftiT Ihc Imuse was liiiilt. We an- not siir. 
prised that tliey did not shingle it at first. 

But what of the lantern spoken of, on llie roof/ It has heen referred lo he- 
fore. On Deeember 13, 1658, at a meeting of the live men [/. <■, the Towns- 
men previously appointed] "it was determined that provision should be made 
upon the top of the meeting-house, from th<- l.antliorn to the ridge of the 
house, to walk conveniently, to sound a trunipi-l or drum to give warning to 
meetings." ' This lantern was an arehilectv[ral ornament, a little dome set on 
the ridge, in the middle of the house. They had no bell for it, l)ut built a platform 
out from it on the ridge of the house, for the convenieuee of the man who "beat 
the drum to give warnings to meetings on the Lord's Day, twiee in the morning, season- 
ably, and once after dinner."^ I think you still follow tlieir example, — "giving 
warnings to meetings on tlie Lord's Day, twice in tlie morning, seasonably, and 
once after dinner." You have simply substituted a bell for their drum or trunipi-t. 

Farther extracts from the tow-n records are as follows : 

1667. "The Townsmen agreed with Benjamin Griswold to get some good timber 
fallen and cloven into bolts, and brought Iiome by the latter end of the week following, 
for the use of the meeting-house, an<l Samuel Grant is to cleave them when brought 
home and fit them, and nail thi-m about the meeting-liouse. Henjaniin was to have for his 
timber, when fetched and brought home in bolts, one leugtli with another, 3.v. 6rf. per 
100 as they would rise in number when cloven by Samuel Grant " 

1668. "Also, George Griswold is to get somebody to clap up llie walls of tlie 
meeting-house that are broken." 

1669. Among the town expenses are these ; 

"To John Grant, for carting bolts from Pipe-stave Swamp ^ for the nueting- 
housc, 7.V. 6rf." 

" To John Owen, for the clabbing Ik- did the uieeling liouse lutfore winter, 'is. id." 

These items for repairs, made twenty-five to thirty years after the meeting-house 
was built, show us that the outside was at first (to\ered with clapboards, or, as 
tliey were at first called, cloveboards, bec-ause they were cloven or split. 'l''hey were to 
l>e brought from tlie woods in "bolts" — logs of suitable length for splitting; 
llien "cleave them" and "fit them," — split and hew them, — and "nail tliein about 
the meeting-house," and so " clab up the walls that are broken." This must have 
made a somewhat rough exterior, which could not have been marred by whittling. 
l'os.sibly the innocent indulgence of this propensity on the clapboards early crept into 
tlie boys' gallery, and remained there through half a do/.cn generations. 

1668. Deacon Moore is to speak with John Gibbard to get him to eom<' and menil 
I be glass of the meeting-house windows." 

The next year " Wm. Biiel came and brought two new <ascinc-nts for the corner 
windows of the meeting-house." I have as yet been un.-ible to learn the nunibt-r 
or style of the windows. 

We have now given you a rough outside view of the first meeting-house. It stood 
.-iliout the miildle of Palisado Green (as it then was), in front of the General I'ierson 
|ilace. It had a thatched roof with a cupola on the ridge. The sides were (-overed with 
(■la]>boards split from the log. Let us now go inside. 

I find this item in the town accounts in 1661. 

1661. "For lath and nails for meeting-house, £■). " The hou.sc had not all 
been jilastered before, and probably none of it. 

166o. " For other work done, as carting of tim!)er out of the woods to the jiit . and 
from the pit to the meeting-house." Now the pit was a saw pit, such as I think is still 

'See, also, item from Tmrn /ienii(h. p. 176. dale, September 1. HmH. 

" Tom, Rr.mU, Bk. i., 37. 

* Pipe-stave Swamp, near the southwest corner of the town :in nnw iMiundnl 



892 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

used in shipyards for some spi'iinl work. A pit was dug, limbi-rs laid across it to sup 
port the log when rolled over the pit. One mau stood below, the other ou top ol 
the log, the two performing in a small way the work of a modern saw-mill. Wi 
readily sec that it required long and patient toil to produce one thousand feet of 
boards." 

Let us premise that the churches in which they had worshiped in England had no 
seats for the common people, or, at most, but simple benches. The gentry, at their own 
expense, put in pews for themselves. So here, the town built the meeting-house, ami 
laid a tax on the grand list to pay for it, but laid a poll-tax, a given sum on each house- 
holder, or mau and his wife, to meet the expense of putting in the seats. But let us 
first learn where they were to get the lumber to make pews and slips. The cloven 
boards would not answer this purpose; they must have sawn luniber, — something they 
coidd plane both for ceiling and for seats. 

Our first item relative to tlic provision for seats in the house bears date 
1652. twelve years after that first notice that a meeting-house was. being built. 
"Accounts made with Wm. Buell for work done on the meeting-house. The Elder's 
Pew, Deacon's Pew, Magistrate's Pew, and their wives' Pew, formerly paid, and 
for the four rows of seats in the hou.se. when the doors are up we find the work 

comes to £28 19.V tW. 

And for the new work about allcring the Magistrates' wives' Pew, and 

others in that range, come to 4 3 8 



The whole sum is £33 28. Sd. 

Of which he is paid .€27 5s. 2(1.'" 

At a later date, but referring to the same " four rows of seals." we have a note of 
explanation, showing how many seats there were, and who had neglected to pay the 
carpenter for his work. 

Jan. 18, 1609-60. " A note [was] taken what dwelling-houses are in the town, that 
the owners of them have paid for seats in the Meeting-house, and how much and b.v 
whom; for those that have been placed in the two rows of long seats were first seated by 
five in a seat, and were to pay Wm. Buell 3.v. a person, or 6s. for a man and wife ; and 
that made tip his pay when he had finished them with doors. Also those that 
were placed in the short seats, at the first were to pay 3s. a person, as they in the long 
seats ; but when it was agreed that those seats .should be raised higher, for more con- 
venient hearing, they were to pay Wm. Buell 6rf. a person more ; so that for a man and 
his wife 7»." 

" 9 long seats with six in a seat." 
" 13 short seats with 3 in a seat.'' 

"First I set down those that have paid, and were jiluccil in the long seats 
when they paid." ° 

Then follows a list of fifty-five men, one more than the seating capacity; nearly all 
of these paid 6s. 

" Tho.se that were placed in the short seats, what they have paid." 

Then follow the names of thirty-nine men, just the seating capacity; about half of 
these paid 7s., others smaller suras. These men take the whole seating capacity of one 
side, and I suppose their wives occupied corresponding seats on the other side, — the 



' In the inventory of lie v. Mr. Huit's estate, 1644, we find this item ; "Two thou- 
sand planks at Elias Parkman's and 500 feet at the falls, £8 10s." " Elias Park- 
man's " was in the northwest corner of the Palisado, where there was certainly 
no water-power for a sawmill, and the 500 feet at the falls were probably sawn there 
because of some excellence of the timber which grew there. In a memorandum of his 
property 5Ir. Iluit says. "A rafte of Plank is going down. I think will be £40." 

■ Toini HinniJx, !.. 8. 

'This interesting document will be found in full on p. ITS-ISQ. 



APPENDIX B. 893 

men and women sitting apart as they were known to have clone three-quarters of 
a century later. Then 13 men are named, who sat in the pews, and 3 aged 
widow women, Goodie Denslow, Goodie Gibbs, Goodie Hoskins, and Dea. Gaylord's 
wife. 

It will be remembered that the short seats were " raised higher for more convenient 
hearing." Let us suppose these short seats are the wall slips a little raised, as your wall 
slips are now. We learn elsewhere that the magistrate's pew was " raised equal with 
the short seats." Let us place 13 slips 3 ft. 3 inches apart along the south wall occupy 
ing 61 ft., an aisle 4 ft. between them and the magistrate's pew, and 5 ft. the width of 
the pew, and we have the length of the room, 70 ft. There are sittings for 3 in each 
of the wall slips, and six each in the long seats, 18 sittings abreast; allowing li) 
inches for a sitting, and we have 38 ft., with two aisles of 4 ft. each, and we 
have a width of 36 ft., — an audience room of 36x70. If we put the magistrate's pew 
on the south side of the puljjit, we put their wives' i)e\v on the north side ; these pews 
extended from the side walls nearly to the i)ulpit, and afterward each pew was made 
into two. We have still to locate the elder's i)ew and the deacon's pew. We have four 
more wall slips than we have slips in the center. Let us put the two pews in front of 
the long seats (they are not raised like the magistrate's), then leave a space 
between them and the pulpit to be occupied by the coramuniou table and chairs or a 
bench ; — and we have the fathers and the mothers provided with seats, but where are 
the children and the servants 't There is a unique order ' in lOoO relative to children 
and servants crowding into the ferry-boat before the elders and magistrates on 
their way home from meeting, — so we know they went to meeting. 

When we come down to 1665, we find a number of young men who have married 
recently, paying for seats, several of them " in the gallery," — so that first house had 
galleries — ^and it was in the gallery that the boys and girls and servants sat. So long 
as the meeting-houses were seated, the boys and girls had no seats assigned them 
beside their parents, and the custom prevailed to a considerable extent long after the 
custom of seating the meeting-house had gone out of date. 

When a lad I sat in this front slip, and on one occasion received a sharp reprimand 
at home for not sitting still. I had climbed so far over to see who sat directly under 
me, that my mother was alarmed, lest I should lose my balance and intrude myself 
among the old people below. The little boys occupied the front slip on the south side, 
and the little girls the one on the north side; those of larger growth occuijied the pews 
which were ranged along against the wall. In due time I was promoted by some 
unwritten law from the front slip to the pews. I fear if I should tell of the carvings 
which ornamented those pews, so like the carvings to be seen in the schoolhouscs of 
those days, the modern boy would judge us harshly. Tythiug-men were a necessary 
provision for the well-being of the galleries, yet their authority was rarely exercised. I 
remember the first piece of anthracite coal I ever saw, I saw in one of those gallery 
pews, — a big boy brought it in his pocket, but none of us believed tliot would burn. 

This seating the boys by themselves was a crying evil continued througli two 
centuries. Its origin is found in the nieasiires adopted to secure a seat for each adult, 
according to his official dignity, his age, personal worth, and estate. Possibly " there 
is yet light to break out " on this question of seating the meeting-house, and the 
historian of the semi-milleuial of this church may have occasion to speak of an old-time 
custom, of selling seats at auction to enable each man to rate himself according to his 
own estimate. 

The first notice I find of "Seating the meeting-house," bears date of 1655, when 
" The townsmen met and appointed .somewhere to sit in the meeting-house. "'•' It seems 
a little strange that it should have been thought necessarv to carrv these distinctions 



' See p. 172. 
^S.e p. 175. 



894 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

uUi tliu uluu'cli — into a church wliich know no distiuctious among the brotherhood. 
The dignitaries of the church and tlie State had their pews, which were cousi)icuously 
placed, and into which they were duly promoted when elevated to office. In I60I ilr. 
Clark was elected a magistrate, and at once the Townsmen met, and Mr. Clark 
was appointed to sit in the great pew." ' 

But the seating of tlie common people was a more difficult task, which taxed the 
wisdom and patience of the committee. The difficulty was largely owing to the fact 
that individuals estimated their own rank higher than the committee or their neighbors 
rated them ; and we must bear in mind that all the community must have a voice in the 
matter, for the meeting-house belonged to all, and all were taxed for the support of the 
ministry. After one or two generations liad passed away, there was a large class who 
were not members of the church, who had a pecuniary interest in the matter 
which took them to meeting, and who were likely to be tenacious of their rights 
to a proper recognition when there. 

Before the end of twenty-tive years after the first meeting-house was built, we find 
that "a request was made by some to set a housel to shelter their horses in on Sabbath 
days, and other days when they ride' to meeting, on one side of the street, again.st 
Begat Egglestone's orchard, about 9 or 10 feet in breadth by his fence, and in length 23 
or 24 feet, and it was granted. " Those who came from a distance and had horses came 
horseback, the man in the saddle, with his wife behind him on a pillion, and 
not unfrequently with a baby in her lap. Sometimes a led horse and two or three more 
children represented a single family. People also came to meeting from great distances 
on foot. 



' See p. 173. 

'' One-horse road wagons were not in use until since 1800. The first one owned in 
Windsor was made by David Birge of Windsor Locks. Pung sleighs were in general 
use; the runners were made of plank, the body much like a " lumber box wagon " body 
of to-day. Less than a hundred years ago Seth Dexter and wife of Pine Jleadow 
[Windsor Locks] returned to Rocliester, Mass., to visit their parents. She rode 
on a jjillion behind him and carried her Ijabe in her lap. 



APPENDIX G (Page 98). 

Bt J. H. Hayden. 

The Oldest Orthodox Confiregat.ional Church. 

CONDENSED FROM TWO ARTICI^S IN THE "PURITAN RECORDER," IN REPLY TO ONE 
CLAIMING THIS HONOR FOR THE CHURCH IN LYNN, MASS. 



THE present Congregational Church in Windsor was organized in Plymouth, Eng- 
land, in 1630. The original members had assembled at that ])ort, and while 
awaiting the preparation of their ship the church was organized, and the Rev. John 
Warham and Rev. John Maverick were chosen and installed pastor and teacher. Tlie 
Rev. Jlr. White of Dorchester, rector of the Church of England there, assisted in the 
exercises of the occasion and preached the sermon. The embarkation, wliich took place 
soon after, occurred on the 30th of March, 1630; and on the 30th of Jlay they were 
hmded at Nantaskett Point, several weeks before the arrival of Governor Wiuthrop at 
Boston (see Clapp's Memoin and Aiinah nf Voirhester). Two of the assistants of Mas- 
sachusetts, Mr. Roger Ludlow and Mr. Edward Rosseter, were among the original 
members of this church. The location selected was named Dorchester, from which 
place, after five years, the removal "of the Dorchester people " to Connecticut com- 
menced. The new location was also named Dorchester, which name was afterwards 
changed by the court to Windsor. The church organization was not left beliind in 
Massachusetts.' Winthrop's Journal says a council was called to organize a cliurch at 
Dorchester, April 11, 1636, " a large part of the old one being gone to Conn. ; " but the 
council not being satisfied respecting tlie soundness of the views of those who proposed 
to form a new one, " except Mr. Mather and one more," the matter was deferred. On 
tlie 23d of August a church was organized, and a covenant, subscribed to by seven in- 
dividuals, was adopted. (See Annalt of Dorchester ) That this was nothing less than 
a new churcli organization is farther proved by a letter from Jolm Kingsley (one of the 
seven). The letter was sent to Connecticut in 1676, asking aid, after the destruction of 
the town of Reboboth. (See appendix to Public lieconU of t'oloiiy of Voiinecticiit, 1853.) 
lie says: "Now being unknowne to you beloe on the river, I say I am the 1 man and 
onely left of those that gathered tlie Church that is now in Dorchester, yet of lat liave 
lived at Reboboth. ' We liave a negative proof that the original church of the Dor- 
cliestcr people, which was gathered in England, was not disbanded, in the absence of 

' The Liinls and Gentlemen's pioneers under Mr. Francis Stiles, and tlie Dorchester 
people, botli went on to the Great Meadow in the summer of 1635. The Plymouth peo- 
jile, who had already been in the occupation of Plymoutli Meadow two years, liad also 
obtained an Indian title to the Great Meadow, wliich title they claimed .should be re- 
spected. In the negotiation which followed we find the Windsor pioneers designated 
by the title of their church organization. Bradford tells us (page 341) tliat tlie Wind- 
sor people complain that the Plymouth people had .said that " they had rather give up 
their rights [in the Great Meadow] to them [the Lords and Gentlemen] (if they must 
part with them) tlmii to the Dorchester Church." 



896 IIISI'DIIY OK ANCIKNT WINHSOI:. 

any reference to a now iratlu-rinj; nl a eliun.li by ,Mr. Warham and liis people, after 
tlieir arrival in Connecticut; and the following extracts from the old Hecord of tin 
Windsor Cluirch, taken in connection with the foregoing, leaves no room for doubt on 
this point. The Record to which I refer is now in possession of the Connecticut U\> 
torical Society, and forms Ainiendix A of this History. It is a copy, or rather a conipi 
latiou, from the original Records, and was made about 1670 by Matthew Grant, one ol 
the original members of the church. After this, from time to time, the doings of the 
church are added until the death of Mr. Grant, about 16H0. The first pages of this 
Record Book are somewhat mutilated by the crumbling of the leaves, but enough re- 
mains to show why the compiler of this Record did not give us a connected history of 
the church from its organization, but only designed to give a record of " Chiu'ch things 
in general [as they have occurred since our] tirst .settling down liere in Windsor, . . . 
and because the Elders of the Cliurch have [a Record?] of Churcli proceedings in some 
things, . . . therefore in such things as [there] be to speak to, I shall set down 
here in the [or]dcr I can. Concerning the admission of per[sons to] full communion, I 
could give account of [all, but] judge there is no need of such as are dead and gone 
from us to other phices." 

At the head of the list of members a part of two lines are still legible, " icere so in 
Durchenter, and came up here inth Mi: [ Wm/iam] and still are of iis " ; then follows a list 
of IT male and 7 female members, and on the next page over the column of the names 
of the male members we read: "[Men tha]t have been taken [into fu]ll communion 
since we [cam]e here. I .set them down [acc]ording to the year and lda]y of the month 
they were [adm]itted and now remain " ; over the other column, "Women admitted 
here." Near the close of the record is another list of members, headed "The account 
of persons taken into Church communion, and years when, that are nowlivin.g, Decem- 
ber 21, 1677." 

" Only yet lidivj that rmin' from Dorrlnstcr in full cuiininniion ",' then follow a list of 
nine males. — "Women from Dorchester," a list of six. — "Men taken in here." — 
"Women taken in here." This was 42 years after the church removcnl to Windsor. 

It now remains to show that this church has not since lost its identity. It has lieen 
claimed that the First Church in Hartford is the oldest church in Connecticut in which 
the ordinances have been regularly administered. This claim probably originated from 
the Record Book, from which I have quoted. It says : " Here I set down the times of 
sacraments administered. .Jaiuiary, I()(i9-7I), a sacrament; which the Church has not 
had 2 years and 12 weeks." This was but two and a half months before Jlr. \N'arham's 
death. It is evident from the Record, which is continued seven years and a half after 
the above date, that it was not the practice of the church at that time to have stated 
communion .seasons. The intervals range from " 7 weeks" to " 28 weeks." Our ex- 
])lanation of the withholding the administration of the sacrament of the Lord's Sujiper 
for more than two years is as follows: In the fall of 1667 the church, in con.sequence of 
"Mr. Warham becoming ancient," .sent to the pastors of Boston, Dorchester, and Cam- 
bridge, soliciting their assistance in procuring a suitable person for a colleague, and 
they recommended the Rev. Nathaniel Chaimcey. 

There was a want of unanimity among the people on the question of giving Jlr. 
Chauncey a call; and the legislature, then in session, came forward in its wisdom to 
settle the difficulty, ordering a meeting of the freemen and householders of Windsor. 
(Ml the Monday following, to vote for or against giving Jlr. Chauncey a call, and forbid 
" all discourse and agitation " at said meeting, of such " matters as may provoke or 
disturb the spirits of each other." The result of that ballot was 86 votes for, and 52 
against, calling Mr. Chauncey. The minority now appeal to the legislature, and obtain 
an order authorizing them to procure another minister for themselves; and liberty was 
granted to the church to .settle Mr. Chavmcey. 

The next May, 1668, Mr. Warham inquires whether the legislature intended to au 
thorize any of members of the church to withdraw, which was answered altirmatively. 



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At the uext session, iu the fall ol 1668, a couiieil of four miiii.steis was designated to 
meet the April following, and ".settle an aeeommodalion between the chureli and the 
dissenting brethren in Wind.sor, if they ean attain to it"; and in the meantime an\- 
might, " without ofiEense," attend the separate meetings held by the minority (who had 
obtained the services of Rev. Mr. Woodt)ridge). The council was unsuccessful, and in 
the fall of 1669 the dissenting brethren were authorized by the legislature to gather 
themselves iu a separate church. This permission was doubtless acted upon before the 
16th of the January following, which comprised the whole interval of " 2 years and 12 
weeks," during all which time, we have shown, the shield of the civil authority was 
Iield over the dissatistied members, and they were now by the same authority removed 
from the membership of Mr. Warham's church. 

During this interval the church sustained ilr. A\ arham and a colleague; had regular 
services on the Sabbath and lecture days, received members under the Half- Way Covenant, 
and baptized children. Mr. Warham, his two deacons, and 22 others of the original 
members, and about TO admitted here, were at the close of this period in good and 
regular standing; and if the omission of the sacrament under these circumstances 
constitutes an irregularity, it by no means disbanded the church, but tends, when taken 
in connection with subsequent events, to prove rigid adherence to the principles of the 
Congregational order, and the practice of uncompromising discipline. 

That the old church was not swallowed up in the new we have abundant proof. 
In January, 1678, a mutual council was called by the two churches. That council ad- 
vised "that the two congregations reunite, and walk together in the same way and 
order, and this way of order whereunto they shall meet in their future walk, shall be 
the known and settled way of the First Church, which we understand to be the Con- 
gregational way of Church Order." That " those who were originally members of the 
First Church be admitted; and those who after the division joined the new Church, be 
examined, if there was any objection to them, by the Rev. Mr. Rowlandson and Rev. 
Mr. Hooker," neighboring ministers. The next August the Second Church send a com- 
munication to the First Church, stating their understanding of the councO to be, that 
they be received in a body, " without any trial of their fitness bj- the Church." The 
church voted that " they understood the council's act otherwise, and should wait the 
council's session for the clearing up of the matter," July 1, 1680. The court of assist- 
ants " prohibit all distinct meetings on the Sabbath and public days." It appears from 
that order that the Second Cluirch had complied in (lart with the advice of the council. 
And it afterwards appears that part of those who separated from the First Church 
had returned to her communion. October, 1680, the legislature ordcu-ed that the society 
shall unite with the First on the terms proposed by the council of 1668; both of the 
former ministers [Mr. Chauncey and Mr. Woodbridge] to be released, and a new one 
sought." Then the Second Church complain to the legislature that the First Church 
will not abide by the advice of said council. " Our communicants arc not entertained, 
or objected against [if they had been objected against they <!ould have applied to 
Messrs. Rowlandson and Hooker for certificates of their Orthodoxy], neither we or our 
minister could enjoy communion in sacraments, nay the sacrament was put by. that we 
might not." 

Finally, at the May session of 1682, the legislature, "upon application of the 
Church of Windsor, respecting the difficulties they met with in the settlement of Mr. 
Mather [to whom they had given a call], all former oriiers and endeavors not being 
effectual to remove the impediment that lies still in the way, that the matter of union 
may be plainly slated, which is now mainly impetlimentiug to them, this Court see 
cause to declare their ready owning the said Church, in the quiet practice of their pro- 
fessed principles in i)oint of order, and that the; forementioned union be carried on in 
manner following, viz.: That Mr. Mather being in due time called and settled in ollice 
by the Church of Windsor, thereupon such of tlie Second Society as desire fellowship 
with them in all ordinances (excepting those that were formerly in communion with 
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898 IlISTOifY Ol' ANCIKNT WINDSOl!. 

Uiut Cliurcli, tliiil arc returned, or to return to the .same .staiidin;.; in it), address tliem- 
,sclves to Mr. Mather; and having satisfied bim about their experimental knowledge, 
and the grounds of tliat .satisfaction by bim declared to the Church to their acceptance, 
with encouraging testimony given in reference to their conversation, they be thcreuixm 
admitted." 

Thus ended a sad division which liad continued through fifteen years, mainly stim- 
idated, I think, by the mistaken sympathy of the civil authority. From that time 
there needs no citing of authorities to show the continued existence of this church, 
and that " the ordinances have been regularly administered." Its present Confession of 
Faith bears internal evidence of its antiquity and its orthodoxy. If I am not in error, 
the present Congregational Church in Windsor is tlic oldest evangelical church in 
America; and, except the Southwark Cliurcb, London, the oldest orthodox Congrega- 
tional Church in the world. 

We now touch upon one point in the history of the church in AVindsor wliich has 
been called in question, viz.: Its removal , with its original orga nidation, from Dorchester, 
Ma«s., to Connecticnt. 

The following extract is from the TAfe of liichard Mather, published with I he sanc- 
tion of his son. Rev. Increase Mather, in 1670, the very year of Mr. Warham's dculh. 
and but thirty -five years after the date of the event in question, when there was no lack 
of living witnesses. There were still living twenty-four members of the church in 
Windsor, who " were so in Dorchester, and came up here with Jlr. [Warham] and still 
arc of us." Captain Roger Clap, and probably others wlio came from England with 
Mr. Warham and his people, and remained in Dorchester, were al.so living. 

" Being thus by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm brought into New Eng- 
land, motions from .sundry towns were soon presented to him, desiring that he would 
employ the talent which the Lord had enriched him with for the work of the ministry 
amongst them; at the same time he was desired at Plymouth, Dorchester, and Rox- 
bury. Being in a great strait in his own mind, which of these iiuitnfions to accept of; 
considering that in difhcult cases counsel is an ordinance of God, whereby he is wont 
to discover his will, he therefore referred himself to the advice of some judicious 
friends, amongst whom Mr. Cotton and Mr. Hooker were chief, who met to consult 
this weighty affair; and their advice was, that he should accept of the motion from 
Dorchester, which, being accordingly accepted of by him, he did (by the help of 
Christ) set upon that great work of ffatheriii/j a Church; the Church which was first 
planted in that place being removed with the Rev. Mr. Wurhaia to Counecticnt. There 
was an essdij towards gathering a Church. April 1, 1636; but by reason that the mes- 
sengers of neighboring churches were not satisfied concerning some that were intended 
members of that foundation, the work was defererd until Amjiist 23, when a Church 
was constituted in Dorchcstir according to the order of the Gospel by Confession and 
Profession of Faith; and Mr. Mather was chosen Teacher oi that Church." 

Blake's Aniuds of Dorchi'stcr, dated 1750 (the year of the author's death), ll.") years 
after the removal of Mr. Warham and his people to Connecticut, states (!>. 13), \nider 
date 1636: " This year made great alteration in ye Town of Dorchester, for Mr. Mather 
& ye Godly people that came with him from Lancashire wanting a place to Settle in, 
some of ye People of Dorchester were willing to remoue it make room for them, it so 
Mr. Warham and that half of ye Church removed to Windsor, in Connecticut Colony, 
and Mr. Mather and his jjcople came and joined with Mr. j\Iaverick, and that half of yc 
Church that were left, and from these people so united are ye greatest part of ye pres- 
ent Inhabitants descended. When these two Companies of people were thus uiuted, 
they made one Church, having ye sd Rev. Mr. John Maverick, and ye sd Rev. Mr. 
Ricliard Mather for their Pastors, and entered into ye following Covenant, viz." [and 
then follows the " Dorchester Church Covenant made ye 23d day of 6 Month, 1636|." 

This statement, taken in connection with the fact that Mr. \Varham and Mi'. 
Maverick were installed pastor and teacher over the old church before they left Eng 



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land, has seemed to militate against the evidence presented to sustain the claim that the 
old church did remove to Connecticut in its organized capacity. But the author of the 
Aiii^iih was certainly in error resiiecting Mr. jVIaverick's coniieclion with the new 
churcli; for Winthrop shows that he had been dead more than six nionllis when the 
new church was formed, and I think tlie author little nearer the truth in the si.itpnuiit 
that half the old church rcmnincd in Dorchester. 

In the present state of the question I see no necessit_v for abandoning the claim that 
the church in Wmd.sor is the oldest orthodo.\ Congregational Church in America.' I 
regret tliat in this discussion the church in Windsor had not an able champion. I am 
not even a nunnbcr of the church in Windsor; but a motive for my volunteer efforts 
may be found in the fact that I am proud to trace my descent from the first jjastor of 
that church, the deacon, and several of the members "who came up from Dorchester 
in full communion." Six generations of my ancestors have lived and died in that coin- 
mimion, and "my friends and kindred " still "inherit the laud, and dwell therein." 
There I made a public profcssiou of my faith in "the God of my Fathers " ; and from 
thence 1 consented (though with deep regret) to ask, with otiiers, a letter of dismission 
and commendation " to the Council to be convened at Windsor I,ocks, for the ])urpose 
of organizing said members into a Church." 

At the conchision of the discussion, the editor of the Itei'urdr suninu-il up as fol 
lows : 

"The Oldest Church. 

" Before we made our recent statement as to the church in Lynn being the oldest 
church, we were aware that the First Church in Hartford — several years youngei- than 
that in Lynn — claimed to be, and we supposed was conceded to be, the oldest church 
in Connecticut. We have not the means of settling the question between Hartford and 
Windsor. That in Hartford confidently rests in the conclusion that she is the oldest. 
If her claim is well foiuided, the priority of Lynn is established. But if gentlemen in 
Hartford and Windsor, living nearer the .sources of original information, cannot settle 
the question, it would hardly be modest in us to assume to do it. 

"Then as to the other point, whetlier the Windsor Church, reniovin.n' from Dorches- 
ter, removed in an organized capacity — that it voted in church meeting to remove as a 
cluirch — and carried with them their church records, formally dismissing those left 
behind, and continuing to keep their records as the same church — more light is re- 
i|uired. It is true that, both here and at Cambridge, after the removal of some of the 
lirst settlers to Connecticut vvitli their ministers, another cn-ganization of tlic clmrcli 
was had. For new' immigrants had come in, and purchased the hou.ses and lands of 
tho.se migrating to Connecticut; and so great was the change of people that there would 
be occasion for a reconstruction of the church, whether the people who left went in an 
organized body, or w'ere organized anew in their new field. 

"We were led to conclude, from what Cotton Mather says, that they did organize 
anew in Connecticut. Speaking of those Connecticut transijlanls, he says, of this and 
that one, that it ' reiiiwcd and heeaiiie n Church ' in Connecticut. Of the emigrants to 
Windsor he says, ' They removed find liei-inue <i Church.' It was on this authority 
that we based our former position. But since we have had occasion to examine the 
matter more critically, we have come to the (-onclusion that Mather use.s a looseness of 
expression here; not intending to inform us whether the church organization was 

' "Two Churches were organized earlier, the Plymouth and the Salem, but both of 
these have joined the Unitarians, and left this Windsor Church the oldest Evangelical 
Church in New England, and the oldest in America, except the Reformed Dutch 
Chnrcli, New York city, organized 1628." 

— Dea. .1. 11. Ilayden's CeulcnnM Sketch, etc. 



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900 HISTORY OK ANCIENT WTMlSOll. 

tninsfprrod. Otherwise he would contriidict himself; for in one passage he tells us 
that the Dorchester people moved and became a church in Windsor, and in another 
that the church planted in Dorchester was t riinsjdti nted to Windsor. In one place lie 
tells us that Stone and Hooker went as colleagues to Hartford, and in another that 
Stone was ordained teacher of the churcli at Hartford. Mather uses such vague- 
ness of speech about the whole matter that his testimony is of little or no value 
either way. 

"As for the evidence produced by Mr. Hayden in his very acceptable article, it 
proves clearly that another church was organized at Dorchester. Of this we were well 
aware; but the expression, ' a large part of the old one being gone to Conn.,' would 
seem to indicate that the church itself did not go. The difticulty about all the docu- 
ments relating to this subject is that the writers seem to have treated the question as 
to the preservation of the original organization as a matter of little con.sequcnce, while 
they state the fact of the removal, and .so use expressions which may be construed 
either way. This defect appears in Mr. Hayden's extracts from the mutilated Compi- 
lation of Records. The writer might have said the things there cited in either case. 
Still we are not certain that there may not be proofs extant soiuewhere, which will 
definitely settle this question; and, if any of our readers know of such proofs, we 
should be grateful for the communication of them. . . . 

" Meanwhile, considering nothing upon these points to be definitely settled, we will, 
in order to be sure that we tread on no one's toes, for the present modify our position; 
and say that the church in Lynn is t/u- oldest Orthodox: Voiujrcyiitional Cliiircli in Masxii- 
(■hnncttit, and the oldest remaiidm/ in itn p/utition, or place of it.i plantiiir/, of iini/ in the 
ronntry." 



APPENDIX D fPage 9S). 

TIIK PRESBYTERIANISM OF THE EAUIJEll CHUHCIIES OF 
NEW ENGLAND. 



rriHE Prcjtlii/ti'nidi Qiiarterli/, for January, 1859, iu a review of a recent issue of tlie 
J- Oerman press entitled; " Tlie New England Theoeracy — a History of Congrega- 
lionalisni in New England to the Revivals of 1740. By H. F. Uhdcii, with a pref.-ice 
liy the late Dr. Neander," makes the following remarks; 

" As to the constitution of the individual church in the early history of New Eng- 
land, it was Presbyterian rather than Congregational. This was the case with the 
mother church of Leyden, of which Robinson was pastor, and Brewster a ruling elder. 
They seem to have borrowed their ideas of the proper and Scriptural organization of 
an individual church, with scarce a modification, from the writings of Calvin. In the 
French Reformed Church, as is well known, the principles of the Genevese Reformer 
were more perfectly and constantly carried out than in Geneva itself, and it is to the 
French Reformed churches that the Leyden Church refers as the jjattern from whicli 
they had drawn. In response to certain honorable members of His Majesty's Privy 
Council. Roliin.son and Brewster reply under their own signatures to the effect that 
■ touching the ecclesiastical ministry, namely of pastors for teaching, elders for ruling, 
.md deacons for distributing the Church contribution, as also for the two sacraments, 
&c., we do wholly and in all points agree with the French Reformed churches, acconl- 
ing to their jiublic confession of faith.' They add that some small differences were to 
be found in their practices, but only such as were ' in some accidental circumstances,' 
and ■ not at all iu the substa nee of the things.' Yet, in specifying these differences, they 
say: ' We choose none for governing elders but such as are "apt to teach.'" 'Their 
elders are annual, &c., ours perpetual.' 'Our elders administer their office publicly; 
theirs more privately.' These are the only matters of difference between themselves 
and the French Reformed churches, to which they refer in connection with the form of 
government or the con.stitutioa of the individual church. 

" That this distinction between the pastor and ruling elder wa^^ iinl (inc merely of 
name, is obviinis from a variety of evidence. After the branch of the Leyden ('lunch. 
which had removed to Plymouth, had remained some years without a pastor, waiting 
the arrival of Mr. Robinson, Brewster, the ruling elder, and a man eminently 'apt to 
teach,' wished to know or Mr. Robinson whether it were i)ermissible for him to admin- 
ister the sacraments. The reply of Rol)inson is: ' Now touching the question pro- 
pounded by you. I judge it not lawful for you, being a ruling elder (as Rom. xu. T, W. 
and 1 Tim., v. 17), opposed to the elders that teach and exhort and labor in word and 
doctrine, to which the .s;icraments are annexed, to administer them, nor convenient if it 
werii lawful.' Again, in his reply to Bernard, he says; 'The contrary to that which 
you allirm is to be seen of all men in our Confession of Faith. .Vrl. 34, wherein it is 
held, that " no sacraments are to be administered until pastors or teachers be ordained 
to their office." ' Still again he says: 'We believe and confess thai the elders which 
Christ hath left in His Church arc to govern the same in all things, |)rovided always 
the nature of ecclesia.stical government be not exceeded, according to the laws by Him 
prescribed, and that the brethren are most straitly bound to obey them.' And once 
more to the same purport, he liolds that 'the flock, both severally and jointly, is to 
obey them that have the oversite over them.' 

" In accordance with such views the Leyden Church was constituted. They were, 
of course, reflected in the constitution of the Plymouth Church in this country. As to 
the church in Salem, Hubbard says there is no small evidence that they took their 



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902 IIISTOnY OF ANCIENT WINDSOH. 

moili;! from llic Plymoutli Churcli. To its constitiiliim and rovonant reference was 
often made. Mr. Cotton's charge at Hampton wa.s that they slioid<l take adviee of 
them at Plymouth, and Gov. Winslow wrote of others, 'they will do notliing without 
our advice.' Baillie says tlie settlers did ' ajjree to model themselves after Mr. Robin- 
son's pattern,' and Cotton speaks of 'the Plymouth Church helping the first comers in 
tlieir theory, by hearing and discovering their practice at Plymoutli.' The only point 
which we find specified in regard to which the other churches diverged from those of 
Plymouth is that ' they of Massachusetts choose were ruling elders — that is, as not 
necessarily "apt to teach" — and gave them authoritative power.' It would seem, 
tlirrefiire, that in the Leyden Church we are to find the recognized model of the early 
New England churches. 

" The Cambridge Platform (1648) thus recognizes the Presbyterian constitution of 
the church. It says: ' Of elders, some attend chiefly to the ministry of the Word, as 
the pastors and teachers; others attend especially unto rule, who are therefore called 
ftiliny eUh'ru.' .Vgain: ' The ruling cider's ofl3ce is distinct from the office of pastor 
and teacher.' His ' work is, to join with the pastor in those acts of spiritual rule which 
are distinct from the ministry of the Word and Sacraments.' Among the specified 
duties are admission of members; convening the church; ' preparing matters in pri- 
vate ' for ' more speedy dispatch,' etc. 

"The government of the church, moreover, is, according to the iilatform. vested 
in 'its Presbytery' of elders. 'The Holy Ghost fre(iuently — yea always — 
where it mentioned Cluircli rule and Church government, ascribetli it to elders.' This 
government of the church is 'a mixed government,' but ' in respect of the Presbytery 
and the power committed unto them, it is an aristocracy.' 

"In accordance with these principles the greater part of Ihe early New England 
churches were established. In Plymouth (Mlony the choice was not, as in Massachu- 
setts, of mere ruling elders, Init of those that were ' apt to teach.' In New Haven sev- 
eral of the principal men — called in Scripture phraseology 'the seven pillars' — con- 
stituted an eldership which was the base or nucleus of the church. ' It was the opinion 
of the principal divines who first settled New England and Connecticut,' so Trumbull 
remarks, ' that in every church completely organized, there was a pastor, teacher, rul- 
ing elder, and deacons. These distinct offices they imagined were clearly taught in 
tifese passages; Rom. xii. 7; 1 Cor. xii. 28; 1 Tim. v. 17; and Eph. iv. 11. From 
tills they argued the duty of all churches, which were able, to be thus furnished. In 
this manner were the churches of Hartford, Windsor, New Haven, and other towns 
organized. The churches which were not able to support a pastor and teachers, had 
their ruling elders and deacons. . . . The business of the ruling elder was to assist 
the pastor in the government of the c-hurcli. He was particularly .set apart to watch 
over all its members, to prepare and bring forward all cases of discipline,' etc. ' It was 
the general opinion that elders ought to lay on bauds in ordination, if there were a 
Presbytery in the church, but if there were not, the church might appoint some other 
elders or brethren to that .service.' As late as 1670, upon tlie organization of the 
Second church in Hartford, one of tlie main principles of Congregational Church order 
is stated to be ' that the power of guidance, or leading, belongs only to the elder.ship. 
and the power of judgment, consent, or )>rivilege, belongs to the fraternity of brethren 
in full communion,' Of the importance of the eldership. Hooker speaks in very em- 
phatic language; ' The elders must have a Cliurch within a Church, if they would pre- 
serve the peace of the Church.' Nor would he allow questions to be discu.ssed before 
the whole body till the proper course had been resolved upon in the Presbytery, or ses- 
sion of the elders." 

In these later days the Congregational churches seem to be tending toward ;i re- 
turn to the custom of the earlier churcli in this respect. Certain (hnnlics in Ihe West 
have elected ruling elders, and the subject is now commaniliiig muuIi ;ittention in llic 
Congregational denomination. — Kd. 



APPE^^DIX E (Pagu 278). 



RECORDS OF IIIH "Ttii," OK ••4th,- OU XOUTII SOCIICTV OF WIXDSOK 



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(ExtrMts from Mer. Mr. IJiiUidak's Record.) 

N thu oil of September. 1761, the following persons were, l)y ad of tlic Consoc-ia- 
tion of tlie Xorth District iu the County of Ilartfortl, embodied into a churcli stale : 



Jonathan Stiles 
Daniel Bisscll 
Samuel Ilaydcn 
Abr° Dibble 



Josiah Bissell 
.labez Bissell 
Beuoni Denslo 



'the persons hereafter named were received by said cliun li inlo tull 



'Pile next day 
communion." 

Nathaniel Gaylord Elizabeth Gaylord 

Peletiah Allyn I^ydia Hoskins 

Lsaac Hayden Lydia Hoskin.s, jr. 

Joseph Gaylord I Abigail Hayden 

1762 Naomi Hayden 

Nath'l Hayden Joseph Bissell 

HB.") Joseph Wadsworth 
Elijah Parker I Kalph Bissell 
1 Ab Stoughton 
Azubali Strong 
' Hannah Dibble 
1763 
Mercy Sheldon 
Abigail Plnney 
Lucy Denslow 
Eunice Hayden 
Jemima Ellsworth 
Parsons 

JJcamm. — Nathaniel Hayden, Josiah Bisscll. Esq., — chosen Dec. 26, 1768. 

The llalf-Way Cocenant. — "Ai)ril 28th, 1776. It having been a usage formerly to 
admit persons to own the Baptismal Covenant and have baptism for tlie children, when 
neither the Covenanters nor the Church looked on them presently meet for and bound 
to attendance on the Lord's svipper, whereas at ijresent we have but one Covenant or 
Profession for all, the .same are admitted who object against themselves and for scruples 
of their own are tolerated in a non-attendance on the holy supper, though acknowledged 
as members in complete standing — a question arose whether the covenantors, especially 
the former sort, should be required to renew their C'ovonant in order to their coming to 
the Lord's supper, and to exercise their riglit to act in matters of discipline, &c. 

"This matter having been proposed and before disposed — was this day agreed 
and passed unanimously in a meeting of the Church as follows : 

"That all persons in explicit Covenant with the Church, whether tliey came in for- 
merly or more latterly, arc at liberty if they please to come to all parts of communion 
with us without renewing the Covenant or Confession. 

" However. 

"That it would be more agreeable if such especially as owned their Covenant 
according to the former usage, were to renew their profession before they came to all 
parts of Communion. ' 



APPENDIX F (Page 460). 



NATm;S OR RESIDENTS OF WINDSOR, EAST AND SOUTH WINDSOR, 
AVINDSOR LOCKS, AND BLOOMFIELD, WHO HAVE REPRESENTED 
CONNECTIC;UT IN THE UNITED STATES OR IN THE STATE GOV- 

ERNINIENT. 



Governors : Roger Wolcott, 1751-54, three years service. 

Oliver Wolcott (Sen.) sou of the above, was 1k)iii in Wind- 
sor, hnt removed to Litchfield, Ct. ; served as Gmernor 
1796 to his death in 1797. 

JJrpnf //-Governors : Roger Ludlow, 1639, '42, '48, — 3 yrs. 
John Mason, l(i60-9, — 9 yrs. 
Roger Wolcott, 1742-51,-9 yrs. 

Lieuteiiani- Governor : 

Oliver Wolcott, 1786-06. 
George G. Sill, 1873-76. 

Secretaries : Daniel Clark, 1658-64, 1665-67, — -8 yrs. 

Memhets of the Continental ConcireHs : 

1774: app'd by the Committee of Cori-espoudcncc, July and Aiiiiust, any 
three to attend : Erastus Wolcott. 

1778: a])i)'d by the General Assembly, Oct. scss., Oliver Ellsworth. 

1779: " " " " ' Oct., 1778, " " att'd. 

1780 : " " " " Jan., 1780, to serve till the first 

Monday in Nov., Oliver Ells- 
worth, — attended. 

1780-81 : elected by the Freemen, May, 1780, to hold office for one year 

in Nov. next, Oliver Ells- 
worth, — attended. 

1781-82: •• ■• •• •• 1781, Oliver Ellsworth. — att'd. 

1782-83: " 1782, " 

1783-84: " " " " 1783, " " resigned 

Oct., 1783. 

1787-88: " " •• •' 17S7, Erastus Wolcott, — re- 

signed, Oct., 1787. 

1788-89: ■• •• •• •• 1788, Erastus Wolcott. 



AI'PKNDIX F. 905 

Delegates to the Convention for Framinq the Conxtitution of the U. S. 
1787, May, app'd by Gen. Assembly, Erastus Wolcott, E. W., declined. 

(His place lill.'d l,y Rouer 

Sherman.) 
Oliver Ellsworth, IF. 

I'niteil jStates Senators f rum Connecticut : 
Oliver Ellsworth, 1789-96. 

John Milton Niles, 1835-39, 1843-49, W. (res. Hartfonl). 
Francis Gillett, 1854-55 (res. Bloomfield). 
William W. Ellsworth, ■22d and 23d Congress, 1831-85. 
John n. Brockway (Ell.), 6th Dist., 26th and 27th Congress, 
1839-43. 

Member)! of General Assenihly : 

1776. Man Seimion. Capt. Josiah Bisscll, Capt. Henry Allj'ii, W.; Col. Erastus Wol- 

cott (Speaker), Mr. Benoni Olcott, E. W. 
OHo/jer i<essio». Capt. Henry Allyn, Capt. .losiali Bis.sell. IT.; Mr. Benoni ()1 

cott, E. W. 
Adjourned Session, Nov., 177(), in addition to the above. Col. Erastus Wol- 
cott, E. W. 

1777. Mill/ Sesttion. Capt. Henry Allyn, Capt. James Hooker, W. ; Gen. Erastus 

Wolcott, Mr. Benoni Olcott, E. W. 
October Semoii. Dr. Alex. Wolcott, Capt. Edward Griswold, W.- Gen. Erastus 

Wolcott, Ur. Benoni Olcott, E. 11'. 
Also the same at an adjourned session, Jan., 1778. 

1778. May iSesgion. Capt. Henry Allyn. Col. Roger Newberry, IT. ; Mr. W'illiani 

Wolcott, Gen. Erastus Wolcott, E. W. 
Uctol)er Semon. Gen. Era.stus Wolcott, Mr. Frederick Ellsworth, E. II'. ; Col. 

Roger Newberry, W. 
Also, at an adjourned session, Jan., 1779, the above and Capt. Heiuy .\llyn, II'. 

1779. May tiemion. Mr. Eliakim Jlarshall, Dr. Alex. Wolcott, II'. ; Capt. .Vniasa 

Loomis, Mr. Frederick Ellsworth, E. W. 
Orlober Sesirion. Mr. Eliakim Marshall, Mr. Alex. Wolcott, H'. ; Gen. Erastus 
Wolcott, Mr. Frederick Wolcott, E. W. 

1780. May Sesnion. Col. Roger Newberry, Mr. Eliakim Marshall, W. ; Gen. Erastus 

Wolcott, >Ir. Frederick Ellsworth, E. W. 
October Ssnioii. Mr. Eliakim Mar.shall, ('ai)t. Josiah Phelps. IT. ; (Ji'U. Erastus 
Wolcott, Mr. Fredk Ellsworth, E. U". 

1781. Ma;/ Sesxioi,. Mr. Eliakim Marshall, Capt. .losiah Phelps, 11'.: Br.-Gen. 

Wolcott, Mr. Frederick Ellsworth, E. II'. 
October Hennion. Mr. Eliakim .Marshall, U'. : Gen. Erastus Wolcott, Ca|)t. James 

Chamberlain, E. W. 
At an adjourned session, .Jan., 17H2, also Capt. Josiah Phelps, E. It', 

1782. May Semioii. Capt. Henry Allyn, Mr. Horace Hooker, W. : Gen. Erastus 

Wolcott, C'apt. James Chamberlain, E. W. 
October Sesgion. Mr. Eliakim Marshall, Capt. Henry Allyn, If, ; Capt. James 
Chamberlain, Mr. Josejih Allyn, E. 11'. 

1783. Man Stmo,,. Mr. Eliakim Marshall, Capt. Henry Allyn, II'.; Gen. Erastus 

Wolcott, Mr. Jiiseph Allen, E. II'. 
0,-t„l»r S<'K.'<ion. ('apt. Nathaniel I.ooniis, .Mr. Aaron Phelps, 2d, 11'.; Gen. 
Erastus Wolcott, Mr. Joseph .\llvn. A,'. If. 
Vol.. I.— Ill 



906 



HISTOUV OP ANflKNT WINDSOn. 



178-1. Mny Si^fim,. 

October Senmott. 

1785. May Sejmiiiii. 
Octuber Semion . 

1786. May Senxion. 
(jctt/ltir SiKKi)^! . 

17S7. M.iy .sv.v.v/.,j,. 

October Sc'Vtio/t . 

1788. iliiy tkfisioH. 



178'J. May Se>i«ioii. 



Octdier tkusioii. 
May Session. 

October Sessioti. 
May f^sxioii. 

October Sesxiti/i. 

Moy ScHsinli. 

October Session, 
May Session. 
October Session.. 

May Session.. 

October Session . 



Ml. ,I„S(|,li 



.Maltlu-w 



11'.; Mr. 

SdIuihoii 



Mr. Aaron Plicljis, 'M, Gen. Roger Newberry. IT. ; Geu. Era: 

tus Woleott, Mr. Joseph Allyii, K. II'. 
Gen. Roger Newberry, Jlr. Aaron Phelps, 11'. 

Allyn, Mr. Matthew Hyde, E. 11'. 
Gen. Roger Newberry. Mr. Aaron Plielps, 2(1. II'. ; .M 

nyde.^E;. W. 
Mr. Matthew Hyde, Mr. Joseph Allyn. /•;. 11'.; Gen. Kogei 

Newberry, Capt. Henry Allyn, H'. 
Mr. Matthew Hyde, Maj. Lemuel Stoughton. A'. H'. ; Capt 

Henry Allyn, Gen. Roger Newberry, 11'. 
ilaj. Lemuel Stoughton, Capt. Hoswell Grant, E. 

Matthew Hyde, Kit. ; Ca])!. Henry Allyn, Mr 

Griswold, W. 
Mr. Joseph Allyn, .Mr. Benoui Oleott, E. H'.; Mr. .Alatthew 

Hyde, Ell.; Capt. Heury Allyn, Mr. Solomon Griswold, 11'. 
Maj. Tiemuel Stoughton, Capt. Roswell Grant, E. W.; Mr. 

Matthew Hyde, Ell.; Capt. Henry Allyn, Mr. Solomon 

Griswold, li'. 
Col. Lemuel Stoughton, Capt. Roswell Grant, E. 11'.; Mr. 

Matthew Hyde, Ell. ; Capt. Henry Allyn, Gen. Roger New- 

berry, TK 
Gen. Roger Newberry, Capt. Henry Allyn, 11'. ; Mr. Matthew 

Hyde, Ell.; Maj. Lemuel Stoughton. (apt. Roswell 

Grant, E. W. 
Ccl. Lemuel Stoughton, Capt. Roswell Grant. A'. U'. ; Cajit- 

Henry Allyn, Geu. Roger Newberry, Tl'. ; Col. Joseph 

Abbott, Ell. 
Capt. Roswell Grant, E. 11'. ; Capt. Henry Allyn, Gen. Roger 

Newberry, TF. ; Col. Levi Wells, Ell. 
Col. Leni. Stoughton, Capt. Roswell Grant, E. 11'. ; Capt. 

Henry Allyn, Mr. Solomon Griswold, 11'. ; Col. Levi 

Wells, Ell. 
Mr. Lemuel Stoughton. Mr. Roswell Grant, E. W. ; Mr. Heze- 

kiah Bissell, Mr. Oliver Mather, 11'.; Jlr. Matthew Hyde. Ell. 
Mr. Lemuel Stou.ghtou, Mr. Roswell Grant, A', ir. ; Mr. Oliver 

Mather, Mr. Hezekiali Bissell (also one of two clerks), W. ; 

Mr. Levi Wells, Ell. 
Mr. Henry Allyn, Mr. Solomon Griswold. U'. ; ilr. Lemuel 

Stoughton, Mr. Roswell Grant, E. 11'. ; Mr. .Matthew 

Hyde, Ell. 
Mr. Caleb Booth, Mr. Daniel Rockwell, E. W. ; Mr. Henry 

Allyn, Mr. Solomon Griswold, \V. ; Mr. Matthew Hyde, Ell. 
Mr. Oliver Mather, Mr. Hezekiah Bissell, IF. ; Mr. Caleb 

Booth. Mr. Daniel Rockwell. E. W. ; Mr. Matthew Hyde, Ell. 
Mr. Fred'k Ellswortli, E. W. ; Mr. Henry Allyn. Mr. Oliver 

Mather, IC. ; Mr. Levi Wells, Ell. 
Mr. Oliver Mather, Sir. Hezekiah Bissell, U'. ; .Mr. Fredk 

Ellsworth, Mr. Samuel Treat, E. 11'. ; Mr. Malllicw 

Hyde, Ell. 
Mr. Fred'k Ellsworth, Mr. Samuel Treat, E. W. ; Mr. Heury 

Allyn, Mr. Hezekiah Bis.sell, 11'. ; Mr. Levi Wells, Ell. 
Mr. Fred'k Ellsworth, Mr. Samuel Treat, A'. »'. ; ."Mr. Henry 

Allyn, Mr. Solomon Griswold. 11'. ; .Mr. .Mallluw Hyde. Ell. 



Al'l'KNDIX K. 



907 



1802. 



.)/(/;/ Session. Mr. Fred'k Ellsworth, Mr. Erastus Wolcott, A'. W. ; Mr. Ilenry 

Allyn, Mr. Hezckiali Bissell, 11'. ; Mr. Matthow Hvdi', Kll. 
OcU^er Scmoii. Mr. Caleb Booth, 3Ir. Daniel Hockwoll, A', W. ; Mr. Henry 

Allyii, Jlr. Oliver Mather, IF. ; Mr. Matthew Hyde, Ell. 
May Ncsxion. Mr. Fred'k Ellsworth, Mr. Erastus Wolcott, E. W. ; Mr. Henry 

Allyii, Mr. Ale.v. "VVolcott, 11'.; Mr. Matthew Hyde, Kll. 
Oetuher Semnii. Mr. Fred'k Ellsworth, Mr. Erastus Woleott, E. W.\ Mr. Alex. 

Wolcott, Mr. Henry Allyii, 11'.; Mr. Isaac Wells, Ell. 
Mai/ Si'ssioii. Jlr. Fred'k Ellsworth. Mr. Roswcll Grant, E. W.; Mr. Henry 

Allyn, .Mr. Oliver Mather. H'.; :\[r. Elijah Pembcr, Ell. 
Oclolier Stmioii. Mr. Fred'k Ellsworth, Mr. Daniel Rockwell, E. W.; Mr. Oliver 

Mather, Mr. Henry Allyn. 11'.; .Mr. Eleazer Pinney, Ell. 
May .^mon. Mr. Fred'k Ellsworth, :Mr. Daniel Rockwell, E. W.; Mr. Oliver 

Matlier, Mr. Henry Allyn, 11' ; Jlr. Isaac Wells, Ell. 
October Sesnt'ii. Mr. James Chamberlain, Mr. Alexaniler King, E. Tl'. ; Mr. 

Henry Allyn, Mr. James Hooker, W.; Mr. Isaac Wells, £■«. 
May Stxnoi). Mr. Caleb Booth, :Mr. Daniel Rockwell, E. IF.; Mr. Hezekiah 

Bissell, Mr. Oliver Mather, IF; l\tr. Isaac Wells, Ell. 
Ort„l,fr S,:'<«ini,. Mv. Caleb Booth, Mr. Daniel Rockwell, E. IF; Mr. Alex'r 

Wolcott, Mr. Daniel Talcott, 11'.; .Mr. Jo.seph Abbott, 

Jr., Ell. 
.\tiiy Session. 'S\\\ Caleb Booth, .Mr. Daniel Rockwell, E. TF. ; 3[r. George 

\\'olcott, Mr. Isaac Owen, Jr., IF.; Mr. Eleazer Finney, Ell. 
Ortuhir Se.isii>n . Mr. Caleb Booth, Mr. Daniel Rockwell, E. IF.; Mr. Alex. 

Wolcott, Mr. John Chaifee, H'.; Mr. Joseph Abbott, Jr., Ell. 
May Session. Jlr. Caleb Booth, Mr. Daniel Rockwell, E. W.; Mr. Alex. Wol- 

cott, Jlr. Daniel Talcott, IF.; Mr. Levi Wells, Jr., Kll. 
(Moher Se.i.tion. Jlr. C;aleb Booth, Mr. Abiel Wolcott, E. H"; Mr. Daniel Tal- 
cott, Mr. George Wolcott, IF ; Mr. Robert Hyde, Kll. 
May Session. Jlr. Caleb Booth, Jlr. Abiel Wolcott, K. IF.; Jlr. Daniel Tal- 

cott, Jlr. Ebenezer F. Bissell, IF.; Jlr. Robert Hyde, Kll. 
Oftoher Session. Jlr. Charles Jenks, Jlr. Abiel Wolcott, K. IF.; Jlr. Ebenezer 

F. Bissell, Jlr. Jonathan Palmer, Jr., IF.; Jlr. 
.May Session. Jlr. Caleb Booth, Jlr. Abiel Wolcott, /•■'. 

Palmer, Jr., Jlr. (Jeorge Gri.swold, IF. ; Mr. 

Ell. 
Octolier Session. Jlr. Caleb Booth, Mr. Abiel Wolcott, E. IF.; Mr. Elisha Jloorc, 

Jlr. John Chaffee, IF.; Jlr. Joseph Abbott, Jr., Ell. 
May Session. Mr. Caleb Booth, Mr. Abiel Wolcott, E. IF.; Jlr. Elisha Jloore. 

Jlr. Eliakim JIarshall, IF.; Jlr. Levi AVells, Kll. 
Oi-toher Session. Jlr. Caleb Booth, Jtr. Abiel Wolcott, K. II'.; Jlr. ICliakim 

JIarshall, Jlr. Ebenezer P. Bissell, IF.; .Mr. Levi Wells, KH. 
May Se.mon. Caleb Booth, Daniel Rockwell, K. IF.; p:ben. F. Bissi'l], Jr.. 

Isaac Pinney, IF; John H. Goodrich, Kll. 
(MoIki- Session. Caleb Booth, Daniel Rockwell, K. W.: 

Allen, IF; John JI. Goodrich, Ell. 
May Session. Caleb Booth, Daniel Rockwell, K. IF. 

Allen. Jr., IF.; Willis Ru.ssell, Kll. 
October Session. Charles Jenks, Daniel Rockwell. K. IF. 

nion Allen, IF. ; Wyllys Ru.ssell, Kll. 
.\toy Si:s.iion. Charles Jenks, Daniel Rockwell, E. IF.; Daniel Talcott. Josiali 

Phelps, IF; Daniel Hyde, Kll. 
Oclolur Sssion. Noah Allen, Aaron Bis.sell, E. IF; Josiali l^helps, David 

Gibbs, IF; Daniel Hyde, Kll. 



Levi Wells, Ell. 
IF.; Jlr. Jona. 

Levi Wells. Jr., 



Pinnev, Samuel 



Samuel Allen. Solomon 



Daniel Talcott. Solo- 



908 HISTORY OF ANOIKNT WINDSOR. 

1808. Miiy S(.-,n<>n. Xoiih Allen, Aaron Bissell, E. W.: David Gibhs. Oliver 

Tlirall, ir.; WyllysKiissell, A7/. 
October Si-mon. Charles JenUs, Roswell Grant, A'. W.; Oliver Tlirall. Hliakim 
Marshall, W.; Wyllys Hussell, Ell. 
18(19. M,ni Stmon. Charles Jenks, Roswell Grant, E. W.; Eliakim :\rarshall, Tim- 

othy Phelps, TF.: John H. Goodrich, Ell. 
October Session. Noah Allen, Roswell Grant, E. TF. ; Timothy Phelps, John 
Chaffee, W. ; John H. Goodrich, Ell. 

1810. May Sesition. Noah Allen, Ro.swell Grant, E. Tl'.; John Chaffee, John Hub- 

bard, W.- Asa Willey, Ell. 
October Semon. Charles Jenks, Aaron Bissell, E. II'.; John Hubbard, naniel 
Talcott, H'.; Asa Willey, Ell. 

1811. Miiji Se.-<sii,ii. Charles Jencks, Aaron Bissell, E. 11'.; Daniel Talcott, John 

Griswold, TI'.; Wyllys Russell, Ell. 
Octolier Stmioii. Asahel Stiles, Roswell Grant, E. M'.; .Tohn Griswold, Ebenr. F. 
Bissell, Jr., W.; Robert Hyde, Ell. 

1812. .\f,i// S,:mw,i. Asahel Stiles, Roswell Grant, E. W.; Ebenezer F. Bissell, 

Oliver Thrall, TF.; Wyllys Russell, Ell. 
Octnlxr Semioii. Joel Holkins, Roswell Grant, K. W.; Oliver Thrall, Eli 
Wilson, W. ; Wyllys Russell, Ell. 

1813. Mnij Semon. Joel Holkins, Roswell Grant, E. W.: Eli Wilson, Reuben 

Barker, IT'. ; Levi Wells, Ell. 
Octohcr Seiaioii. John Stoughton, Jr., Eli B. Haskell, E. 11'.; Reuben Barker, 
Levi Hayden, TT'. ; Levi Wells, Ell. 

1814. }fn)i SrxHu,!,. John Stoughton, Jr., Eli B. Haskell. E. 11'.; Levi Hayden, 

David Grant, W.; Asa Willey, Ell. 
October Semoii . Noah Allen, Amasa Loomis, E. TF. ; David Grant, Christopher 
Wolcotl, IF. ; Asa Willey, Ell. 
181.'). ^flll/ .V.v.fiVz/i. Noah Allen, Amasa Loomis, E. \V.; Christopher Wolcott, 
Ebenezer Hitchcock, TF.; Peleg Martin, Ell. 
(M„h,r .S.W/V,/,. Joel Holkins, Eli B. Haskell. E. M'.; Eliliu :\[ills. Isaac Owen, 
Jr., TF.; John Hall, Ell. 
1811!. .Moy .V-W„/,. John Stoughton, Jr., Eli B. Haskell, E. IF.; Ebenezer Hicko.\, 

Oliver Mather, IF.; Asa Willey, Ell. 
Ortohcr S,.mo„. .Tohn Stoughton, Jr., Eli B. Haskell, E. IT'.; Oliver .Mather, 
Elisha N. Sill, TF.; Asa Willey, Ell. 
18IT. .\ff>// S. ..■<,■„„. John Stoughton, Jr., Abncr Reed, E. TF.; Elisha N. Sill, 
David Grant, TF.; Asa Willey, Ell. 
October S,'.ixioii. John Stoughton, Jr., Abner Reed, E. TF. ; David (irant, 
William Alford, IF.; Asa Willey, Ell. 
1818. .Vai/ Section. Abncr Reed, Joel Holkins, E. W.: William Alford. Eliakim 

Marshall, TF.; Asa Willey, .&«. 
l}rt,J„r S,.s.-.-i,ji,. Timothy Ellsworth, Abner Reed, E. TF; Odiah Loomis. Joseph 
II. Hussell, TF.; Asa Willey, Ell. 
181'J. .Mii!/(Ai,. Sk). Timolhy Ellsworth, Elihu Wolcott, A'. TF.; Joseph 11. Hussell, 

Oliver Filley, TF.; John Hall, Ell. 
182(1. Eli B. Haskell, Epaphras L. Phelps, E. IF.; Cyrus Phelps, Henry Halsey. TF; 
Asa Willey, Ell. 

1821. Epaphras L. Phelps, Eli B. Haskell. /■-■ U'.; James Newberry, Hezekiah Chaffee. 

IF; Joseph Abbott, Ell. 

1822. Abner Reed, Epaphras L. I'heliis, E. IF; Oliver Thrall, Henry Newberry, ll'.; 

Asa '\\'illey, Ell. 

1823. Epaphras L. Phelps, Abner Reed, A'. IF.; Giles Ellsworth, Augustus Bolles, »'.; 

Benjamin Pinney, Ell. 



API'ENDIX F. 909 

1824. Epiiphnis L. Pliclps, AbntT Heed, K. H'.; lloriin- Piilmer, Elislia X. Sill, 11'.; 

Bciijaiiiin Pinney. I-'ll. 
isan. Asher Allfu. Augustus Mills, E. 11'.; .laiiu's Looinis, Richard Niles, 11".; Asa 

Wilk-y, Kll 
1SJ6. Timothy Ellsworth, Eli B. Haskell, K. W.\ James Loouiis, James Newberry. W. ; 

AsaWilley, Kll. 
1827. Timothy Ellsworth, Eli li. Haskell, E. 11'.; Henry Sill, Josiali Phelps, 11'.; 

Joseph Abbott, E:U. 
182.S. Epaphras L. Phelps, Abiier Heed, E. W.; Henry Sill. Oliver Thrall. 11'.; Asa 

Willey, KU. 

1829. Epaphras L. Phelps, Eli B. Haskell, E. II'.; Wiirreii Marshall. Martin Ellsworth, 

W.; A.sa Willey, Ell. 

1830. S,,mkei\ Hon. Heiiry W. Edwards of IP.: Epaphras I,. Pheliis, Eli B. Haskell. 

K. H'.; Warren Marshall, Josiah Phelps, 11'.; Oliver W. Steele, Ell. 

1831. Timothy Ellsworth, Eli B. Haskell, E. II'.; Giles Ellsworth. Oliver Filley, 11'.; 

Oliver W. Steele. Ell. 

1832. Epaphras L. Phelps. Abner Heed. E. II'.; Henry llalsey. Francis Gillelt. IT.; 

John H. Brockway, Ell. 
1S33. Horace Barber, Samuel Mills, E. W.; Warren Marshall, (!uy Tah'otI, 11'.; Ben- 
jamin Pinney, Ell. 

1834. William Barnes, Theodore Elmer, E. U'. ; Wm. .Mfonl. David Grant, 11'.; Asa 

Willey, Ell. 

1835. William Barnes, Theodore Elmer, £■. 11'.; Gih's Ellsworth. Samuel Cadwell, 11'.; 

Joseph W. Bissell, Ell. 

1836. Daniel C'hapin, Chester White, E. IF.; Richard Niles, James Looniis, 11'.; Asa 

Willey, Kll.; Hiram Roberts, Dlfd. 

1837. Harvey Holkins, Fred. W. Grant, E. W.; Horace Bir,i;e. William Altonl. 11'.; 

A.sa Willey, Ell.; Amnii L. Palmer, Blfd. 

1838. Chester Belknap, Melancthon Hudson, E. W.; Henry Sill. Elihu Marshall, 11'.; 

John H. Brockway, Kll.; Francis Gillet, Blfd. 
IS3!). Xathan Brown. Blfd.; Erastus Ellsworth, Erastus Biickland. E. 11'. ; , 

ir.; Stedman Nash, Ell. 
1840. , lilfd.; John Morton, James Moore. E. li'.; Giles Ellsworlh. Avery 

Par.sons, IF; Calvin Chapman, Ell. 
1841. Reuben Bradley, IVfd.; , E. II'.; Hob't M. Abbe. Samuel M.-ilhcr. II'.; 

Jabesh Collins, Ell. 
1842. , Blfd.; A.sahel C. Stiles, Harvey Elmore. E. 11'.; Samuel Mather, 

Rich'd Niles, IF.; Joel W. Suuth, Ell. 

1843. Hiram Thrall, Blfd.; Bben'z'r Pinney, no choice. E. IF.; Hich'd Niles, Gamaliel 

W. Griswold, W.; Asa Willey, Ell. 

1844. Elisha Moore, Blfd.; Bezaleel Sexton, Harvey Elmer, K. IF.; Sidney Bower, Eli 

Phelps, IF; Jabesh Collins, Ell. 

1845. Geo. Newberry, Hlfd.; Asahel Stiles, Harvey Elmer. /;,'. IF.; Xath' li. Alvonl. 

Horace Birge, W.; Daniel Kimball, Ell. 

1846. Elisha B. Phelps, Blfd.; Lemuel Stoughton, Chauncy Ellsworth, E. 11'.; Haxid 

L. Hubbard, Isaac P. Owen, IF; Oliver W. Steele, Ell.; Benoni O. King. 
N. IF 

1847. Sam. T. Avery, .S'. IF.; Benj. Graliani. Illfd.; John Clark, Femuel Stougliton. 

A'. W.; Samuel Clark, Freeman X. Brown. IF ; Stedman Nash, Ell. 

1848. David W.Grant, Hlfd.; David Osboni, 2d, Palph Blodgclt, E. IF.; Job Allyn, 

James Loomis, 2d, IF.; Austin Tildeii, Ell; John S. Claiip, >■'. IF. 

1849. Jcseph Chapman, Blfd.; {!liester Belknap, Levi Palmer, K. IF; Sauford Grant, 

S. IF.; John P. Ellsworth, Herman H. Holcomb, IF.; Herman C. Griswold, 
Kll. 



910 IlISTOliY OK ANCIKNT WINHSOI;. 

18.50. Win. r.. Iluin.-isloii, lllf<l.: Daniel Cliiiiiin. H. \V. Allyn, E. II'., Horace Fille.v, 
N. ir.; Taleott Mather, Hiram G. Phelps, IF.; Darius Crane, Kll. 

1851. Geo. W. Gorton, Jilftl.; Samuel W. Bartlett, Cliauiicy Ellsworth, E. H'.; Homer 
P. Steilman, N. 11'.; Martin Palmer, Kiehd H. Phelps, W.: Horace Warner, 

?:u. 

1S.52. William Adams, lilfil.. Benjamin Hamilton, William Phelps, E. W.: Horace 
Filley, S. W.; Eli Phelps, James Looniis, 2d, 11'.; Benjamin Pinney, EU. 

ls,5:j. Amasa H. Jerome, Iitf((.; Jonathan Colton, Marvin Fuller, E. W.; AVilliam Dart, 
\ W.; Freeman M. Brown, David L. Hubbard, W.\ Joseph Snow, Ell. 

1854. Alden Cadwcll, lUfd.; Jabez S. Allen. J. O. Ellsworth, E. W.; Eli R. Olcott, 
S. W.: Alex. Chipp. Thos. R. Haskell, II'.; Horace McKnight, Ell. 

1S55. Xathau F. Miller, lilfd.; Samuel W. Cook, Joseph T. Hull, E. W., Thos. H. 
Bissell, A'. 11^; Spencer Clapp, Jr., Eli Phelps, It'.; Isaac P. Owen, W. L.; 
Henry HoUister, Ell. 

1S.-56. Hiram B. Case, Blfd.; Wni. T. Barber, Charles Bartlett, E. IF.; Joseph M. New- 
berry, S. 11' ; Lemuel A. W^elch. John E. GrLswold, 11'.; Luman Atwater, 11*. 
L. ; Julius A. Kibbe, Ell. 

1857. A. W. Allyn, Blfd.; Nelson S. Osborn, Orrin Bissell, E. 11'.; Frank Grant, N. W.. 

Henry B. Moore, Thos. W^. Eoomis, IF.; John Moran, IF. L.: Benj. Pinney, 
Jr., Ell. 

1858. Henry C. Hoskins, Blfd.; Buckley P. Barber, Arnold Hamilton, E. IF.; Albert 

W. Drake, K. IF; Alonzo M. Smith, Horace Thrall, IF.; Geo. Willard Sayles, 

IF. L.; Asel Johnson, Ell. 
18511. Henry McLean, Blfd.; Luman S. Allen, John F. Fitts, E. IF.; Leonard Grant, N. 

IF; Albert Morrison, Oscar J. Phelps, TF. ; Joseph 'Whipple, IF. L.; Erastus 

P. Pease, Ell. 
1^60. Jonathan E. Palmer, Blfd.; Luman S. Allen. John F. Fitts, E. W'.; Samuel E. 

Elmore, N. IF.; E. S. Alford, Edwin Griswold, IF.; Charles Carter, IF. X.; 

Cornelius Farmer, Ell. 
18G1. Thos. Gabb, Blfd.; Wm. W. Skinner, Wm. H. Thompson, E. W.; Lorin Loomis, 

N. W.; Gilbert Clark, Joseph G. Denslow, W.; T. B. Persse, W. /,.; Horace 

M. Chapman, Ell. 
isfii. Jonathan E. Palmer, Blfd.; Wni. W. Skinner, Wm. H. Thompson, E. W.; Ed- 
win Foster, N. IF.; Thos. W. Loomis. Rieh'd D. Case, IF.; Alford C. Ware, 

IF. /..; Calvin Pease, Jr., Ell. 

1863. Alex. D. McLean, Blfd.; EU Gowdy, Jonathan Colton, E. W.; John N. Alexan- 

der, -V. W.; Oliver W. Thrall, Joel Palmer, TF.; L. B. Chapman, W. /,.; 
Henry Gunn, Ell. 

1864. John W'ilcox. Blfd.; Eli Gowdy, Jonathan Colton, E. TF.; Samuel E. Elmore, 

N. IF.; James M. Brown, H. J. Thrall, IF.; F. M. Brown, TI* L.; D. P. 
Chapman, Ell. 

1865. C. H, Case. Blfd.; Sliadrach L. Fish, Benj. L. Bissell. E. IF.; Seth Vinton, .'^. IF; 

Warham A. Griswold. Orson B. Moore, TF.; Theo. T. Miller, TF. /,.; John W 
Thayer, Ell. 

1866. S. P. Newberry, Blfd.; J. H. Simonds. Ed". Dexter, E. IF; Jos. M. Newberry. 

>•'. IF; Lonzo M. Smith, Eli Phelps, TT.; James Coogan, W. L.; Asaph D. 
McKinney, Ell. 

1867. C. Newberry', Blfd.; Bethuel P. Colton, Pliny C. Allen, E. TF.; John M. King. 

•S TF.; William Jlack, T. N. Griswold. IF; Edw. E. Mather, TF. /,.; Oliver 
M. Hyde, Ell. 

1868. Thos. E.Moore, ;«;;/.; Wm. H. Heath, Salmon North. E. IF.; Geo. Fo.ster, >. 

TV.; H. Sidney Hayden, R. D. Ca.se, IT'.; F. M. Brown. IF. /,.; Robert Pal 
ten. Ell. (Seat successfully contested by Henry Bissell.) 



AI'I'KNDIX I'. 911 

1869. Wm. J. Gabb, Blfd.; Daniel Pliolp.s, Caleb Leavitt, E. W.; Francis Jones, N. W.; 

Alva Feiiton, Alex. C'lapp, W.; T. C. Coogan, W. A.; Guy P. Collins, Ell. 
IsTd. (Jad Wilcox, Blfd.; Jabez S. Allen, Francis Gowdy, E. TV.; Lyman Grant, S. W.-. 

John Francis, Alex. Clapp, W.; Wm. B. Butler, W. L. ; Nelson Warner, Ell. 
1871. Martin Burr, Mfd.; Jabez S. Allen, Francis Gowdy, A'. W.\ Lloyd E. Baldwin, 

& W.; Horace P. KockweH, John (). Phelps ll' ; Hobt. McCowen, W. [..; 

Nelson Warner, Ell. 
1873. Edward S. Brown, Blfd.: Wm. T. Barber, Arnold Hamilton, A". W., Henry Hol- 

niau, *.'. TI':; H. Sidney Hayden, Charles Fo.\, II'.; Dwight J. Osborn, W.L.. 

W. H. Cogswell, Ell. 

1873. Grove Barnard, Blfd.; Joseph A. Pascoe, Orst)n S. Wood, E. IK; Oliver Clark, 

S. W.; Sam. A. Booth, Hiram G. Phelps, W.; T. C. Coogan, W. L.; Henry 
C. Aborn, Ell. 

1874. Elisha B. Case, Blfd.; D. P. Leonard, Joseph Arnold, K. W.; Sidney W. Buck- 

land, -S'. W.; Ellsworth N. Phelps, Jas. V. R. Strickland, W.; T. B. Persse, 
Jr., TF. X.; J. A. Thompson, Ell. 

1875. Samuel J. Mills, Blfd.; Oliver M. Nelson, Charles K. Phelps, E. U'.; Chelsea C. 

Vinton, S. W.; Stebbins B. Holconib, Thomas Duncan, \V.. Thomas F. Car- 
roll, IF. L.; John Bea.sley, Ell- 

187G. Norman Hubbard, Blfd.; Hiram Smith, E. It. Leonard, A'. U'. ; Lewis Sperry, 
.9. W.; H. Tudor White, Thomas Duncan, U'.; John Outerson, If. L.; Frail 
cis Pinney, Ell. 

1877. J. Cleveland Capeu, Blfd.; Danl W. Bartlett, Joseph T. Hull, E. 11'.; Lucius J. 
Grant, .v. IT.; H. Tudor White, Wm. L. Bidwell. W.; John B. Windsor, »'. 
L.; Otis Snow, Ell. 

is;s. Eli Brown, Blfd.; James Price, Jr., Chas. A. Bissell, E. W.; Frederick A. King, 
S. W.; Eli Phelps, Patrick Gilligan, W.; James T. Coogan, W. L.; Ira H. 
Lewis, Ell. 

1S79. John E. Cox, Blfd.; Aaron Smith, Oliver Fleming, A'. 11'.; L. D. Chandler, .v. 11'.; 
Daniel W. Mack, Richard D. Case, 11'.; Francis J. Wedemeyer, 11'. L.; Rus- 
sell Thrall, Ell. 

1880. Edgar W. Pinney, Blfd.; Aaron Smith, Byron O'Neil, E. W.; Sheldon J. Grant, 

S. W.; George W. Barnes, William H. Harvey, W.; James W. Byrne, IF. L.; 
Elam S. Hyde, Ell. 

1881. Wm. G. Hubbard, Blfd.; Sylvester I). Rockwell, Charles W. Davenport, E. IF; 

George Dart, S. IF; Timothy S. Phelps, George W. Hodge, IF; Joseph 

Whipple, TI'; L.; Ortive C. Eaton. 
ls.H-.>. Henry D. Barnard, Blfd.; Orson S. Wood, Charles E. Woodward, A'. IF; 

John P. Jones, S. IT'. ; Daniel W. Phelps, Lemuel R. Lord, IT'. ; John W. 

Coogan, IT'. L.; J. Abbott Thompson, Ell. 
issi. John Blackwell, Blfd.; Horace M. Bancroft, John N. Clark, E. IT'.; George A. 

Bowman, ,S'. IF; Samuel I). Drake, Fredus JI. Case, IF.; Ezra B. Bailey, 
IT^. L.; Joseph A. Thompson, Ell. 
1SS4. Henry Gray, Blfd.; Seth S. Allen, Clinton T. Inslec, E. 11'.; Frank Avery, .s'. IF.; 

Sidney M. Ilollistcr, Stephen Lavery. IF.; John Coates, IF. /,.; Alfred V. 

Charter, Ell. 
1S8.). George P. Capen, Blfd.; Clinton T. Inslee, Levi Parsons, E. II'.; Olin Wheeler, 

•S. IF; Francis F. Curry, Henry J. Fenton, IF; Edward D. Coogan, If. L.; 

John Thompson, Ell. 
1886. Franklin B. Miller, Blfd.; Eugene T. Spooner, John II. Smart, ^. IF; Jerome 

Signer, S. W.; William T. Kennedy, Addison Lanphear, 11'^^; Simon B. 

Douglas, IF. L.; Frederick A. Pierson, Ell. 
1887-81S. Charles C. Hoskins, Blfd.; Clinton T. Inslee, Luther II. Grant, E. II'.; Henry 



912 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Gnint, N. ir.; William W. li.irbcT, 1). Kllswortli I'iiulps, M'.; Eugeue E. La 

tham. If. /..; Otis Snow, Ell. 
IHS'J-'JO. Frederick A. Piiiiiey, Blfd.; John IJ. Noble, George B. Goettler, K. U'.; Wil 

liam W. Ripley, N. ir.; Edsou A. Welch, Alberl E. Holcomb, 11'.; Timothy 

F. McCarthy, 11'. L. ; MarciLS A. Piiuiey, Ell. 
1891-92. Johu Keough, /j'yrf. ; Aaron Smith, Edwin F. Thompson, A'. IT. ; Joseph W 

Vibert, .S'. 11'.; Henry E. Phelps, Seneca O. (iriswold, 11'.: John P. Ilcaly. 

11'. A.: William Crane, Ml. 



APPEJsDlX G (Page .-,77) 

EARLY RECORDS OF THE EAST WINDSOR CUURCII. 
(Collected from the Private Papers of its First Pastor. Rev. Timothy Edwards.) 



ri'^HE Covenant that those have owned tliat arc under Church watch in ye Second 
-L Church of Christ in Windsor. 

You do now sollemly in the presence of ye most Great and dreadfull God, the 
Holy Angells, and this Assembly, avouch the Eternall Jehovah, one God in three per- 
sons, ye Father, ye Son, and ye Holy Ghost, to be your God; viz, you Own him to be 
the Living and the true God, and de.sire to Choose him to be, & promise that by his 
sTAce you will Serve him as your God, by Seeking of, and waiting upon him for his 
ice in his Ordinances, and in the Constant and diligent Improvement of all his ap- 
iiited means, and by faithfully and conscientiously endeavoring to avoid all Sin, and 
\ leld Obedience to all his Commandments. And you also acknowledge yt you are by 
nature Children of Wrath, being born into the World in a State of Sin and misery, 
and that there is no way to obtain Mercy, and Salvation, but Only by faith in the 
Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the Eternall Son of God, and the alone 
Saviour of Sinners, in whom you desire to trust for eternal Life & Salvation and 
promise that by his grace you will above all earthly things Labour to make Sure of an 
liiierest in his Righteousness, and that he may be your Lord, and Saviour, that so you 
may be found in him, at the great day, and not in your Sins or your own Righteous- 
ness, And you also now Sollemnly promise and bind yourselves to Submit to his Gov- 
ernment, In this Church, and by God's help to walk with his People therein in all 
things according to the Rules of the Gospell. 



The Persons ffollowing owned the Covenant &c 





1700 


Aug 2.5. 


Nath" Grant 


Sep' 


Hez Porter 


" 


Joseph Porter 


(~)ct. 27 


David Bissell 


Xuv. 10 


Sam" Bancroft 


,. .. 


Joseph Elmer 




Ephraim Bissell 




Joseph Phelps 


.. .. 


Josiah Rockwell 


.. .. 


John Bissell 



Augt. 
Oct. 



1700 
Bathiah Grant Nath" wife 
Eliz. Taylor, Jn" wife 
Hannah Grant, Alatthcw's wife 
Mary Skinner, Josf'' w ife 
Abigail Rockwell 
Ann Fitch 
Sarah Taylor 
Joanna Taylor 
Mary Elsworth, Job's wife 
Abigail Strong, .Jacob's " 
Abigail Bissell, Thos. Daug 
Hannah Phelps 
Mindwell Phelps 
Elisabeth Diggins 
Abigail Bissell. Goody 
Tudor's Daughter 



Vol I.— 115 



914 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



These ffollowing persons havins owned The Covenant in other Clmrehesit thereby 
put themselves under Chureh watcli, have entered into ye same state in tliis Church, 
viz; ye Second Church of Windsor. 



1700 

Sam" Grant, Jun' 

.Joseph Rockwell 

Joseph Skinner, .Tun' 

Job Ellsworth. 

belonging all of them to y first Churcl 
of Windsor, owned y Covenant in 
this Church, .sometime in Sept' or 
Oct' 

Eben' Lomis of y first Church in Windsor, Oct' 2 

Jno Taylor of ve first Church in Windsor, Oct' 13. 



1700 

Sam" Rockwells wife viz: Eliza; of y" 
first church in Windsor, Oct. 87 

Ann Drake, Jose'" ' wife (and] Bridget 
Pitch both of y" first church in Hart- 
ford. Oct. 27. 



An Ace" of y" Members 
Windsor, besides mj-self. 

1st of y« Men: 

* Deacon Sam" Bakar 
Deacon Job Drake 

* Sam" Rockwell, Sen' 
Sam" Grant, Sen' 
*Nath" Bissell. 
Broth' Stoughton. 
Joseph Loomis 
*John Stoughton 
Sam" Tudor 
Nath" Loomis 
James Porter 
Thos. Bissell 

Henry Wollcot, Jun' .son of Simon 
Edward Elmer 
William Wollcot 
JIatthew Grant 
John Rockwell 
John Strong 



in full Communion belonging to v' 2d church of Christ in 



and 2. of y Women: 

*Mary Grant, Sam" Sen' wife 
*Mary Rockwell, S. Sen' wife 

* Sarah Bakar, Sam" wife 
Elizabeth Drake, Jobs wife. 
*Liddia Loomis, Jos: wife 

* Abigail Tudor, Sam" wife 
Sarah Porter, James wife 
Eliza Loomis, Nath" wife 
Esther Bissell, Thos. wife 
.Mary Loomis, Josiah's wife 
Ruth Colt, JosP'* wife 

* Hannah Elmer, Ed'' wife 
Joanna Loomis, Moses wife 
Mary Strong, Jn"' wife 
Esther Phelps, widow 
*Elisa: Wells, Josh-' Jun' wife 
Abigail Burge 

* Ruth Stiles, Jn"' wife 

* Abia Sanders. 

Grace Grant, Sam" Gran" wife 

* Jane Wollcot, Henry's wife 
Mindwell Loomis, James his wife 
Sarah Wollcot, Simon's wife 

* Egglestone Ben" wife 
Esther Bissell, Tbo' Daughter 

An Account of the Children of those belonging to this Society baptized by me: 

Sam" Grant, Junio" Child named Ephraim, Aug' 98 

Joseph Rockwell's Child nam'' Elizabeth, dead. 

Edward Elmer's Child nam"' Edw* dead. 

John Strong's Child, nam'' Esther about March i)it 

Robert Stedman's Child 



'Mr. Timothy Drake of Hartford writes; "I find from pub. rec. of 1" Ch. of 
Hartford, that Anne Ffoster joined that ch. 26 Feb. IGOo/G; and that Anne Edwards 
joined it 8 Mch., 169.V6. No other person by the name of Anne joined that ch. f"r 
several vrs. before or after that date." 



ArPENDIX" G. 915 

Joseph Skinner's Child, March 99 nam'' 

Joseph Fitch's Chikl nam'' Joscpli, Ap'l 99 

Joseph Dralve's Child Benj" Aprill, 99 

jNh' own Child named Ann, April 28, 99 

Cous- floor's Child Abigail JIa}' 99 

Joseph Loomis's Child Damaris July or Aug' 99 

James Loomis's Child James Aprill 99 
Mindwell, May 99 

Broth'r Stoughton's Child Dan" Augt 99 

Moses Loomis's Child Joanna 

Jabez Colts' Child, Ann, Autumn, 99 

Sam" Burnham's Child 

Cousn John Stoughton's Child Ann 

Thos Burnham's Child of Hartford 1st Church 

John Elsworth's Child 

Simon Wollcot's Child James 

John Stiles' Child Ebenezer 1700 

Sam" Tudor's Child Elizabeth. 

* Joseph Porter's Child Josp'' Sept' ITOO dead 

Josiah Loomis's Child Nath' Oct' 27, 1700 

Jospi- Rockwell's Child, Benj: Oct' 27, 1700 

Nath : Grant's Child, Bathiali, Aug' 25, 1700 

John Taylor's Child Mary Spring 1700 

Jacob Strong's Child Abigail Feb'? 

Sam" Bancraft's Child named Eunice in y« wint' 1700 

Math"- Grant's Child W"' Jan'y 26 1700 

Jos. Drake's Child Ann, feb'y 2, 1700 

^[y Daughter Mary feb" 11, 1700 on Tuesday about 10 of y clock in y morning, 
baptized feb. 16, 1700 

Job Elsworth Child Hannah, ffeb' 23, 1700 

Cousin Moor's Child Peletiah, March 1701-2. 

Sam" Piuey's Child nam'' Sam" March 23, 1700 

Thos Long's Child Sarah March 1700-1 

Jo.seph Elmer's Child, March or Aprill 1701. Josejih 

Brother Stoughton's Child, Benj; Aprill or May 1701 

Jo.shua 'Willes' Jun' May or June, Joshua 1701 

John Strong's Child Abigail, May or June 1701 

Jacob " Mindwell, July 1701 

Hez: Porter's Child, Hezekiah, July 1701. 

Jno Spark's Child John, his wife of Hartford 1st Church viz; \inder ('[luirch] 
Watch, July, 1701 

Benj; Colt's Child Jn" July 1701 

Sam" Grant's Child, Grace, Aug' 1701 

John Elsworlh's Child Esther in y former part of y winter 1701 

Jos. Skinner's Aim in Autumn 1701 

John Rockwell's Child John in y' winter 1701 

Matli" Grant's Child Mary about March or Aprill 1702 

Cous° John Stoughton's Child Nath" June 1702 

James Loomis's Henry Anno 1702 or 1701 

James Youngliiss, Hannah in y Summer 1702 

EdW Elmor's Child, Edw'' 1702 about Sept' 

Jn" Stiless Child 1702 in y winter as we take it. Noah 



I 



916 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 

Jn» Taylor's Child Zebulon, 1701 or 1701-2 

Cousin John Moore's Child Eliz" May 1703 

Nath" Gram's Cliild Kuth Feb'!- or March 1702 

Sam" Rockwell's Child Sam" Jan'r 1702 

Jos. Bakar's Child Josp\ Aprill 1703 

Jos. Drake's Child Jn" May 1703 

Jn° Strong's Child Charles May 1703 

Broth' Stoughton's Child Tim° June 1703 

Hez'' Porter's Child Deborah, 1702 Winter toward Spring 

JosP Porter's Child Joseph (Winter) 1701 

Henry Wollcott's Tlio" April 1701 

JosP. Fitch's Child Jn" March 1701 

Ebenz' Loomis's Cliild Jemima (Winter) 1702 

Jer'' Diggens Sen" Cliild 1702 Autumn 

Jabezh Coifs Child Esther 1701 

Jabesh " " Jabcsh 

Sam" Bancraffs child July 2.3, 1703. 



[Referred to on Page 550, 14th line from bottom of Page.] 

The Petition op Inhabitants on the East Sidk of the Great River, 1680. 

(Copied from the State Archives.) 
To The Honored The Genl Assembly of ye Colony of Connecticut now sitting in Hartford: 

The Humble Petition of Sundry proprietors and Inhabitants of Lands on the East 
side of Connecticott River in the Township of Windsor, Shows, et cetera. 

That whereas by the good providence of God who hath appointed all men y 
bounds of their Habitations, and his blessing upon us, your Petitioners, have their 
lands and many of us having dwellings on the East side of the Great River, and are 
increased to very considerable number of Persons. And there being a continual acces- 
sion of families to that side of the River, likely yet more to increase the number of 
Dwellings etc; And it having pleased this Hon' Assembly at a late Session to Grant an 
addition of five miles to our town, or former bounds, for y« Incouragemcnt and accom- 
odating of a Plantation thei'e; and also to take notice by a committee (formerly) of the 
capacity of that place for such end, and were by their return well (assured) satisfied 
that with the aforesaid addition it would be well furnished both as to meadow and up- 
land for a Particular township. Your petitioners by long experience having proved 
the difficulty of attending the Public Worship of God, at so great a distance from hav- 
ing tlie Great River always to pass, and that in every Great peril both by Storms in 
Summer and Ice in winter and finding it also impossible to have the weaker persons in 
their families along with them to the ordinances of God as is their duty and desire. 
And considering also how ready this Hon^ Court hath been to forward the wealth of 
the People in those and such like respects, we are upon these Premises both necessi- 
tated and Incouraged Humbly to Petition the Hon'' Assembly to Grant that all tho.se 
lands on the said East side Connecticott River, at present in the township of Windsor, 
may hence forward be a distinct and particular township; and that the Inhabitants & 
Proprietors of those lands and that place may be by your authority invested with the 
Power and Privileges of a Particular township, or Plantation, for the Settling the Or- 
dinances of God in his Public Worship there and the attendance of such other public 
occasions, &c. and duties as shall attending to your regulations be put upon us — which 
as we hope will be much to the Glory of God, Our Edification with our family and be- 
yond what we now enjo}' .so also an Increase of our outward prosperity and an Inabling 



APPENDIX G. 

us to be more serviceable to the Public weal of this 
■n-e shall for this Hon'' Court over prav, etc. 
Mar 13, 1680. 

Joseph Skiuner 
Thomas Xewell 
Samuel Baker 
Samuel Grant 

John Stoughtoi) 
Samuel Rockwell 

Joseph Baker 

Job Drake, Jr 

George Griswold 

John Denslow, Jr 

Timothy Buckland 

Samuel Gibbs 

John Strong 

James Gaylord, 

Joseph Birdge 

Thomas Burnham 

Joseph Phelps 

Nathaniel Bissell 

Thomas Bissell, Jr 

John Hoskins, Sr 

Humphrey Pinney 

Samuel Ffarnsworth 

William Jlorton 

Jas Loomis, Jr 

Job Drake 

James Cooper 

Samuel Gaylord, Sr 

Henry Styles 

Nathaniel Gaylord 
Thomas Powell 
John Gaylord, Jr 
John Pinney 
John Gaylord, Sr 
Thos Bissell, Jr 
Abraham Phelps 
Abraham Randall 
John Denslow 
Nathaniel Winchell 
Samuel Dibble 
Thomas Eggleston 
Joshua Willes 
Thomas Parsons 
Humphrey Prior 
Samuel Phelps 
John Owen 



917 

Colony, which that we mav obtain 



John Hosford 
Micael Tainter 
Samuel Cross 
Walter Gaylord 
Timothy Thrall 
Tahan Grant 
Enoch Drake 
Josiah Elmore 
Nathaniel Bancroft 
John Drake, Sr 
Timothy Phelps 
Thomas Loomis 
Josiah Barker 
Owen Tuder, Jr 
Samuel Tuder 
Owen Tuder, Sr 
John Loomis 
James Porter 
Edward King 
John Elmore 
Simon Holbrook 
Israel Loomis 
Nathaniel Loomis 
William Phelps 
Nathan Gillet 
James Eno 
John Moses 
Matthew Kelscy 
William Howell 
Timothy Palmer 
Robert Howard 
Samuel Filley 
Anthony Hoskins 
Benedict Alford 
Thomas Newbery 
Josias Ellsworth 
John Porter, Jr 
Obadiah Wood 
Edward Elmore 
Robert Stedman 
Jeremiah Digging 
Samuel Olmsted 
John Colt 
John Porter 
Joseph Ftitch. 



ERRATA 



Page 181, 4tli line from bottom, for Fuller read Foirltr. 

Page 380, 3d line from bottom, for 1872 read 1782. 

Page 301 — To the List of Deacons of the Wintonbury Church, add the names of 
William A. Gillette, 1850; Timothy G. Jerome, 1854. 

Page 346, 19th line, for Lory, read Lemuel Drake. 

Page 371, for Col. Shclburne, lines 4 and 6; as, also, on p. 373, line 7, and p. 374, 
line 19, read Sherhnrne. 

Pages 544 and 738-740 — Saltoiutall Park. Mr. Jabez H. Hatden sends the follow- 
ing correction: " The accidental finding (since the above pages went to press) of the 
1500 acres nearly opposite Francis Stiles's house-lot (and which long previous search 
had failed to bring to light), proves that it constituted no part of the Park. The widow 
of Nicholas Davison of Charlestown, Mass.. in 1655 sold to Josiah Ellsworth 1500 acres 
of ' land here in Wiudsor that formerly was Franci.s Stiles's, and then from him to 
Robert Saltonstall, then purchased by Mather Davison, and now made over to Josiah 
Ellsworth.' There is a break in the Land Records between Saltonstall and Davison." 

Page 557, line 21, for Oct. 12, 1669, read 1090. 

Page 681, for Ithamar Brigham, line 9, read Binghiiui. 

Page 695; both records of )S(>Zo)ho» £((^>h on this page belong to one and the same 
individual. 

Page 712; the same remark as above ajiplics to the two records of Ezekiel Oshorn on 
this page. 

Page 713; ditto of the Jvhi) and Abiier Pitrci of this page, and of ji. 714. 

Page 744, line 20, for Grint read Grant. 

Page 766. Miss R. T. Sperky convicts me of error in tliis statement as to this old 
tacerit sign. It seems to have been the sii/ii, not the tavern, which changed hands so 
often. She says: "David Bissell kept a tavern, whether on ' the Hill ' or at the ferry, we 
know not, and sold his sign to E. Wolcott, who made the changes upon it mentioned in 
p. 766, and swung it in front of his own residence, about two miles 'down street.' After 
the Revolutionary War, his wife having died. Gen. Wolcott sold his place and went to live 
with hisdaugliter, Mrs. Hoswell Grant. About 1781-82, one Joseph Phelps, a young man 
of means, builded unto himself a large house a few rods south of E. Wolcott's tavern, 
and upon the site of John P. Jones's (1891) new house. Here be set up as a tavern- 
keeper and hung up this sign, which he bought from Gen. Wolcott. Years after he lost 
his property and sold his tavern to a Capt. Ward, and his siyn to John Pelton, a young 
man and aspirant to the honors of inn-keeping. Pelton repainted and hung the .sign in 
front of a house which he purchased in 1816 of Epaphras Bissell, and which is two miles 
from either of the two houses where it formerly swung, Jlr, Pelton's house was at 
the ferry, and is now the South Windsor almsho\ise." 

Page 767, to the date in line 30 add the montli, Fehmnry. 

Page 768, for Beckman, line 23, read Bttkntan. 

Page 774, for 3Irs. Betsey (Pelton) Wolcott, line 12, read Mrs. Betsey (Wolcott 
Bissell) Pelton. I'.etsey ^\'olcott m. (1st) Horace Bissell, (2d) James Pelton. 



GENERAL INDEX 



Abbreviations used in this 

work. „.. , _ '" 
A«ulcmy^atE».tU,ndsor^^^^^^ 

atScan.ic, E. W., ^| 

at Windaor, *"" 

Acts, The Windsor Town, EK- 

tractslrom, ^^/^ 

irnr?';.Vcha,,EUmk.on,8g j 

-^rr°mtThi"s'-."'i"'''-f •'°' I 
^'"-''■^i^dS^«';;i^ 

Allis House, The '» , 

tncet^r W ndsor.- ^ 4^«' 1 
Woiek of Kev. Ephraun I 

of Windsor Slaves, 4.io 

Annuity paid to Kev. Mr. 

Huifs widow, '^ 

.Appendices -see Table of 

"^ Contents, \ol. I. 
.\pples, EadiWiudsor, 4^~ 

t!;PUceship,Eormotan 
' ^ \neient Bond of, 



^Ancient Bond of, «^ 

•i;Sc™re,Domestic,in01d 

Times, _.. ZSi 

Art in South Windsor, t^, ' ^ 
Assessors, ^ . j=i 

Assistants, The Court of 4ol 

Avenue, Blooiufleld, 1=0, lo- l»l 



Bloodhounds used to hunt In- 

dians, .;, 

Bloomlleld, Town of ^ 

A"'! Description of, 4»). *»' 
Soldiers from in Cn^i^ 

History of. iSt'-j^i 1 

^A^efm 1^1. 152, 133, 154 1 

Bounds, Town of WMndsor.^^^g I 

r-nprs '87,180,181 1 

-l.oers. , oQS 

Bountv, on Blackbirds, |M ] 

on Crows. ' ^ j 

on Wolves. I'f 1" 

I Bolton Church and Town col- 

onized from \\ ., *';} 

I Society of North, 5.4,587 

Bonesettcr, The, i»^ 

Books belon«;ing to the To«n 

I of Windsor, Law, -■» 

Book of Fii?iires 

"fT°"°'Ml:-mi66,536 
•' Boom," a Real Estate, 1(139. J^ 
Boston (Cook's Uiin, , *" 

Braider. The Denslow Mem 1, 49d 
" The Uayden Memorial^ oSJ 
Bowlield, _, 1 ' ^ 

Slander of Uorees, The 8^ 

Branding, ._ -go o-jo 

Brick-Hill Swamp, 14o, 188, -JlJ 
Bridge, at Hartford, The, 
Rivulet, The, 
Stone, The, 
at Windsor, 
British Prisoners at E. v\ 
Broad Brook >¥.. " ' 



50.'), .' 
"43, ' 



415, 416 

497 

76 

, 674 

554,746 



:m 1 



Broad ! 



Backer ^OJ'.)^Tlujj^l^;ltJ; I 

168, 17U. 8, 

]!"l™'-„rdination of Eev. Mr. ^.^ 

f,:,l,ti-t rhun'h'.'lit Ellington, 627 
471 



liapt 



I 



Liut>iinoc, ^ 

,,,, Windsor, ^^f^ 

ofl'ufd. Co.. The, 452 
Uarkhaiusted colonized frmn 

Windsor, 4»>' '^ 

Barn. The Town (W .), '* 

Ikunet. The, Steamboat, 429, 4-io 
Bell First in Scantic, ""•' 

' in Windsor, 

Bench and Bar of Conn., 

Windsor rep. m. 
Births in W. before 1671, 
Bi.sell-s Stage Tavern,^_^^^^,_j.^ 

Farms (Wapping), 
Blackbirds, Bounty on. 
Blacksmith, the first in W 

Shop, the first in W ., 
liUmrhmd, The. steamboat, 4.30 
Blankets collected in E. W-, 
1776. for soldiers in 
the Army, *^|v^ 

Blming. The, barque, !!o, JB 



,\\ ,."37.146, 
li.l, lia, 167,168 
Elni'iii,Thc, «| 

Brook^^dd'-s, ,.,-f««-^ 
Catch-see ArfcA. 

HS.'nTW,p. 145,| 

Mif-rL,' 147, 149, 151.15: I 

Pine Meadow, l", 493, 509 ; 
Saltonstall, '■"• !^S ', 

tST^- in,t5^:|l 

Tavlor's. ^^ l^n ', 

Brotherton Indiaf ■ Tlie 1-" 

" Rrownism. ' a factor m the 
■^'"""ioniroversy b-=^«<^'^" .gg 
Dorchester and W., o9-W 

BX^&Kl'Jlll-dfor. 1^ I 

r^^P„„ishmen,for,95,616 

IS^^aaiUPodunk,!!. 
Ellington, The, S-^? 

Soul li Windsor ■J* 

So. Windsor, 1 he Old, 7»4 
The New, 7S4 
Wapping, The Old 635 

Windsor, 137, 159, 160, 1.6 



C. 

Calves to be raised for bull 
Canal, The Farmington 
at Windsor Lockt 

cS"esinE.Wi.ldso, 

ni Windsor, 
Cart Hill, . ., „ 
■' Cat, Whipping tbe. 
Catch Brook, sec Broo*. 
Catechism, Perkins and tm 
Westminster, 

CaltU'. ^. , 
Herding of. 
Brought t« New Eng., 
Loss of at W., 1036. 
Cato, the Negro hell-rmger 
1 ' of Windsor. 

I Oavalrv, sec Troopers. 
Cedar Swamp. ^,,,.v,-i, 

cedar, the old Sliles.Ells« til 
i Cemetery of Windsor, 
Ellington. 
Centennial Year, Windsors 

Celebration of, 
center Street, (W.L.,^1^. 

^"nou.MllwT,;dsor,'='- 
HavSen SWtion, 

llnset, p.l, - 
Charter of Conn., The 20, 1 
Cheese-maklngin E. ".. 
Chestnut Street (W. L.). = 

Christian Street (W . L-). I 

Church, Broad Brook (E. w ■), ' 
at Dorchester, a Ne«, , 
E Windsor, First at, 

Revivals in, , 

Statistics of, ^ 
1 Ellington Ch. and boc, 

I Advent at. 

Baptist at, 
I Meth. Epis., 

j FirstCong'.lof W. L., 

Fund, of W., 
I Pine Meadow people go- 

I GmceTpr-Epis.l.atW., 

PoquonockConglCh., 

«..»r„-^a of Ch. of « ., 



SOI 



40 
175 
54 
66 

692 

1-39 
4« 
460 
856 

4«S 
497 
502 
385 
157 
497 



PoquonocR VU..B . -- 
Records of Ch. of W., 
Scantic, at. 
So Windsor, 1st th. of, 

^•ffif,'First at, build 

ingof. 

Alteration, 
Civil Rebellion, The War of 
the, Bloomtield Sol- 
diers in, "•' 
E. Windsor Soldiers in, 
Ellington "^ ,j 
So. Windsor 
Windsor Locks • 
Windsor 4.^ 
Clerks. Ellington Town, 
Clock, in East Windsor, 

Scantic th.. 
Close, The (W.), 

The Pound (« •), 
Cloth Manufacture J*^' 

Bress'g.lstMillmW.L., 
Clothing of Tro..ps, 
Coaches, see Caritagu. 
\ Coats of Armor, 



633 



8(18 
850 
705 
800 
,523 
817 



920 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Cons 



Code of leso. The, fll 

Colk'se Graduule^ (Ell.). t>47 >i 
Collectors, 87 

Colchester, settled from W., 

479,481,483 
Collection in W., for the Poor 

of other Colonies, li)7t), 2-28 
Colony of Conn, set apart from 

Mass., 5* 

Commerce, Trades, and M«n- 

ufactures, etc., 424, 760 
Commis'ners to govern Coim., 

1635/6, M 

Commitleeti, '**! 

Commons, The (\V.). 147 

of Pine Mejidow, 493, 4!I8 

The Palisado, 141 

Complaint of tlic \ew Church 

Men, 1673, 306 

. Theol. Institute (E.W.), 531 
'I Church and Society, 
Blootntield, 3112-301 

Ellington, n30-83ii 

E. Windsor, ."kio ."iSO, r-.i3-r34 
Poqiionock. 3K1-3'.I1, 4liS 
South Windsor, sue Jimt 
Witulsor. 



219, 231-236, 270- 
280, 376-395. 52.3 
Windsor Locks, 517-523 
Parsonage Lot at W.. 

188, l.M, 154. 166 
at W. L., raw 

Congress Mills at Rainbow. 46; 
Conn., The First Constitution, 

Adoption of, 73 

First Commissioners ap- 
pointed by Mat's., .■J4 
Colonial Records, 11 
Indians, 105 
at Pine ^leadow, 1 1 1 
Line, 2d Uegiinent, 375 
375 



5th 



6. 429 



River, 

Discovery of. 
Navigation of, above 
Hartford, < 

Co.'s Quarry, 508, 5o4 
Mills, 511,513 

Constables, 85, 180, 182 

Conveniences, Manners, and 

Customs of Olden Time, 442 
Convention Troops, The, 661, 673 
Cook's Hill (Bloonitield), 404 

Corn, Indian, 37, 28 

Corn Mill, 147 

Cost of Dress-making in Old 

Times, 505 

Cotton, a Purchase of, 78 

Cook's Record, The, 12 

County Court, Judges of, from 

Ellington, 8111 

Home for Children, 743 
Country Road, The Old. 4U7 

Cushion, A, in E. W. Meeting 

House Pulpit, 561 

Court, of Assistants, The, 4.t0 
of Errors, The Superior, 4.^)0 
General, The, 450 

Particular, The, 4.50 

of Sessions, The, 4.50 

Superior, The, V>0 

Covenant of W. Ch., The, 99 

Crooked Lane, 497 

Crows, Bounty on, 233 

Crystal Spring, Windsor's Wa- 
ter Supply from, 466 
Currier, a lot gr. for use of a, 175 
Customs, Indian Burial, 112 
Old Wedding, 420 
Manners and Conven- 
iences of Olden Times, 442 

D. 

Deacons, in Blfd. Ch., List of, 

in E. W. •' " 728 

in Ellington " " 826 



Dt:irnns in So. W. Ch., List of, 728 
in Wapping " " 624 

in Windsor " " 887 

in W. Locks " " 522 

Deaths in Ellington, 1717-40, 886 
in Windsor, bef. Mch.. 
1639, 73, 74 

Deeds, of Plymouth to Dor- 
chester, ^ 
of Land at Poq. from In- 
dians to Wm. Phelps, 1-34 
of Indians at Windsor, :i4 
Decrfield (Mass.) colonized 

from Windsor, 47H 

Defence of Dorchester's 

Prompt Action, A, 49 
Distillery in E. W., 743 

Gin, in E. W., .504 

Distinct Plantations on E. side 

of Conn. River, 5-38 

Distribution and Plan of An- 
cient Windsor, 133-171 
Division of Ancient Windsor, fil4 
Dogs (bloodhounds) used in 
Indian Wan 



.\r.-lli 



1 w., 4;ii 



Eiiiic:ration from to W. 
Einii;iation fr. Eng., 2 
,■ of D., 



Loialii 



1 of. 



149 

138 



Negotiations bet. D. and 

tbe Conn.Patentecs, 46, 47 
Purchase Plvm. Co.'s 

Rights at W., 34 

Route of, 52 

Sufferings of at W., 

1636-.36, 23, .53 

Windsorflrst n'd after D., 54 
Dress-making, cost of in Old 

Times, .505 

Dress, Changes in, in W., 443 
Drum used to call to Sabbath 

Services, 173, 176, 181, 184, 185 

Drunkenness, Punishment for, 92 

Dry Brook, The, 542 

Dutch West India Co., 18 

Point. 108 

Send an Envov to phm., 19 



Earthi|uake at Windsor, 72 

East Farms, 813 

East Windsor Academy, The, "51 

Attempt to Divide the 

Parish, 861 

Autographs of some of 

the Early Settlers of, &34 

Carriages in, 745 

Civil War. Share in, 776 

Church. Dissensions in, .565 

Clock in, 731 

Covenant of, 913 

Hist.of,178:j-1891,733 

.}feeling House, see 

Membership, 733 

Pews in, oU 

Records of, 12, 913 

Singing in, 7», 731 

Seating of. at W., 173 

175, 178-180, 271 

atE.W.,563,584,fi04 

Stiitistics of, 733 

Clerks, see Town Clerks. 

Districts, see Schools. 

Distilleries in, 743 

Hill, 7:« 

about 1820, 762 

Academy at, 754 

Graveyards of", 786 

History of, 17'JO-1890, 7.35 

Incorporation of. The, 614 

Lands of, bo't f m. IndB., 139 



East M'iiidsor. 

List of 1730, The Tax, 562 
Loc'n of Early Settlers, 543 
Meeting House, 

561, .563, .582, 729 
The Second, 586, 739 
Merchants, Early, 767 

Politics in, "59 

Revolution, Share in, B27 
Roads, The First in, .537 
Schools of Art at, 7.55 

Settlers, Autographs of 

Some of the Early, .534 

Schools of, 407, 749 

Districts, 753 

Singing. 731 

Settlement of; First, 535, 5W 

Shipbuilding in, 767 

Soldiers in War of Civil 

Rebellion, 7r7, 800 

of Revolution, 685 

Street, The, 735 

Town Clerks. 786 

Ecclesiastical History of W., 

1663-1684, 190-219 

1776-1890 (W.), 376-395 

of Bloomfleld, 1734- 

1891, 292-302 

of East Windsor, 166'3- 
nii,8, .5.35. .589 

1783-1S48, 723-731 

of Pociuounoc, 1724- 

1811, 281-291 

of Sonth Windsor, 184.5- 

1891, 723-731 

Society, Name first used 

in Windsor, 3.^4 

Eddy Electric Co. (W.), 467 

Ellington, 119,139 

Advent Church of, 827 

Baptist '• " 827 

Cong'l ■' " 812,820 

Cemetery, Inscriptions 

from, 856 

Coll. Graduates from. S47-t! 
Deaths in. between 1717 

and 1740, 886 

Graduates, see College. 

History of, 807 

Incorporation of, 815 

Indians in. 130, 554 

Judges of Prob. Ct. in, 819 

Lawyers of, 832, 842 

Meth. Epis. Ch., 826 

JIini.«ters raised in, 8;i6 

Parish Established, 814 

Probate Districts of, 819 

Physicians, 832, S45 

Senators from, 818 

Settlement of. The, 810 

Schools, The, 830 

of High order, 8:iO 

LocalFund, 829 

Territory of. The, 807 

Town clerks, 817 

Offlcers, 815 

Register, 817 

Treasurer. 817 

School Dep. F'd. 839 

Soldiers from, in War of 

Civil Rebellion. 849 

in Revolution, 848 

War of 1812, 462-849 

Jlesican War, 849 

Ellsworth Mansion and Place 

(W.i, The, .32, 102, 12:1, 135 

145. 155, 163, 166, 317, 4:!2, 451 

Elms, The, 773 

in Broad Street (W.), 423 

Elm Street (W. L.), 

499. 500, 501, 502. 507 
Enfield Falls, The, 18. 544 

Eno House. The Old, 153, 162 
Episcopal Ch. at Bloomfleld, 3tW 



at Broad Brook, 
at W. Pt., 
at Windsor Locks, 
at Windsor, 



743 

606 



r.EXKRAL INDEX. 



921 



1 -IMII 

Ml-: .1. 


111 


nu- la- 
Aluirns, 


Ii'ii.'ili 
l.v i; 


Ml 


vii,:)0(i; 
11. -Jflli; 


1- :.- 


1 
1 


V Dc'iis- 
i.Iohn 


iih.M. 




illvt.:»e; 
in. 305; 
J; Hev. 


lll'llMi 




: Sam- 



Till 



11.1. at. 
. Till- 



Ill U 



Trout Ureetliii}^ Co. 
at l*<Mjuoiiock (AV.>, 



Fi-rry, Bifw;lPs. 1.t2, IBO. 186, 188 

408-412, 498, .')3fi, 541 

Koail to. 141,143,151.152 

l.W,154.166. [Inset, p.] 145 

Iliirli'v. «-c Wolivll FfiTi/. 

Hiviik't. Tlu'. 146, 151. 152 

l.->7, 161, 167, 172. 173 

174, 17.5. l.SO. 183, 181 

185, 186, 188. 414 

Waifhoiisc Point. The, 741 

W inils-or Locks. Tlic. .504 

Wolcott lorlliali-vl. Tbe412 

Ftrrvnian at Kiviilct Korrv. 

The. 173. 174, 175, 177 
Feuds liil. Mohawk and I*o- 

dunk In.lians, 117 

Kidelitv. TheDiithof, 83,652 

Fi'_'hl at Narra<.'aiisctt Fort, 

The. 2e3, 225 

FinaiHial l>ilti.ultie.«of E.W. 
SciiTinien diirinj^ the 
H.vi.liiiionarv War, 680 
Fire. I'reiauti. ins against, 182 
Firemen, see CoiishlhU*:. 
Mrsl Actiini Scttk-i^ of Wind- 
sor. The Sallonstall 
I'arlv. the. 43-14 

long-l Ch. of E.W.. 5.Vi. 722 
So. W., 7.30 
Ellillftton. 820 
W.. 217, 892 
1 E. W. 



Fl.i.xls 
Fnresl. 



1 W. 



145 



Fcnrer.v. Funishiilenl for, 
Fnrniealioii. Punishment for, 95 
Flirt. The (lid Stone (W.l, 

lOli. 141, 142. 143, 183 
Indian, at W., 183 

Fit;lit at Narrapinsett. 223-5 
Foi/unt. The. 30 

" Fortv-,\cre .Man," .X, 37 

Frankn Pan. Mills, Po(|. i W.l, 467 
Frog-Hall (Ell. 1, 129 

Vol. 1.-116 



leials a( Pine Meadow. 

id. School Fund at Ell 
Windsor, 
Cetnelerv. at W., 
(.•lunch. The (W.l, 
Music, of First Cot 
Ch. (W.t, 



38.8 aiK) 

ig'l 



808 



E.state List of Kates (E. W.). 

1720. 5«2. 

Ijipcditions agiiinst Ind'ns, 71. 77 
against Havana. 243 

against I.oiiislmrg, 246 

against (Jiicl)ec, 257 

F. 

Fairtlcld (Cinm.) ColouiziMl 

from Willdsm'. 477 

FactoiT. Se(|uassen (W.>, 405 



Gale, The Pine Meadow. 497 

(iavlord House, The Old, ,W2 

General Court, The, 90, 4.50 

Training Day, 174. 182 
Geographical Description of 

Winds(n', 401 

(Jin Distillery, .'j04 

Goffel louse.' lljO 
(Joing to Chinch fr. 



.Meadn 



,506 



(Jospei Discipline. 

Goverlior-s House, The, 774 

" Governor's Roaci, The." 

413. 773. 774 
Government of 1', s , Kep 



fro 



W 



Conn. 

from W \!i|i 

Grace Ch. (Pioi- Lin- 

l.'jii. 1 

Grant House, F.W-i. V 

(Jrand Army of ili<- li<: 

The .Joseph li 



\|.p F Vol. 



-i.r.stei-l Koll- 
u Mill. .508, .518 

111 iCimn.* Colonized 
oiii Windsor, 478 

iaiis, 110, 119 

rr. 110 

liiiKh. 100 



111 

513 I Graduates from Y. C. (Ell.\ 847 



Gra 



174 



467 



Yards. Ellington. 

Seantic (E. W.). 787 

Prior St. I E.W.I, 787 

W. Pt-iE. W.l. 787 

Ketch M'ls(E.W.) 787 

Great Flood, The. 74, 105 

Island at the Falls, 111, 137 

A waki'iiing of 1740. The. 573 

Marsh. The, 408. 811. 812 

Meadow. The, 28, .30. 31, 37 

40. 50. 160, 161, 171, 216 

412, 413, 492, 895 

Pew, The, in W. Ch., 180, 2;J4 

Uiver, Lands E. of, bo't. 127 

Swamp, The, 129, 171 

Green. The Broad St. (W.), 428 

The Palisado (W.l, 

424, 425, 436, 433, 891 
Greenlield, 161. 184 

'■Griffin's Lordship." 478 

Grist Mills, llavden ^t De.\ler, ,509 



Po,,uo 
ve Street (W. L.l, 
ird at Church. W. , 
mV Brook, 121, IS 
[Inset, p.[. 



231 
IjlX) 



H. 

Hadtlam (Conn.l, Colonized 

from Windsor. 479 

IIadlev(Ma.ss.l, " " 478 

Half Wav Covenant, 190, 191, 196 

202, 517, 518 

in E. W., 730, 90:j 

Tree, The (W.l, 497 

Hartford. Conn.. 24.34.51.147 

Miiiilow. 28, 36, 37, 40, .50 



467 



1„„1 S| 


gtld. K. K., ,508 


fiw- 


113 


arvcv I'liic 


■, Thi.. 1,58 


arwi'nioii ^ 


•lU.-.l fr.imW., 481 


askell 11.111 


esi-.li W.L.I, The, 528 


avau.i Fm 


.lili.iii. The, *13 


av.l.n - . 


1 . Iiisel,p.]145 



Station at, R.R , 125, .385. 497 

Stcme-i>it. 144,158 

HaviH's lyot, Tlie. 156 



at Windsor, 
Healing Ihi' Meeting 1 
E. Witulsor, 



llehr.i 
Il.'i.lii 



at 111 



iPd fill 
. The, 
E.W. 



Ile>,- 

Iliglev Ferrv. The, 

Highway, The lirst in K. W., 

Hill, The, at E. W., 
about 1820, 
Job's (Ell.), 
I^mg, The (S. W.V 
Kocky,The(W.),144,145 
Saiidv. The I'VV.'). 
The \1-"i.lo.,v \y ' 

Uoccamiiii II ■■ ) n mv sig- 



Ilolcomli I'i.i. . . 1 h- . 
Hollow Fall. The. 1.53. 

Koad to the, 151. 1.57. 
Taylor's, 762. 

Home Lots, Distribution to 
Settlers of, 149- 

Horsc Block set up at the W. 
Church, 
in E. Windsor, 
Hosford Lane, 145, 1,56, 

Place, ThC(W.), 
Honr-glass, nscd in E.W. Cli., 
House, Description of the first 
builded ill Wiuilsor, 
in East Wiiid.«or, 



IIoli 



Wiu.lsi 



1600. Lisi 
Allyn,The01d(AV.)4.31, 4 
Chaffee. " " 4 

Ellsworth, The Chief 

Justic", at W.. 4 

.if (iood Hope at Htfd.. 
Grant, TheOld, at E.W.,; 
ll.-rl.'hiL'h Hask.'ll. 



'I'll. 



M.i 



■ W I 



W, 



I'h 



lion. The Old, or 
Fort, at W., ] 

The Number of Brick 
and Stone in W., 1840, ' 
loward Pla.e, The, ] 

lovt's Meadow. 

140. 148. I."i9. 167, « 
llibhard Lot, The. 1 

, Stenihold an.l Hop- 
kins' Vi-rsion. 1 

I. 



Incorporation of E. Windsor. 

of Ellington. 
Iiuliail Burial Ciistonis, 

Burial Place at Podnnk. 



Hy 









in 


■<o. 


W., 


Corn. 




27 


•J8 


lOi 


M 
N 


■aih 
ck 


Poo.l 








Ri 


gulatiohs 


aga 


ins 


, 


K< 


lies 


of. 
It Pin 

It So. 


■M 
W. 


■ad 


112 


I< 


_'hl 


, lies. 


rMi 


i.ii 


of. 


Sarah 


the (. 


on 


cell 


ml. 



Wars, ! 

Indians, 182, 18.3, 186, : 

Brotherton, The 
Condition of, at coming 

of the Whiles. 103. I 
Expeditions against, 71. 
in E. W. in 1771, 1 

in Ellington. 1 

in Torrington, 110, ) 

at Massaco, 1 

in Windsor, the num- 
ber of. 105. 108, 1 



922 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



iiKHiMiirvor, iii\V..103 1 

Kill}! I'hilipV War, •.►20 ;i 

Nanierick, 1 

Nimiber of. in (,'oiin.. 1 

at Pinu Meadow, 1 

at I'odunk, 112, 1 

at Poquonnoc, 1 

ReKiilations asaiiii-t. 

The Colonial, 04, 

Removal of, to the \Ve-*t, 1 
Sell Lands at E.W., 127,1 
at Ellington, 1 

at Knlield, 127, 1 
at I'odunk, 1 

at l*o(|uoiuio(', 

12.1, 121. 12.-,, 1 

to IMvuiouth Co., I 

at So'. VVindsor, 1 

at Windsor, 122, 1 

at Windsor Locks, 1 

Sniall-pox among, 

Scantic, The, 1 

Stockbiidse, The, 1 

Tmixis, The 1 

Traditions of. 



II hies 



•ith. 



lints. 



77, 174, ilb. 182, 
inieiil of Lvdia tiilbert 

as a Wilcll. 
East Windsor, ' 

Innkeepers, 

See, also, Taverns. 
Inspector and Presser of To- 
bacco. 
Instituie. Ccmn. Theo. at K.W., 

Young Ladies at W., 
Invenlors in E. W'., 
Iron Works. 2:«. 



stand. The, 

14(i, 1IJ2, !(«, Ifi9, 171, ' 
Koad, lit), ItKI, IBl, 1 



K. 



Keuihi 



rth. Conn., 

Killingworth, Conn.. - 

Kettle Brook. 2.'il, 4!I3, 497, 4 

4!)9, ,500, .504, .tOH, ! 

544, 554, 738, 139, 1 

Ketch Brook, 12(1, 1 

Graveyard, 1 

Mills, 544, 591, 745, 1 

King's Attonievs, *; 

Island, ' 1 

Path, The (So. W.l, 1 

King Philip'sWar, 221, 2:«, ; 

L. 



il, l'o,|,lo, 

ii>. rin-w. 



H(roi(l..ol W iii.lsor. 
Lands E. of ilie (iivai liivcr, 
bo't of Indians, 127, ; 
in Ell., bo't of Indians, 1 
Lane, Crooked. 

Hosford's, 14S, ] 

Pine Meadow, 

Law Booksbel'gtoT'nof \V.. ! 

Lawyers of W., . 

' of Ellington, a32, i 

Law-Suit, Whiting vs. Bissell, 

llil, 1 



Lead belonging to the 'I'own 

of \V., 2;jl, 087 B:i9 

Lead Mines, 1'29 

Lead-Mine Road, 330 

Leather, Sealers of, 175 

Leonard Silk Mfg. Co. tB.B.1, 743 
Lexington Alarm, E. W., 630-636 

Ellington, 6.34 

Wapping, 



Liipiors, See Lic^ns^s. 
List of Rateable Estates, 

W., 1720, 
Little Meadow, The, 

River, The, 
Local School Fund at Ell.. 
Location of First Settlers 



311 
,233 



829 



;«, .543 
54(V-5.50 
752, 779 



Patcn- 



Windsor, 

in K. Windi 
Long Hill (E. W. 
Loomis liisiiitiie ( 
Lords and Centk 

tees of Conn., The, 32, 43, S95 
Lotter.v, 723 

Lots, Distribution of Home, 

am'g First Sett's of W., 149 
Lying, Punishment for, 92 



Mapislrates, 
Main Street (W. 
Manners, Com 
Custoiiii 



1 W. 



Manufactures, 

and Commerce. 

of Windsor Loc 

Manuscript .\uthoriIii 

suited, a List < 

Map of Bolt! 



of Pii 
of Wi 



.■il ( 

;lll Pmv 



466, 468 
769 

s, .509, 517 
Con- 



;, 502 



149 



Man/ III"/ ■/!■/:' -t I ,- 

Maiiih. Thct.iv.u ,j:ll ', Ml, 812 
Ma.ss. and Coim. Houiidariis, 

Disputes alioul. 'A', 

Surveyors, The, 1.52 

The Sleamboat, 4.'iU 

.Viimuv. 115, 125, 1-26 

Indians, The, 110, ia5, 477 

Manaiiiirk, .30, 3<S, .54, 56, 66, 107 

108. 109, 115, 123, 128 

Mtiliamk-f. see MathuiiKk. 

Malacimiamk. 126 

Mntson's Store , W. l. 427, 503 

Malt(ili,fh- (Mattaliesickl, .50, 115 

MuUaiMiiq. 30, :)8, 108 

ilnUuiiiii-ke. .30 

Mdtumpsttfk. 26 

Maypole Brook, The, 129 

Meadow Brook, The, 135. 175. 176 

CJreat, The, 37. 40. .50. ir>0 

161. 171. 41-2. K95 

Hartford. The, .36. 37. 40, .50 

'Hill, The. 33. 13 i, 1.5G. 164 

lloyt's. 140. 14.8. 1.59, lli7, 617 

I.ilile, The. 146, 492 

Middlctowii. The, .50 

Newton, The, 37, .39 

Phelps's. Mr., 148 

Pine, 50, 15li, 492 

Plymouth, The, 3li. 37, 38, 41 

■12: .5(1, 1.50. 171. 412,492,895 

Poiliiiik. The. 50 

Ifeserveil. The. 141 

Seiinestered, The. ,50, 492 

Snulh, The, 50, 108 

Slrawlierrv, ll'i3 

Wealherslield, Tlie, 50, 471 

Measures, Sealer of. The. 177 

Medlicott Co., The (W.L.I. 512. .530 

Mills, The, 508 



Meeting House, The, of E.W.. 

.508. 561. 563. 5.H2, .586. 72!l 

Ellington. 820 

Siantic. 72!) 

South Windsor, 7-29,892 

Wimlsor, 140, 164. 175. 17H 

ISO, 181, 184, 185, 231. 23.5 

892 

Windsor Locks, 5'2;t 

Melrose (E. W.l. 735.781; 

Membership of E. W. Ch.. 

Statistics of. 72.'! 

Memorial Chapel. The Wol- 

cott(So. W.l. 73(1 

Memorial Hall. The Chaffee, 

(W. L.). .529 

Merchants of E W.. 767. 769 

Fiiiii-/i..ii, m> 



I ,^l„^(Blfd.l. 

l.|.i-. (11.. Ell'gton. S-Ji; 

111 Windsor. 39.! 

W:ipiMlig(E. W. 



Wi 



.39! 
.52.) 



Locks 

Windsorville, 74t 

Mflttiueiig, .'il 

Mexican War. Blfd. Solrt'rs in, 48' 

E. Windsor, " " 771 

Windsor. " " 46 

Militia Training at E. W., 77: 

in the Key- 



■ Wii 



651 



Mill, •riullld (W.t, 147, 149. UW 

liliioU, The. 147. H9. 1.511 

151. l.-fl, 157. 160. 16S. LSI 

. W. Ilolbl 



1 list 1 let. The. 



English's Paper. 5ll9 

Keicll. .591 

Hill. The. 401 

New. The. 2S5 

Nilcs .t Marshall's (Poci.), 

469 

((shorn 's, ,597 

Proulv's, ,59; 

Pond." 16.5, 1.52 

Hoad.Thc 147.1.50. 151. 1.52 

1.53. 1.51. 1.56. 1.5T 

139, 160. 165. 16S 

Sawmill. A, .591 

Tolls at. 177 

White, The (B. B.). 747 

Miller, The, at W.. 172 

Minister's Uesid'ce at Scantic, 609 

at Windsor, .'9 

at Wapping. 626 

Raiscif in E. Windsor, 731 

Model Schoolhousc at Hav- 

den's I Inset, p.]. 145 

Mohawk. 104,114,115,116,117 
Esther (Indian), 6-25 

Molly (Indian), IJ'25 

Mohegan. 114 

Jlorlalilv in Snminer of 1697. '2:13 
.Mystic Fort, The Balllcof. 68. 69 

N. 

Narnigansett. Exped. against. 175 
Fort. Fight at. 2-23 •225 

" Xat'tomil Issue, The" 91 

Navigation of the Conn. Riv. 

above Hartford. 42< 

Negotiations bet. DorchesI 



inent of Windsor. 41-47 

Negro Elections, 43 1 l3-< 

I'aradcs, 4.3(H:i.s 

New Bissell's Ferrv Rd., The, 169 

Brook. 125 

England Psalm Book. 100 

Hiver I Inset, p. 1. 145 

Socieivai W..TlieConi- 

phiiiit of, 202, 206 

Newtown Meadow, 37, 39 



GENERAL INDEX. 



928 



. 1.. ). i:w. -IM 

.. iulv, 587 

K.'W.. 1784- 

590 

Mass., C'olon- 

; W indsor, 4i)7-4i)8 
. Sefttel f m 

ii . KiO, 47S 



Oak Street (\V. I..). 

Oak. The Havden. 418. 

Ontli. Constable's, The. 

of Fidelity. The. 83. 

Oocupation of Windsor bv 

PateiUces of Conn.. " 

bv Plvniouth Trad. Co.. 
Oflieers'of town of ElliuL'toll, 
Ofticial DcMTiptinll c.r \V.. 
Olil Biss,.||s Fcnv Ki.a.i.The. 

liiniMl IM.Kv, Blc.nitield 

East Windsor, 
Ellington, 
South Windsor. 
Warehouse Point, 

(E. W.), 
W indsor, 
Wapping, 



IIdusv 
Meelii 



Uoiid, 



; House, 



Mill, The. 147, 149. 165, 1 
District, The. 1 

Koad, 147. IIB, 1 
Orlhodox Cong'l Ch., l- 
Rork, 4 

Smoking Tree, 'I 

Stone Fort. 141. 1 

Stoughton House. 1 

See b'fofie Fort. 
and New Styles, 
Old Tislaineut I/t Ilorse. The. C 
One-Horse Wagons, t 

oNeill. H.. £ 

Umml. 'I'hc Yacht, 
Orchard, The Town, 138, S 

Ordination Ball, An, E 

Organization of C'h. and Soc'y 

of Ellington. " t 

oslinnrs Mill, .^11. .5-42.7 

K. R. Station. 735, 'i 



The Plan o 


, 


l:!i} 


137 


Road to thi 






15U 


on the Hill 


The, 


102 


1(W 


The Small, 






i-tu 


Mills. C. I 


. Dexter & 




SnII-' 






.510 


S.'Ulll \\ ill 


ams\ 


The. 


510 


al \\ Ili.l-iM 


Lock 


-, Tht 


509 


liiln^: 1. , .ic 


Poquonock. 




... \riiiiial 


\<'gro 


43(i-8 


l.'l.c 1. '111.'. 


JItfd 


1. 


ISd 



Paslor's Keeord,— 

Kev. He/.. Bisscll's, 12 

Rev. Shubael Bartletfs, 12 
Path. Pine .Meadow, The, 498 

Sawmill, The, 498, 499 

Patnrkhoufe. 124 

Patentees of Conn.. The. 32 

Occupation of W. by, 43 

Nei;otiations bet. Dor- 
chester and. 46, 47 

Party, The, First to Set- 
tle Windsor, 56 
Patent of Town of W., The, 231 
Pairlatm-k, 77 
Pennamitc and Yankee War. 

The, 49 

Pennsylvania, Settlement of 

Conn. Men in, 83 

Pequot, 24. 77, 104, 105, 107, 114 

War. The, 37, 66-71 

Peqiiottoog, see Pequot. 
Perambulator, The Town, 87 

Persse & Brooke Paj). W'ks., 

(W. T..). 510, 514 

Personal Religion. 99 

Petition of K.W. Inh.. 1089, 916 

of Kno * llnniphrev. 191 
Pew. The 



ill Em 



Wi 



in W.Ch.. 173, 2.34 
731 



W. 



749 
4.53-159 



sor Locks. 

Pianos. The First in E. W.. 772 

Picketfs Tavern (W.), 418, 437 

f Inset, p.], 145 

Pigeon Hill. 1.55 

Road to. 166 

Pine Meadow. 50, 144, 156 

Brook, 111.493 

494, .509 



l''ii 



< at. 



Hearse, The First 



at. 



.505 



History of, 1676- 

1890! 492 

Indians at. Corn 

and Relics at, 111 

Map of. in 1776, .502 

Patli. 49ti 

Koad. 497 

Koad to W.Ch., 506 

Schools, 404, 506 

Pine Plains (Ell.), 130 

Pink St. (Pine Meadow), 497 

Pipe-stave Swamp. 

37. 127. 185, 404, 891 
Pitch-pipe. The, used in E.W. 

Church. 730 

Plains. The (W.), 418. 493 

Plan of the I'alisado (W.), 1.36, 1,37 
reel, 1.51.1.57,160,165 



IMviiioiilh. 308 

M:i-- ' visited by the 
hi 'r i, iMivoys, 19 

' ' i'lading House, 
■-' i 1. M, 37, 39. 41, 42, 86 
7J. 109, 111, 12,3, 148, 1.50 
161, 164, 535, 536 
House, 40, 109, 1114 

Meadow, 28. 34, .36, 37, .38, 41 
42, 50, 1.50. 171,412. 492, t-95 
Podnnk (Potuncke. Potiink, 

Potaeeke), 37. 38. 112. 114 
118.127,128, 1.30, 131 
183, 21)0, 408, .5.30. 537 
.539, .541, .548, 549, 650 
.5&1, 5.56, 618, 749, 807 
Brook, 130. 541 



Bur 
liidi': 



' (Jr 



id at. 



112 



eliral List of Roger Wolcotfs 
Rateable Estates (E. W.). 89 
lE. W. 



nl. Vi 



(W. 



188 



Pi 

Pf 

Politics in K. W. 

Political I'octrv in E. W.. 7.59 

Pomcrov Place, The iW.), 154 

Pond. The Mill \\S .), 159 

Meshanip's, 810 

Person, 130 

Poor of Other Colonies, Wind- 
sor's Contrihnfns for. 228 

Pol.iilati..nofWiii.|sor Towns, 
■rii. i.'ci i.n- n.-.i; issd. 4-I.I 

• A W llMi-..| issn M, \(,\ 



chl. 



4,S7 



East Windsor, 

South Windsor, 789 

Windsor, 461 

Poquonock, 80, 109, 110. 121. 12;J 

125, 126, 128, 1.51, 1.57, 1.58 

162. 181, 443, 467, 468, 617 

Port of Entry, Windsor a, 425 

Post-inovlem, The First Held 

in Conn.. 4.51 

Potaeeke, see Poiiutik. 
Potatoes. The First I'sed in 

E, Windsor, 772 

>■, The, 



riu 



14.5. ic;i 
86 
181 



ford ( 



' of Hart- 
, in W., '. 
Player, Ellicacy of, Bidief in 

the, ' 

Preface to First Edition of 
this Work, 
to Supplement, 
to Present Edition, 
Prior's Brook (E. W.>, 
Prior Street (E. W.l Burying 



Pr 



Ground, 

of War nilh'lcd 



'-]" 



,i: w , 



\\. 



4.50 
o<17 



E|.is. Soc'viiiB.B., 
Bloonitield, 302 

Windsor. 394 

WindscH- Locks. .531 

Warehouse Point, 743 

Providences. Remarkable, oc- 
curring in W., 180, 1S7 
Rev. Tim. Edwards\440-442 
Mill. The, 514 



I'salm Sin; 

Published Work of Ke 

raim Iluit, 
Punishments for Burglary 

lor Lying, 



Quarry of Conn. Kivei 
The (E. W.), 
Hayden's (W.l, 
Unset, p.] 
Thrall's (W.), 
Quarter-Millennial Cde 
tion of W. Ch., 
of Adoption of ? 
Constitution, 
(Jtieeii Anne's War, 
Que/Uicvte, 
(^uone/tfacitt River, 



Eph- 



lOO 



liw. 112, 119 



924 



HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



•»u.l, 1111(1. A: S])gfd, The. SOS 

N. Y. * N. Kiif. K. 

„. .'*•• 734. 7(!8 

.Stations in BlDoinfli'Ul, 487 

in E. Windsor, ^3i 

in Sn. Windsor, 78M 

. Locks, 



Roinan Catholic Ch. at W., 21)5 
at Windsor Locks, si'j 

R>xhMrv,.Mass.l, ${ 

Hiilin.' Eider. The, 09 

Kule for FiiHling ])avof Week 
on wliieh a fib 



I I'll! 



Iltbnni 
lieal Esl 

Rehi-lliM 
Reconlr 
Reconl- 



1 Winds..., 
■. The (W.), 
•n\^>»: A Scoi 



il War,- 

iiiW.), 
■ iW.), 



4B1 
1U2 



fal.. 
Rundall Mai 
R.ve street lE. W.), 



ipl. 



rroprietdt'.K Act 
of Town Acts, 
of Town Hates, 
of Town W.ivs. 



l!eni,,» 
Repres 



12 

12, 'MS 

CW.) 10 

lU 

10 

s, 10 

82 

w. Ill 

■ 112, 113. 114 

"f w.. iis-ioa 

"iticCh.,613 
824 ' 
1. 440 442 



Sahhath, The Drum-call to 

MeeliiiM, 100 

Sacraments m Bid W. Ch 

s.l , , ■^. '','"' "''• **^ 

^' ' ' ■ ' "'''-(W.), :»! 

s: ^ :.i, I- I ,.-- Ch. ,W.P.), 743 

^' "^">' 1 l:i " I -treet, London, 
44 



II. 



h U. .Mi.eti 



■es from Elliit't. 
inthetJen. As.semblv 
Reserves of 177G. 
Reserved Meadow, 
JleMless, The Yacht, 
Revivals of Religion in W., 
in Wapi ■ 

Revol 



Till 



1 K. Windsor 



W: 



K. W. 



Park. " 

Scantie, 
Tiinxis, 
W.iod-s. 



.■iOa, 7.51 
100 



St. Paul's (Pr. Epis.) Church. 531 
Salary of Rev. Mr. Edwards 

(E. W.). 72.3 

of Rev. Mr. Perrv t E. W.) 

,, , 72;). 721 

.Salislunv Plains, 127 i:j4 

Salionstall Brook, 737' 738 

I'arty of PioneciT!. The, 

,, , l:«, 135. 151, 166 

Park, The (E. W.), 
„ , „ , 59, 73(>-741 

Saiu.vBa„k,The(W.),32, ia5, 154 
Sand.vHill (W.), 

32, 112, 140, 159, 160, 106 

Road to. The. 

."Saw Mdls. 4.1 

.I"""'. 498, 499 

Seaulic (Scautuck, Scantok) 

37, 114. 115. 127. 12S. 129 
130, l.V,'. lOS, 410. 541, .542 
X:i. 590. rm. 749. «07 
Ar-ademv IE. W.l. 755 

AneientWell at, 113 

Gravevard, 71^7 

Indians, ] ,3 

Mills. 7.3,5. 751 



Settlement of Ellington, 810 

Windsor, The, 20 24 

Settlers, Location of First, be " 
low Little Riv<.r|W.), S'l 
Distrihuiicui of Himic 
I Lots to. i.(.| 

14 SeviTe Floods in Windsor, 771 
r,'- '^™"'^' Silk Business, W. L. 1.511 
■'*'. I Manufactory, 505 

St-xtou. A, appointed, is.3 

Seymour Paper Co., The 
I (W.L.I, 508, .517 

Paper Mill, 014 

SliaiL (Jreat Catch of, at En- 
Held Palls, 
Price of in Olden Times, .502 
at Warehou.se I'oiiit, 743 
Sheep-Commons, ■jm 

filn-liipset. Signitlcance of, 121 
Shipbuilding at E. Wiuilsor, 7l!7 
Slipphm, (cj^ 

Shoemaker, The, 501 

.Shop. The Blacksmith, i 10 

Sicu-Mk iSiaivag, Sicurjor/r/l 
„.,, ,. , ■ lOS, 11.5 

Silk Manufacture hi W. L 

Dwight Allen, 515 

Sliver St. iW.I, 151, 1.53, 15.5, 1.5i; 

1.59, 160, 1(13. 16), 106, 1B8 

Simshurv Coloni: " 



Singii 



.r|;oi 



in E.W. Cli.. flIK. •; 

... Scantie Ch., 

Signs, Old Tavern IE. W ). 

Slaves, 4 

Anecdotes of. 

Cook Familv, In the. 



1 W., 477 

185 
■30, 731 



.5.55 

4;« 



Ellsworth- 
Rockwell •■ '• 4:ii 
\\'olcott " .• 4;i4 

Smali-po.v Epidemic among 

Windsor Indians, 38, ;«, 50 

Smallclothes for Rev. Tr'ps 



siii)|)lied l)v E. W., 
ig Tree, The Old (W.), 



(<.5li 



Road, 



486 

'<■'■ I ne. Bridge, 415-416 

Ferry al the, 151, 1.52, 157 

161, 171, 173, 174, 175 

180, 18:3, ia5, 186, 414 

Fishware in the, isfl 

Ferrniian at the, 170 

I*'""i. 138, 167 

liisselrs Ferry, The 

"I'l. 141,142 

The Present, 153, 166, 169 

Countrv. The Old, 

to Hartford (W.), 497 

Hollow Fall. The (W.), 
T , , 1.57, 160 

Island, The |W.), 

146, 160. 161. 167 
ftovernor's. The (E. W.), 
„ , 413, 7.3:j-774 

Meadow, The (W.), see 

Julaiii/ Itoacl. 
Mill, The Old (W.), 147, 1.50 
151, 151, ].5«. 157 
159, 102, 105, 168 
M,.adowIiill (K.W.I. .5.37 
X.Mlh ■i;otlielInset.p.|,145 
I'iiie.Md'«,The(W.L.), 497 
I'alisa.ln. The(W.). 156 

'1S,„„ Hill (Why. I, 166 

I' "i"k.TlieAy.),148, 151 

San.lv Hill, TheiW.), 1.50 
152, 150, 10.3. 107 
Rivulet Ferrv, The (W.), 

■ »•• , '**• 'o~ 

in W ind.sor. 141 

Rock, The Old, 41)3 

Rocky Hill, 50, 144, 14,5, 156, 1.58 

162, 421, [Inset, p.] 145 



Mil 

or N(. 

17,"i 

River 



600 

■"• ■.91,' 592 

>;'-■ 729, 7a5 

„. . . 746, 751, 752 

Signihcancc of name, 121 

Schoolhouse. The .Model, 

, [Inset, p.J, 14(5 

School of Art (E. W.), 755 

Si-hools of E. W.. 407, 749 752 

of Ellington, " (j28 

of Bloomfield, see Win- \ 

tonhury. 
of aHiglierOrd. in Ell., 830 
of Pine Mejidow, 404, .506 
of .So. Windsor, see EiikI 

of Windsor, 3% I 

of VVindsor Locks, .506 I 

Fund of Ellington, 829 

Fund of Windsor, 225, 406 

School-mistress, The First ' 

in Windsor, 4o:j I 

Sealer of Leather, The, 175 ! 

of .Measures. The. 177 
Seating of the Meeniiy ll.iuse. 

I7.5. 178, 180 

Meeting House, K.W.I, .586 
Second Emigration to W. from 

Dorchester, 54 

Selectmen, ^ 
Dilli.nlti.sofK.W.diir- 



Sniokin; 



»/!/«;<•. Significance of, fA) 

Society and Ch. in Ellington, S20 
Ecclisiiastieul, The, lirst 
I named, 331 

•'.ScKlom" (Po(,uor,ock, W), 40S 
Soldiers from Bloomfield in 

War of Civ. Reh., 487-191 

from E. Windsor. 0K5 

from Ellington, 8,50 

from So. Windsor. 80(i 

from Windsor, 472 

from Windsor L'ks, .52;i 

from Windsor in Mi-\ 

icaii War, \<', v.w 

in War of 1812. Ii;-J let 

Solieng (Sohiagel, 7;. him 

.South Windsor, 17. 33, .37 If 

113, 129, 131, 132, 789 



Art i... 
Baptist Church, 
Burying (;roiiiid. 
Civil Rebel., in V 
Soliliei-s fr.. i 
■ Chiirchof, 



794 
789 



r of, 795 
777-880 



Hi<l.i 
lii.li.' 



I Itii 



;'l,rks. 



Sei 



680 
818 



Se,|ues,er,.,l M,.adou-. The, ^"" 

;M. ,50, 492 [Inset, p.], 145 

Servant-s, .jq 

Sessions, The Court of, 4.51 



791 

789 

.Spencer Arms Co. (W.), 460 

Spnnglield (Mass.), 54, 478 

Spring Street , W. L. ), .(67, 5I«, 506 
Stamford ,Coiin.) Colonized 

from Wiiuls<«., 479 

State (Jovernment, Windsor 
repre.sent«l in, Ajip. F. 
Organization, 89 

Constitution, 250th .\\\ 

niversary of, 465 

Attorneys, from W., 451 



GENERAL INDEX. 



925 



iliraof E. WindsovCll., 
of Scantii- I'lirish. 
\\ appiiiir Church. 



m.s 



, 4:«l, MS 
Stcni-whccli'rs, .WS 

SliTiihold * Hopkins' Xfisioii 

of tlie I'siiliiiB, 100 

Slocks, The. <M, 180 

siockhiidgu liuliiins, Tlie. 190 

sioiic Bridsje, The. 497 

Fort, The Old, 

141. 14-.>. 1G6, ISJ 

Pit. see Qmiirij. 

Stony Hill, 403 

Brook. 111. 124, Via 

151, 233, 740 

Stores, Maj. Ellsworth's, 427 

Jonathan Eilswortirs, 427 

H. S. Hayden's. 428 

Hooker* Chaffee, 429 

MatsonV, 427 

'I'ljiilr ami Commerce. 424 

sic.vi--. liist liilrodiicwl in 



i.lsor Ch., 



Mill,\V.>, 
North iP. M.), 
Oak (W.L.I, 
Pink (P. M.), 
Pleasant iW.). 
HveiK. WM, 
Siher ,\V,i. 

l.Vl, 163, 
Sniiii-iU, I., I. 



West i\V. 1..I. .ilKJ. :)02, :>Wi 
Strawberry Jleadow. 1B3 

.Strong Dri'nk, Licensed to Sell, 233 
Hiiekiage, 54. 108 

SnfferinKs of the First Emi- 
grants to Windsor, 53 
Snffield, 124 

Summer of 1697 — one of great 

mortality, 231, 233 

Sumptuary Policy of our An- 
cestors. 95 
Suiuiav-school House ^W.), 385 
Superior ( 'ourt of Colony, 451 
Sniiri'Uie Court of Errors, 451 
Support of Soldiers' Families 

(luring' Hey. War, 6,W 

Surveyors, The >lassn(husetts,152 

Swamp, Brick Hill, U.-i. I8S, 230 

Great. The. 171 

Pipestaye. lt.;5. 404 

'ng. PnnishuicMit for. 



Kll., 809 



99 War of Ci 



834 Thcol.. 



Thrall's (Ju.'irrv (W.I. 144, 14N 

Tilton's Marsh', l'i7, 134, 233 

Tobacco, Insp'r and Pres'r of, 7IM 

Laws a^aiust, 9<> 

Tolland Culoni/ed from W., 479 

Tcipo^M-aphv of Windsor, 461 

Torrinu'tcui' Sett led fr. W., 481, 482 

Town BariuW.), 139 

Book of Ways, 530, 537 

Clerks (W.>, 472 

So. Windsor, 789 

Ellington, 786, 817 

Court (W.), 90 

House. The, 138, 1.53, 1.54 

184, 202, 467 

Lead, The (W.), 231 

Oldest. Windsor the. on 

I'onn. Riyer. 31 

Orchard. The (W.), 138. 235 
Offli-ers iW.i. 84 

FlIiiiutoM. 815 

Tni-iiir, l-;ilini:tcm, 817 
W;n- l:..Mk ..t ,W.I, 133 

\\ iiiil-.,r. A,i- of. Ex- 
tracts from, 173-189 
Trade, Mfrs. * Com., 424, 513, 769 
Trading House, the Ply. Co.'s, 1.50 
Trainin; '^ "" '"' 



.500 ; Train Ba 



Tree. Hall 



,W 



Cu 



^ (iraft iipoi 



, 420-497 
443 



Swi 



La^vs regardin*: 



v<s. Til.- Old Time. 
iiSi^Mi^. (lid I F.W.I, 
II. Bi-..ll'- Slage Ilonsi 
,W,l. 12(1 llnsel. p. |. 



171 



Kllsw 

Dm 

Fillel 



. Ellel 



(Jraut's, (irace, ^ 

Looniis's, ('apt. Joel, • 
.Marshall's, Eliakim, ' 
Mather'«,ThaddeHs, 
I'ickelt's, 418, ■ 

(Inset, p.], : 
I'ortcr's. Nathaniel, 



;il^^ 

Welch' 
M's Bi 
Hollo 



(.lildg 
1.1 



w. 

Wages, Lab'rs*, in Old Times, 
Wagons, see Carriarjen. 
Wapping, 408, ,'i 

Baptist Church at. t 

Episcopal " " i 

Ist Cong'l •' •■ t 

History of Parish, t 

l..xiiiL'lou .Marm Party 



Old Smoking. The. 

419, 422, 497 
Troopers, 176. 182, 184, 188, 189 
Troubles in Ellington, 1735, 665 
Trimipet. The, used to call to 

Meetings, 176, 177 

Tinixis, 28, 412, 415, 477 

Indians. 119 

Mills. 467 

Riyer. 110 



u. 

Vncmvoay 

Union Street (W. L.l, 
United States Army, Windsi 
men enl. in, in Wi 
of 1812, 
Cloyernment, "Windsi 
Men in, 
and Appendix F. 
Upland Road to Hartford. II 



Vaccination (E. W.), 774 

Vrnftoii/y The Steamboat, 4*W 

W. .Settlers in .State of. 483 

Vernon, 129 

Verses by Jabez Colt, 560 
Veteran Ass'ii, OA.R. iWI. 



168 



il Rebellion, Sol- 
's from F, W., 777 
■oiu Bl'mtield. I,S7-491 



Til. 



In.li: 

of !81'2, 

Soldiers froi 
Soldiers fi 
King Philip's, 
French, The. 
Mexican. Ell. 
of K. 
■|':.., 



I ill W., 1038, 72 
I. ■ ', \i I.. ■-. 2S6 

Wan I ri I W. I, Hist, of, 7.36 

Wai. Ih.i.-. I' I i: W.I. 18. 29, 131 

•A'«. I'i'.l. 4:M. 431, .542, 554 

735, 737. 751, 741, 744 

GraveyariL 787 

Washington' (Gen.) fJiKirge, 

419, 432, 681 
Watchman, 182 

Watches in E. W., No. of, 772 
Water Sui)ply of Windsor, 466 
Ways, The Book of Town of 

Windsor, 133, 536 

Waywardens, 87 

Weatogii.' :Me..id.. 



. OliL 430 

,W.). 158.159 
■ll's Ferry. 



II. fill W.. 484 



Ml- 



; Ho 



I F.W.I. 771 

" Whipping the Cat," 5(11 

Whipping-post, The, in W., 95 

White Mill at B. B., The, 747 

Wirkermaii. 131 

Wilson's Station (W.), 34, 38, 107 

Windermere. 811 

Hills, The (Ell.), 129 

Windsor, 34, 34, .M, 56, 66, 67, 72 

75, 98, 1-22-132, l:«, 2'28 

231, 396, 406, 4,38-140, 453 

-4,59, 461-476, -177-185 

Goshen. 812 

Windsor Locks. 144, 156, 492, 500 

.501, 504, 506, ,507, 508 

,510,511,517,523 

Windsoi'yilletE.W.), 129, 145 

.543, 746 

Winter of 163.5-0, 35, 53 

Scyere Floods (E. W. ), 772 

Wine and Li(pior. 97 

Licenses to Sell, 233 

W^intonbury Parish (now 

Bloomlieldl, •.•!B-.307 

Witches and Witchcraft in 

Windsor, 444-4S0 

Wood's Riyer, 486 

Woleott Houses, The (So. W.), 773 
Memorial ( 'liapel 

(So. W.), 7;w 

Gov. Roger House. The. 773 
Poetical List of his 

Rate-able Estate, 89 

Ferry, The, 412 

Slayes in the Family, 434 
Wolyes, Bounties Paid for 

Killing. 172. 177, 178, 180 
181, 18.3. 184, 185 

Y. 

Young Men not allowed to keep 

house by thenisehea, 82-83 
Young Ladies' institute (W.), 406 



INDEX OF NAMES. 





A. 






Allen. 11. 0. (Dr.), 627. 749 
Ira (I'oi.), 670 


A/vold, lienediet,ll 


69, 


0, 85. 88 
147 


Ahh 


. Iluilllllll, 




T45 


JabezS., 910.911 


home-lot. 


1,50 


152, 179 




Hezekiab. 




65 


Joseph, 604, 606. 642. 649 


22-i, 211 


415 


873, 876 




Leiitcr (i.. 




;77 


650, 65.3, 687. HTM 


.S78 


881 


884,885 




Obadiah. 




6,56 


Jr.. 639, 741 


Klizabeth, 




876 




Richard T., 


5-11 


670. 76.-) 


John (l)ea.l. 729 


FrerterieU (Kev 


■), 


72,S 




Robert M.. 




Will 


John 1>., 510 


-leremv. 




228, 876 




Thomas (Cai.l. 




686. 6RS 


John W.. 7:7 


.lonatli.-m. 




497 


Abbot, Abial, 562 


'5«4 


5?.', 575 


I.nnian S.. 910 


.losias 




88, 875 






rm 


64!). 65» 


Moses. Inset, Ji. 115 


llmvaid A. 




427 




Jot^cph, 


lisr 


90S. flOll 


Nathaniel. 611. 6.54. K)6 


Nathaniel !{., 




9119 




./)•.. 




818. 907 


Noah, 611. 631, 6.54. 6.56, 687 


iiiunuKiirii- 




124 




Col.. 81li 


818 


82.S. !I06 


690, 741, 907, 908 


Anderson, A«lbel, 




6,S8 




N'allmn (Sgt.l. 




687 


Pliny ('., 910 


( 'barles, 




800 


Al.h 


. M'c .^S6f. 






Rieharil, 462 


John, 4.34, 


,562 


564,578 


Ai..-: 


(ii.'._.r-o). 




668. 687 


Santnel, 146. 147 




6.35 


662, ri.s8 


All.. 


M. Henry C, 




,818, 911 


home-lot. 1.50: 159. 178 


Theodore, 




777 


Aikl 


IV. J. I!.. 




827 


.548, 606, 631. 654 


Timothy, 




6,S8 


Adili 


IB, (Sfit.i I'alviii 




462 


656,741,878,883 


William, 501 


668 


670, 1-88 




Charles C. 




777 


./;■.. 741, 907 


William (.'.. 




.523 




r. Collard ( Re\ 


.^, 


745 


Ciipl., 158 


Andrews, 




,55 




Edward, 




228,881 


S. II. (Rev.). 520. .522 


Kbenezer B. (Kev.) 


608 




Henry H., 




777 


Setli S., ;77'. 911 


Edward W. (R 


IV.), 


60S 




Henry M., 




777 


Solomon. IHtT 


Israel W. (Kev 


). 


60S 




.lohn.j 




777 


Solomon H., 777 


John. 




170 




.Tohn H.. 




52.3 


William. 800 


Lorin (Rev.), 




609 




John R. (Rev.) 




469 


Allain. Elizabeth. s,ss 


Nathaniel, 




688 




Samuel. 




-67 


Allin;;, Edwin, 7"- 


Samuel J. (Ke\ 


), 


607, 608 




Sherman \V., 




450 


Allis, 1.56 


William, 




670 




Solomon U., 




472 


Alsop, (iardilier (Kev. Dr.), 205 


/iVc. biog.. 


608 


S:)7, 848 




William, 




777, MO 


Allvn, 75 


W. W. (Kev.l, 




61X8 




(Kev. Dr 


(^ 


469 


Mr.. 139, 179 


Andrus, Fred. .M., 




488 




W., 




.89, 108 


MrK., 886 


Jacob, 




777 


Ailiii 


ison.'Jolui, 




4.'« 


1 lift Mrs.. 873,880 


Nathaniel, 




6:il 


A (Ik 


ns. 




619 


Crilil., 208, 211, 241 


William. 




688 


Al'oi 


. Michael. 




52:) 


Aaron. 687 


Archer, Charles B., 




472 


AlilerK (Capl.), t'. A. 




675 


Arnold, 687 


John, 




777' 


Aim 


nd (Capt.), 




675 


A. W., 910 


.\rmbrnster, Albert, 




777 


Aik. 


1. AtHOlHi A., 




850 


Benianiin. 319. .3'.N) 


Arnislrong, 




619 




Kdmond. 




850 


I'liainieev M., 172 


Arnold. C. A., 




746 


All>r 


., .lohn E.. 




777 


Elizabelii, .1,58 


Henrv. 




S'27 


Al.ii 


n, IlnghG., 




52.3 


(iiles D., 472 


Joseph. 




911 


Aldr 


1, John, 


.'in. 41, (w 


Henry, :)83. 404. 415 


Robert. 




826 




Daniel, 




687 


472. 6.50. 907 


Arnwuiiurl: 




807 


Alilo 


mum, John, 




764 


Clll)!.. ■ 905. 906 


Arra/iuimt. :)7. :iS. 


107 


109. 115 




llenrv ('.. 




488 


II. W., 910 


IIG. 


123 


128. 131 


Alili 


ill. Nathaniel, 




817 


Job. !MT9 


Ash. Charles, 




52) 




\\ illiam ('., 




777 


John, 404. 5:i8, 879 


Simeon, 




80 


Al.il 


ilL-e. v.. 




826 


■Sa-'y. 35, 210 


Ashwell, Sanmel, 




4.SS 


All.. 


il- M-e. also, .1/ 


vnl 




.1//-., 86, 88, 2:jl 


William, 




4-18 




Benedict, 




917 


.losias. 390. 415 


Astoria, Charles, 




Slit) 




f'hauiicev, 




462 


Joseph. 597. 656, 661 


Af'it/teiiK -, 




124 




E. S.. 




910 


.Mr.. !W3. 906 


AdawHiihoOd, 




109 




William, 




908. 909 


Matthew(.\Ir.),.32. .37, 39. -10 


.\twater, Edward, 




.52:) 


Ak-xander. (Juorge. hnine-lot. 


11. 9:j. 146 


Lmnan, 




910 




14'J; 136, 170 


478 


878,881 


homclol, 1,50: 1.51. ii:o. IW 


Auburey (Mr.). 




677 




John N., 




910 


167,171,238, 242, 400 


Auley, Tliomas, 




S80 




Thomas, 




687 


402. 403, 448, 4.50, 477 


AunlKIUd, 




125 


Alk'l 


. Abel. 




741 


482,591,808,809,880 


Austin, Elijah, 




463 




Abial. 




66S. 6S1 


Jloses. 087 


Frank. 




472 




Alexander. 




.WS 


Jr.. 687 


Avery. Alfred. 




,SO0 




Asber. 




909 


Noah. 908 


Charles. 




800 




Benjamin. 




611 


I'eleliah, 415. 9i).3 


Frank. 




911 




David, (i31. 


654 


666, (M 


Richard (Capt.), 462 


Fr. W.. 




911 




Dwight, 


505 


.511. 515 


Samnel, 390, 689, 878, 88:) 


Henrv. 




801 




Ebenezcr, 




653. (»« 


Thomas, 1.50. 151, 177, 228 


Samuel T.. 




797, ».lil 




Edward O., 




488 


2:)1, 448, 873,875,879,881 


Ayres, ueorge W.. 




vSOl 




Elihu, 




687 


Timothy, 688 


Parlemou B., 




801 




Eliphalet G., 




462 


T.. 884 










Ephestion, 




687 


William (3d). 464 


B. 








Ethan, 




(»9 


Zachariah, 653, 688, 690, 7n4 










Hannah (Mrs.) 




519 


Alvord-sce, also, .U/ord. 149, 151 


Bachelor, Elijah, 




.•;2 1 




Henrv E.. 




777 


Alexander, hoineJot, 149: 


Backus, Azcl, 




.'2) 




Hezekiah. 


COfi 


611, a.ts 


155, 160, 179, 881 


Bacon, Leonard (Rev 


), 


3-17 



928 



HISTORY OP AN'CIEXT WINDSOR. 



Karaii. .Iose|)h. 

Fraucit*. 
Bahr (Jiulge-Advocate), 
Baili'V, Amasa, 
' Ezra B.. 

Onrrctt T., 

I.i-vi A,. 

William. 
Bainl, .lohii li. (He 
Bnkir. Hannah. 

Hnratici K., 

Jctlry, lid 



514, 911 



.). 8. I!8fi, HOT 



.N.hi 
'H;iii 



nil, 547, ( 
. MO. 563, H87, ' 



Barbel . Sam'l. 88, 151. 875, 880,887 

Shadrach, (Mil. ti53. 6.SR 

Simeon. Bll, 653, 656. B88, 761 

Strong H.. 388 

Tlionias, 44, Mil 

home-lot, 151; 155, 160 

179, 238, 478, 482. 879. 881 

./;■., ItH, 881 

Warren. 02*i 

William T. 910.911 

William W,. 912 

A Heed. 14 

Barker. Elhan. 



, Edn 



id M (He 



i>l..rd, 
rd. 



Hill 

Saninel.88, 1.50.22H, 
■A7, 552, 873, 
885. 886. 888. 

Sarah. 
•^h,lnKl^, 



539, .Ml) 
874, 884 
914. 917 



Banerofl. 




lUM 


i.l>. 


115 


Abel. 








MT 


Alirahani, 








584 


I ■harlc¥, 








778 


Edward. 








lai 


Ephraim, 


l.-)l 


288. 


4118. 


562 


Jr.. 




562 


564 


741 


••Cuode." 








92 


[lanna. 








.t84 


Horace >I. 








911 


Isaac. 






611 


IMS 


Jr.. 






611 


65'i 


.John. 








93 


home-lot 


15 


; 157 


163 


5ti4 


606. 


611 


.651 


879 


881 


Dr.. 








749 


Mahlon 11 


(■)> 


dge) 


9 


78« 


Nathaniel. 




5:» 


.562 
M9 


606 
917 



I'hrane, 
Kusha, 
Saninel. 241, 407. 

562. 51.9. .572. 

672. 688. 913, 
Sarah (Wid.t. 
Sarah P.. 
Theodi 



412. 5.t8 
(.35, 644 
915, 916 



Thecnl 
■riion«e 

Banks, .lohn. 

Barelel . 

Barber. 

Abel, 

Abigail, 

Ashbel, 



•E., 



, 606, 



112,113,117,238,440 



Benjamin, 
Bueklev I' 
Charles H. 
David. 



Heiirv. 

Hi'iiii.-. 

H II . 

Lemuel iKev.i. 

.Iamc8, 

iTcrijah, 

.Jonah, 

Jonathan. 

John. 
John n.. 
John Warner. 
J. L.. 

Josiap, 
Nathaniel, 
Noah. 619. 633. 6.M 
<,Vl/<'., 



, 649. a53 
(UiS, 668 
, 478, 881 



611, C53, m< 



Jr. 



Benben, 
ard. Bartholomew, 
t'harles. 



Henry !>., 
cs. Allen. 
Charlee C. (Rev.), 
(leorge W., 



Benjamin. 2a 

Charles. 

Daniel W., 61 

David E.. 

Edward, 

Elijah. 

Elizabeth Haskell (Mr 

Ephraim, 

Hannah, 



4B2 
393. 3it4 



Be.be. 

Elisha 1'.. 
Becbcrt, John C. 

Henry. 
Bccknian & Son. 
Beers. Alfred. 

LukeH.. 
B»il. Charles, 
Beleher, Andrew, 

Waldo, 
Belknap, ('het*tcr, 

C. K., Jr., 

David. 

Eltonezer. 

Elani. 

Epaphras (Dr.). 



612 



He 



.■A.. 



Isaiah, 880. 881 

,Iohn. 80, 124 

home-hit. 1.51; 154, 175 

177, 180. 463. 478, 562 

56:). 601.7.51,880. 881 

Jonathan, 15:), 597, R12 

(M9. 741 

Capl.. 604, 654 

Josiae, 223 

P. M. (Rev.). 522 

.Sam'l, 604. 611. 612, 6.53. 7.51 

Samuel W., 596. 910 

Shnbael IRev.1. 14. 590. 601 

603, 606. 609. 610, 747 

Stephen, 634, 668, 688 

Stephen T., 778 

William, 7.51 

Barthwick, Waller, 472 

Bartle.s, John, 883 

Bascomb, Elias, 688 

Thomaf. 148. 149, 151. 153. 155 

162. 167, 178, 478. 878, 881 

Ba.sp, Nathan. 483 

Ba.ssert, Thomas, 44, i:)8 

home-lot, 151; 159, 169, 477, .545 

Bates, Apollos D.. 4.52 

Henry 11. (Kev.l, 744 

Sebra. 778 

Zephaiiiah, 667, 688 

Battell, .\nna, 727 

Robbins. 727, 831 

Balterson, James U., 487 

Batlgh, Eugene. 472 

Ba.\ter. Franeis, 631, 061. 670. 689 

.Tame?, "8 

Bavliss, Edmund G., 778 

Beach &, Co., 512 

J. Wickliffc (Rev.), .523 

Watson. 513 

Beall. 565. 605. 7,30 

Bcaselcv, John, 818.911 

Bedor, Pet«r, 778 

Bedortha, Quarles. :i74 



IniH^ 



Simec... 
Bell, Newton S. (Dr.), 

Robert C. (Rev.), biog.. 
Bellows, .James, 
Bement, Jonathan, 689 

Bc-mis. .\lfred. 
Benjamin (Indian). 
Bennett. John. 



he 



■lot. 



Kingti 



Miriam. 

Noble II.. 

William B., 
Bentlev, Lorenzo D. (Rev), 

William (Rev.), 78 
BernewitzlEns), 
Besiiin. John. 
Bever, August. 
Bidwell, Epaphras(Dr.), 

Ephraim. 

•• OoiHlnian," 

liirhard. 87 

Williiim L., 
Bill. Kraiik N. (Rev.). 
Billnian. Howard (Rev.). 
Billings. Elkanab, 
Bills, (ietirge. 

James. 

ProsiK'r U.. 
Bingham, Iihamar. 6f 

816, Hi 

John. 
Binheimer. .\ndrew. 
Bird, Joseph, 
Birge. 

Abigail, 

Cornelius, .V 

Daniel. ■S8. 4f 



John, 



501. 503. 506. ; 
501, > 
88, i:)0, 483. ." 
875, 878, .; 
Jonathan. '> 

Joseph. 88. 207. 228. 875. ! 

Julius, ■: 

Mary, 

Moliv (••l)ld"i, 1 

Peletiah (auto. i. 501 : 50ti. .' 

Richard. ' 

home-lot. 152; 1.54, 1,59, 1 

179, 878. 879. ! 

Thomas. ^ 

Bissell. 619.741.745.! 

Aaron. 579. 751. 7.52. ' 

autograph. 786; 907, ! 

Capl., ' 

Abigail. 887, ! 

.\nn. ' 

Anson. 611.1 

Benjamin, 489. i 

Iteiijamin 1... ' 
Benoni (Capt.l. 



.5,«5. 635, 154. 689 
\ 911 

H.(Rev.), 471,732 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



929 



eli, Daniel, 40r, 416, ,502, 540 


Bissell & Tudor. 


763 


584, 585, 611, 653. fl03 


Blackman, Col.. 


650 


Jr., T41 


Lieut., 


675 


David, 412. 452, 562, 565 


Blackwell. John. 


911 


578, 653, 767, 913 


Blair. Francis P. (Gen.). 8.31 


Ebeiiezer, 653, 752 


Blake. 


52 


Ebenezer F. (Capt.), 562 


A. & G., 


511 


564, 579, 907, SOS 


Ebenezer (Re\ 


.), 745, 827 


Insel, p. 145 

Eli. 654, 764 


Blakeslee, Charles L 


(Dr.). 793 


Icbabod, 


793 


Elibu. 668. 680, 778 


Blanchnrd (Capt.). 


462 


Ellis, 585 


Thomas. 


4.30 


Elizabeth, 876 


Blankhom. Joseph. 
Bliss. Ann (Wid.^, 


778 


Elisba, 635. 6S9 


649 


Ephraim. 540. 913 


Ebenezer, 


595, 750, 767 


Epaphras. 7W. 766 


Henry A.. 


394 


Esther, .W4. 880, 887, 914 


John, 


656 


Fitch, 394 


iP(;f.,biog., 


823 


Frances, 755 


Jonathan. 


562, 564 


■Goodman," 129, 530, 537, 591 


William K., 


831 


Geo. P. (Col.), Inset, p. 145 


Blodgett, Abner. 


653,6.56 


George S. (Dea.). 729 


Ebenezer. 


741 


Hezekiah, 839. 391 


Eleazer, 


606 


452. dM. 778 


Josiah, 


611. 612, 631 


Ret:., 12. iMfl. 578 
Cap!., 604, 658. 661 




656, 690, 741 


John R., 


778 


auto., 667,689,906,907 


LavaletteC, 


860 


Henry, 818, 910 


Phineas, 


(!31,656, 690 


Henrj' >-. (Rev.), 609 


Phineas L., 


611. 785 


Hiram. Inset, p. 145 


Gideon. 


390, 415 


Israel, 690. 741, 887 


Ralph. 


778,909 


Jabez, 903 


-• Roswell, 


631, 656, 690 


Jared, 563 


Samuel. 


776 


Jeremiah, 5(i2, 564. 572. 741 


Blood. Lorenzo W. (Rev.), 745, 827 


Jerijah, 65.3, 677, 741, 751 


Boardman. John (Rev.). 824 


.lohn, 75, 82, 87, 88, 92, 93 


Bohen. Peter W., 


850 


117, 144, 162, 161, 166, 174 


Boise. John M., 


778 


177. 178. 179. 180, 187. 188 


Bolan, John. 


778 


189.210,212,221,228,398 


Bolles. 


500 


41)9, 418, 451, 479. 494, 536 


Augustus. 


908 


.M4, 545, 546, 667. 670, 764 


Bolton. John P., 


488 


S73. 875, 878. 880, 881, 913 


Bond, Richard. 


857 


John. Jr.. 130, 221, 228, 410 


Bonnev, Nathaniel G 


(Rev.), 471 


411. 537, 541, 69(1, 881 


Booth, 


812, 886 


Jonathan, 412,662,564 


Albert (Rev.), 


610 


Jr., 654 


Caleb, 


594, 602, 604 


J.. 88 




656, 906. 907 


Josiah, 614, 903: Inset, p. 145 


Jr., 


631, 653, 690 


Vapt, 415 


Capt., 


610 


Joseph, 875, 903 


Chauncey (Rev.), 610 


.Joseph W.. 818. 909 


Erastus. 


667, 690 


Justus, 690 


Freegrace, 


656 


Lemuel, 155 


Gains N., 


611 


Maria. l.W 


Henry, 


690 


Marv, 677, 877 


Joshua. 


813, 856 


Matthew, 649, 6.>3, 752 


Levi, 653,656. 


683, 690, 740 


Moses, Jr.. 631, 655, f 90 


Peter, 


690 


Noah, 653 


Ruth. 


856 


Nathaniel. 81, 88,117,131 


Samuel, 


690 


161. 183. 185, 186. 187. 189 


Saninel A., 


911 


■v~ •?•.■•: ■.■o-Min, 411 


Sarah, 


856 


aulo - I ^ :' :• Ml, 542 


Simeon, 


741 


M.:. :. 1 -V - -..-. ;. 562 1 


Jr., 


690 


5';4, .-.-. ... . 'Ii'l, 807 


Bomemann (Lieut.), 


675 


874. vsu, ^M. .nM. al4, 917 


Bolton, Jacob, 


634.690 


Obadiah. 662 


Bourne, Sheaijashub (Rev,), 


Orrin, 910 


biography. 


825 


Oliver. 631,690 


Ronton, Sanford (Rev 


-), 745 


Peter. 478 


Bowe, Asa. 


762, 764, 765 


Rusha. 584 


Bowen, Joseph, 


523 


Ralph, 903 


Bower (Bowers). Aze 


. 585, C90 


Salome. 585 


Horace, 


405, 472 


Samuel. 88 


John, 


585. 691 


home-lot. 152; 228 


Sidnev, 


472,909 


562. 875. 876, 881 


Bowman, Geo. A. (Rev.), 728, 911 


Jr.. home-lot. 152 


Boyingtou, 

P. P. (Col.). 


586.827 


Samuel T.. 778 


655 


Sarah, 584 


Bradbury. Thomas E 
Bradford. 19. 24. 28, 


. 488. 523 


Thomas.88. 157, 187.208, 21 9 


38, 30. .31, »< 


212, 228, 231, 5.S9, .>46. .5.62 


39, 41, 48, 51, 62 


68, 107, 109 


662. 588, 618. 690, 807, 875 


Bradlev, John, 


801 


880, 881, 887, 913, 914, 917 


■ Col.. 


375 


./;■.. 582, 564. 917 


Hezekiah. 


■tiS 


Thomas H., 772, 910 


Josiah. Jr., 


6,^, 691 


Timothy. 6.33, 6*4, 690 


Reuben, 


9(19 


William. 606, 656. 690 


Stephen, 


691 


William 0., 801 


Bradstrect, 


209 


W.. 88 


Simon (Mr.t. 


202 


& Haskell, 763 


Stephen, 


4«3 



Bradv, George, 778 

Bragg, .Vlbert F„ 778 

Chester H., 801 

Frank, 778, 801 

John, 801 

Brainard, Thomas J.. 488 

Braman. Daniel. 658, 691 

James, 801 

Norton M., Jr., 778, 850 

Thomas H., 801 

Branch, James, 778 

Brandel, John, 850 

Branker, (Mr.) John, 99, 146, 147 

home-lot, 151:161,162,308 

547, 549, 879, 899 

Brandt, Heniy S., 472 

Braniger, John, 472 

Braynian (Col.), 677 

Breen, John 11., 778 

Brennan, Peter, 775. 850 

Brewster. 39, 49 



Mr. 



34 



Elder, 30. .33, 164 

Jonath'n, 28. 33. 41, 66. 128. ll!4 

William, 41. 128 

Brigg. John. 691 

Brinsmade (Rev.). 623 

Briskall, Nathaniel. .539 

Bristol, Henry B., 778 

Britt. Thomas, 778 

Brockwav. E. C. (Mrs.)'. 831 

Diodate (Rev.), 

754. 821, 823, 832 

John Hall (Hon.). 754. 818 

824. 832. 842, 841. 847. 906, 909 

Thomas ( Rev, 1. 823 

Broderick. 497 

Brodhead. 17. 24 

Bromley. John. 523 

Brownson. Uosca. 691 

Brooks. John. 93. 880. 881 

home-lot. 152: 172. 228.462. 478 

Lord. The. 46 

Brown, 747 

Abigail, 877 

Charles. 711 

Charles D., 488 

Chauncey (Dr.). biog., 8.35 

Cornelius, 888 

D. L. (Rev.), 745, 827 

Edward S„ 911 

Eli, 911 

F. A. (Mrs.). 7S2 

F. M., 466 

Freeman M.. 909. 910 

George B.. 778 

Hanna, 877 

Hepzibah. 877, 888 

Henry Billings (Esq.), 

biography, 844. 848 
James, 623, 779 

James M., 910 

Jeremiah U. , 850 

John, 779, 850 

JohnM,, 779 

Jonathan, - - 653 

Josiah (Lieut.), 

650, 668, 670, 691 

Jude, 668, 670, 691 

Lieut., 651 

Mary. 877, 886, 887 

Nathaniel, 909 

Peter, 88, 159, 179, 22.8, 873 

875, 881, 884, 81^5, 886 

Robert, 59 

Samuel & Co., 767 

Samuel G. (Rev.), 880 

biographv. (Ml 

Samuel R. (Rev.), 610 

William, 688. 691 

William E.. 478 

brownley (Brownlee), John. 

635, 686, 692 

Robert J., 691 

William. 631,(91 

Bronson, William A., 463 

Browton. John, home-lot, 1.52 

Brace, Thaddeus C, 891 

William (Rev. 1. 470 



Vol. I.— 117 



930 



HISTORY OF AXCIENT WINDSOR. 



Buck, Daniel, 




4K;.4;n 


Burroughs. John, 81.3. 814. 815 


Case, Shubael, 




482 


F. flarciK 


f 


4T2 




8,56. 886 


William n 




488 


Winthrnp 


D., 


4T2 


Stephen, 


692 


Casey, Thomas, 




779 


Biickland, 




180 


Zebulon, 


668, 692 


Cashraan, John. 




,501 


Aaron, 




1191 


Burrows, A. S, (Rev,>, 


472 


Caslin, 




524 


Abigail, 




RTT 


John. 


564 


Cassidy, Hugh, 




473 


Rlizaheth. 




S8T 


Burton. Charles L,, 


850 


Matthew, 




779 


Erastue, 




on, 909 


Burton, Edward. 


779 


Ca.'im'-i/rn, 




127. 128 


Ham Bnrklanr 


K8n 


John, 


449 


f',:tf,i ! ;,,,,,,,/,/,,. 




108 


Hannah, 




«TT. 880 


Busenhagen, Frerlerick, 


488 


' ; : ' -- 1,1, I. 1, 




480 


Henry R . 




1,-iS 


Bushman (negro). 


rai 






692 


Jonathan, 




i;»i 


Bnshnell, (Mrs,l Horace 


205 


' .n,,l, ,11- 1 \i i.-v 




118 


Marv. • 




s;:. 8T9, 887 


Basket, James, 


44 


1 llilll.r. 




164,166 


Nichnlai-, 


88 


lf.4, 2-.!8, 87.5 


Butler, Thomas, 


2.30, 231 


( harl. -^ K 




512, 528, 329 






880, S81 . 880 


William, 


35, 463 


jKirtrttil 




.5:« 


Sarah. 




228. 87(1 


William B„ 


911 


< harlolte Bradley. 4:« 


Sidney W. 




911 


Button, Daniel, 


692 


He/.ekiah 


Dr. 




Thos,; TO, ST, SS 


, 141. l.->2, 181 


Jonathan, 651, 656, 692 




390 


4.3.5. 4.59, 908 


home-lot. 


KIT 


178, .WB, ,547 


Richard, 


779 


John. 




425. 907 




87.5 


879, 880, 881 


Byrne, 


77,5 


Ralph T. ( 


Dr.l 


.531 


Jr., 




539 


James W., 


911 


iDrs.l. Th 




459 


Timothy. 


88 


1.52, 11:5, 479 






& Hooker. 




426 




873 


87S, 879. 880 


C. 




Place, Tilt 




138,433 




881 


884. 885, 91 T 






Chaflin, John, 




908 


Wid., -'TheOlrt," 881 


Cadwell, Alden. 


910 


Lyman, 




463 


Wid., 




88.5 


Charles S,, 


488 


Ch^kwell, 




879 


William, 




90, ISfi 


John, 


827 


Chamberlain, James 


-42, OUT 


& Co., 




4(i7 


John S„ 


463 


\Capt.\iM 


681 


742, 743, 905 


Buckingham, Thoma 




Samuel, 


909 


Jr.. 




.503. 604, 692 


(Rev.i, 




2.'iy. 482, 5,59 


Cadv, William 0,(Rcv,\ 


745 


&Son, 




742 


Buckley, Chester 




7.56 


CahlU, Dennis. 


779 


Oliver, 




.5W. 72:j. 752 


.fonathan. 




(191 


CahooncCapl.i, 


746 


Champion (Col,) 
Chandler, L, D,, 




673 


Bnell. 




160 


Nathan. 


611 




911 


"Goode," 




878 


Calhoun. George A.. 
George W,, 


755 


David, 




692 


J. CRev,\ 




744 


801 


Chapin, 




504, 812 


Rev,, 




758 


Camp, Eady, 


167 


Aaron, 




654, 662 


Samuel. ]53. 


im 


IW, 479, 881 


Nicholas, 


167 


Alnnzo B. 


(Re\ 


>. 121 


William. 148. 


153. 


159, 164, 178 


. Campbell, David, 


616 


lliiil.'ili. 




744 


1T9. 180. 


181, 


881,891.892 


(Coniis'r) James, 


675 


( li.'irl.-. 




524 


Billkley, Gershom, 


201, 202 


Capen, George F,. 


911 


ICiiiu,], 


611 


612. 909, 910 


Biirohard. Wm. Metralf 


J. Cleveland, 


911 


David. 




813,886 


(Rev. 1,1. 


OK-. 


748 


Carew, Joseph, 


757 


Edward, 




802 


Bingees. Albert , 




.523 


Cargill, George A.. 


779 


Eliphalet, 




6,53 


Charle,^. 




523 


Carman, 


78, 189 


Elizabeth. 




873, 876 


Isaac, 




851 


Carmody (Rev. Dr.). 


776 


Ephraim, 




813, 814 


N. B. (Rev 


1. 


744 


Carney, John B,, 


473 


Jr., 




813, 814 


BumRtead, John 11.. 


472 


Carpenter, Daniel, 


654 


Gideon. 




654 


Burbank, R, S., 




523 


Eli (Dr.), 


634, 692 


John. 




695 


Thomas, 




,579 


biog.. 


845 


Joseph. 




653. &56 


Bnrke. 




775 


Joel (Dr.), 


845 


Leander. 




779 


John, 




w.ll 


biog.. 


8.32,8*1 


Marv, 




880 


Thomas. 




779 


Oliver. 


692 


Oliver. 




.503. 654 


Richard J., 




472 


Ruggles(Dr.).biog. 


834; 845 


Phineas, 




741 


Burland, Aaron, 




4i;3 


Timothy, 


692 


Samuel, 




776 


Biirley, Asaph, 




691 


Carrier, Ashbel J., 


524 


Sarah, 




876 


Burnap, Daniel, 




6.54 


Carroll, 


775 


Solomon, 




692 


(Dr.l, 




494. 499. 531 


John W,. 


801 


Timothy, 




668, 693 


Burnett, Frank, 




;93 


Richard, 


524 


Chapman, 




812 


Biirnham. Abner 




635. 684, 692 


Thomas F,, 


911 


Adelbert P 


(Rev.-i, 


Augustus, 




(,92 


(Mrs,), 


770 


biog.. 




840:848 


Edward S„ 




801 


Carter. 


812. 886 


Calvin. 




818,909 


Eli, 




712 


Abigail. 
CaleTj. 


878 


Delorainc 1 




818. 910 


CA'ns,), 
Erastus W, 




561 


878 


Edward, 


'88. 


15.3. 221. 225 




801 


Charles. 


910 






562. 880. 881 


Gabriel, 




SSi 


Elias, 


879 


Edward D. 




AHA 


George, 




6,53, 827 


Elisha, 


879 


Elizabeth, 




876.8(«1 


Henry, , 




849 


Heury, 


S78 


Frederic (Rev,) 




Hiram, 




801 


Joshua, 


141 




38, 


107, .39.3, 462 


Jane. 




654 


home-lot, 1,53 


l.W, 168 


Hanna. 




876 


Nancy, 




.585 


178, 478, 501 


545. 881 


Henrj-, 




617, 876 


Oliver, 




692 


./r.. 


153 


Horace M., 




817, 818. 910 


Roger, 




692 


Josia, 


878 


Hosea, 




6.34, 693 


Samuel, 




.559. 915 


Joseph \^'., 


801 


Jabez, 




876 


Jr., 




564 


Sidney S, (Rev,). 


790, 801 


John, 




.524, 653 


Spencer H. 




801 


Carver. Benjamin, 


65'f 


Joseph, 




909 


Thomas, 88, 89, 


131, 132, 184 


Patrick. 


584 


L.B„ 




510. 512, 910 


228,4T9,536,M9, 


.MS, 5 19,550 


Case, Chester W'., 


488 


Margaret, 




876 


Willard (;., 




114 


C, H., 


910 


Marv, 




876 


Burns. Patrick. 




850 


Edward, 


473 


Orlo'w W,, 




84.3.848 


Willi.ini, 




711 


Elisha B., 


911 


Salaihiel, 




693 


John, Jr., 




473 


Fredus M., 


911 


Sanuiel (Cr 


1.', 


6X1 


Burr, Allen, 




463 


Harlow, 


462 


Simon. 


325, 


118. 562, 876 


Charles E.. 




■188 


Hiram B., 


7. 910 


./(•.. 




813. 814 


Daniel, Jr., 




.\S.5 


John, 151, 


478, 881 


Tavlor, 




404 


Isaac 




415 


.John W, (Rev,), 


745, 827 


T.J.. 




49.481 


Martin, 




911 


Newton, 


757 


(Wid). 




228 


Burroughs, 




812 


Richard D., 


910, 911 


Charlt<m, Jesse, 




6W. "63. 761 


Abner. 




692. 815 


Lockwood & Brainard 


Thomas, 




779 


Jr., 




(>:)4 


Co., The, 


9 . 


Charles, Aaron, 




693 



I 



INDKX OP NAMKS. 



9:n 



fhaitei-. Alfred U., biog.. 818; 911 


Cleveland. Rufus, 


693 


Cooke. Oliver D., .1 






Franklin M., biog.. 8M 


Clinton, Henry. 


473 


Reuben, 






Deorge, 693. 817 


Clifford. Michael, 


802 


Records, The, 






.lolin, 6:M, 644, 1)92, 816 


Coates, John, 


911 


Roswell. 






Levi. 668, 693 


Coburn, Jonathan, 


463 


Samuel W., 






N. W., SU 


Cockernogef, see Cogqerytwsset, 


Shubael. 






Samuel. 69.3 


Coflen, Sebom, 


881 


Theophiliis, 






\Vi-llin!rt..n. 81S 


Coffin, Herbert R.. 


522 


Tiiiioihy. 






Chase, Aiisliii s. il.'.-i 1. 609 


CogqfvyHOSxet, 37 


110, 117, 124 


Willi.'m'i. 






Wiilitiin. 413 


125, 127 


128, 129, 739 


William, Key. 


, 




Cbalhaui, Williaiii. 46.S 


Cogswell, Jonathan (Dr.), 756 


shiv.'s in the famil 




Chatillan, Nathaniil. 693 


William H., 


616,818,91) 


Cooiidge, Susan, 






Chauiioev. Xailiaiiiel iKev.). 88 


Cortly, John, 


779 


Cooley, Horace E., 






'154, lt;9, ls,i. 197, IDS, 199 


CoJeuian, Thomas, 


767 


James C. 






■MO. av,', -M. 209. 210, 212 


Collicot, Richard, 


21 


William (Dr.) 






214, 228. 874. 877, 881, 884 


Collins, 


13 


Cooper, Erwin L.. 






885, 896, 897 


Ebenezer, 


504 


George A., 






Cheever, Ezekiel, 169 


Guy P.. 


818, 911 


James, 






Chester (Mr. 1, 174 


.Talwsh, 


818, 849, 909 


John (Rev), 






Childs, 797 


Loren C, 


827 


Thoma.s, 






Thomas S. |Rev.), 522 


Mary (Wid.), 


148 


Copley, Xathaniel, 






Christmas (negro), 625 


home-lot, 153 


165, 168, 545 


Corbin, Wiliam, 






Chubbuck, Aaron (Esq.), 842 


Rufus, 


828 


Cornish, Gabriel, 






biog.. 


William, 


802 


James, 






Austin E. (Rev.), biog., 888 


Colt, Ann. 


915 


Schoolmaster, 


The 


398, 


Ebenezer, 654, 693 


Benjamin, 




William, 






Francis S. (Rev.), biog., 838 


569, 560 


,t62. 564, 915 


Corliss, George W' . 




Hollis S., biog., ~ 846 


Dolly, 


585 


Corstia;nsen, Hendrick, 


17 


John iDr.i, biog.. 846 


Esther, 


916 


Costeilo, Brieu, 






Nathaniel (Rev:i. 838 


Jabez, 


543, 559, 660 


Thomas, 






Churchill. Elijah. 


502 


564, 915, 916 


Gotten, John (Capt) 






635, 6.36. 668, 670, 693 


John, 22), 539 


Ml, 552, 917 


Cotter, William, 






Clare, John, 802 


Joseph, 552 


559, 560, 914 


Coulter, James, 






Clapp, Alexander. 91, 467, 910 


Mollv, 


685 


Covell, William C, 






Carlos W., 763 


Ruth", 


562, 564, 914 


Cowcharowind, 






E. S., 152, 465 


Colton, Bethiiel P.. 


910 


Cowles, Edward C, 






Increase, 763 


George, 


693 


Martin D., 






John Selden ( Dea.), 


George X., 


779 


Cox, John E., 






729, 765, 909 


John, 


779 


Coxe, Arthur C.(Rt. 


Rev 


), 


Roger iCapt.). 21. 61. 898 


Jonathan, 


910 


Coy, Samuel, 






• Seth A., 524 


Combe, Foster W., 


488 


Sarah, 




500, 


Spencer, Jr.. 910 


Svlvester, 


463 


Coyle, A. W. (Dr. i. 






Clark, 873 


Conanl. Henry W. (Rev. 1. 745 


Craa, 






Aaron, 741 


Condon, Patrick, 


.524 


John, 




581, 


Ansel B., 473 


Cone, Stephen, 


594 


John, Jr., 






Daniel (Mr), 139, 166, 1T8- 


William H., 


779 


Craddock (Mr.), 






179. 192, 193, 449, 817, 878 


Conelly. Martin, 


524 


Crane, Aaron, 






876, 878, 881, 8»1. ,H94, 9(M 


Conner, John, 


802 


Mrs., 






Capt. (Same person as 


Converse, Alfred W. 


513, .524 


Adonijah, 




606, 


above 1. 80, 89. 125 


*Cr 


., 512.513 


Curtis L., 






• home-lot, 153; 154. 1(18, 175 


Bnrbank * Co 


510 


Darius, 




818, 


177. 179, 188. 199, 210 


(Dr.), 


5*1.791 


David, 






212. 221, 229. 2:il, 450 


H. A.. 


510 


Elisha, 






451, 594. .i9.i. 885. 886 


Iron Foundry, 


508 


Francis, 






David, 668, 693 


J. P. & H.. ' 


512 


Hezekiah. 611 


612 


653, 


George F . 779 


Joseph H.(Maj.). .528 


James M.. 






Cieorge I.. 488 


Conwav, John H.. 


524 


Lucius, 






George P . 516 


Joseph H., 


524 


Rufns, 


611 


612. 


(iilbert, 910 


Coogan, 


775 


M'arehani. 




611. 


Grove. 473 


Edyyard D.. 


911 


William, 




818, 


Henry, 1.38, 145, 153, LM, 161 


James, 910; 


Dr.. 775. 776 


William C, 






397. 399. 450. 451, 462. 547 


James T.. 


911 


Cribb, Jo, 






^fr. tf Dea., home- 


.loseph iDr.l. 


.531 


Cromcll (Cromwell). 


Judith, 


lol, 153; 180, 478 


John W.. 


91) 


Cromer. Jeremiah C 


(Re 


v.), 


Horton S„ .5*4 


T. C, 


911 


Cromwell. Oliver. 






.lohn. 524, 876. 909 


Cooley, Eunice, 


581 


Crosley, 






John X.. 911 


Cooke, 


13, 155, 159 


John, 




88, 


( J/«;- 1. 482 


.\aron. 126, 


154. 163, 178 


Samuel, 227 


229 


539. 


Jonathan. 612 


•103, 


478, 545, 549 


Crossett, John W., 






Joseph. 141 


dipt., 


139, 141 


Croucli, Aaron, 






home-lot. 1.53; 165. 547 


home-lot, 153; 


154, 175, 177 


Crow, Christian. 






876. S7S. .ST 9. 881 


181. 


478. 480. 881 


John, 






Laban(Rev.i. .394 


Benjamin. 


654. 752 


Crowley. Michael. 






Mary, ,S76 


( ' 


179 


Cruse (Lieut.). 






Nathaniel. 876 


El)enezer. 


241 


Ctiewiiice, 






Oliver, 911 


Kliakim. Jr.. 


229 


Culick (Capt.), 






.ftr.1.. 612 


Elizur, 


9 


Culver, Nathan F., 






Peniiel. 463 , 


Edward W.. 


■173 


William, 


635, 


636. 


Samuel. 876. 909 


Hanna. 


877 


Cuinming, 






Sanfiml. 173 


James, 


741 


G(«l-ge, 


450 


649. 


Thomas. 779 


Jemima. 


7:11 


William. 






Warren (;.. I7:J 


Job. 


693 


( 'umiingham, 
Curtis, David. 






Weliom,-. 817 


John. 


3S7, 482, 876 






William I) . .S.S. 147 


Josiali, 


415, 876 


Henry . 






William 11 . 789 


Lvdia. 


877,880 


home-lot. 




1.>I, 


Z.-lin-. 462 


Nathaniel. 88; home-lot, 1.54; 180 




17,-., 


179, 


Clay. Hugh. 473 


229. 2:10, 


104, 415, 418 


curry (Mr.). 






CIcMuuensi.Mrs.i. 469 


766. 873. 


876, 881. 884 


Cushman, Jonah. 






rlr\i.|and, Charles, .V24 


./(■.. 


463 


E. (Rev.). 






Chester (Rcv.t. 744 


Oliver. 


654, 799 


Nathaniel, 







932 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



D. 








Denslow, John, 89, 154, 158,163,229 
881, 917; Jr.. 152, 165, 917 


Diamant. John. 
Dixon. Charles. 


Dacy, Cornelius, 






524 


Joseph, 495, 498, 517, 910 


William. 


Dakes (Rev.), 






211 


Lois, 518 


Doane, Geo. W. (Rev.), 


Daly, 






775. 


Lucv, 903 


Drake, 44, 458, 625, 672, 812. 


Dennis, 






524 


Martin (Capt.), 498, 499. 518 


Inset, p. 


Patrick, 






802 


Nicholas, 138, 141, 152, 1.53 


Amasa, 635. 


Damon, Aaron, 






817 


home-lot. 


Aaron. 635, 636, 


Jonathan, 


CM 


694 


810 


154; 179, 494, 496, 880 


Albert W. (Col.). 


Dane, Francis, 






827 


"Old Widow," 880 


452, 800, 802, 


Danforth, 




518 


519 


Ruth, 877 


Ann, 


Jonathan. 






.509 


Samuel (auto.X 493; 498. 499 


Benjamin, 562, 


Daniels, 






072 


SOI, .303, 504, 609, 517, 877 


Bersev, 


Charles, 






473 


Mrs., 469 


Charles W. (Rev.), 


Horace, 






473 


Widow, 496 


David, 


Darby, Frank, Jr., 






524 


& Chase, 407, 510 


Dudley, 


Darrah (Lieut.), 






675 


Memorial Boulder, The, 493 


Elihu, 


Dart, George, 






911 


De Rasiere (Capt.), 19 


Elijah, 


Oliver, Jr.. 






802 


Dcsmont, Thomas, 802 


Elizabeth, 877, 887. 


William. 






910 


Desbrongh, 453 


Enoch, 875, 


Davenport, Charles W., 




911 


Devine, Dennis, 779 


Frederick, 


George M., 






779 


John, 779 


F.A., 


Davidson, Joanna, 




1.35 


136 


Dewey, Israel. 134, 104, 229, 876, 881 


Gideon, 603, 684, 650, 


Nicholas, 




1.35 


156 


John. 878 


Hannah, 876, 885. 


Da™ (Davies), 




812 


880 


Joseph, 870 


Jacob, 87, 88, 93, 94. 


Barnabas, 




48,5 


7,58 


Josiah, 164, 478 


home-lot, 154; 157, 158, 


Daniel, 






094 


Thomas, 74, 141 


179. 183. 169, 207, 208, 


David, 






094 


home-lot, 154; 103, 107, 178 


229, 495, 545, 807, 873. 


Edwin T. (Dr.) 


biog.. 


8:je 


.343, 548, 878, 881 


James, Inset, p. 


Fred. A., 






802 


Dewitt. Charles, 403 


Jeremiah, 562. 


Henry, 






827 


William, 524 


Joel, 


Humphrey, 






779 


Dexter, 59, 00, 02 


Job, 88, 147, 148, 152, 


Isaac, 568, 


813 


814 


815 


Charles H. ( biog.). 


home-lot, 164; 179, 207. 


Jr., 813; (Rev.) 


826 


841 


511. 513, 518, 519 


415, 540. 543. 540. 547, 


John, 






779 


& Sons, 508, 509 


355, 557. 558, 503. 728, 


Nathaniel, 




813 


814 


Paper Works. 


879. 881, 887, 914, 


Samuel (Rev), 






419 


508, 510, .321,522 


Vra.. 734. 914; Jr. 


(Sgt.), 






09 


Deborah. 517 


home-lot. 164; 229, 547. 


Thomas, 






094 


Edward. 910 


John. 82. 144, 147, 149. 


William, 






488 


E. D., 501 


152; home-lot, 154; 157. 


Dawson, Henry A., 






779 


Harriet, 518 


178, 179, 186. 448. 545. 


Day, Adonijah". 




694 


816 


Henrv M. (Rev.). 888, 890 


875,876,877,879,881. 


Jonathan. 






562 


Jacob, 403 


Inset, p. 145; 917; Jr., 154. 


Justus. 






584 


Lvdia, 519 


Jonathan. 


(Mrs.) Mnrv. 






706 


.Seth, 500, 501, 50:3, 507, 509 


Joseph, MO, 552. 562. 


Mollv, 




584 


705 


517: biog., 519; 894 


877. 879, 914. 915. 


Nathan, 442, 


649, 


633 


694 


Mn.. 501; IFirf.. 518 


Josiah. 


Nathaniel. 






707 


Dibble (Debbie), Ab'ham, 229. 482 


J.. Sen.. 


Norris (Rev.), 






745 


auto., 496; 498, 499, 880, 903 


Lydia, 229, 


Oliver, 5&4. 635, 


B5t 


094 


765 


Ebenezer. 87, 88, 184, 225 


Mary, 


Orson, 






473 


875, 876, 877, 880, 881, 884 


Moses. 


Squire S., 
Thomas, 






463 


Hannah, OOT 


Nathaniel, 387; Ilea.. 






878 


Israel, 694, 741. 875, 881 


Jr., 584,619.033.095. 


Hon.. 824; 


l)r. 




81 


Joanna, 879 


Nez', 


d'Anuiers (Lieut.), 






675 


J no., 88 


"Old Widow." 


de Ehren Krook (Maj.), 




675 


Mary, 877 


Phineas. 


de Lohneysen (Capt.) 






675 


Miriam, 870 


Rebecca, 


de Maver (Lt.-Col.). 






675 


Samn, 875, 876, 878, 881, 917 


Richard G., 114, 


de Muzek (Lt.), 






675 


Thomas, 154, 159, 165, 163 


Ruth, 


de Roi (Lieut.), 






675 


179, 184, 482, 496, 517 


Samuel D.. 


Dean. Charles, 






488 


875, 876, 881. 883, 885 


Samuel G., 


Nathan S., 






779 


Sen., 881, 883; Jr.. 88, 229 


Shubel, 


John Ward. 






214 


Wakefield, 870 


Silas, 5!-'5. 


W. R. (Rev.). 






472 


Zachariah, 154 


Simon, 543, 020, 633. 69.3, 


Dearing, A. L. (Rev.) 






745 


Hollow, 496, 49S 


Thomas, 653, 


Debbie, see VibbU. 








Place, The, 158 


Timothy, 


De Forest, 




109 


113 


Dicet, Philemon, 694 


Widow, 752, 873, 


De Lancey, 






4ra 


Diggens (Dickens), Augustus, 584 


William, 


George, 






779 


Elizabeth, 913 


Dresser, Horace, 


Deming, Henrv C. (Hon.) 




831 


Jeremiah, 562, 559. 560. 562 


Dryer, 


Timothy", 






564 


564, 5-,9. 910 


V. Dobenck (Lieut.), 


Demmaris, 






886 


Jr., 659, 500, 562, 917 


Doig, David, 


Dennison, Albert, 






746 


John, 571) 


Dolman, Elizabeth, 


Denslow, 156. 


139 


49G 


5113 


Joseph, .370. 571, 0.38, 6.33 


Donnell. Rich. S. (Hon.). 


Abigail, 






877 


(Lieut.), 060 


Donahan, James, 


Albert (Mrs.), 






891 


Martin, 094 


Donohue, Daniel. 


Benoni, 






903 


Naomi, 584 


Dorchester, 


Charles, 






467 


Thomas, 560 


Anthony, 


Charles W., 




469 


523 


Dickerman. Charles, 


home-lot. 


Deborah, 






877 


Dickinson, Noadiah, 654 


Daniel, 


Eliza, 






503 


Obadiah. 649 


John, 


Elizabeth, 




317 


877 


Dickson, Joseph, 462 


Dorman, 619, 


Gaylord, 






404 


J. N. (Dr.), 459 


Charles A.. 


•' Goodie," 




179 


893 


Dill, William L.. 779 


Elliot L., 


"Goodman." 






455 


Dimmock, Amasa, 691 


Stephen, 668, 


Hannah. 






877 


John, 691 


Dormer, Caleb, 670, 


Henrv, i«. 154. 


2;jo 


493 


494 


Diman, William, 694 


Dorr, Joseph, 


493. 497, 49J. 


499 


.5()I 


509 


Dimond, Paul, 524 


Dotv, E. (Rev). 


517, 873, 


877 


881 


884 


Moses (Capt.). 241 


Douglass. B. M., 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



933 



PougIa«s. Simeon B.. 

William K. (Rev.), 
now. Daniel. 

Horatio (Dr.). biog.. 

.loseiili Clarke (Dr.), 
biog.. 
Dond. James W.. 

.John. ■ 
Downie. Jolin. 
Doyle, 

Afrs., 4H9, 

11. Henrv. 
Dudley, Edwai-d ({.. 
Duff, William, 
Dumbleton, 

home-lot. 155; 161. 

Dunbar, Jamee (Capt.), 
Duncan, Nathaniel, 

Thomas. 

William. 
Dunham. Austin & Sons, 

467. 513, 515. 

Eliza, 
Durfee, Joseph. 
Dntting. Henrv. 
Dwighl. H. C. & Co., 

& Co.. 

Holbrook .* Co., 515. 

Moseley. 

Sereno'E., 

Skinner & Co., 514, 516, 

Timothy (Eev. Dr.). 

115. 204. 607. 
Dyer, George. 

Jo., 

John. 



Eame;*, Henry, 626 

Easton, Charles H.. 524 

John, 537 

Oliver, Jr., 524 

Eaton, 

Daniel, 

Jr., 813 

Mary, 612 

Ortive C. 818. 911 

Solomon. 6U5 

Edmonds, John, 94 

Edwards, Ann, 914. 915 

Daniel. 580 

Henry W., 909 

Howard, 79 

John, 525 

Jonathan, 733: Her.. 201 

auto.. 5.')4;556. 5S0. 731 

Martha, 621,749,750 

Mary, 915 

Richard (Mr.), 

480, 55.3, .556, 569, .i71, 576 

Timothy, (Rev). 6. 10, 13 

lis, 2.39, 407,440 

auto. 531; 5.35. 5,52. 553, 554 

555. am. ,557, ,5,58, 561, .565 

567, 568, 573, .574. 575, 576 

577, 579, 5S1, 5S2. 616. 723 

728, 731, 733, 750, 7.57, 767 

769, 812, 813, 814, 913 

Mrs., 577, 5S2 

William, 175 

Eells, Ozias Sheldon (Rev.), 755 

Egan. Michael. 525 

Eggleston. Arthur F., 528 

Begat, 39, 145; home-lot. 155; 

162. ICC, 167. 178, 185, 546 

547, 741, 880, 881, 894, 914 

Benjamin. 88. 155, 562. 503 



.//■„ 



562 



Esther (Wid.). 






404 


Hannah (Mrs.) 






612 


James, 70. 88 


ItiS 


2117 




229 


544 


881 


John, 






«r8 


.loscph. 




545 


606 


611 


048 


6»t 


741 


Or.. 






749 


Mar}-, 






879 


Nathaniel (Ret 


). 




825 



Tho 



1S,S. 229, 875, 917 



Widow, 
Ela - see Kli,. 

Elcock, Alfred, 525 

Eldredgc, Azariah (Rev.). 831 

Eelester (prob. McElester or 

McAllister). James, 207 

Elgar, Thomas, 226 

Eliot, "The Apostle" John, 

100, 119 

(Mr.) John, 233, 579 

Joseph. 201, 202; Kev., 453 

Ellis, Benjamin, 415 

Stephen, 695, 696 

Ellison, Lawrence; home-lot, 155 

-Orton Place, 161 

Thomas. 162 

Elmer (Elmore). Ale.^ander, 

584, 633, 653, 654, 696 

Amos. 562 

Anna. 564 

Edward. 88, 89, 2.30, 479 

5.39, 549, 559, 562, 563 

914, 915, 917; Jr., 539 

Erastus (Dea.), 729 

Caleb, 562, 564 

Chloe. 584 

Daniel. 5.S4, 626, C53 

(Rev.), 610 

Hannah. 914 

Harvey. 789, 909 

Jacob, 653, 741 

John, 539, 541, 5.52, 559 

562, 917; Jr., 552, 568 

Joseph, 560, 502 

504. 687, 913, 915 

Josiah, 917 

J.. 69 

Martha. 585 

Orrin E.. 488 

Samuel. 541, 543 

559, 560, 562, 504 

Rusha, 584 

Samuel, 6.54, 662, 696, 910 

Stephen, 696 

Theodore, 798, 909 

Thomas, 7(i7 

Timothy, 5&5, 635, 653, 096 

William, 5B4 

Slaves in the Family, 4,34 

Ellsworth, 129, 590, 606," 649, 745 

884; It.. 8811; Ciijil-, S86 

Benj"n, 562, 564, 095. 741. 876 

Charles. 633. 6.34, 6.36 

Capt., 642 

Chauncey, 909, 910 

Chauncev B.. 780 

Daniel, " 564, 649, 683, 811 

813, 814, 815, 816. 822 

Jr., 638, 632, 640, 053, 654 

669; Capt., 769 

David, 143, 156, 159, 106 

Eli P., 473 

Era.stus, 759, 876. 909 

Hon.. 758, 764, 774, 792 

Esther, 915 

Frederick, 650, 656, 669, 072 

096; uu^o., 786; 905, 900 

Giles, 390, 908, 909 

Gurdon, 634, 696, 780, 816 

817, 826. 828 

Hannah. 915 

Haviluh I., 780 



Ellsworth, Rei:.. 7.32; 7«0f/., 8.37. 

847; Lt.. 242. 811 

John O., 709 

John P., 909 

Jonathan. 235. 390. 808, 876 

Capt., 412, 420, 437 

tuut., 427, 482 

Jos., 88 

.Tosias, 88, 126, 14.3, 149 

home-lot, 155; 166, 229, 545 

548, 873, 875, 888, 917 

J. O.. 910 

Martha, 877 

Martin (Maj.), 

158, 162, 462, 909 

Mary, 877, 913 

Mary L., 792 

Moses, 067, 696 

Nathaniel, 593, 741 

Oliver (Chief Justice). 143 

144. 378. 385, 390, 410 

419, 427, 451. 452. 632 

633. 034. 636. 904. 905 

Jr.. 142, 143, 144. 238, 442 

S. W. (Col.), 106 

Samuel, 562, 572 

Solomon, 699, 611, 631, 6.V) 

654. 656, 696, 743 

Ugl.. .563 

Theodore. 780 

Thos., 235, 541, 562, 741, 876 

Timothv, 746, 748, 908. 909 

WilliatD, 572 

William H, 780 

William Wolcott (Gov.), 451 

Slaves in the family, 4.34 

Ely, Benjamin, 696 

Daniel, 500, 518 

Ephraim, 631, 696 

John C, 513 

Jonathan, 696 

Mary, 518 

Zebulon (Rev.), 607 

Emerson, Jabez, 817 

Warren, 87 

Endicott (Gov.), 40, 61 

English, 503. 775 

William, 609 

Eno (Enno, Enos), James, 88 

126, 127, 140, 152, 153 

home-lot, 155; 166, 179, 183 

192, 193. 194. 195. 207 

225, 878. 879. 881, 917 

Frederic B., 488 

John, 207 

Samuel, 153. 415. 614 

Ensign, Robert E.. 473 

Epo-n (Eton), Daniel, 886 

Epstein. Albert. 



James B.. -i 

.lemima, 1 

.lob, 481 , Sgt.. 412, 50'2, 1 

913 914 f 

Jr., 562. 572, 600,' 603^ ( 

Joel, 031, 656, I 

John, 408, 535, 557, 558, ! 

563, 5M, 593, 594, 656, ' 

780.808.811,823.! 



Etson, Joseph, 
Evans, Abiathar. 

Moses. 

Samuel, 
Evart, Jeremiah, 
Everest, Cornelius B. 

Sherman, 

William C, 

F. 

Fahey, 

Fairchild. Jav, 
Fatrfleld, Miss, 

John, 
Fallon. 

Fanton, Henry N.. 
Farnell. James. 
Famham. Edgar A.. 

Edwin H.. 

E. Dwighl. 
Farnsworth. Sanmel. 
Farmer, Cornelius. 
Fargo. 

.\aron. 

Ransom J.. 
Farrall. Jamea, 

William. 
Fassett. Norman, 



802 
696 



5. 800. 802 
167. 917 
■SIS. 910 



934 



HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Faxon. Ii^aac Davit*. 




842 


Fitch. Cupt., 481 


.556. 579 


Frink. Elisha (Rev.) 


745 


Thomas. 




841 


Medina. 


741. 826 


Frisbie. Lemuel T., 


.388 


Fay, Stepheu, 
Feichel (Lieut.), 




878 


Nathaniel (Capt.). 




Nathan. 


463 




675 


559. 560. 562. 564 


Frory. Ephraim. 


88 


Felshaw, John. 




601 


Samuel. .559. 560, 562, .564 


Frost, Aaron. 


Oil, 612. 6.56 


Feneren. Patrick. 




780 


Fitts. John F., 


780. 910 


Jr.. 


612 


Feney, William F., 




473 


Fitzgerald. 


775 


Joseph. 


698 


Fennis, John, 




780 


Flags. Joseph, 


697 


Joseph n.. 


61)8 


Fenton, 




428 


Levi W. (Dr.), 


831 


Fuller (Dr.). 


61 


Alva. 




911 


Flanders. Charles N. (Re 


v.), 624 


Jacob, 


817 


George A., 




473 


Flemming. Elliott, 


780 


Jere (yt, 


653 


Henry J., 4BS; biog., 823 


Oliver, 


911 


Joseph, 


463 


John M., 




473 


Fletcher, Dan L., 


745, 827 


Joseph H., 


512 


Fei-gaeou, Frank A.. 




525 


E. S. (Rev.). 


746 


Marvin, 


910 


FergUBon, George. 




489 


Fling. Lemuel, 


678 


Furey, 


775 


Fessenden, Frank K 


(Rev.), 


Flint, Alvin, 


802 


Thomas, 


525 


biog. 




825 


Asahel, 


653 


Pvler, 


873, 884 


Field (Dr.), 




711 


James, 


556,684 


Abigail, 


878 


Edmund J . 




489 


Royal, 


657 


John, 88 


, 13.S. 155. 169 


Fifleld. Mose.-. 




744. 827 


Flora (negro). 


716 




229, 231, 879 


(Uev.). 




745 


Floro (negro,) 


723 


(Lieut.). 


885. 8.S6 


Filer, see Fykr. 






Florange, Michael. 


473 


Samuel, 


878 


Finn, John," 




473 


Peter. 


473 


Thomas, 


8;i; 


Fillen, Timothy, 




465 


Flower. Augustus. 


489 


Walter, 


88.9:! 


Fillev, Abigail. 




877 


Flynn. Nicholas. 


802 


home-lot, 155; 


169, 178, 229 


Albert D. 




4P9 


Foote, Ebenezer, 


635. 697 




a38, 881, 883 


Anna. 




877 


George W., 


473 


LietiL, 


88, 186, 545 


AmoB. 




404. 415 


Forbes, Isaac, 


827 


Zerubabel. 88 


155, 156, 229 


Deborah, 




877 


Ford, James Thomas (Rev). 732 




87.5, 880, 881 


Elizabeth, 




877 


Samuel, 


500 






Elnathan, 




390 


Thomas, 21. 76. 87. 93. 124 


G. 




Hanna, 




876 


150, 153 


154, 153 






Horace, 




910 


home- lot, 156: 160 


161, 167 


Uabb, Thomas. 


910 


Horace H.. 




391 


168, 178, 463. 478 


493, 494 


William J.. 


911 


Jacob, 




207 


496, 500, 548, 549 


873, 878 


(Jage, Charles E.. 


780 


Jav, 




4S7 


Forward. .Samuel, 




Gaines (Gains), Bern 


ni. 698 


Jennie H., 




391 


89, 229, 874, 881 


884, 885 


John, 


655 


John, aa) 


390 


876. 877 


Foster. 


709 


Gale, Benjamin, 


4.57 


Jon., 




88 


Abraham. 625 


649,653 


Rti\ Dr.. 


457 


Lewis J.. 




4S9 


Ann, 


914 


Gallup (Capt.), 


224 


Mark, 




663, 697 


Betty, 


585 


Gamerson (Capt.), 


675 


Mary, 




877 


Charlotte, 


697 


Gandy, John. 


499. 525 


M., 




89 


Chauncey. 


668. 697 


Garden. 


1.58 


Nathaniel, 


415 


483, 697 


(Commissioner). 


675 


Gardner, Abel iRev- 


743 


Oliver, 


4S7 


908, 909 


Edwin, 


910 


(iarrett, Daniel, 


.562 


Samuel,88, 156 


478 


873. 874 


Edwin C. 


802 


Gates, Herbert M., 


780 


876 


877 


880,881 


George. 
Hecaliah. 


910 


Gavin, John, 


489 


SM 


885 


886, 917 


586, 698 


Gay, Fisher (Col), 


(H4 


Sylvester. 




697 


Isaac (Rev ), 


210, 211 


Levi. 619 


626, 633, 698 


William, 


88 


149, 152 


John. 


585 


Gavlord, 152 


498, 499, 918 


home-lot, I."* 


160 


179, 229 


Peleliah, 


.584. 698 


Abel, 


525 


767 


873 


874, 876 


Philip 11,, 


802 


Abial, 


633 


877 


M81 


884, 885 


Thomas. 




Abigail. 
Benjamin. 


876 


Fischer. Jo!*eph. 




525 


584. 626, 653, 715 


761. 802 


875 


Fish, Andrew J.. 




780 


Warham, 634.668 


698. 817 


Charles. 


606, 658, 767 


Betsey. 




~ST!9 


Foulfoot, Thomas, 


44 


(Dea.), 


.880 


Francis 0., 




780 


Foulkes (Fookes), 


813 


Eleazur. 


229. .387. 402 


Franklin (Re\' ). 


745 


Henry, home-lot. 


156 


503 


517, 875. 887 


Horace S.. 




780 


159, 388. 548, 873 


878.880 


Eliakim, 


495 


John F.. 




611 


Fowler, Ambrose, 


146 


auto.. 500; 


503. 617, 618 


Jona., 




606 


home-lot. 156; 167, 171 


181. 881 


Elizabeth, 


517, 877, 903 


Luke. 




501. 519 


Elijah, 


698 


Hannah (Wid. 


6tM 


Shadrach L . 




910 


John, 


498 


Hezekiah, 


876,880 


Thomas W.. 




170 


John J.. 


625 


Ithamar, 


495 


Fisher. 0. R. (Rev ) 




744 


Jonathan, 


698 


James, 


917 


Jovce. 




170 


William C. (Prof). 


387,728 


John, 546, 662 


698. 767, 873 


Mary. 




170 


Fox. Charles. 


463, 911 


875, 877 


879,882.884 


Richard. 




170 


Elizabeth, 


153 


Stu.. 495 


605, 668, 917 


Fisk. John, 




4.55 


Hiram s . 


473 


Jr.. 


229. 917 


Marcus L. (l)r 


)■ 


749 


.Tab,-/. 


664 


Joseph, 




Fiti-h. 




619. 742 


James v.. 


780 


88, 87.5. 877 


880. 8S2. 903 


Ann, 




913 


Nailiauiei. 


498 


Josiah. 


741 


Augustus. 

Bridget, 

Charles, 


.584 


6.W. 697 


Widow. The. 


873, 880 


J.. 


88 




914 


Foxou, 


128, 131 


Martha. 


.sro. 887. 888 




463 


Foxan, John H. (Hon.), 


842 


Marv. 


455. 780, S77 


C'hloe, 




585 


Francis(Mr.), 111. 


494. 498 


Nathaniel, 1^ 


229. .542. 495 


Eleazer T. (Re\ 


•). 


7.54 


Elizabeth, 


406 


490. 498 


517. 903, 917 


Elnathau, 




036. 667 


James. 


789 


Itn:. 291; 


.//•.. 495 


Kbenezer. Jr.. 




4112 


John. 


911 


Samuel. 87, 165 


167. 179, 873 


Elizabeth. 




697 


Frank, Frederic W., 


780 


874, 876, 881 


882, 884, 886 


James (Rev.), 




201 


Leander, 


780 


./(•., 


917 


.ieremmh (fnpl.). 


■181. 482 


Franklin, Benjamin, 


660 


Sara. 


876. S77. 884 


Jesse. 




tVil, 697 


William (Gov.), 


660 


s.. 


884 


John. St;. 


sor 


225. 399 


Freeman 11. B. (Judge). 


9 


Seymour I'., 


780 


401). 


406. 


.584, 676 


Joseph A. (Rev). 


748 


Stephen, 


388 


792. 


7M 


880, 916 


biop,. 
French. Ephraim. 




.Sylvia. 


.517 


Jonathan. 




tui 


207 


Walter, .88, 140, 


141. 106. 184 


Joseph. .539, 


.Ml, 


.549. 651 


Allen U.. 


473 


229, 


873, 877, 879 


562, 5.59, 807, 


915. 


916. 917 


Mauasseh, 


698 1 


882, 


884, 886, 917 


Lievl., 




676 . 


FreseiiiUB, Charles, 


780 1 


^^'idow, 


495 



INDEX OF XAMFS. 



P35 



(Javlord, Wilbert, 


495 


Gladen ( Lieut.). 


675 


■ Wm., 387,397.495, 


876. 879 


Gladdy. Adney B,. 


473 


William, Sen.. 


879 


(ilass, Alexander, 


698 


Jr.. 145, lti«, 


179.450 


Glasgow. .John ,\., 


802 


.11.1, 54t!, 


879,882 


Glazier, Henry, 


189 


D«l.. 21, 


14:), 1,53 


Gleason, Martin. 


780 


hmnolot, 15li; l.W, 


161, 166 


Glover. A. W., 


.515 


174. 175, 


179, 181 


George. 


515, 517 


41)5, mt. 


495, 516 


Gixiard, Nicholas, 


229 


(.earv. Patrick. 


775 


Goehring. Bernhard. 


802.851 


liforKC William H. (Rw.) 


1. 5.31 


(4oeItier. George B.. 


912 


Gcer. t'urtis M. (Rev.>. 


609 


Gondar. Herman, 


780 


Gotto. William, 


473 


Goodell, Edwin B. (Esq.), 


»»5.»«t. 


Gibbard. Jolin, 


184.891 ■ 


hiog.. 


848 


iJihbons. William. 


■M8 


.James F. (Dr.), 




(Icorye K.. 


746 


biog.. 


847: 848 


.loliii. 


746 


.John H. (Rev.), 


.522 


(iibliK. 159, lOfi, !(». 


619. 812 


Leonard S., 


827 


('., 


179 


Thomas D. (rrof.>. 


848 


David. 


90«. 909 


tiooduian. .K. ('.. 


467 


Elizabeth. 


877, 888 


Richard. 


448 


Francis. 138; liomi 


■lot. 156 


(roodrich. Channcey (Rev 


,1, 831 


(iiles. 


88. 145 


(Dr.), 


763 


home-lot. 1.16; .545, 


813. 878 


E. S., 


467 


•'Goodie," 


179, 893 


.James B. (Rev.), 


.395 


_ Gregory. 


174,175 


.John H., 816. 


817. 818 


Hepzibah. 
Ichabod, 


877 


826, 


907.908 


698 


Goodridge, Edward (Rev. 


). 744 


.lacob, 126, aii9. t». 


880.882 


Goodwin. Da\id W.. 


489 


.loanna. 


877 


Elizabeth. 


610 


Katherine. 


157 


.Joseph 0.. 


5.37 


Levi, 


654 


Nathaniel. 


65 


Ret. 


879 


(Joodyear (Dep.-Gov), 


423 


Sam-|, 154, 15S. 165, 


229, 418 


Gordon, Francis H., 


780 


562, 564. 813. 814, 


873.875 


Gorham. Nathaniel. 


485 


877.880,882,881.885. 


8S6.917 


Gorton. George W.. 


910 


./'■.. 


813.814 


Gosling. Philip. 


473 


Seth, 


6.34, 698 


Gonclere. 


775 


Stephen. 6.35, 


636. 698 


Gove. 


826 


(;; 


88,884 


Gowdv, 


.591. 786 


Widow, 


5.37 


Edward G.. 


780 


'TilK^oii. Daniel G.. 


reo 


Eli. 


910 


Gifford. Ziba. 


816 


Francis (Col.). 


787. 911 


Gilbert. Daniel R.. 


.802 


George W.. 


802 


.James N., 


802 


Graham (Graymes). Beni. 


909 


Svlvester iHon.i, 


a32 


" Goode."* 




Thomas. 


144. 152 


.John. 


570 


home-lot, 157; 179 


. 449, 450 


Joseph, 


780 


Inset, p- 


145 


William E.. 


473 


Lvdia. 


449-50 


Granger. Gideon, Jr.. 


484 


William H.. 


799. 802 


Lorenzo. 


802 


Gille.'.pie. Morrie, 


462 


1 Grant. 


619.880 


Walter. 


.394 


Aaron. 6,53 


, 672, 752 


(iillet. Aaron. 


698 


./)■.. 


6:15. 699 


Abigail. 


878. 879 


Alexander. 


584 


Ashbel (Dea >. 


487 


Alfred. 


625 


Benjamin. 


769 


Alfred P, (Rev,). 


744 


Comelitl!.. 88. 149 


. 155. 212 


Algernon S.. 


452 


873, 882. KS4 


, Rll, 886 


Azariah. 


649. 654 


Daniel. ;i^r :'.:iii 


,'ii;-,; .va 


662 


. 670, 699 


Francis iII.mi ■ 1-, 


!'.i.^ ''ii!l 


Biilliiah. 


913, 915 


Horace ('. 1' 




H.'niamiii, 813 


. 814, 886 


f,:ii;. M ; i.i' 


' 1 , 1 1^ 


Beltv. 


584 


t;5», lib". ■■ i 




irapi.l 


752 


677. 08i;. (iS^ 


; 7.52; 791 


Clayton. 


619 


Horace F., 


525 


Daniel. 


.502. 561 


.labez ((.-apt.i. 


677 


David. 636. 699 


. 908. 909 


.Icremiati. 


157, 875 


David W . 


909 


.John. 88. 229, llj 


, 677. 882 


Ebemv,.r. \li 1 


II-. ,542 


Jr.. 


88 


579. .'.- ~ 


j; •i28 


.Jonathan. 87. 88 


. 126. 149 


fi;)8, 1,1,1 ,,1- -.1 


■ ,1, li,53 


157. ITS. 482. 5(8 


. 873. 876 


659. ■;' i - ■ •'- 


■ ' 671 


877, 880. 8^2 


, KS4, .S8fl 


1."; - ' ■•" ,' t 


:■.:, 769 


./;■.. 229. 877. S82 


. 88,'). K-dl 


F.il"ar^i ' ,; 


/". 1)28 


.losiah. 157. 225. 221 


).4;9, 875 


1 ,-.' 1 1 . , ; . 


■ 1, i;:!6 


.loseph. 


158. 882 


"" '■'" 


• :■::. 609 



Ma 

Nathaniel. 70. 140 

home-lot, 1.50; 1.57, 160. 179 

229. 241. 478, 54S. 878 

879, aSO; 882. 886, 917 

Thomas. 880; Inset, p. 145 

Widow. ■ 884 



i;iltigan. 

Patrick. 
(Jilman, Benjamin. 

KMward (Rev, 

Kliiah. 
Gipjon. Uobcrl A.. 



911 



Klisabi-lh, 
Klibraim. 914 

Frank, 910 

'Frederic W. (.Maj,l. 129, 554 
.584, 659. 7S;i, 769. 909. 914 
Grace, 418, 562 

7««, 767, 914, 915 
Gideon, Jr.. 699 

Gustavii.-', 699 

Hannah. 913 



Henry,, 



Grant, John, 88, 157. 185. 222. 229 

2.35; ««^o., 5.34; .5.12, 5.52. .562 

564. 875, 876. 877. 882. 891 

Jonathan, 649,813 

•losiah, .552 

.Joseph W,. 589 

Justus. 626. 6:«. 6,54. 661. 699 

Leonard. 910 

Lucius. 911 

Luther H,. 911 

L>Tnan. 911 

Marv. .501,877.887.915 

Matthew. 10. :i5. 36. 37. 42 

74. 85. 86. 87. 89. 90. 106. 124 

125. 128. 129. 133. 134. ia5 

136. 138. 139. 149. 1.5:). 1.54 

home-lot, 1.57; 159. 164. 170 

mito.. 171; 174, 178, 181. 183 

1,S9. 201. 207. 208. 229. 424 

i:>R. 417. 17-'. 19,5, ,5:i6. 540 

,5tl. :, li, ..r, -.1- .5.52. .562 

Z-,'> -'1 -■ --' -•<5!888 

-Vi' -II', il I ml. 915 

./;■.. 878 

(Mr.). 811,812 

Nathaniel. 564. 813. 814, 815 

886.913.916; ./)•.. 81.3.886 

Oliver, Jr., 699 

Peter, 699 

Reuben, 699 

RoswelUCapl. 1,627, 699, 704 

743, 767. 906, 907, 908 

Ruth. 916 

Saml. 74. 87, 88. 180. 434. 479 

niitiK. 5W; 539, 542 

543. 547. .551, 5.52, 562, 564 

591, t;99, 767, K75, 881, 886 

S87. 892, niJ, 915. 917 

Jr.. 540, 542. 512. 914 

Sanford. 909 

Sheldon J.. 803.911 

Sidney A.. 452 

Tahan. 88. 1.59. 164. 184. 189 

216. 229. 400, 875 

879. 880. 881. 917 

Thos,. 5.34. 562, 564. 578, 7.31 

William. 482. 584. 625 

6.33. 682. 700. 915 

Graves, 812 

John, 813 

Joseph. 813 

Gray, Henry. 911 

Gravson. William. 676 

Greatorex. William. 780 

Green, Asahel. 626. 6.33. 700 

Austin L.. 803. 804 

Bartholomew, 45. 46. 47, 48 

Barzilla. 619. 654 

Benjamin E,, 6,54 

Chas. (Comd'r, F.S.N.l. 803 

Charles G.. 803 

Daniel. 634. 700 

Edmtmd B.. 474 

Joseph. 700 

Leonard A.. 803 

Richard C, 780 

Samuel T.. 803 

William W. 803 

Grecnsmith I Nh>, '. 447 

Gregg, Hiratn. 827 

Gridlev, Tbomuh. 70. 92 

home-lot, 157 

Griffin, John, 82, 93 

home-lot, 157: 477. 478. .525. 882 

Leonard B.. 827 

(Rev), 756 

Griffith, .Jesse R.. 803 

Grimes, John, 489, 700 

Grimpa (Lt.), 675 

Griswold, 467, 766, 812 

Benjamin, 42, 891 

Edward, 75. 80. 126, 882 

home-lot, 157; 1.59, 179. 180 

474, 479. 197. 882. 910 

F.verelt. 474 

Francis. 80 

Frediis. 162, 461 

Gamaliel W , 900 



936 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



(irif-wold, Georjii., 


80. 1-r. 


llan 


illon. David, 525 


Havden, Ebenezer, 494 


126. 15«. 16.i 


181. all. 2ii:) 


llHll 


inond, Edward Pavson 




Elizabeth. ,500 


2(rr, 212. S29 


■2!i\. 3!18. 121 




1 Rev.), biog.. ' 840.848 




Ezra. 158; Inset, p. 145 


452. 882. Wr 


801. 9117. !)K 




Marvin, 776 




Eunice. 903 


(irove. 


ihi 


ilan 


niond, Julius S., 826 




George P.. 157; Insel. p. 145 
"Goodman." 130 


Herman C, 


818. 909 


I/iimmonoscett, 479 




Hezekiah. 


4tH 


llan 


nden, John, 57 




H. Sidnev (Hon.). 6. :s.3. 150 


James, 


88 


Hancock, John, 708 




161, 162, 406. 465. 466, 910. 911 


John, 525 


878, 908, 910 




Thomas C. 525 




Isaac, 500, 502. 903 


John C. 


h-i; 


ll.ii. 


ks. Siedman W..iRev.), 8.30 




Inset, |). 145 


Joseph, 88. 158 


207. 229. ■M\ 


ll:iii 


i;i jiiid Hannam — see Han- 




.labez n„ 6, 7, 10 


880. 882. 888: £■»*.. 231. 2:i3 




II mil 




ptrrtrait, ;M: .33. ,55, 76. 98 


Maria {Mrs. 1. 


4(39 


Hail 


luni. K. W. (Rev). m, 




105. 10(>, 111. 122. i:j5, 1411 


Matthew. 


^'i. 187, 188 




Susanna. 878 




until.. 140; 143, 144, 145 


Moses (i.. 


489 




William, 141; home-lot, 158: 




1.51. 171. 197. 217, :178, :»1 


Nathaniel. 


241 




165, 169. 179, 478, 883 




:iN(i, 410, 412, 429. 4(15. 492 


Norris. 


474 


Han 


sell, W. F. (Rev.), 471 




4!M, 505, 511, 519, 52>, .52,1 


Peletiah. 


225 


Harden. (Jerrels (Jerroldy), 625 




544,737,892, 895,8(19. Ii(«) 


Rboda. 


705 


Harper, 591, 745 




Inset, \t. 14.5 


Roger. 


467, 81 ;j 




George, 474 




James L., 158; Inset, p. 1J.5 


SelinaiMrs.i. 


4r,n 




James, 604, 611, 6.31 




.John, 424, 428, 781 


Seneca 0. iHor 


,1. 4,50,902 




660. 653. (155, 700 




Levi, 405, 418, 474, ,503, 90S 


Shubael. 


242, 4S2 




John L., 781 




Levi G,, 517; Inset, p. 145 


Thomas. 


7t;5 




.loseph, 593, 594, 741 




(Lieut.), 2.33 


T. N., 


910 




Jr.. 631. 656. 700, 741 




Lucinda H., Inset, p. 145 


Warham A.. 


910 


Barren, Henrv. 781 




Mary Ann, , .300 


Warham, 2d. 


402 


Harris, 71 




(Mr.), • 89 


VVolcott. 


489 




Jo., 44 




Naomi. 903 


&fo., 


510 




& Co.. 407 




Nath'l (Capt), Inset, p. 145 


Grosvenor. William. 


817 




William, 474 




(Dea.i, " " 145 


Grove. Jacob. 


463 


Harrison, Catherine. 446 




Oliver, 95 


Grover, Edmond. 


700 


Hart 


Henrv Elmer iRev.), 624 




Peter. 781 


Matthew, 


700 


Hartley, Edwin L., 525 




Sam'l. 143. 903: Inset, p. 145 


Peletiah (Rev.) 


554 


Har\ 


ey, Horace L.. 474 




Saml B.. 143, 386; • " 145 


Grube, Martin H., 


780 




James H., 474 




Samuel (Sgt.), 418 


Guiuney. 


775 




Joseph. 755 




Samuel S. (Capt). 504. 525 


Gunn. Deborah. 


158 




William H., 911 




William, :«. 69. 70, 82, 93 


Elizabeth. 


878, 879 


Haskell (Hascalli. 504, 919 




125. 141. 144 


George. 
'Goodman. • 


547 




Abraham, 519 




home-lot. 158; 177. 179 


VA 




Deborah, 50O 




181, 405, 479, 494, 496, 497 


Henrv. 


818, 910 




& Dexter, 509 




Memorial boulder, 5.52 


Thos:, 82. 141 


157. 1,58, 178 




Eli B., 763. 908, 909 




879, 882; Inset, p. 145 


home-lot, 479 


547. 879. 882 




Elizabeth, 518 


Hayes, ' 775 








Ephraim, 500 




H. C, 618, 619 


H. 






Harris {auto.). ,520 
Herleheigh, 505, 511, 518, 619 




James, 653 
Julius, 803 


Hadlocli. John. 


(.m. 667, 900 




auto.. :i84; ,385, ,520 




Loren, 802 


Samuel. 


668,700 




biog., 520-1; house, 521 




Martin, ,'a 


Thomas, 


656 




Mrs.. 518 




Waldo, 803 


Hasan, Patricli, 


781 




& Havden, 504, 505 


Havnes (Haines), Gov. -John. 32 


Hapen. "One." 878; 


slave), 433 




508, 511. 515 




51, 52. 75. 158 


Hake 1 Hakes, HawkesJt, 




Jabez, 500. 501. 503. 518 




home-lot, 160; 477, 479, 492, 546 


John, 


178, 882 




(Wid. of), 518 




Ruth, 138 


Isaac. 


879 




James B.. ;81 


Hayward, 88. 873 


Hale. Charles 0.. 


474 




Jefferson, f27 




Charles, 827; (Rev.), 745 


Cvrus(Rev.i. 


755 




(Mrs.). ,503 




Ephraim. 870 


David. 


823 




Square B. (Rev.). 745 




Esther, 879 


Halev, Martin. 


525 




Thomas, 55 




Lvdia. 877 


Hall.' 


28,841 




Thomas R., 910 




Mary, 878, 879 


,\ustin. 


462 




T. R., 511 




Robert, home-lot. 159 


Edward, 


6, S51, 848 


Hastings, Jndson W. (Dr.), 793 




163, 172. 179. 229, 8^2 


George, 


21. 124 




John (Rev.), 789 




Sara, 878 


Gurdon (Rev.), 


831 


Hathaway^ A. M. & Co., 467 


Hazen, Timothy Allen (Rev.). 


Herman, 


626 




Mrs.. 469 




biog., 748 


John, 754, 809; 


biog., 816 




Samuel, 462 


Hazzard. ^ 700 


817,818,819,826, 


fm, 8J7, 908 


Hatton, 44 


Healy, 775 


Jvdge, biog.. 


842 


Haw 


es (Rev. Dr.). 73 




John, 489 


Josiah, 


152, 813 


Hawks (see, also. Hakes), 




John P.. 912 


.Tuniu8(Esq.), biog.,842; 817 




John. 143, 168, 645 




Patrick, 525 


Levi Wells (Esq.), 843, 84« 




Philo (Rev.), 745 


Heath. Jabez, 504 


Moees. 


7(K) 




Winfleld S. (Rev.). 024 




William H., 910 


Nathan, 


6.34, 700 


Ha^vkins (Howkins), Anthony, 


Hedge (Mr), 70 


Ogden (Rev.). 


471 




54. 86. 14,3. 153. 1,54 


Helier-seeHillyer. 


Samuel (Capt. i. 


620, oaj 




homclot, 158; 165, 167, 168 


Ik 


ImeekciLieut.i, 675 


Timothy, 


229, 874 




169, 178, 448, 478, 


lU 


minwav(Rev.). 519 


875, 


882, 884. 885 




544. 878, 879, 882 




(Ma'j.t, 795 


T., 


88 




Joel, 744 


Hi 


inpslead (Rev.). 469 


Hallock. 


812 




Joseph, 408 




Charles (Set.), 4t!2 


Hallel. James. 


95 


Hawksworlh, Thomas, 44 




WUliam A., 525 


Halsey, Christopher H.. 4«5 


Hawley, 50, 521 


lit 


in, .\dam. 781 


Henry, 


908, 909 




Anne, 519 


Ilengst (Surgi-onV Male). 675 


Henry A., 


474 




Oliver. 500, 519 


lit 


iiry. Lemuel P., 8:» 


James R. (Lieu 


.1, 462 


Hayd 


en, 37-63, 144 


Hi 


uburn. 675 


Mary, 


42 




Abigail, 903 


lit 


ssler(Lt.). 675 


Philip, 
Hamblin (Hamlin>. G 


390, 462 




.\bbv Loomis, 167 


III 


witt. Nathaniel, 755 


eo. ('.. WS 




Daniel, 88, 127, 129, 131, 143 


Hi 


viei. Richard, « 


Noah C, 


474 




1,58, 177, 184, 207, 221, 230 


llibbard. Daniel, 700 


William, 


900 




40O. 494, ,500, 502. 509, 7:!li 


llicox. Wait. 463 


Hamilton. Arnold, 


747, 910, 911 




737. 7;». 753; 880, 882 


H 


ckev, John, 489 


Benjamin, 


910 




Inset, p. 145 




William, 781 



INDEX OP NAMKS. 



937 



Hide — see Htjde. 






Holcomb, Stcbbins B. , 91 1 


Hosmor, Charles, 645 


nigley, Hannah, 




229 


Thomas, 80,141,151 




James, 645 


John, 




.T.39 


home-lot, 159; 160 




James B.. , J67 
Joseph, MS Vol 


Elijah, 




503 


178, 527, 879, 882 




Niilhaniel, Jr. 




6M 


Victor, 489 


Hotchkiss," ^ 773 


Iliggini*, Abigail, 




170 


William F. (Dr.), 3R7 




Leander, 513 


Hannah, 




no 


Holders, Charles H., 471 


Hon 


"bton (Lieut.\ 676 


John, 




851 


Holkins, Harvey, 909 


House, 649, 769 


Rebecca, 




170 


Joel, 908 




Charles H., 781 


Sarah, 




170 


Hollev, James, .525 




Nathaniel (Cant.). 653 


Uigginson (Hev.). 
Hiti, 109; (Mr.) 




413 


Hollister, C. P., 50 


Houston, John L. (Hon.), 628 




151, 161 


Edward H., 474 


HOH 


e (How), Cyrus, 462 


Benjamin A., 




489 


Henry, 740, 818, 910 




William, 781 


Henry, 




803 


Henry H., 803 




Uriel, 403 


John, 




700, 701 


Orrin G., 803 


Howard, see, also, Hatrivard. 


Luke, 




183.184 


Samuel 0., 469 




Benjamin, 241 


186 


478 


882,883 


Sidney M., 911 




(Dr.), 454 


William (Mr.), 




883 


Holman, Ebenezer, 654 




Ephraim, 229, 875 


Hillman, Levi N.. 




525 


Henry, 789, 911 




Lydia, 880 


HUlyer (Hillier, HUliard) 




Jonathan, 879 




Nathaniel, 426 


Andrew, 




239 


Holmes, Maria, 793 




Robert, 146, 154 


James, 




159, 176 


William (Capt.), 2B, 38, 39 




home-lot, 159; 884. 917 


John, 76, 148 


149 


153. 159 


40,41,42,72,107,109 




William, 426, 427, 472 


.160,174 


175 


879,882 


150, 164, 429, 430 




Maj: 426, 462 


Jr.. 




478 


Holt, Marv. 94 




Ber.. 471 


Jonathan, 




88 


Moses P., 744 




William E.. 474 


Joseph, 




740 


Thomas R., 452 




& Alford, 427, 428 


Pbilo, " 




703 


Holton, Tmiothy, 816 


Howell, William, 917 


Simon, 




175 


Holway. Abraham (Rev.). 745, 827 


Howland, John, 4. .39 


& Tudor, 




763 


Hooker. 902 


How 


son, John (Rev.). 745 


William. ' 




479 


Cornelius (Prof.). 764 


Hoxie (Hoxsiel. Edward B., 525 


Hills, Addison M., 




489 


Edw'd (Comd-rU.S.X.), 425 




Franklin, 781 


Benjamin A., 




489,828 


Edward T. (Rev.), biog., 728 




Cieorge L., .525 


Benoni. 




668,700 


732, 748 




Martin B.. 525 


Bros., The, 151 


Inset, p. 149 


Ellas C. (Rev.), 728, 732 


Hoy 


Fred., 851 


Daniel, Jr., 




464 


biog.. 


Hoy 


e. 878 


Elijah, 




653. 701 


Horace, 390, 425 




Daniel. 879, 880 


Erasing, 




701 


James (Capt.), 378, 390 




Nicholas. 155. 159, 879, 882 


Ezckiel, 




463 


405, 425, 005, 9117 




Old Goode," 878 


Family, The, 


Inset, p. 145 


Nathaniel, 425, 480, 767 




Simon, home-lot. 159 


Henrj', 
Hezekiah, 




152 


Samuel, 211 




167. 168. 179. 477, 883 




410 


Chaffee, 424, 426 




Walter. 1.59, 163. 171. 883 


John, 




587 


Thomas (Rev.), 11, 52. 54, .58 


Hubbard (Hulbard*. 663, 812, 826 


Jonathan, 




814 


68, 76, 191, 209, 453, 4.')5 




Benjamin. Jr.. 668 


Oliver. 634, 


653 


668, 700 


Hopewell, Thos. (the Indian), 184 




Charles E.. 489 


Samuel, 




587 


Hopkins. 32 




David L., 909. 910 


Stephen, 




152 


Caleb, 819 




Elijah, 657 


Hisserich, Emil, 




781 


Hugh, 169 




Elizabeth H.. 610 


Hinckley, G. W. (Bev.), 


472 


Mary, 169 




Hannah. 8.56 


Hinsdale, Theodore (Rev.), 12, 105 


William, 169 




John, 878. 908 


379, 


382 


617, ore 


Horlicky. Daniel, 489 




(Lieut.). 886 


Hinman. John F., 




525 


Horton, Benjamin, 483 




Lucy, 856 


William, 




826 


Christopher, 635, 668. 701 




Nathaniel, 669 


Hitchcock, Ebenezer 




908 


Eli, 514 




Norman, 911 


Eliakim, 




654 


& Son Co., 508. 514 




William, 138, 145, 150, 154 


John, 




489 


James, 425, 426 




home-lot. 1.59; 171, 178 


Samuel J., 




832 


John A., 489 




447. 478, 548. 883. 911 


Hoadly, Charles J. (LL.D.), 6 


J/r»., .501 


Hudson, Edward, 781 


11, 


544 


722,873 


Stoddard E., 514, .525 




Melancthon. 909 


Hobson. Henry, 




781 


Thomas, 883 


Huebner, William, 781 


Hodge, George L., 




471 


Horwood, James, 44 


Huit 


877, 878, 883 


George W., 




911 


Hosford, 166 




Ephraim. 879; (Rev.), 11, 74 


James L., 




474 


Jane (Mrs.), .388 




75, 76. 79, 127, 129, 135, 138 


John, 




882 


Joanna, 878 




140, 144, 146, 163, 155, 157 


J., 




89 


John, 154,. 156, 169, 177, 179 




159, 1(3, 164. 165. 1C6, 173 


&Co., 




487 


209, 221, 229, 556, 882, 917 




176, 547, 549, 878, 883, 892 


Hogan, William, 




803 


J., , 88 




Inset, p. 145 


Iloqernmset, 




185 


Obadiah, 455 




Nathaniel, 878 


Holbrod, C. W., 




615 


Sarah, 167 




Sarah, 878 


Holbrook, 




500 


William, 99, 141, 145, 156 




Susanna, 878. 8T9 


Charles W., 




509, 525 


home-lot, 159 


Hull 


157 


David 8. (Rev.) 


biog., 885 


167, 388, 546, 878 




George, 141, 143, 152, 158 


Samuel, 




917 


Hoskine, 160, 773 




home-lot, 160, 167, 547 


Holcomb, Albert E., 




912 


Anthony, 88, 143. 161, 162 




Hope, 826 


Anna, 




143 


165, 184, 207, 221, 462 




Josiah, 143, 159, 164, 178 


Benajah, 




882,887 


548, 880, 882, 917 




183, 184, 545, 882 


George, 




498 


Charles C, 911 




Joseph T., 910, 911 


Herman H., 




909 


'^ Goodie," 179, 893 


Humaston. William L., 910 


Jonathan, 




879 


Henry C, 910 


Humphrey. Edward G., 489 


Joseph, 




!M1, 701 


John, 1.59. 229 




.Michael, 62, 150; 160 


Joshua, 


159, 


478, 882 


493, 546, 878, 911 




184, 192, 193, 194, 195 


Lambert E., 




489 


Joseph, 482 




424, 477, 478, 517, 882 


Mortimer, 




474 


Lydia,, 903 




(Rev.), 756 


Nathaniel, 




882 


Jr.. 903 ■ 


Hunn, 619 


N., 




88 


Thomas, 152, 178, 49.3, 5M 




David L. (Rev.), 623 


Oliver R., 390; 


(Maj.), 164 


546. 880. 882 




Horace, 803 


Pliny A., 




474 


Widow, The, 873, 8;9, 880 




Tip, 626, 701 


Pyrannns, 




482 


William, 88, 179 


Hunt 


462, 469 


Sarah. 




879 


Hosmer, Albert, 474 




John (Rev.), 790 


Vol. I 


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938 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Ilciiit, .) . Burleigh, t 

lluutfr, Nalhaaiel, 1 

Huntington. Chri8toj)lier. ^ 

-Jahez, .' 

.Tohn, £ 

Nathaniel (Rev.), hiog.. t 

ilurd, John, 1 

houie-lof, 100, ISl, 162, C 

w. w., e 

Huibunl —see Hvhlard. 

Ilurlhurt. Samuel F., < 

TimoIhvH., S 

Wni. T. (Rev.), biog.. t 

Waldo. ] 

Iluf*e, Nathaniel (Rev.). 1 

Hussey, John, ^ 

Hulchhison, Aaron, ,* 

Huxlev, Mowes, ^ 

Hyde (Hide, Hydcs), Allyii, 

Austin A., £ 

(Dr.), biog., S35, &46, f 
Daniel, 818, ! 

David, A 

Edward, ^ 

Elam. f 

Elam S., 818. S 

Elbert F.. « 

Epliraim H., 6 

HiKle.v, 1 

Humphrey, 151, 150, 160, 1 
Lavius (Rev.), biog, fi 
Matthew, 815, 8 

818, 838, 90(i. 
Nathaniel, 9 

Oliver M. (Hon.), 817, 818, S 
Robert, 817, 818, 907, SI 

I. 

Ingersoll, Colin M. (Hon.i, 8 

lugraham, 1 

Inslee, Clinton T., 9 

Ireson, Joseph, 8 

Irish, Ezra, 8 

Ishatn, Benjamin, 8 

James, 7 

John W., 8 

Ives. Chaimcey (Cajit.). 7 

Levi (Dr.), 8 



Jacob!*. Henry, 
Jacobsou, Fr.. 
Jacoby, James. 
Jackson (Rev. H Prof 
Jaeger (Ca])t.), 
Jeffrey. George, 
Jencks (Gen.), 

Charles, 
Jenks, Elisha, 
Jennings, John, 

Russell (Kev.), 
Jerome, Amasa H., 
Jerrols, Harden, 
Jess, William, 
Jewett, Levi (Dr.), 

Spoflord D. (Re 
biog, 
Johannot, Andrew, 
John (Indian). 
Johnson, Abiel, 

Asel, 

.Mbert H., 

Harry L.. 

( 'liarles, 

(-'liarles L., 

David, 701 : (Lie 

Fenn, 

Frank H., 



Johnson, William H., 
Jones, Abigail, 

Bros., 

David E. (Rev.). 

Evan. 

Francis, 

Franklin, 

George E., 

Isaac, 

John P., 

Joseph J., 

Mary, 

Margaret, 

Newlon I. (Rev.), 

Solomon, 6.59. 

William. 608, 

Jocelyn, Justus, 
Joshua (Indian), 109, 115, 

-loynt, Hugh, 
Jndd, B. (Rev.), 
Jndkins, Benjamin (Rev.), 396, 
Jndson, Ephrairn (Rev.), 

Junms H. (Rev), 

K. 

Kapser, William, 
Kavanagh, John, 
Keegan, John, 

Patrick, 
Keenan, Henry P.. 
Keeney, Buell, 
Kellie," 
Kelly, ,\ndy, 

Charles W. (Dr.), 

Michael (Rev.), 

Peter, 
• E. N. & Co., 

Michael, 
Kellogg, A. S., 1J3, .'587, 

(Charles, 

Oliver W. (Dr.), biog., 
Kelsev, Mark, SO", 

Matthew, 

Michael, 
Kendall, Sylvanii: 

biog., 
Kennedy, Audrey 

William T. 
Kent, Abigail, 

Jonathan, 
Keogh, John, 
Kerwiu 



.John, 
John M., 
Joseph. 



168, 880 Kirk. Edgar A.. 



lie 



■E.. 



< C. (Rev.), 



(He 



H. C. (Dr.), 848; biog., 847 



lulii 



A., 



Gale 



■R.. 



(leor; 

John 

Mary. 

Matihev 

Michael, 

Nathan (Gen.). 

Richard, 

Samnel. 701; (Rev.), 



444. 41.-). 440, 447 



Kies, Ilarr 

Kilbourn, Ashbel, 701 

Edgar B., 526 

Edward, 675 

Kimball, Daniel, 817, 818, 909 
Henry, 8S2 

Kimberly, Thomas, 809, 811 

Elcazur, 455, 481, 555, .567 
Gra A., 526 

Kimniis (Lieut.), 675 

Kingsbury, Elijah, 702 

Joseph, liC8, 702 

(Dr.), 8:«, 846 Leon 

King, Alexander, 

6.%. 645, 646, 702. 790 
(Lt.), 627, 602, 084, 085, 907 
Andrew, 810 

Bcnoni, 789 

Benoni O., 909 Lerni 

Charles, 781 Leste 

David, 207 Letcl 

Edward, 82, li;j. 479. 541 Lewe 
650, 759, 760, 917 Lewi 
Elizabeth, 8.SS 

Frederic A., 038, 6?2, (177 
679,774,789.1111 
Harriet, ' 

.lames, y 

James, Jr., { 



Kode 

Kirkman, :M., 675, 676 

Kneeland, Kdunnid. 653 

Joseph. 653 
Knight, Merrick (Rev.), biog., 748 

Thomas, 745 

Kolile (Chaplain), 675 

Kouze (Surgeon), (375 

Kramer, Frederic, 526 

Krieuer, Benedict, 781 

L. 

Lacey, James E.. 526 

Ladd, 157 

David, 654 

Elisha, 053 

Ezekiel (Dea.), 053: Jr.. 0&) 

Ephraim, 053 

Jesse. 702 

Lafayette, 010, 061, 773 

Lamb. Henry J. (Rev.), 470 

Lantbard, Benj. B'. (Rev.), 745, 836 

Lambert, 836 

Lamphear, Addison, 911 

biog., 536 

Lamsou, Charles B., 489 

Lancaster, Aug., 853 

Laucton, Horace, 464 

Landrine, Abraham. 489 

Lane. Ebenezer. 453 

Latham, Engene C, 912 

E. E., 517 

Martha (Mrs,), 517 

Lathrop — see Lothivp. 

Latimer. Edward A., 489 

William P., 489 

Lavei-)'. Stephen. 911 

Law, Samuel, 703 

Lawrence, 707 

James. 474 

Layton, John, 88(1 

Thoma.s E.. 803 

William. 880 

Leavill, Caleb, 911 

Hannah, .500 

Le Baron, Francis (Rev.), 725 

Lemuel (Rev.), 726 

Lazarus (Dr.). 725 

Ledly, Margaret (Mrs.), 752 

Lee, Chaimcey G, (Rev.), • 13 

biog., 727 

Elijah, 6:i4, 702 

Graham (Dr. I. 459 

(SSt.), 



Theodore A. (Re\ 

William W. (Rev 
Leftingwell, Lvuian, 
Leonard, Asa," 

I). P., 

K, II. (Dr,). 7, 

K, R., 

.ledidiah, 

Joshua (Rev.). 
Lerniau, Wendal, 



453 
384 



Thomas, 
Lilly, Darid. 
Lincoln, George W. (Rev.), 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



939 



I.iml (U.-Col.), orii 


Loomis, Luke, .584, 591 


Maginre. B., 




773, 774 


Littlclield. .John, 464 


(Mr.), 179 
Mary (VVid.), 562, .564 




Edward, 




782 


Livinijytoii. Ainaziuh, 781 


Maher, John, 




782 


Lt.-fnI.. 239 


877,881,887,914 


MalK 


mev. John, 




782 


Lloyd, John, T82 


Matthew, 876 


Main 


, Krauk (Dr.), 




531 


Londergaii, James R., 474 


Mindwell, 914, 915 


Mak| 


J.'MC.-. Sl-ljl, 




703 


London, John, 1S8, 207, mi 


Moses, 5.52, .560, 564, .58.1 


Mul.i 


Iirv,.l;ilnc's. 




489 


Long, Michael, 852 


658, 670, 703, 876, 914, 915 


Jf.lm 


limiiilsh. HiMsev, 




120 


Sarah, 5m. 915 


Jr., 562, 564 


Mamunto, 




477 


Samuel, 659 


Nathan-1, 87, 88, 160, 162, 177 


Mandeville, Enos, 




489 


Thomas, r..i2, !llo 


186, 221, 235,415,451,479 


Mandell, 




828 


Zachariah, 562, 5(14 


547, 552, 558, 562, 503 


Mann, Horace (Hon.) 




727 


(Mr.), 40 


654, 808, 873, 875, 876 




William, 




.526 


l/>omie, • ;«, 1)9, 709, 745, 873 


877,883,884,88.5,886 i 


MfW. 


'la/iiinoKi't, 




477 


Aaron. 482 


888, 905. 914. 915, 917 


Mam 


ling, John H.(Dl 


-.).b 


lot;.. 836 


Abigail, 877 


Noah, .560, 563 




Pliineas, 




703 


Ahi^'ail Sherwood, 4:i8 


Odiah, 918 


Mansfleld, Z. (Rev.), 




744 


Amusa, r,:K, 047, 1140, CO'.l 


(_)liver, ,5&5, 703 


Marble, Amos M., 




475 


07il, cm. i;81, 7113. T.-.l. !1II8 


OsberlB,, 406 




Ellas, 




829 


/;..«.. • 739. 7.>) 


Ozias, 390 




Morrow, 




776 


/V<;., ./»■., 729 


Rachel, .5M 


Marden, Edward F., 




526 


Iter., biog., 732 


Rocksey, 5M 


Margery, 




127 


C7,v)<..(;30,653,685;./)-.,702 


Roger, 751 


Marisosas, Guenio, 




804 


Anson (Mrs.), 139,140,166 


Russell, 591, 791 


Markham, Isaac, 




703 


Benajah. 653, 6.54 


Ruth, 887, 888 




Levi, 




462 


Hcni'n, 5.-|9, ,500. Ttdi. 504. 004 


Samuel, 479. 873 


Mai-sb, Azel, 




464 


Hale. .585 


876, 879, 882, 885, 887 




Elizabeth, 




389 


Damaris, 915 


Samuel 0., 394 




E. D. (Mrs.), 




831 


Daniel, 2J9. 56i) 


Samuel T., 464 




Ezekiel (Rev.), 


biog 


., 824 


702, 875. N-iO. ssi; 


S:,rah. 877, 879. 887 




Hannah S., 




862 


David, ,sr«. .sSii 


Sim.ou, 474 




-lohn. 




480 


Dwighl, 819 


sirajah, 390 




Jonathan (Rev. 


), 


12, 216 


Ebenezer, 482. 914, 916 


•I'homas, 160, 177, 466, .559 






2:14. 


389, 391 


Edward \V., 474 


5i;il.5l-,2. .563, 873, 875. 876, 877 




Josej)h, 




389,703 


Elijah, 0.53 


8;9, 880, 882, 884, 885, 917 




Mr. (Rev.). 




723 


Elihu, .542, 6.56, 702 


Thomas W., 910 




Mrs., 




394 


Eliphalcl, 702 


Tiiuothv. 87, 89. 331, 211 




Proctor, 




827 


Elisabeth, 877. 887, 914 


343. 403, 415. 434. 428 




Samuel, 




181 


Enoch, .504 


473. 5:^7, 513. .500. 876 




William, 




827 


Ezekiel, 585. 7.53 


T.. 88 


Marshall, 


l:«. 


153, 398 


Ezra, 7113 


TrMilu. .585 




Abraham (Rev, 


, (^ 


393 


(Jeorge. Sink .".SO. :5 1 


Walsi.n, 703 




Daniel (Rev.), 




393 


Oi.lfon. 5S5. i;5:i 


William. :)d. 85 




Daniel, 




462 


(iiles, Kl't. 70.i 


,«: Sheldon. 428 




Edward C. (Re 


I'.). 


6 


Cap/., 418. 6.54, 760 
0. tiilberl, 474 


Znriah, 586 




Edmund, 




888 


Lopez. ( harles, 803 




Eliakim, 325. 


.390. 


418. 905 


Hannah, .581, 876 


Lothrop (see Lat/irop),6l9. 033, 703 




907, 908; Iter 




:m 


877, 880, 887 


Thalcher, 625,654 




Elihu, 




469. 909 


Henry, 647,915; ./;•., 584. 


Lord, I'hiu-Ies A.. 781 




Eunice, 




404 


Hezekiah, 559, .560 


Elijah. 668 j 




Francis, 




44 


56<!, .503. 876 


llenrv L.. 782 




Ichabod, 




479 


He.zekiah B., 405, 406 


.lereu'iiah, 601 




James, 75, 


146. 


1.50. 152 


Hiram C, 803 


.loscph, 703 




home-lot. 




161, Us 


Ichabod, 482 


Lemuel !{.. 782, 911 : 




Joseph (Rev.), 




393 


Isaac, 876 


Ortou S., 782 




Lvdia, 




870 


Israel, 917 


Samuel 1... 783 




Mary. 




229, 873 


James, 428, 480, 880, 909, 910 


.Sylvester ().. 803 




.Mr. '(Rev.), 




789 


915, 917; i'd, 909 


Thomas (Dim. 454 




Sam'l, 110,126, 


153, 


160, 161 


James C, 405, 400, 435, 474 


Lovell, James (fapl.l. 675 




105, 107, 175, 


185, 


189, 221 


Jemima. 916 


Jo.seph, S36 




807, 873, 875, 


880, 


882, 885 


Jereniiali, 876 


(Master). 724 




Oapt., 88, 


1.38, 


177. 188 


Jorijali, 401, 703 


William A., 466 






224, 


225, 482 


Ciwl., IM4, 760 


Loveland, Ziba, 807 




Stephen, 




326 


Joanna, 914, 915 


Lucas, (ieorge A.. 803 




Thomas, 


184, 


2.^5, .389 


Job, 404 


John, 4M 




478, 482, 


543. 


880,882 


Joel, 418, 463. 183 


Ludlow, Roger, 20, 22, 32, 35, 40 




Warren, 




909 


583, .586. 639. 053. 073 


41,«, 47, 49, 61,54, 68, 71 




Widow, The. 




424 


John. 1611, 180. ISO, 307. ais 


73, 75, 77, 91. 94, 136, 14(i 


Marshfleld, PriscLlla, 




878 


31-.' T.'i "-~ :Vi'i III 1 171 


147, 130, 154, 155, 160, 161 




Thomas, 


.35. 


146, 160 


:. 1" '. r " i'' ■ '. ' ". : ^'. I 


165, 187, 4,50, 466, 477, 480 




home-lot, 


161, 


163, ,548 




546, 883, 895, 904 


Marl 


,in, Harlow, 




834 


,-.;*, ,-., . ,-sii >-■_' s. 1 --.s', 


Lush, Henry, 74 




Henry A. (Rev. 


), 


745 


»».. >.)1,: .//■-. i,:il. ii5;i. Ui:i 


I^vnian, " 775 




John, 




.526,804 


■Si:, 8.80; •;</, 656 


Chester S. (Rev.), 830, 8:n 




Pelcg, 




818, 908 


John Mason, 406 


John, 703 




Silvanus, 




8.35 


Joseph, 88. 90, 140 


Richaid, home-lot, 161 




Sylvester, 




703 


honic-lol, 160; 163, 164, 171 


Lviich, -lames, 474 


Masl 


kell, Thomas, 




880,882 


179, 180, 231,404, 40,S, 510 


Thomas. 489 


Mason, 68. 69, 70, 71, 


129. 


161, 179 


541, .547, 548. 549, 1552, ,500 


Lyon, Kdward A. (Rev.), 745 




Ann, 




878 


502. 503. 504. .579. 8T!. 875 


Lyons. John, 852 




John (Capt.), 


21, 1 


S7, 73, 77 


*7i' ^7; ST'v ^^70 >v,'n s*^! 






9.5, 105, 126, 


,138, 


, 1.5!!, 174 


' - .' M : - ' r 1 M ■> 


M. 




176: 


, «M. 


, 450. sas 


.//■ , ; ,"i , . 1 ' ; - ; ■,,') 






M(0-, 




142 


.l'i.i:iti 1 1., ,,, .' -, ,, '.I; t ',il."> 


Maeaidev. 57 




Dempster H.. 




490 


J,.i,„ii,,,„. «,,. ^,6 


Mack (Mae), 151. 462. 763 




Ebenezer P.. 




8.31 


.liishua, 562. 564. 569. .580 


Daniel \V., 911 




George. 




782 


Ix-vi (.Mrs.), .503 


Henry C, 474 




Isaac, 




703 


Lidea, 887, 914 


1 John, ;03 




James. 




475 


Lorin. 797, 910 


1 William, 910 




John, 




782,904 



II 



940 



HISTORY OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



464 



189,440 



391 



391, 412, 518 

458, 459, 482 

653, 752, 191 

535 

464 

910 

390, 458 



Mason, Joecpli D., 
Mnssuqiia, 
MasBcy (Lieut.), 
Mather, 

Family, The, 

AUyn M., 

Allyn (Rev.), 

Atherton, 

Azariah, 

Charles, 
Dr., 

Cotton, 

Daniel, 

Edward E., 

Elijah, j^^ 

Fmlerirk. (Gen.), 43, 394 
425, 428, 4w 
Increase. 390; Bei-.. 180 
James, 526; Rec, A-> 
Martha, 394 

Nathaniel, 41o. 4od, 4b8 
Oliver, 378, 390, 9U6, 9J7, 908 
Col *^ 

Oliver' W. (Rev.), 3?' 

^X" '40,100,139,210,211 
215, 216, 217, 218, 219. 223 
m4«,482. 535,886,^89, 



McKinstry, Ezekiel, fr49, 816, 828 

John (Rev.), 591; '''og. 821 

823, 836, 837, 846, 847, 88b 

Oliver (Dr.), 84b 

William (Dr.), biog., 8« 

McKnight, ^ _ ,. ..-Si 
EverettJ.(pr.)b.og,847 848 

Henry Chapm (Rev.), 810, 848 



Mitchell, Jonathan, 



818, 910 
816 



654 



Talcott, 

Thaddeiis. 

Timothy, 
Dr., 
Matterson, William J., 
Mattock, Thomas, 
Maud8lev-8eeJ^««fey. 

Maverick, John (!«?.'■•'•,.*•„*- aoa 
50, 61, 194, 89o, 898, 899 



317, ."iOl 

:i89. 45S 

804 

140 



21,56 
764 

804 
8.-)4 



Samuel, 
May, Samuel, 
Maylett, Theodore 
Maynard, Alonzo, 
James A., 
William C, 
McAulev, 
McCahe, William, 
McCall, 

McCarter, James, 

McCarty, Charles, 

Florence, 

Timothy F., 

McClary, H. (Rev ), 

McClintock, Rachel. '{-^ 

McClure, David (Rev. Dr-), 52, 118 

119, 603, 1)29, 645, 703, 724 

725, 730, 750, 753, TO 

McConib, Lawrence, ""^ 

McCook. J. J., biog., 

McCowen, Robert, 

McCray, 

John, . 

Lathrop (Dr.), biog. 
Reuben, 
W'illiam, 
McCue, Frank, 
McDermott, John, 
McDonald, John, 
McElroy, 

McElwain, Timothy, 
McGiiire. Bartholomew, 

John. 
Mclntire, Abel, 667, 688, 



Horace, 
John, 
John M., 

Thomas, •" 

McKowan, Duane, '»? 

McLean, '^ 

Alexander D., 910 

Henry, »1« 

James, ^ 

McMahon^.^^ ^ 

McMann, Michael, 775 

McMaster, C. H., »•=• 

McMoran, Elizabeth, 500 

John, ^'5 

McNally, ^ , ,„ II, 

Meacham, Gaylord O., 4J0 

Morris O., ^90 

Mead, John, f^. 

RoswellP., !"«>'• !^';S 

Samuel, o*>, TOi 

Timothy, j'^ 

Medlicott & Osgood, 514 

I Meriville, D., Jr., '67 

' Merrill, Ethan, ''^-'oS 

Meltzing, Adolph, »i 

Meier (Lieut.), , „ , , °'3 

Melville (Surgeon s Mate), b7o 

Merritt, Leonard G., '»- 

! Mer\\-in (Murwin),!.-!.!, 101, 179, 306 

I Messenger, »»° 

Daniel, »8U 

Edward ,«,. iiS 

home-lot, 161 ,884 

Mey, Cornelius Jacobsen, 17. 18 



198 
,iu-i.. .J3. 394 

Oliver,' «5 

Stephen E., 8iH 

Mister, George (Rev.), biog., 828 
Modrach (Lieut.), b'O 

Moffat, Russell A., *« 

William, 6'0. 8M 

MofHt, Asa, *i 

Molley, Timothy, ™ 

Moncur, John T., ]»f 

Monroe, William, *;■' 

[Montgomery, J. R.^&Co.,^^M2, 



Lewis O., 
Moonev. John, 

Michael, 
Moore, 

Abigail, 

Andrew, 

Ann, 

Asa, 

Deborah, 

Decker, 

Dulcena. 

D., 



475 

475 

783 

775 

570, 915 

88, 207, 882 



39.">, 500, 5i34 



526, 782 
782 
912 



755 



Charles C. (Rev.) 

John, 
McKee, Andrew, 

Joel W., 
McKenney (Kinny), Alex., 

Andrew, 

Asaph, 

James, Jr., I 

W'illiam, 
McKing, Asaph D., 1 

James, 

William, 
McKJnstry, 

Alexander, 



804 
526 
782 
656 
413 
490 

190, 704 
522 
704 

167, 823 



Meyer (Lieut.), 
Mia ntoiiomatu 
Mir-kel, James, 
Milketh (Lieut.), 
Millard, Leavitt, 
Millen, Patrick, 
Miller, 

Franklin B., 

Heman, 

Lovisa, 

Moses M., 

Nathan, 

Theodore T., 

Richard, 

Roswell, 

I Simon. 

I William (Rev.), 

Millinton, Phebe, 
Millington, John, 
Mills, ^ 

Alfred W., 

Augustus, 

Dorcas, 

Elihu, 

Elijah, 

Francis D.. 

Frank V. (Rev.) 

Jacob, 

Jedidiah (Rev.), 



152, 1.56. 

164, 170. 501 

81 

487 

.585 

186. 188 

Ml, 760, 772 

478 

769, 909 

887,888 

908 

3S7 



563 

^ 391 

Nathaniel B., _ -,, 

Peletiah, 451, 483, 614 

Peter, 88, 207, 6ii4, 704 

./;• ^*^ 

Samuel, 879. 909 

Samuel J. (Rev.), 725, 911 
Simon, iSJ- '60, 

161, 179, 22.1. 879 
Stone, 815. 816 

Miner, Charles H., 8.54 

David, 62o 

Edward, 824 

Jesse L., '*» 

John G., 8M 

Mingo, Henry, «? 

Mitchell, Donald G., 831 



Ebenezer. ^t- 

Edward, 387, 390. 41j. ;^82 
Elizabeth 
Elisha, 
" Goodman,' 
Hannah, 
Hiram, 
Henry B., 
James, 
James M.. 
John, 1-26 



916 
' 377, 390, 907, 909 



786. 852, 9.)9 

782 

, 174. 177. 178 



231,387. 44-*. 451, 478. 563 

564. 873. mi. 884. 916 

/,. 540. .553. .563 

'Oeu.. 90. 146. 161. IB'3. 180 

181 184. 185. 213. 339. 398 

415, 461, 469. 538. 873 

880. 882, ^i. 885 ""' 



J., 



88 
910 



Orson B., 

Peletiah, ^„, =10 

Samuel (Sgt.), 562. 563 

Thomas, 146; home-lot, Ibl 

231, 2.35. 2.36, 481. 483 

547, 548, 562, 578, K78 

Thomas E., „.„ 2'^ 

Wareham, 6.35. 6o3, ;ito 

Moran, David, "'-'' 

John, «•" 

Morden, „T; 

Morehead, John (Rev.), ^44 

Morehouse, David, '"» 

Morgan, Dea. Jasper, 159, 167, 173 

JoS?*"' 430.' «0 

Moroney. William, ^O 

Morison (Morrison). Albert 

(Dr ) 4o9, 910 

: Norm'in (Dr.), «| 

Robert, 026, t^i 

Sylvester P., f '» 

WUliam, 49^ 

Morris, Darius (Rev.) bio.. 839, 8« 

G R . '** 

Henry, 2M- ^f. 

Sylvester, «'' 

Morse, Alexander, ''^ 

Charles *" 



C. S 



(Rev.). 

Bl, 



Daniel 
Morton, 

Abner, 
Alexander, 
Diodate, 
John, 

Lnc>'. 

.Mary, 

Samuel. 

Thomas, 

William, 



745 

7(6 

89 

705 

60!!, 611. 705 

KB, 705 

558. M9, 

;2, 564, 705. 909 

.584 

5.59 

56-i 51V4 

12, 7'i4 

)9, 6-34, 705, 917 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



941 



Moseley CMandsley), Henry B., I 

Horace (Rev.), 

Horace, I 

John, 873, 883, 8ft4. i 

Joseph, I 

Stephen (Col.), i 

882,884.1 

iMoees. ; 

John, 81, 87, 88, 127, : 

166, )94, 212, 221, i 

home-lot, 162, 2211, 882, ! 

John C. (Rev.), biog., ( 

Lvflia. t 

Martin. .501, .tO.3: Jr.. '. 



Nelsoi), Oliver .V 
(Rev.), 
Williunl, 



.\lM 



Mo 



Daniel. 



A-ahol (Rev.), 755, 
(\iihi-ry^, 75,413, 
■ lil, 

a, 654, 684; Capl... 
Ann, 

Benjamin, 154, 165, 180, 
217, 2.30, 451; Capt.,90. 
129, 146. 162, 168, 181. 
188, m), 210, 212, 214. 
221, 226. 227. 2,31. 424, 
6:i8, .M7, 563. 568, 619, 



North, Milo N. (Dr.), biog.,754. 885 

Salmon, 910 

Northrop, Biidsey G. (Rev.). 831 

Norton, 67 

Hugh, 782 

John, 404 

Notebook, 127 

Nowell, Christopher, 162 

Thomas, 1.39, 160. 161, 178 

O. 

Oakenhead, James (ProvoHt- 

Marshal), 675 

O^Brien, Edward, .')26 



.Moulton, Sarah, 




856 


Brook, 407 


George, 


782 


Samuel, 




856 


Capt.. 873. 882, 884, 885 


Obgois, Charles, 


782 


.Mowrv, Elisha (Col.) 




743 


Cassius M.. 541 


Occum, Sampson, 


120 


.Mullen. Henry, 




526 


Chauncey. f,Si. 654, 


O'Callaghan, 


17, 34, 26 


Mulligan. 




775 


662. 711, 910 


Offer, George, 


186, 189 


Thomas, 




804 


Dver. 660 


O'Hara, James, 


804 


Mungcr, Philip, 




826 


Elihu. 462 


O-Keete, Frederick 


475 


Munroe, Leonard. 




668. 705 


George, Til. 909 


Olcott, Asahel, 


635, 684, 712 


Munsell. 




745 


Hannah, 163. 548, 549, 879 


Benoni, 595, 6-27, 628, 0;32, 634 


Alpheus. 


Inset, p. 145 


Henrv. 179. 490. 9i)8 


633, 639, 640 


647, (H9, 650 


A. A.. 


Inset, p. 145 


Horace H.. 804 


661, 653, 662 


729, 9l)5, 906 


Benjamin. 




6,56 


James, 908, 909 


Eli (Dea.), 


685, 712 


Calkins, 




741 


John. 162, 548, 549, 638, 711 


Eli B., 


789. 910 


Edwin, 




804 


Joseph, home-lot, 162 


Elizabeth, 


684 


Eliakim Stiles, 




705 


168, 540, .5.59, 563, 572 


James, 


741 


Elijah, 




782 


577, 57S, 684, 910 


Jerijah. 


767 


Elisha, 


654 


656, 711 


Mary, 200, .548, .549 


Sidney A., 


785 


Elizur, 




804 


Noadiah, 711 


Oldage, 


163. 167, 879 


Gurdon, 




668. 705 


Oliver, 712 


Ann, 


162 


Hezekiah, 




626, 631, 


Rebecca, 548, 549, 876 


Rich'd, 14.3, 162, 175, 179. .545 


653 


656 


7ii5. 711 


Roger, 450; Lieut... 378 


Oldekop (Lieut.). 


675 


Jacob, Jr., 412 


414 


562, 564 


390, 424. 451. 452, 481, 891 


Oldham, 


55 


572,650 


653 


656. 741 


Col., 905; Gen., 906 


John, 


28 


Joel, 




4.39, 711 


Ruth, 563 


Olmsted, Frederic Law, 831 


John, 




741 


Sarah, 548, 549 


Henry (Rev.), 


744 


Jonathan, Jr., 




711 


Seth (Rev.), biog., 82;j 


Jane, 


700 


Martin, 




711 


SpafEord B., 782 


John (Mrs.), 


796 


Silas, 




626, 711 


S. P.. 910 


Nicholas, 


878 


William, 




801 


Thomas, 3r, 162, 164 


Samuel, 


917 


Zacchens, 




656 


home-Iot,162; 876, 8ftl, 917 


Op Dyck, Gysbert, 


423 


Mnrrav, James, 




782 


Widow, The, 564 


Orcutt, Jane, 


786 


Patrick, 




490 


Mr.. 884 


Samuel (Rev.), 


160, 446, 482 


Mure(Capt.), 




675 


Jlrs.. 873 


Orton, Thos., 148. 155 


. 162, 163, 169 


Murll, 




T66 


Capt.. 873, 882, 8»4, 885 


170, 179, 478 


878, 879, 882 


Jacob, 




764 


Newell, Ansel D., 852 


Osbom, Abel, 


630, 656 


Murphy, Charles, 




804 


Daniel, 711, 817 


Ann, 


162 


Conielius, 




475 


Frederick C. (Rev.). 


Benjamin, 


563, 593 


Thomas, 




804 


biog.. 827. 840 


Daniel, 


012, 631, 649 


Timothy, 




475 


Jacob, 711 


653 


656. 712, 826 


Mygatt, Jacob, 




132 


John, 608, ni, 826 


David, 631; 


Sd, 909 


Joseph, 




423 


KiboumE., 853 


David W., 


783 








Nathaniel, 816 


Dwight J., 


911 


N. 






Thomas. 878, 917 


Ezekiel, 


631, 653 








Newcomb. George B. (Rev.). 7 


Ezra, 


712 


^agori^e. 




128 


Newman, Rafe, 878 


Henry, 


Inset, p. 145 


Namarick. 108, 


129 


130, 163 


Richard, 855 


Isaac, 


563. 786 


Nance, Old (slave), 




435 


Newport, Edward, .526 


Israel, 


667, 712. 741 


Naomes. 




132 


Otto, 526 


Jacob, 


404, 563, 56* 


Napes, Ephraim, 




886 


Newton, Alexander, 711 


James, 


181 


Xassacowen, 


37 


110. 129 


Cvrus B. (Dr.), biog., 846, 848 


Job, 


88 


Nash, Ebenezer, 


653 


711.816 


Isaac, 711 


John, 88, 162; 


aome-lot. 163 


Francis Burdett (Rev.). 


Isaac, 654, 670, 711 


179, 479 


541, 563, 564 


biog., 837, 848; 


./)•.. a37 


Phineas (Lieut.), 856 


.579, 606, 


712, 880, 882 


George W., 




852 


Stephen, 741 


Jonathan, Jr., 


88,539 


H. S. (Rev. Prof.), 


8:K 


Nicholas, St. John, Inset, p. 145 


J., 


83 


Joel, 


633 


662. 711 


Nichols, C5'prian (Lient.), 480 


Joseph, 572; 
Martha. 


biog.. 601 


Norman (Rev.) 


biog., 837 


James, 782 


658 


Rudolph K. (Re 


v.). 


biog. 83.S 


Nicholson, Henry, 782 


Moses, 


1509 


Stcdman, 




818. 909 


Niemann, William, 853 


Nathaniel, 


5W. 741 


Sylvester (Rev. 


, biog.. 837 


Nik, John, 853 


Nelson S., 


776. 910 


/>;■., 




846 


Niles, 69, 510 


Phineas, 


712 


Timothy, 




SSO 


Asa, 827 


Richard, 


70 


XmmlKgan, 110 


121 


123. 124 


John M. (Hon.), 905 


SamI, 229, 563 


564. 650, 713 


125 


126 


127. 739 


Richard, 909 


.//•., 


65G, 631 


NaUawanut, 


34 


109. 123 


William W. (Rev.). 744 


Widow. The, 


563 


Naughton, James, 




563 


Niniqret, 175 


William A.. 


783 


Nttutahan, 




115 


mpsic. 12! 


Zebulon, 6.53; 


.Jr.. 6,56 


Xawaas, 




17, 3S 


Noack, T. G.. 513 


Otis, Erastus, 


745,827 


Nearing, Henry T., 




490 


Noble, Hezekiah B.. 782 


Ould, Robert,' 


882 


Nearowanocke. 




130, 7.37 


John B., 912 


Outtcrson, John, 


911 


2fthano, 


111 


124, 125 


Nobles, .\lexander, 853 


James, 


510 


Neisener, Mary, 




782 


Mark, 853 


Overton, William, 


80 


Nelson, George H., 




52<i 


Norris, 775 


Owen, Apollos, 


462 


James, 




852 


North, Erastus, 753 


Isaac, Jr,, 


903,907 



942 



'"''"'' , 82, 1J5, 156 

home-lot, 168; 183 185 207 
259. 479, 880, '88^ sot iM 7 

Nathaniel, ^' ^^' ?^., 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



i'U] 



, Cieoljje, 



l'atIei-8on,-D.''williar.is, 

James, 
Pattou, Robert 
Pasco, Daniel A 

George B., 

James, 

Jonathan, 



Page aJev. Mr.), „,, 

„ . Henry A. ^ 

Pame (Pa.yne), ™J 

Daniel, ^.» 

J^^iccapto, -■! 
Nathan, I,- 

\ninii r ^'^^ 

F G 909 : 

"GoodWife,- ^^"'SI ' 

Hannah, ^o i 

Horace, S° 

Joel, ■^'^^ 

Jonathan E., ml,' 

Jonathan, Jr., hJ^ 

^^^P' .W, 21I 

fcn, «»» 
Nicholas, 70. 86, 89, 148 159 

O.hertJ?^-™'™''*^! 

Kamiiel, Z~?. 

Thomas, SiS 

Timothy, ,53 J^l 

Pantry, John, «• ^-^^ «-%^2 

Park, Josiah, ?il 

Parker, Elijah, S 

Ephraim. ,;.v), 7,8, y]g 

John,' 5}| 

Nelson, ii, 

Osoar F. (Kev.), gSj 

Parkhurst, Josei)h, ^34 -ti 

Parkman Elias 71, 139, it ^63 

io«, 155: home-lot, 163 

Parish, Ariel, ^^' »*«■ ^^^ 

Parmentcr, Nathaniel, 4S 

ADigail, o•^o 

Arthur H., Si, 

Ben ■ ^' • ,„ «2. 909 

Benjamin (Rev.), biog., .•«5 

ciia"?,^- <«-■)• «^<«J 

Ebenezer, 00 is 

Jesse" J;; ! 

John, joe ii: 

Jonathan (Rev.), ' f,Q • 

ga'-TN., 4?? 

Hezekiah, 664, 6.1" I 

S^areV"^^^-'- S 

Samuel II., "7 

Shubael, ^"' S" 

_ Stephen, ™'' 

• Timothv, ^ 

Thomas. 70. 88, 140, 165, W 
" iniam, ou,> 

ITS. 179. 188: home-lot, 163 
_^^, 879,880,888,917 1 

Partridge, Joseph (Dr.), biog., ^ ) 



I J., 

Jonas. 
Joseph A., 
Julius N., 
n„, Theodore W., 

Pattison, Edward 

John, 
Patz, Aug. 
Pa.vne, Edward, 
lealHxiy, Josiah (Rev.), 

Daniel, 
Frederic A., 
.Simeon, 

(Pearse. Peas, Pees), 
A. C'hapin, 
Abner, 
Anna, 
BiTon W 
Calvin. Jr., 
Dr., biog, 
t'harles N., 
Charles w' 
Edgar, 
Edmund M 
Edward, 
Eli, 

Ephraim, 
. Erastus p., 
Frederic N„ 
Gideon, 
Henry R., 
Horton. 
Joel, 

John (Licul.) 
Joseph, 
Lathrop, 

Levi s. (Dr.), biog 
Noah, 
Peter, 
•Stephen. 
Thon 



«7s, 880 
7, 13 
783 I 
818,910 I 
783 I 
783 : 
663, .573 
56:3, 712 ' 



P«:k,P«.ki:sa„,,,,|,G3i,,i3,,?Jf 



«49 
911 
783 
783 
124 
69. 70, 128 
464 
863 
634 
471 
812 
814 
818 
813 
886 
848 
713 
792 
853 ( 
818, 853, 910 
835, 846 ' 
797 1 
783 
812 
804 , 
713 
631,713 I 

783 
818, 910 
848 
713 
8,53 
853 
656 
631, 812 
713 I 
812 

836 ; 

826 
713 
656 

713 



Jasper, 
„ ^ Zed'idiah, 
Pedro, John, 
Peering, Abigail, 

Peefnnan}, ' 



462 
U6S, 713 
475 
903 , 
108 



Peean, Darius, 
Pelton Betsy Wolcott 

Enoch W., 

Ithamar, 

G«jrge,s. (Rev.), biog., g 

Nathan, ci2, 6.5:i. 656 

0«, 698, 770 



■13 

774 

773 

653, 658 



634, 713 
816, 818, 907 



„ , N. (Mrs.), 
I'ember, Andrew 
D ^Eli.i«h, 
Pembcrton (Surgeon) 
Pendal, Elisha, *" ^685 033 ?n 
Percy, Nicholas, ' '*^' lif 

John, ™? 

PiTkins. A.aron. 2*^ 

6 

714 
464 
714 



Fred,..., 
Gideon. 
He.s[,.r, 
Jason. 



I Rev. Dr.), 

„ William M. lil 

Perry, Joseph (Rev.), 576, 577, Si 

W, 653, 074, 713, 716 722 

f»< 724, 733, 750, 7.52, 769 

Frantw., "^- ,^^ 

Herman, i^ 

Jonathan, ^J^ 



714 

775 

810. 911 

714 

068. 714 

676 

47 

475 

475 

804 



i'eiry, Wiliian, ,Re^.^ 

Persse^ '" '-'""''"'■e' 

T. B., 
Peter, Andrew 
„ , (negro), 
Peterson (Lieut,), 
Peters, Hugh 
Pettingill, Stephen B 
Petter, Gilbert W 
Pettibone, George, 
George O " 

PettL4t,"Ale.vander,'^'''''^«'f 
Pfeifo, John, ^'^^ 

-V.™n.2d, -^''^'h'^^-S 
Abigail, '**'90«' 

Abraham 88. 129, 163. 166 
^„^,.^a89,402.406,f*2;»| 

Bildad, 451: Inset, p. m 
BeniannnCCRev.,.-"^ 

Caleb, ]*? 

Charles, 4.,^ ^JJ 

Charles E., m 

(Col ) ' "08 

d''fm'''„ f'^'S.M^gn 

IJ Hiisworth, q,.j 

Edward, "^ 

783 



909, 910, 911 



Edward F 
Eldad, 
Eli, 

Elisha B., 

Elizur D.. A— 

Ellsworth N. (Col.), 465 

T, , 466. 475 911 

Epaphras L., 504. 908. 9(W 

ijfiiner, g,. 

(.eorge 1.33. 146. 154. is:) 

Ife, 169, 170, ni 177 i-s 

181, 198, 210, 212 ■'■T)' 'iiit 

423,424,517.6!8;tS st" 

„ , „ 880, 882. 8s;;' ss", 

Halsey p. d:, -JJ:, 



Hannah, 
Henry, 
Henry E. 
Hester. 
Hezekiah, 
Hiram o., 
Horace, 
Horace E., 
Isaac, 



91 :i 

154, 165 

912 



910, 911 
394 
526 



143, 479. .Wl 



„W7. 653. 873, 876, 882 
Isabella, iV.T 

James, iSi 

Jerijah, Si I 

Job, 5^.. ^9 

Joseph,88, 163,229, 211' 407 
4?«, 639, 540 555 .¥9 tils 
^ 561. 806, 875, 882 91.3 017 
Joshua, ' Jfi 

Josiah SO. 48.3, 907, 909 

John'n'*^' ■'^'^- '""^' ^' »« 



John D., 
J. F., 
Mindwell. 
Mary, 

Moses, 

Mrs., 

Nathaniel. 

Noah, 



911 



N.. 
"Old Mr.." 
Oliver. 
o.«oar J., 
Kicbanl 11 
Roger, 
Ruth, 
.Samuel, 

Samuel E., 
Samuel II, 



886 

159. ](>;) 

179, 478, 876, 882 

714 

706 

882 

481,485 

910 

910 

l.il. .387, 390 

,^ im, 126, m 
179- 880, 882. 917 
472 



INDEX OP NAMES 



943 



!'*(9lp8, Sarah, ti*^ 

Timothy, 88, 168, 3«i 

889, m. S76, 883. 908, 917 
Timothy, 3d, 20" 

Timothy S., 'VX, 911 

VValter, 7IJ3 

William. 88, 92. 125, 146, 151 
1.'i4, 162, 163, in, 179, K'.) 
i.W, 482, 547, 82r, 87.'!. Sk;I 
883, 884, 885. f»l(i, B17 
1//-. or *n..21,a';. 54, 12.3 
•.i4, 148, 159. 163, 466, 888 
886: Jr., 148, 152, 155 
William Parvev, 500 

* Govuam P'd;a.<c. The. 4S5 
Pliilip ,sl"ve), 4»1 

I'liii 1- 879,880,88.3,885 

i ;.(.:' nv. Daniel .S., 804 

i'i:i|v-. William n. (Rev.). 471 
I'., ^iii.iijj. Oeorge, 8J6 

I'lCkcii Eliza, 5:9 

M»ry A., 519 

Samnel (Sgt.), 418 

419, 437, 437 
Pierce (Pearce), Abner, 714 

Daniel, 670, 714 

•John, 667, 713 

Kpbraini, &i9 

Loren, S27 

Lulhcr, 464 

I'ierson, 76 

AbraliHiii (Kev.), 459 

Daniel. 8i3 

Frederick A.. sdl 

Olivia, 390 

William S. (Dr.), 466 

Dr., 890, 405, 831. 891 
Piersoup, Ephraim, 714 

Pinney, 129, S82, 886 

Azariiih, 242 - 

Benj n, 649, 811, 813. 817, 818 
bio"., 819; 826, 908, SOS, 910 
Jr.^ 808. 910. 

Capt., 846; Bon., 6 
Dauiei, 461 

r)avrd, 462 

Ebenoier, 660, 678 

n4, 7S9, 909: jyr.. 846 
Edgar W., 911 

Eleaaer, 651, 715 

816, SIS, 907 
Eleazcr W., ' 863 

Francis, 818, 911 

Frederic A , 912 

George B.. 490 

Hnuiphrey(Mr.), 88, IW 
143, 160; home V.t, 164, J29 
413, 646, 882, 38.3, 885, 91" 
Isaac, 2: !!, 241. 715, 9<17 

leabol. 811, S86 

John, 552. 917 

Joseph. SU, 816; ,//•., 634, 6M 
Judiili, 715 

Jonathan, 63i 

T*mnel, &I9, «54, 715, Slfi 
Man-US A., MS, 912 

-Vi ., Sra, 882, 883, Sm, >»- 
Mrs., 873, 

Nathaniel, 88, 

241, 880, 
Xelfion, 
Orator L., 
Phebf-, 

Smiincl.82, 119,478, J90, 

563. «;;i, Sll, 812, 813, i 

H83, 88«. 915; .Ir., 813, I 

GirpH. ; 

Sarah, 2j!9, 87«, I 

William. 809, i 

Pitkin. 

Evel>n, ( 

G., ( 

George (Col.), ( 

Jof.'pli (Oapt.), i 

D'.iaf.. ( 

.•^'loiiiou I) (Ruv.), 

biog., 840, < 

^\ illiam, J8S. IW, 542, E 

"leizer (Surgeon's Mate), e 

I'xketUtvott, 1 



Pole, I rles, ' 

Pomit, 1B6, : 

'-'■■ \ 164, ( 

l-liwooU, (M, : 

178, 418. 647, 879, 1 

" Goodman," 1 

Ilnnuah, ; 

John, I 

Jneeph. 164, ! 

Warv, 878, ! 

Pond, ; 

Isaac, 880. f 

Nathan i. , 148,1 

IB';, 164, iT», > 

Sara-iei, 148. 151, 1 

164, 179, 878, 319. ( 

Poor (Kiisigii). f 

Porfoii, Samuel, / f 

Porter, Abiezur, 540, ', 

"'haancev, 462; Jr., I 

o. A., ; 

(Dr.), 154, 846, : 

Deborali, 5 

,Uea,\ 7 

Kbc:iczer(Rev.). 7 

KilwMnl. 4 

IIiiuiK.h, 877; WiJ., 5 

Ileftcr. ■ 8 

Ilczekiab, 540, 559, S 

563, 369, 5TS, 654, 6 

670, 716, 913, 915, 9 

Horace V. (Dr.), 846. 848, 8 

Israel, 7 

James, 229, 549, 552, ."» 

563, 877, 887, 914, 9 

Johanna, 877, 8 

John. 85, 88. 93, 160, 171, 1 

178, 217, 231, 229, 398, 4 

home-lot, 104; S'ts, 549. 6j 

715, 873, S?5, 877, S 

882,881,917; Jr..i. 

589, 876, 882, S87, 9 

Jonathan, 88, 826, 8! 

Jr.. 6:i4, 7: 

Joseph, 543, 559. 5( 

584,913.915,91 

J., 8( 

(Landlord). 7( 

I^rov L.. 8( 

Marv. 81 

Na;h;iniel. 229, 418, 5.52, 5! 

560, 563, 364, 635, «9, 6; 

654, 661, 665, 71 

716, 766, 769, 87 

Rebecca, 81 

Kenben, 81 

Rose, 87 

Uutb, 87 

Samuel, 816, 877: ffrt:.,67 



' Sarah, 
(S-gt.), 
Jhom? 
.Solo 



B. 



William, 146^ 

Porren (Pozcn), 128, 

Potter. Albert H., 

Horatio (Rev.), 
Potwine. Benjamin, 661; Dr., 

Caleb, 

EllBwurth &, 

John. .-,98, 665, 

Jr., 699, 

l.emn.'l S , 

Lvdia. 

Itachul (Mrs.), 

Tboinaa (Rev.). 512, 58.3, 

,5!)5,5!lfl, 601, 602, 603, 612, 

Jr.. . 604, 

ThomaaJl(Rcv.), 
Powell. ThdPSa, 189, 

Powers. Charles W., 

J'.hn, 

Philander D. (Rev.), 

Pratt, Edward, 
Eli, 

Frank D., 

Job, , 

Reuben K f 

Kuwell, t 



Pratt, Timothy, 635, 
Pr.'-. oil, Richard (Gen.), 669, 
P-.M...1. Kdwarrt, 

II' ury B., 

Price, James, Jr.. ! 

Priume, '■ Manumit" (negro), 

868, 458, 586, 

Pnnee 1 negro), ' 

(Mr.). 34, 35, 

Amasft T., 

Thomas, 89. 
Prior, AKyii, 

Ebenezer. 

EIn.er A., 

FMDklin S., ' 

Henry, ; 

Uumphrev, 88, 229, : 

Isaac T.. 1 

John, ,^93, : 
604, 653, 6.'i0, ' 

Joel, 696, ( 

Roswell, 656, ' 

Prosser, Benjamin, 1 

Prouly, Roval, j 

(Mrs.\ 1 

Pr(»vi(lence (negro*, i 

Puell, Thomas, i 

I'urple, Ezra, ( 

Putnam, i 

.Vmos H„ ; 

Charles S. (Kev.l. '1 

(Gen.), 1 

Richard A., 7 

Pynchon, 54, 136, 1 

Mr., 29, 68. 158, 183, S 

William, 54. 1 

Q. 

(iuachabuck. 1 

Oninn. Patrick, 5 

Quockhom, \ 



Kadcliff, Charles G.. 476 

Rainey (Hon. Mr.), 157, 167 

, Ramsdc!!, llezekiab S. (Rev.), 

745, R'J? 

Hatliond. Slatthew, 74 

' Randell (Kandle), Abraham, 11 

87. 88; bome-lot. 165; 178 

229, .■j.37, 545, 546, 873 

880. .888, 885, 91 7 

Philip, 141, 163 

home-lot, 165; 178, 546 

Philurv, 878, «9 

Kplirami, 744 

'oldWid.."' 880 

Rankin, Edw'd E. (I'uiv. Dr.), 8S1 

Ransom. Lyman, 865 

W illiam M. (Esq ). 844 

Rawdon, H., 462 

Rawlins, Jasper. 147, 149, 1.56, 165 

Raymond, Jonn W,, 475 

Thomas, ct^ 

Raynesford, William H., 496 

Raynor, Menzies (Rev.), 826 

„ . 743,744 

Reade— 8eoi?a(/. 

Reader. Cornelius, 490 

Recor, George D., 475 

Reardou. 775 

Dennis, 783 

Reed (Read, Reade, Reid), 234 

Abner (Dea.), 685, 586, 676 

684, 729, 752, 766, 766 

7(.9, 786, 908, 909 

& Barber, ]4 

V.::r/.:\\u H.. 788 

•■■r. 663, 676 

I' (Dr.), Te.-!. T»l 



I'^iiev 



Dr.). 



M«r,. ^rci,. (Pr), 785. \ 
Matthew, ; 



1.830 
716 
784 



944 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WISDSOK 



Reerl, NinMon A., ! 

Kalrh H., ; 

Silap, i 

^Viliiam, : 

lieiil. William (Ki.'v.), ' 

l.'«ve, Robert, 1 

l.'fevc8,,Jo., 

1.' ■miiiiioii, Tlsoniae, f 

Heimnr, John, S 

Jiepequum, 1 

lit wen, ] 

Reynolds, Charles, i 

Geo. <;. (Rev. und M.D.), 

Wog.. 783, f 

fieorge O., 1 

James, { 

Racsum M., f 

Reuben, i 

Waiter, i 

Rcyeuer, ; 

EheniUB, (Lient.) P. W. L., I 

Rice, Chauncey (Rev,), .| 

Daniel, S 

•lo'iah, 6 



,- It . 



R-. 
Kir'aarri«, Gecijio. 

Solomon L., 

Jumes, W, 210, 

Richardson, Daniel, 

Francis H., 

John, 

William H., 
Kichraond. George E., 
Riley, (jJeorge, 

John, 

Michael J.. 

William, 
Kiplry, Edwin J., 

Philip, 

W^illiamW^.. 
Itippaqi/ajn, 
Rising, Hanna, 

James, 329, 

John, 
Rislev. S. W , 
Rix, Widow, 
Roach. 
Robcite, Benjamin, 

F'ipUalel, 

,lohn, 368,404,415,031, 

Jonathan, 

'.i;o. (ReT.),393,:t94,0T0, 



Mij '. -.rs, B76, ( 

l..:ii.ie:. S 

Mjvv'Wid.). 
:\aih;.nii>l (Rev.), * 

Oliver, 462. 464, 1 

Paul, i 

Peter. ! 

fiohcitson, A ag«8tos, f 

Ttobbinp, Aiiinii Rnhamah 

(Fev.), ', 

Daniel, ■; 

lOliiah, I 

Qrirdoi! 'Rev.), ; 

Oirin, ( 

Thoma? iRev. Dr.). ! 
.5711, 623, Too, T29, 1 
7.-«, 760, 774, 7B7, ^ 

!(o'iiir3on, 

Cnarleij L., ' 

George K., ( 

Henry (Rev.), I 

i>laio I,., 1 

Robert, 

Rorkwell, 468, ( 

Abigail, 
Abi er, 
Alliheu-<, 
-■Vtnaea. 
AKna, 
tSiniamin. 
H"isy, 
Charlt 



585, 6T3. 6r.i. -,16 



Daniel, 534, d! S), 668, 1»8, U07 



Rockwell, Dea., .',16, ' 
Ebcnezer, 68S, 654, 662, ; 

JMward F., Jr., i 
Elijah, 

Eliza, ; 

Elizabeth, 678, i 

Ephraim, f 

Esra, f 

George?.. A 

Henrietta, 1 

Horace K, £ 
Isaac, .585. aS?. 5 

Jabez J., ', 

James, - 71'J, 1 

Joel, esi.t 

John, 14-3. 153, 16). 165, J 

179, 184, 547, WT. £ 

564, 685, 873. S7», S 

882, 914, ( 

Josiah, 668, 564, 572, S 

Joseph, 4l>7, 483, 5.02. £ 

914, 916; Jr, 568. 5M, 7 

Leeter A., f 

Lidia, £ 

Mary, 877, 887, f 

Matthew (Rev. et Dr.), 

572, 578, 674, 575, ,^78, S 

620,6-19; biop., 1 

784, 789, 1 

Miriam, £ 

Mollv, 6 

JJahhy. J 

Nath'l, 654, 662, 684, 716, 7 

Newell P., 4 

Ruth, f 

Sam'l. 81, 166, 185, 229, S 

407, 479. 488. 532. 6.39, E 

.542,547,662, 663, 618, t 

873, 875, 877, 880, 882, i 

885, 914, 916, I 

Z)«a., 728, 731; Jr., 6 

Sarah, 585, S 

Sibil, 585, 6 

Simon, i 

(Set.), £ 

Sydney W. (Dr.). 7 

Sylvanus, 6 

Sylvester D., f 

Wm. (Dea.), 14, 21, 158, 1 

Lome loti 165; .387, 483, 1 

678, 716, 878, 8b0, 8 

Wilmot, 8 

Rodemore, Hendrick, E 

Rodgers — see Rogers. 

Roe, Azel S. (Dea.), 690, 591, 5 

599, 611, 7 

John, 7 

Koehmer, Emrai, 7 

William H., 7 

Rogers, Evan, 8 

Harry G , 4 

Lemnel, 7 

Leonard, 6 

Nathaniel, 7 

Neheniiah, S 

William, 1 

William F., 4 

Rihr (Lieut ), f 

Koir.jck, Wiliiiira, ] 

Rolir, William, S 

.Rcol, Hsnry A.. S 

.M.irviml^'v.), 618, C 

William, -I 

Roote^ .J.ibii. i 

Rose. John. 7 

Koefeau ^Co'nmi.-Ki"bcr). f 

Ro«8ner (SIr.l, r 

Abigail, { 

Edward i.M v.). 4D8, f 

Bryan (Jlr.), 20 as, 86, 1 

IM, 163; home-lot, ' 1 

178, 463, 472, 548. 549, i 

EUzabeth, i 

Esther, i 

Samuel, HIS. 8 

Timothy. h 

Iti-tcr. John. •! 

Ituch, Vv iJliam, 7 

Rouse, Thoe. H. (Rev.), biog., 4 

Rowo, Julia, C 



Rowd, Daniel, 
Grace, 
John. 
Mary, 
Philander, 



167, 162, 168, 3('.i 
David S. (Rev.), 12, 197, 376 
379-881, 886, 518, 886 
Heury A. (Rev.), 12, S79 
381-383, 391 
George C, 4T.' 

James (Rev.), 8Pi 

Sherman, 3i;9 

Sowlandson (Rev ). 209, 39^ 

Rowley, Job, tV)« 

John, 36 ' 

Mary, 8>' 

Silas, Sii'.i 

Shuboel. 4:9 

Thomas, 220, S?*;) 

Rudolph (Lient.), 076 

Ruggles, Mary, 

Ilundall. Eliza Mills (Mn-.), 7 

Russell, 81;.' 

Abraham, 8.^5 

Cornelius, ;J69 

Comet, 369 

Daniel, 826 

Esther, .518 

Hezekiah, 634,717,817,82s 
Jacob, auto., 6iJ8; bw 

James, 158 

John, 369 

Joseph n., 4.')2, 9119 

Martin, 772 

Nathaniel, 717 

Noadiah, 551 

Samuel, 741 

Stephen, 634, 717 

• William, 390. 327 

Sev., 12, 576 

WyUys, 818, 907, 908 

Rowse, 620 

Samuel, 369 

Roycc, Daniel, 369 

John M.. 853 

Lydia Bull, 755 

Ruly (Rowiy), 883 

Rust, Richard H. (Rev.), 

biog., 841, 848 

Ryan. John; 490 

Nicholas, 527 

Patrick, 490 

Ryle, Edward, 82 



Sabiu, Benjamin, 827 

(Capt.;, 52 

Sackctt, Norman A., 490 

Sadd, Elijah, <;il 

Franklin A., tOo 

(Lieut.), 6.>.3 

Thomas, 584, 583, 626, 633 

717; ,/r.,56;; Vea., 721 

St. John, 370. 545 

St. Nicholas. John (Mr.), 7S, ,44 

64-1, 645, 546; Inset, p. 14.5 

Saffrey. '3 

Saltoustall, Richard (Sir', 33, •»:. 

45, 46, 47, 48, 67, 59, 62, 7,s 

544, 546. 736-740, 711 

itobeit, 78. 167, 166. 737 



Jr.. 



59 



Giirdou(Gov.), 69,288 

340 809 
Samson, Hills &, ' 826 

S&muaye (Siunmis, Sama-*), 

Richard, 141, 16.-: 

home-lot, 166; 169, 543 

547, ,S78, 879. 8!-3 

Sanders (Saunders), Abia, 91' 

Christopher (.Mr.). 4*. 88:^ 

George, 229. 4M, 65S, »f» 

Henry (Mr , 221 

Joseph, 88 

, Mrs., 89 



INDEX OP NAMES. 



945 



Sanford, Fred'R. (Rev.). 


744 


Shadock (Shadrack).Elia8, 207, 880 


Skinner, Joseph, 174, 229 


387, 


Sarah (the converted Ind 


ian), 120 


Herman, 


229 


640, 643, 667 


.56.3, 


Snr«^ent. John, 


aS7, 452 


Shaehan, John. 


784 


576, 579, 717 


874, 


Saisiield, John, 


475 


Shakespeare. .lolm. 


170 


886. 913 


81.6. 




108 


Shall™, William, 


239 


.//■., 552, 914: Dea., 


.Va.s.sVVfV/.«' 


114 


Shanahan, Richard, 


627 


Jonathan, 




S(isKOii'e>i, 


128 


Shanley, Thomas, 


806 


Mary, 


886. 


s.-iuTulers — pee Sdnders. 




Shanz, Bailas, 


476 


Oliver, 681, (i25 


(;33, 


S:l\ilg(_; 


169 


Sharp, William, 


476 


Prudence (Wid.), 




Sav.irv. Jonathan. 


784 


Share, John, 


880 


Richard, 540, 563 


564. 


Suwn, Kdmiind G., 


527 


Shaw, David, 631. 664 


656, 717 


Roswell, 


636, 


William 11.. 


527 


Gilbert, 


717 


Ruth, 




Saxton (Sexton), 


165, M7 


John, 


880, 883 


Samuel, .579, 606 


(H9, 


Bezaleel, 


999 


Shay, Michael, 


527 


Samuel, Jr., 


631, 


Charles, 


826 


Sheat, 37 


110. 128 


Samuel S., 




Ezekiel, 


649,663 


Shebosmaii, 


132 


Sarah, 




Frances, 


879 


Sheffield, John F. (Rev.) 


745 


Thomas, 640 


.559, 


Henry M., 


784 


Sheldon, H. S., 69 


7.17, 740 


.560, 663 


.564, 


John, 


229 


Isaac, 


81 


Timothy, 




Jonathan. 


634, 717 


John (Capt.), 


480 


William (Dea.), 


504. 


Joseph Addison (E 


ev.). 


Mary, 


903 


Wells G., 


784, 


biog., 


839, 818 


I{achel, 


811 


W.W., 




Mary, 


873.884 


Remembrance, 


370 


Ursula, 




Otis (Rev.), hiog., 


839 


Shelfon. Charles M., 


781 


Zidon. 




Rich'd, 152, 153, 160, 163. 164 


George T., 


476 


Skillman. John, 




home-lot, 


165 


Shepard, James A., 


784 


Slack, Thomas, 




167, 226, 879 


880,883 


(Rev. Mr.), 


396 


Slade (Sled), Aaron. 




T., 


88 


Levi L., 


490 


Abner, 370 


Ota*, 


Woodward & Co., 


670 


Sumner, 


746 


Daniel, 




Widow, The^ 


880 


Theron, 


490 


James, 


634, 


Say & Seal (Lord), 43, 46, 56, 58, 59 


Sheppion, Daniel, 


490 


Slate & Brown, 




Sayles, George Willard, 


910 


Sheridan, Edward, 


490 


Sled — see Sladt. 




Scales, Samuel J.. 


475 


J. O'R., 


395 


Smart, John H., 


784, 


.Scanlon, John, 


806 


Sherman, Daniel .\ustin 




Smith, 




Scarborough, Godfrey, 


452. 765 


(Rev.), 


469 


Aaron, 402 


911, 


Scatoapa, 


128 


Isaac, 


827 


Albert M., 




•Sclialfer, Leonard, 


629 


John (Hon.), 


301 


Alonzo M-, 


3!I4, 


Schenck, 


853 


Nathaniel (Rev.), 


681 


Ann, 




Schwab, Isaac, 


784 


William T. (Gen.), 


204 


Benajah E., 




Schal, 


124 


Shinners, Edward, 


627 


Caleb, 




Schmidt (Judge), 


675 


James, 


476 


Charles, 




Schroeder (Surgeon), 


675 


William, 


527 


Charles E., 




Schoolcraft, 


121 


Shippey, 

Shirtlifl — see Shiirtleff. 


a55 


David, 408, 


587. 


Schultz, Louis, 


853 




Ebenezer. 


(i:)B. 


Ilennan, 


853 


Shivee, "Friend," 


94 


Elijah, 




Schlosser, Adolf (Dr.), 


459 


Shurtlefl, John, 


828 


Elisha, 




Scott, 


812 


Lothrop, 
Roswell (Rev. Dr.) 


634,717 


Erastus, 


114, 


Charles W., 


465 




George D., 




John, 


784 


biog.. 


837,848 


George H., 




Joseph (Rev.), 


744 


Signor, Jerome, 
Sites, Alfred, 


911 


Henry, 




biog.. 


840; 886 


462 


Hiram, 911 : Rev., biog.. 


Robert, 


579 


Horace, 


462 


James, 96, 


7&4, 


Timothy, 


886 


Zenas, 


463 


Rer.. 




Scullv, William F., 


527 


Sill, Elisha N. (Dr.l, 


.^0, 452 


James M., 




Seat-et. 


110, 127 


459, 472 


008, 909 


James W., 




Seager, Elizabeth,i 


447 


Geo. G. (Gov.), 465 


795, 904 


Joel W., 818. 


819, 


Searlcs, John. 


408,587 


Henry, 


909 


John, 21, 370, 462, 


476, 


Sedgwick (Mr.). 


480 


Horace H., 


452 


664, 579: Jr., 


685, 


s,-|.ley (Capt.), 


224 


James, 


107 


John Cotton ((;ov.) 


.527. 


(Lieut.), 


71 


Theodore (Dr.). 


469 


John 0., 




•~.ibv, Ilenrv, 


627 


Siramond (Sinionds), J. IL, 910 


Joseph, 649 


6.53. 


-^.iiiiil.'. .M.-x.inder,! 


747 


Abel (Dr.). 


456, 469 


Joseph M.. 




.loliii W . 


476 


Silas, 


656 


Joshua, 




•-• ii-i s.ii. liiim, St. John?) 


Simons, 


787 


Josiah, 




.M;iith<-\v, home-lot 


166 


.lohn. 


717 


J. Frank, 






479, 883 


Capl., 


643 


Jonathan (Ens.), 




Nicholas, 88 


140, 1.55 


Paul, 


653 


Levi (Rev.), biog.. 




168, 184: lioin 


'lot, 166 


Samuel. 


784 


Lonzo M., 




229, M.\ an 


884. 886 


William S. (Rev.). 


745 


Lemuel. 




Sara, 


878 


Simpson, Timotliv 1).. 


527 


Molly, 




Thomas. 


878 


Sinclair. William,' 


805 


Moses, Jr., 




S.uk.l. 


121, 127 


Sisson, Charles W.. 


627 


" Old Mr.,'- 




■^tjxriii/tte/, 


110, 126 


Skinner, 


019, 812 


Peter, 




Hei/iiasmi, 38. 77, 107, 115 


121, 123 


Abigail, 


653,664 


Philip, 




Seqmen, 


108 


Abijah, 


578 


Prudence, 




Sargeant, Albert, 


476 


Abiram, 


6.M, 662 


Rafe (Ralph?), 




Sessions (Cant.), 
Samuel, 


855 
717, 816 


.\braham, 
Ann, 


636,717 
916 


Ralph, 
Remember, 




Severance, Melvin A., 


476 


Azariab, 


717 


Richard, 619, 56.3, 


5<H, 


Sewall, Samuel, 


217 


Benjamin, 


664,660 


Richard, Jr., 




Sexton — see Saxton. 




Charles B., 


784,805 


Robert, 




Seymour, Charles X. (Rev.), 


Daniel, 578: auto.. 


634,672 


Rose, 




biog.. 


747 


David, 594, 653, 741 


750,826 


Samuel, 630, 


(i.54. 


John, 


370,483 


693, Oil, 


(MO, 606 


Samuel A., 




Joseph, 


370 


Elisha U., 


527 


Samuel C, 




Thomas (Ens.), 


480,481 


Hezekiah, 


627 


Scth, 




T., 632, 633, 


684,636 


James, 


370, 578 


Theodore, 




WUIlam. 


370 


Joel, 


64« 


Theophilus, 




Zebnlon, 


583 


_ - John, 


684 1 


Thomas, 





Vol. I.— 119 



946 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Siieathiiif;, Xathniiicl. HH; 


Steele, Jemima. 7i't 


stcMightou, Hardin, 797 


Snow, 4i".-,' 


Joel. S26 


Haney, 462 


JYcdcric E. (Kcv.), T^ 


John, 51 


Israel, 21, 236.413. 808, 809 


(Jeorge H., SST 


(I.icul.). 678 


John, milii., 534: .''.36, 538 


Joseph, 818. '.»0 


Oliver W., 817, 818, 834, 9119 


.552. 581). 6S6, 635. IB4. 778 


.loseiih M.. 8«i, 81)5 


' Steflfen, Henry, 805 


888, 908. 914. 915. 917 


Xathaniel, 4t;2 


i Steininetz, Christopher. 785 


John A., 129. 148, »«. 205 


Olis, 818.911,912 


Stephens, Thomas W.. 462 


468, 5.38. .541,554, 569 


.Snviler, riiilip. 470 


Stevens, George, 464 


573. 578, 679, 582 


Soioii, Michael, 7S5 


Nicholas (Mr.). 93 


605, 622, 781. 729 


Soper. Chi'stpi-. 4B2 


Stevenson, Silas, 586 


Jonathan, 442, 621 


David. B3li 


Stiles, 69. 443, 445, .590 


6a3, 654, 718 


EdwanI B., 47li 


Abel (Rev.), 391 


.loseph. 656, 657 


Hciiiv I... 4fi5. 47(! 


Asahel, 606, 631, 656, 718 


Jiidsoii Brown, 728 


Maria (Mrs.). 409 


Asahel C. (Hon.), 909 


I.eiuuc!. 697. «V«. 627. 028 


Rebecca (.Mrs.). 4(i9 


Ashbel, 870 


i;3ii. {;:il, 632, ta3. 6,34. 686 


Timothy, 370 


Beuoni, 611, 718, 741 


tlm, IH4. (>18, IH9. 6.50. 653 


Williali), 469, 476 


Delia, 394 


6.55. 65(1. 658, 671. 682. 685 


Sunquaimen, 108, 109 


Ebenezer. 545. 563 


750. ;k)9: Cap!-. M'2. 'M\ 


Souffonofk. 109 


564, 579. 915 


71:i. 71H, 906 


Sniimmck<fiitiii-Kir, 108 


Ezra (Pres.), 580. 732 


Mehilable, 749, 750 


Souil, ,,,!., i;i,liard(Capt.), 21 


Francis (Mr.). 29, 32, 34. 43 


.)/;•., 888 


s<Hi(hri-ill l.'i.liert, 476 


44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 58, 69, 93 


Nancv. 585 


VnllllMI \,Hli;m, 41 


123, 128. 134, 135, 143. 145 


Nathaniel. 656, 741. 915 


Si,:nl,-, .Inn , 915 


151, 153. 1.55. 156. 157, 166 


Norman V.. 643. 806 


Noali, 563, 5«4 


178, 184. 449. 544. 546, 737 


Oliver. 579. 033 


SpauldingiSj)alding). George, 394 


7.38. 739. 740. 87.=). 88:), 884 


6.36, 062. 718 


Lysander Toner (Rev.), 


Henrv. 44. HI, 88, 143, 144, 


Oscar (n. 547 


biog., 748 


157. homelot. IBH 


Russell. 6.54 


RllfUB (Rev). 745, 827 


179. 448. 450. 545. 736 


San ford. S(Xi 


Spear, William, 634, 649, 718 


737. 739, 879. 883, 917 


Samuel. 371 


S|)encer, George, 785 


Henry R. (Dr.), 439 


.Samuel B.. 806 


Henrv, 863 


Isaac (Rev.), .391, 580, 732 


Sarah. 8;9 


Imri A., 490 


Israel, 656. 741, 751 


Sidney E., 806 


John, 394 


Israel Harper, 746 
Jane M. (Mrs.), 14 


Shem, 1*3. 718 


Sperrv, Ambrose, 370 


Thomas, .87. 93. 141 


Daniel G., . 763-765 


Joan, 44 


home Int. 161): 184. 189,203 


Gilbert I)., 805 


John, 44. 88, 144, 162 


■-'1 - 'J,"!, lii: ll-J. 4l:i. 442 


.losejih K., 7S5 


home-lot, 166; 179, 207, 545 


1 ■ - ^'.'. .">.'>8. Klil 


Lewis 1 Mrs.). 792,911 


563, 564, 579. 631. 718. 879 


NV' -■ ■• :l, :A~. :Ai 


Ri.th T.. 9. 5.38, 1)27 


880, 883, 913, 914; ./;■., 718 


::. ; .v.:. m.i :.u-i. 5(W, 664 


685: 686, 765 


J., 143 


Jr.. 143, .iiiil Mary, 142 


Samuel (Dr.). 765 


Jonathan, 903, 916 


Timothy, 684, 916 


Theodore B., 527 


Joseph (Lieut.). 406. 556 


Williani, 5.38. .563. 570. 579 


Spiimicr. Eugene T., 911 


Lncretia, 6 


6:S5. 653, 654. 684. 718. 769 


^]ii,-iL-ii,- 1 lir 1. 577. 5S2 


Lucinda, 14] 


Stow (Slowe). Frc-derick W.. 785 


^|in, 1 liii-rM|,licr, SSB 


JIarv. 6, 1.55 


(Lieut.), 677 


^,,1111.- ( li:irlcs VV., 785 


Misses. The. 138 


Samuel (Rev.), 213 


^li.-ri„!,li iSgt.). 464 


Nancy. 394, 915 


Stowell, Seth, 611; J/;v., 612 


St. (/lair. Charles. 853 


Noah, 579. 606, 689; Jr., 656 


Strickland, 812. 886 


Smnnard, 370 


President — see Ezra. 


James V. R.. 911 


Slandish, Edward .\., 827 


Rachel, 44, 908 


Sidney E., 476 


John, 837 


Ruth. 914 


Timothy B.. 462 


Miles, 39 


Samuel. 402, 601 


Strong, Abel (Sgi.). 462 


Stanley, Albert V. (Rev.). 744 


612, 664. 894 


Abigail, 913,915 
Adolph, 785 


Caleb, 480, 5.38. 737. 809 


Sarah, 403 


Nathaniel, .370, 638 


Thoina.s. 44, 70, 144 


Azubah, 903 


Sidney, 6 


home-lot, 163 


Charles, 479. 916 


Timothy, 479 


I'arlv. the Salloustall, 


Damaris, 877 


Staples, Seth P.. 833 


William L.. 5 


Daniel, 4'!9, 63.3, 718 


Starlie, Aaron, 09 


or, 35, 4;j, 56 


Edward (Rev. Dr.), 830 


Stark.s, George A.. 805 


Stillman. Allen (fapt.), 658 


Elisha, 394 


Robert. 370 


Siirmmer, Charles, 476 


Ephraim, 185 


Thomas, 636. 718, 785 


Stocking. Daniel. 604. 619 
Stoddard (Rev. Mr.). 204 


Esther, 914 


Starkweather, Benjamin, 619 


Experience, 1.56. 638 


Thomas, 630 


Solomon (Mrs.), 204 


Hannah, 877 


Starr, George, 490 


Elizabeth, 604 


Haney, 718 


Stayres (Staires) Thomas 


Moses. 82T; Rev.. 745 


J., 884 


(Sgl ), 711, 138, 156 


Isaac (Rev.), 746 


Jacob, 482, .MO, ."iOS 


home-lot, 159; Ite, 54.5, 546 


Stone. George, 827 


564, 579, 913, 915 


Steamer, John, 476 


(Rev.). 745 


John, 35; ilulo.. 88; 15:i 


Stearns, Edwin. 6 


(Rev. Mr.), 11, 67, 68 


home-lot. 166; 167. 168. 174 


Stcbbiiis. Augustus. 462 
Edwanl, 448 


76. 77, 186, 453 


175. 229. 482. .540, 552, 663 


Storrs (Rev. Dr.), U. S.. 204 


584, 617, 873, 879, 883. 8,84. 885 


.S:i:niiel Stiles (Rev.), 754 


Stoughton, 47, 88, 144, 158, 179, 407 


914, 916. 916. 917; ./;•., 883 


Stedmaii, Eliphalet, 620 


540, W2. 610. 914. 915 


Jonathan. 479 


Homer P., 910 


Ah., 903 


Margaret. 888 


John. 104, 194, 560 


Alexander. 654 


Mary. 876, 914 


Jimallmn, B19 


Ann. 915 


Mindwell, 916 


.loscph, 408; a!//o., 534 


Benjamin, 625. 915 


Nathaniel, 6.36, 6;i6 


5;J9, 563, 564, .'179, 618 


Bissell, 684 


619. i;.M. KA. 718 


Matthew, 586 


Daniel, 564 


Phineas, c^'t i . ' ' /' *''~o 


Robert, 552, .550, .563 


Edward, 769 


Return, 8-*. l . . ■■ .-'' 


.564, 914. 917: Jr., m) 


Elijah, .370 


231. r -:, -: -77 


Sanniel. 560 


Erwin, 806 


880. SSI -.vi sM vs.-, 


Stephen, 408, SS6. 620, 719 


Francis, 805 


Samuel, 413 


Steele, James. 503. 654. 718, 816 


Frank E., 805 


Sara, 831 881 


Dr., biog., 834, 8.55 


Franklin, 80S 


Thomas, 177, 2S0 



I 



INDEX OF NAMKS. 



947 



SIroilE, Timothy. IT!. 221. 

William (Jiidgot, 

William U., 
Strobrid^, E.. 

stuckev. George; home-lot, 
Sutherland, Daniel, 635, 

George (Rev.), 
Sullivan. James. 

John, 

Swarne, James, 

Jej*8e, 

William. 
Swan, George P., 



Taft, Alfi^d A., 8.54 

Alphcns I Hon.). 830 

Fr. M., 854 

Roiiolphus, 863 

K. A.. 8:M 

Tainlor, Charles M., 2.35 

Michael. 47'J. 887, 917 

Talcott. Alvan (Dr.), 755 

Capl.. 447 

Daniel. 907, 908 

Edwin, 820. 826 

(Gov.), 578 

Guv, 909 

John (Mr. 1, 449,649 

Sec'i/, 35 

Joseph, .5.59, 809 

(Major). 227. 480 

Man,- K.. 480 

Phineas, 819 

Samuel. 578 

T. G. (Mrs.). 796 

Wallace S., 854 

TtiiKjaroosen. 129 

Tantonimo (Tontonimo), 807 

Tagiiis, 131 

Tarbox, Increase N. (Rev. Dr.), 

387, 610, 728, 727, 768 
Thomas, 



647 Terrj-, John, 



478, 



Wi 



1 W. 



aM 



Tasker. John C, 

Jonathan. 4(V4 

7'alobam. 109 

Taylor, 812 

Abigail, 876 

Anna, 878 

Augustus, ,527 

Charles L., 490 

Ebenezer, 50J, 579 

Elizabeth, 913 

Uannah, 879 

Henry, 88 

Joanna, 913 

John, 88, 1,39. 145. 155; 

home-lot, 167; 371, M9. 540 

.545. 552, 563. 634, 719, 875 

88;j, 913, 914, 915, 916 

./;■., 668 

.John E., 7a5 

John I,. (Rev. Dr.), 830, 831 

Mary. 877, 916 

Mindwell, 877 

Nathaniel, 2.39, .564, 579 

813, 814, 8S6 

Nathaniel W. (Prof.), 756 

Rhoda, 1155, 179 

Samuel, .371, 668 

Sarah, 619, 913 

Stephen, 88, 129, 156, 169. 1G5 

home-lot, 187; 179, IW, 2.30 

371, 479, 6.39, ,547, 552. 873 

875, 883, 884, 885, 886 



Jr.. 



230 



Thomas, 

Zebulon. jifi 

William, .371, &W, 883 

Tthann, ill, IM, 125 

Ten Brook, Jolin, lua 

Tennant. Charles J,, 



Eli. 
Rufus. 
Terrv, 

Eli, 



404 
464 



.losias, 
Marv, 

(Mr.\ 8!t. 

Nicholas. 

Seth (lion. I. 

Sannifl. r59; ,//■.. 

Solomon, 504, 

Stephen, 141, 

home-lot, 161 ; 167, 

178. 239. 448, 878, 

Thain, Charles H., 

Thayer, David U. (Rev.l, 



John W., 818, 910 

O. E., 827 

Thirlkell, Thomas, 476 

Thomas, Alexander, 806 

John, 806 

Noble W., 826 

Cupl.. 82 

William, 854 

Thomessen (Thomlinson — 

Tomlinson) Dan'l (Rev.), 823 
Thompson (Tomson, Thomson), 
591, 812, 886 
Alexander, 667, 711, 719 
Asa, 



Benoni, 



654, 656, 660. 719 



Elizabeth, 
James, 




579 


649 


856 
636 


Job. 


606 


635 


n9 


741 


John, 


6.38 


719 


818 


854 


878, 883, 


911; 


Jr. 


604 


741 


John 2d, 








656 


John 3d, 




649 


633 


636 


Jonathan, 








719 


Joseph, 






854 


856 


Joseph Abbot, 




818 


911 


Margaret, 








858 


Sam'l, 579, 


649 


813 


817 


856 


Samuel H. 








806 


Wm., 579, 


809 


813 


814 


836 


Bn:. 7.5- 


; Prof.. 


733 


756 


William A. (Rev.\ biog. 


733 


William H 






749 


910 


Thornton. Ann. 








878 


Thos., 138. 


479 


545 


878 


883 


Thrall (Trail), A 


vah 


T.. 




a54 


Charles. 








408 


Carlos W.. 








854 


David. 


371 


404 


482 


617 


Edward F. 








476 


Elizabeth (.Mrs 


), 




741 


Elijah, 








371 


Ezekiel, 371, ,500; wilo. 


.518 


Giles. 








371 


Hiram, 








909 


Horace, 








910 


H. .1., 








910 


Isaac, 








sn 


.Jason, 








8.54 


.Jerusha. 








617 


Jesse. 




371, 


404, 


719 


Joel, 






14.5, 


482 


Lemutrl, 








719 


Luke, 








.371 


Mary, 








617 


Moses, 






479. 


.587 


Oliver, 






908. 


909 



Oliv 



■W. 



910 



Russell, 818. 911 

Samuel, 2:19, 719 

Thomas, 167, 178 

Timothy. Sr.. I.-i9. 15:). 15S 
167, 203, 307. 2()9. 212 
217, 2.30. 482. 547. 751 
880, 88;). 8«:i, 917 
8S 
88. 91. I4K, 1.59 
16,3. 167. KB. 178 
181. 88<». 881. 883 
371, 742. 785 
880, 881 
8:)0, 413, 414. 4i;2 
818, 822, 830, 909 



T., 
Willi! 



Thurston, John 



Tilden. Austii 
Egbert, 
Le3lieC.(Dr.),biog.,&«7;818 I 



Tilly. Edith. 167 

John, cruel fate of, 

67. 148, 109 

William, 141 

Tilton, Peter, 143, 151, 163, 167, 168 

178, 478, 879, 883 

Tingier, Lyman T., 819 

Tinkhara, Johu, 826 

Tobin, Thomas, 8.54 

Todd, John (Rev. Dr.), 205 

Mrs., 205 

Tonlomino, 11.% 114. 115 

116. 118, 130. 131 

Toqumh, 128 

Tormina, Peter. 37i 

Tosgel (Chaplain), 673 

Toto, 110. 127. 129, 223 

Toutops, 127. 131 

Towano, 125 

Towne. Clinton, 527 

Edward S. (Rev.). 791 

Towneend, Paul, 827 

Timothy. 462 

Tow Tonnemaii, 127. 128 

Trask, William B., 158 

Treat, D., 88 

(Major) , 110, 208, 223, 227, 494 

Robert (Gov.), 231 

Samuel, 906 

Selah B., 462, 765 

William, 

Trott (Lieut. 1, 675 

Trov. Timothy, .STl 

Trumbull (Trumble). 40, 55. 105 

106. 107, 113. 114. .567 

Ammi. 412. 563. 564. 593 

597, 767; Jr.. 741 

Benjamin (Dr.), 52, 53 

196, 202, 445 

(Col.). 579. 7*3 

David. 631. 653. 636, 719 

J. Hammond (Hon.), 6,11., 

17. 30. 88, 99, 112, 163 

422, 476, 873. 888, 890 

Hanna, 230 

Jude, 2.30 

John (Judge), 204 

Joseph, 660 

Jonathan (Gov.). 673 

Try, Michael. 139, 163 

165; home-lot. 167 

Tucker, James. 785 

James W., 831 

Samuel, 462 

Thomas, 827 

Tuckquease, 128 

Tudor, 913 

Abigail. 914 

David M.. 793 

Edward. 4.56 

Elihu(Dr.), 4.56.437 

660. 719, 791 

Elisha, 915 

Jane, 875 

Marv, 629, .873 

(hvi-ii. &s. 93; home-lot. 167 

in. 179, 230, 4.57, 7(M, 873 

.H73, ma. 884. 917; -/r.. 912 

Salniii-l. 2.30, .540, 6.55. .5.57 

563. 379, 584, 6.35, 647. 653 

719. ;49, 763, 87.5, 886 

914, 913, 917; Hef., 4.56 

Sarah, 875 

Woodbridge & Co, 763 

Tuppcr. Solomon, 719 

Turhune. John, 476 

Turkington. Wm. U. (Rev.), 745 

Turner (Capt.), 227 

Turrafnitf/f/as. 108 

Tuttle (Tiithill). Renel H. (Rev.). 

169, 393, 4&5. 621. 622 
Twomey, Thomas, 527 

Twining, George A., 8i)6 

Tyler, Bennet (Rev. Dr.), 

728, 756, 764 
Franklin (Dr.), 774 

J. E. (Rev.). 541 

WUliam S. (Prof.), 206 



948 



HISTORr OP ANCIKNT WINDSOR. 



u. 



Ulig(Lieul.), , 

rimciirtciii (Eue.), 
''«■«', 8S, 77, 109. Ill, 115 ■ 
f;»der.,iil, i.„„e. '«'■>««• J 

uppLT"""' •"■"•■'■"■ '■ 

I'pton. Edwin. - 



V. 



\ an der Meulen. Peter Won 

terse, 
\ "nduzer. Thomas 
Vane, Hcnrv (Sir), 
» t-rstille, Nancv, 

Peler, " 
,... William, 
Vibert, Charles W.. 
George, 
Joseph W , 
(Lieut.). 
^"""f ^Alexander, lill, 6S3, 

Mollv. 
V mion, Chelsea c 

(Dea.), '^"'^Z 

Randolph J ^^ 

Sefh 



"aidwell, Abner o^ 

Ebenezer. ^''5 

Warhain .John (Rev.i. n !M 9? 
l''og.,^^;.,r.52.M.«;?] 
Jg-'^fi. I-17. 149. 1.50.'l5f 
"57, lfi2, 168. 172. ir.3 176 
... 180. 181, 182. 1H.3 m ' 
19p. 1!B. 194. 196. 187' ,90 
■Icath and bioK.. m-mfo 

sir. 388. .M6, .m;, 648 
."MO. 577. 88;j. 878. 880 
m. 8SI5. 896. 89" ^ 



\v 



Seth, 
■P, Richard 



Vunian. 



89, 146. 149 

883,884, 

It)8, 230, 883, 884, 

W. 

\\adKwnrth, Ebenezer 

Ichabod (Capt.). 832, , 

. fflS, 719, 720, 817, 1 

Jeremiah, . o*., 




Webster, Mrs., 
Micah, 
■Sarnnel. 
Tiniolhv, 
iWid.).' 
Zi'phaniab, 
» edeinever, Fr .1 
Weed. Avriee 
Welch. Ebene'zer 
Edson A.. 
Henrv B., 

Lonniel. 101. 102. 141 .^S 
'-emuei A., 910; Mr.. 57 
Martin. ,?/. 

Peter. ■■''' 

«>ld. L. (Mrs.), 



92 



S78 
372 

nil 

.128 
.372 
912 



.Mr 



H. 



100 



(Capt.), '"'■' 

Joseph B. (Dr.), 
■n-M- WO, 8:i3, 

"agixT. Bemhurd. 

. ' """If III. 0.1 ],w 

wSela!'i.;Se4/l!'^--' 

" a cott, Solomon {Rev ) 
n aldo. Daniel. ' 

Rebecca, 
w.i •^".'""e' Putnam. 

&r,Tbraham^^^--- 
B. M., 

^'^bui? <R"^^-). 388, : 

Dyer"" 



Horace, 

lerael. 
John. 
Lemuel. 
Looniis. 
Moses. 
Xelson. 
Philip. 
Ransom (Re 
.'>amuel. 
Stephen. 
Thomas, 
William, Jr 
,„ William C, ' 
Warren. .Joel A. ,Dr 
biog.. 
I Warriner, 
I William D., 

" <tront/es, 
Washburn. 
Isaac. 
Waterman. John. 
Waters. Henrv T 
William' \ " 

Watson, .\melia ir 
An 



, 765 
5(J3 
720- 
491'- 
914 
765 



S3li. 847 
476 



794 



Ebenezer, 3(a, 579, 741. 767 
W5; •//■., 647, 706, 750 I 
»W, 631, 632, 653 I 

875 



Hannah, 

Harriet, 

Henrv, 

.ledid'iah, 

John. 



Weller, Richard, ,,„ 

home-lot, 167; 168 179 

Wells (Welles, Wiiles.-'i^iil'i'''**^ 
Abigail, ' ""^'' 

Abraham, 
Andrew, 
Elisabeth, 
Elisha, 

Eraok, ,_ 

Hezekiah, (KXi, 610, 611, 64.3 
Isaac. ""-^-^tS? 

J^^IS,'"-'' Jo 

Janies H.. Jr.. h\ 

Jonathan, Capt. I. ,>i.3. 1^ 

Joshua. 82, 540. .W2 .56.3 \£ 

610,T2O,88O,-9r5t5K;9H 

Lamson. ,579,606,611 649 

I ev! .r„l > '^^^' 2^' "56. 74i 

Moses'. 

Xoah, 

Roswell. 

Samuel R., 

Solomon. 

Thomas (Cant I 

William. ■ ' 

VV est. A. G., 

Gelon W., 

Oershom. 

Joel (Rev.), biog 

Randall B., 

Samuel, 

Stephen (Rev.) 



663, 662, 7.52 
615. 720 



487— 



814. 820 
449 



510 
819 
372 



Wall. .'S''"^' "««'■'■ 
Wallace (Wallis), Abraham 
, 653, 668, 670, 720 

Agnes, ' ^ 

Erskine, 

James, ~g„ 

John, 3 

Joseph, '*"• 

Katheriiie, 
„. William, K«o 

fVatioc/ioclf, 
n'tppanoush, 
;yapyguart. 
H are, Alford C, 

Marv, 
Ward, Edward, 

Elijah, 

James W. {Rev ) 

John, ' 

Lawrence, 

Michael, 

S. S., 

Thomas M., 



372 

790 
372 
649 
816 



125 

I, 108 
910 



Mary. 

Xallianicl. vr' ,:.■' ■ .,, ., 
Robert. 88. i, 1 , !," 
W.\. V.', . , , ' 
873. 875. s.M -,. s.., „ ■ 
Samuel, ua. Mi -,.»(; ,-.1 
65;j, 856, 741, 767, 875 
; ,, Timotbv, •''■•• '^S.SSe, 720 

]]•."''- «-apt.). I^ 

'J."'-"'/«".o. t,s 7Ti 

"fO.,>-/vw/„„.;. 'i'? 

"•ebb. Carlos,' «J 

Charles, fi 

Ezra, J* 

M.vron s a.;, 493, 495, m 
(Mr ) • ^"^- *'•'• 513. 519 

VViliiam H., I?3 

... ^ «'illiam R., **' 

M obster, Aaron, SS 

Chloe, ^ 

Cyrenus, 2?J 

Eunice, ^ , 

Lucy (Mrs.,, ^ ; 




563 
725 
.594 
.373 
490 
;J73 



373. 720 



.Samuel (Capt.), 40^ 

„.^ William C, 2^ 

W heelock, Eleazer (D.I).). ^4 

V^ helpley, Sanmel W. (Rev ) 

«•>.■ ,5~. 62.3; biog.. '' 7.,- 
" hippie. Abraham. ijj 

Benton s.. ^ 

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G^i'e'M '■'■■^ 

H.Tudor,' 0,^ 

:J--. 649,650 



Wh 



INDEX OP NAMKS. 



949 



WhiU', John, 448; Rev.. 


20,22 


Wilton. Nicholas, 82, 89, 93, 2.30 


Wolcott, Uenrv. 1.18, 


4 


, 61, 895 




88:i 


honie-fol. 171; 174, 


Jo?cph, 
IjOiiiiiel, 


479 




Robert, 878 


ISO. 450. 451, 4.'i5, 478, 


479 


Wilmarth. Apollo, 513 


647, 774, 8(W, 873, 878. 


liiihflt. 


m, 721 




Edmund I).. 528 


880. 88:1. 884, 885, 914, 


Siiiuiu-l il.ifilt.'. 


462 




Gardner. 528 


Henry (Mr), 125, 129, 


William, 


721 




Winfleld S.. 528 


1!19. 221, 


Wbit.-lii-lil. .lohM, 


35 


Willey. Asa. 774, 816. 918 


Henry (Sen.), 21. 75. 140, 


Wliilclicacl, Kihvanl. 


170 




819. 829, 8:i2, 908, 809, 865 


169, 209, 212, 217. 2.30, 


.I.UUU', 


170 




Junius M. (Rev.), 831 


42:3, 455, 4.'i<i, 510. .541, 


Man. 


170 




832; biog., 839 


548, 652, 558, .5.59. 560. 


Multlivw, 


170 




Nathan, 797, 806 


579. 879, 


Uiclmrd(lioiKlumn) 


.146.169 




Newton, 799, 806 


Henry (Jr.), 72, 75. K2 
146, 1.50, 169, 170, 171, 


170; will, of. 


163 


\V 


nchcll. 165 


Whittlesey, F. H., 


508. 51B 




Benjamin, 879 


223,230,2:31,405.424, 


George W., 


528 




David, 2:«, 875, 883 


4a5, 479, 545, 51S, 


Whiting, 


152, 187 




Ebenezer. 482 


656, 879, 


Caleb. 


4« 




John. 374 


Ilepzihah. 


(Ciipt.), 


189 




Jonathan, 5:i9, 875, 883 


It;., 


•lohii, 37;i; .Ur., 


211 




Joseph, :)74, 496 


James, 564, 


Jlarcus, 


854 




Justin H., 491 


Jane, 


Susnmiah, 


161 




Martha. 879 


Jemima, 


William, 161 


lliS. 410 




Nathaniel. 88, 169, 189, 844 


Joel, 


Mr., 40, 75, 155, 480, 482, 546 




873, 876, 880, 883, 884, 917 


Johanna, 


Whitncv, .lohn. 


634,721 




Oliver, 374 


John, 2;il,540, 543, .W9, 


Whilmi'. Flavcl, 


818 




Phebe, 879 


563, 579, 769; Jr.. 540, 


I.CStiT. 


491 




Robert, 141, 158, 167 


Jonathan, 


Tudor. 


491 




home-lot, 169; 178, 879, 883 


Josiah, 584, 


Wiard, Lois. 


499 




Shavlor, 464 


Joseph, 


Wiggins, Josiah, 
Wilbur, Charles, 


464 




SteiJhen, 876 


Lorany, 


528 


Winchester, Salmon. 827 


(Maj.), 41.3, 


Wilco.t, Gad, 


911 


Windsor, John B., 911 ; Mrs., 531 


Mary, 


William P., 


491 


W 


mg, Hannah, 517 


Martha, 


John, 


K06. 910 




Joanna. 501 


Mr., 87, 88, 89. 90,92,95, 


Wileoxson, John, 


179 




Joseph, 374 


176, 179, 181, 1(M, 186. 


Wilkins, G. M. (Rev), 


531 




Mosee, ;374. 517 


884, 885. 886;. !//■«., S7:J, 


Will, Jesse, 


548 




Roger, 374 


Molly, 


William (Indian), 


74 




Samuel. 374. 501, 506 


Naomi, 


Wills- sec Wells. 




W 


nner. Henrv. 854 


Oliver, 451. 048. 671, 


Williams, Arthur, 147 


15.3, 154 


Winslow. 24. 27. :34, 109; Goi:, 63 


Peter. 


IBS. 178 


478, 88;j 




.7o/m, 41 ; Gov. Josias, 35, 223 


Roger. 451, 482, 540. 


(BishopK 
Eliphalet (Rev.), 


204 


W 


nthrop. 28, :35. 36. 43, .51. 52, 53 


.561. 721, 808, 


576 




54. 55, 56, 62, 66, 118 


Qeu. & eoc, 89, 233, 241, 


Ezekiel,518, 6.32, 6.33, fi.34, 636 




Got-., 22, .51, 182, 448 


408, 412. 451. 455, 478, 


Harris, 


785 




Goi: .Mill. ./!■.. m. 34, 47. 48 


568, 572, 575. 579, 7.33, 


Henry, 


806 




.Ur. John, 45; Robtrt C, 206 


787, 904; Jr., 451, 619, 


James, 


785 


w- 


se. Martin W.. 491 


Samuel. 230, 400; ■ivto.. 


John, 94; home-lot 


168, 177 


Witchfleld, John (Mr., or 


672. 073. 773. 779, 


230. 819. 854 


878, 879 




■■ Goodman "). 9.3. 99, 146 


Samuel (Rev. Dr.). 


881,883; 


./r., 880 




147. 160; home-lot, 169; 179 


Samuel Tudor (Col.). 


Julia S., 


406 




198. 388. 528. 879. 880. 881. 883 


Sarah, 750, 875. 876, 


Sanmel. 


510, 514 


Whitcutt, William. 827 


Simon. 87. 125, 163. 169. 


Robert 0., 


785 


Withey, Ezra, 827 


177, 179, 185. 478, 541, 


Roger. KM, 108 


121, 146 




M., 7^1 


552, 558. 559. 560. 563, 


161, 162; home-lot, 168 


W 


threll, Edwin, .52S 


597, 604, 635, 653, 679, 


178, 182, 547 


549, 878 


Wolcott, 69. 75, 150. 181 


741. 8S.3, 914, 


(Rev.). 


117 




549, 574, 886 


Capt.. 642, IH4, 647, 


^Vnlter S., 


791 




Abiel, 684. 907; ilaj., 766 


Talcott, 


William (Gen.), 


2(M 




Abigail, 584 


Thomas, 770, 


Wil.«on, 


6t)5 




Alexander, 907; Jr., :i90, 451 


Ursula, 


Abicl. 


373 




Dr.. 416, 455, 459, 579, 905 


William, 415, 540, 559, 


Alexander, 


.528 




Albert, 654, 684 


.569, 572, .575. .579, 614, 


Calvin, 


:m 




Amasa (Capt.), 905 


620, 628. 629. 666, 


Eli, 


394, 908 




Arodi, 654 


Wood, Abner. 


Gowen C. (Rev.), 


21,199 




Benjamin, 584, 654 


Geo. I. (Rev.), biog., 825; 


203,385,386 


444,465 




Charles, 390. .564, 579, 879 


James (Dr.), 


James, 


873 




Chloe, 774 


John, .5.59, 560, 


Joel, Jr., 


373 




Christopher, 163, 169, 179 


564, 579, 


John (Rev.), 


198,528 




374. 547, 684, 908 


.lonathan, 721; Jr., 


John, 


371, .387 




Christopher (Dr.), 456, 4.i9 


Luke (Rev.). 


Jonas E., 


854 




Davi* 766 


Obadiah, 1.32. 721, 


Kate, 


391 




Edward. 413 


Oliver E. (Dr.), 848, 


Mary, 


887 




Elihu, 7M, 908 


Oi-soa S.. 


Moses, 


373 




Elizur, 654. 6W 


Rjnisom E.. 


Phineas, 


.390 




Ephraim. 483, .5S5. C.>4 


linbcrt. 


Robert, 


162, 167 




677, 773, 774 


Solomon, 374, 668, 


home-lot. 


168; 179 




Epaphras, 655, 750 


William (Dr.), 764, 


Samuel, 230, 373, 883. 887 




Erastus (Gen.), 414, 415, 451 


William R., 


Samuel A. (Dr.), 


138 




58:3, 586. 614, 616, 6.35, 638 


Woodbridge, 


140,386 


391, 459 




640, 644, 653, 8.54; aula.. 


Bimiamin (Rev.). 88, 


S.. 


88 




655, 659, 661, 668, 672. 678 


200. 201, 202, ISA. 209, 


Stephen L., 


462 




679, 682. 721, T30, 7.50, 760 


212, 21.3, 214, 215, 


Timothy, 


462 




904, 90.5, 9«X5, 907; C'o/.,905 


* Talcott, 


William, 476; (Rev.), 531 




Freilerick W.. 806 


Jona. Edwards (Rev.), 


Wilton (Lieut.), 88, 89, 93 


1.38, 166 




George, 179. 374, 548, 907 


Timothy (Mr.), 551, 


168. 159, 100, 169. 174 


176, 176 




Gideon (Ens.), 679, 611 


Woodcock, 40, 57. 58, 


177, 178, 181, 478, 517, 


519, 648 




Giles, 684, 721 


Woodford, John B., .386, .387, 


Mary, 


93 




Helen, 755 


Oliver (Mrs.), 



950 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR. 



Woodruff, Samuel, 374, 452 


Wright, Abel, 






374 


Y. 




Woodward, Ashbel (Dr.), 6 


David, 




6*3 


721 


Tardley, 


204 


Charles (Dr.), 459 


Henry, 






741 


Yonng. 




Charles E., 911 


Ira S., 






785 


Youngs, 


I6H 


David. 781 


Jonathan, 






626 


Achsah. 


447 


Oliver. 374 


Luther, 






8.30 


Ebenczer, 


374 


Woods (Rev.), 7.'i« 


Moses, 






721 


John, 159, 171, 


^9,447 


Asa B. (Dca.), 51H, 519, 52a 


Richard, 






806 


James, 


915 


Elizabeth, 519 


William (Re\ 


.1, 




624 


Seth. 


415 


Woodworth, Horace B. (Kcv.), 


William C, 






7«) 


William, 


741 


biog.. Has 


Wvatt, 






150 


Younglove, James, 


749 


Woolscy (Ex-Pres.l, aiM 


" John, 




140 


167 






Worcester, J, M. (Rev.), 745 


home-lot. 






171 


Z. 




Worden. Jane, 44 


Wyllys (see, also, Willis) 


Mr 


,226 






Wordsworth, James, 809 


Hezekiah, 






670 


Zetpitmsen^ 


34 


Worts, John H., 785 


Samuel, 86 


447; 


Col. 


655 


Ziegler, Fred., 


854 



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